Post by Jiang-Nu on Aug 12, 2014 19:45:48 GMT 1
ARTICLE 1: Blizzard's terms of use, especially its code of conduct, and rules for the server apply to all of us. Generally these rules are about behavior towards other people. Be respectful not only to your fellow guildmembers, but to your fellow players!
Officially, Blizzard has a naming policy on Role-Playing servers. However, they are absolutely terrible at enforcing it. We aren't. There are many Role-Playing addons that allow you to appear with a proper Role-Playing name without having to pay for a Blizzard name changing service, such as Total RP 2 and MyRolePlay. To guarantee a good immersion and Role-Playing environment, we ask that your character has a proper in-character name.
ARTICLE 2: The Blooming Lotus partakes in Honorable Player versus Player combat. This means that excessive corpse-camping, or attacking and killing levelers or players way under your power-level is frowned upon and prohibited. Accidents happen, but repeated offenses can result in punishment. We have plenty of ganker guilds on the other side that harrass role-players, we don't want to add angsty players with vengeance on their minds to their ranks.
ARTICLE 3: You are not playing this game alone. Mind how powerful you make your character out to be. Yes, differences exist, and characters in World of Warcraft have the ability to become very powerful. However, you must keep in mind that you are playing together with other people. Power does not automatically make your character interesting. Too much power makes it annoying. Don't try to hog the spotlight all the time, and do not pretend to be invincible when ending up in a fight with either NPC's or other players. We're all playing this together, and we all have moments to shine. Allow other people their moments as well. While we are in no way trying to curb your creative spirit, this rule also means that you cannot make up too much lore to accomodate your character. After all, Blizzard has created this world with a certain lore in mind. When you make up something for your character, try to make sure that it does not conflict with canon Warcraft lore. This means, for example, that your Pandaren native to Pandaria cannot have witnessed the fall of the Lich King.
Bottom line: Don't be an overpowered Mary Sue, don't pull lore out of your ass.
ARTICLE 4: The guild is generally of a lawful alignment, tending towards good. We do not wish to curb your creative spirit, though, so you are free to play the character that you wish to play. However, if your character becomes a constant disruptive influence in the guild, a solution may have to be found. If one cannot be found, you might be asked to leave the guild in favour of one that suits your character better. We are, after all, not a police force. This is an extreme solution, however, and we will help you make the transition. We will not let you drop like a brick.
For example: Your character is a thief, and continues to steal from other people, maybe even guild members. In the end, your character may get caught. If this is the case, whenever we come together to do an event, we may have to stop everything we are doing in order to deal with your character. If we continuously have to drastically adjust Role-Play to accomodate the fact that your character is doing evil things, you are a disruptive influence, and a solution has to be found. (This also relates to the 'do not hog the spotlight' point of article 3).
Solution A: Together with the guild officers you work out a way for your character to repay your debt to society and clear his/her name. This could be done in any number of ways, such as a fine, hard labour, exile, or imprisonment. We'd prefer not to do the latter, as it tends to be very boring. When your character has paid his/her dues.
Solution B: You remain within the guild as an 'OOC' member. You have to really love us for this one, because it means your character is still a persona-non-grata with most people, and you will not be welcomed to most events until your name is cleared.
Solution C: If you really want to role-play an evil character or an obvious criminal, then it might be better to find a guild to accomodate that need. We will help you with this, of course, and we will not remove you from the guild until we have made sure that you have found a new home for your character.
ARTICLE 5: Try to keep role-play free of objectionable content. Everyone has a different opinion on this, of course, so this is not so much a hard rule as a guideline. People in the guild will have different tastes, and it is important to be careful what kind of people you are roleplaying with before you start to include some darker elements. The usual 'No's' for people include excessive torture and gore. When people utter concern for the content, tone it down a little bit, or find another solution to accomodate everyone involved.
Exception: Never, EVER, do rape. Implied is a grey area that doesn't work in your favour, but if we find you're trying to enact it out you will be removed from the guild instantly.
ARTICLE 6: Which brings us to the question of ERP. Erotic Role-Playing is officially prohibited by Blizzard's terms of use. That said, however, we will not ruthlessly enforce it. Keep it out of frickin' sight! If this happens to be your sort of thing, keep it away from other people. Go somewhere out of the way, the far corners of the world, instances for all I care, and never ever use public chats such as /s or /e. If people send us a picture of your characters lying next to each-other in their underwear, but there is no chat-evidence of you ERP-ing, you will not be removed. You may be asked to find an even more secluded area next time, but you will not have broken the rules of the guild.
ARTICLE 7: This rule applies to everyone who wishes to role-play a Shado-Pan character. The Shado-Pan is a very mysterious, often dark, and rather serious institution that involves a lot of harsh training and discipline. They are morally ambiguous, and can be as much heroic as they can be cruel. Keep this in mind when creating/playing your character. In our thread with Role-Playing tips and guidelines, we will add a section devoted to the Shado-Pan so that you can role-play such a character in a convincing manner. When you make an application you will be asked whether your character is a Shado-Pan, and how your character came to be one. While this may look a lot like Article 3, the Shado-Pan is an iconic and universally respected institution in Pandaria, not an easy train to 'awesome', and will thus be subject to harsher scrutiny.
Officially, Blizzard has a naming policy on Role-Playing servers. However, they are absolutely terrible at enforcing it. We aren't. There are many Role-Playing addons that allow you to appear with a proper Role-Playing name without having to pay for a Blizzard name changing service, such as Total RP 2 and MyRolePlay. To guarantee a good immersion and Role-Playing environment, we ask that your character has a proper in-character name.
ARTICLE 2: The Blooming Lotus partakes in Honorable Player versus Player combat. This means that excessive corpse-camping, or attacking and killing levelers or players way under your power-level is frowned upon and prohibited. Accidents happen, but repeated offenses can result in punishment. We have plenty of ganker guilds on the other side that harrass role-players, we don't want to add angsty players with vengeance on their minds to their ranks.
ARTICLE 3: You are not playing this game alone. Mind how powerful you make your character out to be. Yes, differences exist, and characters in World of Warcraft have the ability to become very powerful. However, you must keep in mind that you are playing together with other people. Power does not automatically make your character interesting. Too much power makes it annoying. Don't try to hog the spotlight all the time, and do not pretend to be invincible when ending up in a fight with either NPC's or other players. We're all playing this together, and we all have moments to shine. Allow other people their moments as well. While we are in no way trying to curb your creative spirit, this rule also means that you cannot make up too much lore to accomodate your character. After all, Blizzard has created this world with a certain lore in mind. When you make up something for your character, try to make sure that it does not conflict with canon Warcraft lore. This means, for example, that your Pandaren native to Pandaria cannot have witnessed the fall of the Lich King.
Bottom line: Don't be an overpowered Mary Sue, don't pull lore out of your ass.
ARTICLE 4: The guild is generally of a lawful alignment, tending towards good. We do not wish to curb your creative spirit, though, so you are free to play the character that you wish to play. However, if your character becomes a constant disruptive influence in the guild, a solution may have to be found. If one cannot be found, you might be asked to leave the guild in favour of one that suits your character better. We are, after all, not a police force. This is an extreme solution, however, and we will help you make the transition. We will not let you drop like a brick.
For example: Your character is a thief, and continues to steal from other people, maybe even guild members. In the end, your character may get caught. If this is the case, whenever we come together to do an event, we may have to stop everything we are doing in order to deal with your character. If we continuously have to drastically adjust Role-Play to accomodate the fact that your character is doing evil things, you are a disruptive influence, and a solution has to be found. (This also relates to the 'do not hog the spotlight' point of article 3).
Solution A: Together with the guild officers you work out a way for your character to repay your debt to society and clear his/her name. This could be done in any number of ways, such as a fine, hard labour, exile, or imprisonment. We'd prefer not to do the latter, as it tends to be very boring. When your character has paid his/her dues.
Solution B: You remain within the guild as an 'OOC' member. You have to really love us for this one, because it means your character is still a persona-non-grata with most people, and you will not be welcomed to most events until your name is cleared.
Solution C: If you really want to role-play an evil character or an obvious criminal, then it might be better to find a guild to accomodate that need. We will help you with this, of course, and we will not remove you from the guild until we have made sure that you have found a new home for your character.
ARTICLE 5: Try to keep role-play free of objectionable content. Everyone has a different opinion on this, of course, so this is not so much a hard rule as a guideline. People in the guild will have different tastes, and it is important to be careful what kind of people you are roleplaying with before you start to include some darker elements. The usual 'No's' for people include excessive torture and gore. When people utter concern for the content, tone it down a little bit, or find another solution to accomodate everyone involved.
Exception: Never, EVER, do rape. Implied is a grey area that doesn't work in your favour, but if we find you're trying to enact it out you will be removed from the guild instantly.
ARTICLE 6: Which brings us to the question of ERP. Erotic Role-Playing is officially prohibited by Blizzard's terms of use. That said, however, we will not ruthlessly enforce it. Keep it out of frickin' sight! If this happens to be your sort of thing, keep it away from other people. Go somewhere out of the way, the far corners of the world, instances for all I care, and never ever use public chats such as /s or /e. If people send us a picture of your characters lying next to each-other in their underwear, but there is no chat-evidence of you ERP-ing, you will not be removed. You may be asked to find an even more secluded area next time, but you will not have broken the rules of the guild.
ARTICLE 7: This rule applies to everyone who wishes to role-play a Shado-Pan character. The Shado-Pan is a very mysterious, often dark, and rather serious institution that involves a lot of harsh training and discipline. They are morally ambiguous, and can be as much heroic as they can be cruel. Keep this in mind when creating/playing your character. In our thread with Role-Playing tips and guidelines, we will add a section devoted to the Shado-Pan so that you can role-play such a character in a convincing manner. When you make an application you will be asked whether your character is a Shado-Pan, and how your character came to be one. While this may look a lot like Article 3, the Shado-Pan is an iconic and universally respected institution in Pandaria, not an easy train to 'awesome', and will thus be subject to harsher scrutiny.