Social, Chatbox, and Chat Rules

Admin Posts : 6659 Join date : 2013-05-15

SOCIAL, CHATBOX, AND CHAT RULES

No harassment is allowed here on the site, period. If you are caught harassing another member, you will receive 50 infraction points, resulting in a one day ban. The next incident will be another 50 points and a week long ban. A third incident will result in a permanent ban. This goes especially for the disrespect of staff.
All site rules apply to social forums, as well as the Chatbox and Official Off-Site Chats. ([You must be registered and logged in to see this link.])
There is to be NO sexual content, IC or OOC in public/social areas.
Avoid strong language whenever possible; censor yourself if need be, make bleeping jokes, etc. but avoid cussing frequently and/or strongly.
Absolutely NO SPAMMING will be tolerated. This includes images, links, words, etc. This also extends to trolling.

Quote :

Spam
noun (1.) irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the Internet to a large number of recipients.
verb (1.) send the same message indiscriminately to (large numbers of recipients) on the Internet.

Quote :

Troll (informal)
verb (1.)make a deliberately offensive or provocative online posting with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them.
No harassment, including insulting, harming (verbally and "RP'ed"), or generally annoying people.

Merriam Webster wrote:

(1) : to annoy persistently (2) : to create an unpleasant or hostile situation for especially by uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical conduct
There is to be no discussion of or joking about anything that could be some form of triggering for people,. This includes, but is not limited to: anything graphic (nudity, violence, etc.); any mention of murder, death or suicide; or anything that degrades or otherwise belittles any form of disability or illness; this goes in tandem with the harassment rule.
Unless you are on the chatbox on a phone or have a disability (temporary or otherwise) that makes normal typing too difficult, we ask that you avoid chatspeak.

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Admin Posts : 12643 Join date : 2014-04-20

Off-Site Rules and Limitations

_{Added 25DEC2017, subject to change at any time.}

At present, there is only one official, SERP-sanctioned chat. This is the Discord server; only Admins are allowed to create official off-site chats and servers, and SERP accepts no responsibility for any that have not been sanctioned by the Admin Council.
Only users that have at least one accepted character sheet are allowed on official off-site chats; this is not up for discussion.
When you join the off-site chat, you are required to immediately provide your SERP username; for things such as Discord, your nickname will be updated to reflect this and may only be changed by Admins.
The breaking of site rules, especially those under the "Social" category can result in any punishment from SERP infraction points, and their consequences, to being kicked or banned from the off-site chat, itself.
All bot commands (except for Pokecord's p!catch command) are restricted to be used in the #bot_channel. You can gain xp from bots in any chat, but do not try to summon them into the others. Additionally, music commands (no matter the bot being used) should be restricted to the #music channel.
Memes, most images and videos, any sort of jokes that you want to share but can't find a segway to bring up in conversation, and full emoji posts (such as using emoji lettering) belong exclusively in #the_bin. Do not clutter up the main chat with this nonsense. Everything posted in said channel must also comply with all other rules. No NSFW, no triggers, no politics, no religion. Be respectful.
All bot requests go through Rackie, as he is the server owner. Don't expect them to be accepted. We already have five bots. Also, NSFW commands and bots will NEVER be allowed.
Everyone gets exactly ONE warning before they start taking infractions. 50 on-site points is a 24hr ban from both SERP and the SERP Zone. If your first strike is the same day as your warning, you will be infracted extra.

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