Be kind ❤
Don’t use slurs. We know that many people have reclaimed them, and that's great! But not everyone is there yet, emotionally. Slurs include words that demean mental ability, race, religion, and sexuality, as well as anything that involves referring to trans characters or people as “traps,” “futanari,” etc.
Although this group takes place in 2020, no political talk. The pandemic and elections are not taking place during Pinefallow Park. Do not have your characters refer to them.
There will be a public trigger list available in the Discord. Please avoid all triggering topics. You can also submit your own triggers, whether publicly or anonymously.
By joining, you understand that during the story, things may happen that change your character without your prior permission. In the course of the storyline, gifts, curses, injuries, blessings, or even death could occur due to your actions and the actions of those around you. That being said, player autonomy is important to us, and the moderators will be extremely sensitive as we construct events. The purpose of this rule is to do our very best to provide you with the most exciting, thrilling storytelling experience that we can.
Shipping is very popular in roleplays, but don't force-ship. Please be kind and respectful and ask someone if they would like to engage in a romantic relationship between characters; don't presume, and don't make anyone uncomfortable.
Don’t advertise in the chats. Similarly, it's probably better that if you want to talk about characters and plots from a different group, you do it in that server, not ours. It makes people feel excluded.
No gossip. It is permissible to say "I've had my art traced before" or "I've had a bad experience in a RP group before." It is not permissible to say "XYZ DeviantArt username traced my art" or "I have a bad experience in XYZ specific group." Additionally, even if you're being vague, if you give enough details that someone could reasonable suss out the identity of the user or group you're speaking negatively about, that is also not permissible. If it's something a kindergarten teacher would tell their kids not to do, you also can't do it in PFP.
If you have an interpersonal conflict, if at all possible please speak to the person one-on-one first, and then come to a mod. In other words, please do your best to avoid passive aggression, and have open communication with your fellow members. If we hear "XYZ has been doing something for months!" but you never addressed it with us or them for all of those months, that's a problem. Give us the chance to moderate--and give people the chance to apologize and change.
Minors may participate in this RP, so keep public chats SFW. Thank you very much. Please review our NSFW policies: https://sta.sh/0kc5wz3jrdr
This may seem like a bit of a weird one, but: no shadowblocking. Shadowblocking is blocking someone without telling anyone beforehand. Here are our thoughts:
You have the autonomy to block whoever you want. You should not be forced to interact with people you don't want to interact with, and we will protect that right. Blocking is fine; it can even be a form of self care. But shadowblocking causes a lot of issues in RP groups, so it will be a strikeable offense.
First of all, shadowblocking decreases the group's ability to function. If there are five people in a chat but one of them doesn't realize they're invisible to the other, but they're all trying to hold a conversation... it literally just doesn't work. This has happened multiple times in other groups, and it dissolves the entire channel into confusion.
Second, shadowblocking removes the moderators' ability to moderate. If someone has done something so bad that you need to block them, then that's of concern to us. We want to protect other members from being subject to bad behavior. We can't do that if we don't know about it.
If you want to block someone but don't feel comfortable confronting them, that's completely fine -- but that's why the moderators exist: to moderate. To keep the peace. So please, please, please, be mature and let us know first.
Two Strikes, You're Out
If you violate the rules or if we receive complaints about your behavior, you receive a strike. You may accumulate two strikes. Upon the third strike, you will be removed. Of course, warnings and strikes are always up for discussion if you think they were given in error, and we will consider your perspective and come to a decision!