Gakuen Mugendai Student Handbook----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 5: The Disciplinary Comittee's Punishment System----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Basics~We have the power to ban you and your IP address permanently from the site so it's probably best that you follow the rules (chapter 1). Gakuen Mugendai has it's own disciplinary committee, and the leader shows NO mercy! So watch out, trolls, spammers and other rule breakers!
We also have our own justice system with different levels of punishments depending on the offence.
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General RulesKeep things pg-13;Extreme gore/violence;- Spoiler:
The academy isn’t too strict about this, as there will be plenty of battles here, and we want them to be descriptive, of course. However, if a member isn’t too fond of gore, heavy violence etc. Please respect their wishes and don’t tear their insides out part by part. We don’t want unnecessary gore, or violence; keeps things relevant and contextual. Let’s be sensible, students. If you feel your topic/post has mature violence/gore, then put [MATURE] or [M] in bold in the title.
Punishments:-First offence: Warning from student council members.
-Second offence: 2-day suspension
-Continuous offences: will be discussed between student council members.
Note: We will only be punishing if warnings aren't put in post titles or we feel someone is being unnecessarily gory.
Strong language;- Spoiler:
This should be avoided at all times, but may be used when in character (and ONLY when in character) so long as it is contextual and relevant to the situation and it fits your character and will help people to understand them better as an individual character. Very minor language is acceptable out of character, but only very minor language.
Punishments:-First offence: OOC- excessively= warning from student council members. To insult= 2-day suspension. IC- warning from student council members.
-Second offence: OOC- 1 week suspension IC- 2-day suspension
-Continuous offences: OOC- 1 month+ IC- 1 week+
Sexual content;- Spoiler:
No sexual content will be tolerated whatsoever. Light romance (hand-holding, hugging, kissing) is absolutely fine, because it can add to a character’s personality/relationship with another character. Anything other than this will NOT be tolerated, for example, extreme cybering, underdressing, pregnancies or rape. Keep these things to PMs or outside of MugendaiGaku, please. We don’t want anything inappropriate in signatures, or profile pictures... or any pictures on the site for that matter (pictures involving nudity, mature sexual content etc.). You’ll be dealing with the student council disciplinary committee if anything like the above happens involving you.
Punishments:-First offence: 1 week suspension
-Second offence: 1 month suspension
-Continuous offences: Will be discussed between student council members.
Relevance;- Spoiler:
When RPing, keep to the topic, don’t spam, follow the Academy’s story (e.g. Students can’t leave the academy, so don’t make a topic where your character is not within academy boundries). This is a pretty simple rule, just keep in contextual. Posts/topics that go off-topic will be deleted or the author will be asked to edit it so it is on topic. The place to put off topic/out of character topics is in the chatting section of the OOC area, NOWHERE ELSE, posts will be moved.
Punishments:-First offence: topic deleted or moved.
-Second offence: topic deleted or moved, 2-day suspension.
-Continuous offences: topic deleted or moved, 1 week suspension.
Hacking;- Spoiler:
Don’t do it. It is actually illegal in many countries and violates internet safety laws. You can be fined for doing this or even be arrested. So one more time (in case you didn’t catch it) DON’T DO IT.
Punishments:-Permanent Ban of IP address.
He did this, she did that;- Spoiler:
Don’t say someone did something when they didn’t. If you report someone for something, before the student council disciplinary committee punishes the student reported, the forums will be checked/ proof will be required from the person reporting. If you lie about something, e.g. you wrongfully report someone for bullying you, and are found out, you will be punished for 1. Wasting the student council disciplinary committee’s time and 2. Wrongfully accusing someone.
Punishments:-First offence: Apology and 1 week suspension.
-Second offence: Apology and 3 week suspension.
-Continuous offences: Apology and 3 month suspension.
DON’T SPAM;- Spoiler:
Don’t do it, but if you really can’t help yourself... then do it in the OOC chat area.
Punishments:-First offence: Warning from student council members and topic/post deletion.
-Second offence: 1 week suspension and topic/post deletion.
-Continuous offences: 3 week suspension and topic/post deletion.
Don’t make multiple accounts;- Spoiler:
Please don’t, we can see IP addresses so we will know if someone has multiple accounts. If a situation arises where a computer/IP address is shared, we will permit multiple accounts if we have solid proof the same person is not going to make multiple accounts.
Punishments:-First offence: Warning from student council members. Possible deletion of extra account.
-Second offence: Will be discussed between student council members.
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RPing Rules;NO GODMODING;- Spoiler:
It’s prohibited.
To elaborate; Most RPers will be familiar with this term. They will also be familiar with the fact it is widely not accepted! Gakuen Mugendai is no different from most rp sites in this aspect. For those who aren’t familiar with godmoding, here’s the definition from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godmoding
(not the most reliable of sources, but alas, it is only a short definition.); "Godmoding is a term used in role-playing
games to describe two behaviours of players. The term comes from the "god mode" found in many video games, allowing a player to activate features such as invincibility, unlimited ammunition or lives, or similar power boosts. Godmoding is almost always frowned upon by other members of the game, because it is regarded as a form of cheating against the game's tactic rules."
If you’re still unsure about godmoding, follow the Wikipedia link and read the whole article, or...
"Godmoding means you are not allowed to(even momentarily) take control of another person’s character. e.g. "Fred sliced bob's arm off and laughed." This is unfair on the person controlling Bob, who has no chance to dodge or counter. The previous sentence should be changed to... : "Fred swung his sword with intend of slicing Bob's arm off." It's then over to
the person controlling Bob to decide whether he'll take the hit or not. Don't get angry if they dodge one attack, they'll take a hit at some point (read the next part).
If a student is more powerful than you (higher stats, higher rank, more experienced etc.) then, obviously they would be harder to defeat. So don’t make yourself so unbelievably powerful that you would be able to defeat them. For example, let’s say the Student council head is fighting a relatively new student who hasn’t had much of a chance to develop their powers; there is no way this new student will defeat the student council head unless the student council head has 4 broken limbs and is in the middle of having a heart attack or
something. So simply put, a weaker, less experienced student has no chance of defeating a stronger, more experienced student. It’s also boring to watch two students fight and no-one lands a hit, so be realistic with the fight, for the
good of the rp. Try to imaging you are watching the fight unfold with your own eyes. There may be more chance of a move hitting depending on where the attack is coming from(The character's don't have eyes in the back of their heads), how close their opponent is, or how injured or tired your character is.
(Small disclaimer: Information from Wikipedia doesn’t belong to
Gakuen Mugendai, nor is Gakuen Mugendai claiming ownership of it. It’s just
here to give students an idea of what godmoding is... though Wikipedia information
isn’t always particularly accurate.)
Punishments for using un-approved techniques and/or weapons:-First offence: warning from student council members, suspension from RPing until techniques/weapon have been approved, request may be made from student council members to edit techniques/weapon.
-Second offence: 1 week suspension plus RPing suspension until techniques/weapon have been approved, request may be made from student council members to edit techniques/weapon.
-Continuous offences: 3 week suspension plus RPing suspension until techniques/weapon have been approved, request may be made from student council members to edit techniques/weapon.
Punishments for god-modding during an RP (controlling anothers' character etc.):-First offence: warning from student council members and request to edit post.
-Second offence: 1 week RPing suspension(will not be able to post in RP areas).
-Continuous offences: 1 month RPing suspension.
Metagaming is also prohibited;- Spoiler:
Basically, don’t use out of character knowledge in an in character situation- don’t go against your character’s knowledge limits, personality, history.
To see a more in-depth definition, follow the link; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metagaming_%28role-playing_games%29
(Small disclaimer: Information from Wikipedia doesn’t belong to
Gakuen Mugendai, nor is Gakuen Mugendai claiming ownership of it. It’s just here to give students an idea of what metagaming is... though Wikipedia information isn’t always particularly accurate.)
This can be a tricky rule to follow, even experienced rpers have hiccups sometimes, but if you notice something seems wobbly with information in a post/topic, just politely pm the author of the post/topic and suggest they put it right. Student council members check all posts anyway.
Punishments for blatant metagaming:-First offence: warning from student council members and request to edit post.
-Second offence: possible 1 week RPing suspension.
-Continuous offences: possible 3 week RPing suspension
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Bullying/Being disrespectful;Bullying whilst in character;- Spoiler:
Bullying whilst in character is not prohibited, providing it is
contextual to the characters’ personalities and relationship. This must only be a part of the in character relationship and if it starts to get out of hand, student council members will get involved. If a fellow student becomes upset/ dislikes the in character bullying, they may politely ask you to stop in a PM or OOC message. We recommend in character bullying only happens if it is agreed out of character beforehand between the potential in character bully and victim.
Punishments if member feels uncomfortable with IC bullying:-First offence: warning from student council members.
-Second offence: 2-day suspension.
-Continuous blatant offences : 2 week suspension, apology to member.
Bullying whilst out of character;- Spoiler:
It’s not tolerated and can lead to serious punishment. Just don’t do it. Student council members take bullying very seriously and punishments won't be merciful.
Punishments:-First offence: 2-day suspension, apology to member.
-Second offence: 2 week suspension, apology to member.
-Continuous offences: Will be discussed between student council members.
Treatment of student council members;- Spoiler:
Student council members should be treated with the utmost respect (well, all members of the site should) as they are the admins and mods of the forum. Be patient with us, as we have lives outside this forum (seriously...). We will do our best to help and will do our best to deal with problems as soon as we
can. Some things take longer than others, but we will try our best to keep the site well maintained and regularly updated.
Punishments:-First offence: 2-day suspension, apology.
-Second offence: 2 week suspension, apology.
-Continuous offences: Will be discussed between student council members.
Special treat for Cecilla/Kraatz: "lemon bon-bons"!
Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:13 am by Rakturna and Sentino
Subject: Gakuen Mugendai Academy Handbook: Chapter 5 