Current mood:	frustrated
Entry tags:	log and post ratings, mod announcement, new rules, revision

New Rule Revision - Underage muns and post/log ratings
Thank you to everyone who provided input pertaining to the new rule concerning "adult material" in the RPG. The mods have decided to revise the rules based on your input.

We will now be flagging all posts rated R or NC-17. Logs and posts by underage muns, which are above PG-13 in rating and were allowed by the LJ system because they were not flagged as "adult" or "explicit", will result in a warning. The player will be told to either delete or privatize the journal post, as appropriate, and the log will be rejected/deleted by a mod. Failure to comply regarding the journal post within a set time limit (say, 24 hours) may result in being dropped from the game. For the logs, a three-strike system will be utilized, wherein the players will be warned twice about inappropriate logs, and will be banned from the RP on the third offense. Any mun ABOVE the age of 18 who places "mature content" in their logs or posts must flag the post at the appropriate maturity level.

Retroactively, all logs previously posted in the log comm and in personal journals must be flagged appropriately if the rating is above PG-13, placed under an lj-cut if the rating is PG-13, and deleted if any of the muns involved were under 18 and the rating is above PG-13. Players who posted any logs containing such content, please go back and cut/flag/delete the entry as appropriate ASAP.

To keep with the movie rating system we've been using, this is how it will work from now on:
G/PG-> Nothing necessary
PG-13-> Placed under al lj-cut which states that the material under the cut is PG-13 in nature
R-> Flagged as "Adult Concepts", no one under 14 allowed to create or view
NC-17-> Flagged as "Explicit Adult Concepts", no one under 18 allowed to create or view

For those (like me) who have no idea what flagging is/entails, or who are not clear on the restriction levels, please take a look here. (Thanks to Rin/Gakuto-mun for the link and the explanation.) Basically, there's an option when you create/edit posts to restrict access to that post based on age. For this to work, I need all players to do the following:

-Go to the "Edit Profile" page.
-Under "Birthday", place your character's birth month and day, but YOUR birth year.
-At "Birthday display options" choose "Display only the month and day", to keep your character's birthdate from reflecting your age rather than his/hers.

If you're not sure what a log/post would rate, ask a mod. (Please provide a link as well, so we don't have to dig for the one you mean.) A mod's decision on whether or not a post should be flagged/otherwise handled is final.

Again, thank you all for your input regarding this matter.