The Rules of LuckyLapine
Before you start ANYTHING, you MUST read the rules of the site. Without knowing the rules, you can easily get in trouble or even banned. Ignorance is no excuse.
Terms of Service
By accessing LuckyLapine.com ( “Lucky Lapine”, “LL”, “we”, “our,” “Site”, “the game”, “the website” and “us”), you (“player”, “players”, “member”, “members”, “user”, “users”) are agreeing to be bound by the site’s terms of service, chat and forum regulations and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws when you sign up, and continue to use the site.
You agree and understand that any violations of the site’s term of service or chat and forum regulations may result in account warning, suspension or IP banning. The Site Owner reserves the right to change terms of service without notice, however there will be posted an update in the newsfeed when and if any changes happen. We reserve the right to modify the contents of this site at any time, but we have no obligation to update any information on our site. You agree that it is your responsibility to monitor changes to our site. 1) Disclaimer Lucky Lapine intends to simulate breeding and raising rabbits and other animals as accurately and realistic as possible to real life. At no time do we guarantee an exact sense of realism with every real life condition due to the necessity to simplify gameplay in parts to keep the game flowing smoothly. We are not responsible if information made available on this site is not accurate, complete or current. This site is not a substitute for the many years of valuable advice and information you can receive from a professional. Always consult a veterinarian. a) Lucky Lapine is a virtual simulation game, and none of the rabbits, rabbitry or items is real and only exists on the site and not in real life. b) The game is intended be child-friendly and relatively child-safe, but no guarantee of that can be granted on user controlled pages. c) Some of the more realistic aspects are of such nature that we have a +13 year old age limit. Should anyone be found to be to be under 13, they will have their accounts suspended until they turn 13 by contacting LL at [email protected] d) Lucky Lapine has and maintains the right to close down either temporarily or permanently, with or without notice. No refunds of any kind are guaranteed in the case of temporary or permanent closure. e) Violations of terms of service, chat and forum rules may result in account warnings, suspension, or IP banning. Lucky Lapine is an English language site. Content written in other languages is not permitted (with the exception of quotes, names and poems) anywhere on the site, including but not limited to rabbitry pages, forum and chat room. A group owner may allow content of other languages provided they are able to provide English translation to moderators should they ask for it. 2) Copyright All content on the site (included but not limited to: written content, artwork, game features and all programming) rests solely with the site, the original artists and coders. You may not copy, edit, redistribute or sell any of the written contents, graphics, or coding of the site anywhere offsite. Images (including, but not limited to: rabbits and image art) may be used and edited to use on the site itself without written permission from us, but not with purpose of selling for profit. Images may be used for advertisement for the site as long as proper credit and link are provided. a) Users submitting anything related to the site, such as but not limited to: written content, fan art, suggestions or ideas, agree to give full rights and permissions to Lucky Lapine. b) If we discover that you have used any of our copyrighted materials directly or indirectly in form of edits which contravene the permission above, we may take legal actions against it. b) Should you discover LL related material to which you are certain or unsure violates these terms please contact us at [email protected]. Artists commissioned to do official artwork for Lucky Lapine may display any art they make in online galleries such as tumblr, devianart and similar provided proper link back to the site. Should you have any questions regarding use of LL content on other sites, please contact us at: [email protected]. 3) Conduct on the site By agreeing to the term of service, you agree and understand that you are subject to and to conduct yourself in accordance with the follow guidelines, as well as in accordance with the chat and forum regulations. You agree that you are accountable for any contents posted to Lucky Lapine under your account ID and understand that any violations may result in account warnings, suspension or IP banning. You agree not to use the forum/chat/rabbitry page or any other function of Lucky Lapine for the following: a) For any unlawful purposes that directly or indirectly violates national or international laws. b) Upload, post or otherwise transmit any materials that are obscene, illegal, offensive, religious, political, sexist, sexual, racist, derogatory or slanderous. Also including is content related to murder, suicide, eating disorders (discussing and promoting), self-harming, and excessive discussing of sexual orientation (including bashing of orientation terrorism, porn, blackmail, gore or hacking. c) To post, mention, allude to or discuss puberty, sex, sexual innuendo, self-harm (including cutting, eating disorders and suicide), illegal substances, and alcohol or drug abuse. d) To post, mention, allude to or discuss murder (humans, animals), slaughter (humans, animals), including, but not limited to discussing culling rabbits for fur and meat. e) To deliberately post things to antagonizing content for the sole purpose of causing discomfort, start a discussion or a flame war. f) Bully, harass or other general rudeness towards players based on how they play the game. This includes, but is not limited to posting just to ridicule them. g) Bully, harass or other general rudeness towards players based on how they keep rabbits in real life. This includes, but is not limited to posting just to ridicule them. h) Understand that any items, pets, other game perks sold, traded or otherwise changed ownership in game belongs to the new owner and you have given up the rights for what happens with it. Lucky Lapine also strongly discourage discussions of personal issues, seeking advices or other related to the mentioned natures, as well as to illnesses and similar topics. Lucky Lapine is not the place for this, and we suggest that you instead contact local doctor, support group, adults you trust or family members. The chance that someone is actually qualified to give proper advice You may not use the forums, private messages, or chat room to send bulk or indiscriminate messages, regardless of intent. Any player issues should be addressed to a moderator, and not in public on the boards or rabbitry page. 4) Community Lucky Lapine prides itself on its knowledgeable, friendly, good natured, fun and open community. We encourage our players to be respectful, show courtesy and politeness to everyone. We will not tolerate repeated rudeness or accept offensive or foul behavior from our members. Offensive and foul behavior includes, but not limited to sarcastic, aggressive or heavily opinioned behavior to the point where it makes other members uncomfortable, and/or causes conflicts on a regularly basis. We do not wish to censor anybody’s thoughts or opinions, but attempt to maintain and regulate a friendly and open atmosphere on Lucky Lapine where members can enjoy the game without fear of a personal attack, or feel uncomfortable due to content they’ve seen. Lucky Lapine has a strict no bully policy, and has no tolerance for harassment of other users in any forms, this includes (but not limits to): public blacklisting, name calling (including N00b, noobs and other offensive terms for newer players), publically humiliation, attempts to destroy the reputation of someone, and trolling topics on the message boards. Players of Lucky Lapine come from all over the world, with a variety of various and different cultures. Including but not limited to different views on animal husbandry, raising rabbits and similar. We ask therefor that even if someone does things differently, to show respect and understanding that things might be different where they are from. We will not permit any kind of intentionally antagonizing behavior with intention of starting a flame war or causing discomfort on the forum or chat. 5) Posted and Submitted content by users Lucky Lapine will not be held responsible for the action of its players, including but not limited to user-made posts on forum, private messages, however Lucky Lapine will assist and take action against them should any illegal activity be conducted on the site. Lucky Lapine is not responsible for external links or images posted by users which breaks the copyright laws, but will assist in removing and punishing the user. a) You are not allowed to post, distribute or pass off any work which is not their own, or without the copyright holder's permission. This includes, but not limits the use of images for tags, the use of artwork on rabbitry pages and posts on the forum. b) Displaying artwork on your tag and/or rabbitry page must either be your own work or you must have permission to use this from the original artist and can provide proof of said permission should it be inquired by Lucky Lapine Staff members. c) Using copyrighted characters (such as Pokémon, anime, movie characters etc.) that are not your own as tag and/or on rabbitry page is not allowed and may be removed by staff if discovered. This includes, but not limits to official and fan art of said character. d) Fan characters based on, but not limited to – Pokémon, other animes, other cartoons, movie characters etc are allowed with the premise of proper credit is provided if inquired by Lucky Lapine Staff members. e) Displaying artwork on your tag and/or rabbitry page must either be your own work or you must have permission to use this from the original artist and proof of said permission should it be inquired by Lucky Lapine Staff members. 6) Bugs and Glitched LL may or may not have multiple "bugs" or “glitches” occurring at any time. Any bugs must be reported to staff immediately - failing to do so may be considered bug exploiting and may result in immediately and permanently banning of your account and IP address. We cannot stress how important it is that bugs are reported immediately. 7) LuckyLapine Staff Members LuckyLapine Staff (“Moderators”, “Mods”) are employed by LuckyLapine on voluntary basis to keep the site safe, fun and running smoothly. Please show respect for the mods, and respect their decisions, as they are only doing their jobs. Moderators have the final say in disagreements, and whether or not uploaded or posted material is allowed. Moderators have their own set of rules and regulations to which they must follow, should you feel unfairly treated or disagree with ruling by a moderator, please contact us at [email protected]. Staff impersonating is not permitted in any form or ways, on the message boards, in private messages or offsite. Should a user be caught posing as a staff, they may be banned without notice. 8) Fair Usage Policy The usage of scripts to play or cheat at the game is prohibited. "Script" on this website is defined as any program other than an internet browser used to access the site, usually written in, though not limited to, java script, PERL, CGI, PHP, or ASP. Users caught doing this will be banned without notice. This also counts for using auto-refreshing and similar ways to gain an advantage. 9) Uptime and Loss of Data Lucky Lapine reserves the right to be taken down or shut down for shorter or longer periods, for revamps, bug fixes, for a break or permanently shut down without any reasons or explanations given prior to being the site taken down. Lucky Lapine also reserve the rights to change or add any features on the site any time. Lucky Lapine will in no way be held responsible for any loss of date in the result of a ‘bug’, malfunction, programming error, server errors/problems or such. This includes, but not limited to loss of game data, account data or data posted on and/or via the account. Lucky Lapine may assist in returning lost data, but solely on its discretion. We are in no way expected to do so. If you are unsure about any parts of the terms of service, you can contact us using the contact form here or email us at [email protected]. |
Rules of the Chatroom1. Harassment of other members, or of any aspect of the game, is very strictly intolerable.
2. Flooding or trolling the chat room or forum is not allowed. 3. Please keep forum topics to the correct forum - art sales must go in the Art Sales forum, for example. 4. Swearing, curse words, etc. are not allowed. 5. Offensive content is strictly forbidden. This includes, but is not limited to, political, racist and sexual content. 6. Rabbit, Cavy and item sales should not be conducted on the forum or the quick chat - Lucky Lapine has its very own Classifieds section for that exact purpose! (PLEASE NOTE: it is also not ok to discuss litters that you are giving away, as that will also be considered advertising, please handle all of this through PM - UNLESS it's aid for genetics/traits/stats. It's prefered to be taken to PM or on the boards, but can be ok in the chat. Asking to put carriers on etc, should be taken to PM =)) 7. We strongly discourage discussing other SIM/Pet games on the boards and in the quick chat. 8. Begging is not allowed in any form, it be on forum, quick chat or messaging people. Begging includes, but not limits to asking for money, items or pets. By using the game chat room, quick chat and forums, you need to follow some basic rules and guidelines - as well as keeping within the Terms of Service. Failure to follow these rules may result in your account being permanently banned from the game. These rules may also change at any point without notice. No sale, gifts, begging, ads (includes wanted ads!) or stud requests PERIOD in chat. |