Thursday, May 14, 2009

Rules & Regulations

Rules

General Rules

1) Submissions for the context must specify the word count implemented.

2) It must adhere to the period’s theme as the main idea, or at least have some connection.

3) It must be submitted by the deadline.

4) The deadline will be according to AG time so that people will not be confused by the timeframe, exploit difference in time zones.

5) A winner cannot win twice in a row, though he or she can submit an entry the next week.

6) There will be judges, preferably a few to provide a fair platform for users to compete.

What not to include

1) No inappropriate language, such as vulgarities, swearing. This includes slandering anyone in the AG community.

2) No slandering of race, religion, culture, language of people.

3) No sexual references or innuendoes, though romantic scenes such as kissing can be included.

Actions that lead to disqualification

1) No plagiarism, if it has been discovered that the story has been stolen, e.g. the plot has been copied, the user will be disqualified with immediate action. However, elements of inspiration can be allowed.

2) Only one submission is allowed for each user. So please do not create multiple accounts for multiple suggestions. If it has been discovered that a user has submitted many entries due to this method, he or she will be disqualified.

3) If someone’s username is used as a character’s name ask for permission first. Failure to do so may lead to disqualification.