Species rules
By partaking in our species, you agree to these rules, so please make sure to read them over! We have a 3 strike system, meaning you’ll be banned after 3 strikes, though some instances can lead to an instant ban.
We reserve the right to issue strikes and bans based on things that occurred outside of the species if it violates our rules, or if someone is deemed generally unfit for the safety and comfort of our community even if their actions do not precisely fit in our rules. We deal with all warnings, strikes, and bans in private and will likely not publicly provide information on it to avoid harassment or danger.
As a note, while “Soapuppies” is used in our rules, all rules also apply to any characters of any species within our group.
General Conduct
- We have a no tolerance policy for abusers, predators, or harassment of any kind. If any community members are reported to be of this nature, it will be taken seriously and acted on accordingly in communication with the user who made the report if needed.
- Proshipping/Pro-fiction (i.e. creation, defense, or consumption of fiction with romanticized portrayals of pedophillia, incest, abuse, etc.) is prohibited. We reserve the right to ban users for this both in and out of our spaces.
- Sexual or pornographic portrayals of feral (quadruped) animal characters also falls under this, and is prohibited.
- Do not excessively spam advertisements within our spaces.
- Do not gossip about, call out, or negatively name-drop other artists and species in our spaces. This includes comparing any species to another, whether it be in a positive or negative way.
- If there is someone you believe is a genuine threat to the community, please privately contact staff first rather than posting bewares in our spaces immediately.
- We do not allow generative AI content of any kind. This includes art and designs, as well as anything inspired by AI generation. We reserve the right to ban members for this both in and out of our spaces.
- If you have any concerns or suggestions about our rules and systems, please be respectful! We are always happy to listen to feedback, but do not ever intend to be unfair to the community, and would appreciate not recieving accusations.
- Please be generally respectful and patient with staff! All work done on the species is done for free on personal time, so it may not always be possible for the team to attend to everything as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Participation and Events:
- Exploitation of anything on the site, in or out of events, is not allowed. This includes telling answers to other members, having friends enter for you, bug exploitation, etc. in order to get extra benefits for yourself will result in either a strike or a strike and correlating ban (e.g. event ban, giveaway ban, depending on severity. We also reserve the right to revoke any cheated characters, items, or currency.
- Helping friends with obtaining their own rewards is fine, but please keep this private and do not publicly share answers or anything that is not meant to be shared.
- Intentional loopholing of rules is also prohibited, and may result in an equal strike or ban. Reporting loopholes or bugs you stumbled upon is appreciated and encouraged, however!
- Obtaining free, limited things for the sole purpose of trading them is strongly discouraged. We would like everything to go to people who want them, so please only enter for things that you want!
- Any designs obtained via giveaway have a one-month cooldown in which they cannot be traded, surrendered, or sold. They are allowed to be re-gifted in this period, which you can get in touch with a staff member to do!
- Unofficial trades (i.e. making a trade but not transferring until the cooldown is over) during this period are also prohibited.
Trading:
- Items cannot be sold for real money.
- Soapuppies cannot be resold for more value than is listed on their masterlist. MYOs cannot be sold for real money, unless they are voided or appraised.
- If a Soapuppy has additional commissioned art, you can message a mod for appraisal, and the value of that art will be added to the masterlist.
- Personal art can be added to the appraisal value, matching your personal commission prices so long as they are publicly listed. Some exceptions may apply in cases of clear exploitation.
- Co-Ownership is allowed and will be logged on the masterlist, but there must be a main owner listed.
- Co-ownership terms are the responsibility of the individuals involved in the co-own, but moderators are able to get involved in instances of scamming.
- Co-ownership will not be removed unless there is proof or confirmation from the co-owner
- Trading or selling unoffcial Soapuppies as if they were official is not allowed. They may not be advertised as Soapuppy designs, nor advertised as being for trade in our spaces.
- Characters that follow similar design aspects to Soapuppies but are not explicitly called Soapuppies are free to be sold and traded, but not inside our spaces.
MYOs:
- Generally, we do allow people to get Soapuppy customs from people who are not a part of our team, though there are a few conditions:
- Monetary customs, either seeking or creating, must be handled privately and cannot be advertised within our spaces. Seeking customs for items or art is okay.
- You will still need to provide the items needed to make the design official. The design will be treated as an MYO.
- The purchased value of the custom will not be added to the masterlist entry.
- Members may not make Soapuppy adopts of any kind.
- Try to refrain from actively using Soapuppies that are not yet official (e.g. commissioning art, doing trades, drawing a lot, etc.).
- MYO designs cannot bare close, intentional resembalance to other designs on the masterlist, be it your own or others. This same rule applies for customs for others, designs for the pound, etc.
- “Twin” or matching designs must still be easily distinguishable from one another and cannot share exact or extremely similar designs
- Creating Soapuppies of your OCs is allowed, but if the design is not yours, you will need permission from the original designer to use them as a Soapuppy.
- The USD worth of the OC will not carry over to their masterlist, but they can still be sold for their USD worth outside of our spaces. Art from before the character was made official will not count towards its masterlist value.
- If the Soapuppy version of an OC is traded, the OC it is based off of and all other forms of it must be traded too.
Character Based Characters (CBCs):
- CBCs cannot too closely resemble their source. This isn’t typically something to consider when making human/oid characters into Soapuppies, but should be kept in mind if the sources are already animals.
- Designs based on real people (including their mascots/personas) are prohibited.
- Characters must be clearly stated to be CBCs when uploading to the masterlist. Deliberately excluding this information, especially to bypass creating characters from prohibited sources, may result in a warning or strike.
- Designs based off other things such as songs and a piece of media as a whole should still be disclosed as CBCs
- Characters based off of others’ personal projects (such as an OC comic, an AU, a concept from a fandom, etc.) are not allowed unless permission is given. Fangames, fan songs, and similar content are typically allowed, but feel free to ask!
- Media aimed towards adult or mature audiences is generally allowed, but the following content is not allowed to have CBCs created of them:
- Medias primarily centric around heavy, sensitive, such as abuse, sexual assault, or self-harm/suicide regardless of portrayal
- Media primarily sexual or pornographic in nature
- Characters that are in-universe abusers, predators, or bigots
- Characters or whole media that use harmful stereotypes or viewpoints against marginalized groups
Voiding:
- In most cases, voids will usually be accepted, but you cannot reinstate a character that has been voided by you. If you have been traded, purchased, or otherwise obtained a voided Soapuppy, you may ask for it to be reinstated within the species. Some characters, specifically ones that were voided due to rule violation, cannot be reinstated.
- Characters that are found to have deliberately broken our species rules may be permanently voided.
- If you are a voiding a Soapuppy that you have not designed, you will need the original designer’s permission.
- Loopholing of this rule to reinstate Soapuppies with the intent of giving it back to the previous owner will result in a strike for both members.
- You cannot purchase a Soapuppy adopt or custom with the intention to immediately void it.
- When voiding a character, you must be okay with the following:
- The character will be moved out of your account and onto the on-site VOID account, with your ownership noted in the description instead
- The character will not be hidden or deleted under any circumstances
- The character cannot be reinstated under your ownership.
Staff COmpensation:
Although we try our best to keep the staff on the same level of fariness as all other members, we do allow the team small advantages as a thank you and compensation for their work with us.
- Staff are rewarded based on activity via a staff-exclusive currency on site that allows for the purchasing of all MYO items (minus Sparkly Sugars). Collectables and event prizes are excluded from this, and the items are strongly encouraged to only be used for personal use rather than trading.
- Sometimes, answers to things such as events and games are already known by some or all of the staff team, occasionally allowing for “free” entries into raffles and prizes. First-come first-serve prizes cannot be won by staff who know the answers to win them.
- Mystery raffles, adopts, gachas, etc. are all viewed by staff before they are revealed publicly, and staff are allowed to claim mystery designs or prizes even if they know the results.
- Staff are allowed to approve or vote on their own submissions, and are not required to go through others
- Some extra rules are in place to prevent cheating among staff, although these rules are kept private. Please be assured we are as fair as possible!
Thank you for reading! If any future changes are made to rules, they will be publicly announced.