Rules
By participating in Storkverse, you agree to abide by all of the following rules. Please make sure to read all of them!
Terms of Service
- These rules are subject to change at any time.
- All species within Storkverse are Closed Species, and you may not make your own outside of official MYOs.
- Do not attack/witch hunt others with similar designs or species concept.
- You must be polite to others and treat them with respect.
- Do not harass or beg others to give their characters or designs to you.
- You may not create adoptable or characters based around hate speech or extremist ideals.
- If you do not win an adoptable, or get to it in time, do not whine or cry about it. There will always be more!
- We encourage you to channel this negative energy into something positive, such as congratulating the winner on their new adoptable!
- Do not bid in an auction that you cannot afford to win. Withdrawing a bid will result in a warning on the first offense, and a blanket ban from all auctions on the second.
- If you want to transfer the ownership of your Storkverse to another, you must do so by filling out the necessary form on the Banking / Archive Update thread.
- We do not accept screenshots from the buyer as proof of the transaction, as those can be easily faked.
- Do not try and stir up drama within the community.
- If you are banned from Storkverse, all characters you own will be voided and no longer valid for the species.
Gameplay Rules
- Every Storkverse design must have a tracker. If the design is on-Oekaki, this must be maintained on either the official post by the artist or on your color-in version. However it is done, it must remain on ChickenSmoothie.
- The only exception to the above are off-Oekaki Storkverse designs. They must have a tracker, but it may be stored off site.
- Trackers should track the prompts you have completed for that character.
- Publicly adopted Storkverse designs should have their tracker maintained on a color-in. Customs, breedings, kits, etc. should be maintained on the original post by the artist.
- Creating a Colony Tracker is required. This is simply a place that you will be storing and keeping track of your Storkverse designs. This may do so on the ChickenSmoothie character storage board, on Toyhou.se, or another place that works for you.
- Colony Trackers may not be hosted on Google Docs or Google Sheets.
- You may create multiple Colony Trackers if you wish to create multiple Colonies.
- There is not an upper limit of how many Storkverse designs you may own, and you can have as many as you wish.
- You do not need a founder to begin participating in Storkverse and trying out for adopts.
- Two Storkverse characters of any gender may breed.
- Storkverse characters do not have limited breeding slots, and one character may be used for as many breedings as you would like.
Code of Conduct
- Do not be a poor sport about losing a competition.
- Treat others, and yourself, with respect and kindness.
- Do not scam others.
- No one will be banned without proof of scamming, and will only be banned for Kiwi species-related issues.
- Do not remove signatures from any official artwork.
- Credit all artists appropriately when posting artwork off-site.
- Designs bred outside of official Storkverse channels will not result in disciplinary action, but will not be official Storkverse designs or allowed to participate in gameplay.
- Do not claim official artwork as your own.
- Unsportsmanlike conduct can earn a warning or even a strike depending on severity.
- Bigotry in any form is not tolerated.
- When making a Storkverse design, you are not allowed to copy a design.
- Designs can look similar in traits, color or concept without fear of persecution.
- There must be ample evidence that someone has copied your design in order for Storkverse staff to enforce this rule, as we believe in innocent until proven guilty.
- You are allowed to take inspiration from another user's design, as long as your interpretation does not result in a direct copy or "knock-off" of the original design.
- No one may gatekeep a concept. This includes:
- Food, drink, or animal-based designs.
- Fandom-based designs. No one is allowed to say "I made X fandom design first, so no one else can."
- In the above instance, we do not listen to character copy complaints.
- Plain designs lacking nuance (i.e. a black Storkatten with no markings or coat gradients).
- Pride flag based designs.
Ownership and Resale
- You may not sell a Storkverse design for a currency you did not purchase it for.
- If you purchase a Storkverse design for C$, Flight Rising currency, DA points, etc. you are not allowed to resell that design for USD or any other real life currency. You may resell it for digital currency, artwork, or character trades.
- If you purchase a Storkverse design with USD or other real life currency, you are allowed to resell that design for USD, along with digital currency, artwork or character trades.
- If you receive a Storkverse design for free, you may not resell that design. They may only be regifted or raffled off.
- The following all count as receiving a design for free:
- If the design was obtained through a free breeding. Even if you paid for one of both of the parents, if a breeding is not paid, you received the design for free.
- If the design was obtained through a free raffle, draw to adopt, write to adopt, a nomination raffle or as a gift from another player or admin, first come first serve, etc.
- Any other circumstance where currency was not exchanged and you received a design.
- The following all count as receiving a design for free:
Depiction Rights
- You may use a Storkverse character as a fursona without prior permission from the artist.
- You are not allowed to edit a Storkverse character's official artwork without the proper items and without approval.
- You are not allowed to depict your Storkverse character with traits they do not have.
- You may give your Storkverse characters additional hairstyles, accessories, quirks, etc on personal references.
Discipline
If you are rude or disrespectful to Kii are any of the other staff, or breach the Terms of Service, Rules or Code of Conduct, you are subject to bans and other disciplinary action. Storkverse functions on warning, followed by a three-strike system. This means the following occurs:
Depending on the severity of misconduct, a ban may be issued at two or even one strike.
We do not, and have never, maintained a public ban list. If you're unsure of your status, feel free to message NuggetSeb.
If you are banned within 7 days of adopting a design, your permission to use the design will be revoked, and the design will be readopted. Once the initial 7 days have passed, it is a non-refundable permanent binding agreement that you get to keep the design and the adopt will never be revoked.
- A breach of the terms of service, rules, or code of conduct will result in a warning.
- If the warning is ignored, you will be given a strike.
- If you obtain three strikes, you are banned from Storkverse and all species under the Kiwipen umbrella.
Depending on the severity of misconduct, a ban may be issued at two or even one strike.
We do not, and have never, maintained a public ban list. If you're unsure of your status, feel free to message NuggetSeb.
If you are banned within 7 days of adopting a design, your permission to use the design will be revoked, and the design will be readopted. Once the initial 7 days have passed, it is a non-refundable permanent binding agreement that you get to keep the design and the adopt will never be revoked.
Bans
A ban from Storkverse consists of the following:
- You will be blocked from all groups related to Storkverse.
- You will not be allowed to participate in any official species activities.
- No refunds of any sort will be issued.
- All Storkverse designs you own will be voided from the game. This means they are no longer valid for the purposes of leveling, breeding, or any other Storkverse activity.
- Voided Storkverse designs will be unvoided if traded to a community member in good standing.
- You are not allowed to receive a Storkverse in a trade with a community member in good standing.
- The above voiding does not include any supplementary items such a MYOs, Runes or Autopasses. However, theses are not subject to refunds, but may be gifted to unbanned community members.
- If you are found to be using side accounts to dodge your Storkverse ban, your characters will be permanently voided.