1.00 Keep yourself updated on rules and announcements. "I didn't know" is not an excuse if it's been in the news.

1.01 Sexual or Racist comments are not allowed out of character.

1.02 Swearing is not allowed.
(using the term bitch to refer to a female canine is not swearing and is therefore allowed)

1.03 Lurkers (people who aren't posting) must post on the Going Away forum to alert us that they are lurkers.

1.04 If you are going to be inactive, make a thread on the Going Away? forum.

1.05 All type of Role play (except wolfspeak) is allowed, as long as your posts are at least 150 words long. There is a word counter on the left side of our page.

1.06 Wolfspeak is not allowed, please read about wolfspeak at our neighbor-site here.

1.07 No spamming allowed. Especially not in the C-box. The C-box is meant for shouts, NOT for general talking.

1.08 According to Proboards rules, you have to be 13 or older when you register. It is also against Federal United States law for a child under the age of 13 to interact on any website that requires email notification without the expressed permission of Parent or Guardian.

1.09 Respect all players. Especially staff members. Disrespect will not be tolerated.

1.10 When needing assistance, please send a private message to any of the moderators.

1.11 Please do not argue with other members. This is just rude and will get your account warned immediately. Arguments within RPs don't count. If you argue with the mods you'll be BANNED.

1.12 Only the species posted in the Rules and References Board can be played on this site. That means that anything else is NOT allowed.

1.13 Domestic animals are not allowed. This includes but does not limit to dogs, cats, horses, etc.

1.14If you are a new member here, you may play up to a maximum three characters for the first four weeks that you are here. After your fourth week, you may have as many characters as you wish.

1.15 Please do not use signature images that will stretch the boards. Max width should be 400 (width) by 200 (height).

1.16 Signatures can not be longer than 12 lines of text, without an image. With an image they can not be longer than 6 lines of text. Signatures must NOT be animated.

1.17 You may not access another user's account for any reason. You can not create an account and pose as someone else for any reason.

1.18 If you are found to have the same IP address as another user, and you break the rules, all accounts on that IP address will receive the same punishment.

1.19 Absolutely DO NOT change your font color. You can center your text or left align it or block quote it, change the size even, but do NOT change the color for any reason. This applies to OOC only.

3.01 Members will be banned for one week when their warning level has reached 20. Meaning they've broken four rules.

3.02 They'll be banned for one month when it reaches 50 (they've broken 10 rules).

3.01 If they break the rules after returning, they'll be banned for two months (putting them automatically at 70 on the warning level).

3.02 IF they return after that and still break the rules, they'll be permanently IP banned. Their warning level will jump to 100.

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Soteria may ban anyone she likes if she believes the offense is serious enough. Disrespect to a staff or extreme disrespect to a member is an immediate 1-month ban. Do it again and get banned for good.

Banned accounts are not deleted.