House Rules

On the net, and on manor in particular, people meet in a virtual world where identity is blurred. The net provides a forum where age, gender, social status, cultural background etc. has a wider scope of participants than seen anywhere before in history probably.

The net is often seen as a "new wild west" where anything goes, and that is part of the attraction. But regular users soon find out that social norms and values are an asset and even necessary as soon as they start interacting on the net, just as in real life. Take the example of when the car was invented. Everything was fine until too many cars roamed around everywhere. That's when they invented trafficlights. :-)
Any social structure has some degree of "rules of conduct", the nets various "subcultures" develops their codex that suits their particular forum.

Especially on Manor where you can chat, move around and wear any graphic you can find, the social interaction is very direct. So all Manors need some basic rules to insure that users they want there will feel comfortable to be there, whether they explicate those rules or they just follow the "netiquette".

A good rule about rules :) would be that they should be concise and as clearly defined as possible, serve a strict purpose and be as few as possible.

As a service to our users, Mount Pelion has the following simple set of general rules: Respect other people, treat them as you would like to be treated. No nude props allowed unless in a private locked room and only with other consenting adults. No swearing or dirty words are allowed in public rooms. Racistic, ideological or gender slur will not be tolerated.

Depending on offence the user in violation will be informed privately (in whisper mode) by a moderator present. If the behaviour continues the moderator will take action following an escalation procedure.