The Lawbook

In order to be a member of this site, you must abide to the following rules. Please read over them so you do not make a silly mistake while roleplaying or wherever you are on the site.

Basic rules

1. Do not swear out of character. This means in PMs and in the chat box. It is rude and disrespectful and just makes others look down on you.
2. In addition to the swearing thing, be respectful to both the staff and to other members. Do not fight with other members or guests and keep fighting to PMs only.
3. Do not spam or flood the forum. This is posting twice in a row when you can just edit your post. It makes the site a lot neater and cleaner when posts are edited to add more information.
4. If you are leaving for a period of time, let us know! Post in the general chat area to say you are leaving so we do not think you are inactive for no reason.

Account rules

5. Do not use screen-name like names for your account (ex puppyprincess123). It makes it hard for us to look upon you seriously, and is just plain annoying. Also, try not to make your account named after your character.
6. Do not make your account the same name as someone else's character. Once again, this is annoying to the person who owns the character as well as everyone else.
7. Do not use inappropriate images for your signature or your avatar. This is common sense and just is not cool. If we find an image is not appropriate for the site, we have every right to remove it. And please do not have signatures that stretch the page. We will ask you to shrink it down or we will remove it.
8. Please be creative with your user names! Do not name yourself after a cat or horse because this is a canine roleplay site. And remember your username can be changed, but do not change it everyday because then we will never know who you are ;].
9. Use one account for all of your characters. You can have as many characters as you want, so there is no need to have more than one account. It makes it harder for us to contact you.

Character rules

10. Make sure you look at the banned breeds before making a character. They are constantly being updated and you do not want to work hard on a character that is banned just to be told you cannot use them.
11. This is a canine roleplay, so use canines! We do not want to see you using a house cat, or a dragon, or a horse, or some random creature you make up. And do not give your character wings or two tails or something. It is realistic, so do not do things you would not see in the wild. And do not use chemical mutations to get around this either. Don't try to fool the system because it just gets us mad and it isn't going to work.
12. You can have as many characters as you want, but they must be kept active. If they are not they will be removed from you and a limit of how many characters you can have may be placed on you.
13. Once again, keep things realistic. Do not make a 500 pound Chihuahua, or a husky that can run 1,000 miles an hour. Your character cannot be invincible and should have some type of flaws, because a "super-character" is no fun for others to roleplay with.
14. If you see a hundred huskies and only one Australian Shepherd, make an Australian Shepherd! We want a variety of species and not just only Malamutes and Labradors. But do not copy someone else's unique breed and copy their biography, this is just plain annoying and it will not be accepted.
15. It should be known that yes we do allow wolf-hybrids :] However, they must have some dog blood in them too, since this is more of a federal dog roleplay than a wolf one. So please, keep the percentages at 50/50 so at most your character is half wolf. If we see you made a wolf hybrid but its picture is clearly only wolf, we will not accept it.

In Character

16. Act like you are really the canine. It helps make the word count larger and makes it both fun for you and the person you are roleplaying with!
17. Swearing is accepted only in character. When you are done writing the post do not put a swear in the OOC notes at the end of the post. Once you step out of your dog's fur you are no longer roleplaying.
18. The word minimum is 300 words for each in character post. By this we mean this is the bare minimum. Please try to make it longer if you can and make your posts reliable! It is no fun to have a post no one can reply to.
19. Follow the seasons correctly. If it is summer, do not put snow on the ground. In retrospect if it is winter do not make it 100 degrees out. The current season is posted on the left hand side, so read it and follow it.
20. DO NOT POWERPLAY! This is making another character do something without the owner's consent. If the owner posted they drank some water, you can say in your own post this occurred but do not them make them talk or eat or dance the macarina.
21. Liquid time is permitted! Your character can be in a maximum of four threads at one time. Once the thread goes to the library it is considered inactive and you may put the character in another thread.

Battling rules

22. Yes in the wild there are fights, so if you want to battle make sure the other character knows of this. PM the admin (Kinetic) to let me know there is a fight.
23. Each character gets three attack and one dodge. Do not power play in a fight but do not avoid every attack ether. We respect it when you make your character take a hit.
24. Fight can be for fun, territory, mates, or for leadership. Make sure the prize is set prior to fighting and let the admin (once again me) know if this is a challenge for something or just for fun.

Pack rules

25. To enter a pack you must fill out the registration form. It helps us keep track of how many members are in each pack. If you do not fill in the form, you are not considered in the pack. Remember you do not have to join a pack, for there are loners in the wild.
26. You may challenge a pack leader. Make a strong post challenging them then send the link to the admin asap. The winner shall be determined by the staff. The leader will have two weeks immunity before they can be challenged again, and can only receive three challenges a year (game time). Only characters above the age of three may challenge for leadership.
27. You must fight for land. Anyone over the age of 3 may claim and fight for land. Fights can be 3 on 3, 2 on 2, or 1 on 1. The winning clan will be chosen by the admin.

Reproduction rules

28. You may have pups with any other canine, whether you are mates or not. But DO NOT ROLEPLAY THE BREEDING! This only trashes the site. Either time warp or black it out so we do not have to read the... reproduction.
29. Fill out the form in the offspring production board completely, then wait for either the admin or co-admins to tell you the results. Remember this is realistic which means pups can be born with defects.
20. Breeding is only permitted in the Spring and Summer. You will have anywhere from one to six pups. Follow the description of the cubs before finding pictures for them, or if a picture is provided you may find another picture which is very similar.

Chat box rules

31. Yes the spamming rule applies here too ;] Do not post more than three times in a row unless it is absolutely necessary. We can't swim.
32. No advertising a site in the c-box or placing the link to a site in your name. We don't want to join.
33. No harassing other members or guests. Remember about that respect rule? It applies here too. If a gust wants to join the site answer their questions! Do not scare them away.
34. Do not impersonate another member by using their name or c-box avatar. Breaking the rules as a "joke" is not funny, it is just plain annoying. So do not do it. And trust me, I will know if it is you.
35. Avatars are 45x45 images. For help click the "help" link on the c-box. Members can make you one in their graphic shops if you would like one, or you may make one yourself.


Whew that was a lot, sorry everyone. If you read these we thank you so much, and please enjoy the site! If you think anything should be changed or added let us know. After all, you are a part of this site as much as the staff are. If you have any other questions PM Kinetic or a co-admin, but most importantly have fun!, and enjoy Controlling Chaos! =D