Feudal Realm of Sgili

Welcome to The Feudal Realms of Sgili! As part of the group's commitment to make this group a great place to meet and interact, we require that you abide by our Code of Conduct. The guidelines and rules listed below explain what behavior is expected of you and what behavior you can expect from other community members. Note that the following guidelines are not exhaustive, and may not address all manner of offensive behavior. As such, the Owners and all appointed deputies shall have full discretion to address any behavior that they feel is inappropriate. They also reserve the right to suspend your access to these forums or the IMVU rooms at any time for reasons that include, but are not necessarily limited to, your failure to abide by these guidelines:

We ask that you treat fellow posters and players with respect and courtesy and that you conduct yourself in a civilized manner when participating in these forums or the game.

These policies are not language-restrictive. Posts will always be subject to the penalties, whether it is in English, or any other language.

It is the responsibility of the users of these forums to be aware of these guidelines. Failure to be so informed does not release, nor excuse, ANYONE from coverage of these guidelines.

Remember, your access to these forums is a "privilege," and not a "right".

Here are a few examples of offenses that are appropriately defined for everyone's understanding:
Verbal Harassment

Verbal harassment pertains to verbal actions that are repetitive, persistent and are threatening and disturbing to everyone that is a part of the group, especially the owners and their moderators.

This includes but is not limited to verbal attacks on the following:

Race, nationality and ethnicity - Deliberate and explicit effort to promote inequality and undermine the aggrieved person's country of origin, nationality or racial background in real life. This includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing language or images that promote racial/ethnic/national hatred, recognized as a racial/ethnic slur, or allude to a symbol of racial/ethnic/national hatred.

Gender - A deliberate and explicit verbal attack on another person's gender preference and sexual orientation.

Religion - Actions or behaviors that undermine another person because of their religious preference or for what they do or do not believe. This includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing language or images that negatively portray recognized religions or religious figures.

Sexual Harassment
Any unwelcome advance, action, behavior and/ verbal advance that is sexual in nature making the game or message board hostile and offensive. This includes but is not limited to advances on men or women, regardless of sexual orientation. This includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing language or images that refer to extreme and/or violent sexual acts and extremely violent real life actions. This includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing language or images that insultingly refer to any aspect of sexual orientation pertaining to themselves or other players.

Profanity - Use of word or words in chat, in-game or in the message boards that are offensive, derogatory, blasphemous, sexist, obscene or vulgar in nature. This includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing language or images that contain inappropriate references to human anatomy or bodily functions, or are pornographic. To clarify, in-character profanity IS allowed to allow the creative freedom of expression.

Real Life Threats - This includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing language or images that refer to violence in any capacity that is not directly related to the story line. This includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing language or images that insultingly or threateningly refer to other characters, players, or groups of people.

Trolling - Purposely posting inflammatory or incorrect information for the sole purpose of provoking an emotional response from other players.

Spamming - Excessively communicating the same phrase, non-constructive posts, similar phrases, or pure gibberish in the boards.

Illegal drugs or activities - This includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing language or images that refer to abusing illegal drugs, or performing illegal activities.

Discussing disciplinary actions - This includes posts or threads to discuss disciplinary actions taken against a player, including chat logs and email correspondence between a player and a group Owner/MOD.