It's very important to register with a valid email address as one is needed to verify your account and recover lost passwords.

• Each person is allowed one "normal" account and up to ten upgraded accounts. Anyone found accessing more than the allotted number will have their accounts reclaimed by the game staff; in extreme cases you will be banned.
• Messages, comments in chat and comments on player estate pages (via c-boxs, et cetera) should be kept rated PG or lower (by MPAA standards) at all times.
• Scripts, programs, and the like used to cheat, steal and/or hack will result in a banning of all accounts.
• Any advertising for other games (sim and non-sim) should only be posted in the forum's "Other Games" board or on your estate page, and only those two places. Anyone found advertising anywhere will be reprimanded.
• Do not spam other players, this includes but is not limited to sending any unwanted or unsolicited messages.
• Any intolerant comments of religion, political views, race, sexual preference or the like will not be tolerated anywhere on the site.
• Impersonating any of the staff or moderators will result in the banning of all accounts.
• Any negative situations involving the game staff should be reported by email to admin@one-stride.net.

• Estate:
  When you go to your estate, the first thing you see is your player description. The Player description is visible to everyone on One-Stride when they view your estate. You can update it using the text area form at the bottom of your estate. All forms of HTML, CSS and Images are accepted and can be posted into your description.
  • Be sure to read all the graphics and conduct rules when personalizing and decorating your page.
  • Excessive posting of items, including but not limited to, flash games, adoptables, popups, movies, and music can result in your page being reset as the data can slow the server and cause problems on other player's computers.
  *If your coding ruins/distorts the page you can reset it from the Help page.
  
• Player Information:
  Your information box is where you can see how much money, Golden Tokens, and Girl Scout Cookies you have, your last log-in, your player awards and your Player Points. Your Status shows what type of account you have. The level indicated shows which Academy Level you are currently at (passing Academy Levels will give you more features on the game).

• GSC's/GT's:
  Golden Tokens are purchased on the Upgrade page and can be exchanged for Girl Scout Cookies. Girl Scout Cookies can be gained by trading in Golden Tokens or earned through good behavior. To see what you can trade in your Girl Scout Cookies for visit the Girl Scout Cookie Trade-In page int he Atlas.

• Your Stable:
  Below your information box, is your stable. The horses that you own will be displayed in your stable. Pregnant mares and foals will be kept in your Foaling Box, while horses that you retire are kept in the Veteran Care Facility. You will only be able to use the Foaling Box and Veteran Care Facility (which are located in your barn) when you have achieved Academy Level 4 and purchased the facilities from the OS General Building Corporation.
  • Excessive hoarding of horses is against the rules as it can cause server issues.

• Reserved Brands:
  Players that have Diamond or Platinum accounts are able to reserve brands. If you are not a Diamond or Platinum player you are able to brand your horses with any brand as long as it is not reserved by an Diamond or Platinum player.

• Bank:
  
  • Normal players get $12,000 OSD weekly allowance.
  • Diamond players get $25,000 OSD weekly allowance.
  • Platinum players get $30,000 OSD weekly allowance.
  • The bank is used to collect your weekly allowance, transfer money, horses and GSCs, and trade in GTs for GSCs.
  • One GT is equal to three GSCs.

• Allows you to put your stallion up for stud and view breeding requests for all of your stallions.

• Allows you to submit breeding requests for your mares.
• Players can search for available stallions.
• Foaling Blocks are required to house pregnant mares and new born foals.

• Allows you to turn your horses out.
• While turned out for 2 hours, horses will gain between 2-20 traits in any random area.
• You are able to release all horses before the time is up but by doing this they will not gain any traits.

• Allows you to retire your horses so you don’t need to purchase a 'retirement account'.
• You will still be able to edit your horse's information, but it will no longer be displayed on your main estate page.
• Players are able to click on "Your Retired Horses" from your estate.
• Horses must be 25 or older to enter the facility.

• Diamond and Platunum players can start Barn Shows.
• You can manage the entries to your barn shows and create different classes.

General:

• All store horses are 3 years old and have 15 trait points in each category.
• Horses age one year every week. They cannot be shown after the reach age 23 and are not able to breed after age 25.
• Horses need to see the vet and farrier once a week. You will be charged $20 OSD for every vaccine administered or every farrier action.
• Horses can be euthanize after the age of 25 (if the horse has no foals it will be deleted completely, if it has foals it will be considered dead but records of the horse itself will not be deleted). The retirement button will send the horse to account #3 (the Retirement account).
• Every now and again a horse will have an emergency. When this happens, check the players online and see what vet/farriers are available. You will be charged $725 OSD for the Vet and $525 for the Farrier.
• Once a horse is 8 years old or older they can be graded (given a rating for quality). The best rating is Universal Champion, the worst is Failing.
• Joining associations will give your horse 25 show points and 25 experience points.
• If your coding ruins/distorts the horse page you can reset it from the Help page.

• There are 4 types of shows: Experience, Event, Association Shows and Barn shows.
• Horses cannot show until any emergencies have been fixed and they've received the weekly vaccines and farrier care.
• Trait points are increased by daily care from the Care Center (located under the Health Certificate tab on a horse's page) and placing in shows. Diamond and Platinum players can also add traits daily to the horse of their choice. They are also able to use the fenced paddock which will also increase one certain trait area each time it is used.
• Experience shows are made by the game. Each level contains 30 classes made by the game each day at 12pm CST.
• Horses entered into experience shows gain two experience points per entry or four if the horse's owner is a Diamond or Platinum player.
• Horses entered into an event show that are owned by Diamond or Platinum players get 1 show point per entry, normal players' horses don't receive any for entering.
• For the best results train daily in as many shows and types of shows as possible.

• In order to breed you must have a barn and a foaling block.
• Horses must be graded before they can breed.
• To breed you need to go to: Barn > Foaling Block (if it has been purchased) > You will then enter the stallions ID and the request will be sent to the owner to be approved. You can also search for available stallions on the Foaling Block page.
• To accept a breeding request go to Barn > Covering Box (if it has been purchased) > There will be a link to your stud and the mare requesting the breeding, you are able to then accept or deny the request.
• A mare is pregnant for 8 days.
• Certain color horses can produce RARE colors. Some are more easy to obtain than others.
• Horses with higher genetic scores pass on better genetic scores to their offspring.
• A foal does not inherit a mare or stallion's experience or show points, foals are all potential.
• Trait points, on the other hand, are inheritable.
• Twins and lethal white foals are possible.
• More about colors and foaling here.

• Art can be advertised in the forum and in the advertising chat room.
• All images used must be stock or used with the owner's permission (*excluding images from movies, video games).
• You must credit all your sources used (excluding brushes, fonts, graphics programs).
• Follow the rules of the artist when purchasing graphics, this includes their right to any HTML and/or CSS coding.
• Anyone found stealing art from One-Stride players or any other website will be reprimanded.

One-Stride's definition of stolen art:

Using another individual's image(s) without their permission, consent and/or knowledge. This includes but is not limited to images from Deviantart.com, Google.com, Photobucket.com, and Flickr.com. Creating an image or layout directly from the design of another individual without their permission, consent and/or knowledge also falls under stolen art.

One-Stride's definition of stolen coding:

One-Stride's definition of stolen coding: Using another individual's coding without their permission, consent and/or knowledge. This includes but is not limited to copying and "tweaking" the codes and/or using the coding as a reference.

Report any art that is stolen to a moderator; give the original source if possible.

● First Offense: Fine of 2 GSCs and $50,000 OSD.

● Second Offense: Fine of 2 GSCs and half of your OSD, plus a 7 day ban from the game.

● Third Offense: Permanent ban from the game.

• Level 1 - All Players begin at Level 1, players can buy horses, care for and show them, join teams, use the bank and access the chat.
  
  
• Level 2 - Players are rewarded with $2,000 OSD.
  
  
• Level 3 - Players can enter their horses in association shows.
  
  
• Level 4 - Players are able to start using the Barn Feature, which allows them to breed horses, place them in a paddock and have a retirement facility. Diamond and Platinum players can now adopt/create and run associations.
  
  
• Level 5 - Players are rewarded with $8,000 OSD. Diamond and Platinum players can start Barn Shows.
  
  
• Level 6 - Players can now become Vets or Farriers. Diamond and Platinum players may create and manage their own association.
  
  
• Level 7 - Players are awarded $25,000 OSD; this is a very difficult level passing it is a reward in itself.
  
  
• Level 8 - Players are rewarded with $20,000 OSD.
  
  
• Level 9 - The penultimate level! Players are awarded $35,000 OSD.
  
  
• Level 10 - Players are rewarded 3,000 player points and $55,000 OSD.
  
  

Creating & Managing an Association:

• You must be a Diamond or Platinum player and at least academy level 4.
• Go to your Diamond Page > Create an Association
• CAREFULLY choose the association type and name of the association, this cannot be edited.
• You can start setting up a layout and registration requirements but it will not be viewable to other players until approved by a moderator.
• Once your association has been approved you are ready to accept horses into the association and run shows.
• To update the description, create shows or accept/deny horses into an association go to the Diamond Page > "Manage Your Association!"
• Associations can host up to three(3) shows per week.
• If an association owner has not access their account in over 4 weeks, their association will be placed up for adoption.
• Associations can be adopted for a fee of $5,000 OSD.

• Go to Atlas > Associations > Select the Type of Association > Select an Association > Click the horse's name to send a registration request.
• Approved horses receive 25 points and are logged in the association's registry.
• If a horse is denied, you will receive a message stating so.

• Chat is subject to all normal game rules and conditions.
• Anyone can use the chat.
• No sexual or cyber talk is permitted.
• Role playing is not allowed in the chat.
• Graphic talk of violence, animal cruelty, drugs, and/or alcohol is strictly prohibited.
• No trolling (posting inflammatory, extraneous or off-topic messages with the primary intent of provoking other users or otherwise disrupting normal conversation).
• Try to keep chat speak to a minimum (chat speak = ppl z@t +yp lyk d!s).

• Advertising chat is subject to all normal game and chat rules.
• Anyone can post ads.
• No flooding (posting more than two posts of the same message).
• Any messages advertising for other games (sim and non-sim) are prohibited and posts will be deleted.
• No trolling or "warning" messages of "scammers" (if you were involved in a scam alert a moderator).

• The forum is subject to all normal game rules and conditions.
• Try to keep the forum clean and let mods know when posts can be removed by changing to title to "DELETE".
• The Controversial Issues board is the only place intense/heated debating is allowed to take place.
• Particularly vulgar or offensive topics will be removed even from Controversial Issues board.
• Do not post irrelevant, offensive, or vulgar comments and/or ads on another player's topic.
• Moderators can remove any inappropriate topics or posts at anytime.
• Signature image(s) must be within 200 pixels in height and 560 in length, and must have no more than 5 lines of text.

• Several times a year on One-Stride the staff hosts special game events.
• These events can take the form of championship shows (where your horse can earn a trophy), raffles, giveaways and contests.
• They run seasonally and for some holidays, such as Christmas.
• Winners are sometimes inducted into the Hall of Fame.

• Each team has 30 members including a team captain who decides what users can be on the team.
• Anyone can apply to be on any team.
• Players earn points for their teams by grading their horses, passing academy exams and earning girl scout cookies.
• The top two most successful teams earn special prizes at the end of the two month term.
• Successful teams are teams that are self motivated and do their best to earn as many points as possible for their teams.
• Captains are elected by the team members every month.
• Campaigning period lasts for one week and voting lasts for one week.

• Give 20 trait points to a horse every day.
• Run for team captaincy.
• Create and manage associations.
• Receive $25,000 per week instead of the usual $12,000.
• Start barn shows.
• Choose who is allowed to enter your barn shows.
• Take special Exams which unlock special Diamond features.
• Create 6 event shows a day instead of just 2.
• Register a brand that no one else can use.
• Use an avatar and signature in the forum.