Post by Professor Annabelle on Apr 4, 2014 15:26:54 GMT -6
There is a lot of information here. We require you to read everything posted here by the administrative staff. This information is for your safety and our own. If you do not understand the information provided to you here, please contact the staff immediately.
DISCLAIMER
Lumos Maximas is an unofficial, non profit RPG fan site, and is in no way connected with J.K. Rowling, Scholastic Books, Bloomsbury Publishing or Warner Bros. It is not endorsed by any of the aforementioned parties. Rights to characters and their images is neither claimed nor implied.
Monitoring the Content
Lumos Maximas will make every effort to monitor it's discussion boards, postings, and outbound links for material we consider inappropriate, but does not guarantee the content for all readers. You acknowledge that Lumos Maximas is viewed/read at your own risk. If you come across material which you find offensive or inappropriate, please contact the staff.
While the administrators and moderators of this site will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible, it is impossible to review every post. Therefore you acknowledge that all posts made to this site express the views and opinions of the authors and NOT the webmaster, administrators, staff and moderators and hence they will not be held liable.
Privacy Policy
Any information given to us (email address, name, etc...) will not be given to anyone outside the staff of this site and will be used ONLY for contact purposes concerning this site. We will not email you unless it directly concerns this site. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent, the webmaster, administrators, staff and moderators cannot be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised or corrupted.
Removal of Material
Although Lumos Maximas encourages creativity and discussion, we reserve the right to remove, limit access to, or censor posts, threads, or other material that we believe are inappropriate for this website at any time based on the terms and conditions within this document or other administrative documents within the site.
Copyright Disclaimer
By agreeing to become a staff member, prefect, or any character classified as a "staff" character, you agree that all characters, graphics, assignments, documents, rules or textbooks created in the commission of Lumos Maximas becomes the property of Lumos Maximas. We reserve the right to reproduce, edit or delete any content as the need arises. Upon your departure of Lumos Maximas, you agree to relinquish all control to the intellectual property created in the commission of your association with the site and all property will be utilized how the site administrators deem fit. This disclaimer should not be construed to expand beyond the community of Lumos Maximas. Should you decide to post the character at another site, you do so with the understanding that this in no way diminishes the creative control Lumos Maximas site administrators exercise over the characters created at this site.
Character Disclaimer
The staff at Lumos Maximas wish to acknowledge that your character(s) is/are yours, and you own the rights to the name, any artwork, and text you post with them. Because this is an interactive, role-playing community, by posting here, you give permission to the staff and other members to use your character's name and prior actions as part of the game, and as part of that interaction.
What does that mean?
Basically what this says is that by creating an account and posting on Lumos Maximas, you give up sole ownership of this character and its name but only under the following conditions:
Other characters are allowed to talk about your character within the context of the game
If your character "dies" within the game, or is deleted (either at your request or by the staff), other characters can and may continue to talk about your character, using your character's name and events posted by you previously on the board (other characters will NOT be allowed to god-mode yours; in other words, give it actions that have not been created by you).
The staff of Lumos Maximas will make every effort to ensure that treatment of your character is handled in a sensitive manner, in good taste and within reasonable bounds. That is, once you leave our site, you can reasonably expect that what you have done here will not be exploited in a way that is unfit or unseemly for their character's reputation or yours.
Your Control
Please remember, this is the internet. You can only expect a reasonable amount of control over what you post on it; once public, you lose total control forever.
OFF LIMITS CONTENT
Posting of pornography, racist or otherwise discriminating remarks, threats of harm, material that breaks any law or otherwise totally unacceptable posts or links to pages that contain inappropriate material will not be tolerated. Such material is entirely at the discretion of the staff to judge.
Forbidden Content
rape
sexual deviancy (paraphilia)
suicide or suicidal threats
self-harm/cutting
physical child abuse (see below)
physical spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend abuse (see below)
incest
student-teacher relationships
mental illnesses including (but not limited to) anorexia and ADHD (see below)
Romance
Where there is a young male/female student body, there are bound to be romantic encounters, and that's just fine. However, keeping in the mind the HP Canon Rule and what has occurred in the books/movies, you will need to contain the vigor with which you describe these encounters. The following rules will apply:
hugging, snuggling is fine but rubbing may get you into trouble. Keep the rubbing to hair, arms, faces, backs.
keep your descriptions of physical contact to above the waist (for females, the chest area is off-limits)
dancing in the Harry Potter world consists of the rather old-fashioned but charming "ballroom" type dancing. If other dancing takes place, it should never consists of "descriptive grinding".
Marriage and engagements are allowed in the books, so it is considered 'canon' and therefore allowed here. Marriage and engagements are permitted ONLY between adult characters. A student must have graduated from Hogwarts before being allowed to be engaged.
Arranged Engagements/Marriages:
In canon, it's hinted that some pure-blood families, especially of a higher social position that could be considered something like the wizarding world's nobility. However, we want to be careful that this doesn't cross into anything gross like semi-slavery. If you want to work in arranged engagements/marriages into your plots, you MUST follow these rules:
an under-aged student (one who is still at Hogwarts) may discuss their parents/relatives desire for an arranged marriage for them
this should NOT be something that has actually been arranged; students CANNOT get engaged or married -- only the "wishes" of their relatives can be discussed
the student should not "agonize" over this. They can be irritated, angry, indifferent or even all for it, but they CANNOT be terrified, trembling, wailing, begging to get out of it. We don't want implications of "forced" engagement/marriage while they are students
once a student reaches adulthood, the parents/relatives CAN force the issue of an arranged engagement/marriage, but the only threats that can be used are of disowning or disinheriting.
NO physical violence or false imprisonment can EVER be used as intimidation techniques by family to force an engagement/marriage.
Same-sex romantic relationships should be treated in the same way as the heterosexual relationships. Kissing is allowed, but no touching below the waist. This forum is not the place to push any political or moral agendas, so please be tasteful.
In our world, slash-type morality is accepted. We do not want to see students agonizing over "coming out" because in this world, these are accepted ways of life. Again, we just don't want to see anyone pushing any larger social agendas here.
Pregnancy
Student characters MAY NOT become pregnant or have pregnancy scares. Adult characters (over 18 years of age.) may have children. The pregnancy and the birth of the children as well as any private content (diaper changing, bathing, description of "adult" body parts) may not be discussed. Male characters may not make reference of them being a father or possibly being a father if they are not over 18 years of age and graduated Hogwarts. If your character is 18 years or older and has not yet graduated Hogwarts, your character may not become pregnant.
Illness and Death
Characters are allowed to only get and role-play the usual temporary illnesses -- colds, flu, etc. Nothing of a profound or lasting nature will be allowed except by specific permission of the staff.
For characters referring to their NPC (non-playing character) relatives, they should avoid using terms like "cancer", "heart-attack" or any other life-threatening illnesses. We would strongly prefer that you use your imagination and come up with a magical illness, or keep your descriptions very vague. Example: 'wasting disease', 'blood disorder', etc.
Violence
Conflict will be a key element at Lumos Maximas as it also is in the Harry Potter novels. Good vs. Evil make for really exciting interactions and Lumos Maximas will provide many venues for that. Tough matches on the Quidditch Pitch, practice duels in the Dueling Arena at Hogwarts -- all are places that have a potential to bring some harm to your character or others.
Descriptions of wounds are allowed. Blood may be mentioned but try to keep the 'gore' down. You don't want to make your readers sick
Physical fights between characters are allowed, but try to keep the age of the participants in mind. Younger fighters will probably be doing mostly shoving, while the older characters may get into more serious fights. Think of what the books have.
Any fights taking place at Hogwarts will be treated by the Prefects and Professors accordingly. As a general rule, fighting is not permitted in British boarding schools, so anyone fighting should be prepared to suffer the consequences from the Hogwarts staff. Fighting in public areas (open threads) WILL be noticed. Fighting in private areas (closed threads) may not.
Battles between characters should also avoid descriptions of terrible wounds. This will be easier in magical battles, but old-fashioned fist fights between opponents should concentrate on the conflict and the feelings (rage? fear?) of the individuals, not the various damage done to their bodies. Descriptions should be brief and then move on.
The Unforgivable Curses cannot even be attempted by characters, even in jest.
Abuse
Abuse is a touchy area. Of course, Harry was most probably psychologically abused at the Dursley's, however, it never went to physical abuse. Therefore the following applies:
physical abuse is defined as any physical harm cause to an under-aged individual by an over-aged individual
NO mention of prior physical abuse is allowed, even if it's in the distant past.
sexual abuse is defined as any abuse of a sexual nature (rape, forced groping, forced kissing) by any individual of any age.
no mention of sexual abuse
students cannot play out the "forced kissing" game
as Harry and Merope both experienced abuse at the hands of their parents we allow neglect and psychological abuse to be mentioned on the board. If the staff deem the content to push the boundaries of appropriateness, it may be removed.
"neglect" -- to pay little or no attention to; to fail to care for or attend to properly
"abuse" -- to hurt or injure
Spousal/Boyfriend/Girlfriend physical abuse:
Slapping/hitting/punching while in extreme anger is NOT permitted by EITHER gender; a girl cannot slap a boy for drama. Yes, boys are bigger and stronger than girls, but it's not fair to allow girls to slap boys when the boys cannot do the same thing back. Playful punching, poking, tickling, etc. is, of course, allowed.
Mental Illness
Mental illness is an extremely touchy issue and so should be treated with maturity and compassion. With this in mind, the following applies:
No student account can suffer from a mental illness. This includes (but is not limited to) anorexia, depression and ADHD.
No adult account can suffer from any mental illness except exhibition of defective reasoning ability, memory loss, loose grip on reality, especially as the result of magical accident, malady or battle. Depression is permitted by adults.
Mental illness displayed by non-player characters should be kept to a tasteful level. Please do not glorify this -- make one mention of a parent having a mental illness and then move on.
'Joking' about mental illness: Please be tasteful with your 'jokes.' Any joking around that seems to be intended maliciously will be deleted. If the joke is harmless in nature and done in good taste and fun, they will be left alone. This is entirely at the discretion of the staff to judge.
Example of 'good' joking:
-- "Are all Gryffindors as insane as you are?"
-- "Do you know what? You're making me crazy!"
-- "He's absolutely mental!"
Example of 'bad' joking:
-- "I think we need to send her to the mental ward. She can wear a straight-jacket and drool in her jello."
-- "He's a complete mental case, if you ask my opinion. He should be committed and pumped full of anti-psychotics."
Swearing
Lumos Maxmias has a no tolerance policy with swearing. No "bad" words may be used. Please note that putting a single letter followed by symbols in order to suggest a swear word is still considered swearing and the post will be deleted and you will be warned. If you are unsure if the word is ok to use, please speak to a member of the staff immediately.
Text Language
No use of "text language" beyond LOL, BRB, and AFK will be used. These terms should only be used in OOC posts. (Out of character posts)
Lol= Laugh out Loud/ Lots of laughs
Brb= Be right Back
AFK= Away from Keyboard
DISCLAIMER
Lumos Maximas is an unofficial, non profit RPG fan site, and is in no way connected with J.K. Rowling, Scholastic Books, Bloomsbury Publishing or Warner Bros. It is not endorsed by any of the aforementioned parties. Rights to characters and their images is neither claimed nor implied.
Monitoring the Content
Lumos Maximas will make every effort to monitor it's discussion boards, postings, and outbound links for material we consider inappropriate, but does not guarantee the content for all readers. You acknowledge that Lumos Maximas is viewed/read at your own risk. If you come across material which you find offensive or inappropriate, please contact the staff.
While the administrators and moderators of this site will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible, it is impossible to review every post. Therefore you acknowledge that all posts made to this site express the views and opinions of the authors and NOT the webmaster, administrators, staff and moderators and hence they will not be held liable.
Privacy Policy
Any information given to us (email address, name, etc...) will not be given to anyone outside the staff of this site and will be used ONLY for contact purposes concerning this site. We will not email you unless it directly concerns this site. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent, the webmaster, administrators, staff and moderators cannot be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised or corrupted.
Removal of Material
Although Lumos Maximas encourages creativity and discussion, we reserve the right to remove, limit access to, or censor posts, threads, or other material that we believe are inappropriate for this website at any time based on the terms and conditions within this document or other administrative documents within the site.
Copyright Disclaimer
By agreeing to become a staff member, prefect, or any character classified as a "staff" character, you agree that all characters, graphics, assignments, documents, rules or textbooks created in the commission of Lumos Maximas becomes the property of Lumos Maximas. We reserve the right to reproduce, edit or delete any content as the need arises. Upon your departure of Lumos Maximas, you agree to relinquish all control to the intellectual property created in the commission of your association with the site and all property will be utilized how the site administrators deem fit. This disclaimer should not be construed to expand beyond the community of Lumos Maximas. Should you decide to post the character at another site, you do so with the understanding that this in no way diminishes the creative control Lumos Maximas site administrators exercise over the characters created at this site.
Character Disclaimer
The staff at Lumos Maximas wish to acknowledge that your character(s) is/are yours, and you own the rights to the name, any artwork, and text you post with them. Because this is an interactive, role-playing community, by posting here, you give permission to the staff and other members to use your character's name and prior actions as part of the game, and as part of that interaction.
What does that mean?
Basically what this says is that by creating an account and posting on Lumos Maximas, you give up sole ownership of this character and its name but only under the following conditions:
Other characters are allowed to talk about your character within the context of the game
If your character "dies" within the game, or is deleted (either at your request or by the staff), other characters can and may continue to talk about your character, using your character's name and events posted by you previously on the board (other characters will NOT be allowed to god-mode yours; in other words, give it actions that have not been created by you).
The staff of Lumos Maximas will make every effort to ensure that treatment of your character is handled in a sensitive manner, in good taste and within reasonable bounds. That is, once you leave our site, you can reasonably expect that what you have done here will not be exploited in a way that is unfit or unseemly for their character's reputation or yours.
Your Control
Please remember, this is the internet. You can only expect a reasonable amount of control over what you post on it; once public, you lose total control forever.
OFF LIMITS CONTENT
Posting of pornography, racist or otherwise discriminating remarks, threats of harm, material that breaks any law or otherwise totally unacceptable posts or links to pages that contain inappropriate material will not be tolerated. Such material is entirely at the discretion of the staff to judge.
Forbidden Content
rape
sexual deviancy (paraphilia)
suicide or suicidal threats
self-harm/cutting
physical child abuse (see below)
physical spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend abuse (see below)
incest
student-teacher relationships
mental illnesses including (but not limited to) anorexia and ADHD (see below)
Romance
Where there is a young male/female student body, there are bound to be romantic encounters, and that's just fine. However, keeping in the mind the HP Canon Rule and what has occurred in the books/movies, you will need to contain the vigor with which you describe these encounters. The following rules will apply:
hugging, snuggling is fine but rubbing may get you into trouble. Keep the rubbing to hair, arms, faces, backs.
keep your descriptions of physical contact to above the waist (for females, the chest area is off-limits)
dancing in the Harry Potter world consists of the rather old-fashioned but charming "ballroom" type dancing. If other dancing takes place, it should never consists of "descriptive grinding".
Marriage and engagements are allowed in the books, so it is considered 'canon' and therefore allowed here. Marriage and engagements are permitted ONLY between adult characters. A student must have graduated from Hogwarts before being allowed to be engaged.
Arranged Engagements/Marriages:
In canon, it's hinted that some pure-blood families, especially of a higher social position that could be considered something like the wizarding world's nobility. However, we want to be careful that this doesn't cross into anything gross like semi-slavery. If you want to work in arranged engagements/marriages into your plots, you MUST follow these rules:
an under-aged student (one who is still at Hogwarts) may discuss their parents/relatives desire for an arranged marriage for them
this should NOT be something that has actually been arranged; students CANNOT get engaged or married -- only the "wishes" of their relatives can be discussed
the student should not "agonize" over this. They can be irritated, angry, indifferent or even all for it, but they CANNOT be terrified, trembling, wailing, begging to get out of it. We don't want implications of "forced" engagement/marriage while they are students
once a student reaches adulthood, the parents/relatives CAN force the issue of an arranged engagement/marriage, but the only threats that can be used are of disowning or disinheriting.
NO physical violence or false imprisonment can EVER be used as intimidation techniques by family to force an engagement/marriage.
Same-sex romantic relationships should be treated in the same way as the heterosexual relationships. Kissing is allowed, but no touching below the waist. This forum is not the place to push any political or moral agendas, so please be tasteful.
In our world, slash-type morality is accepted. We do not want to see students agonizing over "coming out" because in this world, these are accepted ways of life. Again, we just don't want to see anyone pushing any larger social agendas here.
Pregnancy
Student characters MAY NOT become pregnant or have pregnancy scares. Adult characters (over 18 years of age.) may have children. The pregnancy and the birth of the children as well as any private content (diaper changing, bathing, description of "adult" body parts) may not be discussed. Male characters may not make reference of them being a father or possibly being a father if they are not over 18 years of age and graduated Hogwarts. If your character is 18 years or older and has not yet graduated Hogwarts, your character may not become pregnant.
Illness and Death
Characters are allowed to only get and role-play the usual temporary illnesses -- colds, flu, etc. Nothing of a profound or lasting nature will be allowed except by specific permission of the staff.
For characters referring to their NPC (non-playing character) relatives, they should avoid using terms like "cancer", "heart-attack" or any other life-threatening illnesses. We would strongly prefer that you use your imagination and come up with a magical illness, or keep your descriptions very vague. Example: 'wasting disease', 'blood disorder', etc.
Violence
Conflict will be a key element at Lumos Maximas as it also is in the Harry Potter novels. Good vs. Evil make for really exciting interactions and Lumos Maximas will provide many venues for that. Tough matches on the Quidditch Pitch, practice duels in the Dueling Arena at Hogwarts -- all are places that have a potential to bring some harm to your character or others.
Descriptions of wounds are allowed. Blood may be mentioned but try to keep the 'gore' down. You don't want to make your readers sick
Physical fights between characters are allowed, but try to keep the age of the participants in mind. Younger fighters will probably be doing mostly shoving, while the older characters may get into more serious fights. Think of what the books have.
Any fights taking place at Hogwarts will be treated by the Prefects and Professors accordingly. As a general rule, fighting is not permitted in British boarding schools, so anyone fighting should be prepared to suffer the consequences from the Hogwarts staff. Fighting in public areas (open threads) WILL be noticed. Fighting in private areas (closed threads) may not.
Battles between characters should also avoid descriptions of terrible wounds. This will be easier in magical battles, but old-fashioned fist fights between opponents should concentrate on the conflict and the feelings (rage? fear?) of the individuals, not the various damage done to their bodies. Descriptions should be brief and then move on.
The Unforgivable Curses cannot even be attempted by characters, even in jest.
Abuse
Abuse is a touchy area. Of course, Harry was most probably psychologically abused at the Dursley's, however, it never went to physical abuse. Therefore the following applies:
physical abuse is defined as any physical harm cause to an under-aged individual by an over-aged individual
NO mention of prior physical abuse is allowed, even if it's in the distant past.
sexual abuse is defined as any abuse of a sexual nature (rape, forced groping, forced kissing) by any individual of any age.
no mention of sexual abuse
students cannot play out the "forced kissing" game
as Harry and Merope both experienced abuse at the hands of their parents we allow neglect and psychological abuse to be mentioned on the board. If the staff deem the content to push the boundaries of appropriateness, it may be removed.
"neglect" -- to pay little or no attention to; to fail to care for or attend to properly
"abuse" -- to hurt or injure
Spousal/Boyfriend/Girlfriend physical abuse:
Slapping/hitting/punching while in extreme anger is NOT permitted by EITHER gender; a girl cannot slap a boy for drama. Yes, boys are bigger and stronger than girls, but it's not fair to allow girls to slap boys when the boys cannot do the same thing back. Playful punching, poking, tickling, etc. is, of course, allowed.
Mental Illness
Mental illness is an extremely touchy issue and so should be treated with maturity and compassion. With this in mind, the following applies:
No student account can suffer from a mental illness. This includes (but is not limited to) anorexia, depression and ADHD.
No adult account can suffer from any mental illness except exhibition of defective reasoning ability, memory loss, loose grip on reality, especially as the result of magical accident, malady or battle. Depression is permitted by adults.
Mental illness displayed by non-player characters should be kept to a tasteful level. Please do not glorify this -- make one mention of a parent having a mental illness and then move on.
'Joking' about mental illness: Please be tasteful with your 'jokes.' Any joking around that seems to be intended maliciously will be deleted. If the joke is harmless in nature and done in good taste and fun, they will be left alone. This is entirely at the discretion of the staff to judge.
Example of 'good' joking:
-- "Are all Gryffindors as insane as you are?"
-- "Do you know what? You're making me crazy!"
-- "He's absolutely mental!"
Example of 'bad' joking:
-- "I think we need to send her to the mental ward. She can wear a straight-jacket and drool in her jello."
-- "He's a complete mental case, if you ask my opinion. He should be committed and pumped full of anti-psychotics."
Swearing
Lumos Maxmias has a no tolerance policy with swearing. No "bad" words may be used. Please note that putting a single letter followed by symbols in order to suggest a swear word is still considered swearing and the post will be deleted and you will be warned. If you are unsure if the word is ok to use, please speak to a member of the staff immediately.
Text Language
No use of "text language" beyond LOL, BRB, and AFK will be used. These terms should only be used in OOC posts. (Out of character posts)
Lol= Laugh out Loud/ Lots of laughs
Brb= Be right Back
AFK= Away from Keyboard