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Post by Featherwing on Aug 8, 2016 11:05:14 GMT -5
Anything I can help out with too?
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Post by ⁻ ⁻ ☾ ᵇˡᵘᵉ ᵐᵒᵒᶰ on Aug 8, 2016 11:27:05 GMT -5
yesyes ^^
Commencing research!
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Post by Fallen Stars on Aug 8, 2016 11:41:25 GMT -5
//tumbles in// Falle in reporting for duty~ ovo"
I think what I should probably work on first is a plot for Shadowclan? It seems like everyone has something for their Clans except me. cx All I got is as part of the major plots, Shadowclan is one of the Clans dealing with parasites and all that fun stuff lol I'll try to think of something, but anyone have any ideas? o:
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2016 11:44:07 GMT -5
I actually really like the rules. But- perhaps put something about a minimum age requirement for cats to become mates/have kits. I find that some people will try to join with cats who are 13 moons and want kits straight outta the gate. So that is definitely a little tidbit to consider. Also cap litters off, like a maximum litter size and if they want more they have to ask you via PM and you reserve the right to say no way. I think you did a wonderful job and they are to the point. I do however have some things to add. Those that wish to have their cats have disabilities whether physical, mental, etc. needs to do it in a respectful and realistic matter. Don't just add and delete things to symptoms when there is so much more to it. I also think there may need to be some clarification about the whole refrain from cats smiling or crying. I know that you mean that is not realistic for those things to happen to cats, but guess what I am trying to say is some people may wonder what they should do then. I would probably add something that there are other ways they can express their happiness, sadness, etc. without doing that. I hope I am making sense here.
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Post by ⁻ ⁻ ☾ ᵇˡᵘᵉ ᵐᵒᵒᶰ on Aug 8, 2016 11:49:24 GMT -5
SkyClan's forest is a thickly wooded area, much like ThunderClan, with tall trees, perfect for any SkyClan cat to climb. Their camp is within a hollow, with the apprentice's den under an elderberry bush, and the warriors den under another bush, surrounded by ferns. (I'm doing this straight from memory from Firestar's Quest, if I get anything wrong, let me know!)
Landmarks;;
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2016 11:53:08 GMT -5
There could be a "Muse and Rp Inspiration" section of the front page that rpers can look at daily to see what might jump start their brain. Like a few prompt of sorts that jumps starts their brains.
The page runner can set up a list of starters for the next day for the first rpers, like what the weather conditions for the day will be, generally. Something like this?
The morning starts out sunny, the warriors den has had light streaming through the branches of the den since dawn. The dawn patrol has already returned. The first of the day's hunters should be leaving soon. Literally just thought about what I would appreciate in an rp like this. Little prompts like that, extra details to make my posts have more meat to them. It really helps when you know what time of day, the general weather, the season and even the temperature if you can manage that detail. It can get the rpers really going.
I wonder if we should have a time table set up? Like 8am-9:30/10 is before dawn/dawn/early morning. 10-12 is morning/noon, and afternoon is afternoon. Also which timezone should we be working off of? Because I'm using EST.
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Post by Featherwing on Aug 8, 2016 12:40:38 GMT -5
I have that 10 page list of potential plots, Fall XD What kind of plot are we looking at here? I know earlier we all decided disease was happening?
Or did we decide no go? Either way, I have a ton of relatively unique plot ideas.
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Post by ʀᴀɪɴʟᴇᴀғ 🍁 on Aug 8, 2016 12:49:36 GMT -5
Anyone know what timezone the forums are on?
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Post by Fallen Stars on Aug 8, 2016 13:04:51 GMT -5
Fea;; Hmm, I honestly don't know what kind of plots I'm thinking of. I'd be interested in hearing a few that you have, just a few. xD
Rain;; I don't have a clue, nor how to find out. My guess is EST?
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Post by ʀᴀɪɴʟᴇᴀғ 🍁 on Aug 8, 2016 13:10:47 GMT -5
Hmm.. It's 1:10 P.M. for me right now, we could wait and see, I can always go ask.
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Post by Featherwing on Aug 8, 2016 13:18:58 GMT -5
//rubs hands// Let me see what I've got //licks thumb and starts flipping through pages, looking over glasses//
Alright. I've got conflicting interests. Essentially there is a severe miscommunication between the medicine cat and the leader, or the deputy and the leader. Leader is interpreting a "sign" from StarClan one way and the medicine cat interprets it a different way. So much so that there is a big rift when it comes to sharing information, like the general health and wellness of the Clan, potentially prank content depending on the personalities of the cats. The sign itself is trivial, like "there will be an influx of toads this season because of rain." but the leader thinks it says "there will be an influx of toadstools this season, to be careful about sending apprentices out incase they might eat one and get sick" while the medicine cat might think it says "there will be an influx of molds in your herb storage, clear everything out and start collecting it a new."
I've also got the Glass Shard plot. Essentially, twolegs have been tossing glass bottles out of their cars as they drive by so the borders are quickly becoming a mass of glass shards. Now this becomes a problem because they not only can get caught in pads and fur, and be dragged about. With glass all over the place, it can quickly cause infection and injuries. If someone accidentally ingests a glass shard– well that's an issue. The way to solve it is to bury the glass. It may be possible to have this pop back up later if you want heavy rainfall to wash away the top soil and reveal the mess of glass underneath. You could also make it a new landmark.
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Post by Featherwing on Aug 8, 2016 13:19:22 GMT -5
It's 2:19 for me.
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Post by Fallen Stars on Aug 8, 2016 13:30:20 GMT -5
Oh man, both of those plots sound really good. I can't decide, I really like both. Dx
It's 2:29 for me here.
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Post by Featherwing on Aug 8, 2016 14:02:15 GMT -5
I also have the Moon Sickness Plot. Perhaps the have been a lot of clouds lately, a lack of sunlight. Have you ever heard of SAD? Seasonal Affective Disorder? Essentially it's where people become depressed because of the lack of sunlight. This is more of a fall/winter and even a spring plotline. Anyway other, more colloquial names the clans might use could be Moonlight Madness, Star Sickness and/or Sun Sorrows. Consider the herb remedy marigold, goldenrod and potentially catmint as something for the cats to ingest. Of course, perhaps even the medicine cat is affected and the apprentice is so new that they have no idea how to fix everyone. It's an emotional illness that could cause added aggression to outsiders and even those within the clan itself.
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Post by Fallen Stars on Aug 8, 2016 14:13:34 GMT -5
Hmm, I think I like the glass shard plot? It's definitely a more interesting and unique plot. o: It would definitely work seeing that Shadowclan lives right near a road. Oooh, I could also see this being a major issue if this occurs around the time the whole disease plot. I could imagine that a cat may not realize they have a disease yet and then when they get their paw or something scraped by the glass the infections would kick in a lot faster counting that there's the disease. This would cause quite a bit of panic from the Clan because they have no clue how these cats are getting in such horrible conditions from a simple infection, and at the same time the medicine cat and apprentice have an idea what's going on with that there is a disease spreading about (though not sure they would know from exactly what yet) and are unsure whether to tell anyone to cause any more panic. Not sure if the whole disease adding on with the infection is possible, if not then we could just go back to the original plot.
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Post by ᴍɪsᴛғᴀʟʟ » on Aug 8, 2016 14:21:44 GMT -5
I'm loving it- sickness all the way!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2016 14:38:37 GMT -5
That sounds like a good idea to me X3
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Post by Fallen Stars on Aug 8, 2016 15:04:08 GMT -5
While everyone else is dealing with murder and minor sicknesses and whatnot, Shadowclan is dealing with all these diseases and viruses and whatnot. xD
I feel bad because this would lead them to be very vulnerable but no one would really want to fight them because no one would want their territory, rip lol
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Post by ʀᴀɪɴʟᴇᴀғ 🍁 on Aug 8, 2016 17:07:21 GMT -5
Rules
In General
Well, we all know forum and ghost rules still apply here, so that is that. Mainly, this rule is a quick rundown of things and some will be expanded upon more in other rules. Just a warning, it is a long list so be prepared to read all of this if you want to join this role-play. We did not type this all out for people to ignore what we say and just do what they want. It is our role-play, we created it, you must abide by our rules or join something else. Stealing is a big no-no. Do not steal or take too much inspiration from this. Ask us if you want to use an idea we came up with, coding, graphic ideas, or anything from this page.
Activity
There are plenty of rules people dread. Activity and literacy are the ones that come to mind of those people hate most. Oh well, to me, they are indeed necessary. We will get to literacy later, right now, we will focus on activity! Being active and committed are two important key factors to a role-play’s success. There is a difference between the two and they obviously work best together. Before you join our role-play, ask yourself if you may be active enough and if you can commit. Now, we will not be angry if later down the road you leave the role-play or something big happens. However, if you are contemplating whether or not you will leave the forums, sorry, but we kindly ask you not join. Sure, you can be active on here, but if you are not aiming to stay and possibly climb up the ranks of the moderator hierarchy, then once again, this is not for you. We do understand that to create a long-lasting role-play happens, but setting up the roadblocks to potentially make it does a lot. Now to get onto the stuff we all know and love: activity requirements. For those who are trusted members and above, you will need to be on five days of the week. If you are not on for three days, we will have a warning mark and like your post to bring you back. The fourth day you are gone, we will simply delete you. Regular members and new members, you have four days that you need to be on each week. You will follow the same as the trusted members and higher with four days, and then five. To be considered “active,” you must actually role-play and not just chat. Upon deletion, you will receive a private message stating why and what we could potentially do for if you come back if you can.
Role-play & Literacy
The whole advanced role-play thing is quite debatable, but with our past role-plays, I have introduced a new way to be “advanced” but to where you can relax a little bit. We only ask that you try to have proper grammar, correct spelling, and decent detail. Effort counts and we can see when it is put in. Unlike WCF, paragraphs appear much shorter and we are well aware of that, so do not worry too much about length, however, no shorter than three sentences. There is also a debate with detail. If you can paint a scene to where we can see it in my head, you have done a good job. However, this is not Lord of the Rings and we do not need to know the exact details of a tree’s bark or the backstory of every thought your character has. When it gets to that, it would be considered “fluff.” With that side of the debate, we agree it is pretty useless. So, please be descriptive, but not to where we have to read ten paragraphs to get the point of your response or starter. WRITE SOMETHING HERE ABOUT THE TIMEZONE! This is to help keep things organized. Leaders and head moderators will be responsible for keeping track of time and moving the role-play along. Due to time being tracked with each post, we kindly ask you head your posts. At the top, have the name of your character and the landmark they are closest to. Obviously, please also include the time of day. If you do have special coding, please make sure the colors, text size, and everything else is easy to read. If not, we will kindly ask you not to use it or to edit it so we can read it. An example is provided below about coding and how to head your post.
[Example here.]
Role-playing & Realism
A pet peeve of ours seeing impossible things happen when there can be no real reason for them to happen other than favoritism in the books or just because you want to look cool. So please refrain from having your cat fight and kill a badger on their own or having cats smile or cry because it is quite unrealistic and makes my eye twitch. Cats can not have powers, they can not fight a pack of dogs without getting injured or by themselves. In the Warriors universe, there are certain things that can and can not happen, so please abide by those rules and my rules. Now, general role-play rules play along with realism. It is too coincidental when your character gets all of the spotlight, so please do not do that. There will be moments when your character’s plot or spot in the limelight will take front and center. God-modding and meta-gaming are a no go for me, so do not even think about it. Please keep in mind that cats do die. I'm not asking for you to slaughter them all, but if we have a greencough outbreak, not everyone is bound to survive it. At the same time, please do not go on a killing spree with your cats.
Role-playing & Plots
With each side plot comes a designated date they can happen depending on who is involved. I will have a calendar for when certain plot points and events will happen and they will be posted in the news section. All side plots need to be approved by me or a head moderator. This includes fox attacks on the camp or a badger attack. Kitting needs to be set on a certain date so no one can interfere with that. Keep in mind that there is a system of what takes priority for plots. Main plot events will be priority over everything. Side plots that were decided on a week in advance will follow, then small plots that do not need to be approved. Please ask me before doing if you are not sure if a certain plot would need approval. I will not be angry. I apologize to kit-stealers, but due to this being the original five Clans, I will not allow outside kit-stealing. It probably will happen at some point in this role-play, but between the two Clans. As for warrior ceremonies, I will accept name requests, but I and the current leaders will give them their name. This is to stimulate the books a little, however I may name them the name you ask for.
Role-playing Rank & Continuity Changes
If you were to break the rules and lose your position, we will come up with a reason for your character to step down or something like so. This is not to humiliate you, but to keep the role-play from "jumping" and to keep it smooth. If you were deleted and rejoined, we will simply say that your cats were sick. If you are deleted for the third time, we will announce your cats dead under different names. If you do not like this, well, it will most likely be names of other characters I own. Just because you did not follow my rules does not mean my role-play needs to be messed up with continuity issues.
Characters & Joining
Before you rattle off a bunch of cats that you are joining with, keep reading to learn of the restrictions. Some names will not be accepted. Mostly due to it not making the most sense in my role-play or in the Warriors universe altogether. Make sure you have back-up names in case I ask for that name to be changed. Also check the prefix list. I will not accept any cats with the prefixes on any list, as they are already used or will be used fairly soon. As for pelt colors, keep it realistic. You do not have to be exact with genetics, but two gray cats can not produce a ginger cat. Also be aware of what is most common in what Clan. I will allow some "oddball" cats who would not be common in the Clan, but I will not accept a bunch of them. Mutations are alright to have, but I will only allow a handful. This is ranted about more in the Characteristics section of the page. Know that if you join with an apprentice, you must create a warrior. I would prefer more warriors over apprentices, as there is no set limit unlike apprentices. I will not allow orphan kits, either. I am alright with a permanent queen, but their kits must be apprentice aged or older unless you have found a mate for your cat. I may allow pregnant queens, but here is the deal. That cat will not be considered pregnant unless you found someone who is willing to be the father and the two are compatible or at least interesting. If you both agree on it, I will put that the two are mates and you may have your cat find out she is pregnant. You have a week to do this and if someone says no, it means no. You can not pressure someone or constantly mention it to the point it is annoying. For those who are anti-gay and so on, I ask you kindly not to join. I will be accepting characters who do not have a preference for the opposite gender and so on. The character limit for joining at the moment is eight characters per person. You can split these characters up however you want. Each person gets four prefix saves. Also keep genders somewhat even.
Ranks
So, want to be deputy? Well, you have to be chosen by me to get it. Please, please do not apply to be deputy or annoy me and others with hints in your posts. I am alright with it if it is a kit, apprentice, or a warrior who is too young to be one. Deputy is a rank in the Clan that is to be earned. I may and probably will take a while on deciding my first deputy. Medicine cats are different. If there is a position for medicine cat open, then you may take it, but you do need to follow the rules for trusted members and higher. Same with deputy, really. Medicine cat apprentices will not be allowed at first, as I want them to be role-played into getting the rank. Trusted members will be chosen by me, as well as mods. They will be people who have been on the most and I feel like I can trust. They also have the first dibs on possibly recreating this role-play if something were to happen. Mentors are a privilege. While everyone should get an apprentice sooner or later, I will not hesitate to take that away.
Courtesy & Advertising
In general, be courteous and respectful to everyone. Keep opinions that can cause wars to yourselves. If you have an issue with someone, take it somewhere else and please for the love of all that is good keep this role-play out of your posts! I do not want negativity linked with this role-play or role-plays somehow linked to this. I expect everyone to be polite and have manners on my role-play, so if you go somewhere else and name this role-play because you have an issue with another member stealing your lollipop, I will not be happy. So refrain from that. If you have noticed, I have a few role-plays I personally have selected to feature on my Clan. I went to the owners of these role-plays and asked if I may link them myself. This is not exactly advertising, as I am offering other role-plays similar to this in at least the advanced level in case people do not like how I have set this one up. These Clans are Clans I personally find interesting but know I myself do not have the time to join. These people are wonderful people with creative minds. However, because I feature these Clans, some may assume I will be alright with someone posting on my page asking me to link their role-play. This is not what it is for. I will not take random Clans and add them to a list. Members, same with you. You can mention it and maybe discuss it a little as long as it does not take front and center. I may ask you but please do not ask me. Asking me seems like begging and I would much rather come to you and you feel all great for someone asking to feature your role-play over begging someone to feature your role-play.
Consequences
This role-play has two systems that determine whether or not you are deleted. One is a universal system and the other is an extra precaution for mods and higher so they do their job. The universal system is called the Star System. It's quite easy. When you receive a star, it means you have done something that has broken my rules. The first star comes with a verbal warning. The second star allows me to delay side plots and take away apprentices. The third star cancels any side plots you have until you have gone back to the second star. Unfortunately, that could have an impact on another person, so I really advise that you not get there. The fourth star takes you out of any plots and if you are in a high position, you are demoted. Meaning if you are deputy, you are a warrior. If you are a mod, you are down to a trusted member. The fifth and final star means you will be deleted in two days if you do not shape up. Depending on the severity of your actions, like you fighting with someone and getting the page deleted, it may have you skip a star or two. You do have a chance to go back down the system after a week's time if you improve. The second system is a strike system. If any negative actions occur and a mod does not reprimand the person at fault, then they receive a strike for not doing their duty. Three strikes equal a star, so be cautious. [Working on this.]
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Post by Featherwing on Aug 8, 2016 18:22:56 GMT -5
Hmm, I think I like the glass shard plot? It's definitely a more interesting and unique plot. o: It would definitely work seeing that Shadowclan lives right near a road. Oooh, I could also see this being a major issue if this occurs around the time the whole disease plot. I could imagine that a cat may not realize they have a disease yet and then when they get their paw or something scraped by the glass the infections would kick in a lot faster counting that there's the disease. This would cause quite a bit of panic from the Clan because they have no clue how these cats are getting in such horrible conditions from a simple infection, and at the same time the medicine cat and apprentice have an idea what's going on with that there is a disease spreading about (though not sure they would know from exactly what yet) and are unsure whether to tell anyone to cause any more panic. Not sure if the whole disease adding on with the infection is possible, if not then we could just go back to the original plot. Definitely possible, infection often exasperates disease and can often be the causal onset of major symptoms, distracting from the actual problem.
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Post by Fallen Stars on Aug 8, 2016 18:36:01 GMT -5
Alright then, I guess we're going to go with the glass shard plot then. So this problem just adds on to the whole parasite disease thing and Shadowclan is just going to suffer through sickness... oh boy. xD
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Post by Featherwing on Aug 8, 2016 18:51:05 GMT -5
Pooor ShadowClan XD
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2016 18:57:23 GMT -5
Ello
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Post by Featherwing on Aug 8, 2016 19:08:57 GMT -5
Cyn! How have you been, lovely?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2016 19:10:19 GMT -5
I'm good X3 I'm a little tired but I'll get over it XD
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Post by Featherwing on Aug 8, 2016 21:12:19 GMT -5
Oh? Just been doing a lot recently or is it a mental exhaustion?
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Post by ʀᴀɪɴʟᴇᴀғ 🍁 on Aug 8, 2016 23:17:36 GMT -5
-updates the rules-
-tries to post-
-gets an error and then checks this page to see it didn't update-
Fantastic.
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Post by Featherwing on Aug 9, 2016 6:16:10 GMT -5
Seems about right XD
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Post by Sand 🎃 on Aug 9, 2016 7:35:14 GMT -5
Everything looks great so far uwu ~ I'll be on today. rip up at 6am because I can't sleep
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Post by Featherwing on Aug 9, 2016 9:19:07 GMT -5
Heyyyyyyy yaaaaa
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