!!!ABSOLUTELY NO COMBAT ALLOWED WITHOUT CCS ENABLED!!!
DUE TO CHANGES IN THE SECOND LIFE TERMS OF SERVICE YOU INHERENTLY AGREE, BY AGREEING TO ABIDE BY THESE RULES AND ENTERING SOUTH ITALY'S (TWILIGHT ZONE CHAIN: TWILIGHT ZONE, CLOUDY ZONE, OCEAN ZONE, MYTH ZONE) THAT YOU ARE OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN AND YOU ARE NOT OFFENDED BY VIOLENCE, ADULT LANGUAGE OR SEXUAL CONTENT. THE OWNER OF SOUTH ITALY DEFERS ALL RESPONSIBILITY BEYOND THIS AGREEMENT, IN LEGAL LIABILITIES, TO THE TRESPASSING PARTY, PARTIES NOT OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN ARE TRESPASSING AND THUS LEGALLY LIABLE FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS.
YOU FURTHER AGREE TO ALLOW THE USE OF LOGS BY THE GM/ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING GAME RULE VIOLATIONS! LOGS WILL NEVER BE USED IN ANY FASHION EXCEPT IN SIM ADMINISTRATIVE SITUATIONS.
South Italy Group:
Please seek a GM or Sim Coordinator and make a request to join the South Italy Group, it is not open enrollment. Please also join the South Italy (Twilight Zone) Website to keep up to date with what is happening!!
http://twilightzone.wikidot.com/
This set of rules of South Italy are valid for Twilight Zone, Myth Zone, Cloudy Zone and Ocean Zone SIM's (called Twilight Zone Chain). Obs. The referred SIM's are CCS System SIM's only. All other combat systems used by players such as DCS, GCS, WARPS, BLOODLINES, GOREAN Systems are NOT allowed nor supported by the managament and the use of them may result in a player being banned from the Twilight Zone Chain.
THE RULES
1) MOST IMPORTANT RULE
"YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE AN ASSHOLE". - Suzanna Soyinka
2) ADMINISTRATIVE FIAT
ANY INFORMATION NOT CURRENTLY COVERED IN THE INFORMATION AT HAND IS SUBJECT TO DETERMINATION BY THE SIM ADMIN.
3) CHILD AVATARS:
Child avatars are NOT allowed in South Italy. All avatars must be 18 and appear in ADULT appearance. If you show up as a child avatar and are asked by staff members to either (Leave or change your appearace) to an adult avatar and if you refuse, this will result in an automatic BAN from South Italy Chain. There is no exception and no leniency to this rule.
4) VEHICLES/FLYING:
Small vehicles like motorcycles and cars are allowed to rez to contribute with the SIM Role Play. They should have not more than 35 prims, use a slow speed and must be aproved by a GM.
In the Raceway there are rezzers with vehicles for people to use. Those rezzers have cars specificly created for racing situations (low lag, low scripts, etc). So the priority for the use of Raceway is for the players who are using vehicles by those rezzers, don't use other type of vehicle if someone is playing with SI Raceway Vehicles Rezzers.
South Italy is a no fly zone. Do not use flight defeating gadgets in the sim.
***A vehicle is defined as any object that uses the physics engine to drive it (i.e. cars, motorcycles, trucks, chocobos, magic carpets, hover platforms, etc), rather than an object that attaches to the avatar (i.e. horses, skateboards, bicycles, etc). If you are uncertain whether or not the object you wish to use is a vehicle, please contact a GM for help in determining the difference!
5) FACTIONS:
Only official factions are allowed in South Italy. New players in South Italy may either try to enter one of the existing factions or play as an independant to start. It is always possible to create new families with the approval of the staff.
Clans coming from outside of the sim are not allowed as such, unless approved by a GM for occasional RP. Everyone has to comply with the local RP background.
Do not bring outside ennemies to the Sim. What happens outside of South Italy stays outside and what happens in South Italy stays in South Italy.
6) VENDORS:
No one is allowed to rez vendors or to sell their products in the sim without ADMIN approval.
7) XP CAMPING:
Camping means you are idling in the sim, not participating in role play (either openly or in IMs), and basically just doing nothing to earn experience. THIS IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN. If you must go AFK for a short period (7
minutes) then do /9 OFF to turn your CCS off or set yourself to AFK or BUSY which stops you from earning experience. IF you will be gone for a longer period it is better to log out, especially if the sim is near capacity.
Do not try to hide someplace in the build (e.g. in walls, underground, up in the sky) or try to hide your CCS meter in the sim.
RENTERS: You are free to chill out in your home but if you are not going to be RPing or doing South Italy related things for an extended period then please turn your CCS off
The mall being an OOC area, people may only stay there for 10 minutes with their meter turned on. After that, they are required either to turn it off or move to one of the RP areas.
8) COMBAT/WEAPON SELECTION:
Read the rules on South Italy RP COMBAT here: Combat Rules and review the list of approved and banned weapons by following the link above. You MUST HAVE a Community Combat System (CCS), which is available in the east end of the arrival/shopping area for free, to engage in combat in SI. You do not need it if you just wish to role play. However, it is encouraged to wear one all the time since combat can break out at any point as a result of role play. Do not try to use the lack of a CCS as an excuse to avoid the consequences of your actions. You reap what you sow.
Your CCS Meter must be visible and readable at all times.
You can get a CCS system in the East end of the Arrival location/South Italy Mall Just to the right of the teleporter that takes you to the city.
EXCEPTION - A CCS MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES AND ACTIVE WHILE IN A FACTIONAL BASE. THERE IS NO SCOUTING A BASE NON-COMBAT AND ATTACKING LATER. IF ASKED TO LEAVE A BASE THEN LEAVE. NO HANGING AROUND WHEN YOU ARE NOT WANTED.
9) GESTURES/SOUNDS:
Gestures can be a fun enhancement to role play. Please use them appropriately and rarely. Do not spam gestures or sounds repeatedly as this disrupts role play and is annoying.
10) SHOUTING:
Please keep shouting to a minimum and in conjunction with ongoing role play. OOC shouting is prohibited in the sim. The only exception: You may announce you are setting your 10 minute timer to return to combat after crashing.
11) HARASSMENT:
South Italy is a dark role play simulation. Activities many regard as "evil" are typical in South Italy. Mafia-style executions, rape, murder, theft and random violence are all appropriate in a post-Apocalyptic world. Demons, vampires, lycanthropes, creatures from other planes, rapists, serial killers and similar creatures all roam the streets. This means that *characters* often act in aggressive, predatory, criminal and/or plain uncomfortable ways. This is to be expected given the nature of the simulation.
In-character protests often do not deter such activity because many *players* come to the sim looking for such things, regardless of that their *character* might want. If you do not to role play certain activities or with certain players then it is best to IM the other person out-of-character (OOC) and politely explain you are uncomfortable and would rather not engage in any such activities. You can also use the "FADE TO BLACK" rule (see the COMBAT rules) if appropriate. If activities persist then contact a GM about the issue.
12) BEING BANNED/DOCKED:
If you are banned or docked for violating these rules you can only contact another GM if you feel the ban or dock was unjust or abusive. Trying to get your ban or dock lifted by contacting various GMs will only get your punishment increased. Otherwise you can use the “South Italy Appeals" forum on the South Italy Website. { http://twilightzone.wikidot.com/forum:start}
13) REPORTING PROBLEMS:
Any issues, questions, instances of rules violations or any other problems can be brought to the GM staff. These are players with "GM" above their meter. Use the appropriate official channel for this, that is to say the South Italy Main Group chat. Please be polite and straight forward with your issue so it can be addressed quickly. If you have a problem with a GM then bring it to the attention of Nabuco Zapedski, Tanaquil Beaumont or MarkusChristopher Llewelyn.
Any accusations of cheating must be brought to your faction head or a GM to be addressed. Do not make public accusations of cheating.
14) REZZING OBJECTS:
Rezzing objects is permitted in South Italy because RP sometimes requires various props, objects, pose balls and so forth to be added to the sim. Objects left lying around the sim count against the overall prim limit of the sim and reduce the amount for others to use. Renters, of course, can leave items in their apartments within their prim limits. Persistent disregard of this rule or rezzing a large number of objects will result in disciplinary action. South Italy is not a building zone.
15) OUT OF CHARACTER:
Statements made out of character in the South Italy Zone and it's subsidiaries is signified by speaking ((in brackets)). This is so your fellow players know what you are saying is not in character and helps minimize confusion between IC (in character) and OOC(out of character) statements.
Insulting, argumentative or those made in anger, stated OOC to other members of this community are completely PROHIBITED. If you have an issue that you feel requires the intervention of a mediator, contact a member of the SI GM Team.
OOC COMMENTS MADE IN AN INSULTING OR OFFENSIVE MANNER TO ANYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY CAN AND WILL RESULT IN AN EJECT FROM THE SIM/S AND POSSIBLY AN ESTATE BAN
16) META-GAMING
As stated in the South Italy combat rules, Meta-gaming is defined as: When a player has become aware of or told about information Out of character (OOC) pertaining to or directly regarding an ongoing storyline, situation or other player and then, by means of role play, uses that information either to their own benefit or as a means to interact with/against other players.
This is extremely aggravating for those of us who are trying to provide fun and possibly in-depth stories for the residents in SI and is therefore prohibited in the game.
17) GODMODDING
As defined in the below, this sort of activity is disruptive, rude and unwelcome in the sim/s. Individuals found to be godmodding other players will be subject to disciplinary action including banned from the sim/s.
Godmodding:
Godmodding is a term common to message board based role-playing games. Godmodding is almost always frowned upon by other members of the RPG, as it can be severely annoying to everyone.
Godmodding is a variant of god moding. The type of behavior it describes is also classically known as Twinking.
Godmodding for personal gain
Godmodding occurs when a character describes an event or a series of events he or she has taken against a player character in the RPG, with the person who plays the character acted against then describing actions taken that completely nullify the original actions against them. Godmodding is thus used like a "Get Out of Jail Free card" when things don't go the way a player wants, rather than working with previously unfolded events. It is also used as a single word definition of having an invincible character or unbreakable armor, limitless power, etc. For example, the following exchange would be godmodding on the part of player A:
* Player B states, "Having exploited A's mistake and caught hold of him, B strikes A."
* Player A states, "B completely missed A, and A takes no damage."
Godmodding at the expense of others
Godmodding can also refer to the case where a player describes the outcome of their own actions against another character. For example, player A stating, "A strikes B and B takes damage" would be considered godmodding on the part of player A in most situations. Another less common version of this is when a character is facing multiple enemies, and he directs an attack from one foe into another foe. This takes the format 'Player B states, "A misses B completely, and strikes C instead."'
Controlling characters
Controlling characters that aren't your characters to begin with is also a form of godmodding.
* Player A: Punches Player B.
* Player B: Dodges attack, grabs Player A and throws him. Player A flies at Player B, who warps behind him and slashes Player A in the back.
SANCTIONS
These sanctions apply to trespassers of the sims rules.
1st offense: Official Warning
Players who receive an Official Warning will have their name recorded for public inspection in http://www.twilightzone.wikidot.com/ for 2 months. After 2 months and if the individual does not have a 2nd Offense, the fault will be lifted and the record will be erased.
2nd offense:
Level 1 - 4: dock of 150 XP per offense
Level 5 - 6: dock of 750 XP per offense.
Level 7 - 8: dock of 2250 XP per offense.
Level 9 and above: dock of 4500 XP per offense.
Any griefing act will result in a ban from the estates.
SOUTH ITALY STAFF
Admins (CCS Admins and Estate Managers):
- Nabuco Zapedzki
- MarkusChristopher Llewelyn
- Tanaquil Beaumont
GM's:
- Demonia Arliss
- Lunemorte Dayafter
- Marina Kips
- Selene Narcissus
- Tabriss Masala
- Tirellia Zenovka
- Yung Back
RP Coordinators:
- Andie Ashbourne
- Bryan Caldwell
- Canyon Kelley
- Florcita Cutita
- Gabrisk Frangible
- Lexa Ultsch
(based and adapted by CoLA Rules)
