This forum is where all RP that doesn't take place inside a tribe/test tribe goes!
- Follow the Daisy Code. ❀
Your pet must be certed to be RP'd officially in the guild. When you get your pet's uncert, please don't RP the pet in the Guild until it has been certed. The pets aren't counted as "official" until the cert is dropped off. As far as mate/fling/etc hunting goes, there is an age limit. Pets need to be adults, with their adult forms on their certs, for at least two weeks.
Again: obey the shop rules, Gaia ToS, Breedables Rules & Guidelines. We assume that you've at least glanced at everything before and have been following the rules properly, but just in case: you can find the ToS here and the Breedables Rules/Guidelines here. When it comes to the shop itself, please read the front page and F.A.Q. before you ask questions, your answer may be there. Remember, Gaia is PG-13!
And again: be courteous. Try to be respectful towards other users and keep things civil, both ICly and OOCly. Don't go flaming others, don't go starting fights, don't use mules (situations involving mules need to be explained - Gaia banned your original account for XXX reason, your original account was hacked, etc.), and don't beg or harass other users for things like pets/breedings/plots/concepts/designs/rehomings/etc. Don't push your pet on anyone else's pet, romantically or otherwise. In the guild, here in the main thread, via PM, it doesn't matter how... just don't.
Try to use some type of bracket for any OOC text while RPing. People usually find it easier to read what you say when you use brackets! For example: (text), [text], or {text}.
No godmodding. Recognize that your pet has limits and boundaries when it comes to their skills. Additionally, don't make anyone's pet do something they did not wish to do.
You must own a pet to RP it. This includes pets you have ordered, but which have not been colored and/or certed yet. Don't RP Higher Beings through your pet, even if your pet's tribe owns one. Only the owners of the Higher Beings can decide who RPs them.
These pets should, for the most part, act and be treated "realistically." Despite being sentient beings, they cannot understand humans. They can understand each other, of course, communicating with unique noises and actions, but they can't communicate with humans. They're capable of understanding the tone and pitch of a human's voice, and maybe certain words like their names, but they can't fully understand humans. Along with that, pets cannot use "special powers" past their tribe rank (if they're in a tribe) or their species' natural abilities in RPs. Cosplays may have some abilities, but they must be cleared with the staff first over in the Cosplay Information thread. At the end of the day, Modifoxes are just that: foxes. In addition to this, the pets here at Modifoxes shouldn't be RP'd as humans, anthros, etc. within the confines of the shop.
Don't have your pet attack or injure others without reason. Modifoxes, along with all of the other pets here at the shop, don't usually attack other creatures without reason! Extremely hostile foxes are actually pretty rare (and if you have a tribe of mean/nasty pets, you've met some strict requirements for why they are all this way). If you're going to have a pet attack another in a serious manner, please discuss things with all of the owners involved beforehand, just to make sure you know what you're all getting into. Deaths should be handled in a similar manner to fights and injuries, with all of the owners involved discussing things beforehand. Killing off a pet is a very serious thing! Once a pet has died or been killed off ICly, they can no longer breed or be RP'd, so please keep this in mind.
Keep anything explicit in the dark. When hinting at or leading characters to sex in an RP on Gaia, you need to do a fade to black, with nothing explicit typed out, because it could land you in serious trouble (account being frozen, blacklisting, being called out publicly, etc.) with people both in and outside of the shop, including Gaia's moderators. Any RPs with strong sexual content within the confines of the shop will be deleted, period. As we mentioned in the main thread, all foxes can have ~fun~ together, but it never actually results in pregnancy or BCRs. As far as sexual things goes, the shop avoids:
- The act itself.
- Rape.
- Incest.
- Overly lewd comments and jokes about any of the above.
- Please title your RPs. The title of an RP should be done like so: RP label first, the actual RP title, and then the names of the pets involved (if you can fit them in). For example: "[PRP] One Sunny Day [John x Jane]." As long as that basic format is followed and the necessary info is included (RP label, RP title, pet names), you'll be good. It's important to label your RPs properly, because mislabeled RPs won't count towards breedings or anything like that until they're fixed! When labeling RPs, please use these labels:
[SRP] if you're just RPing with your own pets.
[PRP] for an RP between two or a few pets.
[ORP] for an open RP that anyone is allowed to join.
[LOG] for a logged messenger RP.
[Joining Encounter / JE] for an RP where a fox joins a tribe after a conversation with the Elder.
[Joining Confirmation / JC] for an RP where a fox, born into a tribe, confirms that they'll be staying as an adult in a conversation with the Elder.
Try to include the names of the pets involved in the RP's title. Don't worry if you can't though! If you can't fit all of the names into the title, you can just include them in the first post of the RP instead, along with their certs. Full names please, no nicknames! If the pet's name is Moonlight, don't use "Moon."
When an RP is about to be finished, have the last person involved wrap things up. No need to add "[FIN]" to the RP's title anymore (you can if you like, though!). Along with the last character's reply, the owner should include a quick "(Finished!)" or something like that in the post. It lets everyone know that the RP is over.
