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If you see anyone mention ponypaws, please be incredibly leery and, after the typical warning of not sharing websites, probably warn players that you think might be getting lured in, to not use the same password they use on this game. Thanks! |
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NaughtyPlayer PM TO: Harasser|yeah =] i dont use ads chat *laughing out loud!* Harasser PM TO: NaughtyPlayer|*laughing out loud!*! NEVER hehe Harasser PM TO: NaughtyPlayer|one time, a mod muted me for that NaughtyPlayer PM TO: Harasser|*laughing out loud!* Harasser PM TO: NaughtyPlayer|so i chatted to her and annoyed her heaps *laughing out loud!* Harasser PM TO: NaughtyPlayer|it was so funny she got so mad I thought it would just cement the whole 'they do it just to get attention' thing. :) Thanks guys! |
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How HorseIsle Came To Be By PawPrintPony One day Miranda was taking care of her horses.Suddenly she looked up to see a beautiful Unicorn!The Unicorn said,''I am Sparkle.I shall take you to my homeland,were Magical horses run free.'' Shocked,Miranda stumbled forward a bit and nodded then jumped onto Sparkles back.With that the Unicorn and Miranda were gone.Only purple dust floated in the air.Then suddenly on a cloud a puff of purple dust appeared.Poof!Miranda and Sparkle were on Cloud Isle! Sparkle said softly,''This is my home.Cloud Isle.''Miranda gasped and looked around.Then snapped back into reality and asked,''Why did you bring me here?'' Sparkle replied,''You now have an importmant task.Create a world of fun and laughter.A world were wild horses run free!A world with breeds from all over!Islands of horses and people!Quests to do and games to play!Were everyone can have their own dream horse!It shall be called...'' The unicorn paused then said,''HorseIsle.'' Miranda gasped and asked,''Can my freinds and family help?'' Sparkle replied,''Of course.'' With that the unicorn poofed Miranda away.Back to her own land.She began her work and all her friends and family pitched in to help.And soon they finished the new world called HorseIsle.Updating it every month or so.And here we all are.On HorseIsle.Enjoying it as much as we possibbly can.And for the few whom can go to Cloud Isle have probably met Sparkle and her friends.They might have even got to ride one of them.And we all today live happilly ever after. |
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1.Re-start your computer, maybe your computer has been on for a long time and just needs to be reset. 2.You should try deleting your cookies. The main purpose of a cookie is to identify users, if you filled in a form all this data will be stored in your web browser until a later day. Cookies are NOT needed and can all be deleted without problems occuring. Firefox Users: -Click on 'tools' at the top of the browser -Click on 'clear private data' -CLick on all the boxes, you dont need to click on 'saved passwords' if you'd like to keep them. -Click on 'clear private data' -Then you can restart your computer/laptop Internet Explorer Users - -Click on 'tools' at the top of the browser -Click on 'internet options' -Then click on 'delete cookies' on the second box -Restart your computer or laptop 3. You should also try resetting your cache, a cache is an area on your computer/laptop hard disks that saves text and images that have recently been viewed so it doesn't have to download everything you see on your computer/laptop screen. To reset your cache - FOR INTERNET EXPLORER Up top in the pull-down menus (File, Edit, Tools etc.), click Tools, then 'Internet Options' This brings up a dialog with 6 tabs across the top (General, Security, Content, .......) Click 'General;, the look for 'Temporary Internet Files' Click 'Delete Files', then (if it appears, check off 'Delete all offline content';, then click 'OK'. Click 'OK' again and this should clear all cached pages. FOR FIREFOX Open the Firefox browser and navigate to the Tools menu (for Windows users) or the Firefox menu (for Mac users). View the drop down menu display and choose Options (for Windows) or Preferences (for Macs). A new dialog box will appear Click the Privacy icon to get to the cache options. Now you can click the 'Clear Now' button. Watch for a drop down box to appear with numerous checkable boxes. Check 'Cache' and press the 'Clear Private Data Now' button Press the 'OK' button (Windows) or simply close the preferences box (Mac). Your cache will now be clear. I hope this helps and that you can now see the new breeds and the re done breeds of Horse Isle |
'Empty Cache' which will get rid of your cached files To clear your cookies - Click on 'Preferences' Then click on 'Security' After click on 'Show Cookies' then 'Remove All'. This should clear your cookies. If anyone else had a different browser, just say! :) |
If you still can't see them - -Your computer may be old or your graphics card is small. Remember I can't say exactly whats wrong without seeing your computer so I just have to give some information and tips via the computer Many Thanks, Varekai! |
Clean cookies in Internet Explorer (IE) for MAC: . Open your internet browser . Click "Explorer" . Then click "Preferences..." . Double click the "Receiving Files" button(with the small triangle) until you see the triangle facing down! . Double click "Cookies" . Then click "Delete" button . Hit the "OK" button. To delete cache - 1. From the top menu bar, click Edit, and select Preferences. 2. Click Advanced. 3. Click Cache. 4. Click Clear Memory Cache button. 5. Click the Clear Disk Cache button. 6. Click OK. This is just one way to delete cookies and cache, I could help you abit more if you could tell me what browser you use, like safari, explorer or netscape. Many Thanks |
Deleting Cookies - Click safari and search for preferences. Then select the security icon. Click on the 'show cookies' button. Then you can selecte the cookies you want to be deleted from the list. To end, click the delete button. (Rememeber that there are differen versions of Safari and the settings may be completely different) To clear your cache - Click on the safari tab. Then search for Empty Cache. Are you sure you want to empty the cache? Click empty. Restart your browser for all the new changes to take effect. |
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A player is not to give away horses/money/items if they're leaving, correct? If someone is giving away a horse, or an item because they are holding a (free) contest, or they just want to give a friend something, is this acceptable? I also couldn't find this in the detailed rules. I checked under "G" for "giveaway" and "L" for "leaving" and didn't find anything. Is it located elsewhere in the detailed rules? |
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The Town Song (fast tempo) ------------------------- You go to..... Earton Treeton Appleton Welcome Isle is where you begin take the boat to Earton----> (slower tempo) Jump Barrel race paint for Nadine Find pine cones around pine trees get honey combs from the bees----> Here on Horse Isle!!! The Isle Song ------------- Oh----> it\'s cold on snow Where igloos are called home Close to other isles It\'s hot on Desert With sandy weather and pyramids all around If your wanting something tropical Where it\'s always wet Look for a big isle all the way to the west Jungle is huge Vine isle is too Llamas can be found there Ancient te-kes to Right in the middle is..... Horse Isle Horse Isle ----------- Where do you go? You have nothing to do Go online thats what you should do Type in the site That you think is the best If you typed Horse Isle You\'d be correct Chorus Is there a place Where you have friends That treat you nicely The answer is yes If you like horses This is the place for you If you need help ask a mod They will help you THeres no other place like this Created by Joe and Miranda Horse Isle is here forever Chorus End Horse Isle is her today Horse Isle is a place for play Horse Isle is here to stay Horse Isle! Horse Isle!!! Verse 2 a game we play together Yeah!!! |
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These rules are in place for the safety of all of you and it is important that you guys follow them as well as enforce them. :) Thanks! |
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We can make a post reminding them that once the horse is out of their account it does not belong to them, and they may or may not get it back. But that's really all. If they want to risk losing a horse they can. Just let them duke it out *laughing out loud!* They do need to keep the problems out of public chat. As they choose to risk losing the horse, they lost it, their problem. If they choose to ignore the rules, that too is their problem. Basically, moderators shouldn't even know about a releasing party. :P Unless it's in buddy chat or something. :S |
after it's been advertised? I usually continue to warn and eventually send to Rules, because sometimes they continue advertising... |
I figured if they were removed they would stop and read my pms to them and start doing the right thing The very next post from them... Releasing Party is now on Prison Isle.. coz a mod sent me there *head desk* |
Thankies DP :P |
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You may say they broke some rules. That's really all. If a player wishes to know which rules, they will need to talk to the player who broke the rules. Basically, it's none of their business what violations another player has or has not received, or whether or not another player has been banned. If another player has a horse that is being boarded by a banned player, then basically that is their problem. It's a risk they choose to take by letting the horse out of their account. Besides, actually you do not know if the player is on a temp ban, and for how long... of if at some point the player will be allowed back onto the game or not. :S Sometimes temp bans can become permanent, or permanent bans become temp bans. It depends on many things that are basically dealt with in support mail. *gets off soap box now* *laughing out loud!* :) |
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This is breaking AALLL the rules. :) We'll be asking for personal info here. Please don't scold us. :) We are currently near Los Angeles, and recently stayed with Mod/Admin DesertPaint. It was a good time, and allowed us time to focus more on work rather than staying at a noisy parking lot RV park, or in the middle of the forest with slow internet.. . . So, we were wondering if anyone else would like to have us stop by on our route. Our plan (I think) is to work our way up to North west Montana over the next few weeks. .. So, if you meet the following please email Miranda directly by substituting her name in, instead of support before @horseisle: 1) Want to hang out with us a bit. We are low maintenance. We travel with everything we need, except a bathroom, since the Cats needed the space. . .(Don't ask) 2) Over 18. We don't really want to be putting out anybody's parents.. . And maybe let us know your general family/living situation. If you have 4 HI kid players, that may be difficult to keep our "Secrets Safe"! hahahaha 3) Let us know what kind of parking you have? On street or country property, etc. If it's below 20 at night, we may need an extension cord for a little heat ;) We aren't sure of the route yet, and can't give any specifics, but if we have your info and it's on the way, we'd appreciate the visit I'm sure. We can payback the favor with dinner, or maybe a "Sneak peak". . . . . hahahah Thanks much, -Joe |
I'd be happy to have you visit. =) |
and the bonus.. Its Summer here! |
Happy Travels ! |
Yeah, we definitely should have thought of it sooner. I didn't realize so many of our mods were around Florida. :) |
Not far from the Grand Canyon! Otherwise... doubt my parents would be cool with an RV in front of our house xD not that we have outlets, anyway. |
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It is against the rules to share passwords accounts. This is cheating. All players can be banned. Hopefully not permanently, and sometimes it's not a ban just violations as each account is taken separately. This includes going onto another's account to train for them. Each player is responsible for their own account, so if that "friend" gets them banned, then they are banned just as if they had said that. We don't return horses, items or money that was taken off of these accounts either. So if they share passwords then basically they are screaming "Someone hack me and take everything I have." Players who are banned need to use the Contact Us link and contact support if they need to know why or for how long they are banned. Sometimes all they have to do is contact us to get back on, since we banned an account to protect it, or for because we needed to talk to that player about the rules before they can play on the account again. Bans are rarely actually permanent. Most of the time they are temporary. If not a timed ban it still may not be permanent, we just need the player to contact support. Sometimes players will be given a 1 month ban, or a 2 or 3 month ban then allowed to return. Sometimes they may return but not on that same account = they had to forfeit an account. Most of the time for this type of ban they must promise to follow or comply with certain things. If, they still can't follow the rules and break the agreement, then the ban becomes as permanent as we can make it. It is a game after all, and these for the most part are kids. That's all I can think of before breakfast. *laughing out loud!* If you have any questions please ask, and if I think of something else I will add it here. :) |
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Players may talk about Twilight, Harry Potter, Lady Gaga, etc. just not in global. Twilight and Lady Gaga are not rated for this game, they basically are PG 13 with players here under 13, so this needs to be moved out of public chat. Can be chat here, buddy (if ok with all buddies) or pm. For HarryPotter, might not be ok for some of the really young kids, however it's basicall a PG movie. It does start fights and unless everyone on the server at that time wishes to talk about it, it should also go into private chat. They may say anyone want to talk about Harry Potter, or Twilight... meet me ... or pm me... That's fine. What isn't allowed is flooding chat (maybe ok for a few minutes in playing, but not continuously,) talking about something that bothers others, controversial topics such as politics or religion. No offensive content such as biting, licking, eating others. Some of that is also violent, but mostly comes under offensive. Global is to chat in a general environment, something that should involve most of the players online at that time may be a server wide chat, that's fine. As long as it's not argumentative or offensive or cruel in any way. Asking for help for a quest, or how to do something... that also goes in Global. :) This is my blip for Twilight: As Twilight is rated PG13, and there are players under 13, please keep Twilight chat in private chat, thanks. :) I also will *poof* Twilight or Harry Potter or whatever the topic is that is not appreciated in global into Private Chat. Or at least out of public chat. If the entire server seems to be having fun with Harry Potter, and the content does stay appropriate, then it can be in global, for a bit anyway... But only for 5 or perhaps 10 minutes especially if there is a high player count. Since not all players wish to discuss Harry Potter... If possible, try to play them into a non public chat, with poofing, or tickling, or something... *laughing out loud!* Helps keep down the fights. :S If you have any questions about something that is not covered here, please post and ask! :) We kind of need to all be on the same page, regardless of server. :) |
Celebrity chat also should really go into non-public chat as again, some hate that celebrity, some love them... there goes the fighting. They may chat all they want to as long as it's not in public chat. *laughing out loud!* We used to be able to have some of that type of chat in global, but any more too many players whose sole purpose is to disagree with something, end up starting server wide fights. No sad topics, no death topics, no serious injury, no hate speak, no date speak... Since this is Christmas time... Santa is allowed, (well he is up there on Christmas isle after all *laughing out loud!* ) however, players may not trash Santa, there are young children that play. My blib: Santa is quite real, he is on Christmas Isle. :) Then a pm to the player requesting them to keep negative comments out of public chat, that young children play here, please respect this. |
The same with Harry Potter, if it's not bothering anyone, it's ok, but only if it doesn't go on too long or totally flood global. The first post I see where someone says, "Oh not again!" Or something like that, then the chat needs to clear out of global. They may chat all they like in chat here, buddy or pm. So it's not like we are denying them their chat, just moving it to another channel so it doesn't become harassing. It's not really fair for others to have to mute global because of the content, since global is for all the server players. Chestnut (I think...) had a nice global chat about Harry Potter the other night, lasted probably 5 or 6 minutes, then since other players were trying to ask for quest help, and it was being scrolled off the screen, I just asked the players to take Harry Potter to private chat please as it was sort of flooding global. They didn't have any problems with that. Violence that is more than marshmallow or tomato throwing really shouldn't be on the game where the young children can see it. Neither should vampire topics, or dating. So, as long as they aren't breaking the rules, it's ok. :) |
They may also have their releasing parties if they wish, they just may not advertise them. So, if they keep advertising after being asked to not do so, you can mute them for 5 minutes, then 10 if they still continue. It's not against the rules to release a horse, or have a releasing party. It's a pain for those who whisper the released horses, yes... but it's still not against the rules. *laughing out loud!* |
I don't really like the killed part, but as it's not direct violence against a person or animal I sort of ignore it. *laughing out loud!* Basically they are just saying they did fantastic at sj. So the overall context is ok. *laughing out loud!* |
So I am guessing that Killing showjumping no matter what they actually mean doesn't fit into this which sorry seems they could say any word means anything pretty much sorry to sound difficult. |
I know noob in any form isn't allowed.. o or zeros.. and newbie is allowed.. Is newb allowed? I thought in a previous post it was said they could use newb or newbie.. or did I misunderstand?? thank you in advance |
okay this is what was found.. thank you LADYF.. it kind of still leaves a lot of room for can they are can't they.. is there a definite yes or not to this NEWB/NEWBIE? The player was calling themselves a newb in this latest case |
It's the way it's used, and how an um, other dictionary lists it as common kid usage. :S *laughing out loud!* |
Tonight I came across a player that was doing just that so I gave them the example: Noob is a rude way of speaking to or about a new player.. kinda like saying "eww it's the new kid"..vs just saying "hey it's a new kid" I don't know if this helps or not.. some seem to want to argue anything. I also did remind the player if you have a problem with the admins decision please feel free to contact their support under the contact us at the bottom of the page... *laughing out loud!* |
I wasn't sure what the rule is on this, since the detailed rules don't specifically cover hints, but I went ahead and told the player that she can't charge for anything related to the contest, including hints. Just making sure this is the right thing to tell the player. |
Noob and Noobie are definitely derogatory. |
Ok, one of the BIGGEST uses of this word is when they say, "I feel like a Newb" or "Dont treat me like a Newb" They will maybe say something silly and then follow with ,"I feel like a Newb" So, in this context would it be ok? Im sorry to keep bothering you with this but this term is VERY frustrating as they DO try their best to push the rules with it, *laughing out loud!* I understand mostly kids being kids...But Honestly. before I played this game..this is NOT a term that I heard often. What ever happen to "Hello, I see your new here...Welcome" Sighhhhh |
What would not work is "That stupid Newb." Or "She such a Newb!" Then, it's being used in the same way as Noob. = In a derogatory manner. They so love to push the limits. *sigh* And it's a full moon... *hides* |
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As mods it is crucial that you follow this rule. You need to be a good example to the other, especially younger, players. By hearing about you sharing this info, they don't see why it is wrong or bad for them to share it. From this point on, if we do see a mod sharing personal info in this matter, it could mean losing your modding abilities. I really need mods, so please don't bring it to that point. Thanks. |
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2] This method of chatting is extremely hard to understand. 3] To the best of your ability, avoid using Chat Speak wherever possible. Misunderstandings can occur quickly when you use this type of grammar. 4] You have a full keyboard at your disposal, and do not need to use shortcuts in order to chat - players appreciate good English, and proper chat provides a fun and easy way to understand you, especially for those that play and English isn't their native language. I'm mentioning this because some of the mods tend to get far too strict about this. It ends up making their jobs harder and makes players resent the mods. Some chatspeak is fine. Having a 'u' here or a '2' there. Even if it's every sentence they type, that's fine. It's when the entire sentence is chatspeak that it's a problem. The only time you should be asking a player to please try typing everything out is if you simply cannot decipher it because basically everything is chatspeak. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Thanks |
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Basically support is for technical problems, questions about the game, such as "Why am I banned." Or a new username... things like that. They may also ask for clarification on rules, or explanations if they don't understand the why. But anything that deals with rules being broken really needs to go in an abuse report so the chat, date and time are saved. If it wasn't caught I can go back a bit and search for it, but it does need to be rather timely... *laughing out loud!* Subscription scams can be in support mail, but an abuse report at the time is also super helpful (really needed.) It saves tons of time trying to figure out when what happened and with whom. :S When players email in and say Player1 stole from me, or ganged up on me or something, basically there isn't anything I can do about it. I don't know what server they were on, I don't know when this happened... What time zone are they in... If they copy/paste the chat it doesn't work as basically that's hearsay, I need the logged chat from the chat logs for proof. Players can always edit copy/pasting and frequently do. :P *laughing out loud!* Thankies :) DP |
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No death, dying, stabbing, violence, eating others... Nothing that would upset a young child. I will give a for example, this is not really appropriate for global chat: Lets celebrate the death of a loonatic! I'ma tuna lick -dances on own grave- Dead woman walking -sirens go off- buries ____ under apple tree- I know it's in fun, but if a young child just logged on and saw that (not to mention her/his parents) it would not be great. :P *laughing out loud!* :) |
But i can't do much about it if it's in buddy or whatnot, since I can't see it. I usually just ask them to keep it out of global, and whatnot... |
Talk to them and ask them to change the topic. Please don't forget to report players that you see chatting inappropriate in buddy. Some players remove people because of this. They think they are tattle-tales, but of course they then complain that people get away with the breaking the rules when they get in trouble down the road. So, as usual, we can't do something about what's not reported. A little off track, but it still basically fits. As usual though, if you don't see it, you can't punish. Ask the player that came to you to file an abuse report. If you don't think they will, feel free to do so yourself as a precaution. |
Then innuendo or referenced image of what are you wearing if your pants are on the ground is not really appropriate. :S Unless they are saying they got a new pair or jeans or riding trousers or something, pants aren't really appropriate. :) |
The point of the song is actually making fun of those 'kids' that walk around with their pants hanging way off their bum. Many people think people that do this (sometimes the waist portion of the pants is halfway down their thighs or to their knees) look absolutely ridiculous. It's an issue that's gotten to the point of some places trying to put a law in place that can give out tickets for showing any undergarments in public (due to pants being too low). So, honestly, I have no problem with the song. If it helps the kids to realize that wearing their pants hanging off their bum is not cool, but dumb, than I'm up for it. I really don't think any of them are thinking of it in the inappropriate manner in which it would not be okay. :) |
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Many players don't read our profiles, or the rules of the game. So they are not going to know what is and is not polite, or ok... Many are children who are still learning, and don't know that they should not do something. To them, it's ok, to them it's not harassment. So, you can choose to basically ignore the player if you wish, but if you do choose to talk to them, then please make sure it is nice. :) Telling a player they are not being polite, or that they are being rude isn't really reaching them, it's just making them dislike you and feel threatened. So for example if a player asks about a horse that is not for sale, you can ignore the player, or if you do wish to respond then just say something like "I'm sorry, but that horse (or none of those horses) are for sale." We are moderators we are going to be asked about our horses, we are going to have random PM's like crazy! It's the green star that attracts players like flypaper *nods* :D I either ignore the pm's or have an autoreply stating that I'm busy with questing (or whatever) and not chatting, then ignore the pm's. *laughing out loud!* Or I will just say "sorry, not chatting right now, busy working" then ignore. It doesn't take long to say "sorry not for sale." :) Thankies, DP |
I agree, by the way. It's better to be polite. I've always tried to 'lead by example,' and it usually works. As always, thanks for letting me help = ) RockPile |
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Also watch for the player "gossip" just because Player 1 says that Player 2 said something, doesn't mean Player 2 did. Many players "report" others to become a moderators "pet" or to feel important. If you didn't see something, then it didn't happen, please do not "act" upon something you did not see in chat. If it bothered a player then that player can file an abuse report. If you feel it's important that the chat be saved you may file an abuse report on the player and ask us to review chat for ___ . Otherwise, please do not get involved as you didn't see the chat so it's hearsay or gossip. When a player tells me that RuleBreaker broke a rule and said 'such and such,' I tell the player to please file an abuse report. Since I didn't see it I can't do anything about it. If someone tells me that RuleBreaker has a bad profile I thank the player: "Thanks, I'll check it out." Or something like that. If it's correct, then I ask RuleBreaker to please remove that bad part, but I Do Not tell them the name of the player who "reported" them as that is confidential. I might say someone brought it to my attention, but that is absolutely all. Usually I don't even say that, I just say I was looking at profiles, or I was looking at your horses... We must Not have favorites or at least show favoritism to players, nor can we encourage or contribute to player rivalry or gossip. And please also remember that whatever happens in this moderator forum, stays here. We don't discuss these topics or issues with others. :) Ok, gets off soap box now and goes back to workie. :) DP |
of course, mine was on pinto just after a big thing got cleared up... which thankfully, went mostly unnoticed, but still.. *winces some more* |
You can mount your 'soap box' anytime *laughing out loud!* As always, Thanks for letting me help! |
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If they do give things away then they can't get their account deleted, it will have to time out and auto-delete in 62 days. So if you want to remind them of that great. But if they wish to give all away it's ok. They may. Of course they should use ads chat *laughing out loud!* and if they want to post this in their profiles then tell players to look at their profile, then again it should be in ads chat. :) Many players are only quitting a specific server. They don't plan on returning and don't want their horses to just auto-delete so they give them away. Some are quitting the game and don't care if their account is deleted or if it's left to auto-delete. For those few who want to cheat, they can't really as when they ask for their account to be deleted if they have given/traded stuff off of it, then the deletion is denied. If they have moved things from their old account to their new account, then they lose them permanently when the "new" account ends up being deleted as a multiple account. So they don't win. If they want a new account then that is exactly what they get, a brand new account with nothing and they must earn what they get just like any other new player. If they want to keep their horses, etc. then they must keep their current account. :) Hope that makes things a bit clearer. :) |
Quitting/Starting Over 1] You may quit playing at anytime. Your account will auto-delete after 62 days of inactivity, or 62 days of inactivity after your subscription expires. 2] When you quit, do not give away any horses, money or items. Should you decide to play again with a new account you could get these things back and that would be cheating. 3] If you feel the need to start over, your account may be deleted after giving sufficient proof that you are the account owner. 4] To have your account deleted so that you can start over, contact support from the email address you used to create your account. Again, do not trade anything off your account. Do not create a new account until we tell you that you may. You're saying that they can give away things if they want to when quitting, but #2 under the detailed rules about quitting specifically says otherwise. |
It's kind of confusing, but we just can't stop them from giving things way, so sort of useless to try. *laughing out loud!* :S And for some of them, they are doing just that, giving away things they will no longer use as they are switching servers. So not asking for an account to be deleted. Basically that is for having an account deleted so they may start over with a new account. To do that everything must stay on the account. If they don't care about that, then they may give stuff away. It's up to them. I always check the logs (evil grin) so they can lie but they can't hide! :D |
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i did get ahold of them the second PM, but for future reference? I guess my question is how long should you wait before just removing the profile if they are blatantly ignoring you? |
Basically they are supposed to know the rules and not even have inappropriate stuff on their profiles. I do like to ask them to remove it, and explain why as it's nicer and hopefully if they understand they won't put it right back up. *laughing out loud!* But if they choose to ignore them I remove. I usually give the 5 minutes, that's plenty long enough to delete something. If they need longer they can ask for a few extra minutes. I do tell them after the removal request that they have 5 minutes. |
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Goes in Ads Chat: Any advertisement for buying, selling, trading, clubs, contests, scavenger hunts (the advertising part,) paying for quest help or any type of ad where a player will pay for something. Exception: In front of Earton Bank or at the crossroads, if players congregate to buy and sell horses, they may use chat here for advertising, players can mute chat here or move on if they don't wish to see it. Also, at Auction, players may use chat here. Does not need to be in ads chat unless they wish to post it more often than every 5 minutes. May be in ads, but doesn't have to be: Asking for buddies, quest help, chatting - unless the topic is not appropriate for this game, or it's totally flooding the server and others are complaining. I usually give them about 5 minutes to flood then ask them to take it to Chat Here, Buddy or PM. If the chatting is only interesting to a few players then they need to move it out of global as well. Chatting is fine, as long as the topic is family friendly, mods can become involved in the chat if they wish, or they may stay out of it. I'm sure I have left out quite a few things, I've only had 1 cup of coffee... so please post any questions you have! :) *laughing out loud!* |
When players are looking for quest help or asking to be shown where something is and offer to pay, I respond: When you offer to pay, it becomes an ad, and belongs In Ads Chat please. It reminds players to 1) use Ads Chat, and 2) think about what they're saying. Because it's super annoying to be muted when you're trying to get quest help or make a trade. *laughing out loud!* As always, Thanks for letting me help = ) |
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There are stories of players who have x number of violations and when they get flagged/feel they are reported, they start moving their money/horses/items around in case they are banned. You know, looking for holding places until they can come back. Luckily, in these cases that I know, the player has not been banned and they take their items back. I don't know if they sense short bans or long bans but still, a ban. Is the "no giving things away when quitting" rule applicable to these cases? I know they are not quitting in that sense and at the time, we can't prove they are being banned but it is just suspicious. Send a reminder? Send an abuse report? |
If a banned player returns, we ban the account and that second account will be deleted. So they don't win. What usually happens in all their trying to keep their horses... is they permanently lose them. The ban is temp, they have someone else hold their horses then either that person gets rid of the horses, or... they are moved to a cheat/multiple account then deleted. Sad, but you just can't get the kids to read and follow the rules. :( |
You know, at this point I wish I could implant it in all brains that once horses/money/items leave your account, you have no control what happens to them. Try so hard for that unfair advantage but end up losing it in the end. (Kind of applies to the complaints of horses going out for training that end up on banned accounts too...) |
Then again they stand in front of the Library and spend 15 minutes spamming global for someone to tell them where Cara Cook is because they are "too lazy to look for her." Quoted from the player... -_- *laughing out loud!* |
A player on Cremello says they have been banned but they are still playing. In the meantime, they are giving their horses for safe keeping to MULTIPLE players I can't keep track. I am under the impression that if a player is online and then banned, NightMare pops in, does the job, and the player is banned. This player is saying they were "banned a few hours ago", and by keeping online, the ban is not in effect. This makes no sense to me. The player is ShadowFilly. |
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I know it was extreme to remove it without asking player to remove---but I don't feel I should have to ask a player to remove racial slurs and swearing. They very much know that is against the rules. I was more afraid of other people seeing it since several had reported it to me. If it's that bad, is it okay to do what I did? Or should I really have asked her nicely to remove her racial content and cursing? |
When there is only 1 sentence, or a small part that is not appropriate, but not totally bad it's nice to give the player a chance to remove it. Especially if they have lots on their profile that is ok. Just remember, this is a family game and young children and their parents do play. We are a bit more lenient with profiles than global, since players actually have to go look at it. However if it's severely breaking the rules, such as racism, adult explicit content or totally bad language then it needs to go immediately. |
Bells Vampire girl Species Human (Twilight - Book 2 of Breaking Dawn) Vampire (Book 3 of Breaking Dawn)Gender Female Age 17 (Twilight) 18 (New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn)Date of birth September 13, 1987 Date of death September 10, 2006 (as a human)Family Charlie Swan (father) Rene Dwyer (mother) Phil Dwyer (stepfather) Carlisle Cullen (father-in-law) Esme Cullen (mother-in-law) Alice Cullen (sister-in-law) Rosalie Hale (sister-in-law) Emmett Cullen (brother-in-law) Jasper Hale (brother-in-law) Spouse(s) Edward Cullen Children Renesmee Carlie Cullen I was wondering if I should ask the person to take down this profile? |
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Most of what I've seen is song lyrics--is this okay, provided they also provide a translation on their profile? I think it's a fuzzy line saying you can use horse names of different languages with translations, but not on their profiles or yours. I wanted a confirmation before I took any action either way. |
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What is it we lovely mods are to do about inappropriateness in the art rooms? Only a minor issue today, a player writing 'poo' on the art boards, but I simply can't remember what I was supposed to do, so I just cleared it... |
For the mild one, a short mute can work also. But if it's nasty please do try for the screen shot. :) |
Rules isle does file an abuse report, should basically only be used once or twice for the same player. There are only I believe 4 sets of questions, and the idea is to get them to read the rules to get off. :S So once they have read those 4 sets of questions then they know those specific answers, doesn't mean they know answers to other things. *laughing out loud!* |
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I asked ChaosGypsy's permission to post this. To start, I do want to say that I do not think muting someone under the circumstances she did is normally a good idea. It often causes more problems than it helps. In this case, it actually worked out to help everything, but I believe it only did because she took the time to chat with the player quite a bit. Take notice of how this started. ChaosGypsy was having a lot of problems with this player and the player did not like her at all. It ended with her actually asking to be buddies. :) C-Feb20 18:28:29 ChaosGypsy(G): No Personal Info C-Feb20 18:28:35 ChaosGypsy(G): you know the rules C-Feb20 18:28:44 ChaosGypsy(G): DONT push them -.- C-Feb20 18:28:57 Player($): shut it Chaos I-Feb20 18:29:05 Player Player Has clicked QUIT button SER-Feb20 18:52:05pm Player Successfully Logged In. ADM-Feb20 18:57:39 ADMIN (ChaosGypsy) COMMAND: [MUTE Player 60 ] C-Feb20 18:59:52 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|your muted 60 min for causing drama in global and for dodging a mute next time stay out of things that do not concern you C-Feb20 19:00:43 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|im not affraid u know C-Feb20 19:01:11 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|i did not mute you to scare you C-Feb20 19:01:38 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|im not scared to soeak my mind either C-Feb20 19:01:42 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|i muted you because you dodges a mute for causing drama in global chats and for being rude in global chats C-Feb20 19:01:56 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|but its my opinion C-Feb20 19:01:59 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|there are rules everyone on hi has to follow C-Feb20 19:02:28 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|yes thats fine but you cannot speak them like that you must follow the same rules as everyuone else C-Feb20 19:02:49 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|the entire game has to follow rules C-Feb20 19:03:03 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|yes and isnt one being nice to others? well you are not always nice to everyone.......and by the entire game taht means u too C-Feb20 19:03:12 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|they are all written out in detail for all the players to read and to follow C-Feb20 19:03:23 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|including you? C-Feb20 19:03:42 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|yes it does but when i am talking to someone else that is between them and I not you and them and i C-Feb20 19:04:07 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|well can i make a suggestion then? C-Feb20 19:04:26 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|all you do is get yourself into trouble by getting involved C-Feb20 19:04:37 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|but can i make asuggestion? C-Feb20 19:04:39 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|I send out global warning C-Feb20 19:04:42 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|and yes please do C-Feb20 19:07:18 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|ok well i think that things such as a punishment in global shouldnt happen because then it is not private and while it does not involve evryonelse its not private either so...even though its more work...u should just om them instead and things like this wont happen...and....when mods arent on there are so many other people doing so much worse and one of the rules is not being a mini mod and yet people still do all im saying is if people want things private make them private C-Feb20 19:08:11 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|can i ask you something? C-Feb20 19:08:15 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|yes C-Feb20 19:09:08 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|did you ever stop and think that maybe we have tried talking to a person several times in private and they ignored us.... so we have HAD to go into global to get their attention.... C-Feb20 19:09:21 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|sometimes because they are new and they dont know the chats C-Feb20 19:09:41 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|how can they ignore you? you are a mod C-Feb20 19:09:43 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|and sometimes because they just dont care.... C-Feb20 19:10:08 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|they just decide to ignore us they think its funny to make drama in global... C-Feb20 19:10:20 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|thats why sometimes we have to mute for it.... C-Feb20 19:10:32 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|if it were up to me.... C-Feb20 19:10:37 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|yes C-Feb20 19:10:38 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|? C-Feb20 19:10:42 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|i wouldnt ever mute.... C-Feb20 19:10:48 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|oh C-Feb20 19:10:58 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|its a pain i would much rather hunt about for horses *laughing out loud!* C-Feb20 19:11:16 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|haha yeah that would be a lot better C-Feb20 19:11:27 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|but you are right you know C-Feb20 19:11:32 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|i am here because i love playing the game I adore HI C-Feb20 19:11:57 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|people should follow the rules and i am sorry for casuing trouble C-Feb20 19:12:02 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|i love to jump even if i am the games worst jumper C-Feb20 19:12:08 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|haha C-Feb20 19:12:14 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|i used to show horses C-Feb20 19:12:20 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|in 4-H C-Feb20 19:12:44 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|its ok I am gonna lift your mkute because i think now you know where i am coming from C-Feb20 19:12:52 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|thank you C-Feb20 19:12:53 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|i was a 4-H leader *laughing out loud!* C-Feb20 19:13:01 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|gimme a sec C-Feb20 19:13:05 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|oh wow thats cool ADM-Feb20 19:14:10 ADMIN (ChaosGypsy) COMMAND: [UNMUTE Player ] C-Feb20 19:14:22 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|thank you C-Feb20 19:14:24 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|there you go =) C-Feb20 19:14:29 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|you're welcome C-Feb20 19:14:29 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|thank you so much C-Feb20 19:14:44 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|so can you tell me a littl emore about mods? C-Feb20 19:14:54 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|stay out of trouble and when i go into global... there is usually a reason for it ;) C-Feb20 19:15:07 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|haha ok C-Feb20 19:15:37 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|we are just like you we play because we love it and because we want it safe for everyone.. and well we just got picked =) C-Feb20 19:15:56 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|and i will try to sound more friendly ok ;) C-Feb20 19:16:24 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|thats sounds great! C-Feb20 19:16:35 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|i really am sorry! C-Feb20 19:16:43 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|so am i =) C-Feb20 19:16:54 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|i just....mods seem different..... C-Feb20 19:17:13 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|like when you are not talking to them like we are C-Feb20 19:17:23 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|were not really *laughing out loud!* just horse crazed players like everyone else C-Feb20 19:17:26 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|hehehe C-Feb20 19:17:39 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|haha cool so how did you get picked?? C-Feb20 19:17:52 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|they just asked me one day =) C-Feb20 19:18:17 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|wow you probably have to not have any Violations huh? C-Feb20 19:18:30 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|yep had my share *laughing out loud!* C-Feb20 19:18:41 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|oh really?? *laughing out loud!* C-Feb20 19:19:22 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|yep i am a regular player just like everyone else other then trying to make sure the games safe for everyone =) C-Feb20 19:19:42 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|yeah...do you get violations when your a md? C-Feb20 19:19:45 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|mod* C-Feb20 19:19:54 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|yep C-Feb20 19:20:00 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|wow C-Feb20 19:20:26 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|i think you are really amazing Chaos C-Feb20 19:21:21 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|thanks =) C-Feb20 19:21:25 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|i really love your profile too! C-Feb20 19:21:38 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|especially the last parts :) C-Feb20 19:21:42 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|lkol its pretty plain *laughing out loud!* C-Feb20 19:21:51 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|but its funny! C-Feb20 19:21:59 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|thanks C-Feb20 19:22:04 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|sure C-Feb20 19:24:02 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|oh one more question? C-Feb20 19:24:05 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|sorry C-Feb20 19:24:07 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|sure C-Feb20 19:24:18 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|do u memorize all the rules? C-Feb20 19:24:48 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|*laughing out loud!* i tried to but I keep them up in a window at all times when i am on =) C-Feb20 19:25:51 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|cool....oh and...sorry.....do people who like to ........um.....butter you up..there we go....do they annoy you?? C-Feb20 19:26:19 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|nah i try to not get annoyed *laughing out loud!* its bad for ya *laughing out loud!* C-Feb20 19:27:09 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|haha thanks you are so much different than i thought you would be C-Feb20 19:27:24 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|thanks =) C-Feb20 19:27:34 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|how many buddies do you have? C-Feb20 19:28:22 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|oh not too many I dont add as i am not on alot right now *laughing out loud!* C-Feb20 19:28:59 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|oh cool ...i feel kinda weird asking I don't know why though do u wanna be my bud? C-Feb20 19:29:21 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|when i come back full time sure =) C-Feb20 19:29:30 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|will be about 2-3 weeks *laughing out loud!* C-Feb20 19:29:40 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|i am still unpacking and stuff *laughing out loud!* C-Feb20 19:29:41 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|why arent you on full time? C-Feb20 19:29:45 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|oh you moved! C-Feb20 19:29:48 ChaosGypsy(P): Player|just moved *laughing out loud!* C-Feb20 19:29:50 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|i see! C-Feb20 19:29:53 Player(P): ChaosGypsy|haha! |
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I also think players appreciate when mods... Pull back the curtain, so to speak. Let them understand what mods do, and how we think. I think we (mods) *all* want HI to be a safe, fun experience for *everyone* and players don't always see that bigger picture. Again, well done. And thanks Miranda and Chaos for sharing = ) |
Thank you so much Miranda for sharing also |
I think we all do a Great job. Horse Ise is a VERY safe site. And I would like to Thank ALL the mods who are a part of making that happen :) We can all comb our grey hair together....But While we do....We will know our Players are SAFE!!!!! Hats off to ALL <3 |
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At the bottom of the account page on each server there is a button link. If you have a gmail account, you can add each server. Then if you bring up iGoogle you will have all the servers with a list of all players on that server as well as the moderator if there is one, or an administrator. It's an easy way to find a specific player or another moderator to help you out if needed. Without the pain of having to go to all the servers and search. *laughing out loud!* :) |
You can also remove things and add in other things. Just takes a bit to figure it all out. :) |
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Q: How do I change my name? A: Email support from the email you used when you singed up to the game. (We can help if you forgot it.) Give us 3 or 4 names to choose from. Link at the bottom of the games web page. Q: I have the wrong gender, how do I change it? A: Email support from the email you used when you signed up to the game and ask for a gender change, Miranda can do that. Link at the bottom of the games web page. Q: My sub didn't go though what do I do? A: If you used PayPal credit card or account please contact support (again from the email used to create the account) and tell us when you did this. Please include copy of PayPal receipt. If you used e-Check it takes 3 to 10 days occasionally a bit longer, so if it's been that long, then please contact support. If it's check, money order or cash, that can take 5 to 14 days, so please be patient. If it's been that long or longer, please contact support, include username, and player ID, and amount sent and when it was mailed. Q: I was scammed, what do I do? A: Please file an abuse report on the player. If it did not happen today, please give the approximate date, makes it easier. Q: PlayerA was mean to me, and stole ___what do I do? A: Please file an abuse report on the player. Q: I was hacked what do I do? A: You can file an abuse report if you think you might know who did it, please give that players name in the report, otherwise you can file it on yourself. Hacking is a serious allegation, so please be sure you were indeed hacked, and not that you logged onto the wrong server, or forgot you sold something. Q: I got violations what are they? What are they for? A: You may contact support from the email you used when you signed up to the game and request an explanation for violation points. -- Any time a player contact support they need to give their username, and if possible email us from the email they used when they signed up to the game. If they can't remember that email, then we will help them. We need to be sure that we are indeed speaking to the account owner for privacy security reasons. Any other questions you get and aren't sure what to do with? *laughing out loud!* |
A: Yes you may play on any or all servers as long as you use the same username/account. If you create another name/account then you have multiple accounts which is against the rules. |
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Fun goofy things such as food fights are ok. If they start sacrificing, or worshiping, or using rocks or trees that's not too ok.... but throwing food around is fine. *laughing out loud!* They can flood global for a bit it's ok. :) If it goes over 5 minutes or so and others are complaining, you can ask that at this point it be moved to Chat Here or Buddy as it's beginning to take over Global. But if no other person is complaining or trying to say something in Global, then it's fine. They can play around and have fun. :) Direct role playing is not allowed, but just server wide goofing around is ok as long as it stays appropriate. :) |
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ANyway when they start going on about these stories and then other players get involved....how far do we let it go before asking them to maybe move it to buds... |
Sometimes they like to just goof around on the server. Ok. As long as the content is ok for the game. Sometimes one needs to pop in occasionally and either steer it in a different direction or remind them that the content is heading into bad territory or something. :S I usually try to get it to end in at least 15 minutes, or move to another chat. Or, if someone is posting "enough" or something then it's not appreciated by others thus needs to leave global. Hope that makes sense. :S *laughing out loud!* |
Unfortunately sometimes when asking for them to move it to bud or chat here...they become upset. Then we have quite a few mouth offs. Sigh. |
There are a number of players on, so players asking questions should eventually be noticed by someone if not the moderator. Players following the rules but taking up global will get upset if asked to take it somewhere else since they aren't actually breaking any rules. Unless there starts to be a high incidence of players getting upset that their valid questions aren't being answered, I'll have to say to even be more lenient about it than DP is saying. Let them have their fun. Those asking questions will either figure it out, get someone's attention or PM someone. Especially at this point in the game, since there are generally smaller numbers on the servers, I think it should be less of a problem. |
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Apparently there is a fish slap social on HI2 (which I dont play so I wouldnt know, *laughing out loud!*) So they pretty much figured it is ok for HI1. |
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I know some of them drive you totally crazy, and try to hit every button to get a "response" from you. They push it as far as they can, sometimes they go too far, but usually stop at actually crossing the line. Still they harassing, whine and well, end up with lots of drama and stuff... Please try to be tolerant. Most are kids and those that aren't are certainly acting like it. :P They are trying to get you angry, and trying to push your buttons. It is the "thing" to do these days. So try to ignore them, or channel the subject in a different direction if possible (doesn't always work, but please try.) Only mute players when they are truly disrupting global with the "drama." If it's getting nasty then a mute is needed if they won't stop otherwise, but please try not to mute them. Usually if ignored they will quit. If you don't respond, then get bored. *laughing out loud!* "Overmodding" causes more problems than it solves. The players start hating the mods because they can't do anything, and then they really start misbehaving. I'm not talking about the serious drama, or the trouble maker who is totally nasty and disrupting the server. This is pertaining to those who are just "fussing" and being obnoxious. Just let them be. If it bothers others they can mute that player. :D Thankies, DP |
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Please remember these are kids, some are young, some not so young but still most are kids. Please be patient with them. Many times they deliberately bug you because they like to bug "adults" or those who represent authority such as moderators. When you mute them for doing this, you lose and they win, they got to you. So, they will keep on doing it. Try to ignore. Unless they are massively breaking the rules, ignore them. Let them have a bit of a rant, if it becomes nasty then mute, but please watch the mute time. Keep it down if at all possible to 5 to 15 or 20 minutes for repeat mutes. The longer the mute when they are trying to push your buttons the more they win. Short mutes will get as many violations possibly even more than long mutes... Example: Mute PlayerA for slander for 5 minutes (heads up mod is serious) tell the player why they were muted, then do Not continue to talk to them. If they come out of mute and say ModX muted me, ignore them. If they just won't drop it pm them to please drop that topic now, it's over. If they don't mute for 10. Now they will have 2 violations. If they repeat the harassing and just won't stop or drop it, then mute again for 15... now it's 3 violations... When you just get fed up with them because they do this day after day and slap them with a 30 minute mute and there really isn't anything in the current chat that is bad, the report is deleted. No violations will be given. Or, if the mute is excessive, then the mute is enough and again no violation points will be given. So over muting defeats the purpose all around. What the player did yesterday is unimportant for the most part. They start all over again today. There are a few exceptions, but not many. If we see a moderator who continues to mute a player for the same thing for 5, then 10, then 15, then 20, then 30, then 45, then 60 we will nail them with violation points. If all we see is 30 and nothing wrong in the chat then the report is usually deleted. So, please be patient, and don't worry about controlling every little tiny thing... they have a right to chat, talk and fuss. As long as the topic is ok, and the fuss is minor. :) |
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If there is more than one mod on a server, please remember to tell each other when you are pming a player about a problem. Say "I got playername" so that the other mods know that player has been talked to already. When players get bombarded by pms by mods for spam, or whatever, they tend to get edgy.:) Thanks! |
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So we are all on the same page. :) When player spam with socials, if you wish you may send to prison, but not rules please. Players can mute socials for a bit if they do not wish to be spammed with them. The socials do not show up in the chat logs, so there is no way of verifying a social spamming report unless the player makes some type of comment that they are/were spamming socials. Since players can mute the socials if they do not wish to be spammed, it's not really a big deal. So Prison is ok, especially for those who absolutely and totally will not stop, as well as a mute of some type if they just keep it up time and again after returning from prison. Rules is basically a 1 time send for those players who don't seem to be able to understand what rules are. There are only I think 3 sets of questions, so they should not really be sent more than 3 times. If they are quite young, please do not send to rules, try to explain the rules to them. The young kids can't ever get off Rules, as they don't understand the Game rules. Just mute those over and over until they either learn to follow the rules or let them play quietly. *laughing out loud!* :) Mutes are usually much more effective than Rules isle. Mutes can start at 5, then 10, 15 or 20, 30, 45, 60. Sometimes 5 minute reports are deleted as those are basically just a "heads up" please follow rules. If they continue after that then violations can be assigned. So if you mute as the above, probably: 0 for the 5, 1 for the 10 or 15, then 1, then 2, then 2... The violations will start adding up and end up with a temp ban. For those who are sent to Rules for minor issues over and over, the reports are frequently deleted. Rules has no meaning for those players, and they got a 20 minute mute instead of the 5 or 10 they should have received. And as previously stated, we delete social spamming unless the player admits it in chat since we can't see it. Prison isle is ok, but it's a very minor offense since players can mute socials and block the spamming. Many of the current players for this game are now young children. The older ones are frequently on HI2. *laughing out loud!* So we need to be a bit more patient, tolerant, and helpful. :) Thankies :) |
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Reminder: If it's not bad, leave it. *laughing out loud!* If players wish to say someone is their real life husband/wife they may do so. The must clarify that it is in real life, and not game talk. They may give a player name, or no name. They may say they have kids, and give usernames only. No age's however. *laughing out loud!* What they may not do is date on the game or be married "on game." Horses may marry, but not the players. I'll give an example using moderators *laughing out loud!* At this time there are two moderators who are married in real life. If they wish to say PlayerX is my real life husband, or PlayerT is my real life wife it's ok. As long as it's clear it's in real life. It's technically better if we don't go into that, however it's not against the rules either. As long as it's not going into Dating and it's clear that it is in real life and not an on game thing. Basically it isn't any other players business, however sometimes it can help prevent being "hit on" by some of the kids too... *laughing out loud!* So I understand the desire to say "Hay I'm taken." Note: that doesn't stop many however. :( We all have to put up with the players wanting to "date" moderators. I find it nearly hysterically funny... if they only knew how old I am they would be mortified. *rolling on floor laughing!* :P |
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If it's major such as bad language or something, or for whatever reason you mute the player, please be sure to tell the player why they were muted. Yes, they probably do know, but sometimes they don't think what they did was bad as perhaps it's allow in their home... They will continue doing it if they don't know what they did was wrong, and they will lose any and all respect for moderators as the mod muted them for no reason.... They still may fuss and pretend they don't know, but if they are told why, then they at least do know and perhaps down the road they will behave better. Thankies :) |
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If they say they have a gf/bf and they are in love. Ok, it's not actually going into dating. If it goes further, then it goes into dating and should be altered/removed. I look at it and think: is it ok for a young child to see? If it is, then it can stay. If not, then it needs to go. As we do not allow dating, if it goes into dating or date speak, then that needs to go. Mainly what we try to avoid is content that is not suitable for young children. The game is rated G so it should be clean language, clean content, non-violent. Worst violence on the game should be throwing rotten tomato's. *laughing out loud!* Thanks :) |
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I am not up on all the programming requirments..so would that require a bung of programming? Just a suggestion, *laughing out loud!* Any comments or opinions would be Great :) Thanks guys. Also, the Hubby and I are going back out to the Lancaster area again this weekend. Just taking the little guy this time...the older kids have chosen to stay with Grandma because we arent doing "fun" things. We are going to sight see and POSSIBLY talk to a realestate agent *wink wink* Nothing set in stone...just looking to see whats out there. Hubby and I LOVE PA. So, wish us luck. We are also going to visit My pony that I had to find a home for...so REALLY looking forward to the weekend :) Ok, so I went a bit crazy in this post...*laughing out loud!* Just very excited about my weekend :) Cant wait to see My pony ( miss him terribly but his new mommy is absolutely amazing with him..he could NOT have a better home) and also can not wait to spend a very relaxing weekend with hubby and our youngest :) So, I wont be around here much this weekend either :( But I WILL be trying ot check in once a day. so...if anyone really needs me...just send me some mail on Dun :) Thanks for listening/reading and I hope all my fellow mods have a FANTASTIC weekend. Hugs to you all :) Jersey |
I would sure love to have that, but probably not something he want's to get into. Have fun Jersey! And good luck! :) |
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Please watch what you say in buddy chat. Especially if it's dealing with another player. Much of what you say Will be copied and shared with that other person, sometimes being taken out of context. Never ever say anything bad about another player to anyone other than a moderator or relative. *laughing out loud!* Vent in mod chat if you wish to but please do Not vent in buddy chat. Remember, what you say probably will be copied to that person. So please make sure you are always polite toward others in chats. Thankies :) |
Venting is good. It helps us keep our balance and our "cool" *laughing out loud!* If you know someone in real life who is playing such as a relative or true best friend you can vent to them in PM as obviously they will not be repeating it. Otherwise it really needs to stay in the mod chat. Others just will grab part of what you said and copy/paste it to others. It's taken out of context sometimes even tweaked, others may or may not even understand the situation, thus the moderator then becomes a truly nasty vindictive power hungry person who players hate. = All they see is someone who misused her power, is slandering others for no reason. Except she isn't, and she didn't say it that way... Thus the need to be careful. :) This is just a reminder. Summer is here, lots of new and bored kids will hopefully *laughing out loud!* be signing up. Stress levels may increase. We need to be on guard. Hands out mod armor, tylenol, chocolate and tea. :) |
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So there was a post in General about players having french profiles. I told them since this is an english only game it needs to be in english or have an english translation immediately following it (since that is what I have been told makes it ok). However, While I was looking up the direct quote in D.R to drive my point home (hehe), It says that it doesn't matter if there is a translation - no other language is allowed. Would just like some clarification. I know if their horse's name is in a different language, they have to have a translation on it's profile. I suppose I figured it's the same with profiles *laughing out loud!* Am I on the right page now? Other language horse names is ok if a translation is on it's profile. Any other language any where else is Not allowed? |
So that if I run it through a translator I will get approximately what they have stated it says in English. :) What we don't allow is another language in public chat. An occasional Hola, or Bonjour type of thing is ok. But no chatting in another language. They also run a risk of chat flags and violations for other languages when the chat in Private, as the filter is set for English only. Many words in other languages mean something totally different and are ok, however the spelling will be caught by the filter and violation points will be assigned. This game is in English. So it's a risk others take if they choose to Privately speak another language. |
I guess I just don't understand why the Detailed Rules says this instead: Detailed Rules under English: 3] Please do not include another language in any Profiles, including Horse and Player profiles, if another language is included in your profile, you will be notified and told to remove it, or it will be forcibly removed. 4] Naming of Horses in other languages are acceptable provided you include the meaning of the name in the horse's profile. 5] The filter is not set up to handle other languages. 6] The game and rules are written in English, so you need to understand English to play, so saying you don't know English is not a legitimate excuse. and under Profiles: 4] Please ensure that ALL content in your profile is in the English language. |
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Before we begin, I want to make sure that this entire forum will make you an appropriate profile. Detailed Rules: - Please do not include another language in any Profiles, including Horse and Player profiles, if another language is included in your profile, you will be notified and told to remove it, or it will be forcibly removed. - Gangs/herds/clans or anything similar are not allowed. This includes in profile descriptions. - A hate list can be as simple as having in a profile: "I hate player1 since she didn't buy my horse." - If a hate group or list is found in a profile description, you will be asked to remove it or it will be forcibly removed. - All game rules apply to profiles. - Please do not add ANY of the above rule breaking Personal Information - you will be asked to remove it or it will be forcibly removed. - Please avoid controversial and religious topics or clubs within your profile. - Please ensure that ALL content in your profile is in the English language. - Please be aware of this when creating a profile. There is no need to have any religious references in a profile. This even includes mentioning what religion you are. There is no reason others need to know what religion you are. Make sure that none of the profile you are making contains rule-breaking language. Let's start at the top of your profile. Where do you want your heading to be? Your heading can be your favorite quote, song lyric, or your username. Don't be boring. Use your favorite color instead of black. Don't forget to place [/i][/b] at the beginning of your profile to prevent unintended bold fonts and italicized fonts. Example: [/i][/b][blue] Dapples This is an appropiate heading. Make sure if you decide to do multiple special effects that you close them properly. Incorrect Example: [/i][/b][blue] [i][u]D[/i][/u]apples Correct Example: [/i][/b][blue] [i][u]D[/u][/i]apples The underline was the most recent entered coding, so it is the first to be closed by the backslash. (/) If you click SAVE PROFILE and afterward click STATS to preview this, it should be exactly the way you want it! Let's move on to the body of your profile. Example: [blue][b]About me.[/b] [grey]Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! That's boring! The "About me." is written in the common bold. Let's try to make it italicized and underlined AND bold! "It won't work!" Yes, it will. I'll show you how to close it correctly. Example: [blue][b][u]A[/u][/b]b[i][u]o[/u][/i]ut m[i]e[/i][b].[/b] [grey]Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Note that the HTML that is entered last is closed first. Examples: [u]Word[/u] That is closed correctly. Let's add [i] around the word. [i][u]Word[/u][/i] See how I added it around what was already added? This is how to "lasso" your underlines where you want them and keep them from leaking onto other parts of your profile. Don't forget to click SAVE PROFILE often and view it under STATS! It takes a lot of saving and previewing to make a good profile! For the heading, put something like [c] Dapples 2011 and you're good to go! This is the complete code of what we just worked with. [/i][/b][blue] [i][u]D[/u][/i]apples [blue][b][u]A[/u][/b]b[i][u]o[/u][/i]ut m[i]e[/i][b].[/b] [grey]Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! Write about yourself here! [c] Dapples 2011 |
Just wanted to say, you do not need to [/i] at the start of your player profile, you only need to [/b]. For horse profiles you only need to [/i] but not [/b]. The rest of it is perfect though :) ~DUN♥SERVER~ |
As an example, [blue]Hi[grey]Hi[green]Hi[/color] would make the text grey. If you added another, it would make it green, and another and it would be black. Why not just type [black] instead? Well from experience not ending your colour codes can end in the coding not coming out quite right. |
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is not allowed on HorseIsle. These codes are placed inside of < > rather than [ ]. The code that is used on HorseIsle is called BBCode (Bulletin Board Code). BBCode is the [b][i][u] etc. For those interested, these are the codes we're allowed to use in profiles. Bold: [b] Un-Bold: [/b] Italic: [i] Un-Italic: [/i] Underline: [u] Un-Underline: [/u] To change the colour: [colour] Note: When using two or more of the bold, italic, or underline at once, you must close the tags in opposite order. [b][i] must be closed [/i][/b] Note 2: Sometimes you will need to combine codes, for example [b][i][u][/u][/i][u][/u][/b]. Before you can close the italics, you must close the underline. If you want to continue underlining, you can reopen the underline after closing the italic. If there is not a space between the ][ then there will be a seamless underline. |
Locking this. Note, we don't have the option for a sticky unfortunately, but at least the post should remain. :) |
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You may have a corrupted file. Log off, clear out your browser's cache (delete history files.) This is different for each browser. Firefox: Tools -> Clear Recent History -> make sure Cache is selected, then click Clear Now. Internet Explorer: Safety -> Delete Browsing History -> make sure History and Temporary Internet Files are checked, then click Delete. Google Chrome: Wrench icon -> Options -> Under the Hood tab -> Clear browsing data -> make sure 'Clear browsing history' and 'Empty the cache' are checked, then click 'Clear browsing data'. Or: Wrench Icon -> Tools -> Clear Browsing Data. Safari for Mac: Safari -> Empty Cache -> Click Empty. Safari for Windows: Edit -> Empty Cache -> Click Empty. If this does not solve your problem, do it again, then shut down your computer completely, wait for at least 30 seconds, then start it back up again. |
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I am usually available. Might be in an out, or around, but I pop in to check on the game frequently. I only rarely am actually gone. My usual hours are from 8 or 9 am to 8 or 9 pm Pacific US time. I might not be on the game - server but I'm available and can log on if needed. Or as soon as I get the message... I actually do eat play with pets and horse on occasion. :) And oh, yeah I do take showers upon occasion. :P Usually when a server is misbehaving... they know... *laughing out loud!* I have pop-ups turned on for my mail so I will see it if I'm sitting here, and if not there will be the icon on the computer when I return. It also beeps me. *laughing out loud!* |
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Please remember to be patient, kind, polite at all times. Regardless of what the player says. If they are rude ok, ignore rude. Do not respond to it. If they are nice, answer. If they keep fussing in pm privately mute them at least for a bit. If they drag it into global request it be kept out of public chat, if they don't give 5 or 10 minute mute for just rude and mild disrupting. If it goes to fighting then 15 or 20 minute mutes. Players may be rude toward mods. It's ok. Ignore them if they are rude or personally mute. They don't have to respect us, or even respect the position of moderator. It's of course in their best interest to do so, but... their choice. ;) Just pretend to be a robot, don't let them get to you and don't respond to "attitude" just give a mod shortcut, generic or copy/paste answer then ignore. :) When we respond to their attitude they win, they got to us and they will continue and escalate, then get massively ticked off because we are soo mean and muted them for no reason. Best to just sit back and pretend to be the modbot. :) Good luck! Use the mail given in my other post if you need assistance, or have a question. :) |
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Suppression of freedom and expression is ILLEGAL.Thank you for keeping us our rights to express ourselves. Is that ok or should it be removed? |
Especially as it's a family oriented game and international. :) |
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For example if Player1 tells you that Player2 was mean, just tell Player1 she/he can mute Player2 and file an abuse report. If you did not see it in Global, isle, here, or near, or buddy, then it did not happen as far as you are concerned. Many times it did not happen. Player1 was just trying to get Player2 into trouble. Or Player1 misunderstood Player2. So when you PM Player2 and say "Please do not be mean to others, what you said to Player1 was not nice." That doesn't work. Player2 may not have even spoken to Player1. So, you end up harassing players. Just be careful. Hearsay is usually incorrect. Thanks :) |
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To sell them means they have to go onto the other persons account. That is strictly against the rules, so in this instance they may not sell the special characters for profiles. They may use them themselves, but not sell them. Thanks |
I don't have anything that will do the special fonts so I can't test it. When I tried to copy another players profile however the fonts didn't come though. That could have just been my computer however. I was on the older one. *laughing out loud!* |
Okra is not frying quickly. :S Then again, it's a huge pan. :D |
What happens in the horse names and profiles is that some of those fonts, especially some of the wii characters break the save button. The only way to fix it is for Miranda go go in and clean out the entire profile. If they were able to use the fonts and save them in the first place, then they are using characters that are ok, so they can sell that horse with the special name or profile. But, since I'm not sure which characters break the save ability, they may not sell player profiles, or such. If it's already there, fine. If not, please don't put it there. *laughing out loud!* |
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This is a password hacking site, any and all passwords on your computer will be stolen. If you have a super good firewall you might be safe, but no guarantees. If you do go there immediately change passwords, and run a virus scan as it also contains a virus I think. Never save passwords on your computer as you then become susceptible to such sites. Never Ever for any reason give such sites your name, password or mail. This is extremely dangerous for you! Please play safely and carefully. Thanks |
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This is a password hacking site, any and all passwords on your computer will be stolen. If you have a super good firewall you might be safe, but no guarantees. If you do go there immediately change passwords, and run a virus scan as it also contains a virus I think. Never save passwords on your computer as you then become susceptible to such sites. Never Ever for any reason give such sites your name, password or mail. This is extremely dangerous for you! Please play safely and carefully. Thanks |
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It hels if you are at least in 6th grade and/pr cn read bar graphs, but if you can't, I will explain that at the bottom of this page. This is a mathematical statement for calculating UTs, I'll take you through it step by step. Divide the sum of the max personality and intelligence by the sum of the horses personality and intellegence. Move decimal. or... (MP+MI)/(P+I)= UTs OK. Step 1. Open your computer calculator, or grab one in your house. 2. Find the breed max for personality and intellegence. (If you cannot figure out how to do this, skip to the last step). Our example numbers will be 800 for Intellegence and 900 for personality. This equals 1700. Remember/write down that number. 3. Add the horse's personality and intellegence. This would be the white number at the bottom. Our example numbers will be 700 for Intellegence and 800 for Personality. This equals 1500. 4. Divide the second number (1500). By the firt number (1700). Or just remember "smaller by lager." This is 0.882352... 5. Move the decimal. 88.2352... 6. Cut it off. 88.2 It may be tempting to round, but it's best to just cut it off. I personally like to include the second number after the decimal if it is 5 or above. Now! If you can't read bar graphs... There are 2 simple solutions. I teach you how to do it or give you a horse isle shortcut... kind of... The shortcut would simply be to go to the library, look up the breed you are doing UTs on, and the white numbr is the max for that breed, and that horse. It's actually faster to just look at the top of the red arrows to determine the max. If you look at the lines, they have a number to the right of them. The first line has 500 next to it, which means that line is 500. Every little line between the numbers respresents 100, so going up from 500, add 100 for every line. and if the top of the arrows is in between 2 lines, it will be the line below plus, or the line above minus 50. Say it was in between the 700 and the 800, it would be 750. It may sound complicaed, but really, you can just look at it and see where it's at. Enjoy doing Uts! |
Add what the horse could have = intel + pers. Then add what the horse has = intel + pers. Then divide what the horse has, by what it could have, then multiply by 100 for the %. |
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Profiles: Not allowed: Any religious content. This game is not a religious game, there is no reason to discuss religion here. This is a family, quest/horse based game. Many parents allow their children to play because we do Not allow religion on this game. There are other places you may go to discuss this topic but not here please. My religion might upset you, yours might upset me... who knows, and it's not important for this game. So please keep of. :) No Violence, no threats, no graphic content. Remember young children do also play this game. No death, no jumping off places, hurting, being hurt. No dating, date speak. No adult content in any form. Again young children play here. No defaming/slandering another person. No hate lists. No words that normally would be caught by the filter. Just because the filter doesn't work for profiles, doesn't mean it's ok to use that word there. :) You may use the filtered word, but not the "original" word. Watch Lyrics... most are not appropriate for this game. If they are not ok, you may change the words or content but you may not just post inappropriate content whether it be lyrics, poems, or whatever the content is still inappropriate. :) No real names. If you usename is Connie you may say, Hi I'm Connie. Well yeah pretty obvious there so great! You may not say Hi, my real name is Connie. This is for your protection. You may say My nickname is Connie. No registered horse names, these can be traced directly to you. No locations such as town, city... school attended, age, grade in school. No Ages or age ranges are allowed this is for the safety of our players. This includes Adult, Teen, Pre-Teen, Tween... Allowed: RIP: Pet/horse name. (Non Registered) Dad, Mom, relative or friend. May have birth date and final date. No other content. If someone wishes to know more they may pm you. May have many many things as long as they are ok for ages 6, 7, 8. While we do not allow players to share their ages we do have some very young players on this game. You may say Goth or Emo or whatever just watch the rest of the content. ;) Horse Names: Not Allowed: Violent names, threatening names, defaming/slanderous names. No blood, gore, death, adult content - including implied adult content. No words that would normally be caught by the filter. You may use the filtered word, but not the unfiltered version. No avoiding the filter. Allowed: Sniper is ok, but not Sniper Attack as that becomes threatening. Gun is ok, but not Guns You Down. That is not ok as it's a threat. Blood Red is fine it's a color, but if used in the non color or non breed area it's not ok. -- Remember this is a family game. ALL content must be child friendly. This still leaves you lots of available content. You don't have to post adult content just because you are above the child age. This game will Not have "adult" servers. It was designed as a game for the entire family as that is what the owners want it to be, that is what we insist it be. So please keep all content family friendly. :) There are other sites you can go to if you can't follow the above rules for a family game. Thanks for taking the time to read this. If you have further questions please ask, I will try to check on this post periodically. Do Not fight or argue. Note: We do not arbitrate or debate the rules. Freedom of speech does not apply to privately owned games. Especially if we wish to keep this family rated. Players clicked on Accept when they signed up to the game. That was a legally binding agreement that stated you had read and agreed to follow the rules of the game. We do hold players to that agreement. Those are the "laws" of this game. :) |
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We as moderators must set an example for the players. That means: No violence, adult or adult type dating content, no bad language... Nothing suggestive either, or that could possibly be seen as suggestive. So please go though your own profiles and your horse profiles and make sure all content is ok for the young kids. Our profiles can't even be quite as lenient as the kids. *laughing out loud!* It's very difficult to tell a player they can't have something in their profile when a moderator has it or has something like it in a profile. Some things look harmless from one point of view, but if looked at a bit differently, well it's not so good. :S Also watch out for lyrics. We hear them all the time as as adults or close to adults and we think little of it. However, many of them are not appropriate for this game. So please co a check. :) Thanks |
Also please check out my post in General regarding profiles and what is and is not allowed. Trying to get everyone on the same page her. :) Thankies :) |
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Allowed: You may role play although we do not endorse (prefer that you do) it. After all this is Horse Isle, not Role Play Isle. ;) May have packs, troups, clubs, groups... as long as their is no "territorial" behavior or language. May have human RP but... no dating, no adult content. Not allowed: No violence, no threatening behavior or language, no territories, no hurting, no breeding. No telling others to leave an area. No Clans, Herds, Gangs. No type of behavior or language relating to those. No dating, no adult content AT ALL. This is a family game not an adult role playing site. No marring others, no having Player2 as a spouse, daughter.... Exception is in real life, but this is Not allowed in role playing. Reason: It always degrades into inappropriate content. No advertising role playing. If you and a few friends wish to role play ok, but you may not advertise or pm players and ask if they want to RP. If you only come on to RP and your buddies are not on, then you do not RP. Only RP in chat Here (away from others) or Buddy or PM ONLY. No Isle, Near, Global chat role playing is allowed. If in Buddy and other buddies don't like it, stop immediately and move to chat Here or PM. -- All content Must at all times be family friendly. This is a family game/site it will remain that way. Thus all content at all times must be ok for that type of site. Thankies :) |
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I can't find my previous post on this so thought I would post again. *laughing out loud!* :) Please do not discuss harmful, hurtful, violent or degrading topics, this is a fun upbeat game, please keep all content along those lines, thanks. For the death threats: I'm assuming you are joking here. If not please seek professional help by contacting a hotline, please keep all such talk off this game as it is not the place for such content. Thanks Follow up if needed: We are not professionals who are trained to help, as much as we wish to help you we are not trained for such. Please seek professional help from someone who can truly help. Thanks :) |
DP this is what you had previously posted..(just if you wanted to know.. *laughing out loud!*) I am assuming that what you have said is a very, very bad joke. If for any reason I thought you were serious, my next action would have to be to give you a prolonged mute on this game and refer you to some suitable help and counseling sites. Am I right in thinking this is a joke? (mute 12-24hrs) That was cut n saved from your previous post about that from like 2 yrs ago or so.. |
Thank you Froggy, yes that works fine. Yes please do mute, that's just a post you may use if you wish... *laughing out loud!* :) Sometimes when they put something like that into global then the server is freaking out... it's difficult to remember what to say. *laughing out loud!* So that's a guideline, or may be used if you wish. :) |
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Please Only do fair trades. If you want players to buy your horses great, do Not use "gimics" or scamming techniques to get them to buy the horse however. Saying something like: "10 horses for sale, special prize to the one who buys one of them" is a scam. Either give something extra for all horses, or state the name and breed of the horse that will have the prize. Also saying "I will give you a foal if you buy my horse at auction." Is a scam. It's trading on a promise. If you want to give the foal, then put it with the horse when you put the horse in for auction. Do not trade on a promise. Thanks |
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If you hold a contest and advertise it in public chat (ads chat) then please remember it must be for the entire server. If you wish to only have said contest for buddies, then please only advertise in buddy chat. Please do make sure your contests are fair to all who enter or are give a chance to enter. :) Thankies |
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They may not have any words that would normally be caught by the filter or that are not allowed on the game. If they use the filtered version then it's fine. Non filtered version isn't. They may not have dating: Saying they have a bf or gf is ok, actually discussing the dating isn't. This includes in lyrics. If it goes into dating it's off. Just mentioning the subject is ok. They may not have slavery: No owning others or selling/buying others. They may of course have friends/buddies. Just not buy/sell/trade them or own them. They may not have threats in their profiles. They may say "don't mess with my buddies" that's fine, it's not a direct threat. They may Not say "Don't mess with my buddies or I will hurt you/hunt you down..." that is not ok as it's a direct threat. If not a direct threat it's fine, if it's a direct threat it needs to go. No Violence. They may say they are Emo, they may not say they cut. They can say they don't cut, but not that they do cut. No cannibalism. No eating/nomming others or themselves. No animal cruelty. They may say they rescued a horse, they may not discuss the condition of the horse or what happened to it. No "Adult content" is allowed. After all this is a family game. They need to go elsewhere if they wish to discuss such content. They may say they are married (in real life) they may not marry on the game. This includes in lyrics. Now... if it's not specific, it it's not obvious what the topic is... there is some leeway here, so use your judgement, but don't get too picky... *laughing out loud!* :) HarryPotter: They may discuss this, no graphic violence however. They may say what state, country/province/shire... they live in, but nothing closer. They may say PlayerX is their sister/brother/mother/father... whatever. No ages or age ranges allowed however. No Schools, no "middle school" or "high school" thing. College is ok. Reason: technically anyone of any age can attend College or University. They may use chatspeak to their hearts content in profiles. Players don't have to read the profile if they don't want to. Unfortunately this makes it difficult for us, but hopefully we can trudge though it. *laughing out loud!* :) Shares tylenol. I'm sure I've left out a ton of stuff, but at the moment this is all I can think of. *laughing out loud!* Remember to not be "nit picky" :) If at all possible let the kids/adults have their profiles. Only request a change or removal if it's not appropriate for this game. Please remember to be polite at all times with the kids. Do Not argue or debate with them. Give an explination, if you actually feel the player might not have understood try another explination, after that ignore them or personally mute them. They were asked to remove, they were told why. If they need more clarification they can contact support. Try to give at least 5 minutes for them to remove a profile, if you think they are competiting then perhaps 10. They don't need more time than that. If you keep the profile up and the player logs off without telling you they altered the profile delete it. If they removed it they won't get vio's. If they didn't they will. They don't need more than 10 minutes to remove something or alter something. They need to do it then when requested, not tomorrow or whenever they feel like it. Don't aruge, don't let them bait you. Just be a polite robot, make the request, 1 or possibly 2 explinations then shut down. Remove if needed. Also please be sure to thank the player if they have removed it even if they have been a bit nasty about it. *laughing out loud!* :) Ignore the nasty, just respond to the polite. If they fuss, ignore. If they are nice respond. :) Hope this helps. :) DP |
Saying "I don't bite" or something like that is ok. If they say they do bite, then it's not ok. :) Thankies |
please DONT mess with PlayerOne she is the best bud you could ever had!!! Same with PlayerTwo she is the best kid ever so dont mess with her if you dont want to mess with me!!! Edited a bit with the names. *laughing out loud!* Now if she said, don't mess with me or I will hurt you or stalk you, that is a direct threat and should go. :) Thanks |
1) Player so-and-so is my wifey/hubby 2) Player so-and-so is my bf/gf I ask about the above, particularly in cases when you are aware that what is said in the profile isn't true... |
In real life instances regarding spouses they may say so n so (player names only) is my real life hubby/wife.. I would assume same would go for bf/gf as long as they don't get into details about their relationship. |
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Hope this helps It includes Meadows, Towns, and Isles. Appleton: Ap or Apple Earton: E Cantle Meadows: Can The Cloud Isles: The C Santon: San Tropicton: Tro Treeton: Tr Horse Isle: H Saddle Isle: S Cat Isle: C Witherton: W Mare Isle: M Ice Isle: I Art Isle: A Hotton: Hot The Sand Isles: Th Welcome Isle: We Rider Isle: R Ring Isle: Rin Flower Isle: F Dolphin Isle: D Fipperton: Flip Jungle Isle: J Rainy Meadows: Ra Vine Isle: V Pirate Isle: P Prison Isle: Pr Crossbones Camp: Cro Soaring Meadows: So Wington: Win Hotzeplotz Isle: Hotz Whiskerton: Wh Whorl Isle: Who Rock Isle: Ro Hare Isle: Ha Haven Isle: Hav Carrotton: Car Quiet Isle: Q Lilac Isle: L Lava Isle: La Ashton: As Molten Meadows: Mo Puuhonua Isle: Pu Pumice Isle: Pum Igneous Isle: Ig Scoria Isle: Sc Basalt isle: Ba Starfish isle: St Tail Isle: T Theobroma Isle - Theo Loch isle - Lo Half haven isle – Hal Desert isle: Des Icicle isle: Ici Paradise Isle: Pa Patsy Isle: Pat Chillton: Chil Christmas Isle: Ch Sunshine Meadows: Su Tail End: Tail E Frigid Meadows: Fr Dust Isle: Du Aesop Isle: Ae Berg Isle: Be Snowball Isle: Snowb Crystalton: Cry Skullton: Sk Hotton: Hot Hat Isle: Hat Magma Isle: Mag Web Isle: Web Shimmer Isle: Shi Shellton: Sh Talon Isle: Tal Turtle Isle: Tu Spirit Isle: Sp Nonesuch Isle: No Bone Isle: Bo Eldorado Isle: El Drill Isle: Dr Tranquility Isle: Tr Serenity Isle: Se Torrid Isle: To Crescent Isle: Cre Hoof Isle: Hoo Spice Isle: Spic Palm Isle: Pal Ardent isle: Ard Atropos Isle: At Inkton: In Sorry If there was any typos, have fun warping(: - Chosen +Pinto+ |
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"Please stop using the Wii fonts on horse names and descriptions. This often messes with the coding for the game and makes it so sometimes the save button disappears. This prevents you from being able to change that horse's information and forces me to go in and erase the name and description. Sorry it doesn't work with it. " So, if you already have something, and nothing is glitching fine, you may keep it. However please do Not add more, or use the other fonts in profiles and horse names. :) Lets not use the special fonts at all for profiles and horse names please. Again, if you already have it and it's working you may keep it. Thanks :) |
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I am sorry, but I do not see how on earth I can enforce this. I feel like all the kiddos will say 'oh no, I've had this for a long time! Before they made the new rule' Can we just get rid of them all-together? i feel like that would be easier to enforce - no wii fonts for anyone. Help! :) |
Just like any of the rules.. we can try to help enforce them, but kids are going to be kids and when the cats..well mods away, they are going to try to play. So far the couple of players I have had ask me about this have been very understanding and one even said sorry because they didn't know it took a lot of time for Miranda to try to sort out the mess. I think players need to be understanding and patient. It's a shame they don't want to understand the need for change (which life will give them all their lives.... |
This is from Miranda: "Please stop using the Wii fonts on horse names and descriptions. This often messes with the coding for the game and makes it so sometimes the save button disappears. This prevents you from being able to change that horse's information and forces me to go in and erase the name and description. Sorry it doesn't work with it. " So, if you already have something, and nothing is glitching fine, you may keep it. However please do Not add more, or use the other fonts in profiles and horse names. :) Lets not use the special fonts at all for profiles and horse names please. Again, if you already have it and it's working you may keep it. There was basically the same post here in our forum without the added bit of it they already have them and they work they may keep them.. hope this helps :) |
I suppose kids will be kids and if they think they can get away with it they will try it.. =/ |
Players are now asking if it's only the wii font or does this also include the other playstation like fonts? Some are now saying it only says wii, I have a playstation or xbox? I have been telling players that it's all special fonts that aren't part of the game, that game consoles are using different coding and can still mess up the game and please don't use them. Ruling, advice, etc Thank you much!! |
Use this given game font or break the profile basically. While there are a few of the characters that don't seem to break it, that might just be lucky... So No more special fonts regardless of what they are. Those that do have them may keep them, however they do risk it locking up at any given time so they really should get rid of them. As to how it will be handled if they continue to use the fonts... I have no idea. Several options from fixing profile after profile (includes horse names) and delaying updates and other game work to assigning violations to just leaving them broken and keeping the player from altering it at all. I don't know which of those Miranda will choose. Personally I opt for the last one... perhaps that will make a large enough impression... they won't risk it. *laughing out loud!* Since they would not be able to alter their profile or their horses profile or name. Possible down side to that however is, especially if it's there personal profile, that they would create a multiple account because their original account's profile was broken. -_- So, no idea what will be done if they keep using the fonts, but it is against the rules to use them. |
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Let the kids have fun. If that is goofing around in global, ok. :) As long as the content is ok and others are not complaining then let them run with whatever. Also please be aware, many things do indeed have inappropriate meanings or uses, but those same things also have ok meanings and uses. So look at how it's being used and if it's ok then let them have fun. :) I know many do use things deliberately to be inappropriate. But if it's not obvious that they are using something in a bad way, then let them have at it. Remember this is a game, it's a place to have fun. Chat doesn't always have to be strictly about the game. Other things can be chatted about, messed around with also. :) The Urban Dictionary meaning is not to be used for "primary" meanings. If something looks bad in it's context ok then it may be the UD meaning. But please be careful. Usually the actual context is fine. Nearly every word has a bad meaning in the UD. But that is not how it's being used on this game. Save the UD for help if players report something that is like "Um what?" OOH dear... Or to help you understand why that topic is not going over well and there is a bruhaha starting. Otherwise ignore it's existence. :) *goes off for another cup of coffee* :) |
As long as it doesn't continue too long and bug others or become inappropriate. Let them have fun if possible. :) |
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Play players to enter a competition. You may state that you will pay players only if the competition is full. You Must pay all who enter and qualify for the above however or you end up not completing an agreed trade = scamming/stealing. That includes if one of those who entered and qualified is on your personally muted players list... Unmute and pay, then you may mute again. You may NOT: Pay others to win, lose or come in at a specific place, such as second or third. No paying someone to lose or to win, no taking turns winning/losing. Competitions must be fair to all at all times. That is considered rigging a competition and not allowed in real life or on this game. |
This also includes no paying others to beat your high score, or something along those lines. Again, if you wish to personally compete with someone else great! But no paying them to do so. That ends up paying the winner of a competition. So again, it's rigging the comp. Thanks :) |
You may Not pay only the winner or loser. Nor may you pay different amounts depending on who scored what. It must be fair to all. :) |
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If you're struggling to find the companion you're looking for, just go Ctrl + F (Command + F for Macs) and type in its name :) *Cheap* Bunch Of Flies: Found around mud holes. Spider: Hotton Ladybug: Appleton Inchworm: Treeton Firefly: Earton Morpho Butterfly: Wington / Found on Flower Isle Fish: Earton Pet Rock: Appleton Monarch Butterfly: Shellton / Found on Flower Isle Starfish: Appleton Rubber Ducky: Appleton *Mid Range Price* Chameleon: Hotton Mouse: Whiskerton Rat: Found on Prison Isle Gerbil: Treeton Guinea Pig: Appleton Gecko: Hotton Turtle: Shellton Squirrel: Treeton Hedgehog: Hotton Meerkat: Hotton Ferret: Whiskerton Bunny: Shellton Raccoon: Treeton Fennec Fox: Earton Piglet: Treeton Monkey: Hotton Lamb: Shellton Goat: Whiskerton Wallaby: Hotton Donkey: Appleton Hereford Calf: Earton *Birds* Pigeon: Wington Chicken: Wington Kiwi: Wington Goose: Wington Peacock: Wington Turkey: Wington Stellar's Jay: Wington Parrot: Wington / Found in the Jungle forests Hummingbird: Shellton Owl: Wington Penguin: Wington *Seasonal* Snowman: From Santa Chocolate Bunny: From Easter Bunny Pumpkin: From John O'Lantern *Cats* Tuxedo Kitten: Earton Orange Tabby Kitten: Treeton Calico Cat: Whiskerton Black Cat: Earton Ragdoll Kitten: Shellton Persian Kitten: Whiskerton Basket of Kittens: Whiskerton *Dogs* Pomeranian: Shellton Rough Collie: Earton Australian Shephard: Appleton Chow Chow: Treeton Golden Retriever: Appleton Dalmation: Shellton Dachshund: Whiskerton Great Pyrenees: Treeton Cocker Spaniel: Earton Airedale: Hotton German Shephard: Whiskerton Doberman Pinscher: Earton Foxhound: Hotton Siberian Husky: Appleton *Foals* Black Foal: Horse Isle Foal Adoption Center Palomino Foal: Jungle Foal Adoption Center Bay Foal: Jungle Foal Adoption Center Grey Foal: Horse Isle Foal Adoption Center Chestnut Foal: Horse Isle Foal Adoption Center Overo Foal: Horse Isle Foal Adoption Center White Foal: Horse Isle Foal Adoption Center Tovero Foal: Desert Foal Adoption Center Tobiano Foal: Desert Foal Adoption Center Piebald Foal: Jungle Foal Adoption Center Dun Foal: Desert Foal Adoption Center Cremello Foal: Jungle Foal Adoption Center Bay Blanket Foal: Horse Isle Foal Adoption Center Leapord Spotted Foal: Jungle Foal Adoption Center Red Roan Foal: Jungle Foal Adoption Center Strawberry Roan Foal: Horse Isle Foal Adoption Center Blue Roan Foal: Desert Foal Adoption Center Zebra Foal: Desert Foal Adoption Center Camel Calf: Desert Foal Adoption Center Cria: Desert Foal Adoption Center Donkey Foal: Desert Foal Adoption Center Giraffe: Jungle Foal Adoption Centre Brown Miniature Foal:Desert Foal Adoption Center Chestnut Miniature Foal: Jungle Foal Adoption Center Brown Draft Foal: Horse Isle Foal Adoption Center Bay Sabino Draft Foal: Horse Isle Foal Adoption Center Black Draft Foal: Jungle Foal Adoption Center Black Forest Draft Foal: Desert Foal Adoption Center Palomino Draft Foal: Desert Foal Adoption Center *50m Companions* Green Baby Dragon: Lava Isle Adoption Centre Phoenix: Lava Isle Adoption Centre Blue Baby Dragon: Lava Isle Adoption Centre Young Gryphon: Lava Isle Adoption Centre Hope this helps :) -Justa- |
Plastic Pink Flamingo – Scattered around the grass on Bird Isle (town) Garden Gnome – Scattered around the grass on Dolphin Isle (town) Aardvark – Shellton Okapi – Tropicton Ribbon Seal – Whiskerton Polar Bear Cub – Whiskerton Pallas Cat - Whiskerton Sleepy, Piebald Foal – Horse Isle Adoption Centre Sleepy, Chestnut Foal – Horse Isle Adoption Centre Sleepy, Chestnut Foal – Jungle Isle Adoption Centre Sleepy, Palomino Foal – Jungle Isle Adoption Centre Sleepy, Mushroom Foal – Desert Isle Adoption Centre Lemur - Treeton Skunk - Treeton |
Sleepy, Bay Foal - Jungle Isle Adoption Centre (the Sleepy, Chestnut Foal only has an unlimited supply in the Horse Isle Adoption Centre) tuttut Apple ;) |
Common Gibroot - NoneSuch Isle Glass-winged Zugunit - NoneSuch Isle White-lined Fneen - NoneSuch Isle Pileated Nerphlquat - NoneSuch Isle NONESUCH ISLE- Talk to Ruthie on Haven Isle. HAVEN ISLE & HALF HAVEN ISLE-Talk to the dock owner in Shellton |
Badger - Shellton Panda - Shellton Elephant Calf - Jungle Isle Adoption Center Young Hydra - Lava Isle Adoption Center Frilled Lizard - Hotton pet shop Jack in the Box - Talk to Christel in the cabin on the west side of Polar isle. Highland Calf - Appleton pet shop Hippo Calf - Hotton pet shop Egyptian Mau - Whiskerton Pet shop Potoo - Wington pet shop St. Bernard - Earton pet shop Sunset Moth - Shellton pet shop Border Collie - Appleton pet shop Puli - Earton pet shop Cheshire Cat - Found on cloud isle Wombat - Shellton Pet shop |
Kookaburra - Wington Toucan – Wington Young Bay Hippogryph - Lava Isle Adoption Center Young Black Hippogryph - Lava Isle Adoption Center Young Chestnut Hippogryph - Lava Isle Adoption Center Young Palomino Hippogryph - Lava Isle Adoption Center |
Purple Chinese Dragon - Lava Isle Adoption Center Red Baby Dragon - Lava Isle Adoption Center Purple Baby Dragon - Lava Isle Adoption Center |
Pinto - Horse Isle Foal Adoption Center Palomino - Horse Isle Foal Adoption Center Bay - Tropicton Foal Adoption Center Chestnut - Tropicton Foal Adoption Center Black - Desert Foal Adoption Center Dun - Desert Foal Adoption Center |
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A mod told me you could get my horse back for me. (Or in some instances money.) We do not return horses, money or items to players period. If they choose to risk letting something out of their account then they choose to take the risk of losing it. Those who deliberately steal are banned, however we do not return things. If someone's account is banned, we do not return things. If someone quits, we do not return things. Just don't have the time or resources to do this for the hundred or so players every day who lose things... Thus the rule, it's also a moderator shortcut *training* = Horse Isle does not replace money, horses or items that you may lose from trading, loaning, boarding or training. You do these at your own risk. This is not aimed at any one in particular, and the players may very well be lying when they say "A mod told me you would maybe get my horse back." *laughing out loud!* But just so we are all on the same page, I posted this. :) (Once a long time ago there was a unique and special situation where a few horses were returned to a player. That most likely will never happen again, and as I stated the situation was unique and special.) Thanks |
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english tack - earton, appleton, witherton (rider isle) western tack - earton, treeton, witherton (rider isle) australian tack - earton, treeton, carrotton (hare isle) [ 100k-200k tack ] fancy tack - treeton. racing tack - appleton. jumping tack - earton. llama tack - tropicton (jungle isle) camel tack - santon (desert isle) draft tack - wington (bird isle) [ 1m tack ] beautiful tack - shellton (turtle isle) fireball tack - hotton (desert isle) jackrabbit tack - wington (bird isle) heavyweight tack - carrotton (hare isle) [ 10m tack ] glorious tack - shellton (turtle isle) icarus tack - hotton (desert isle) pegasus tack - wington (bird isle) hercules tack - witherton (rider isle) if i missed any locations, let me know. and yes, i do realize that some of the tack doesn't exactly add up to the exact amount that i put in brackets. just to round it. :P i hope this helps. :] ;; мʋƨтαя∂σ | ριитσиιαи ;; |
[ 20.4k tack ] red parade tack - shellton (turtle isle) blue parade tack - appleton (horse isle) green parade tack - carrotton (hare isle) black parade tack - hotton (desert isle) [ 22.001k tack ] red hunting tack - earton (horse isle) blue hunting tack - wington (bird isle) green hunting tack - treeton (horse isle) black hunting tack - witherton (rider isle) If you spot any errors please correct me *laughing out loud!* |
Water Tack set - hotton (desert isle) [1.1 mil] Fancy Llama Tack - Tropicaton tack shop (Jungle isle) [1 Billion] Earth tack set - Carrotton (Hare Isle) |
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Player: In the rules when it says "1] No paying others to win, lose or place in a competition. This is considered cheating." I heard someone mention that paying someone to ENTER sj was against the rules too.. That true? I said: I don't think so, since you're just giving players money to play. You're not asking them to win, lose, or place. You just want them to play. I also told her I'd double check on this point. So does the rule apply to paying players in regards to jumping, period? Or can they pay players just to enter? |
What they may not do is pay players to win, lose or place in a competition. :) |
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I sure hope this all makes sense.. *laughing out loud!* and thank you :) |
If they wish to get themselves a PO and order a horse, then sell the horse fine. However they can't sell the PO. Especially if they want money first. This usually ends up with a scam. If players wish to sell PO's gifted or not they need to sub themselves. :) |
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Those players selling monthly/yearly subs have put their REAL LIFE hard earned money into it (ok well on occassion maybe their parents real life hard earned money *laughing out loud!*). They are using REAL money and therefore, I think, they can ask/take bids for however long they choose until they get an offer that they feel would be worth their rl money. Just my opinion, but since players are trading real money for play money, I think the players using the real money are in the power seat. Meaning they get to choose. |
Private Auctions 1]Private Auctions are any auction held by a player and not in the auction block provided on Horse Isle. These are not endorsed by Horse Isle. We recommend you do not hold or partake in these. 2]We realize that only horses can be auctioned at the auction blocks. If you feel you must hold a private auction for items, you may. However, if there are complaints or reports of scamming, you may be asked to stop. 3]Private auctions are not controlled at all. It is possible for the auction holder to lie about the highest bid. It is also possible for players to bid more money than they have. If you find this is the case, please file an Abuse Report on the player immediately and let a moderator know if one is online. 4]If asked to stop holding an auction by a moderator, please do so immediately. It's a risk players take, however as long as they follow the rules: Never pay until you have received the sub or PO, it should be ok. :) Thanks |
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Please remember that moderators are held to higher standards than other players, so we do need to be careful what we say in chats as well as what we do. We must not be overly picky, this is a game after all and the object is to have fun. That said, obviously the rules need to be followed to keep this a fun place, but please do remember that these are not your kids, and you are not their mom. They don't have to respect you or like you. They do have to follow the rules, but please remember to be patient and as lenient as possible. Some are young kids, some are old kids ;) All are kids. :) They are here to have fun. So if they want to chat ok, or whatever as long as it's ok for all ages. They may say they have a boyfriend/girlfriend, as long as it doesn't go into dating. We don't allow dating on the game or date speak. They may say many, many things but as long as it's not violent, inappropriate, graphic... it's ok. I realize sometimes it's difficult to figure out where the line should be. Just think about the content...it ok for age 6/8? Just saying "my dog bit me" is fine. If they get graphic with it, then it should go to private chat. If they say they "I don't bite." Ok, yay! they are non violent. *laughing out loud!* If they say for example in a profile "I hate my brother" ok fine as long as they don't name him. *laughing out loud!* If they give the name then it needs to be changed. If they say they will or want to hurt the brother then it needs to go as that is a threat. Horse names, if it's not a threat it's probably ok. Mostly it's how it's worded. Assassin is fine, I'm an Assassin isn't. Hurt is ok, Hurt You isn't. Knife is ok, Cuts with a knife isn't. That type of thing. :) Also please don't stretch yourselves too thin. Remember it's better to be a good moderator on one or two servers than not really there on several servers. That said, when the servers are pretty quiet one can indeed to several without a problem, but then again if 2 or more erupt at the same time = problem. When a mod is on and doesn't do anything, then another mod comes on and does something, this can trigger anger by the players. As they think the first mod didn't do anything because it's ok. So if you can do multiple servers ok, just please be careful and don't over reach yourself. Try to get some play time in there too! :) Thankies :) |
Then I can explain further. *laughing out loud!* :) I have trouble catching people on any more as my time is in and out still. :S |
Great reminders DP :) I think a few of us DO try to treat these kids as if they are our own...I do ocassionally, as some of them HAVE chatted with me over pretty personal issues (loss of a loved one, low self esteem...etc) I NEVER push them to talk but find it hard to NOT have an open ear or a few words of encouragements or advice. I hope I am not over stepping any boundaries in doing so. I understand this is a place ofr them to come and have fun, However, I think some of them appreciate a kind word or just someone who is willing to listen. For the most part we have a great group of players :) Once again, Just my two cents in the can (clink, clink) :) |
So it's kind of a shock when we do get a player who behaves the same age that they likely are. That's where patience is DEFINITELY a virtue. Most of our players are intelligent and well-spoken beyond their years, but we do have some that are not, and it's very easy to lose patience with those because they aren't acting the way we may be accustomed to. |
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Mythology is not considered religious. We have mythological creatures on both HI1 and HI2. It is allowed. Things such as Norse are not religious, that refers to Scandinavian origins or a place/people. We allow Norse Mythology such as Valkyrie, Odin... Just as we allow Greek Mythology and Celtic Mythology... :) What we don't allow is players stating they are for example: Protestant, Catholic, whatever...that they go to church or quotes from religious books. Religion is separated from Mythology on Horse Isle. The object is: We don't want players preaching to others. We don't want others who do not share those beliefs to be offended. After all this is a game, not a religious forum. Players here are from all over the word with many different beliefs. It's none of our business what belief they do or don't have so we ask that they keep this to themselves. Players do not come here to be offended by others, they come here to get away from reality for a while and just have fun. :) If unsure of something or unsure what it should be classified, please ask. :) Thankies |
Basically we don't allow players to worship anything on the game regardless of what it is. *laughing out loud!* |
Thanks again ;) |
I talked to her in support she should be ok with this. :) |
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When players including moderators, make an agreement it Must be in PM so I can find the chat and so I know who is saying what to whom. *laughing out loud!* If you make deals in Buddy, I have no idea who said what to whom and who owes what to whom as there is no clear agreement. :( |
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Neither of those has any true concept of the possible danger. We don't wish to scare them either, so sharing real names is out. That said, firsts names can't be traced to a person, umpteen hundred thousand or million have that as a first name somewhere... *laughing out loud!* :) We made the rules to be there if/when needed as the players so fuss if it's not specifically stated in the rules. However, some things can be bent, or don't really qualify so are rather ignored. The rules are not meant to be black and white, but to be used as a guideline as to what may and may not be done. Each and every instance is taken separately for rules being broken. (Well mostly, some things are pretty set but not many. *laughing out loud!*) To help figure out if something is ok or not, think about why the rule is there...to protect players ok, so if what they are doing isn't dangerous, then it probably isn't a big deal. To make this a safe place for all to play: if it's not unsafe, then it's probably ok. To make this a fun place: If it's not actually harassment, bullying, bad language, content, behavior, then ignore or try to just move into private chat instead of public chat. We want the players to have fun. We also want them to be safe. Sometimes this becomes a bit difficult, but that is the goal. :) If players feel too repressed they will leave. If they feel the game is too massively strict they will leave. So we try to hit a happy medium and allow things if/when possible. Only block things that are bad or should not be on the game. Hope that makes sense. Sometimes it's sort of like walking a tightrope, the left side has a net, the right side doesn't. :S *laughing out loud!* |
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Web Isle- Get there by taking the corresponding boat from the Vine Isle docks. Snow Isle- Take the corresponding boat from Earton docks. Ice isle- Take the corresponding boat from Earton or Snow docks. Berg Isle - walk over the southern-most bridge on the east part of snow isle. Christmas isle- walk over the notrthern-most bridge on the east side of Snow isle or take the wagon near the Snow Isle docks. Snowball Isle- walk over the bridge on the eastern side of Ice Isle. Polar Isle- take the corresponding boat from Ice Isle docks. Icicle Isle- unlocked during Icy's Lost Button quest (the snowman found in the north-eastern part of Snow Isle.You can return back to Polar Isle by finding Icy's button located near some rocks. Pirate Isle- Talk to one of the pirates standing near the boats on Saddle Isle and Bird Isle.You will need two pearls for each trip and you have to had achieved the 50% quest point award.To pass on Skull isle from Crossbone Isle,you need a password,which you will have to discover yourself. ;3 Hat Isle- Go to the top of Skull Isle.You will find a pirate ship that will take you on Hat Isle.Each trip will cost 1 pearl. Vine Isle- Take the corresponding boat from the Jungle Isle docks. Rain Isle- Talk to the rock shop owner on Vine Isle.To get off,you will need to find Leontine.She is moving around the isle. Jungle Isle- Take the corresponding boat from Earton Docks. Art Isle- Take the corresponding boat from Bird Isle docks. Ring Isle- Take the corresponding boat from Bird Isle docks. Bird Isle- Take the corresponding boat from Earton Docks. Cat Isle- Take the corresponding boat from Earton docks. Hare Isle- Take the corresponding boat from Earton Docks. Dolphin Isle- Take the corresponding boat from Appleton docks. Flower Isle- Take the corresponding boat from Appleton docks. Tail Isle-Take the corresponding boat from Appleton docks. Starfish Isle- Go over the bridge at the end of Tail Isle. You can take the wagon near the Tail Isle docks to get to the Tail Isle end. Desert Isle-Take the corresponding boat from Appleton docks. The Sand Isles- Take the corresponding boat from the docks on the western side of Desert Isle. Torrid Isle- Take the corresponding boat from the Hotton docks. Dust Isle- Talk to the dockmaster on Torrid Isle.tell him that there are no shops on the island and so you can't earn money for the boat trip.He will tell you that you can swim to the next island.Accept.You will then find yourself on Dust Isle.To get off,find Fitzgerald who moving arund the cacti. Aesop Isle-Talk to Fitzgerald on Dust Isle.You need to have completed Silver Mary's quest. Hoof Isle- Take the wagon at Appleton wagon station. Turtle Isle- Take the corresponding boat from Treeton docks. Ardent-Take the boat from Palm Isle. Atropos-Take the boat from Palm Isle. Bone Isle- Talk to Hudson in Shellton. Cloud Isle- Have the 75% quest award and take 3 giant coconuts to Winchell on Jungle Isle. Cresent- Talk to Demetrius in Witherton. Eldorado- Talk to Hudson in Shellton. He'll send you to Sara on Bone Isle. She'll send you to Eldorado. Haven Isle- Talk to the dock owner in Shellton. Hotzeplotz Isle- Unlocked during Grey Slate's quest. (Carroton) Lava Isle- Talk to Deidra on Hoof Isle.She'll send you to Sir Sleepwell on Patsy Isle.He'll send you to the Lava Isle.You'll need the 25% quest award and 5 bunches of wildflowers for every trip. Lilac- Talk to Mr.Tuttle in Shellton.To get off,you'll need to fin Bailey,which is moving around the island. Loch Isle- Talk to the fish store owner in Treeton. Mare Isle- Talk to Temperence in Treeton. Neverending Isles- Take the Luck Dragon near the house on the beach north west of Shellton. Nonesuch Isle- Talk to Ruthie on Haven Isle. Palm Isle- Dig in the north-west corner of Mare Isle. Paradise Isle- Talk to Robin in Witherton. Puuhonua Isle- Talk to Barret,the Tail Isle General store owner. Quiet Isle- Talk to Galvin in Muzzle forest. Rock Isle- Talk to Mr. Tuttle in Shellton. He'll send you to Bailey on Lilac (you have to search for her). She'll send you to Rock Isle. Rule Isle- Have to be sent there by a mod and you get muted for 20min from global. Shimmer- Take the boat from Palm Isle. Spice- Talk to Minnie in Treeton. Spirit Isle- You can only get there by renting a pegasus. Theobroma Isle - Talk to King Phil on Hotzeplotz Isle. Rider Isle- Take the boat from Earton docks. Saddle Isle- Walk over the bridge in the nort-eastern part of rider isle.You will need a password. ;3 Whorl Isle- Take the boat from Polar isle. Igneous Isle- Talk to Patsy on Lava Isle. Magma Isle- Talk to Cupid on Igneous Isle. Scoria Isle- Talk to Argus Beesty,the 'pet' shop owner on Lava Isle. Pumice Isle-Talk to cupid On Igneous Isle. Basalt Isle-Take the boat from Scoria Isle. Drill Isle- Take the boat from Serenity Isle. Mod Isle- Only if you are a mod. Serenity Isle- You must have 100% quests completed.Talk to the pegasus/unicorn uniter on Cloud Isle. Tranquility Isle - Go over the bridge from Serenity Isle. Hope that helped.I know I have problems with the Isle directions too. x3 |
Talk to Rafiki on Quiet Isle. He will give you a quest... |
You can use the Sand Isle Dock (between Desert and Sand Isles) to get to Yellow Brick. |
After you have done Rafiki's quest, then to get to Mane rake in the mudhole above Hotton Bank. You do need to do Rafiki's quest first though. |
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I don't want to report this player for no reason. But they need to be aware if this is not allowed. Thanks. Aley Cremello |
"It can be pretty freaky if a young player just logs onto a family non-violent, no dating game to see players marrying others, eating/licking others, buying/selling others. Not good. For this reason, “marriages” between players are not allowed." |
"Owning a player is considered slavery. Slavery is out totally in any and all forms. No buying, selling, owning others. It can be pretty freaky if a young player just logs onto a family non-violent, no dating game to see players marrying others, eating/licking others, buying/selling others." |
REPLY: (by FrogLips) Oct 24 2011 9:46am On the game relationships/families etc we were told were not allowed. In real life instances regarding spouses they may say so n so (player names only) is my real life hubby/wife.. I would assume same would go for bf/gf as long as they don't get into details about their relationship. REPLY: (by DesertPaint) Oct 24 2011 10:20am Yep, what Froggy said. :) |
I've personally PMd the ones doing it and asked them to stop. Some have, one is being stubborn, so will report the next time they do........ |
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It's against the rules to "sell" or "trade" presents/gifts that are wrapped as the other person has no idea what is actually in the present. It could be a rotten tomato or a stick... So please do not let yourself be scammed. Play wisely and follow the rules of the game. That way you don't lose something you don't wish to lose. *laughing out loud!* :) |
You also can't drop anything expensive. So while a few cats, dogs and such can be dropped, foals and other more expensive companions can't be. |
I don't wan't to break the rules, but I do want to clarify, because I love to surprise my buds < (Quote that made me think that)"It's against the rules to "sell" or "trade" presents/gifts that are wrapped" |
What is against the rules is for example telling another that there is something very expensive in this present, and that they will trade for a horse. That...is scamming. Trading a present for a present is fine too. As long as all realize the other present may be nothing (it sometimes does that) or it may be a twig or something. *laughing out loud!* So that players are not scammed. :) |
I have one question though if we notice it happining to a new player or anyone.... should we find a mod or just report it? |
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Crafts on Cat isle: Chains - Made out of ten gold or silver ore. Total cost: $100 Necklaces - Necklaces: For gold necklaces, you need 11 gold ore (10 will be turned into a gold chain) and an emerald, sapphire, amethyst, topaz, ruby, or diamond. For silver necklaces, you need 11 silver ore (10 will be turned into a silver chain) and an amethyst or topaz. Total cost of one: Between $300 to $600 Crafts on Rider isle: English bridles - 5 leather strappings, 2 small buckles (can be made on Bird Isle), and 1 English bit (can be made on Bird Isle). Total cost of one: $200. English saddle pads - 50 pieces of cotton (40 will be turned into 4 cloths on Turtle Isle) and 15 raspberries (red), acorns (brown), dandelions (yellow), blackberries (purple), strawberries (pink), 4-leaf clovers (green), bunches of daisies (white), iron ores (black), blueberries (blue), or 10 oranges (orange). Total cost of one: $200. English girths - 4 large buckles (can be made on Bird Isle) and 3 leather strappings. Total cost of one: $100. English saddle bases: 1 wooden saddle form (can be made on Hare Isle), 4 leather pieces, and 15 pieces of cotton. Total cost of one: $200. English saddle - 1 English saddle base, 1 English girth, and 2 stirrups (can be made on Bird Isle). Total cost of one: $200. Crafts on Turtle isle: Cloth - 10 pieces of cotton. Total cost of one: $100. Show shirts - 5 cloths (or 50 pieces of cotton), 2 rubies, and 15 raspberries, acorns, dandelions, or blackberries. Total cost of one: $800. Racing shirts - 5 cloths (or 50 pieces of cotton), 2 hot bran mash, and 15 raspberries, acorns, dandelions, or blackberries. Total cost of one: $800. Jumping shirts - 5 cloths (or 50 pieces of cotton), 15 4-leaf clovers, and 15 raspberries, acorns, dandelions, or blackberries. Total cost of one: $800. Crafts on Hoof isle: Seashell necklace - 15 seashells. Total cost of one: materials' only. Pearl necklace - 15 pearls. Total cost of one: materials' only. Crafts on Bird isle: Small buckles - 5 iron ore. Total cost of one: $100. Large buckles - 10 iron ore. Total cost of one: $150. Stirrups - 20 iron ore. Total cost of one: $200. English bits - 20 iron ore. Total cost of one: $200. Western bits: 25 iron ore. Total cost of one: $200. Crafts on Jungle isle: Western bridles: 5 leather strappings, 2 small buckles (can be made on Bird Isle), and 1 Western bit (can be made on Bird Isle). Total cost of one: $200. Western saddle pads: 50 pieces of cotton (40 will be turned into 4 cloths on Turtle Isle) and 15 raspberries (red), acorns (brown), dandelions (yellow), blackberries (purple), strawberries (pink), 4-leaf clovers (green), bunches of daisies (white), iron ore (black), blueberries (blue), or 10 oranges (orange). Total cost of one: $200. Western girths: 4 large buckles (can be made on Bird Isle) and 3 leather strappings. Total cost of one: $100. Western saddle bases: 1 wooden saddle form (can be made on Hare Isle), 4 leather pieces, and 15 pieces of cotton. Total cost of one: $200. Western saddle: 1 Western saddle base, 1 Western girth, and 2 stirrups (can be made on Bird Isle). Total cost of one: $200. Crafts on Hare isle: Lucky horse hay: 15 4-leaf clovers and 1 bale of hay. Total cost of one: $200. Daisy hay: 10 bunches of daisies and 1 bale of hay. Total cost of one: $200. Apple treat: 8 apples and 1 horse candy. Total cost of one: $200. Carrot treat: 10 carrots and 1 pitted horse date. Total cost of one: $200. Honey oats: 10 honeycombs and 1 bag of oats. Total cost of one: $200. -- Credit to Google for the large majority of this! I just felt the need to bring this to the forums in case the players didn't know what to research. :) Enjoy! |
Copper Chains: 10 chunks of Copper ore, $100 Silver Chains: 10 chunks of Silver ore, $100 Leather Cord: 4 leather strappings, $100 Silver Turquoise Necklace: 1 silver chain, 5 chunks of Silver ore, and 4 pieces of Turquoise. $200 Copper Turquoise Necklace: 1 Copper chain, 2 chunks of Copper ore, and 4 pieces of Turquoise. Leather Turquoise Necklace: 1 leather cord, 1 silver ore, and 4 pieces of Turquoise. I just noticed this Craft shop today! *laughing out loud!* |
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First of all you want to take the italic off 'But you can't!' You say, well you can, you just have to put it at the start of the profile before you do anything. Then you want to take it down a line and add a colour (red) and a font, lets say underline. You always start with the colour and end with the colour. so the last thing you put in to do, is the first thing you close off. You close of with a / like this: [/i] [/b] [/u] So this is the HTML we have so far: [/i] [red][u] Now you add text. say your horses name is apples, you could add its name in like this, then close of the colour, make it grey and take the underline off. [/i] [red][u]apples[/u][/colour] [grey] Now you want a poem, all in one line. Saying: Apples such a sweet taste, Linked together with a lace. It goes like this: [/i] [red][u]apples[/u][/colour] [grey]Apples such a sweet taste, Linked together with a lace. Then you want to take grey off, and leave a gap underneath 'Well the gap won't stay!' It will, if you end it like this: [/i] [red][u]apples[/u][/colour] [grey]Apples such a sweet taste, Linked together with a lace.[/color] [/i] You don't have to put the [/color] as your ending the profile, but you can if you want. If it starts deleting parts of the profile its because its to long. So just take away some of the text/fonts then it should work. These are the current fonts visible: Underline [u] Bold [b] Italic [i] You can take them off using /'s. Like this [/u] [/b] [/i] These are the current Profile Colors: Red [red] Green [green] Lime [lime] Aqua [aqua] Fuchsia [fuchsia] Orange [orange] Navy [navy] Olive [olive] Teal [teal] Silver [silver] Black [black] Marroon [marroon] Brown [brown] Grey [grey] Yellow [yellow] Pink [pink] Blue [blue] Purple [purple] You can take of colors by using [/color] or changing the colour completly. Like this: [red]apples[/color] textheretexthere [red]apples[grey] textheretexthere Hope this helps stem some confusion with hrose profiles. |
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Paying for places in Competitions is strictly against the rules. Please file an abuse report on any player found doing this. It is against the rules to trade on a promise. Players may NOT pay others to win, lose or place, or enter at a specific spot or drop out of a comp. The only thing they may do is pay everyone who enters the same amount so that a competition might possibly be full. Or, they may say if the comp. is full then I will pay all who enter. We do go ahead and allow this. Yes, it's trading on a promise, however you don't have to enter if you don't want to and your horse will gain at least 1 exp. if you complete the comp. Cheaper than training pens. *laughing out loud!* If...the person doesn't follow though with their promise you may file an abuse report and violations will be assigned. |
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Who does abuse reports? NightMare Miranda DesertPaint Who does chat flags? NightMare Miranda DesertPaint Who does support mail: Autumn Miranda Joe DesertPaint Who has access to players account info? NightMare Miranda Joe Autumn DesertPaint Who can ban players? 2 Moderators NightMare Miranda Joe Autumn DesertPaint No other person has access to any of these things except those stated. :) Thanks |
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Needs to be kept G rated at all times. So, some contexts will be ok, and others won't be. Rather depends on how it's used. OK uses "I breed cats/dogs/horses in real life" {This is not graphic or "adult" it's just stating a fact.} "I have a stud for sale" (IN game only) {Stud is the same as stallion and if a player asks what a stud is in this context just say it's another word for stallion.} Not ok: "I have a stud farm" {Possibly ok, however that brings into focus breeding issues so it's best if they just say they "breed" horses. What I'm trying to stay away from is the graphic part and they usually don't say "I have a stallion farm." *laughing out loud!* Stud (in this context) goes directly to male horse used for breeding. The Breeding Farm is a general term to say they raise horses. If that makes sense :S General is ok, specific isn't} This also applies to role playing. They may be general as in their horses may marry and have foals, so FoalOne is daughter to MareA type of thing. Now if they get into birthing that is out. If they get into real people that is out. No dating between people. If they just say they have a boyfriend or girlfriend in real life or who also plays on this game that's ok. No on-game dating however and no looking for a date on the game. If they say they watch a TV show it's fine as long as the show is ok for young kids or at least the content of the chat is ok for young kids. If it starts flooding the chat for more than a few minutes, should probably be moved to buddy, here or pm so it doesn't bug others. What we need to watch for is the actual content, is it ok for young kids to see that. Innuendo goes over the young ones heads but still isn't ok. *laughing out loud!* So global, isle, near should be G rated and ok for kids to see. Some topics have both aspects, the base topic is ok but the more advanced part isn't. They may still chat about the ok part, just not travel to far with it. *laughing out loud!* We ask that Celebrity's be keep out of public chat because so many players are so intense about them. I don't know what happened to like an dislike but now it's hate and want to harm, or love and want to harm those who hate... Thus fights start. :( While the game content is aimed at ages 8 and up, younger kids also are welcome to play and many are advanced readers who can read and understand a lot. General discussion of something is usually ok (at least for some topics,) graphic or focused discussion might not be. That's where the difference lies. Just saying "my dog had puppies, or my family breeds Beagles" is fine. Talking about a stud farm takes it into more focused areas where the kids are more likely to ask questions we don't want them to ask. Such as: What is a stud used for? How do you breed horses? Frequently it's the way it's stated. It's a technical line and a fine one sometimes. I would suggest just trying to get the player to change for example "stud" to something like "I/we raise horses," Or I/we breed horses." Most of the kids don't think twice about something phrased in that way. Kids respond to certain context's differently. If you keep their mind on the usually/standard tract all is good. If you toss in unusual/unfamiliar words that brings up questions we don't wish to deal with on this game. Many players know nothing about real horses, they frequently don't even know if a mare is a female or male. *laughing out loud!* So when players toss out "stud farm" young ones think: What is that? What does a stud do? What is a stud farm? Saying "Breeding Farm" tells the kids that the person raises horses and they usually don't pay much attention to it. They have already heard the word breed or breeding in regards to kitties or puppies normally. Hope this helps :) |
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However, there isn't anything that says they can't pay people simply to enter. What the players on Palomino want to know is - is this allowed? A few players are saying that another mod told them it is okay. I do not feel comfortable telling them that it is okay when it may not be. |
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If something is flagged look to see what you said. It might have been a typo, if so spell properly and it will go though. Otherwise, don't use that word. Do NOT go around the filter with that word either. ;) Chat flags are not automatic violations. Each flag is read by an administrator. If rules are broken then violations will be assigned. If no rules are broken, the flag will be deleted. If, something is a very obvious typo that will be deleted. If it's not very obvious that it is a typo you will receive violations for it. All we see is the one sentence. So for those of you who only send in 1, 2, 3, or 4 words per send you will probably receive more violations for chat flags since we can't see the entire sentence, thus have no way of knowing if something is a typo or not. So a violation will be given. For those of you who type the entire sentence per send, you will probably receive less violations as we can actually see the sentence and realize 'oh, that's a typo' so the flag is deleted. Remember this is a family game, there are many words and subjects we do Not allow on this game. The filter is there to protect others and to remind you that _____ isn't allowed. Please never avoid or go around the filter. That adds an extra violation if you do. We are required to follow COPPA Federal laws and regulations that includes language, content and behavior. As we do allow young children on this game, we are quite strict about this. :) Thankies, DP |
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I was under the impression datespeak was asking for a boyfriend/girlfriend, advertising yourself as "hot" or any of that stuff. I don't see how romantic poems and songs (as long as they aren't graphic) are date speak? Magic DesertPaint explanation please? So I guess, clarification. |
What isn't allowed is dating... Date speak, looking for a boyfriend/girlfriend, and discussing dating. What is ok: A bit of romance is ok as long as it's not graphic, no dating in that. To say they have a boyfriend/girlfriend is fine. To say they did....isn't. To talk about how hot he/she is, is not ok. So if it actually goes into dating or date speak then it needs to go. Most lyrics are not ok for this game, they go too far. However if there are some that just mention romance in passing (givings red rose, or something like that) then it's ok. We don't want graphic, detailed content as the younger players either get the wrong impression or something. Young kids don't always understand concepts, everything is whatever is said. So we need to be sure the content and "innuendo" is ok for young children. For the most part this is a judgement call by the moderators. If uncertain, please ask. :) |
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We have moderators who have been chosen by the owners of the game to moderate the game. They have access to information players do not have access to. They know how the owners wish things to be handled, and how to handle those things. Please do NOT mini-mod. What you end up doing is breaking the rules harassing other players, and sometimes bullying them. It is allowed to state for example: "It's against the rules to spam chat." It is Not allowed to say for example: "You are breaking the rules, you can't spam chat, that's not allowed." Players may Not tell others what they may or may not do. Only moderators and administrators get to do that. ;) Telling others they will be reported for breaking the rules is threatening another player. Don't do it. :) If you wish to report someone fine, do so. You don't need to tell any other person that you are doing that. Remember you can also personally mute someone that you find offensive or harassing. So if someone is spamming chat, mute them if it bugs you. You can file an abuse report, otherwise just ignore the player. Just stating the rules is fine. Telling players they must follow those rules, or telling any other person they should or should not do something is not fine. It's harassing and bullying. We do Not have "mini-mods" on this game. We do not have "moderator helpers" on this game. We do not have "undercover moderators" on this game. Just mute and report if needed, please do not harass others or break the rules yourself. :) Thankies DP |
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If it's super bad, or if the entire profile is bad that's different, but if it's just one word or it's not massively bad, please do ask the player to alter/remove it themselves. I know it's a pain sometimes, but it saves a lot of "Mod hatred." Down the road, for some of the players anyway. *laughing out loud!* :) |
You can always tell them to Google COPPA Federal laws and regulations for some of the profiles, that usually gets them as they realize it's not just this game being picky. It's that we have to follow Federal laws and regulations. COPPA: Children's Online Privacy Protection Agency. It's Federal and is under/associated with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC.) The FTC is what regulates online gaming. |
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1) Please be patient, this is just a game. We are not the parents of these kids, we are not here to "make" then behave as we would our kids. We are not the police, only players who are also moderators and here to enforce the rules. Please use as little "enforcement" as possible. The object is not to anger the players, it's to keep the peace on the game. The more punishment you give, the more ticked off the players will become. So when possible, please give as little punishment as is feasible. 2) Try to keep with the mutes as short as possible. As in 5 minutes = begging, ads chat...minor issues. If they continue then do 10, 15, 20, 30, 45, 60. Do Not go over 60. Tomorrow is another day, begin all over. If after 2 weeks they are still not using for example ads chat then give 1 warning then a 30 minute mute, then 60. Swearing: 10 minutes, if it's really bad such as the f word and b word then 20. See what they do, if they pm you with nasty stuff you have a troll, ban or if not possible do 2880 mute. Otherwise if it's a regular player and is being nasty try to stay with short mutes and Do Not play into it. Ignore, mute if needed. Increase mutes by 10 to 15 minutes. You will be surprised at how fast they start getting the picture. 3) Since it's against the rules to threaten others please be careful with how you word things. Telling a player for example: "If you don't use ads chat I will be forced to mute you." Is technically threatening the player. Just tell them it's against the rules to not place advertisements in ads chat or classifieds, give them a couple of warnings then do a warn mute. They will get it. My speel is: "Please use ads chat for all advertisements so it doesn't flood area chat, thanks. /$" Then after the mute: "You have been muted for not using ads chat, please use ads chat for advertising, thanks. /$" 4) If possible defer chat instead of just muting. Such as: "What type of pets do you have? I have a ninja kitty." Let them run with this it will drown out the problem player who is seeking attention and driving others nuts. 5) Please be polite, even if the player isn't. Try to ignore bad attitude/language and be polite. Treat them as you want them to behave, do not respond to how they are actually behaving. If you want the player to be nice, be nice to the player. If you want the player to respect you, you must respect them. Not always easy this, and doesn't always work, but quite a bit of the time it does work. Although it might take a bit... 6) Try to never give the player a reason to "hate" you. If you are fair, nice, polite and patient they will learn this, they will respect you and will not give you such a bad time. That said, don't be drawn into arguments or debates. Many players deliberately pick topics to argue or debate with the mod on just for their personal entertainment. Don't get drawn into this. Give one or two explanations then ignore the player. If that doesn't work try: "If you disagree with the rules or still do not understand them please contact support and an administrator can explain it to you." Or "If you do not understand the rules please have a parent or guardian help you with them." Then personally mute the player if you need to, or just ignore them. Do Not Argue/Debate with them. Do not let them "Jerk" you around. You lose their respect by doing this. While a few may have comprehension issues, that is not something you as a moderator have to deal with. Players need to learn in the real world how to understand content. If they are not capable of doing so then they need to learn to follow the rules regardless of whether they agree with them. 7) Remember these are children. Some have hands on parents, some don't. Some are nice, some are not. Some are adults who are acting like 2 year olds and having massive tantrums. Try to not give them more reason to tantrum by being rude or "curt" with them. Don't over mute. Try patience, kindness and fairness. 8) If you aren't sure what to say you may use these: "Please do not beg/ask for free things. There are many ways to earn money: quests, mini-games, find things and sell them. Thanks" "Please do not spam/flood chat it blocks others from being heard. Thanks" "Please use ads chat for all advertisements so it doesn't flood chat. Thanks /$ "Topic is not appropriate for this family game please drop it at this time, thanks." "Topic is not appropriate for public chat, please move it to private chat, thanks." "Drop the topic now please." "Drop It Now!" Then begin mutes if needed. "When speaking to only one person please use PM so it doesn't flood area chat, thanks. /PlayerName" "Please do not advertise for others only for yourself. Thanks" "Please do not advertise for others you can't sell what you do not have. Thanks" "Please play nicely." "Please play nicely, this is a family game, thanks." "Please move topic to private chat thanks -->" "Please watch language/content. This is a family game, thanks." "Check out Then New Player Guide (link at bottom of game page,) super helpful with how to play." "Link to rules at bottom of web page. *nods*" 9) While we hold players responsible for knowing and following the rules we must also realize very, very few know the rules. Thus we can't expect them to follow what they don't know. We can't make them read though 1/2 an hour of rules. These are kids, many are hyper. Not going to happen. Expect them to have no idea how to play, no idea what the rules are. So remind/teach them briefly then enforce only what is necessary. Ship them to support issues if needed. If they insist on fussing about rules then send them to me. You don't have to deal with the fuss. :) Hands out chocolate to all who actually made it this far. :) Forum does not do indentations... If you have questions or aren't sure how to handle things please ask here or contact support and as for Connie. Hard line: Players are leaving the game do to over moderating and things not always being handled correctly. Players feel targeted, and feel that they are being set up by moderators to get violations. While I am totally aware this is not the case, we need to re-phrase things perhaps or try to be a bit more polite and lenient if at all possible. :) |
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In order to keep adding features to this game, we need subscribers. You are our best hope! There is a button on the server page under "change my password" called "Refer other players and earn Game Credit!: REFERRAL PROGRAM" that you can email to friends who may be interested, or post on your favorite forums. If a player signs up using your link, with your name in it, you will get the following benefits: For each month membership they buy for $5 you get 1 HorseBuck. (non-refundable credit towards game 1horsebuck=$1usd) For each yearly membership they buy for $40 you get 8 HorseBucks. (non-refundable credit towards game 8horsebucks=$8usd) So, if you refer 5 players who subscribe and continue to subscribe, you will be able to play for free! Text copied from the referral program page, tweaked a bit to speak to the general HI public. I myself found out that by posting a referral link on another horse site, i have referred 5 players to HI within a 2 month period! Its not a lot, just coming from myself, but say half of HI referred 5 players each. That'd make a big difference. So instead of posting in forums about servers not having enough players, try this! see if you get at least 1 new person to play! |
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Even if they are sharing accounts, please let us do the banning. It's their account and they chose to share it, so if they lose something it's their problem. Hard line yes, but necessary as they refuse to listen and follow the rules. Sometimes the other person is only sitting beside them so not a big deal. Plus we need to send them a message immediately that they receive the ban so they can see it. When mods ban it bans the IP, this also blocks siblings from being able to play sometimes. Please let NightMare or myself do the bans for these. :) Thankies |
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If you have the time and patience to lend an ear to allow the player to vent or talk about problems, since sometimes that's all they need, ok. However, to not try to take any sort of "counselor" position. Not really offer advice other than to give information about help sites and help hotlines, etc. From BrightLights but edited a very tiny bit: So, something like: "Is there something I can do? If you are feeling alone, or you feel that things are hopeless, I can help you to get in touch with someone who can help you." "However, I need to let you know that I am also worried that hearing about people harming themselves is going to trigger someone else and leave them in a bad state. I would like to be able to help you if you want to talk in PM. But if this keeps being discussed in area, I will have to mute you temporarily." This is basically for suicide talk, can also be for any other type of self-harm that you encounter. |
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So First i will write About How to catch Big Fishes, How to catch one? Position the crosshair wherever you want to cast and then hold the mouse button down. The fishing line will plop in the water and slowly sink. If the lure gets into a fishes mouth, you will have caught it. Click the mouse a few times to start reeling it in. The larger fish is worth more. Every time you catch a fish, you lose an earth worm. Hint: If you reel a fish in too fast the line will break, so only click enough to keep the fish moving out of water. It's actually pretty easy once you get the hang of it. Especially when you're catching the big fishes, patience is the key. When you've gotten the lure into a fish's mouth, click and hold the mouse button as long as the fish keep moving up. When it stops and starts to go lower, click and hold again. Do this until you've caught the fish. ---------------------------------------------------------- 2- Horse isle chat :) The commands ? For future help !mutelogins - Mutes all logins and disconnects !unmutelogins - Cancels the previous command !muteglobal - Mutes Global chat !muteads - Mutes Ads chat !mutenear - Mutes Near chat !mutebuddy - Mutes Buddy chat !mutebr - Mutes all buddy requests !mutehere - Mutes Here chat !muteisland - Mutes the island chat of the isle you're on !muteall - Mutes every chat !mutepm - Mutes all PMs !mutesocials- Mutes all the socials actions !autoreply "message" - Messages automatically to anyone who PMs you !autoreply - Cancels the previous command !dance - Use this command to make your character dance. Add as many U, D, R, L as you like. (U=up, D=down, R=right, L=left) Example: !dance URLDLUD ------------------------------------------------------------ 3- Horse isle profiles Colours & Font =] Colours :- Silver Grey Black White Maroon Purple Lime Brown Red Orange Yellow Green Olive Teal Aqua Navy Fuchsia Pink How to Put them ? [colourhere]text Example ([red] HI) --Font-- Underline: [u]text[/u] Bold: [b]text[/b] Example: Horses are ([b])cool([/b]). Italics: [i]text[/i] Example: Horses are cool. Hint: To put the text in horses' profiles normal, put [/i] before the text. ----------------------------------------------------------- 4- Shortcuts The F Buttons :) F5 - Close the Horse Isle window F6 - Use the telescope F7 - Dismount and remount the horse you last mounted F8 - Grab all objects off the ground F11 - Expand Horse Isle window F12 - Takes you to your ranch ----------------------------------------------------------- 5- Found things while roaming ? Where to sell them Acorns & Walnuts: Minnie, owner of Treeton Food Store, can make some nutbread for acorns and walnuts both 10 pieces. The nutbread can be sold to Pablo on Art Isle for $500 each. Berries: Sandra in Flipperton buys blackberries, blueberries, cranberries, huckleberries, strawberries, raspberries and thimbleberries for $100 per 10 pieces. Cattails: Filmore (the first little pig who lives in the strawhouse) on Cloud Isle buys cattails for $100 per 10 pieces. Coconuts and Haybales: Donna at the Crystalton livery stable buys haybales, 25 pieces for $3000. She'll also buy coconuts, 25 pieces for $750. Copper Ore: Nicolette in Chillton buys Copper Ores for $30 each. Dandelions and Strong Skinny Branches: Krista in Whiskerton will pay $100 for every 10 branches or 10 dandelions you bring her. Earthworms: Davy on Loch Isle will buy 10 earthworms for $500. Feathers: Allaire lives in a cabin in the middle of the Mystic Forest on Saddle Isle. She'll buy black feathers for $50, peacock feathers for $100 and sparkling feathers for $150. Grasshoppers: Joylyn in Treeton buys grasshoppers for $100 each. Honeycombs: Evelynn in Wington, Bird Isle pays $75 for each. Lizards and Scorpions: Dakota in Santon on Desert Isle buys lizards for $100 each and scorpions $200 each. Also Carlotta who lives in the skull on Dust Isle will give you a diamond for every 25 scorpions you bring her. Logs: Rupert in Chillton, Snow Isle buys logs for $50 each. Moon Beams: Selena in Ashton, Lava Isle, pays $42 for each. Oranges: Charla Mae in Hotton, Desert Isle buys oranges for $150 per 7 pieces. Pearls and Shells: Deidra on Hoof Isle pays $300 for each pearl and $25 for each shell. Pinecones: Elizabeth on Bone Isle pays you $2000 for 50 pieces. Notice that you have to bring her 50 at a time. Pixie Dust: Mrs. Claus on Chistmast Isle pays $250 for 15 pieces. Pumice Stones: Freddy in Ashton, Lava Isle pay $75 for each. Red Pinecones: Twig in Eartip Forest will pay $1000 for each. Rotten Tomatoes: Shark Soup Brady, owner of Skullton Tavern on Pirate Isle, gives you one pearl for 10 rotten tomatoes. Venetian Food: The third pig who lives in the stickhouse on Cloud Isle will pay $100 for every 5 pieces. ---------------------------------------------------------- Thanks ♥ Ryuk • Creme |
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Feedback that is doing nothing but trashing the game will be deleted. Feedback that is not constructive and is argumentative will be deleted. We do not allow arguments, fighting on this game. Also here are a few things that perhaps you are not aware of: 1) We are in the US and as such are required to follow COPPA Federal Laws and Regulations. (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Agency) as well as laws in the Federal Trade Commission. This is a family game and we do have young children who play. This game is rated 8 and up. 2) Most of our rules are based on the above. Those that are not are here to keep this game running smoothly and fairly/nicely. Many of the rules we have had to add in or alter due to players misusing them. So if you have a problem with lets say "No Trading On A Promise" take it up with the scammers who have made it to where we must put that up to protect the players. (Yes we ban scammers, but that doesn't help with the first scam.) 3) We do what we can to protect our players, our players accounts and keep this a nice, safe game. This requires many rules to be in place. Most games have exactly the same rules if they have the same or a similar situation within the game. 4) When players join this game they click on "Accept" that states they have read and agree to follow the rules of this game. This is a legally binding agreement and we hold players to it. This includes the Rules, ToC (Terms and Conditions) and Expected Behavior. If you don't feel you can follow these and enjoy the game, then please find a different game to play. 5) This game is owned by Joe and Miranda, it's their playground. They get to create it however they want as it's their game. They also get to set the rules for this game. If you don't wish to follow their rules, then perhaps you would prefer to find a different playground. 6) Constructive feedback is appreciated, this includes things you might not like, but please remember to keep the conversation polite and constructive. If your communication skills are not able to do that then please refrain from posting. 7) We do Not allow fighting, belligerence, cruelty, inappropriate language or behavior on this game and that includes in the forums. So any post that dissolves into such will be deleted. Any post that is regarding a topic that is not appropriate for this game or flat out against the rules/law (thus will not be added to the game) will be deleted. For those of you who want an "Adult Server" we can't do that and keep the family rating. The laws regarding that prohibit us from being able to do that as it would require a constant monitor even there and trying to keep young children off is always difficult. The owners do not want an "Adult" game they want a family game for all ages. It's their game they get to do that. So, please realize you have joined a family game where young children play and keep all language and content/behavior appropriate for young children. If you don't intend to do so, please leave and find an adult game. We will ban or suspend players who break our rules. We will keep this a family game to the best of our ability. If you can't speak without using inappropriate language please check out the Dictionary. English is a huge language and there are many, many ways to express oneself and use appropriate language. Enlarge your vocabulary, learn new words. :) Thanks, DesertPaint (Administrator) |
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Do not post the problem in the forums. We will not discuss player accounts on the game. Accounts are considered confidential and will only be discussed via email with you directly. We will not give quest help in support, or game help there is a New Player Guide to help with how to play the game. Players can help you with quests, on game or here in the forums. :) Thanks |
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So, if a player is currently subscribed on lets say Black server, that person may sell subs and po's on Black server to be gifted to any server. If they are not subscribed on Black server then that person may not sell subs or po's on Black server. |
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So, if a player is currently subscribed on lets say Black server, that person may sell subs and po's on Black server to be gifted to any server. If they are not subscribed on Black server then that person may not sell subs or po's on Black server. Thanks |
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So this is how you make money and i made it because i found many newbies kept asking this [Buy a Ranch] You’ve probably heard it a hundred times before as a money-making tip – it’s a popular suggestion and it’s at the top of my list because it is one of the best pointers you can get when it comes to making money!! Ranches are a luxury offered only to game subscribers, but luckily there are many players who will offer to sell you a Horse Isle subscription Once you buy your ranch, put up windmills!! When you first buy a ranch and have only a tee-pee on sight, you’re limited to only 2 outbuildings until you upgrade your ranch house. Windmills cost $120,000 each and will virtually pay for themselves in a matter of days. It’s tempting to build a barn before anything else so that you can have more than 5 horses, but I strongly suggest making windmills your priority. One windmill will make you $500 every 12-hour game day (that’s $500 every REAL hour, and yes, you’re still making money when you’re not logged on). [Use the Bank] If you have a lot of money, you’re not doing yourself any favors by carrying it around everywhere with you. The benefits of putting your money in the bank far outweigh those of carrying it around with you (which I suspect is only being able to buy any horse you want whenever you want?). When you carry your money around with you, you run the risk of something outrageous happening from having it fall out of your pocket while you drink in the fountain to having some pesky monkey on Jungle Isle swoop down and steal a hefty amount. Apart from that, you make interest on the money you have in the bank and obviously, the more money you have in the bank, the more interest you’ll make (read: FREE MONEY)! I make a point of never carrying more money with me than is absolutely necessary and always deposit everything I’m carrying with me into the bank when I sign off so that I have $0 on hand (if you have windmills it’s kind of neat to sign off with $0 on hand and sign back on 12 hours later with something like $6,000+). [Pick Things Up] With a few exceptions, I suggest you pick up everything you stumble across because somewhere on the isles there is an NPC who will buy it from you for more than you’ll get for it at the store. Buying a shed for your ranch comes in handy when you want to use your inventory as a money-maker as it allows you to carry 60 items instead of just 40 (or 80 if you have 2 sheds). Below is a composite list of who will buy what from you and for how much (this is not everything… if you know of something I forgot, comment on it here!). Acorns and Walnuts: For every 10 acorns and 10 walnuts you gather, you can get Minnie in Treeton to whip up some of her nutbread. Pablo on Art Isle will buy the bread from you for $500 each. 50 acorns and 50 walnuts = 5 nutbreads = $2,500 Berries: Berries can be found all over the place on the isles – either randomly on the ground or in bushes. Blackberries, blueberries, cranberries, huckleberries, strawberries, raspberries, and thimbleberries can all be sold to Sandra in Flipperton (Dolphin Isle). She’ll buy 10 of each for $100, so if you can manage to gather up 50 of each, you’ll leave her cabin with $3,500. Cattails: Gathering cattails for reasons other than quests won’t benefit you until you’re able to go to Cloud Isle, but once you can, Filmore (the first little pig who lives in the house of straw) will buy 10 for $100. 50 cattails = $500 Coconuts and Haybales: Sell these to Donna at the livery stable in Crystalton (price info to follow… I’m not certain how much she pays). Copper Ore: Nicolette in Chillton will buy Copper Ore for $30 each. 50 copper ore = $1,500 Dandelions and Strong, Skinny Branches: Sell these to Krista in Whiskerton. She buys bundles of 10 for $100. 50 dandelions = $500, 50 branches = $500 Earthworms: Davy on Loch Isle will buy 10 earthworms for $500. 50 earthworms = $2,500 Feathers: Peacock feathers and little black feathers are pretty abundant on all the isles and once you can go to Cloud Isle, you’ll also stumble upon some sparkling feathers. Allaire lives in the little cottage in the middle of Mystic Forest on Saddle Isle – once you’ve gone through the “maze” once or twice, she’s actually really easy to get to. She buys little black feathers for $50, peacock feathers for $100, and sparkling feathers for $150. 50 little feathers = $2,500, 50 peacock feathers = $5,000, 50 sparkling feathers = $7,500 Grasshoppers: Joylyn in Treeton buys grasshoppers for $100 each. 50 grasshoppers = $5,000 Lizards and Scorpions: Dakota in Santon buys lizards for $100 each, but she prefers scorpions which she pays $200 each for (this is not your only option for scorpions… see further down the list). 50 lizards = $5,000, 50 scorpions = $10,000 Logs: Rupert in Chillton buys logs for firewood and pays $100 for each. 50 logs = $5,000 Oranges: Charla Mae in Hotton will buy oranges in bunches of 7 for $150. 49 oranges = $1,050 Pinecones: Elizabeth on Bone Isle will only buy pinecones from you if you bring her 50 at a time, but she pays $2,000 for all of them. 50 pinecones = $2,000 Red Pinecones: Red pinecones aren’t as commonplace as a regular pinecone, but they’re worth a lot more! Twig who lives in Eartip forest (north of Earton) will buy them for $1,000 each. 50 red pinecones = $50,000 Scorpions: Apart from selling them to Dakota in Santon, you can also give scorpions to Carlotta on Dust Isle (Carlotta is a spider that lives in the skull on Dust Isle). For every 25 scorpions you bring her, she’ll give you a diamond. 50 scorpions = 2 diamonds Venetian Food: Like cattails, venetian food doesn’t serve much of a purpose outside of quests until you’re able to go to Cloud Isle. The second little pig (who lives in the house of sticks) buys them in bunches of 5 for $100. 50 venetian food = $1,000 [Make Diamond Necklaces] Making diamond necklaces (or rather, gathering the material to make diamond necklaces) can be an extremely tedious process, but the pay-off is tremendous!! You are, of course, not limited to how you go about gathering the material necessary. Gold ore can be found in rock piles sometimes and diamonds can be found in the desert (or occasionally you’ll receive one for a quest), however making diamond necklaces in bulk will become a bit easier process once you can go to Pirate Isle. Diamonds can be “mined” (by doing simple math problems that include addition, multiplication, division, and other things such as picking out prime numbers) on the skull side of Pirate Isle – it takes a little while to gather up 50 diamonds, but you’ll definitely hone up on your math skills while you’re at it!! Gold ore can be “sifted” on the crossbones side of Pirate Isle. Sifting for ore doesn’t require any skills – you don’t have to answer riddles or math problems or anything – but it can become really monotonous. REALLY. REALLY. Monotonous. Often times people will try to recruit others to sift gold for them, and I can’t say I blame them, but if you’re paying someone else to do the dirty work, you won’t see the same profit!! In the process of putting together diamond necklaces, you’ll have to make a lot of trips to Whiskerton and for this reason I suggest you always go to and from Pirate Isle via the ship on Bird Isle; every time you gather 50 gold ore, you’ll have to make a trip to Whiskerton to turn it into 5 gold chains. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. To make 50 diamond necklaces you’ll need 50 gold chains, 50 gold ore, and 50 diamonds. Each gold chain costs $100 to make and each necklace costs $500 to make (in other words, $600 a necklace) so with having to spend $30,000 just to make the necklaces in the first place, you’ll probably want to make sure you have some money on hand to begin with! Once you have 50 diamond necklaces, sell them on ROCK ISLE – no other rock store pays more for ANY stones or jewelery than the one on Rock Isle. 50 diamond necklaces (sold on Rock Isle) = $617,500. Like I said, tedious, but worth it!! If you’re feeling extremely motivated and want to see an even bigger pay off, you can take your first 50 diamond necklaces to Christmas Isle, wrap them, make 50 more and then unwrap the other 50 and sell 100 at once. 100 diamond necklaces (Rock Isle) = $1,235,000 --------------------------------------------- Ryuk • creme |
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Let them have as much freedom as is possible. Obviously nasty stuff, slander, inappropriate content...that type of thing needs to stay off the game. But, unless it goes into that ignore them. Let them joke around, play around just re-direct if it heads into the wrong area. For ads, as long as they are following the 1 post every 2 minutes ignore it. Even if that is all that is on the screen. The object is not to flood others chat off the screen, thus the 2 minute thing. But if no one else is chatting, eh...no big deal. So if they do the every 2 minutes it's fine. Try to be as invisible as possible as a moderator and let them play. It's fine to join into chat and play with them, but in the mod role, try to be as inconspicuous as possible and as lenient as possible. :) Thankies |
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While some of the Wii fonts do seem to be ok with profiles and horse names, most of them are not. What happens is it breaks the profile or name. That means you can't change the profile at all, the save button doesn't work. You can't change the horse name as the save button doesn't work. Now, if this happens, you have to email support. When...Miranda gets free time, she will go in and delete the entire profile (necessary as all it shows her is a bunch of garbage characters she has no idea what is what, so all of it has to be deleted.) Same for the horse name, it too has to be deleted. Miranda is a very busy lady, this is not top priority as you don't have to use fonts that don't work with the game. So...it could take anywhere from quit soon to several days for her to get to it. Just depends on her schedule. We ask, that you not use these fonts and break your profiles please. It's not a rule however, if you want to wait for a while with a totally broken profile, it's up to you. Also please keep then to a minimum in chat. If you want to use them for a fancy ad, please try to keep it to just the first character or something. For most of us the special fonts are very difficult to read. Thus when you use them in your ad, you may find most players ignore your ad since they can't read it. You limit your buyers as for the most part, only those who are familiar with the fonts can easily read them. We also rather consider sentences with mostly Wii fonts to be spam, and a moderator in this instance will ask you to stop and use regular letters. Mod's get enough headaches without trying to translate Wii fonts. *laughing out loud!* :) Thankies DP |
It is not against the rules to use these. However: Since the game does not support those fonts, you may end up with a broken profile or horse name. Miranda will fix it however to do this she will have to delete ALL of the profile. It's also not high up on her to do list so it might take several days before she gets to it. If you want to take the risk (and it is a pretty high risk as some of the letters Will break the save button) and lose all of your profile and wait for possibly several days for it to be fixed ok. Some of the letters seem to hang in there without breaking it, others definitely do break it. I don't know which is which. Since the game doesn't support Wii or other Font's well...yeah it's going to glitch. For general chat: One or possibly 2 characters in a sentence or add is fine, but please do not use all Wii letters or other fonts as then it's very difficult to read and will be treated as we would treat texting. An occasional use is fine, don't overdo it. If we have to translate the sentence it's out and violations might be assigned. Again, a few letters here and there as long as the sentence is easily readable is ok. The entire sentence or most of the sentence isn't. Hope this clears up a few things. :) |
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Gift Subs. 1] You are allowed to sell subscriptions for in-game, Horse Isle money, however, Horse Isle does not endorse or recommend this since you must trade on a promise. 2] When selling a subscription, you must buy the subscription via PayPal before receiving the money from the player you are buying the subscription for. It is far more likely a player will pay you in-game money for a received subscription than it is for a player to pay real money to subscribe someone after they have received the in-game money. 3] If the player you bought a subscription for does not pay you immediately after it shows up on their account (you should be able to tell if they log out and back in with a star) then contact support and we will take the money from the person and give it to you. If we have to do this, more than what was promised will most likely be taken as a sort of payment for our time in the matter. 4] A player not paying after they received a subscription is one of the only instances where we will go into the other player's account and take what was promised. 5] If the subscription was paid for via PayPal eCheck, then the player receiving the subscription should wait until their account is credited, then pay the person that bought the subscription. 6] DO NOT attempt to claim you are selling a subscription or pawneer order if you are not subscribed yourself. This could land with you an immediate mute since, from our experience, someone that does not subscribe themselves will not subscribe someone else. This policy can be found in the Detailed Rules under "Selling Gift Subscriptions". Basically 99% of the time players want or insist on money first is because they are scamming. Since there is no way they can be scammed... There is no reason to insist on money first. If Player 1 is buying a Sub from Player 2, (Player 2 is selling a sub for real life money) and Player 1 doesn't pay for the sub that has been receved.... Player 1 gets banned, and we will take the money from Player 1's account and give it to Player 2. There is no way Player 2 won't receive the agreed upon or standard amount. All Player 2 has to do is contact us. So, when they say they have been scammed before...no they have not been, unless they chose to not contact us and get their money. I'm seeing quite a bit of scamming, so please follow the above rules so you don't lose your money. Thanks, DP |
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Thus only PayPal is available, or cash / check / money order. Sorry |
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1) The game is maxed. So no new barns, no new anything. The ONLY things at this point that can and will be added in are a new breeds, new companions and new quests from time to time. Period. Nothing else CAN be added in it's not possible. The game is maxed. I'm sorry if you don't like this, but noting can be done. Because of this HI2 was created. So if you wish to continue playing on HI1 you most certainly may do so and are welcome! However please do not expect it to be updated as often as it has been in the past. Do not expect new things such as barns, or any other new content besides the horses, companions and quests. We can't bring old breeds back they are deleted. This is why we won't (probably) be doing more re-dos because players scream that they didn't want it and want us to bring back old and at that point deleted content. We can't add more colors it's not possible. |
Maxed means no new programming can be added in. HI1 is programmed in the old Adobe Flash php programming language and it's pretty much a block of programming. That is the core programming. Nothing more can be added to that as it has reached it's limit. Adding more crashes the game. HI2 is programmed in the modulated new Adobe Flash php which can be updated. So HI1 can have a few peripheral things: horses, companions and quests. Other than that there really isn't much if anything that can be added in. Nor can things be altered as it's all mixed in together. |
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Many players with inappropriate usernames usually only join to cause trouble = jerk mods around and see how vulgar and gross they can be before they get banned. Some may keep it out of public chat, some don't. So for example, when they have a bad name, and you tell them to contact us and get their name changed then they can come back on. That is not always correct. Many times they are permanently banned. They may contact us for a name change and if that's the only thing wrong with the account, depending on the name we will change it and then they may return. But if there is inappropriate content/behavior/language they are permanently off for joining to cause trouble. Thankies :) |
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Simple jumping is often advertised in global, and advertising is the correct word, according to HI rules, which state the following: The definition of an advertisement is: "to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it." When advertising simple in global, it can get very repetitive, but when saying something about it, I'm told that it doesn't belong in ads chat - by the mods. It's very confusing - so that's point one I want clarification on - it's very black and white, cut and dry. Do simple advertisements belong in ads chat, or not? Point 2 - Is posting the same ad in ads chat once a minute, "spamming"? For example, posting "Knabstrup for sale, $500k." once a minute, the same ad, every minute. I've been told both ways. I'd love it if I could recieve one FINAL opinion on this point, not multiples of different answers. Thanks, Drosophilia - Roan |
Ads chat has a 1 minute wait time, that is to prevent spamming chat. If there are no others using ads chat, then it's nice if the person using it does not flood the chat. But if some players don't have logins muted, the "flood" issue is iffy. For example if you have logins muted the same ad may flood your screen. If the advertiser doesn't have logins muted then their last ad may have scrolled off the screen. Spamming is spamming, so if the ad is less than the 1 minute you may report for spamming. If the advertiser is annoying you can mute that person or mute ads chat for a bit. |
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Anybody else? Thanks for your input SereneSelena ** Brown Server ** |
However I doubt it will happen. Things such as iPad, iPod, iTouch... do not support Adobe Flash which is what the game is programmed in. So, Joe would have to 100% re-design the game and re-program it in probably HTML or something like that. It would take a very long time to do that, and it would not be as much fun to play probably. Also, as it would be a totally separate thing, you would have an account here, but you would not be able to access it from an App. So for example you would not be able to log on and train unless you logged onto this game here. This would be because the app would have to be in a totally different programing language. And the game would out of necessity be somewhat different. There is an app that you can use to access this game from iPad, iPod, iTouch, but it's not all that great, and you still need access to a keyboard of some kind. You can sort of play from what I've heard, but it's a bit awkward and a bit limited. (I don't have the app, so I'm going on hearsay.) |
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Once I send it I'll delete your post so I know I've already sent it. If you didn't get it and I deleted your post, please mail me directly as it's possible I have an old address for you. |
Enjoy! Pip |
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It's also breaking Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection laws as to do the above requires sharing personal information. Do NOT do this. If caught you will be permanently banned. I'm not talking about subscriptions and PO's which players purchase with real money and sell to others for game money. I'm talking about buying/selling actual pixel horses or tack for real life money. You do NOT own those, they belong to Durbin Development Inc. You may buy, sell, trade them on this game. You may use game money to purchase them, you may use game money to purchase subs and PO's from others. You may NOT use real money to purchase subs, PO's, horses, tack or anything else from others. Thanks, DesertPaint Administrator |
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Players may not sell for profit what they don't own. Please keep an eye out for this and file an abuse report immediately if you see or suspect this is happening. Most of it is being carried out on face so I am having a problem knowing what is happening. The snippets of chat I see don't make any sense. *laughing out loud!* Plus one of the players accused has a name that also matches a game name/word. So trying to load that players chat is just not going to happen, would take me hours to go though just one day. I need to be able to have another search word to go with it such as another players name who is selling the horse or something. I've run all the key words I can think of and come up with zip. If any of you stumble on something like this on the chat message place, please copy/paste that chat and send it to our mail. support at horseisle dot com Thanks |
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Mods Getting Twitchy? Making Funny Faces? Try Putting Ads In Ads Chat, And Following All The Rules!! Try It, You'll Like It! Looking For A Horse To Buy? Check Out The Ads Chat And Buy The Horse Of Your Dreams Today! Need To Sell Your Horses,Items? Try The New Ads Chat With Cool Purple Lettering And Get Your Ads Noticed Try It Today! Hard To Find Residents? Check Out The Horse Isle Community Libraries And Find Those Pesky Residents! Stumble Across A Wild Horse And Don't Know What To Do? Click On The Capture And Rope That Horsie In! Need Help With Pesky Riddles? Get Some Help By Asking For Help In PM's! Help Will Come Mods pulling their hair out? Lets try using ad chat and following the rules so they can keep their hair:) Please Put All Ads In Ads Chat. This Includes: Buying, Selling, Trading, Auctioning, Wanted ,Needed Items And Contests. Thanks! Please Put All Ads In Ads Chat. This Includes: Buying, Selling, Trading, Auctioning, Wanted ,Needed Items, Releasing Horses , Announcing Wilds & Contests. Got something to sell? Want to buy? Place in ads chat and give it a try! If you want to sell you horse, list it in ads chat of course! No one buying what you are selling? Try using ads chat and make it compelling! Got something to sell or want something cool? Please use ads chat - it's a Horse Isle rule Selling this, trading that? Advertise it in ads chat! No one listening? No one buying? Try Ads Chat and keep on Trying! Looking for that special horse? Try ads chat and go with the force! Hope you enjoyed it! Pip! |
I lost these when my old computer's motherboard gave it up. Here is another one I did the other day: Pretty Purple Classifieds are the way to go, get your ads out to show! *laughing out loud!* Yeah, it was a bit late... |
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Players can NOT buy ranches from others Only from the game. It's impossible to "sell" or "buy" a ranch except from the game, there is absolutely no way to transfer it. So do not attempt to "scam" others by trying to sell a ranch that you can't sell. Please do not be "scammed" by trying to buy a ranch a player can't sell to you. It's not a rule it's an impossibility. The game does not allow ranch transfers between players. No scamming others is a rule. Thanks |
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As a non-subscriber it says I get one minute of playing time per 8 minutes of passing time, subject to load. What does subject to load mean? -feeling slightly thick- if its busy I have wait longer for a playing minute? or that the admins can change this whenever they please? Also, is there any chance of earning playing time quicker? It might help increase the number of players on at a time if they can play for longer as then people of different timezones could overlap playtime more easily. :) Rit. |
You gain 1 minute of play time every 8 real minutes. Load refers to the number of players on the server. Servers can handle up to 150 players per server. Since we are no where near that at this time, the "load" issue isn't really important. Load - if the server is at capacity subscribed players will get priority for being able to log onto the game. :) |
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Player: Mercedes has disconnected..Benz has logged in... Mercedes-Benz xD |
And for the record, no connection between the players. :) |
Note: I had to translate it as well since it was sent in Czech. "I'm not writing to Google." Um, ok... that's fine with me... I just have one question, why do I need to know this? *laughing out loud!* |
"Please un-ban this IP." Er, what is the IP? Who are you? Which game is this for? We really need to hire a psychic to do the support mail. *laughing out loud!* --- "Hi, it's me again, I forgot my username and mail, can you tell me who I am?" Actually no, I have no idea. >.< *laughing out loud!* |
Player: do you know who does the voice acting for all the socials and stuff? c: Me: o.O No sorry! Player: aah ok. a bud and i were wondering cx do you know where we could possibly find out? c: ahahaa!!! I think i should of told them it was DP ;) |
PoisonIvy: O.o not 27hh tbs *laughing out loud! Falconine: Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it's Ivy on her 27hh TB! Imagine one of those in the Grand National.. Falconine: More like Hang on, I'll be with you after these 3 flights of stairs.. Falconine: Ahahah the world is plunged into econic decline as a global food shortage is announced due to the 27hh foal moving on to hard feed. |
Birth date: July 29, 2013. O.O |
"It was this mail before I changed it." Um, ok... o.O |
Sounds like some of them do have their "blonde" moments! *laughing out loud!* |
...It's small enough you can just grid it. *laughing out loud!* |
"how am i supposed to play if you ban every account?" Well, duh. *laughing out loud!* |
player: same and i'm meant to be resting because im sick.... player: oh well :) player 2: haha same here 7 UnmindfulFlipper: player: same and i'm meant to be resting because im sick....player: oh well :) The "oh well" was a pun, right? |
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The pricing he does is his own, and is based mostly on experience the horse has been given = training done. The more training you put on the horse, the more he will pay, up to a point. He usually starts out at around $6,000 give or take some. The Pawneer doesn't care about Intelligence or Personality so those are not included in his pricing since you can't train for those. (You can pellet, but not train.) His pricing does not reflect current player pricing for horses though. |
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