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Rules Section
#0 This rule is not a rule but a rule breaker. Made especially for those that like skirting the line of rule breaker. While moderation must have reason to ban or kick someone, the administration as owners of this room may and will remove someone at a whim. Strikes and rules only apply if the administration does not need to get involved. However, if you have earned the administration's attention, you can expect to be delt with immediately, whether you have fully broken a rule or not. In short, you may not cry foul, if banned or removed by the administration.
#1 mylittlepony is the groups official room, anyone in the group can open it if you and a couple other group members, or potential group members, wanna chat it up about MLP, or role play, whichever you want, it's all good! We're mainly about roleplay, though here. There is an OOC room that you are more than welcome to go to if you wish to just goof around and post random links and such.
#2 This isn't a parking lot for your nonMLP names. If you're in there to idle, and not on a name in the group, you'll get kicked, don't cry over it, this is your warning. However, idling to observe and possibly make a name is okay. Just run it by a mod or admin first . This means that you can't sit around and just watch, you come in with an intention to join / participate, or you go.
#3 If your profile has even ONE sexually graphic image visable on your profile, it is not allowed. Links to such images are perfectly fine, so long as the links are marked as nsfw though. Also, try to keep any other sex-based content to a minimum. If you come into the room with a sex based image you will be warned, booted, and then banned if there is further issue with it. There are users fighting the age limit rules for RPH and we are not going to make it any further traumatizing than it already is. Also, if you post a sex-based link in the room, you will be warned and booted.
#4 Respect other people's boundaries, that's just common sense, right? And please don't use racial slurs in here, it's better for everyone that way! Do not attack any user for any reason at all - if there is an issue, discuss it in PMs, and if it can't be solved, then contact a member of staff and we will handle it confidentially and quietly.
#5 We don't care about multiple players for a single character here, if you've got a Pinkie Pie, and there's one in here already, don't let that bother ya, just pop on in, you're more than welcome! However, there are exceptions to this rule. Celestia, Luna, Nightmare Moon and Discord are exclusive and can only be played by the owners and whomever is allowed to play Nightmare Moon and Discord if not an owner. This means that if you want to be any of these characters, you are out of luck - this also goes for all Alicorns. There are none to be accepted at all at any time unless the show produces normal non-godlike characters that are Alicorns. An addendum to this rule is as follows, while we do not discriminate against doubles. It is a given that a pinkie pie that is here every day of the week, will have more rp standing than one that appears once a month. No one owns a character, but it is up to YOU the rper to earn rp weight so that you are rped with. No one will rp with you unless you make an effort to be active and portray your character right. This is true anywhere.
#6 Generally, the room is both IC and OOC. OOC is allowed in the room, but the focus is rp and if even two ponies are rping, we will ask that all ooc is moved to the ooc room. Repeated infractions of ooc during rp can and will earn punishments.
#7 We're sort of big on respect. And, ask that you don't try to troll our room, or come in with joke names; legitimate MLP names only please. This goes for users as well - do not attack other users for having silly characters / characters you do not like, nor do you attack the staff for any reason. If you have an issue, contact a moderator, or an administrator. If one of the two are the offending factors, find another staff member and they will help handle the situation.
#8 While this isn't an exclusive 'invite only' group, we are somewhat strict when it comes to characters. This means, we will not be accepting Mary-Sue characters. All OC's should be approved by the moderating staff before joining. Also, crossover ponies are not allowed. It's just silly, anyways.
#9 If you have any sort of room ideas, such as main group chat plot roleplays, please contact Princess Celestia or Princess Luna to discuss the plot, roles, and other amendments to be made. We are open to ideas, but we are also open to artistic liberty with said ideas as well. If you arent willing to offer an idea with the knowledge that it might not be used exactly as you want, or that you or others might not have the roles in it you hoped for. Then do not offer your idea. We are certainly open to compromise, but the room as a whole comes before individuals.
#10 OOC is to be kept to pms if there is a roleplay going on. What happens between / during the downtime is acceptable, but if there is a roleplay going on, please do not start randomly commenting, spamming links, bickering, whatever at each other during it. Take it to PMs. During roleplay, if ooc becomes a problem, an ooc room will be opened. If the ooc room is opened and ooc continues in the main room, each ooc act will earn a strike from the below list.
#11 Under any circumstances, do not ask for a modship position. This will result in the warning - three strike system. If you are wanted as a mod, the admins will ask you to be one. Do not approach the administrative team asking for modship, it will guarantee that the next time around that we are in need of one, you willmost likely get looked over entirely.
#12 We reserve the right to kick, remove, and ban any person we see fit if they are breaking the rules -- be it through godmoding, vicious attack, breaking the rules, or simply not reading the rules at all. Certain character types are a bootable offense if the user is not willing to comply. The following are to be requested to join first: IE Hybrids (half creatures not seen in the series), Alicorns (The only ones in the series are Princess Celestia and Luna, thus it will be kept Cannon), god-like characters (unless antagonists for part of an agreed upon plot), racist / antagonistic characters made simply to attack other users for no reason.
#13 We follow a strict 'Check your Drama at the Door' policy. This meeans all OOC drama should not be dragged IC, and all IC drama should not be dragged OOC. This is a roleplay chat for fun, if you can't keep unnecessary, non-plot related drama out of here, it'll go as such [After being warned]:
Kicked from the room [Strike 1]
Temporary 3 Day Ban [Strike 2]
Permanent Ban [Strike 3]
Please let it be clear, these strikes are not here to give you free chances to cause trouble. Depending on the severity of your infraction, you might be immediately kicked or banned. So don't cry about steps being skipped if it happens.
Also, this isn't something of a second or third chance based system. Once a banning has happened, unless there is an overwhelming appeal for it (80% of the active group, not just active members in the chat at the time, or the entire mod team). A group meeting will be held to discuss the next course of action, however, if it is overturned, what is done is done - no pony has the right to say otherwise if the severity of the offense calls for it.
#14 Any pony seeking to play a canon character from the mlp series, MUST join and have been approved for group play. Until you join and gain approval, your canon character will not be acknowledged. This is to ensure all canons are being played correctly, and that inproper roleplay isnt established by canon characters.
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