General Rules
By signing up and using Lake Valor, you agree that the punishment based on breaking any of these rules is up to the discretion of staff, depending on the severity of the offense. You also agree to our Terms of Service.
Learn more about Rules & Enforcement via our Guide.
Be respectful towards everyone.
Absolutely no discrimination is allowed here - that includes discriminatory jokes, threats or personal insults directed towards users.
No toxic behaviour.
Lake Valor is a positive, friendly community. If your behavior is toxic or otherwise harming the environment of Lake Valor, whether you're doing this on or off-site, action will be taken against your account.
Keep political and religious discussions off the site.
Arguments over personal beliefs are what family dinners are for - keep them off the site.
No NSFW content.
We're not that type of site. Swearing is fine, slurs are not. Don't get carried away.
External links are allowed within reason
- You can have any of your social media in your signature (this includes creative sites like devart and FF.net) These links should contain materials that are appropriate to post on the forums.
- You are free to make threads/posts on the forums/messages on discord that have links to your social media but it must contribute to the discussion and not be in a spam-like way.
- For things like writing on FF.net or similar sites, feel free to post the link in the Lit.Library section but your thread should contain a summary of your story at least or some kind of content and not just be a link drop.
- Have any doubts? Ask an admin/mod! We are available on Discord or over PM.
Don't exploit bugs.
Find a bug on the site? Report it to the Mod Team.
Don't spam.
No one likes spam. If you spam, you'll likely end up needing your posts to be approved before they become public. This includes posting multiple times in a row, unless a good amount of time has passed (bumping an old thread) or you have another valid reason (check with the Mod Team)Account Rules
One account per person.
You can only have one forum account. Choose wisely.
Ban evasion will result in a ban extension.
If you ban evade or help someone ban evade, we will take action against your account. Conveying messages from banned members is strictly forbidden. Banned users may send in a message through our Contact Us form.
Any work you post must be your own or credited to the proper artists. This includes both written and artistic works.
You must be 13 to have an account on Lake Valor.
This is due to the laws on COPPA, which you can learn more about here. Lake Valor is also a PG13 forum.
As has always been the case and goes without saying, leaking information exclusively shared amongst staff will result in a ban.
Misc Rules
Keep the total height of your signature no bigger than 400 pixels.
Banners must be no bigger than 500 pixels wide - this includes content in spoiler tags.
Usernames may not contain inappropriate words.
If you sign up with a username like this, you may be immediately banned and expected to re-join with an appropriate name!
You may not use special symbols or emoji at the START of your name.
This makes it difficult for users and staff to tag and find you, but you are permitted to use them at the end.Concerns & Questions
Do you have a concern or question about any of our rules? Contact an Administrator via our Contact Form.
Alternatively (or if you do not receive a response) you may send a private message to an Administrator.