General Rules
1. No God-modding! Moderators and Gods/Goddesses will decide what is and isn't God-modding. If no God/Goddess or Moderator is present at the current time, then it shall be determined by the highest ranking official present. Rankings are to be determined by status at one’s respective school.
2. Follow the Gaia ToS. This includes any Guild, Forum and Sub-Forum rules as well.
3. Please post your profile in the profile thread upon entering into the Academy. This will help others to know your character a little better to create better relationships and role-playing. Upon completion of the profile in the profile thread, a student will be issued an ID badge for which they will place in their signature.
4. Romances are allowed but please keep everything PG-13 and below. This is out of respect for others and is part of the Gaia ToS. If you want to get into a more serious nature with your significant other then please take it outside the Academy to somewhere private. Please do not make a character simply for the sake of a love story.
5. Bumping and advertisements for things that are not RP related are NOT allowed. This is a RP forum and needs to remain as such. Bumping should be referred to the OOC subforum or the Chatterbox forum thread.
6. Respect the members of the staff and the other role-players. Remember the Golden Rule. Be courteous to other members entering into the schools by welcoming them. No one should be ignored.
7. No page stretching without good reason.
8. This is a semi-lit thread so please use "quotation marks" for speaking and don't use symbols for actions. Examples of symbols are: ~ , * , : , - , = , etc. Thoughts must be written in italics with the option of quotation marks.
9. Please no one-liners. Try and at least make your posts three sentences in length minimum. If you're having difficulty with spelling and grammar, there are many different word processors out there to help run checks before posting.
10. Please try and keep OOC chatter to a minimum. If it doesn't pertain to the role-play or the thread then take it to the PM's or the OOC subforum. No fighting in OOC! If you're going to talk OOC, please use parenthesis or brackets to distinguish between IC and OOC so that no one gets confused.
There is an OOC Subforum for those who wish to post OOC stuff and discussions, but remember to follow Gaia ToS and the Academy's rules when making threads and posting within them.
11. All students and Academy personnel must wear their ID badge that has been issued to them by the Moderators and have that ID badge placed within their signature. If you have lost your ID badge then please request one be reissued to you by a Moderator.
12. No person shall impersonate a member of this Academy's staff, any Gaia staff, or any other staff from any other Guild or thread.
13. All students and Academy personnel will have only 1 main element and may have up to 2 sub-elements of their choice to use for a grand total of 3 elements. Elements can be switched out but the person switching their element must forgo all knowledge and skill of the element that they are getting rid of in favor of the newly chosen element. A person must also forgo any rankings within that element that they have achieved and be downgraded back to student status for the element that they are transferring to.
A person switching out their element must complete and submit the proper documentation and have it approved by the God/Goddess of that element. If no God/Goddess of that particular element exists, then the approval must come from the God/Goddess of the element that the person is transferring to. All requests must go through the Moderators for approval as well. Only a Moderator can change a person’s elemental status within the Academy.
14. Follow the hierarchy of the schools and role-play accordingly. Major issues within the schools (i.e.; God-modding, a person breaking a major rule such as R rated or above public romance, a person breaking the Gaia ToS, etc.) are to be reported to the Gods/Goddesses first and not directly to the Moderators. If a God/Goddess feels that they must forward it to a Moderator then it shall be done and the issue will be reviewed. Minor offenses shall be reported to Instructors of that said school or the officiating person within the Academy at the time.
If something needs to be reported to a God/Goddess then please do so promptly in a PM. Remember to include the post that is in question in its entirety so that the God/Goddess or Moderator may look at it and review.
If a God/Goddess needs to be reported then please make that report via PM to a Moderator, this will be the only exception to reporting things to the Moderators of the Academy.
Any person(s) that is caught tampering with a post to cause it to be reported or tampering with a reported post before an official can review will be subject to punishment accordingly. We believe in fairness and equality for all of our members so please do not report anyone unless they are in violation of the rules.
15. Suggestions for improving the Academy shall be placed within the proper thread for it, the Suggestion Forum. These suggestions shall be looked over by the Gods/Goddesses and Moderators and any suggestion that is enacted upon majority vote shall be notified within the News and Annoucements Forum for all members to see. We are very open to any and all suggestions and welcome them but remember to show courtesy and respect when making them. The Suggestion Forum will not be made for bashing and it will not be tolerated.
16. Please enjoy the Academy and remember to have fun. biggrin
Rules are subject to change and new rules can be added at any point so please keep yourself updated. Breaking any of these rules will result in punishment and can even have you expelled.
