Guardian Island's RumpUs Rooms:
Help and info for Using the Guardian Island Chatrooms

GI's RumpUs Room Rules - [updated June 07, 2011]

Not many, but we have a very special population in our Community, and we're here to protect them as best we can.

1. No treatment of ANYONE which they haven't consented to: No has to mean no. Adults roleplaying as younger are NOT subject to the authority of just any adult -- get permission before being authoritative with an Innerkid you don't know well, please. Sincere and real Guardian-types will understand this intuitively. (Click on a person in the room/occupant list on the right, and choose Private Message to make sure your attentions are wanted.)
   
   
2. Be mellow. This is meant to be a laid-back place. It is a Virtual room in a Virtual community on a Virtual Island. It's not real. Nothing that happens here is really happening, so it's not worth being a stressor in your life, or causing a stressor in someone else's life. Sit back. Unclench. Breathe. Life is but a dream.
   
   
3. You must understand that YOU are the primary Guardian for yourself here, as in the rest of the world.
   
   If you're an Innerkid and don't like something that's being done to you, your Bigperson is responsible for politely telling the person that what they're doing isn't right for you right now. If they persist, then please let me know and I will speak to them. If they continue, I will remove them from the Island.
   
   If you don't like something that's happening around you, there is a simple X button (on the top-right of the chat window) you can click to bail out. If you feel harassed by someone, of course, please let me know immediately.
   
   Otherwise please focus on the people you like, ignore the ones you don't, be gentle with newcomers, and re-read Rule #2 above.
   
   
4. Minors aren't permitted in our chatrooms, sorry. While it may appear that things are set up for kids, there are profound differences between Adult Ageplay and what's appropriate for actual children.
   
   Adult Ageplay often involves victims of childhood sexual abuse, and actual children could be traumatized themselves by such topics -- Please eject now if you are a minor, or if your local community would consider themes of Adult Ageplay unacceptable.
   
   
5. Everyone here is a biological adult who roleplays other ages for therapeutic reasons. Nothing here ever refers to children, just adults with an emotionally-real Innerkid, and those who're fulfilled by helping them through their journey.
   
   No discussion or roleplay anywhere, any time, which involves children, animals, criminal activity, or generally karmically-heinous things. Please be clear that you are an adult who is roleplaying as younger, and not an actual child.
   
   
6. Interpersonal issues (arguments, etc) will be taken private. Bickering can be particularly unsettling for Innerkids with childhood emotional abuse issues (not to mention boring to everyone else), so take negative, disruptive interaction private by moving to another room, continuing using private messages, or continuing somewhere off-Island.
   
   
7. You must adhere to the content rating for any given room. That rating uses the MPAA system and appears in brackets beside the room while in the chatrooms, and more detail about each room is available here. Some Innerkids would be very traumatized to be exposed to sexuality, and they will keep themselves safe by not being in rooms where that's allowed -- being inappropriate for the room you are in is strictly verbotten, and moderators will act if you are. This is an important issue, so we'll have to be hard-cases about it.