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
Azzie That at least is good and I'm glad FV is doing it, but it seems to be a process that is slow if not unmoving at all, and I'm not looking forward to redoing every single paintie I submitted just so they have different wings that wasn't clarified before I got through six of them. It's definitely a rule that they should've put in place before Beta went live and they took people's money for painties.
Great changes and great communication! I also enjoy following your Twitter for tweaks. Maybe you could have a weekly newspost with a compiled list of all code tweaks for those who forget to monitor Twitter?
My villagers on the sidebar are now in alphabetical order rather than the order I've assigned them on my profile. Was this change intentional? I really liked being able to re-order them.
Naify You're deflecting me. Over and over. I'm not stupid, it says right above why it happened. But. That. Still. Doesn't. Solve. The. Issue.
Seraph and honestly I'm confused what's the issue then because I'd like to help in any way I can for you.
Also I wish we were able to edit our comments.
Sorry but as Nonstop was saying, people have spent REAL money on painties, and now what? Are our painties with even a single TAIL of a (for example) Wickerbeast gonna get removed? This is far from fine.
TheWibbler part of beta testing is complaining about stuff you don't like :p
Azzie
It's an example. It wouldn't be any different if somebody wanted to use a gem from the gembound on their fox, or a Wickerbeast claw on their skunk.
I quote myself, "Even if you added raptor wings, it's a wolf with raptor wings." No matter if you add something from a rare species it will never be the actual rare species. I see your point with 'why not just use other wings', but I like the Dutch AD horns, and I like the Wickerbeast tail, and I like the Manokit ears, and I like the Gembound gems, and I like a lot of things that I can't use for a reason because 'other people will get angry because you also have the rare thing that i have and you paid nothing for it' when it's not the same thing. I could use different wings, btu I don't see any other tails like the Wickerbeast that lays on the ground. Sure, I could use the red panda tail, but I like the laying on the ground. And I can't exactly copy the style, or it would be taken down for having a Wickerbeast tail.
Besides, painting/drawing =/= photoshop.
Although the species is rare now, they will not be rare in the future. And besides, the forums are not up yet. Most people will not do commissions for free while I was still in one of the discords, unless you're their friend.
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Although this is Beta, it's understandable, but it would have been better to have this decided from the start. I would be fine with not being able to use costume pieces, but I'm just a little upset that now people have their bases with rares on it, and if it's rejected people may have spent real money to commission the bases with the parts from other painties.
If I had a Manokit, I wouldn't be upset at someone else for using a Manokit tail.
Seraph you're allowed yo voice your opinion but it also needs to be clarified why it happened.
Nonstop they're giving people free resubmits from what I here into a design that doesn't break the rules. I agree they should have been more clear in the first place, but they're doing the best they can to fix their mistake.