[THE COAL THAT BURNS YOU]

* official site rules

warriors: into the forest was brought to you proudly by coalie on october 2014. the remake was brought to you proudly by coalie and splashy january ##, 2016.

OUT OF CHARACTER RULES

we want this site to be a nice place to be. in the past we have had issues with people's differing opinions on various subjects. you are welcome to have debates and serious conversations on the forums only and this allowance is restricted to the ooc board. if people start to get uncomfortable we will simply make a board specifically for debates.

please make sure to treat staff with the utmost respect. i am sure we have all run/managed an rpg site so we know how tough it can be. please make my job and splashy's job easier by being good little children while we are here . this means no backtalking, no arguing, and if you feel you were treated fairly to follow up whatever decision we made with a PM so we can discuss it like grown ups.

we are a one account per character site. no ooc accounts except for staff. now, for all you character hogs out there, i know this might be a little tricky. for now, we have a restriction to a maximum of 8 characters per rper. before you can make more, you must make 50 posts on each character's account. each new character requires 50 more posts per account.  that may sound like a lot, but if you are truly active with your characters, this won't matter.

witf is a very relaxed site. most of our old members know that splashy and i are, for the most part, pretty laid back and let you guys do whatever you want. we do require that if you are online with one character, you must log in with all your others. this was a serious problem back in the day. we don't require that you log in every day, but whenever you are on the site you must LOG INTO ALL OF YOUR CHARACTERS! if you fail to do so we will assume your characters are inactive and will start to deactivate them without warning.

characters will not be deleted from the site. instead, they will be deactivated. if your character has been deactivated and you want to restore them, please PM splashy or coalie. if you aren an HP and your character was deactivated and you want your high position back... too bad. high positions will be re-advertised immediately after one has been removed, and the clan leader has one week to choose replacements. if the clan leader is inactive, the deputy has one week to accept their reign as leader. if they fail to do so the position will be given to someone else.

[THE COAL THAT BURNS YOU]

* official site rules

warriors: into the forest was brought to you proudly by coalie on october 2014. the remake was brought to you proudly by coalie and splashy january ##, 2016.

IN CHARACTER RULES

you are allowed a maximum of 8 characters to start. if you want more, each character account must have 50 posts per new character you want to make.

every character must have their own account. no ooc accounts required.

your posts may be any length. one sentence, two sentences, a thousand words--it doesn't matter. however, keep in mind that while we are all levels, we do adhere to traditional rp etiquette. please try and match the posting length of your partner. if your partner posts 500 but you can only make 200, that's alright as long as it is clarified beforehand. this is to keep people from being frustrated with replies. oh, and posting "partner" is defined as the first person to start the thread: if they write 500 words, it is expected that you match them. if they write 200 and you want to write 600, that is fine, but they are not forced to match your 600.

leaders will chose any hp replacement as needed. if a leader needs replacing, the deputy is first asked if they would like the position. if they decline, the staff will hold a site-wide voting poll with people who were previously interested in the position, and the site can vote on who they want the new leader to be. leaders must be chosen within a week starting the day the last leader was removed. deputies must be chosen a week before the last deputy was removed. medicine cats have an unlimited time to be chosen.

you may create kits without parents on the site. characters who want kits do not need to be mates, but they must have one thread discussing the possibility of having kits (even if the pregnancy was non-consentual: you can get creative). the kits will be born 3 month after the ending of that thread, in which the mother may rp her pregnancy out.

apprentices must be given mentors when they are promoted ic-ly from kits. apprentices who are created on the site may speak with any rper of a warrior without an apprentice and they may pair themselves up accordingly. the mentor and the apprentice may decide how they want to plan out the apprentice's training. when the mentor feels the apprentice is ready, the mentor may PM the clan leader and ask for a final assessment.

to be made deputy a character must have apprenticed one cat, either mentioned in their history or have the experience done on-site.

you may post as frequently or as infrequently as you like as a non-hp character. if you are a high position you are required to reply or start threads twice a week. if you fail to do this for up to 4 weeks your position will be removed.

[THE COAL THAT BURNS YOU]

* official site rules

warriors: into the forest was brought to you proudly by coalie on october 2014. the remake was brought to you proudly by coalie and splashy january ##, 2016.

CHATBOX RULES

THE CBOX WILL BE HEAVILY MONITORED BY STAFF.

note that we have had a LOT of issues with c-box etiquette in the past. staff will NOT hesitate to ban/suspend users from the cbox if they break any of these rules. suspension will happen the moment the rule is broken. a pm will follow outlining what the offense was and how long the suspension will take place. a ban will last much longer but if the member shows good behavior it can be reversed.

yes, we do read the archives. yes, we will find out if you've broken these rules without our presence there. no, do not try and get your friends off the hook for whatever reason.

the cbox is not affiliated with proboards so honestly we can do whatever we please with it, so here are the guidelines:

1) PERSONAL INFORMATION IS LIMITED. please refrain from sharing ANY personal information that might conflict with different values/beliefs/ethics/etc. if you feel it is a controversial matter DO NOT bring it up in the cbox. talk about it all you want on the boards.

2) OPINIONS ARE OPINIONS. this is true. opinions are opinions BUT you cannot just dangle your opinions out there for everyone to see and get upset by. if you think your opinion may NOT be beneficial for the entire site as a whole DO NOT SAY IT. say it on the boards. some people do not understand the difference between opinion and someone's factual understanding in a typed contextual setting.

3) NO SPAM. spam is "stupid pointless annoying messages." do not say 'hi' to us all 5 times just to see if the cbox is moving. do not repeatedly post in a row or you will get a flood ban. do not say silly, uneducated things just to get a rise out of somebody.  this will result in a verbal warning via pm.

4) DO NOT BAD-MOUTH OTHER SITES, OTHER PEOPLE, OTHER WARRIORS COMMUNITY MEMBERS. don't even say "well i know this person and they did this this and this" or "well this one site i was on did this and i didn't like it/it was awesome." good or bad, we are not going to talk about non-witf things on this site. please do not talk about starting sites in the cbox. talk about it on the boards.

5) NO VULGARITY. most of it will be censored anyway but DON'T FIND A WAY AROUND IT or you will be suspended.

i know most of you are asking: "well coal, what CAN we talk about in the cbox?" i am glad you asked. you may talk about anything warriors related, anything witf related, anything site-plot related. you can talk about anything that does not breech our cbox rules. if there is a conversation you are dying to have that is not cbox appropriate please use our chat boards!

AUTOMATIC BANS  you will be automatically banned from the cbox and possibly the site if you:

a) attack the cbox in any way shape or form.
b) attack a staff member/member using any sort of personal jab or what might be perceived as a personal insult.
c) come to our site complaining about a member/a conversation/anything that could be considered counterproductive and potentially harm the reputation of witf.