One-Stride's Player Guidelines
The One-Stride guidelines are there to help you play successfully. One-Stride is quite a different game to most other SIMs and we have created these guidelines so that new players do not become confused. It is also vital that you read our terms of service before you start playing.
[Last Updated June 1st 2010]

Table of Contents
I. Registration VI. Graphics Rules
II. Player Conduct & Rules VII. Academy Rewards
III. Your Estate VIII. Associations
IV. Barn Information IX. Forum & Chat Rules
V. Horse Information X. Extras

I. Registration
Registering for an account on One-Stride is very easy. When you first arrive on the site, you will see link on the main page to register. Registration is automatic and you will be able to begin playing as soon as you have registered. By creating an account you are agreeing to ALL of the terms of service (click here for the ToS).

All players begin with a "normal" account, $20,000 OSD and at Academy level 1.

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


II. Player Conduct & Rules
One Stride is a game for anyone and everyone, players are expected to respect each other at all times.
  • Each person is allowed one "normal" account and up to ten "diamond" 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 else 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.

III. Your Estate
The Estate is your hub of in-game activity. When you visit your estate, you can see how many points you have, view your horses, send messages, update your records and more!

  • 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 can be accepted and 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 via the Castle.

  • 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 here 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, go to the bottom of the estate page, or click here.

  • 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 the 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.
    • Excessive hoarding of horses is against the rules as it can cause server issues.

  • Player Extras:
    In the player extras area (located at the bottom of your estate page) you will be able to upgrade your account, buy Golden Tokens, refer players/check how many referrals you have, trade-in Girl Scout Cookies for various bonuses, support banners to post on other games, buy low digit accounts and find the basic coding structure (HTML) for One-Stride.

  • Reserved Brands:
    Players that have upgraded are able to reserve brands. If you are not upgraded you are able to brand your horses with any brand as long as it is not reserved by an upgraded member.

  • Bank:
    • Normal players get $12,000 OSD and Diamond players get $25,000 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.

IV. Barn Information
When you reach Academy Level 4, you will be able to start a Barn. Barns allow you to breed your horses and organize your account more effectively. Once you have created your barn, you will be able to buy facilities and extra land to enhance your farm. You can also add an HTML description to your barn to display a page that is viewable to the players.

Covering Box:
  • Allows you to put your stallion up for stud and view breeding requests for all of your stallions.
Foaling Block:
  • Allows you to submit breeding requests for your mares.
  • Players can search for available stallions.
  • Foaling Blocks are required to house the pregnant mare and new born foals.
Fenced Paddock:
  • 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.
Veteran Care Facility:
  • 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.
Arena:
  • Diamond players can start Barn Shows.
  • You can manage the entries to your barn shows and create different classes.

V. Horse Information
New horses can be purchased for $3,500 OSD from the Sale Ring located in the town section of the game or from other players. By clicking on its name, you will be able to view its individual record.

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 and no parents it will be deleted completely, if it has foals or parents 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 via the Castle.
Training:
  • 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 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 upgraded.
  • Horses entered into an event show that are owned by Diamond 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.
Breeding:
  • 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: Home > 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, they're all potential.
  • Trait points, on the other hand, are inheritable.
  • Twins and lethal white foals are possible.
  • More about colors and foaling here.

VI. Graphics Rules
Selling & Buying Art:
  • 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.
Stolen Art and Coding:
One-Stride's definition of stolen art:
Using another indiviual'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 indiviual 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 indiviual'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.
* After reviewing copyright laws and statements made by the copyright holders of various motion pictures, video games and books, I've come to the conclusion that players aren't hindering the sale or profit of said productions but helping to promote the them; therefor, players are allowed to use such images in manipulations on One-Stride.

VII. Academy Rewards
Equestrian Academy Exams: Equestrian Academy Exams:
  • 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 players can now adopt/create and run associations.

  • Level 5 - Players are rewarded with $8,000 OSD. Diamond players can start Barn Shows.

  • Level 6 - Players can now become Vets or Farriers. Diamond 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.

Equestrian Career Exams:
Coming Soon!

VIII. Associations
Associations are clubs created by Diamond players to support specific breeds, disciplines or whatever else they'd like gather support for.

Creating & Managing an Association:

  • You must be a Diamond player and at least academy level 4.
  • Go to Player > Diamond > 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 won't be viewable to other player until approved by a moderator.
  • Once approved you're ready to accept members into the association and run shows.
  • To update the description, create shows or accept/deny horses into an association go to Home > Diamond > "Manage Your Association!"
  • Associations can start up to 3 show per week.
  • If an association owner has not access their account in over 3 weeks, their association will be placed up for adoption.
  • Associations can be adopted for a fee of $5,000 OSD.
Registering a Horse:
  • Go to Town > Associations > Select the Type of Association > Select an Association > Click the horses name to send a registration request.
  • Approved horses receive 25 points and are put on the association's registry.
  • If a horse is denied, you will receive a message letting you know.

IX. Forum & Chat Rules
Chat Rules:
  • Chat is subject to all normal game rules and conditions.
  • Anyone can use the chat.
  • No sexual or cyber talk permitted.
  • Role playing is not allowed in the chat.
  • Graphic talk of violence, animal cruelty, drugs 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 Rules:
  • 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 advertising messages for other games (sim and non-sim) is prohibited and posts will be deleted.
  • No trolling or "warning" messages of scammers (if you're scammed alert a moderator).
Forum Rules:
  • 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.
  • 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 someone's topic.
  • Moderators can remove any inappropriate topics or posts at anytime.

X. Extras
Special Events:
  • Several times a year on one-stride there are 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 or Spring.
  • Winners are sometimes inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Teams:
  • 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.
  • Voting for captaincy occurs every two months.
  • Campaigning period lasts for one week and voting lasts for one week.
Upgrade Benefits:
  • Give 20 trait points to a horse every day
  • Run for team captaincy
  • Create and manage associations
  • Start barn shows
  • Receive $25,000 per week instead of the usual $12,000
  • Create/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
  • Clone horses
  • Register a brand that no one else can use
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