Animal Phenomena


Rules These are the Animal Phenomena Rules. Here on AP we want our game to be safe for all ages and for that reason we very strictly enforce all of our rules. Moderators have a set of guidelines that they are required to follow when enforcing the rules. These guidelines consist of what to do when each rule is broken on a first offense, second offense, etc., and the guidelines change on a rule to rule basis. All player who have more than 35 strikes in their mod logs (warnings, suspensions, etc.) will automatically be banned from AP. We ask all players to treat us and each other with respect at all times. You must treat others the way you want to be treated. If you are having an issue with a player please report the message (if over messages) or immediately alert a moderator. Our moderators cannot use screenshots as proof and cannot act on what they don't see or cannot be proven (so use that report button!). Please make yourself familiar with the rules and the Terms of Service, and review them periodically to ensure that they have not been changed. Now For Some Basic Guidelines Keep it appropriate! This means no swearing or foul language. Words like 'heck' and 'dang' are not considered foul language on AP. No filter-dodging. If you know it's an inappropriate word, and you misspell it to avoid our filters or for some reason our filter doesn't catch it, you will get in trouble. No adult-oriented topics should be discussed on AP such as sexual talk, cybering, drug references (including alcohol), talk of excessive violence, etc. We ask that you do not post links to inappropriate sites, and do not go into gory details about political issues such as horse slaughter, etc. If you have questions about what is and what is not appropriate please message a moderator. Racist, homophobic, or otherwise intolerant and/or derogatory remarks will result in immediate banning of all accounts owned by the offender. Etiquette Guidelines Please type in coherent sentences. Excessive chat speak (DiiZ iiZ 3XC3SSiiV3 C4@T SP3@KK) is very difficult to read and not a lot of fun for other players. Animal Phenomena does not allow flooding the chat rooms. Flooding is posting more than two of the same post per page at one time. AP does not allow our players to discuss topics such as politics, religion, etc. Topics such as these start fights and arguments and we like to keep things civil. Trade on AP Nothing is to be sold on AP for real money (except of course for upgrades that players auction through the Upgrade Auctions). It is far too easy for players to scam other players out of real money. On AP players are not allowed to trade game currencies (i.e. I'll give you 100 mill HPD for 500 mill dollars from [insert game name here]). Other games do not allow it, and therefore out of respect, neither can we. EXCEPTION: You MAY trade AP money with HP money. This is the ONLY exception to this rule. There is no buying or selling of accounts, or game currency on AP (unless, of course, the game's staff are selling them). This is to protect you from scams, if you are given an account by a friend it is an 'at your own risk' sort of situation, but please be aware, when a friend gives you an account, you should find out about the past Mod History, because once it is yours you are responsible for all of the warnings and punishments on the account. On AP we ask that no one use money animals (our bank has a money transfer system). House Rules AP does not allow roleplaying (things like -comes in to chat- and -sits down- are not considered roleplaying on AP). You may link to appropriate role-play sites (that are not password protected) and write a small description on your homepage. Players are not allowed to advertise for their roleplay in talk or in their name. AP will only allow you to have one account for each species on one email address (this means 4 accounts per email address). Any account not being actively used (as in only being used to collect money) will be deleted. You may, however, use more than one email address BUT you are only allowed one basic account for each species. The Serious Stuff Player point animals (animals used to gain player points quickly) are considered cheating on AP. Impersonating any of the AP staff and/or moderators will result in an immediate banning. Moderators have badges next to their names in Talk and on their Home pages. All staff will have a Moderator Badge. Hacking, cheating, scripting, or otherwise harming the game and/or attempting to do any of these will result in immediate banning. Asking anyone for their login and password, or for cheats, scripts, or hacking information, or any of their personal information is not allowed. Please remember that you are responsible for keeping your personal information personal. Slanderous and libelous talk is not permitted anywhere on AP. It's disrespectful, and there is no need for it. Scamming other players or linking to scam sites is not allowed on AP. Harassing another player on AP will result in some serious consequences. If you are being harassed, please report it immediately and use your block button. If a player asks you to stop messaging them, please do so. Please do not spam other players. This includes sending random advertisements through messages, if you see an advertisement in Talk and respond to it, this is not considered sending random spam. Layouts and Graphics Credits and Stock Full picture credits are required on all photomanipulations (this includes all layout photos, horse and dog images, and all layout images). Every photo, drawing, all lyrics, poems, quotes, or text taken from somewhere must have full and accurate credits on the picture. This does not include fonts and brushes where the creator does not require credit, and does not include crediting the program that was used to make the art. All pictures used in photomanipulations must be STOCK and be allowed on SIM games. If it is your own personal photo, please say that. This means celebrity and movie photos cannot be used unless they are stock photos (they usually are not). If you are unsure if you are allowed to use a picture, contact the photographer. When in doubt, ALWAYS ask a mod before you post it on HP. Credits must be in URL format (user.deviantart.com not user@DA) Why? Not following these rules is considered stealing and often it is copyright infringement. Not only does it make artists and photographers unhappy and not let people use their stuff on AP anymore, it also is a very serious Federal Offense. We have these rules to protect you, not to be mean. If you have questions please ask a staff member. How to Properly Credit: You must look above at what needs to be credits, and the you must in visible and easily readable text put on the photo manipulation all of the photos and where they came from. For example: Horse - user.deviantart.com, Background - stocksite.com. What is Stock and Where Do I Find It? Stock photos are photos that artists and photographers post for people to use (Google Images is NOT a stock source). Some of the stock sites require money to use their stock, but there are some that are free (deviantart.com and the Creatvie Commons area of Flickr are two common ones). You must take a look at the artist's rules before using their pictures though. Some artists want to see what you make, and others ask that you not use their pictures without telling them first, so if you are unsure ask someone. You may use any picture with permission of the artist, and you may use your own personal pictures as you wish. Other Layout and Graphics Rules Coverup layouts are only allowed if they correctly link to ALL of the links normally in the navigation (excluding upgrade only links and mod only links). Music players are not permitted on Animal Phenomena. It is far too difficult for us to monitor the content of the songs and it also frightens some people who are not expecting music to start playing. Showing inappropriate or pornographic pictures or linking to inappropriate or pornographic sites is not allowed on Animal Phenomena. Layouts with gore, including "light gore" are not allowed. Any graphic that shows any animal in pain is considered gore (including blood). "Skeleton" animals are not considered gore. Clubs and Associations Clubs All ballots entered in to run for club president must be valid. NO entering to advertise will be allowed. Please do not harass the other contestants

Rules

These are the Animal Phenomena Rules. Here on AP we want our game to be safe for all ages and for that reason we very strictly enforce all of our rules. Moderators have a set of guidelines that they are required to follow when enforcing the rules. These guidelines consist of what to do when each rule is broken on a first offense, second offense, etc., and the guidelines change on a rule to rule basis. All player who have more than 35 strikes in their mod logs (warnings, suspensions, etc.) will automatically be banned from AP.

We ask all players to treat us and each other with respect at all times. You must treat others the way you want to be treated. If you are having an issue with a player please report the message (if over messages) or immediately alert a moderator. Our moderators cannot use screenshots as proof and cannot act on what they don't see or cannot be proven (so use that report button!).

Please make yourself familiar with the rules and the Terms of Service, and review them periodically to ensure that they have not been changed.

Now For Some Basic Guidelines

Keep it appropriate!

This means no swearing or foul language. Words like 'heck' and 'dang' are not considered foul language on AP.
No filter-dodging. If you know it's an inappropriate word, and you misspell it to avoid our filters or for some reason our filter doesn't catch it, you will get in trouble.
No adult-oriented topics should be discussed on AP such as sexual talk, cybering, drug references (including alcohol), talk of excessive violence, etc.
We ask that you do not post links to inappropriate sites, and do not go into gory details about political issues such as horse slaughter, etc. If you have questions about what is and what is not appropriate please message a moderator.
Racist, homophobic, or otherwise intolerant and/or derogatory remarks will result in immediate banning of all accounts owned by the offender.

Etiquette Guidelines
Please type in coherent sentences. Excessive chat speak (DiiZ iiZ 3XC3SSiiV3 C4@T SP3@KK) is very difficult to read and not a lot of fun for other players.
Animal Phenomena does not allow flooding the chat rooms. Flooding is posting more than two of the same post per page at one time.
AP does not allow our players to discuss topics such as politics, religion, etc. Topics such as these start fights and arguments and we like to keep things civil.

Trade on AP
Nothing is to be sold on AP for real money (except of course for upgrades that players auction through the Upgrade Auctions). It is far too easy for players to scam other players out of real money.
On AP players are not allowed to trade game currencies (i.e. I'll give you 100 mill HPD for 500 mill dollars from [insert game name here]). Other games do not allow it, and therefore out of respect, neither can we. EXCEPTION: You MAY trade AP money with HP money. This is the ONLY exception to this rule.
There is no buying or selling of accounts, or game currency on AP (unless, of course, the game's staff are selling them). This is to protect you from scams, if you are given an account by a friend it is an 'at your own risk' sort of situation, but please be aware, when a friend gives you an account, you should find out about the past Mod History, because once it is yours you are responsible for all of the warnings and punishments on the account.
On AP we ask that no one use money animals (our bank has a money transfer system).

House Rules
AP does not allow roleplaying (things like -comes in to chat- and -sits down- are not considered roleplaying on AP). You may link to appropriate role-play sites (that are not password protected) and write a small description on your homepage. Players are not allowed to advertise for their roleplay in talk or in their name.
AP will only allow you to have one account for each species on one email address (this means 4 accounts per email address). Any account not being actively used (as in only being used to collect money) will be deleted. You may, however, use more than one email address BUT you are only allowed one basic account for each species.

The Serious Stuff
Player point animals (animals used to gain player points quickly) are considered cheating on AP.
Impersonating any of the AP staff and/or moderators will result in an immediate banning. Moderators have badges next to their names in Talk and on their Home pages. All staff will have a Moderator Badge.
Hacking, cheating, scripting, or otherwise harming the game and/or attempting to do any of these will result in immediate banning.
Asking anyone for their login and password, or for cheats, scripts, or hacking information, or any of their personal information is not allowed. Please remember that you are responsible for keeping your personal information personal.
Slanderous and libelous talk is not permitted anywhere on AP. It's disrespectful, and there is no need for it.
Scamming other players or linking to scam sites is not allowed on AP.
Harassing another player on AP will result in some serious consequences. If you are being harassed, please report it immediately and use your block button. If a player asks you to stop messaging them, please do so.
Please do not spam other players. This includes sending random advertisements through messages, if you see an advertisement in Talk and respond to it, this is not considered sending random spam.

Layouts and Graphics

Credits and Stock

Full picture credits are required on all photomanipulations (this includes all layout photos, horse and dog images, and all layout images). Every photo, drawing, all lyrics, poems, quotes, or text taken from somewhere must have full and accurate credits on the picture. This does not include fonts and brushes where the creator does not require credit, and does not include crediting the program that was used to make the art.
All pictures used in photomanipulations must be STOCK and be allowed on SIM games. If it is your own personal photo, please say that. This means celebrity and movie photos cannot be used unless they are stock photos (they usually are not). If you are unsure if you are allowed to use a picture, contact the photographer. When in doubt, ALWAYS ask a mod before you post it on HP.
Credits must be in URL format (user.deviantart.com not user@DA)
Why? Not following these rules is considered stealing and often it is copyright infringement. Not only does it make artists and photographers unhappy and not let people use their stuff on AP anymore, it also is a very serious Federal Offense. We have these rules to protect you, not to be mean. If you have questions please ask a staff member.

How to Properly Credit: You must look above at what needs to be credits, and the you must in visible and easily readable text put on the photo manipulation all of the photos and where they came from. For example: Horse - user.deviantart.com, Background - stocksite.com.

What is Stock and Where Do I Find It? Stock photos are photos that artists and photographers post for people to use (Google Images is NOT a stock source). Some of the stock sites require money to use their stock, but there are some that are free (deviantart.com and the Creatvie Commons area of Flickr are two common ones). You must take a look at the artist's rules before using their pictures though. Some artists want to see what you make, and others ask that you not use their pictures without telling them first, so if you are unsure ask someone. You may use any picture with permission of the artist, and you may use your own personal pictures as you wish.

Other Layout and Graphics Rules
Coverup layouts are only allowed if they correctly link to ALL of the links normally in the navigation (excluding upgrade only links and mod only links).
Music players are not permitted on Animal Phenomena. It is far too difficult for us to monitor the content of the songs and it also frightens some people who are not expecting music to start playing.
Showing inappropriate or pornographic pictures or linking to inappropriate or pornographic sites is not allowed on Animal Phenomena.
Layouts with gore, including "light gore" are not allowed. Any graphic that shows any animal in pain is considered gore (including blood). "Skeleton" animals are not considered gore.

Clubs and Associations

Clubs

All ballots entered in to run for club president must be valid. NO entering to advertise will be allowed.
Please do not harass the other contestants

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