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Game Play Rules
By: Thurl Date: June 5, 2012, 11:53 am
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[list][left]Note: Its ok to post in the IC thread before being
ok'd for your character and assigned a show. However, limit it
to trash talk only. You will not be booked until the final
determination that your character is available, and you are
assigned to a show.
1. Be active. The more active you are the better your chances
are to get a shot at a title. This is critical if you are a
title holder. We prefer not to keep titles on dead characters,
or people who don’t post after they win. This does not
include reserved characters.
1a. If you have multiple characters, for example 4 active
wrestlers, then please use them all equally. If you use only one
of your characters explicitly and never post with the other two,
you will be given only one warning to start making use of all
your characters, if you choose not to use them, they will be
released. Sitting on "dead" characters is not allowed, nor is it
fair to someone else who may make better use of them. Reserved
characters as noted above are exempt from this rule.
1b. Watch the length of your posts. 15 paragraphs are about as
much as anyone needs. Any longer than that, and you’re
just getting too long, and too much text can have the effect of
causing peoples attention to drift elsewhere. This is not an
imposed limit, just a guideline. The Staff and CEOs of HCW are
depending on the common sense of the players for post length.
That said, please be careful, if you do happen to get posts too
long, one of the staff will give you a friendly reminder to take
it easy on the length. Also, CEOs and GM are exempt as they post
cards, results, drafts and other things, that may require an
excessive post length.[/left]
2. If you have to be away for awhile, let someone on staff know.
It helps us to know if you are gone for a legit reason, and we
can give a temporary reserve to your characters, or someone can
cover for you until you return. If we don’t get some kind
of notice that you will be gone for awhile, it is likely we will
assume that you quit, and your characters will be released.
3. You are allowed 4 active wrestling characters and one non
active wrestling character such as a manager or valet. You may
drop characters at anytime if you wish. The CEOs and staff
request that you finish out any current story lines, your
characters are involved in, before changing or dropping any
characters. If you decide to change or add characters at
anytime, DO NOT FORGET to pm Thurl, or pat2007 to check
availability, or make your request in the Character
Requests/Reserved thread. Failure to do one of these two things
may result in the loss of the character you want, or request
denial if you use first then ask. (CEOs and GMs are exempt from
this as we may need extra for interviewers, announcers, refs,
Board members, etc.) Also, if a GM or CEO uses a character for
announcing, interviews, refs, Board members, they are still
available to be played should you choose them, and the staff
will just use others.
4. Keep things on topic in either thread, going off topic will
garner you a warning, and not just from HCW staff member either.
The Mods are always watching, you know.
5. You are allowed to use anyone’s characters without
their permission so long as you don’t make them look weak,
and the use must fit the current storylines for said characters.
It is however, considered a courtesy to ask the permission of
the player whose character you want to use ahead of time though.
That being said, do not cause injury to someone elses character
that would necessitate missing shows and thereby canceling
already booked matches with out the player and GM/CEO being in
on the idea so it can be worked around.
Please Note: If some one does not observe the
courtesy of running any use of your characters by you, and it
does not harm them or their story in anyway, do not use the IC
thread to voice your disagreement or displeasure with the post.
(IE: Posting OOC: Ignore Insert name's Post in the IC thread.)
There are multiple ways between the forums and other social
medias to contact the other players and discuss it or work out
edits etc. OOC notes in the IC thread are reserved for Staff and
CEO/GMs only.
5a. DO NOT use your characters or this game as a means to take
out your frustration with someone else by destroying their
characters at every turn. This is the equivalent of Flaming or
pseudo flaming. Failure to adhere to his can get your characters
released and your ID/IP address banned from HCW. We have a zero
tolerance for this.
5b. In the event that you get banned from the forums, you get
fired from HCW and your characters go up for grabs, no questions
asked, unless otherwise noted by a CEO. This does not mean you
will not be able to return to HCW should Thurl forgive you and
let you back into HCW, but it will be a joint decision amongst
the CEOs and staff (Also the forums staff) if you will be
allowed back.
6. Emojis: Use them if you want, but don't make posts with all
emojis. The CEO/Webmaster is old and won't try to take the time
to figure out what you are saying and will likely just delete
the post, or edit the offending lines out.
7. Above all else: Have Fun.
The most important rules of them all are to have fun, and BE
ACTIVE. The more active you are, the better chance that
pat2007, and Thurl will give you shots at the titles.
WARNINGS and FIRINGS
The way our warning system works is a lot like baseball. You get
three strikes and you’re out.
For Warnings concerning Activeness, there are three stages:
First, A soft warning via PM. Basically a friendly reminder to
get active.
Second, You will get a firm warning with an amount of time to
post in before you get to the third stage.
Third, Your character is terminated.
WARNING SYSTEM FOR PLAYERS WHO DO NOT PRE-INFORM A MEMBER OF
STAFF OF AN EXTENDED ABSENCE OR JUST DISAPPEAR:
In the event that a player has dropped off the face of the earth
with no warning or prior notice to a staff member, or CEO, which
causes havoc in the current story lines affecting other players
including Staff and CEOs, or otherwise causing problems for
upcoming shows or Pay per views, this is the warning system that
will go into effect. Please note that these are much stricter
than the above. As noted elsewhere we have a zero tolerance for
this kind of thing.
Phase One: If you go without posting for a significant amount of
time, it will be noticed, and you will be sent polite PMs via
here or Facebook, or whatever outside social media you have made
the staff aware of. (Note: We are generally nice about this so
long as we get a response from you explaining things, and have
been known to say take the time you need. The "unspoken" Golden
rule around here is that[b] Real Life comes first, and we
respect that.)
Phase Two: If those go ignored, there will be a final (and Only)
warning issued via the Forums to get it in gear within a given
time frame. Should that not get your attention, then..
Phase Three: Your current storylines for all your characters
will be dropped at the end of the above mentioned time frame.
The CEOs and GMs will make every effort to make it up to the
players effected by this, other than yourself, as well as making
sure any effected show or Pay per view is corrected to keep its
momentum going. Depending on the severity of the effect on the
game, players, and any up coming shows/Pay Per Views so too will
it be a severity on the punishment received. [/b]
This means that it can be anything from having your characters
immediately released, and you being restricted to posting in non
game play areas for an extended period of time, to having your
HCW login/IP address banned temporarily or even permanently if
severe enough. Each situation will have to be looked at
individually and decided. (A middle ground example here would be
a period of time in which all of your characters will not be
allowed a single #1 Contenders match or title match for any
title for an extended period of time. If you think I wouldn't
actually do that, ask #HeelCarter how that one feels..)
Severity will be determined upon how the game is effected as a
whole.
Low Severity:
[list]
[li]Does it just mess up a Collision or Fusion?[/li]
[li]Is the situation easily recoverable?[/li]
[/list]
Anything that can be recovered and restored easily falls in the
low severity category.
Medium Severity:
[list]
[li]Is the inactivity throwing off a regular Pay Per view?[/li]
[li]Is the inactivity throwing off a special? (Example: The
Draft, the Awards Supershow etc..)[/li][/list]
Any situation that will require more than minimal effort to
repair, but not take the effort that it would to move a
mountain, would fit medium severity.
High Severity:
[list]
[li]Is your inactivity stalling story lines for a GM or CEO's
characters beyond repair? (Seriously, a bad idea. Just don't do
it)[/li]
[li]Is this throwing off a grand Pay per view? (Examples:
Colliseum, Birth of Destruction. etc.)[/li]
[li]Is this the first time you have disappeared?[ (Multiple
times will automatically put you here.)[/li][/list]
Any situation that will take an exceptionally high amount of
effort to repair or is simply can not be recovered or repaired
with out making more damages as a result, falls under the
highest severity level.
The above will be added into the Game Play Rules thread in the
not to distant future. In the end we all know this is just a
game. But its just not cool to kill the fun in this matter. Its
not fair to others who are depending on you for storyline
movement. Nor to the staff who has to put thing's back together
in the aftermath. Not to mention holding characters unusable
that more active players could and would actually use.
[/list]
For warnings concerning everything else, it’s three
strikes and your out.
You get two firm warnings; the third time will see us terminate
your character. Any exceptions will be made on an individual
basis at the time of the occurrence.
Any feedback you wish to make on anything listed above can be
made in the feedback thread or via PM.
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