Rules / Guidelines

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The Rules and Guidelines of YOWL 7.

1. Rudeness, foul language, swearing etc will not be tolerated here. Some censored words will be changed to something more appropriate, otherwise the post containing the inappropriate language will be deleted.
Warnings will be given out to anyone who chooses to use inappropriate language.

2. The starting cat limit for all members is eight cats. All elders are not counted in your eight cat limit (as they are retired, and are not allowed to join in any battles), but every other rank is (kit, apprentice, warrior, medicine cat, deputy and leader). Each members ct-limit can be raised by entering contests run by an admin, and th new limit will be noted on the members profile so the admins can keep track of how many cats that member is allowed to have.
If you are over the cat limit, and do not lower your number of cats when asked, some of your cats will be randomly selected and given to StarClan to kill off, and you will receive a warning.

3. You may only have one cat in a High Position (a High Position is Leader, Deputy, Medicine Cat or Medicine Cat Apprentice). Anyone who breaks this rule, either on accident or otherwise, will have their cat demoted to their previous rank. Admins are excluded from this rule, however should a member who does not have a cat in a high position request that their cat be given one any admin who has more than one cat in a high position must demote one of their cats.
(example - say admin Yellowstar had a cat who was leader and a ct who was medicine cat. Member Fluffy who oes not have any cat in a high position requests that Yellowstar demotes the medicine cat as Fluffy would like o RP one of her cats as medicine cat. Admin Yellowtar MUST demote their cat or they will be demoted from the admin position by the Site Administrator, Pup.)

4. If you wish for one of your she-cats to have kits, you must post a thread in the 'kit creator'. It can be requested for one kit to take after either parent etc, but apart from that all kits will be generated by Admin in charge of the 'Kit Creator'.
All kits that have not been created through the kit creator (e.g. you randomly made Flowerblossom have six kits when she was only given three, OR you decided to make Flowerblossom have kits without posting in the kit creator first and created your kits yourself) will be killed off. A warning will then be given.

5. Before killing off one of your cats, you must give at least one weeks notice to any member of StarClan. They can request that you kill off your cat in a battle/fight etc they already have planned, and this will help make the game more realistic.
If you kill off a cat without giving notice, you will be given a warning.

6. Each member is allowed to roleplay cats in two different Clans. If you wish to change Clans you must contact StarClan first, and then either kill off your cats in the Clan you no longer want to RP or move them to the Clan you want to start RPing in. StarClan has the right to request that you wait to kill off or move your cats so that it fits in with a current prophecy, however you may start RPing any new cats in the Clan you will be moving to provided you have not gone over you cat limit.
Failure to keep your cats within two Clans (unless StarClan has asked you to delay moving or killing off cats) will result in a warning.


Notes on Warnings
Most warnings will be 25%, however if you were to post something that requires a greater penalty, then you may receive something higher.
Once 100% has been reached on the warning bar, you account will be suspended for two weeks.
For your second suspension, it will be doubled to four weeks, and for each following suspension the time period will be doubled again.
Warnings will decrease by 5% a week if no rules are broken.

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Rules for Reincarnating Cats
- The new incarnation of the cat must have a new name. It can be similar to the old one, and contain the same ending as the first, but the start MUST be different.
- All new incarnations are to be born into the Clan as you would any normal cat, however when you post in the Kit Creator, simply mention that 'Loudstomp' is going to be reborn into that litter, and that cat will be added to the list of kits given. 'Loudstomp's' reincarnation will have the exact same pelt, eye colour and personality as he originally had, however the first half of the name will be different (e.g. Thunderkit.)
- When re-born, the new incarnation will have no memory of their past life. They may feel as if they knew other cats etc, but they will have to re-learn everything. Once they reach warrior, they can suddenly remember everything from their past life if you'd like, but otherwise they are taking a fresh start.

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Notes on Message Icons

- All with a Smiley face are for chat.

- All with an Exclamation Mark are for rules and important information.

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These are the Rules for the Kit Creator

1. Only Admins are allowed to create new kits. Any kits that were not created by an Admin will be killed off.

2. Any kits that are unwanted are to be placed in the 'Adoption' thread.

3. To have your kits created, create a new thread within this board. It is to be titled with the names of both parents, and what litter it is (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc.)

4. Both parents are to be included in the thread, even if the father is non-existing. (If the father is non-existing, simply create a random description of a rouge or loner.)

5. It may be requested for a kit that takes after one parent more then the other. This is to be included in the first post of the thread, and not after the kits have been created.

6. It may be requested for a reincarnation of a cat that has recently died to be included in the litter. This incarnation will have the exact same appearance and personality of the cat in it's previous life, and will not be affected by who the parents are.

7. While a list of name ideas or suggestions will be given for each kit, it is up to the owner(s) of the parents or owner of the kits to name them. All reincarnations must be given a new name. (e.g. Loudstomp can not be reincarnated as Loudkit. A new name must be used, such as Thunderkit.)

8. Anyone who does not follow these rules may be given a warning, have the cat killed off or descriptions/names edited.

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Rules for Members Of StarClan

1. Members of StarClan have a cat limit of 4 (different to the normal limit of 8 per person) as they already have a lot of control over the Clans. There is also chances that members of StarClan may 'favor' their own cats, put them up for exiting plots etc, so by having less cats even if this does happen, it is not a big effect on the Clans.

2. You are not to discuss or hint any of the plans/ideas that you and other members of StarClan are working on to the other members of the site. Giving away the plot not only puts all your hard work to waste, but also ruins the fun and kills the surprise of whatever you had planned for us.
DO NOT SHARE PLOTS WITH NON-STARCLANNERS

3. Before beginning a Plot or Prophecy in the Clans (e.g. releasing the prophecy to a medicine cat), one of the members of StarClan must have it approved by an Administrator. If a plot is not approved, then the posts made in the Clans containing the beginning etc of the Plot/Prophecy will either be edited to remove the information, or deleted.
It is important for the Plots and Prophecies to be approved by an Administrator so that any ideas that could possibly ruin another member's RPing experience are not released.
(to have an idea Approved, post in the board provided.)

4. Administrators are not allowed to be a member of StarClan. Moderators and non-staff members can if they wish, however they will be unable to move up to the role of Administrator. This is because Administrators already have a lot of power over the site, as they have control of the Kit Creator and also are required to make sure rules are followed, and hand over cats that need to be removed to StarClan so they may be killed in a way that fits in with the current plots/prophecies.

5. You must have reached the rank of 'Warrior' to be added to the StarClan group. To reach this rank, you need to have made at least 500 posts. Anyone who has not yet reached this rank will not be able to ask to join.

6. If you wish to become a member of StarClan and help decide the fate of the Clans, you must ask an Administrator. To do this, send a PM to your chosen Administrator.

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The Clan Allegiances - How to

To have your cat listed in the Clan Allegiances go to the board for the Allegiances of your Clan and create a new thread titled with the CURRENT name of your cat.

Even if your cat has just been born it is helpful if you can add them to the Allegiances straight away. As your cat grows up and is given new names you can change the name of the thread by editing the subject of the first post.

In each cats thread you should start with the description and traits given to them when they were first born.

A picture or drawing of the cat can also be included if you find or draw something that shows how you visualize your cat, to help others see how you see your cat. (Please do not spam the thread with multiple pictures of your RL cats or your drawings of the cat. One or two is plenty.)

For example, if I had decided to adopt Thushkit, and needed to add him to my Clan Allegiances, I would go to the Allegiances board, and create a new thread called "Thrushkit".
In the first post all I would include would be his description and traits, so it would look kinda like this -
Thrushkit
A strongly-built light gray tabby tom with bright green eyes, a broad head and shoulders. He loves to explore and discover new things.

As he gets older I may add more posts descripting his history, and important events in his life. If he were to get a mate and have kits, I would also make a post mentioning that.

There is no limit to how many posts you can have in the thread for you cat, but don't expect anyone to read it if it is 80 pages long. It's meant to be a reference for who the cat is, not a huge story.

If you cat dies, then you will have to move the thread into the Cats of StarClan board, under the appropriate Clan so that it is easy to see how many cats there are in each Clan.

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Cats of StarClan - Guidelines

Once one of your cats have died, it is important that you move the thread in the Clan Allegiances for that cat is moved into the appropriate sub-board in the Cats of StarClan board.

By storing the records of the passed cats we can look over them at any time, for example if we wanted to look at some of our cat's ancestors or at what was happening in the Clans during their time.

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Rouges and Loners

Only members of StarClan can have rouges or loners to RolePlay in the outside borders, (rouges in downtown twoleplace are different to rouges in outside borders. Anyone can have a rouge cat in downtown twolegplace, however these cats are not allowed to enter the clan's forest, unless special permission has been given by an admin and member of star clan).

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Names!!

When kits are born their names are made up of a prefix chosen by the mother (however whoever owns the kit has the right to choose the first half (prefix) of their name) and the suffix (ending) 'kit'.
The prefix can be pertaining to the kits physical appearance (eg Fox, Tiny), in honor of another cat or ancestor (eg Rain in honor of Rainstar, or Fire in honor of Firesong) or even something unrelated (eg Petal, Frog).

The prefix of the name should be a word that would be found and used in the Clans (e.g. Winter would not be something the Clans know of, so Winterfur would be a very strange name for a Clan cat).

Also the prefixes Breeze, Mist, Dark and Fern should be avoided as they are the prefixes for the clan names, and it would be awkward if there was a Breezestar of DarkClan fighting Miststar of FernClan.

Suffixes

Kits, apprentices and leaders have names ending in -kit, -paw and -star (respectively).
Warriors have a name given to them by the Clan leader (medicine cats recieve their name from their mentor) that usually describes the appearance or personality of th cat.
(Members can request to choose names for their cats, however they have to PM the leader of their Clan before the Warrior Ceremony)