Text Battle Rules

Note To Battlers:

Voting in Battles:

if you are going to vote in a battle you have to read the rules, aswell as the rules in the battle.

You have to comply with the rules - eg if your in the same crew as one of the battlers and the "no crew votes" is turned on, you can not vote.

You will have to explain your vote, if you dont explain your vote properly your vote will be disallowed by a Moderator.

any votes that are based on anger against one of the battles will be disallowed automatically and will be spotted by a Moderator. This is known as "hate votes"

You are not required to vote in any specific style (eg categories), all we ask is that your vote is honest, fair and has a breif explaination as to why you chose that verse. You are allowed to add any other formats to your vote for example categories, quotes from the verses that you liked or disliked, but you however are not required to.

Canceling Votes:

Only moderators are allowed to cancel a vote, Battlers are not allowed to cancel votes them selfs.

If both parties agree to disallow a vote, then a moderator is not needed to cancel a vote, and the vote will is allowed to be can canceled by the battlers
If a vote does not conform to the Battle rules then it will not be accepted and will automatically be disallowed.
Reasons for votes to be disallowed are:

• The vote is made by a member whos in the same crew as either of the battlers (even if they vote against the fellow crew member)
  
• the vote is based on Hate towards a battler
• the vote is a dickride vote
• The vote is not explained well enough
• The vote does not conform to the rules set out in the battle

Battle Subjects:

battles should be named as following:

*name* Vs *name*

if the battlers have already faced each other you must put the round the battle is, at the end like so:

*name* Vs *name* (Round 2)

Please use the username of your opponent. Please dont 'edit' there name to offend them. Please also try to avoid shortening usernames, though if the subject is to long for the box, you will be allowed to. Any wrong names will be changed by the moderators.

Default Battle Rules:

You have to explain the rules, like how many lines/bars, KO number and all that.
If a rule is not specified in a battle, then the Default rules will be used, the default rules are as follows:

Minimum Lines (bars): Unlimited
Maximum Lines (bars): Unlimited
first to 5 votes wins
unless 3 KO
crew votes are not allowed
Flipping/Feeding is allowed

Rules must be decided in the call out, and once agreed should be posted in the battle
If you fail to put the rules in the battle, then the default rules will apply.

Fixed Rules

Number of Battles:

Battlers may only have 4 battles max at any one time, any extra battles will be locked until your limit has gone down. Battles that count towards the total are battles that only reside in the Battle Field forum its self, battles that are finished, under review and 'No Mans Land' forum will not count.
Do NOT contact a moderator when your limit is down, they will re-open your battle in there own time.

No Shows:

Lyrical Assault does not believe in "no show wins" so we do not award wins to battlers whos oppenent didnt show.
Battlers who do not show up to battles within 2weeks (unless the battle deadline stats otherwise) will gain a No Show Point to there profile and the battle will be moved to 'No Mans Land' where they will have 1 week from the date it was moved to post there verse to entitle them to have the no-show point removed and the battle will be moved back to the Battle Fields. After that 1 week, if the battler still fails to show, then the No Show Point will be permenent and the battle will be locked.
If battlers have a vaild reason for not showing then they may be entitled to be an exception and the battle can continue.

If non of the battlers post in the battle then the battle will be deleted and nobody will gain a noshow point.

If you if you know your not going to showing (eg your about to go on holiday) then you must state it in the battle and state when you hope to be due back within the 2 weeks the battle was setup.

If your opponent no-shows, you are allowed to reuse all/part of your verse again.

Cheating/Biting:

up-ing Battles:

uppin battles can clog up battles, and is very annoying to everyone involved.

you are ONLY allowed to 'up' your battle every 24hours
and you are NOT allowed 'up' a battle twice in a row

failing on this would result in your 'ups' being deleted
continuing may even result in your battle being locked!

It is encourgaged that members vote battles that they're permitted to, this will, in-turn, encourage other members to vote on your battle.

Contacting Members for votes:

You are not allowed to send Private Messages to members to ask them to vote in your battle, this will be concidered as Vote swaying. If your battle requires votes then you are allowed to 'up' the battle to put it to the top of the forum list.

If you are found to have sent Private Messages to members requesting them to vote then you may have the vote disallowed.

Please report any 'PM Vote Requests' to a member of staff.

You are permitted to contact members by other means (for example an Instant Messenger) but you must make it clear that the person votes fairly and you must not sway there vote in anyway, otherwise the vote will be disallowed.

Finished Battles:

When your battle has finished and there is a clear winner, the battle will be closed by a moderator and your score will be updated.
Scores are done manually and so are only done once your battle is moved to the "1v1 Battle Archive". If your battle is still in the battle field forum your battle has not yet been closed, and so your score has not yet been updated.
Please do allow reasonable time for your battle to be closed. if your battle hasnt been closed for more than 48hours then you are permitted to post the link in the thread "Battles That Need Closing" please allow time for it to be closed after posting, if your battle hasnt been closed for over a week please then and only then contact a moderator to notify them of this. if you pester moderators with battles to be closed you may find your self being ignored and your battles will be left till last, or just left all together.

Warning:

DO NOT CALL PEOPLE OUT IN THIS BOARD
this is for BATTLES only.
you may have your post deleted if it is in the wrong forum

Explaination of Terms:

If you dont understand any terms above then they are explained below.

Moderators: This is the team that close battles and log scores.
Dickryde Votes: This is votes based on sucking up to a battler.
Hate Votes: This is a Vote based on anger against one of the battlers.
upping: This is when you post in a battle, to put it to the top of the list to tempt people to vote.
No Show: This is when an opponent do not post there verse in the battle.