Community Rules: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 16:52, 19 July 2025

Rules are enforced and interpreted by the staff of Ratwood Keep, not the user.

Rule 0: Be adult (figuratively AND literally)

Ratwood Keep is an adult oriented community that involves mature topics and themes. New players shall be age vetted by ID (with all other identifying information censored) in their application; if you are later found out to have faked this in any way, you will be permanently banned from the community with no chance to appeal, and adjacent servers may be made aware of this. This also goes for players knowing of a minor within the community and not reporting them.

Rule 1: Be Respectful

You do not have to like everybody, but you should channel your negativity elsewhere. Arguments, insults and drama diminish the experience for everybody else and bring nothing positive. Usage of slurs, insults and similar towards your fellow community members, with the intent of denigration, is not allowed here. Do not discriminate or target people based on nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or religion. If you're actively disrespectful towards others, you will be punished, with the severity increasing with your recidivism. Do not toe the line - be excellent to each other. This community will not be a cesspit.

Rule 2: Do not provoke others

As an addendum to rule 1, if you intentionally act in a way to incite other players, cause undue conflicts and try to make another player crash out, you will be punished. Some players are susceptible to being provoked and find it difficult to maintain composure. If you know of the players like that, do not try to target them. In a similar vein, if you are one of aforementioned players, who find themselves easily annoyed, take a step away from the incident and report it to the administrators. A tirade on other players will not do anybody any favours. Additionally, avoid discussions related to real world politics, especially on divisive and sensitive topics, doubly so about current and ongoing events.

Rule 3: NSFW Content

Keep NSFW content and discussion, including reaction gifs, to the following channels:

Hornyposting in channels other than the aforementioned ones is discouraged and you may end up asked to tone it down. This includes the discussion of fetishes; for example, while the server allows consensual non-consent in roleplay, that doesn't mean you need to talk about it all the time and joke about it. The content that may not be posted in this discord, even in NSFW channelsm, encompasses: feral porn, pictured involving underage characters, pictures of real people. Extreme kinks should be spoilered with a content warning, or in a thread dedicated to them, so that not everybody has to see it.

Rule 4: Adhere to Discord’s Terms and Guidelines

Discord Community Guidelines

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 <center><span style="color:#d33"><big><big>'''Rules are enforced and interpreted by the staff of Ratwood Keep, not the user.'''</big></big></span> </center>
-== '''1, Meet the Age Requirement''' ==
+== '''Rule 0: Be adult (figuratively AND literally)''' ==
-This community is strictly 18+
+Ratwood Keep is an adult oriented community that involves mature topics and themes.
+New players shall be age vetted by ID (with all other identifying information censored) in their application; if you are later found out to have faked this in any way, you will be permanently banned from the community with no chance to appeal, and adjacent servers may be made aware of this.
+This also goes for players knowing of a minor within the community and not reporting them.
-Any user discovered to be a minor will be permanently banned with no appeal.
+== '''Rule 1: Be Respectful''' ==
+You do not have to like everybody, but you should channel your negativity elsewhere.
+Arguments, insults and drama diminish the experience for everybody else and bring nothing positive.
+Usage of slurs, insults and similar towards your fellow community members, with the intent of denigration, is not allowed here.
+Do not discriminate or target people based on nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or religion.
+If you're actively disrespectful towards others, you will be punished, with the severity increasing with your recidivism.
+Do not toe the line - be excellent to each other.
+This community will not be a cesspit.
-This community engages in ''age checking'' through ID verification. This verification process is voluntarily, however must be done to obtain access to this community.
+== '''Rule 2: Do not provoke others''' ==
+As an addendum to rule 1, if you intentionally act in a way to incite other players, cause undue conflicts and try to make another player crash out, you will be punished. Some players are susceptible to being provoked and find it difficult to maintain composure.
+If you know of the players like that, do not try to target them.
+In a similar vein, if you are one of aforementioned players, who find themselves easily annoyed, take a step away from the incident and report it to the administrators.
+A tirade on other players will not do anybody any favours.
+Additionally, avoid discussions related to real world politics, especially on divisive and sensitive topics, doubly so about current and ongoing events.
-== '''2, Respect''' ==
+== '''Rule 3: NSFW Content''' ==
-Be respectful to everyone.
+Keep NSFW content and discussion, including reaction gifs, to the following channels:
-Everyone may have their own opinion and feeling on things, however they must be respectful.
-Consistent toxic or disrespectful behavior will lead to indefinite mute from the community discord and possible removal of community entirely.
-* Hatespeech/Homophobic-language/Transphobic-language
-** Language with intent to belittle or insult specific culture groups.
-* Shit-stirring/Baiting
-**Intent to start an argument or discussion to rile up an individual(s) or group specifically targetting them.
-* Harassment
-**Targetted insults or actions which include direct messaging users with insulting language towards specific a individual.
-* Political Extremism
-**Discussions, images, or posts promoting political violence or terrorism as defined by the local nation.
-All discussions are fair so long the content of the discussion remains respectful and does not turn into targetting specific users.
-== '''3, Common Sense''' ==
-Common sense in this context refers to blatantly advertising competing communities in a malicious manner, keeping discussions relevant to their specific channel within the discord, posting of illegal content as defined by the local nation.
-== '''4, Not-Safe-For-Work (NSFW) Posts or Image Restrictions''' ==
-Do not post real porn or nude photos of individuals.
-Do not post NSFW media including reaction gifs outisde of the following channels:
 * [https://discord.com/channels/1240735983276654733/1263997423743664189 #oc-board]
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 * [https://discord.com/channels/1240735983276654733/1261506932661817394 #nsfw-art]
-== 5, Adhere to Discord’s Terms and Guidelines ==
+Hornyposting in channels other than the aforementioned ones is discouraged and you may end up asked to tone it down.
+This includes the discussion of fetishes; for example, while the server allows consensual non-consent in roleplay, that doesn't mean you need to talk about it all the time and joke about it.
+The content that may not be posted in this discord, even in NSFW channelsm, encompasses: feral porn, pictured involving underage characters, pictures of real people.
+Extreme kinks should be spoilered with a content warning, or in a thread dedicated to them, so that not everybody has to see it.
+== '''Rule 4: Adhere to Discord’s Terms and Guidelines''' ==
 [https://discord.com/guidelines Discord Community Guidelines]