Rule Clarifications and MOD Updates
Posted by Mat on 12 Jul 2016, 12:26 pm
We have been consolidating and reviewing a lot of feedback on various rules we have, and are happy to announce that all of the updated rules have been released.
1. The Terms of Service no longer forbids breasts, but instead focuses entirely on nipple exposure. Breasts are now allowed on Painties as well as artwork posted on Furvilla provided they follow the nipple rule. We feel this best represents a SFW environment while also not implying sexualization of people with that body shape.
2. The Terms of Service clarify our position on game asset trading with other browser games. The short answer is, we are fine with trading, however, we would like you to wait until the game is out of beta before doing so.
3. The Code of Conduct now indicates that CSS should not be used to cover or alter game stat information, including hiding or altering your or your villager's stats, or replacing your villager's image with CSS.
4. Our Forum Rules have now been updated to indicate that the phrase 'illegal drugs' refers to United States federal law, as there are discrepancies between the laws of different countries regarding what is an illegal drug, as well as individual states within the US.
5. Finally, after taking in all feedback with Painties and speaking with our Paintie moderators, we have completely revamped the Painties rule page in a way we hope clarifies everything regarding Paintie rules. We have been struggling with the inventive ways that players are creating some Painties, but unfortunately some are created in ways we did not intend for our bases to be used. We hope that this guide clarifies what we consider permissible for the use of our bases and helps clear confusion.
That now covers all the rules that have been changed thanks to your feedback. We also wanted to let you know that moderator applications are now closed. We received over a thousand applications and have hired our team. We do not yet have an ETA on releasing the forums as the moderators are occupied with ironing out issues with Painties. We will provide you an update when we have an idea of when the forums will be ready to re-release.
Last, here are a list of changes that have been implemented since Monday, the majority of them from suggestions e-mailed to us:
- grayed out Change Career button when idle
- destroy unwanted recipes from career page
- removed white gradient on long Private Messages
- Transfer Currency / Transfer Item on user page
- horizontal scrollbar appear in the message box when needed
- view all recipes/their reagents for reference: searching items in the museum now provides a list of reagents (for recipes), or a link to the recipe that crafts the item, or links to all recipes that use the item
- placed a button in the blacksmith career page that straight away takes you to repair requests
- Villagers page indicates which villagers are sick and with what
- item pages now include links to NPC shops if the item stocks there
- Paintie Removal button to strip a Paintie from a villager at the user's request
- the following items can now be used from the inventory on villagers who are not the active villager: medicines, pets, recipes, costumes, species potions, hp potions
Nobody's acting like this is the end of the world. People are allowed to be upset and voice their concerns. Stop sweeping other's emotions under the rug.
I shouldn't have to wait for an unofficial source to create a base for me to use the wings of when it was fine before. They're *JUST* wings. They are wings. I should not be penalized for happening to put DAD wings on a horse.
DAD's wings aren't the only big wings that match the sites style that will ever exist ever. Commission someone to make wings for you or, just wait for people to make free bases with wings for everyone to use. Just because you can't rip DAD wings anymore isn't the end of the world.
@Chameleon
The issue with that is that if someone wants DaD wings on a pegasus, then whether they own a DaD themselves or not, it can't be used on-site anymore.
Honestly, I like the idea someone else mentioned of submitting potions with the painties if there's a paintie that uses a part from that species. So even if it's a "blatant knockoff" they still had to save up/make/own the potion in order to use those parts. Same for the costumes...
charmeleon I do have a DAD, and it doesn't bother me at all. But that still doesn't take away anything from the worth of a DAD because wings are on a paintie lol.
charmeleon I don't want a DAD. I think they're ugly. I want big, nice wings for my horses that match the style. I shouldn't have to buy a gross dragon thing just to have the wings.
Seraph Yes but I think that's the best way to go. If I spent 20$ on a gembound potion, only for anybody to just copy-paste it's ears/gems, I'd be pretty miffed too. I think this rule is for the best.
Azzie But that still limits the creation of painities by those with little to no art skills. Or those who can't afford commissions. I honestly don't see why allowing splicing is such a big deal.
Hey, uh, if we add a shark or fish tail-- not a copy/paste from the manokit or aquatic bases, but drew it ourselves and tried to match furvilla style-- would that be allowed? Are we allowed to add small critters we design ourselves (a pet betta fish) next to the furry in the paintie as long as it stays within the 400x600 limit and we don't resize the furry? I was thinking of doing painties of all my villagers with a more sea-theme, with sea animal alterations or an outfit or pets relating to the tgeme, but if that's not allowed, then I'm not giving y'all any money.
How can we contact with Paintie Mods? I have a few questions I would like to be resolve regarding the new politics Dx
Lots of people are complaining about the changes to rules about painties, but honestly I'd like to thank the devs for the improvements they've made to the rest of the site. Being able to see recipes of items is a godsend as well as being able to use items without changing your active villager. Keep up the awesome work, FurVilla devs!