Orchard Heights Guidelines
Version 2017-05-16
♥ Orchard Heights welcomes you! ♥
At Orchard Heights we will always do our best to be accommodating and helpful to our tenants, guests and visitors. We do ask that you follow a few basic rules so that we can provide the best possible experience for all who join us. Please ensure you have read the following document from beginning to end. Failure to do so does not excuse breaking one of the guidelines provided. Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us Aiden Tigra (aidentigra) or Aurora Tigra (auroradarklove), we are always more than happy to help :)
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• General Guidelines
• Parcel Guidelines
• Group Guidelines
• Roleplay Guidelines
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1. General Guidelines
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1a) All public interactions including but not limited to Voice, IM, Gestures and local Chat in public areas are to be kept PG at all times. This is a Family Friendly Community! (Please note: this rule does not apply to your interactions within your own parcel. There you are free to speak freely as you wish as long as you have restricted your voice and local to your own parcel. If you need help doing this please contact a manager)
1b) Camming in or entering other peoples homes is off limits. Not only is it an invasion of privacy, but also unrealistic for RP purposes, we would generally not do that in real life. Please ensure you are considerate of others’ privacy. Even though you can't see avatars when you cam into someone's home you can see their belongings and in most cases they can see that you are camming inside which creates an uncomfortable situation for everyone. Please be mindful of this.
1c) Do not enter a Home unless you are invited. This includes but is not limited to Police, Fire, Emergency Medical RP and Visitors.
1d) Bullying, harassment, condescending behavior or rude behavior toward another resident, a visitor or any member of the community in general will not be tolerated. This is considered a major offense and will result in your permanent removal from Orchard Heights Community.
1f) We offer a 48 hour grace period for rent payment. If you know you will not be online please ensure you pay your rent in advance. As soon as 48 hours post expiry has lapsed on the rental box it will become available to others and you will be removed as tenant. In this case all your belongings are returned to you in bulk, which can result in loss of items that are not copy. For your own peace of mind and to avoid the hassle, please pay ahead of time. You can expect a message / notecard from a manager of owner just briefly after you went overdue to remind you of the payment.
1g) Please respect all members of the community at all times including staff. Staff is here to help make your experience a positive one and they do their best please respect that. Members of our community include but are not limited to: Sim Owners, Estate Managers, Managers, Employees of any establishment on sim, Fire Department Staff, Police Department Staff, Medical staff, Guests and Tenants.
1i) Community Guidelines will be updated at the sim owners discretion and can be done without notice. A notice will be sent with the new copy immediately upon adjustment. It is your responsibility to be up to date on Guidelines, please ensure you are attentive to all notices sent in Orchard Heights groups at all times.
1j) We encourage our residents to gain employment within our community if you wish to do so. Within your RP employment you may have a boss but please keep in mind that these guidelines always apply and take priority over any rules within your workplace. If a problem arises within the RP aspect of the community please do not hesitate to let us know.
1k) The following Groups should be joined to ensure you have access to all areas of our sims.
For members visiting the sim to enjoy our community as a guest, please ensure you join:
• Orchard Heights
For those who become Residents of Orchard Heights please ensure you are part of:
• Orchard Heights - Residents (for tenants, their guests and those living in the home only!)
2. Parcel Guidelines
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2a) If you do not wish others to be able to hear personal conversations within your parcel you should set your parcel settings to restrict voice to the parcel as well as your gestures. You can do this by going to the land settings. All parcels have these setting as a standard upon renting.
2b) Unless your parcel is set to keep all conversation private any and all conversation either type or voice or gestures it is to be kept PG. There is no exception to this rule.
2c) Your rent is based on prims allocated to you. If you go over this amount you will be asked to fix it. If after 12 hours you have not done so, items will be returned to you. Extra Prim passes are available at an extra cost to those who require a few extra, please contact Sim owner if you require more prim to discuss it.
2d) Please restrict your objects to within your own parcel boundaries. If you don't know where your parcel starts and finishes, press control, shift, alt, P to highlight parcel borders or press the Land button in your viewer. The only exception to this rule is having a bike or scooter or any such item out in the public areas while you are present and we ask that you take it with you when you go home. Please note that having any such item within the public areas will subject you and the item to general community RP as it is in a public area, i.e traffic violations etc...
2e) Adult interactions are absolutely allowed while on your own parcel provided that it has restricted access. Other visitors, tenants and staff should not be able to see or hear you. That said, camming is not permitted. Please see community guideline 1b. Please do not make others uncomfortable by doing inappropriate things in public areas.
2f) Rezzing in public areas (park...etc) is allowed, however keep it PG at all times. We will return items should you forget, however we are here to maintain a peaceful and happy community not to clean up after you so please remember to pick it up when your done.
2g) Parcel permissions will allow you to change your parcel name,change music and media and control access lists. It should also allow you to change who can interact over parcel lines, however, if not feel free to contact a sim manager.
2h) Landscaping your plot is no small task. We have put a lot of effort and details into your surroundings and general sim design, we ask that that you do not put anything on your parcel that doesn't match the sim. For example: Purple trees... Autumn plants in the Winter, Alpha trees. We ask this in order to keep the integrity of the design and make it visually pleasing to all who are walking around. Please make sure that you have approved it with your Neighbor(s) if any of your plants or trees will cross into their yard in any way. Please provide a NC with permission from all Neighbors. That way, if there is a disagreement you can provide proof to a Sim Owner or Estate Manager. The Sim Owners and Managers can always overrule decisions made to landscaping to be ensure the high quality of details is kept to a specific standard.
2i) All parcels are provided already with a high quality home and decoration that is excluded of your prim usage. Should you like to replace the home, this is possible, however the home must be approved by the Sim Owners in order to avoid having something completely out of place in the community. For example we prefer not to have a gothic vampire tower in our beautiful country sim. Please think of your Neighbors when decorating! Let’s keep Orchard Heights beautiful for all to see. In regards to prims, if the home you put out has a higher land impact than the original home on the parcel, it will count towards your prims, not ours.
2j) If you are unsure of prim usage, please get in contact with an Estate Manager, Manager or the Sim Owner. We are here to help you whenever and however you need. We will always do our best to get back to you asap.
2k) If adding Subtenants to your rental box, those tenants are your responsibility. If they break guidelines it can result in your eviction. Please educate your guests and family members on our Guidelines.
3. Group Guidelines
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3a) Group chat in all Orchard Heights groups is to be kept PG at all times. There is no exception to this rule.
3b) You may advertise within group chat and or send notices, however it must be for events that are within the community. Just to be clear, you can NOT advertise your store, a carnival or event in another community..etc. If you wish to promote something that may be interest to our members, please contact the Sim Owners or one of the Managers to discuss it first.
3c) Regarding group support, if you don't hear back from a member of staff in the group chat regarding any questions you have please message them directly! Chances are, the group chat hasn't opened. Rest assured you will never be intentionally ignored.
4. Role Play Guidelines
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4a) RP is not a requirement at Orchard Heights. We do however love it and encourage you to participate in the fun whenever there are roleplay activities held within the community.
4b) Forcing RP is a big NO. You must have permission from all parties involved before you commence a RP activity in public. This includes RP departments such as fire, police, medical..etc.... Please never assume someone wants to participate, ask first!!
4c) God Modding is not allowed. If you get run over by a scooter or bike when in character during a roleplay activity, you're not going to just be fine afterwards. You would at the very least need to RP some form of medical attention. If you are not interested in RPing realistically then it is best to avoid the activity all together. We strive to provide a positive and realistic RP experience for those who wish to participate.
4d) Meta Gaming is not allowed. (Metagaming is any strategy, action or method used in a game which transcends a prescribed ruleset, uses external factors to affect the game, or goes beyond the supposed limits or environment set by the game). This includes Griefing of any nature!!!!! This will result in immediate eviction and estate ban!!
To read more about Meta Gaming and examples please visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metagaming_(role-playing_games)
4e) Do not just jump into somebodies RP without making sure it's okay in IM first. Please respect the RP and the members involved in ongoing RP activities.
3f) Setting fire to your home is not allowed.
3g) Sim-wide RP like flooding, blizzards, storms..etc... must not be conducted without seeking permission ahead of time. You must seek permission from the Sim Owners only. Please contact Aiden Tigra (aidenTigra) or Aurora Tigra (auroradarklove) to discuss. We also accept suggestions, so please, do ask and share your ideas!
3h) All RP can be ceased and voided at anytime by an Estate Manager, Manager or Owners at their own discretion.