Post by Garrus on Oct 5, 2015 0:02:35 GMT
By registering for Mass Effect: Odysseys, you are agreeing to abide by these rules, that the staff may modify these rules at any time with/without informing anyone and that you shall hold yourself accountable for not abiding by any rules at any time. Members should report any violations to staff immediately to ensure the safety and comfort of the MEO community.
1. Don't be a douchecanoe. Treat everybody-staff, members and guests- with respect and communicate if you have issues with another member. Be kind and civil.
2. One account per person.
3. There's no word count or post length to follow; however no one-sentence posts or the dreaded “They smiled.” response. We write in third person, past tense. If you know you aren't going to be on/able to post that's fine, just post in the Going Awol board.
4. If you've been gone for a month (30-31) days without a warning, you're going to lose your characters. Due to their importance, if you have a canon and leave without warning, after 1 week of inactivity that canon will be opened again.
5. Signatures shouldn't be over 200hx600w, images that stretch the board will be deleted.
6. Guests and members can advertise and affiliate, and only bump their threads once a rl month, do not double-post. Sites that are advertised as X, M, R and anything less than Pg-13, pg or G will be deleted, sorry.
7. Punishment is usually handled by the three-strike system; three strikes and you get kicked out for a week or permabanned, no take-backs.
8. The word of Admin Garrus is final. If a staff member requests something of you that you do not understand, please ask questions. If nothing can be resolved, or you think their request to be incorrect, please PM Garrus and they will take control of the situation from there.
9. If you are not a staff member, you do not hold any amount of authoritative right over another member. If you see someone breaking the rules, you are to report it and let staff handle it, and not get involved.
10. Problematic topics involving topics such as drug addiction, rape, eating disorders, teen pregnancy and any form of abuse are forbidden OOC - you may imply them IC, but remember the PG-13 rating. Suicide and self harm must be handled with respect to readers and must have a 'Content Warning' in the post the topic is related to.
11. Plots that could cause a huge jump in the story, such as another Krogan Rebellion or the Reapers returning have to be brought up to the Staff using the Special Circumstances Board prior to being started. If Staff rejects it, or it is not submitted and started prior to permission, the Staff holds rights to lock/delete the thread and to continue on as though it never happened.
12. There is to be no cybering or ERP (Erotic Roleplay) while using proboards/MEO. If you want to do that, take it to Skype or something. Minor members may not ERP with adults, and vice versa, in any way.
14. Finally, the staff have full discretion to address any behavior that they feel is inappropriate in public or private, reserve the right to suspend your access to MEO at any time for reasons that include, but are not necessarily limited to, your failure to abide by the rules, and reserve the right to evaluate each incident on a case by case basis.