Woodcrest Groups
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WOODCREST ROLEPLAY
The group chat is for IN-CHARACTER (IC) ONLY. Out-of-Character (OOC) questions, comments or snide remarks are inappropriate here. You must request a "Roleplayer" title from a moderator in order to participate. The primary purposes are
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✦ In-World Announcements or Broadcasts, such as event announcements
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✦ 911 Emergency Calls - only emergency personnel, moderators, or storytellers may answer. While a 911 call is in progress, please refrain from posting other content that distracts from it.
​​✦ RP hooks: these should be a couple sentences to a short paragraph in length, describing a scene on-sim to alert and invite others to come join in. Continue the Roleplay by traveling to the scene and responding in local chat. Occasionally, RP response in group chat can be appropriate if it continues to set up information relevant to the community at large.
WOODCREST OOC CHAT
This is for Out-of Character questions or chatter. Please keep things respectful, and do not use this as a platform for your RL agendas.
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WOODCREST UNIVERSITY
This group chat is for University-related announcements (e.g. classes, admin or student-council related information, etc.) or questions only. You may join this group at the school's admissions office in the main building through the library.
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WOODCREST LANDGROUP
This is for renters, event managers, and rez permits.
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OTHER SUBGROUPS
​Other groups include Greek Houses, Athletics and Student Groups, Community Groups, Emergency Services, and Police. You may find group joiners or applications on sim to join these. No groups exist for secret societies. None at all. Honest.
Roleplay Zones
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THE TOWN AND UNIVERSITY
All open areas at ground level are Roleplay areas, and are available for any one to create or participate in RP scenes. Please do not park AFK in an RP area.
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THE UNIVERSITY
Is considered an open RP space. Note exceptions to various spaces:
✦ Designated spaces (e.g. Faculty office, Council office) may have IC access restricted to those to whom the spaces belong.
✦ Classes in session must follow the RP direction of the instructor in charge, and may not be disrupted without their prior permission. Many instructors work hard to prepare their lessons; please respect that.
✦ The admissions office is a space for new players to receive information, so please restrict RP in that room to welcoming new students, and not as a place to initiate a crisis.
✦ Questions concerning University space may be directed to the sim's moderators or to the University Coordinator.
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BUSINESSES
are also considered open RP spaces, although player shop owners may choose to close shop to host private RP. Please note that RP that seeks to break in, damage or sabotage a rental business must receive the owner's prior OOC permission.
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PRIVATE RESIDENCES
All residences are considered private spaces. Any entry (including ICly unlawful break-ins) or damage to such a space must receive the owner or tenant's prior OOC permission.
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GREEK HOUSES
These are private group spaces, who can set their own rules for IC access granted to non-group members. RP break-ins are allowed for the purpose of good-natured pranks (must be RPed and make sense IC), without explicit permission from group leads. However, respect a group lead's OOC request (or if none are available, a group member's request) if they ask you to leave.
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SKY ZONES
Sky platforms are available for temporary builds to host public or group IC events. Spaces have been assigned to certain groups where they may construct temporary builds. Please build on the platform and not significantly above or below it. Setting up sky boxes or platforms separate from the ones provided is forbidden without prior permission from a moderator.
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BUILD ZONES
These spaces are restricted use, for staff or approved members.
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Rezzing Rights​
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ALL ROLEPLAYERS
You may rez objects as props for temporary scenes. The objects must be believable for the scene and setting. Vehicles are allowed and you can obtain a driver's license at the DMV located in the police station.
The sim will automatically return items not belonging to the landgroup within 2 hours, but please make a habit of actively picking up your items after yourself.
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RENTERS
You may place long-term objects within your rental space(s), up to the limits specified by your rental agreement. Objects placed outside of your rental space are considered temporary, and are subject to being returned by a moderator.
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GROUP LEADS
For groups who have been granted spaces, typically one or two of the group leads will have rights to rez a limited number of long-term objects within. Objects rezzed by all other group members in a group's space are considered temporary, and are subject to being returned by a moderator. Exceptions can be made if the group member is a renter on the same sim as the group's space.
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EVENTS
Events, whether on designated event platforms or at ground level, may be set up within reasonable time in advance (typically 1-2 days although more time can be granted if needed). All objects should be picked up at the event's end, and certainly by the end of the day on which the event takes place.
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Rez permits may be granted for others to assist the event planner or group leads in setting up an event. For events hosted by groups where group members are invited to contribute to set up, please keep the number of contributors under a half dozen; if you wish to involve more, please consult first with a sim moderator.
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IN GENERAL
Objects deemed excessively adverse to sim performance - whether due to prim usage, texture, rendering and script load - warrant a notice from sim staff. Sim staff reserve the right to return any such objects should warnings not be heeded. Exceptionally detrimental objects may be returned without warning. In the radial menus in the Firestorm viewer you can check your scripts, and with the Inspect function you can check your objects' rendering loads.
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The rezzing regulations are in place in order to allow roleplayers to feel free to rez their temporary items without worrying about overloading the sim. So please follow them to be a good neighbor to other roleplayers and residents!
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