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These rules are also posted on the Basic Information for New Players thread.

Daily Herd Helpers (DHH or HH) –
You may not auction your herd helper slot. This takes too long and often leads to lost shares.

You may use your herd helper for another person with the stats of their choice for a previously agreed-upon price. In other words, "custom" herd helpers (as they are referred to on the forums) wherein you post an extra 'share' of your existing herd helper, are allowed.

Please do not take reservations for herd helpers, please stick to only herd helper you have active. Herd helpers scheduled in advance as part of special events are always subject to change.


Other expectations:

Please do not respond on posts that are over 3 months old. Check the date, and start a new thread if you have something to say!


Limit adding ‘me, too’ or ‘ditto’ to a bug report. If you are having a similar problem you can click “Thanks” to let Ammit know that it is happening in more than just one instance.


Please do not change the title of your threads after an auction is over, or a problem is solved, or you found the horse you were looking for. Even if you change your mind and decide not to post; either delete the whole post or add an explanation in the body of the post. It makes the forum really confusing to go through the main list, and there may just be someone else out there who could benefit from your ‘silly’ question! If you want, just add ‘Sold’, or ‘Closed’ after the original title.

Please only advertise stallions (or any breedings) that are available (as in old enough to breed) in the current breeding year. Once the breeding year has ended (after the 27th of the month) you can advertise horses for the next game year.


Posting Rules. Yes, we do enforce these rules. They are helpfully listed just below the text box where you type your forum message. To review, they are; do not use chat speak, use normal capitalization (not all capital letters, or all lowercase letters), and, one punctuation mark will get the job done.


Simplify Post titles. Remember that you are directing your message to everyone, including new players, who don’t speak the ‘language’ yet! Your title needs to be a brief summary of what is in your post. This also means that you really need to limit the emotional or over dramatic post titles. We get that you might be bummed that your fancy filly was spayed, but your life is not over….trust me.

Please don't "bump" posts. If you want to bring a post back to the top please share some new information, or give an update. Please don't spam the forum with zero content posts.

No begging; for horses, or money, or gifts. This community is amazingly generous, and people will give you things! If people take advantage of this generosity it won’t be much fun, and people will stop helping. We never want it to get to that point, so we do step in, if a post looks like begging. This includes excessive whining or bemoaning the fact that you don’t have enough money, or stalls, or “all I need is one tiny little GMT token” to finish your new stallion, or “if only I had a bigger pasture for all these mares”. If you are mentioning the problem as part of a conversation, that is fine, just be aware of how it might sound.


We also do not tolerate drama. We encourage you to try everything you can to resolve the problem on your own, but if you have a dispute that does not seem to want to go away, please bring it to the attention of someone on the admin team.


If something does go wrong, remember to be polite. Sarcasm, angry posts, or accusations will just make things worse. Take the time to calm down and think of the best way to address the issue. We will help if you ask.


Honesty is the best policy. If you made a mistake, just tell us. Everyone here has messed up, many of us more than once! We will do what we can to help you out, but if you are not willing to admit to a mistake, things can get very frustrating for everyone.


Some players like to run forum games and contests. It is lots of fun, and we encourage it. No ‘pay to play’ games or raffles, are allowed, though. Games can only be free to enter. Keep everything above board, and things will remain fun!


REALLY long signatures make posts hard to read. You should keep it to one or two lines of text and a small picture. You do not need to list all the licenses you have, or all the colors you breed. Keep it succinct; your stable ID number and a few words about your barns will get the job done.


These are all things that are, in the end, basic courtesy. Lots of people don’t realize that what they are doing (or not doing) may be causing a problem, that’s why we wanted to share these “Unwritten rules”.
Remember that this is a GAME. If you are not having fun, something is wrong! Enjoy it!