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
Okay, here's another suggestion then.
Don't take down anyone's paintie that's already been accepted, but forbid new ones that break the rules.
TheWibbler
Thank you. All the aquatic ones seem to be there, so my problem is solved. :)
Gwennafran Their furaffinity journal has all of the bases, or at least most of them from what I can tell. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/furvilla
UnregisteredCat It, is, now considered a waste because the money spent on commissions on painities that were accepted are now rule-breaking and are considered for take-down. Again, instead of accepting all of the painities and THEN changing the rule, they should have had the rule in the first place. Just because it's beta, doesn't excuse anything. People are allowed to be upset and voice their concerns. Don't sweep everyone's emotions under the rug.
A bit off topic, but I cannot find the aquatic bases on the shared google drive ( https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B05ICidEerL3QTR4Ri1yMy1fY2M&usp=sharing ). Anyone know where I can get them?
My aquatic bunny could use a paintie, and seeing how the worst kinks are now worked out, I feel it's safe to start.
Spiritburn You're not the only one whose sidebar Villagers are now alphabetized. I had mine in an 'ease of use' sort of way for careers. My Explorers were at the top followed by my Animal Husbandry Villager, then my Herbalists, my Doctors and finally my Carpenters/Construction Workers. I used Explorers the most so it was easy to pop from one to the next to finish my hourly exploration, then I worked with AH the most in 10-30 minute increments depending on what she was doing, Herbalists for the Doctors so they fit nicely one right after the other and then Carpenters for whatever needed doing. Not they're all scrambled and its a little annoying, I hope the give the option to reorganize it again.
my villager rey's paintie was accepted a few days ago, but it has the small wings from the DAD base edited on...do these new rules mean i need to completely redraw the wings or face rey's paintie being removed? that's a bit of a bummer...i'm pretty bad at emulating the furvilla art style and the wings that i draw will likely look pretty incongruous with the rest of the base :[
UnregisteredCat Nobody said that? We're upset that we spend real money on FD to submit painties only to be told that they're no longer allowed.
Yikes. People are angry at Furvilla for "wasting" their real money on paintie commissions from artists? I understand being upset for having to go and change your paintie again but no way is it Furvilla's responsibility to tell you how to spend your own money, that was your decision! This is the beta, anything can change at anytime, lets all calm down and be logical.
Nonstop Exactly! It's too broad, and I think that ultimately, each case is a case, and while someone can make a blatant copy of a rare species, other people can make it work, and it's up to the team to decide which one is acceptable and which one is not. It feels like this rule was made to lessen their work, that's why I feel so iffy about it.