Rules
- Sales/Trades
- Forum Behavior
- Convention Limits
- Convention Pick-Ups
- Convention Behavior
- Disciplinary Action
The following is a list of general behavior rules and guidelines for the forums. It by no means covers all possible situations, but in cases not covered below, remember this: If a moderator or administrator asks you not to do something - don't do it. Period.
1. Keep all posts/chat family-friendly.
- This means no swearing and no adult content. This includes, but is not limited to: avoiding discussion on illegal activities or anything else above a PG-level.
- No linking to videos and images that break this content guideline.
2. Be excellent to each other.
- No, seriously. Treat everyone on the forums with respect. No name calling, sarcastic/snarky remarks, bullying, etc. Also avoid whining, begging, or complaining about other users.
3. Don't spam.
- Please don't make useless posts just to bump a topic, or create spam-inducing games to increase your post counts. This forum is run on a private server and can't really take a lot of extra load from such things.
4. This is not a blog site.
- While we acknowledge that everyone has rough days, and sometimes needs to talk about it, we ask that you keep topics of a personal nature to a minimum. This isn't a place for anyone to air out their dirty laundry regarding family/friends/significant others/etc.
5. Advertisements
- Please do not post advertisements for outside games. Discussion areas are meant to be for discussions or sharing interests, not for advertisements.
- Please do not post up your 'breedable games' that you're considering creating. Of the times this has happened, the creatures people have posted greatly resemble either CDF Wyrms, ECS Dragons, or Wyverns and often include many aspects of the two games. We do not feel it's appropriate to post advertisements or discussions about games which heavily borrow from ours.
6. Your Creations
- You are welcome to post your individual home made, for your own use, creatures. This includes OOAK art dolls, home made critters to be friends for your Wyrms, etc. However, we ask that you do not borrow Wyrm or Wyrm designs to create your own creatures for sale.
- We do allow artists to post commissions for Wyrm drawings/accessories/etc, either for personal profit or to raise money to purchase their own Wyrms. What we ask is that those artists A. Do not copy the particular things being sold as part of CruinndracFarms. IE handler chains, charms, the same wooden cages HMS is selling, anything with the CDF logo, etc. And B, that they credit Wyrms and CDF for the designs. When in doubt, ask before selling an item.
- Please do not post advertisements for non-wyrm related commissions or sales.
In order to make sure that more people have a chance to purchase Wyrms at a convention, we have daily limits set on how many of any single item a person may purchase. The following are the default purchase limits at conventions. Limits may be raised/lowered depending on the availability of convention stock.
- Tea-Cup Wyrms: 5 per day.
- Mini / Standard / Great Wyrms: 1 per day (of any of these types).
- Tokens: 2 of each type per day.
Cruinndrac Farms has instituted a three-strikes rule. This means that individuals who exhibit bad behavior or break rules may receive a STRIKE, which will result in disciplinary action. Repeated offenses can result in permanent removal from the game. Strikes may be removed if the handler in question shows good behavior over an extended period of time.
Warning - Take this to heart. We are asking you to stop a behavior. If you continue it, you may end up with a STRIKE.
Strike One - The user may face a 1-3 week ban from the game (forums and purchases) depending on severity of complaint.
Strike Two - The user may face a 1-6 month ban from the game (forums and purchases) depending on severity of complaint.
Strike Three - The user is banned from forums/game and may not purchase or breed their Wyrms (their Wyrms are neutered/sterilized on the wiki).
The following is a list of possible offenses that may result in a STRIKE:
- Any attempts to get around pre-set convention purchase limits.
- Any attempts to get bumped up in the queue for bred Wyrms. Lying or Begging to have your Wyrms finished before those of others.
- Repeated inappropriate behavior on the forums (swearing, inappropriate links, spamming, begging, etc.)
- Repeated inappropriate behavior at conventions (grabby hands, pushing, shoving, complaining, bad-mouthing staff, etc.)
- Harassment/bad-mouthing of any handler in chat, forum posts, or private messages.
- Anything a staff member or moderator asks you to stop doing and you continue to do so. Listen to your staff/mods.
- Unresolved trades/sales.
The following are considered auto-ban offenses:
- Theft. Registration of stolen items.
- Fradulent Paypal claims/chargebacks.
- Admission of/threats of illegal activities. (We do not have a sense of humor.)