Post by Admin = kAGE on Mar 16, 2010 21:47:34 GMT -5
R.U.L.E.S
TIP: Seasons last 2 months real time! This is to give people a chance to play out threads in each place properly ^^
Stallions
-If your stallion is going to manage a herd HE MUST BE ACTIVE!
- May have as many mares in thier herd as they can manage
- May forcebreed mares
- May fight with Stallions, and if the need arises, mares
- May kill foals, be they thier own or not
- May create bachelor herds (who may or may not harass the neighboring stallions and thier herds
)- When a fight breaks out among the horses a Staff member must be PM'ed to judge it (this rule is only for serious battles.Many spats will arise living along side other horses so if it's something that can be resolved amongst yourselves then do it that way)
Mares
- When claimed by a stallion the mare must remain with him for at least one week before attempting to leave the herd
- Can breed at 3 (unless there is some traumatic plotline in action)
- Can foal at 4
- Well mares here's your chance.Since things run like a real herd, mares have the oppurtunity to take the position of Lead mare for thier own, and this goes for any mare.The Lead stallion has no say in this, and the strongest mare who is capable of defending the position from suitors may hold the title.
- The Lead mare can put any horse aside from the Stallion in it's place with aggression, and may even attempt to run mares or foals out.
How The Herds Work
OMFG!!!! Where is the lands, hows my stallion suppose to keep his herd safe?!?!?!
The answer to this question is simple, keep your herd with you like you would if you were a REAL wild horse!
Here on Back In The West you will see there are only four MASSIVE chunks of land for the wild horses to roam in, but don't panic! Since this game is based on realistic horses out in the wild, the horses here all live together in a place called 'The Mountains'. Here your stallions will travel through the different sections of 'The Mountains', gathering mares and building a herd!
So mares looking for a herd, either start your own thread or join up with someone who's stallions herd is passing through!
Be prepared though, as tensions will be high! Stallions will be dying to get thier hands on mares, so prepare for confrontation, and be careful not to let pride stand in your way.If you get into something you can't handle, you might lose your herd!
How The Lands Work
In Spring the herds gather in The Meadows
In Summer they Migrate to The Grasslands
In Fall they Migrate up The Mountain
In Winter they find themselves tucked away in The Mountain Oasis
***At the end of every game year (8 months), there will be a 3 day event that is mandatory to attend.This event will be the herd taking the secret trail down the mountain that allows them to get back to The Meadows in but three days.Why don't they use it instead of migrating the long way? It's a back way that floods all year, leaving a three day gap for your horses to cross through, if your not online when the migrating takes place, your horses automatically die as they would in real life,***
Wanna Get Caught By People?
Thats right! Here on Back in The West you may take your wild horse to ' The Plains', where a human can attempt to catch them.If they are caught however, they might be trained, bred, and sold into competition, but this is the fate of many horses.
