- Joined
- Jun 29, 2019
- Location
- Blue side of the Moon.
Blue Moon Roleplaying Site Rules
Introduction
Introduction
Full participation in the site hinges on members reading, understanding, and being willing to follow the rules, so please make sure to read these in full. If the rules are updated, the title will reflect the date it was done, and a post will be made in the thread informing members of the areas of change.
If you’re a new member, welcome! The first thing to do when you’re done with the rules is to head on over to the Introductions Forum and tell us a little about yourself if you haven't done so already. The stickies at the top of that forum should give you a better idea on how the first few hours of being on the site works.
If you have any questions, feel free to message a staff member directly, or tag in one of us on your Introduction or Questions and Suggestions post by using an @ and then immediately starting to type the staff member’s username.
The rules will be presented, and then in the second post of this thread, the consequences for breaking each rule will be explained. Some things are left to a case-by-case basis, in which case staff will discuss the situation and come to a conclusion together. All appeals can be sent to our contact form.
The Rules
1. You must be at least eighteen (18) years old to join Blue Moon Roleplaying. For clarification, this also means you must be at least 18 years old mentally/behaviorally. You must also agree to adhere to the laws of the United States of America, where the website is hosted. This is mostly common sense - don't make threats, don't post pirated material. Real-life images or videos of bestiality are also illegal in many US states as they are considered animal abuse.
1a. You may not use any VPN, TOR or PROXY for registration to this site. Once you have completed registration, you may then use any of those services if you wish, but we do not tolerate ban evasion, so registration must not be restricted or concealed in any way.
2. If you see a rule being broken, please report it for staff review (more information on reporting can be found here) or contact a member of staff. If you have an issue with another member, consider using the site's 'ignore' function. Along with this, respect staff and their time. Trolling (i.e. acting in a purposefully incendiary way) in general is not permitted, but trolling or attacking staff for doing their jobs is additionally unacceptable. Judgment of images and written material is at staff's discretion; if staff decides that something is breaking the rules, it is breaking the rules. Appeals may be made through the contact page, but decisions are final. Members must be able to understand and communicate in English with staff.
3. Blue Moon is a writing site. We are not a psych center, a meat market, or any other type of support/meetup group. If your issues begin to harm the site, staff will speak to you or act as necessary. If you feel a member is harassing you, please use the report function or message a member of staff for further guidance. Member safety and comfort is our first priority, and while you may feel that it isn't harmful to you, it may be behavior that is harmful to others, and we want to make sure all our users are safe and having fun on Blue Moon. Seeking real-life meetups, real-life relationships, master/slave dynamics, or asking for personal information or photos of other members is not allowed. If a member states they do not want to be contacted by you again, respect their wishes and do not contact them again.
4. Loli/shota is not permitted on Blue Moon. This includes images (real or animated), videos, writing, or linking to any material that may include loli or shota references. If such references are found on your F-List , they must be removed before posting the F-List to the site. Blue Moon's definition of loli/shota is anything younger than sixteen (16) years old and/or is pre-pubescent or appears to be pre-pubescent whether physically, actually, or mentally. Characters involved in, witnessing, or being near erotica/sexual themes/sexually suggestive themes must be sixteen (16) years of age or older physically, actually, and mentally. If "littlespace" (i.e. age regression) is used in roleplay and the "little" is under 16, it must not be in a sexual context. Images are to staff's discretion and staff has the final word on what is or is not appropriate for the site. All real-life figures used in sexual roleplay must be eighteen (18) years of older in real life, and real-life images used in roleplays of a sexual nature must be of people who were at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time the photo was taken. If searching for characters under eighteen (18), members must clarify in their search that all characters will be sixteen (16) and above physically, actually, and mentally. "As site allows"/"ages of site compliance" and other vague terms are not sufficient; actual ages must be written.
4a. No major abuse or actions may take place toward a character younger than 16. Beyond sexual acts, this means that you may not expound upon abuse, be it mental or physical, toward a pre-16 within your story. Live birthing cannot be of a sexual nature, deriving pleasure, or causing any form of abuse, pain, or harm. This is an adult writing site and stories should not include such serious acts toward or from pre-16 characters. One may include minor wrongdoing type of acts, such as shoplifting, sneaking beers & smokes and the like, typical for teenage rebellion, but major offenses and abuse that are violent and torturous toward pre-16 characters is not to be included in writing or backstory.
5. If you would like to use NSFW (Not Safe For Work) images in any thread, you have a few options. If you would like to embed NSFW images without using spoiler tags or links, you must include the term "NSFW" in your thread, just as it is written here. If you are using spoiler code or links (how to do so using BBCode can be found here) for NSFW images, they must be individually labeled as NSFW or have an easy-to-read disclaimer before the spoilers or links that any spoilers or links may be NSFW. The site must always be safe for members to browse.
For private message conversations, check with the conversation recipient before sending NSFW imagery. If they request that you spoiler/link and label NSFW images, you must do so.
NSFW imagery is defined by staff as any image that contains visible genitalia, visible nipples on female breasts, backside spread in a way to show the anus, people or creatures (drawn, animated, or real) engaging in sexual acts, or scenes of excessive gore. These will be judged at staff discretion.
6. All avatars, signatures, profile banners, and status updates/profile posts must be SFW (Suitable For Work). An avatar of only breasts, genitalia, or backsides with minimal coverage is not allowed. Nudity is not allowed, even if covered. These will be judged at staff discretion. Please remember, if you were in an a public professional setting and have to scroll past the image to avoid a coworker seeing it, then it's not safe for work and therefore unacceptable. Custom titles must be SFW, and 'possessive' custom titles (i.e. "[username]'s [blank], owned by [username], etc.) should be avoided.
6a. With the implementation of user name changes (pending staff approval), no new user name may contain less than 4 consecutive letters. Names like, 'Mr. Sky' does not meet the minimum requirement. This is due to site search limitations. Users with existing names that do not meet this criteria are grandfathered in and may keep them as is. Additionally, name change requests may only take place once per calendar year.
6b: No roleplaying on profile posts/status updates, this includes asterisk chat or italicized chat that performs an action.
7. No self-nudes, no posting images of other people and claiming they are you, no posting other people's images except for public celebrities/models, and no posting of other members' information.
8. One member is allowed up to three (3) accounts in total. This includes both accounts that are active and those that have been withdrawn - once you have made 3 accounts you may not create more, no matter their status. Members with more than 3 accounts that do not meet this criteria are grandfathered in.
8a. Habitual rule violators that have 4 or 5 accounts may be forced to move to 3 accounts.
9. Do not necro old threads. Threads posted in the Introductions and Questions & Suggestions forums are considered "dead" and should not be posted in after 7 days.
10. Members are allowed two (2) active Request Threads per request section; this means a member may have 2 threads in Roleplay Requests by Males, 2 threads in Roleplay Requests by Females, and 2 threads in Roleplay Requests by Non-Binaries. The same rules apply for the Non-Forum/Off-Site section. Threads are considered "active" if the last post on the thread is within 30 days of the current date. If a request thread is tagged as 'Closed', it is still considered an active thread if it has been posted within the last 30 days.
10a: Bumping your threads is allowed once every twenty-three (23) hours. This means that a full 23 hours must pass between posts on any request thread. Creating a request thread counts as the first post. A bump is defined as any post, whether you are just posting 'bump' or posting new ideas. When creating a new Request Thread, you may make up to 3 posts. This includes the original post and 2 additional posts that are relevant to the concepts and ideas of your Request Thread; these must be posted within 5 minutes of the original post. If you have new ideas before the 23 hours is up, please edit them into your original post or into an already existing post. Deleting old bumps or threads and reposting them before the 23 hours is up is also breaking this rule.
10b: No posting in other members' Request Threads for any reason. Lastly, you may not circumvent the 23 hour early bump rule by duplicating your first Request Thread as your second Request Thread. Each RT must have it's own original content.
11. No spamming members via PMs or profile posts. Please do not send the same message in PMs to multiple members. If you would like to contact a member about roleplaying, please do so without using the same copy/paste message for multiple members. If your message can be sent to another member with little change, it is not suitable to send. Links used for image/GIF/video references must be links to already hosted images/GIFs/videos; links that lead to downloads on other members' devices are not permitted. Staff reserves the right to use discretion on whether spam was malicious or accidental.
11a: No soliciting for a roleplay anywhere on the public boards or profile posts, this also includes BMR chat (see Chat/Discord Rules). It is up to Staff discretion to determine whether a post is considered solicitation.
Please do not advertise other Discord communities, other forums or roleplaying sites. You may seek writing partners within your Request Thread to establish an RP group on Discord, but your Discord group shall consist of only approved BMR members and shall adhere to all BMR rules. Simply put, your Discord group shall be for the sole purpose of writing with other BMR members only. If you need any clarification, the onus is on you to contact staff.
Please do not post/advertise any sort of GoFundMe/personal Patreon/money-raising links onsite. Commissions for money or services (including but not limited to art or writing) are not permitted on Blue Moon. Blue Moon takes no responsibility for any currency or goods that exchange hands even if this rule is broken and commissions are sought on-site.
12. When it come to status updates/profile posts; do not use status updates to air dirty laundry, vague or otherwise. In other words, do not post messages negatively targeting or calling out other users or user behaviors, whether you use their names or not. Please keep flirting to a minimum, do not post excessively lewd images or language, everything posted on profile statuses must be SFW. The profile posts are publicly viewed and show up on the front page of the site, so all status updates should follow the same standards as avatars and signatures. NSFW links should be marked as such when posted. Don't rapid fire talk over status updates, and don't post to the walls of multiple people one after the other, as this takes up the entire visible profile post section of the site.
Status updates are not places to advertise for or seek RPs, keep that to Request Threads. This includes (but is not limited to) posts such as "updated my request thread, go take a look!", "have room for more roleplays, PM if interested",and posting on the profiles of others to let them know you're interested in their ideas. Do not post on the profiles of other users to check and see if they are still interested in your shared roleplay, or to let them know that you have posted in the roleplay. Please keep this to PMs. Do not rapid fire post on your status for any reason. Doing this can clog up the profile statuses on the front page and will be considered spam. This will be judged by staff discretion.
Please remember that everything you post is public and therefore open to viewing and interpretation from those other than your intended recipient. Speaking rudely or harshly as a joke to a friend may not be seen as such when viewed by a community unaware of your relationship and sense of humor, and if these are reported they will be taken down.
13. Plagiarism (the copying of another member's content, includes writing, art, and Request Threads/plot ideas, and claiming them as your own) is not tolerated. This includes posting ideas from other members that you acknowledge are not your own, but that you do not have permission to use.
14. Keep negativity and hostility off the boards. Staff discretion on what is and is not too negative for the site is final. If you see a problem on the forums or on Discord, either hit the report button or seek assistance from a Moderator or Administrator. Do not attempt to play moderator. Please note that any issues that arise on a venue other than Blue Moon Roleplaying or BMR's Discord server (i.e. emails, Skype, phone/text) are unable to be moderated by staff. Shaming members is not allowed anywhere on-site, Request Threads and Journals included. No matter what your reasons for it are (and 'humor' will also not be an acceptable explanation) any shaming of members is subject to removal at any time. No shaming anyone else's writing, kinks, preferences in regards to genre or plot, styles, or anything else.
15. Reporting emails from Blue Moon Roleplaying as spam is not permitted. This can cause issues for the site and its hosts. If you would like to stop receiving email notifications, there is a setting in your User Preferences for doing so. If you need assistance with this, please contact a staff member.
Other Links To Review
Frequently Asked Questions — A more comprehensive FAQ.
BMR Helpdesk — A resource on how to get started here on BMR.
Chat/Discord Rules — To explain the dos and don’ts of site chat and Discord.
Reporting Guidelines — When to report, and how to do it.
Request Thread & Bumping Policy — Request Thread-specific rules and guidelines. You can find these at the top of each search thread section.
ConCrit & Idea Development Etiquette — A place to get feedback on your ideas and to put them out into the world.
Character Sheet Rules — A place for developing characters.
BMA Rules & Guidelines — (Blue Moon Academy) If you're going to discuss here, please see these first.
Roleplay Thread Rules & Guidelines — A place to check that your threads are following our rules.
Fourm Games Rules & Etiquette — Rules to make sure all our fun and games are civil and friendly.
Conclusion
Blue Moon Roleplaying has an appeals policy for all bans. Anyone banned can contact the site via our contact form and may state their case there. All appeal decisions are discussed by staff and staff decision is final.
If you have questions about the site that are not covered here or in any of the other provided links, please feel free to contact a member of staff. We are always here to help!
Be sure to check back once in a while for updates.
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