Rules

GRYVENPUFSLY PLOT

Set fifty years after Lord Voldemort's downfall, Harry Potter is now 67 years old, as well as his two best friends, Ron & Hermione. Though Harry & Ron never went back to finish their last year at Hogwarts, they both managed to get themselves positions at the Auror's Department--thanks to Kingsly Shaklebolt being the prime Minister by that time. Harry & Ginny as we all know, ended up together and had three children. Their youngest, Lily is now 40 years old. And of course, there's also Ron & Hermione, who had three kids of their own. How long Harry lived, or if he still lives, no one knows (except perhaps our dear author, Miss Rowling).

Now, for old GVPS members who would like to base their new characters from the characters they used to have back in the old board, here's a clue. Kristina Krum is roughly around 69 years old. So from her age, you could start computing for your new characters' ages.

Rules
SECTION 1: USERNAME Username Acceptability: A username could either be a member's real name or screen name as long as it doesn't contain too obscene or sexually related words. Non-Cannon Usernames: No one is allowed to use any of the Harry Potter cannon names as username. There are, however, special cases when Gryvenpufsly decides to create an official account and chooses to give that account a cannon username. Name Change: Members may change their usernames if and only if they have the gold to pay for it. A name change costs 500 galleons. Members may only change usernames once every three months. SECTION 2: ROLEPLAYING CHARACTER Non-cannon RP Character: Members are encouraged to use their imagination by creating original, non-cannon characters. There are instances, however, when moderators are allowed to use cannon-characters in class rooms. Multiple Characters: Gryvenpufsly now allows its members to have more than one Roleplaying characters. However, we strongly recommend to those new at text-based RPG to keep just one character on the first few months of their membership. This is to maximize character exposure and growth. Primary Character: Everyone should set a primary character for his/her account. This rule is mandatory and is expected to be carried out by everyone. Character Registration: All characters must be registered at the Department of Registration. Further details can be found there. SECTION 3: SORTING PROCESS Sorting: Only student characters need to be sorted. Sorting is done by taking this quiz. Your sorting results will be owled to you by a moderator. Once you have been sorted, you can now create your character at the Department of Registration. Houses: Students can be sorted to one of the four houses: to Hufflepuff--the house of loyalty and justice, to Gryffindor-- the house or daring, nerve and chivalry, to Ravenclaw-- the house of wit and learning, or to Slytherin-- the house of ambition and cunning means. House Change: The sorting hat's decision would is final and irrevocable. Appeals for house-change wouldn't be entertained so save your time and effort. Do NOT ask any moderators to change your house for you because that would be useless. SECTION 4: GVPS TIMELINE 5 Decades Later: Gryvenpufsly operates 50 years after the seventh book (Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows). Meaning, Harry Potter is 67 years old. Whether he is still alive or is already dead by natural cause, no one really knows. Gryvenpufsly asks its members to please not mess up with cannon characters. The Dark Times: TDT operates in an entirely different time line. Its plot is set 10 years after the current plot. And to prevent mix-up, members are to create an entirely new character independent of their GVPS characters. SECTION 5: POSTING RULES OOC Posting Length: In Gryvenpufsly, spamming is considered a crime. As a rule, every Out of Character posts must be at least 250 characters or letters. This is roughly three lines in the actual post and four lines in the reply/quick reply box. RP Post Length: Roleplaying posts, on the other hand requires more length than OOC Posts. Ideally, an RP post must contain at least 750 letters, resulting to 9 or 10 lines. This counting must not include the OOC posts made within the RP posts. RP Name Posting: When RPing, each members must put their roleplaying names (in bold) at the upper left of their posts. This is done for identification purposes and also to prevent confusion among characters. Default Font/Color: Members are not to use any color expect the official color of the text in the board. The use of dynamic, flashy, hard on the eyes color must also be avoided. Word Filters: Members are expected to behave themselves properly and promote a neutral if not friendly atmosphere within the board. Using sexually and morally explicit words is therefore forbidden, same goes for cursing and flaming fellow members. Roleplay Professionalism: It is quite understandable that some characters clash in RP, however, taking this rift OOC is a matter that must be avoided. Everything done In Character must not be taken personally because an assault to a member's character does not mean an assault to the member himself. Rift Settlement: Any misunderstanding must be settled before the moderators (or worse, the admins) decide that they had enough and result to hard decisions such as banning or expulsion from the board. SECTION 6: MONEY SYSTEM Starting Money: Everyone starts with 50 gold galleons. That is equal to 850 silver sickles or 24,650 bronze knuts. Earning Money: members can earn money by putting up a shop, doing commission works for the board or for other members, selling fanfictions, arts, etc. They can also earn money through their profession. Referral Money: The easiest way to earn money in big bulk is to refer Gryvenpufsly to a friend. Every successful registration by referral is worth 10 Galleons. Money Donation: Donation of gold from one member to the other is possible provided that the amount to be donated does not exceed the maximum amount of money the donation has at hand. SECTION 7: POINT SYSTEM Class Points: Can be earned by attending classes or by helping other students. Only primary characters can earn class points. Class points earned by secondary characters will be converted to RP points. RP Points: These points, as the name implies are points earned by roleplaying. There are certain places in the board wherein roleplaying earns a member points. Such places can be found mostly at The Grounds or in Roleplaying Classes. Experience Points: Experience points are for professionals or graduates. The experience points determine one's work level or rank. House Cup: At the end of each term, the house which earns the highest cumulative points will win the House Cup. Moreover, the member with the highest number of class points will be awarded as "Top Student of the Term" while the members with the highest number of Roleplaying points will be awarded as the "Best Roleplayer of the term." SECTION 8: AVATARS & SIGNATURES Avatars : Must be 100 pixels wide and 100 pixels tall. It must be Harry Potter or Gryvenpufsly related. Preferably, the avatar of your self or your character. Avatars can be animated as long as you host it and as long as the signature doesn't contain an animated banner. You can use Imageshack or Photobucket for free hosting. Signatures: Must not be more than 550 pixels wide and 200 pixels tall. Signatures can only contain one banner not exceeding 500x150pixels . The banner can be animated, provided that it does not exceed 100kb and that the avatar is not animated as well. Signature may also contain five smilies and colored texts. Source: Members may get their avatars and signatures from Puddifoots. The owner of that site is Bowserbabe, our old board's skin manager. Limitations: Signatures may not contain any offensive images or words. In accordance to Section 12 of this rulebook, signatures may not also contain links to another Harry Potter Roleplaying board. This may sound selfish and childish but it is a little thing to ask. SECTION 9: PROMOTIONS Prefects: Everyone above fourth year is a candidate for prefectship. However, only those who RP well and are active are chosen. Each house will have a set of prefect-- a girl and a boy. A prefect may lose his title if his performance doesn't please the Headmaster and the rest of the teachers. Headboy & Headgirl: A headboy and a headgirl are chosen from 7th years and may come from any house. They may be prefects during their 6th year or not at all. They are chosen according to how well they RP and how active they are. There will only have one headboy and one headgirl every term. They may lose their title if their performance doesn't please the Headmaster and the rest of the teachers. Moderator: A student, regardless of his year, may be made moderator of the board if the Headmaster thinks he is worthy and capable of becoming one. Access: The prefects, headboy, headgirl and moderators are given special access to the Staff Area. A hidden forum where most of the planning and talking among moderators and administrators take place. SECTION 10: PRIVACY OF HOUSES Double Accounts: Creating double accounts is a major prohibition in Gryvenpufsly. This rule is made in order to protect the privacy of each houses. Since common rooms of each houses are hidden from the view of those who are not their members, it could be understood that secrecy is something each house values. This secrecy must be respected. Solution: The reason why the admins allow multiple characters is in order to prevent members from making double accounts. By allowing double characters, the member will get to enjoy RPing characters from different house without seeing the common room of their second characters. Penalty: Anyone caught violating this rule would be subject to disciplinary action-- and if the case asks it, expulsion. SECTION 11: COPYRIGHT Content: Anything found within and owned by Gryvenpufsly must not be used outside it without permission. Rules :The administrators are particularly protective of the rules and regulations because they have worked hard to come up with such ideas. If a person wishes to borrow these rules and regulations, that person is advised to contact Christine, who made most of the rules existing in the board, so it would be better if her permission is asked first. Images: Most of the images here are owned by Gryvenpufsly. Most...not all. The admins don't claim full credit on every images which can be found in the board but even so, the admins expect that anyone who would like to use these images should contact them first. No Hot Linking: Once they have decided to allow you to use their images, please have the heart to host this images to your own website. Hot linking would steal Gryvenpufsl'y bandwidth. Link Back: Anything borrowed from Gryvenpufsly must be linked back. That is all we ask in exchange of letting you use the products of our sweat. SECTION 12: ADVERTISING No Solicitations Please: Gryvenpufsly is a roleplaying forum. This is not a place for advertising, nor is it a place to ask for financial support. Most of our members here are teenagers who are still at school. We don't have that much money to aid you financially. About Other HP Board: We also ask that you NEVER advertise another Harry Potter Roleplaying Board. This is not a place to recruit new members for another board. Any form of member recruitment will be considered a disrespect to Gryvenpufsly and its administrators. Penalty: Anyone caught violating this law is a candidate for expulsion from the board. An appeal from the violator may be passed and will be reviewed by the moderators. These rules are subject to change and will be subjected to such as the administration sees fit. Announcements will be sent out at any event of rule-change.

Rules

SECTION 1: USERNAME

Username Acceptability: A username could either be a member's real name or screen name as long as it doesn't contain too obscene or sexually related words.
Non-Cannon Usernames: No one is allowed to use any of the Harry Potter cannon names as username. There are, however, special cases when Gryvenpufsly decides to create an official account and chooses to give that account a cannon username.
Name Change: Members may change their usernames if and only if they have the gold to pay for it. A name change costs 500 galleons. Members may only change usernames once every three months.

SECTION 2: ROLEPLAYING CHARACTER

Non-cannon RP Character: Members are encouraged to use their imagination by creating original, non-cannon characters. There are instances, however, when moderators are allowed to use cannon-characters in class rooms.
Multiple Characters: Gryvenpufsly now allows its members to have more than one Roleplaying characters. However, we strongly recommend to those new at text-based RPG to keep just one character on the first few months of their membership. This is to maximize character exposure and growth.
Primary Character: Everyone should set a primary character for his/her account. This rule is mandatory and is expected to be carried out by everyone.
Character Registration: All characters must be registered at the Department of Registration. Further details can be found there.

SECTION 3: SORTING PROCESS

Sorting: Only student characters need to be sorted. Sorting is done by taking this quiz. Your sorting results will be owled to you by a moderator. Once you have been sorted, you can now create your character at the Department of Registration.
Houses: Students can be sorted to one of the four houses: to Hufflepuff--the house of loyalty and justice, to Gryffindor-- the house or daring, nerve and chivalry, to Ravenclaw-- the house of wit and learning, or to Slytherin-- the house of ambition and cunning means.
House Change: The sorting hat's decision would is final and irrevocable. Appeals for house-change wouldn't be entertained so save your time and effort. Do NOT ask any moderators to change your house for you because that would be useless.

SECTION 4: GVPS TIMELINE

5 Decades Later: Gryvenpufsly operates 50 years after the seventh book (Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows). Meaning, Harry Potter is 67 years old. Whether he is still alive or is already dead by natural cause, no one really knows. Gryvenpufsly asks its members to please not mess up with cannon characters.
The Dark Times: TDT operates in an entirely different time line. Its plot is set 10 years after the current plot. And to prevent mix-up, members are to create an entirely new character independent of their GVPS characters.

SECTION 5: POSTING RULES

OOC Posting Length: In Gryvenpufsly, spamming is considered a crime. As a rule, every Out of Character posts must be at least 250 characters or letters. This is roughly three lines in the actual post and four lines in the reply/quick reply box.
RP Post Length: Roleplaying posts, on the other hand requires more length than OOC Posts. Ideally, an RP post must contain at least 750 letters, resulting to 9 or 10 lines. This counting must not include the OOC posts made within the RP posts.
RP Name Posting: When RPing, each members must put their roleplaying names (in bold) at the upper left of their posts. This is done for identification purposes and also to prevent confusion among characters.
Default Font/Color: Members are not to use any color expect the official color of the text in the board. The use of dynamic, flashy, hard on the eyes color must also be avoided.
Word Filters: Members are expected to behave themselves properly and promote a neutral if not friendly atmosphere within the board. Using sexually and morally explicit words is therefore forbidden, same goes for cursing and flaming fellow members.
Roleplay Professionalism: It is quite understandable that some characters clash in RP, however, taking this rift OOC is a matter that must be avoided. Everything done In Character must not be taken personally because an assault to a member's character does not mean an assault to the member himself.
Rift Settlement: Any misunderstanding must be settled before the moderators (or worse, the admins) decide that they had enough and result to hard decisions such as banning or expulsion from the board.

SECTION 6: MONEY SYSTEM

Starting Money: Everyone starts with 50 gold galleons. That is equal to 850 silver sickles or 24,650 bronze knuts.
Earning Money: members can earn money by putting up a shop, doing commission works for the board or for other members, selling fanfictions, arts, etc. They can also earn money through their profession.
Referral Money: The easiest way to earn money in big bulk is to refer Gryvenpufsly to a friend. Every successful registration by referral is worth 10 Galleons.
Money Donation: Donation of gold from one member to the other is possible provided that the amount to be donated does not exceed the maximum amount of money the donation has at hand.

SECTION 7: POINT SYSTEM

Class Points: Can be earned by attending classes or by helping other students. Only primary characters can earn class points. Class points earned by secondary characters will be converted to RP points.
RP Points: These points, as the name implies are points earned by roleplaying. There are certain places in the board wherein roleplaying earns a member points. Such places can be found mostly at The Grounds or in Roleplaying Classes.
Experience Points: Experience points are for professionals or graduates. The experience points determine one's work level or rank.
House Cup: At the end of each term, the house which earns the highest cumulative points will win the House Cup. Moreover, the member with the highest number of class points will be awarded as "Top Student of the Term" while the members with the highest number of Roleplaying points will be awarded as the "Best Roleplayer of the term."

SECTION 8: AVATARS & SIGNATURES

Avatars : Must be 100 pixels wide and 100 pixels tall. It must be Harry Potter or Gryvenpufsly related. Preferably, the avatar of your self or your character. Avatars can be animated as long as you host it and as long as the signature doesn't contain an animated banner. You can use Imageshack or Photobucket for free hosting.
Signatures: Must not be more than 550 pixels wide and 200 pixels tall. Signatures can only contain one banner not exceeding 500x150pixels . The banner can be animated, provided that it does not exceed 100kb and that the avatar is not animated as well. Signature may also contain five smilies and colored texts.
Source: Members may get their avatars and signatures from Puddifoots. The owner of that site is Bowserbabe, our old board's skin manager.
Limitations: Signatures may not contain any offensive images or words. In accordance to Section 12 of this rulebook, signatures may not also contain links to another Harry Potter Roleplaying board. This may sound selfish and childish but it is a little thing to ask.

SECTION 9: PROMOTIONS

Prefects: Everyone above fourth year is a candidate for prefectship. However, only those who RP well and are active are chosen. Each house will have a set of prefect-- a girl and a boy. A prefect may lose his title if his performance doesn't please the Headmaster and the rest of the teachers.
Headboy & Headgirl: A headboy and a headgirl are chosen from 7th years and may come from any house. They may be prefects during their 6th year or not at all. They are chosen according to how well they RP and how active they are. There will only have one headboy and one headgirl every term. They may lose their title if their performance doesn't please the Headmaster and the rest of the teachers.
Moderator: A student, regardless of his year, may be made moderator of the board if the Headmaster thinks he is worthy and capable of becoming one.
Access: The prefects, headboy, headgirl and moderators are given special access to the Staff Area. A hidden forum where most of the planning and talking among moderators and administrators take place.

SECTION 10: PRIVACY OF HOUSES

Double Accounts: Creating double accounts is a major prohibition in Gryvenpufsly. This rule is made in order to protect the privacy of each houses. Since common rooms of each houses are hidden from the view of those who are not their members, it could be understood that secrecy is something each house values. This secrecy must be respected.
Solution: The reason why the admins allow multiple characters is in order to prevent members from making double accounts. By allowing double characters, the member will get to enjoy RPing characters from different house without seeing the common room of their second characters.
Penalty: Anyone caught violating this rule would be subject to disciplinary action-- and if the case asks it, expulsion.

SECTION 11: COPYRIGHT

Content: Anything found within and owned by Gryvenpufsly must not be used outside it without permission.
Rules :The administrators are particularly protective of the rules and regulations because they have worked hard to come up with such ideas. If a person wishes to borrow these rules and regulations, that person is advised to contact Christine, who made most of the rules existing in the board, so it would be better if her permission is asked first.
Images: Most of the images here are owned by Gryvenpufsly. Most...not all. The admins don't claim full credit on every images which can be found in the board but even so, the admins expect that anyone who would like to use these images should contact them first.
No Hot Linking: Once they have decided to allow you to use their images, please have the heart to host this images to your own website. Hot linking would steal Gryvenpufsl'y bandwidth.
Link Back: Anything borrowed from Gryvenpufsly must be linked back. That is all we ask in exchange of letting you use the products of our sweat.

SECTION 12: ADVERTISING

No Solicitations Please: Gryvenpufsly is a roleplaying forum. This is not a place for advertising, nor is it a place to ask for financial support. Most of our members here are teenagers who are still at school. We don't have that much money to aid you financially.
About Other HP Board: We also ask that you NEVER advertise another Harry Potter Roleplaying Board. This is not a place to recruit new members for another board. Any form of member recruitment will be considered a disrespect to Gryvenpufsly and its administrators.
Penalty: Anyone caught violating this law is a candidate for expulsion from the board. An appeal from the violator may be passed and will be reviewed by the moderators.

These rules are subject to change and will be subjected to such as the administration sees fit. Announcements will be sent out at any event of rule-change.