Rules & Guidelines
Member Conduct | Member Levels | Money & Finances | Equine Breeding | Equine Ownership | Approved Disciplines | Establishment Ownership | Web Hosts & Image Useage | Quitting CSG
- First and foremost, what the staff says goes.
- You must be at least 16 yrs. of age to play Cadence Sim Game.
- The staff of CSG is in no way responsible for members' adjacent websites.
- All members are expected to treat each other with respect.
- No bashing, flaming, discriminated or abusing other players in any way, shape or form. WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
- Any terrorist remarks or similar content will NOT be tolerated on any websites or forums post in CSG.
- SPAM of any kind will not be tolerated.
- Give credit where credit is due.
- If you wish to modify another member's layout for your use, ask permission.
- If you wish to use another member's color scheme, permission is not required.
- You have three chances before you are removed and banned from the game.
- Advertising of other games is strictly prohibited.
- If you have a problem with another member:
- Try to resolve it yourselves peacefully.
- Then contact Nicole, and I will try to help you resolve it.
- To be considered active you must post a minimum of twice (2) a week. These does not mean post spam, this means meaningful posts.
- Members earn Active Member Incentive points for being active and taking part in the community.
- If you are going to be away please post on the Community Forum to let us know.
- Once accepted all members must register with the forum and post an introduction within ONE WEEK of being accepted into the game.
- If you are inactive for two weeks or more, and have not notified the staff or posted an away message, you will no longer be a member.
A Trial Member is someone who has just joined the game. They are given five (5) Creation Credits (CC) and five (5) Importation Credits (IC) and may own a maximum of ten (10) horses. They must board at an approved public stable and they cannot own any establishments.
A Bronze Member is someone who has been in the game for two (2) weeks and has proven they are an active and productive member of the community, they have also passed the Basic Rules test. They are given an additional three (3) Creation Credits and an additional three (3) Importation Credits. They may own a maximum of thirteen (13) horses. They still must board at a approved public stable. They may now adopt horses from the Humane Society. They cannot own establishments.
A Silver Member has been in the game for one (1) month and two (2) weeks. They may own a business. They are given an additional five (5) Creation Credits and an additional five (5) Importation Credits. They may own a maximum of of twenty (20) horses. They may own a mini-barn, businesses and associations.
A Gold Member has been in the game for two (2) months and two (2) weeks and have met all the requirements of the previous two levels. They may own any type of establishment. They receive an additional ten (10) Creation Credits and an additional ten (10) importation credits. Gold members may own as many horses as they can resonably afford.
| Promotion Time Table |
| Trial Member -> Bronze Memeber = Two Weeks |
| Bronze Member -> Silver Memeber = One Month |
| Silver Member -> Gold Member = One Month |
Promotion/Demotion
A member can be promoted or demoted by the President, Vice President, and/or any Staff Member. To be promoted you must complete the above requirements and keep track of your level and notify the President or Vice President when you are ready to be promoted.
Demotion is something that we do not want to do to any member. However if a member does not fullfill the requirements of their current level, you will demoted down to the previous level. This includes becoming inactive after a promotion, you will be given one month to become active.
- All members begin with $250,000 in their personal bank account.
- Loans are available for those who qualify.
- All finances are kept track of via the automated bank.
- All members receive a monthly salary of $10,000.
- Stallions must be at least 3 years of age.
- Mares must be at least 4 years of age.
- Mares may have one foal every birth year. (ie 2002, 2005, etc.)
- Mare who are bred 5+ times per RL year are considered a Broodmare and may not show in anything BUT halter/breeding classes.
- Stallion who are bred 10+ times per RL/6+ foals every birth year are considered full-time studs and may not show in anything BUT halter/breeding classes.
- You must send in the Breed A Horse form and the foal must be listed on the Pending Foalings for a breeding to happen.
- We recommend that horses achive at least CES Bronze rating before being bred.
- The gestation period is 2 weeks.
- Foals inherit 10% of their parent's collective points.
- Horses must have at leasts 100 Show Points to be bred.
- Horses must have at least 200 Health Points to be bred.
Excepted Breeding Methods
We currently allow Live Cover, Artificial Insemination and a method we call "fictious foal".
- "Fictious foal" is when a real life stallion and a real life mare are bred to create a simulation foal. The foal must be for the current year.
- All breeding in this method must be approved by a staff member; these horses are listed as "Bred" in the CER.
- Fictious Foal Credits (FFC) can be purchased for $500 a credit or you can trade in one (1) Creation Credit (CC) for two (2) Fictious Foal Credits (FCC).
- You must have been in the game for a minimum of three (3) months.
- PLEASE research the stallion and mare. We take this seriously.
- All horses must be registered in the Cadence Equine Registry to exist.
- You may only create as many horses as you have creation credits.
- No two horses may have the same name.
- We allow the use of real names as long as there is a stable prefix/suffix with it (ie. IGL Seabiscuit)
- If a horse is based off of a actual horse the stats must differ in some way.
- You must find a place to board you horse within one (1) week of you acquiring it.
- You must buy feed, tack and other supplies. Some stables might provide certain supplies.
- You may only breed horses that would be bred in real life.
- Please follow RL rules as often as possible. (ie. Warmblood naming, breeding, colors, etc.)
- You can find such information in the Resource Library
- We allow the importation/exportation of horse in/out of Cadence Sim Game.
- To import a horse visit the Import A Horse page.
- To export a horse: simple use the "Export" page of the CER.
- Imported horses may keep their show records as long as they are converted to our point system.
- All horses pass away at the age of 35.
- Horses must see the farrier at least every two (2) months and the vet at least twice (2) a year.
- Breeding mares/stallions as well as youngstock are required to visit them more often.
- Co-ownership of horses is allowed. Only one owner may register the horse under their name and the other must be listed in the notes section.
Pedigrees
We require that a horse have at least the grandsires and granddams listed. Anything beyond that is optional. This is essential, especially for animals being used for breeding programs. We highly recommend using real lines in created horses, however this is optional. We will be doing periodic checks, you never know if you are next.
- If you wish for a discipline to be added to the game please see the Request A Breed/Discipline thread.
- Horses may only train and compete in the following disciplines:
| Discipline | Abbreviation |
| Dressage | D |
| Hunters | H |
| Jumping | J |
| Eventing | E |
| Western - Pleasure | WP |
| Western - Speed Horse | WS |
| Western - Working *** | WW |
| Halter * | HA |
| Racing ** | R |
| Combined Driving | CD |
* This discipline does not need to be listed in the registry.
** Include Flat Racing/Steeplechase.
*** Includes reining.
Equine Training
Unlike in other games all horses are required to have some training before being allowed to compete.
Businesses & Shops - to own a business or shop you must have "Bronze Member" status and have passed the Business Management Test, and be in good standing in the game.
Associations & Registries - to open an association/registry you must have been in the game for one (1) month, hold at least "Silver Member" status and prove you have some knowledge of the breed/discipline your association promotes.
Stables - the goal of most sim game members is to own their own stable. To own a stable you must hold "Gold Member" status and have passed at least the Barn Manager Test. You need to have passed Barn Manager and Business Tests for Public Stables. You must purchase land and facilities from the Cadence Land & Real Estate Co.
Registering & Approval Guideline
Our guidelines for any type of establishment is, like horse names, are approved on a first come first served basis. Simply stating in the forum that you want to open "_____" establishment does not mean anything is reserved for you. You must have a working website approved in order for such establishment to be approved and reserved or one that is proven to be a work in progress (uploaded and visable to approval manager).
Co-Ownership
Co-ownership of all establishments is permitted. To have two owners listed one must first sumbit it for approval and than notify the staff of the additional owner, we will then edit the listing to reflect both names.
- NO HOTLINKING WILL BE PERMITTED! Posting a URL from a picture that you have not uploaded, or posting a picture with its original URL can results in getting you banned from the game. If you do not know how to save the pictures properly, ask for assistance.
- Before taking a picture off some site, make sure it isn't subject to copyright, and please ask the owner for permission to use the picture.
- NEVER hotlink pictures! Instead, we suggest uploading them to your website host, or a photo site, such as photobucket.com.
- CSG is not responsible for any copyright infringements its members could get themselves into.
- At the very least include a copyright statement and link under the photo.
- YOU MUST KNOW SOME HTML TO JOIN CSG! Everything needs pages, horses, stables, business, you name it, it needs a page.
- You may NOT use Expage when creating a site.
- No stables, businesses or associations on message boards!
- Some good hosts: angelfire, geocities, brinkster, freepgs, freewebs
- For HTML help, we recommend this site: lissaexplains.com
- Make sure all your horses are either sold, returned to original owner or exported. If they are not they will be sent to the Humane Society.
- Once you have done the above please email Nicole to let her know you are leaving.