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Covenant
WINTERFELL COVENANT - UPDATED APRIL 6th, 2009
Winterfell is a twilight dream realm. A fantasy region inspired by the magnificence of medieval castles and the romantic elegance of Victorian manors basking in the splendor of twilight, designed and inspired by stories, dreams and creative interpretations of reality.
Dreams rule the night. Dreams inspire us. Dreams enchant us. Dreams free us to be as we truly are.
WHEN YOU BUY LAND IN WINTERFELL YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY AGREEING TO FOLLOW THESE RULES
1) BUILDING CODE, THEME, ZONING:
All buildings must adhere to the architectural styles and themes that are consistent with that regions theme and zoning. Please see below for details.
There are four kinds of land in Winterfell; Medieval Countryside, Medieval Town, Victorian Countryside, Victorian Town, and Private Islands. Each region is zoned as following:
Winterfell: Zoned Medieval residential. Taure En Lor (Grove of Dreams) is a shopping area with high quality designers and merchants, and is also the location of the Winterfell Library, Ballroom, and Bards Island.
Winterfell Sanctuary: Zoned Medieval residential, castles, cottages, Tudor manors.
Winterfell Ebonshire: Zoned Medieval residential, castles, cottages, Tudor manors. Elven themes are very welcome here. Lowtech Steampunk is welcome, but remember STEAM and GEARS, no electricity so no tesla tech.
Winterfell Morigion: Vampire RP island run by Jace Schnyder and Sygnet Despres. Please contact them with your questions regarding Winterfell Morigion.
Winterfell Amaranthine: Port Amaranthine is home to "Forest Floor" Gardens and Dreamscapes land run by Uni Ninetails. Please contact her with your questions regarding Winterfell Amaranthine.
Winterfell Absinthe: Zoned Victorian residential countyside and Victorian commercial dockside. Appropriate buildings are castles, cottages, Victorian painted ladies, Tudor manors, waterships, airships. Steampunk is welcome, but remember STEAM and GEARS, no electricity so no tesla tech.
Winterfell Laudanum: Zoned Victorian residential countyside and Victorian commercial dockside. Appropriate buildings are castles, cottages, Victorian painted ladies, Tudor manors, waterships, airships. Steampunk is welcome, but remember STEAM and GEARS, no electricity so no tesla tech.
Winterfell Anodyne: This is the sim that bring the old Winterfell (ancient, medieval and elven) and New Winterfell (Dark Victorian fantasy) together. Zoned Victorian residential countyside and Victorian commercial dockside. Appropriate buildings are castles, cottages, Victorian painted ladies, Tudor manors, waterships, airships. Steampunk is welcome, but remember STEAM and GEARS, no electricity so no tesla tech.
Private Islands: Zoned Medieval or Victorian residential and commercial as preferred to the owner. Appropriate buildings are castles, cottages, Victorian painted ladies, Tudor manors, waterships, airships. Steampunk is welcome, but remember STEAM and GEARS, no electricity so no tesla tech.
2) SPECIAL BUILDING RULES:
a) Floating buildings and vehicles must be within the realm of appropriate floating buildings. By this I mean airships, floating rock islands, semi hovering buildings must look like they are made to float. I ask that if you will be using floating constructions that you do so in an appropriate way.
Rope your airships to a docking apparatus. Floating islands should look like they actually came from the ground, and floating houses… that will be a hard sell for me, but I will keep my mind open to the concept as long as people do not abuse the rule. Random floating buildings will not be tolerated the only exception is at 500m and higher.
b) On Winterfell, Winterfell Sanctuary, and Winterfell Reverie you must leave 8-10 meters between your building and the property lines. Walls and fences are allowed to be built one and a half times as close to the property line as they are tall (2 meter wall can be 3 meters from the property line, 4 meter tall wall can be 6 meters from the property line.) On Winterfell Ebonshire, Winterfell Absinthe, Winterfell Laudanum and Winterfell Anodyne you can build right up to the property lines.
c) Full bright and glowing objects are forbidden, unless they are windows or light sources. This includes trees and bushes, unless they are specifically decorated with lights.
d) I personally can't stand blood being used as a decorative medium, so my personal rule is extended to you, no blood fountains, blood rivers, blood waterfalls or blood lakes outside your buildings. You may however have these things in your houses.
e) Billboards, signs and advertisements should only be used on the commercial shops in the towns and should be in theme.
f) Commercial land is open to any kind of business you like provided that it is in theme and is discrete. Please keep any potentially offensive materials or activities in your buildings and relatively out of general sight.
g) Content defined as adult or extreme as per the definitions outlined by Linden Lab and subject to change and interpretation by Linden Lab is not permitted in Winterfell.
3) PRESERVE THE VEGETATION AND LANDSCAPE: When building your home please keep in mind vegetation, a few trees here and there add a lot to the entire feel of the island. Do not remove the natural water ways or shoreline. I reserve the right to make minor edits to all land without consulting you to keep the landscape clean and in theme. Each plot of land should have at least 5 trees or bushes.
4) NO BAN LINES: No ban lines period. This means you can not use the land setting access list or the ban by payment type options. You may how ever ban specific people from your land. All security orbs should be set for at the very least 30 seconds
I HIGHLY recommend you to use “Star Security“ It has a nice particle test system, so you can press a button and see spheres of particles to show you the height and width etc of area it will scan, boot range, etc. It is also low lag and the particle setup really helps you understand what you are protecting.
Security note: I request that you only protect as much of your building and land as you need to be comfortable, and no higher than 30 meters high. Give AT LEAST 30 seconds of warning time, lag and other SL issues can delay visitor’s ability to comply with your security settings and boot them home and cause the hapless visitor to get a sour feeling about Winterfell. If you protect a specific room in your house and it is a reasonable size area that you have given plenty of warning with the other land parcel names and settings, and if you are careful with the security radius settings, you do not need to offer people any warning time at all.
5) USE THE RESOURCES OF YOUR ISLAND IN A FAIR WAY: Scripted items are fun and a basic part of life in SL. Some items are not created in a reasonable way, and will suck up the bandwidth of the entire island. If I do a scan and find that an item is causing lag for then entire community, I will contact you and ask you to remove it. In some cases if the instance is really bad, I will return the item to you with out talking to you first; this will only be done in extreme cases.
Scripts note: I will be running reports on script use in each region, if you are found to be using more than your fair share of the scripting power of the region, you will be asked to cut back.
6) BE NICE TO YOUR NEIGHBORS AND RESPECT PRIVACY: I will not tolerate disrespect or drama among the residents of Winterfell. You don't have to like your neighbors, but you do have to show them common respect. If you have problems with another resident of Winterfell, keep that between yourselves and no not let it interfere with the enjoyment of the people around you.
7) SELLING, TIER AND EVICTIONS
SELLING YOUR LAND: You may sell your land at anytime as long as your tier is paid, if you buy land with tier included, you as the buyer MUST IM me immediately. If you fail to IM me, that tier will be lost if I reset the meter.
TIER PAYMENTS: When you buy land on a private sim you do not pay Linden Lab directly. Instead you will pay me, and in turn I will pay Linden Lab. You do NOT need to be a premium member of Second Life to own land in Winterfell.
TERMINATION DUE TO PAYMENT FAILURE: At the end of each payment cycle, if you do not pay your tier, I will contact you to request payment. If I do not hear back from you in 48 hours I will be forced to clear your land and reclaim it. If this happens you will not be entitled to a refund of land purchase price. I am sorry there will be no exceptions.
TERMINATION DUE TO COVENANT VIOLATIONS: Warnings will be issued for all covenant infractions. Grave or repeated offences against our covenant may result in exile. Should a resident be exiled, their land will be reclaimed and objects returned to their inventory. Please be sure that you understand the covenant, as there will be absolutely no refunds for land purchase or tier payments if you are exiled.
VOLUNTARY TERMINATION: Any resident may relinquish their citizenship before they are able to sell or transfer their land before their tier is due. There will be no refund of land purchase or rent/tier paid if you choose to leave before selling your land.
8) GRID OUTAGES AND BUGS: Please understand that I have the same restraints as you do when it comes to bugs, update down time and griefer caused grid outages. I will not be able to offer any kind of refunds or compensation to make up for these inconveniences.
Thank you for your interest in Winterfell, I have worked hard to make it a wonderful place to call home in Second Life. Please feel free to email me any time with comments, questions or concerns!
Miss Serra the Seneschelf of Winterfell
serra.anansi@gmail.com
www.winterfell.ning.com
Winterfell is a twilight dream realm. A fantasy region inspired by the magnificence of medieval castles and the romantic elegance of Victorian manors basking in the splendor of twilight, designed and inspired by stories, dreams and creative interpretations of reality.
Dreams rule the night. Dreams inspire us. Dreams enchant us. Dreams free us to be as we truly are.
WHEN YOU BUY LAND IN WINTERFELL YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY AGREEING TO FOLLOW THESE RULES
1) BUILDING CODE, THEME, ZONING:
All buildings must adhere to the architectural styles and themes that are consistent with that regions theme and zoning. Please see below for details.
There are four kinds of land in Winterfell; Medieval Countryside, Medieval Town, Victorian Countryside, Victorian Town, and Private Islands. Each region is zoned as following:
Winterfell: Zoned Medieval residential. Taure En Lor (Grove of Dreams) is a shopping area with high quality designers and merchants, and is also the location of the Winterfell Library, Ballroom, and Bards Island.
Winterfell Sanctuary: Zoned Medieval residential, castles, cottages, Tudor manors.
Winterfell Ebonshire: Zoned Medieval residential, castles, cottages, Tudor manors. Elven themes are very welcome here. Lowtech Steampunk is welcome, but remember STEAM and GEARS, no electricity so no tesla tech.
Winterfell Morigion: Vampire RP island run by Jace Schnyder and Sygnet Despres. Please contact them with your questions regarding Winterfell Morigion.
Winterfell Amaranthine: Port Amaranthine is home to "Forest Floor" Gardens and Dreamscapes land run by Uni Ninetails. Please contact her with your questions regarding Winterfell Amaranthine.
Winterfell Absinthe: Zoned Victorian residential countyside and Victorian commercial dockside. Appropriate buildings are castles, cottages, Victorian painted ladies, Tudor manors, waterships, airships. Steampunk is welcome, but remember STEAM and GEARS, no electricity so no tesla tech.
Winterfell Laudanum: Zoned Victorian residential countyside and Victorian commercial dockside. Appropriate buildings are castles, cottages, Victorian painted ladies, Tudor manors, waterships, airships. Steampunk is welcome, but remember STEAM and GEARS, no electricity so no tesla tech.
Winterfell Anodyne: This is the sim that bring the old Winterfell (ancient, medieval and elven) and New Winterfell (Dark Victorian fantasy) together. Zoned Victorian residential countyside and Victorian commercial dockside. Appropriate buildings are castles, cottages, Victorian painted ladies, Tudor manors, waterships, airships. Steampunk is welcome, but remember STEAM and GEARS, no electricity so no tesla tech.
Private Islands: Zoned Medieval or Victorian residential and commercial as preferred to the owner. Appropriate buildings are castles, cottages, Victorian painted ladies, Tudor manors, waterships, airships. Steampunk is welcome, but remember STEAM and GEARS, no electricity so no tesla tech.
2) SPECIAL BUILDING RULES:
a) Floating buildings and vehicles must be within the realm of appropriate floating buildings. By this I mean airships, floating rock islands, semi hovering buildings must look like they are made to float. I ask that if you will be using floating constructions that you do so in an appropriate way.
Rope your airships to a docking apparatus. Floating islands should look like they actually came from the ground, and floating houses… that will be a hard sell for me, but I will keep my mind open to the concept as long as people do not abuse the rule. Random floating buildings will not be tolerated the only exception is at 500m and higher.
b) On Winterfell, Winterfell Sanctuary, and Winterfell Reverie you must leave 8-10 meters between your building and the property lines. Walls and fences are allowed to be built one and a half times as close to the property line as they are tall (2 meter wall can be 3 meters from the property line, 4 meter tall wall can be 6 meters from the property line.) On Winterfell Ebonshire, Winterfell Absinthe, Winterfell Laudanum and Winterfell Anodyne you can build right up to the property lines.
c) Full bright and glowing objects are forbidden, unless they are windows or light sources. This includes trees and bushes, unless they are specifically decorated with lights.
d) I personally can't stand blood being used as a decorative medium, so my personal rule is extended to you, no blood fountains, blood rivers, blood waterfalls or blood lakes outside your buildings. You may however have these things in your houses.
e) Billboards, signs and advertisements should only be used on the commercial shops in the towns and should be in theme.
f) Commercial land is open to any kind of business you like provided that it is in theme and is discrete. Please keep any potentially offensive materials or activities in your buildings and relatively out of general sight.
g) Content defined as adult or extreme as per the definitions outlined by Linden Lab and subject to change and interpretation by Linden Lab is not permitted in Winterfell.
3) PRESERVE THE VEGETATION AND LANDSCAPE: When building your home please keep in mind vegetation, a few trees here and there add a lot to the entire feel of the island. Do not remove the natural water ways or shoreline. I reserve the right to make minor edits to all land without consulting you to keep the landscape clean and in theme. Each plot of land should have at least 5 trees or bushes.
4) NO BAN LINES: No ban lines period. This means you can not use the land setting access list or the ban by payment type options. You may how ever ban specific people from your land. All security orbs should be set for at the very least 30 seconds
I HIGHLY recommend you to use “Star Security“ It has a nice particle test system, so you can press a button and see spheres of particles to show you the height and width etc of area it will scan, boot range, etc. It is also low lag and the particle setup really helps you understand what you are protecting.
Security note: I request that you only protect as much of your building and land as you need to be comfortable, and no higher than 30 meters high. Give AT LEAST 30 seconds of warning time, lag and other SL issues can delay visitor’s ability to comply with your security settings and boot them home and cause the hapless visitor to get a sour feeling about Winterfell. If you protect a specific room in your house and it is a reasonable size area that you have given plenty of warning with the other land parcel names and settings, and if you are careful with the security radius settings, you do not need to offer people any warning time at all.
5) USE THE RESOURCES OF YOUR ISLAND IN A FAIR WAY: Scripted items are fun and a basic part of life in SL. Some items are not created in a reasonable way, and will suck up the bandwidth of the entire island. If I do a scan and find that an item is causing lag for then entire community, I will contact you and ask you to remove it. In some cases if the instance is really bad, I will return the item to you with out talking to you first; this will only be done in extreme cases.
Scripts note: I will be running reports on script use in each region, if you are found to be using more than your fair share of the scripting power of the region, you will be asked to cut back.
6) BE NICE TO YOUR NEIGHBORS AND RESPECT PRIVACY: I will not tolerate disrespect or drama among the residents of Winterfell. You don't have to like your neighbors, but you do have to show them common respect. If you have problems with another resident of Winterfell, keep that between yourselves and no not let it interfere with the enjoyment of the people around you.
7) SELLING, TIER AND EVICTIONS
SELLING YOUR LAND: You may sell your land at anytime as long as your tier is paid, if you buy land with tier included, you as the buyer MUST IM me immediately. If you fail to IM me, that tier will be lost if I reset the meter.
TIER PAYMENTS: When you buy land on a private sim you do not pay Linden Lab directly. Instead you will pay me, and in turn I will pay Linden Lab. You do NOT need to be a premium member of Second Life to own land in Winterfell.
TERMINATION DUE TO PAYMENT FAILURE: At the end of each payment cycle, if you do not pay your tier, I will contact you to request payment. If I do not hear back from you in 48 hours I will be forced to clear your land and reclaim it. If this happens you will not be entitled to a refund of land purchase price. I am sorry there will be no exceptions.
TERMINATION DUE TO COVENANT VIOLATIONS: Warnings will be issued for all covenant infractions. Grave or repeated offences against our covenant may result in exile. Should a resident be exiled, their land will be reclaimed and objects returned to their inventory. Please be sure that you understand the covenant, as there will be absolutely no refunds for land purchase or tier payments if you are exiled.
VOLUNTARY TERMINATION: Any resident may relinquish their citizenship before they are able to sell or transfer their land before their tier is due. There will be no refund of land purchase or rent/tier paid if you choose to leave before selling your land.
8) GRID OUTAGES AND BUGS: Please understand that I have the same restraints as you do when it comes to bugs, update down time and griefer caused grid outages. I will not be able to offer any kind of refunds or compensation to make up for these inconveniences.
Thank you for your interest in Winterfell, I have worked hard to make it a wonderful place to call home in Second Life. Please feel free to email me any time with comments, questions or concerns!
Miss Serra the Seneschelf of Winterfell
serra.anansi@gmail.com
www.winterfell.ning.com
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