This is meant to be a fun place for us Petz fans to get together and enjoy our hobby and have fun! There are some rules however, that I feel must be followed to keep the peace and the let everyone get all that they can out of this experience!
General Rules for Use of the Cboxes
- Please use your user name (from the forum if you are a member) so that we all know who we are talking to. NO SPAMMING.
- No links to external websites that are not directly Petz or sledding related.
- No excessive advertising! This Cbox is meant for the use of MV members and visitors and is meant for fun, NOT advertising!
- General board rules also apply to the Cbox so play nice!
- Keep your Avatars and Signatures within these restrictions or they will be removed as they will distort the forum and are not appealing to look at. Thank you.
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General Forum Rules and Etiquette
These are general rules of the forum that need to be observed at all time without exception.
- Don't steal, copy or edit other peoples work, be it artwork, written work or hexing. It isn't cool. Don't do it.
- Each guest is allowed one account. ONE account. Do not pretend to be multiple people with two sets of dogs so you can enter more than one race at a time. Again, NOT cool and really unfair to everyone. If you feel that there aren't enough races going on to satisfy your needs, let us know! That's what the Suggestion board is for!
- Be yourself. It's allowed. Realize that people have feelings and putting down other members WILL NOT be tolerated under any circumstances.
- Play nice! Our dogs follow by example! Be the pack leader! Don't fight with others! Respect people and their ideas and their thoughts. If you have a problem, please seek out a staff member. We are here to help you!
Racing Rules
These are the basic rules regarding the racing held at MV.
These are the basic rules regarding the racing held at MV.
NOTE: Editing the white part of the eye to make it show up properly is not considered editing the pose. Therefore this IS allowed.
- Editing poses and images is not, I repeat IS NOT under ANY circumstance acceptable. There may be exceptions to this, HOWEVER they will be explain should they come up. Overall: DO NOT edit your petz images for the races.
- You are permitted to include one of the approved backgrounds that can be found in the Tutorials section. You may also include shadows to make your dogs look like they are part of the scene. These are the ONLY things you may do in terms of editing.
- It is up to you to keep track of your dogs/teams collected points. HOWEVER, all races kept for further viewing and reference on the Race Results board. We do keep our own record of your collected points in each of your profiles, however it is important that you do keep your own records just in case!
- Staff are not permitted to judge a show if their dogs are running in it. HOWEVER, the sole exception being if someone else handles their dogs for them and THEY are the ones that enter the show.
- The word of the judges is final. Do not fuss, do not show bad sportsmanship. It's lame and it spoils the fun for everyone else. Some of the races will be more difficult than others and you will need to choose which races to enter based on your dogs skill level.
UPDATES: June 2011
These are going to be the biggest changes you will see here at the Mountain View Races and it effects everyone so please make sure that you read them through! Thank you!
- From June 2011 onward you are now permitted to reuse images as often as you like so long as it is within the same month. This means that you can have a single set of images for the month if you wish.
- You must use new photos each month. This means that you technically only need to take new photos once a month unless you would like to use new photos. It will be up to you so long as you have new photos every month.
UPDATES: November 25th, 2011 - PLEASE READ!!
Sled Dog Show Rules
- Do not edit your entries accept to place them both within the same image. Do not under any circumstances edit the poses. This is not permitted.
- You must use new photos each month. This means that you technically only need to take new photos once a month unless you would like to use new photos. It will be up to you so long as you have new photos every month.
Failure to Follow the Rules
Depending on the severity of your actions, intentional failure to follow the rules may result in a warning (for all to see), forfeit from whichever races your team is currently entered in, a temporary ban or a permanent ban.
These are the rules for now, please try to follow them as we don't want to have to add more rules and harsher punishments.
These are the rules for now, please try to follow them as we don't want to have to add more rules and harsher punishments.
