Official YVVO RULES
When buying/owning/creating one or several YVVO, you must read and agree with these rules. It'll always be considered that you aknowledged the following rules as soon as you join the universe.
The user is you. The physical person is a person, it is different from a non-physical person (a society, for example.) The "art" or "artworks" stands for art of any media, including writing, videos, etc.
'YVVO' stands for: Yevat, Velilyevat, Varveleil, Oyevat; but it's also the name of the whole universe described in this webstibe, created and owned by Yoka/YokaMycelium/Barbara F. These species and universe are under copyright and you may not reproduce/copy/sell anything on this website without written permission from Yoka.
Yoka keeps creative control over the species and designs. If you own a YVVO, you only own partial rights to the design (ownership and masterlist protection.) If you own a YVVO you do not own the whole species, only a design(s).
The user is you. The physical person is a person, it is different from a non-physical person (a society, for example.) The "art" or "artworks" stands for art of any media, including writing, videos, etc.
'YVVO' stands for: Yevat, Velilyevat, Varveleil, Oyevat; but it's also the name of the whole universe described in this webstibe, created and owned by Yoka/YokaMycelium/Barbara F. These species and universe are under copyright and you may not reproduce/copy/sell anything on this website without written permission from Yoka.
Yoka keeps creative control over the species and designs. If you own a YVVO, you only own partial rights to the design (ownership and masterlist protection.) If you own a YVVO you do not own the whole species, only a design(s).
General rules
As a community member, you're responsible of your words and actions as anywhere else.
No slur, hate speech, invitation to violence or anything of the kind will be tolerated. Nothing illegal in most countries will be tolerated either. We also ask not to speak about your personal opinions on politics and religions, for it most always lead to dramas and it doesn't directly concern the YVVO universe.
Don't harass or make other users uncomfortable. If you think you're the victim of another user among the YVVO community, please contact the moderation in private to get help to manage it. However, no public denunciation with the purpose of the "attacker" to feel bad about their action will be tolerated. In other words, attacking you attacker back will be considered as an attack as well and you must face the consequences as much as the user who bothered you in first place. Public dramas are much more harder to manage for Yoka and moderators than something that has been handled professionally and with maturity.
In general, "venting" is not allowed. None of us are therapists and we can't help you. Instead, we promote positive thinking and encourage people to share positive thoughts. Our discord server has a specific channel to share "happy thoughts" that anyone is free to browse when they feel bad. It's also possible to request positive thoughts randomly for no specific reason.
Each place where this universe and species is installed has its own specific rules, changing according to the site. (For example, the Deviantart group has rules about submitting your artworks in the proper folders, Toyhouse has rules about properly crediting the artworks you receive, and the Discord has rules about advertisements and artworks sharing.) You're asked to read and to acknowledge those rules as well when you join a new place.
Blocking Yoka, or one or several moderators of the species is prohibited. It greatly slows down the work of moderation and nobody is exempt of moderation. It also shows an aggressive (or at least passive/aggressive) behavior towards at least one of us and you'll be asked to explain yourself. If you have a problem with one or several of the moderators, please contact Yoka.
In general, it's wise not to join a species or community including people your dislike in the staff or moderation.
It's possible that common sense and "obvious" details have been forgotten while writing these rules (such as don't steal, copy or trace other people's art, or other very general rules.) Yoka and moderators may also act for something that's not written here if they think it's borderline or off-limit. Act like a civilized person and everything should be fine.
No slur, hate speech, invitation to violence or anything of the kind will be tolerated. Nothing illegal in most countries will be tolerated either. We also ask not to speak about your personal opinions on politics and religions, for it most always lead to dramas and it doesn't directly concern the YVVO universe.
Don't harass or make other users uncomfortable. If you think you're the victim of another user among the YVVO community, please contact the moderation in private to get help to manage it. However, no public denunciation with the purpose of the "attacker" to feel bad about their action will be tolerated. In other words, attacking you attacker back will be considered as an attack as well and you must face the consequences as much as the user who bothered you in first place. Public dramas are much more harder to manage for Yoka and moderators than something that has been handled professionally and with maturity.
In general, "venting" is not allowed. None of us are therapists and we can't help you. Instead, we promote positive thinking and encourage people to share positive thoughts. Our discord server has a specific channel to share "happy thoughts" that anyone is free to browse when they feel bad. It's also possible to request positive thoughts randomly for no specific reason.
Each place where this universe and species is installed has its own specific rules, changing according to the site. (For example, the Deviantart group has rules about submitting your artworks in the proper folders, Toyhouse has rules about properly crediting the artworks you receive, and the Discord has rules about advertisements and artworks sharing.) You're asked to read and to acknowledge those rules as well when you join a new place.
Blocking Yoka, or one or several moderators of the species is prohibited. It greatly slows down the work of moderation and nobody is exempt of moderation. It also shows an aggressive (or at least passive/aggressive) behavior towards at least one of us and you'll be asked to explain yourself. If you have a problem with one or several of the moderators, please contact Yoka.
In general, it's wise not to join a species or community including people your dislike in the staff or moderation.
It's possible that common sense and "obvious" details have been forgotten while writing these rules (such as don't steal, copy or trace other people's art, or other very general rules.) Yoka and moderators may also act for something that's not written here if they think it's borderline or off-limit. Act like a civilized person and everything should be fine.
Ownership
You can buy a YVVO (only a design, not the species concept) from YokaMycelium, or any authorized guest artist. You can buy new MYOs ('Make Your Own') from YokaMycelium only.
You also can get a YVVO (registrated in the official masterlist) or MYO from another user, if they are the current owner and are seeking to get rid of it.
If you're the new owner of a YVVO or if you get rid of a YVVO, you must update the masterlist! Otherwise the changes will not be official. The masterlist is a proof of ownership, and only the masterlist will be looked if there's a conflict of ownership. So remember to update it whenever you transfer a YVVO.
If you own an YVVO or MYO: (You must be the owner, with your nickname written in the masterlist as the current owner)
- You are allowed to gift it to another user (physical person.) You are asked to update the masterlist of this change. It will not belong to you afterwards.
- You are allowed to trade it to another user (physical person) for anything. You are asked to update the masterlist of this change. It will not belong to you afterwards.
- You are allowed to trade it to another user (physical person) for vouchers (they buy something for you.) You are asked to update the masterlist of this change. It will not belong to you afterwards.
- You are allowed to sell it to another user (physical person) for any value. You are asked to update the masterlist of this change. It will not belong to you afterwards.
The exceptions are:
- You can't sell (any currency) a YVVO you got through a free raffle, unless extra art is added. It's to prevent people entering only for profit. (Any amount of extra art will be accepted. We just want to see that you used a design and not entering for profit only. No proof of an artwork's worth will be requested.)
- You can't sell a YVVO MYO you got for free through specific events, unless you design it. A free MYO is worth nothing, but we do value your art and your hard work.
- Co-owning is not allowed.
If you own a YVVO or MYO: (You must be the owner, with your nickname written in the masterlist!)
- You are allowed to repost the design on any website as long as a proper credit to the designer/artist is provided, and a functional link redirects to them. It's also best if the species name is mentioned / or if you state clearly that these are closed species, but not a mandatory.
- You are allowed to create and buy extra art of any media for your character.
- You are allowed to roleplay your character and to include it in any non-monetized story / universe. If the story or the universe is not yours, please ask first for the original creator of the story or the universe if you can do it.
You also can get a YVVO (registrated in the official masterlist) or MYO from another user, if they are the current owner and are seeking to get rid of it.
If you're the new owner of a YVVO or if you get rid of a YVVO, you must update the masterlist! Otherwise the changes will not be official. The masterlist is a proof of ownership, and only the masterlist will be looked if there's a conflict of ownership. So remember to update it whenever you transfer a YVVO.
If you own an YVVO or MYO: (You must be the owner, with your nickname written in the masterlist as the current owner)
- You are allowed to gift it to another user (physical person.) You are asked to update the masterlist of this change. It will not belong to you afterwards.
- You are allowed to trade it to another user (physical person) for anything. You are asked to update the masterlist of this change. It will not belong to you afterwards.
- You are allowed to trade it to another user (physical person) for vouchers (they buy something for you.) You are asked to update the masterlist of this change. It will not belong to you afterwards.
- You are allowed to sell it to another user (physical person) for any value. You are asked to update the masterlist of this change. It will not belong to you afterwards.
The exceptions are:
- You can't sell (any currency) a YVVO you got through a free raffle, unless extra art is added. It's to prevent people entering only for profit. (Any amount of extra art will be accepted. We just want to see that you used a design and not entering for profit only. No proof of an artwork's worth will be requested.)
- You can't sell a YVVO MYO you got for free through specific events, unless you design it. A free MYO is worth nothing, but we do value your art and your hard work.
- Co-owning is not allowed.
If you own a YVVO or MYO: (You must be the owner, with your nickname written in the masterlist!)
- You are allowed to repost the design on any website as long as a proper credit to the designer/artist is provided, and a functional link redirects to them. It's also best if the species name is mentioned / or if you state clearly that these are closed species, but not a mandatory.
- You are allowed to create and buy extra art of any media for your character.
- You are allowed to roleplay your character and to include it in any non-monetized story / universe. If the story or the universe is not yours, please ask first for the original creator of the story or the universe if you can do it.
Using YVVO outside of their universe
It's allowed to use your YVVO outside of Bothea or the YVVO universe, and to include them to your own personal universes.
However, please know that anything not lore-friendly might not generate Yevatokens (for example, giving to your Yevat powers that they don't have, for free) or might be declined during specific prompts or contests (for example, drawing an Oyevat on Earth.) You will not be banned for this but the Yevatoken amount for said pieces might not be counted, depending on context.
Please, only add YVVO characters (that you own) to your personal universes. Don't add the whole YVVO species and/or lore to your public/shared and/or monetized universes/species/ARPG, etc. to augment its content without any prior authorisation from Yoka.
If you didn't ask before, it'll be seen as full or partial lore theft and you'll be asked to remove it. Understand by this: add your YVVO to your personal stories, but not to your own closed species that's shared with people, for example.
In general, anything that's associated with commercial use (save from reselling a design to a private person (= not a society)) is prohibited. Even if your closed species or ARPG universe isn't made for you to make profit of it, adding the whole YVVO species or universe to it will be considered as theft.
However, please know that anything not lore-friendly might not generate Yevatokens (for example, giving to your Yevat powers that they don't have, for free) or might be declined during specific prompts or contests (for example, drawing an Oyevat on Earth.) You will not be banned for this but the Yevatoken amount for said pieces might not be counted, depending on context.
Please, only add YVVO characters (that you own) to your personal universes. Don't add the whole YVVO species and/or lore to your public/shared and/or monetized universes/species/ARPG, etc. to augment its content without any prior authorisation from Yoka.
If you didn't ask before, it'll be seen as full or partial lore theft and you'll be asked to remove it. Understand by this: add your YVVO to your personal stories, but not to your own closed species that's shared with people, for example.
In general, anything that's associated with commercial use (save from reselling a design to a private person (= not a society)) is prohibited. Even if your closed species or ARPG universe isn't made for you to make profit of it, adding the whole YVVO species or universe to it will be considered as theft.
Design
- You are NOT allowed to design a YVVO after copyrighted characters or existing designs. If you design a YVVO from another designer's design, without their explicit authorization, you will be the only responsible of the theft and your design will be suspended until the situation is resolved. While Yoka/YokaMycelium will do everything to prevent it and to solve the situation if it happens, she can not be held responsible of someone stealing/copying a design in their MYO.
- You are NOT allowed to include a design/the species in a monetized media (for example, in a book that will be sold) without Yoka's explicit authorization.
- You are NOT allowed to use the species concept, design, artworks, or anything in a monetized way without Yoka's explicit authorization, except for reselling the design/MYO to a physical person.
- You are NOT allowed to duplicate or to sell multiple times a design. Each design is unique and may not be duplicated.
- You are NOT allowed to hide, or to ‘forget’ the proper credit of the design and species maker.
- If you work on a design, as an Official Guest Artist, as the owner of a MYO, or as a commission for someone, you must accept that this design will be able to be sold by future owners if you get rid of the design, and for the price they want. You may not apply restrictions such as "don't resell" or "don't resell for a higher price."
Nobody can own a theme. If you like girly-pastel designs, you're not the owner of every girly-pastel designs and you can't prohibit anyone to enjoy this theme as well, as long as they don't copy or trace your design.
Every artist in the YVVO community have their own rules about their artworks. This means that if you own someone's artwork with your design, you must respect their own rules and TOS about their artworks, as long as they don't contradict or dodge a YVVO rule. For example, even if you own a character with artworks, you may not be able to edit directly other people's artworks, unless they give you their excplicit authorization.
To remain fair for everyone:
A unique visual appearance, breaking the anatomy (not present on the visual reference sheets) requires a Unique trait
A unique ability (not present in the free abilities) requires a Unique Power
A mutation is restricted to adoptables made by Yoka and Creepyan only.
Anything that would induces that your YVVO has something of the above by using alternate means will be considered as a way of cheating. There's no other way to have a unique trait without a unique trait, or a unique power without a unique power, or a mutation without a mutation.
For example, stating that your YVVO is a mage apprentice inside a magic school will NOT allow you to claim free unique powers. If you want your YVVO to be able to cast a fireball, you'll need the unique power "can cast fireballs." For this, you can either buy a UP or draw a bit your OCs to claim a free one in the reward shop.
Creating an alternate version of your YVVO (such as the human version, the dragon version, the pony version, etc.) will be tolerated under these conditions:
- It must be clear (written somewhere) that your YVVO can't shapeshift into this alternate version (otherwise that's a mutation)
- The alternate design is not official, meaning that: it can't add any value to the design, and it must be deleted/separated from the YVVO if it's too different when the YVVO is transferred to a new user
- The alternate designs can't generate any Yevatokens, nor count as extra art, nor enter prompts
- The alternate designs must not become more important than the YVVO itself (at this point just create a new, different character, on which you will have full rights, as long as it doesn't look like an alternate version of the YVVO anymore ahah)
- You are NOT allowed to include a design/the species in a monetized media (for example, in a book that will be sold) without Yoka's explicit authorization.
- You are NOT allowed to use the species concept, design, artworks, or anything in a monetized way without Yoka's explicit authorization, except for reselling the design/MYO to a physical person.
- You are NOT allowed to duplicate or to sell multiple times a design. Each design is unique and may not be duplicated.
- You are NOT allowed to hide, or to ‘forget’ the proper credit of the design and species maker.
- If you work on a design, as an Official Guest Artist, as the owner of a MYO, or as a commission for someone, you must accept that this design will be able to be sold by future owners if you get rid of the design, and for the price they want. You may not apply restrictions such as "don't resell" or "don't resell for a higher price."
Nobody can own a theme. If you like girly-pastel designs, you're not the owner of every girly-pastel designs and you can't prohibit anyone to enjoy this theme as well, as long as they don't copy or trace your design.
Every artist in the YVVO community have their own rules about their artworks. This means that if you own someone's artwork with your design, you must respect their own rules and TOS about their artworks, as long as they don't contradict or dodge a YVVO rule. For example, even if you own a character with artworks, you may not be able to edit directly other people's artworks, unless they give you their excplicit authorization.
To remain fair for everyone:
A unique visual appearance, breaking the anatomy (not present on the visual reference sheets) requires a Unique trait
A unique ability (not present in the free abilities) requires a Unique Power
A mutation is restricted to adoptables made by Yoka and Creepyan only.
Anything that would induces that your YVVO has something of the above by using alternate means will be considered as a way of cheating. There's no other way to have a unique trait without a unique trait, or a unique power without a unique power, or a mutation without a mutation.
For example, stating that your YVVO is a mage apprentice inside a magic school will NOT allow you to claim free unique powers. If you want your YVVO to be able to cast a fireball, you'll need the unique power "can cast fireballs." For this, you can either buy a UP or draw a bit your OCs to claim a free one in the reward shop.
Creating an alternate version of your YVVO (such as the human version, the dragon version, the pony version, etc.) will be tolerated under these conditions:
- It must be clear (written somewhere) that your YVVO can't shapeshift into this alternate version (otherwise that's a mutation)
- The alternate design is not official, meaning that: it can't add any value to the design, and it must be deleted/separated from the YVVO if it's too different when the YVVO is transferred to a new user
- The alternate designs can't generate any Yevatokens, nor count as extra art, nor enter prompts
- The alternate designs must not become more important than the YVVO itself (at this point just create a new, different character, on which you will have full rights, as long as it doesn't look like an alternate version of the YVVO anymore ahah)
Redesigns
Redesigns are allowed under every condition stated inside the Redesign guide page.
To this is added:
It's not because you own a design that you have all rights over the artworks that goes with if you didn't create them. By any mean you should ask the original artist if you can edit directly their artwork for a redesign, or not, if it's not already stated in their TOS.
Yoka will not accept redesigns from edited artworks that are not yours if the original artist did not accept it first. If the original artist doesn't accept it, then you'll be asked to draw or to get a drawing of a new fullbody with the redesign.
To be official, the masterlist entry of a design MUST be updated, or it will not be considered as official and tokens for an unapproved/unnoficial design will not be generated.
If you redesign a YVVO, the old version must not be used anymore (you can't use the old and the new versions of a design at the same time)
To this is added:
It's not because you own a design that you have all rights over the artworks that goes with if you didn't create them. By any mean you should ask the original artist if you can edit directly their artwork for a redesign, or not, if it's not already stated in their TOS.
Yoka will not accept redesigns from edited artworks that are not yours if the original artist did not accept it first. If the original artist doesn't accept it, then you'll be asked to draw or to get a drawing of a new fullbody with the redesign.
To be official, the masterlist entry of a design MUST be updated, or it will not be considered as official and tokens for an unapproved/unnoficial design will not be generated.
If you redesign a YVVO, the old version must not be used anymore (you can't use the old and the new versions of a design at the same time)
Designs void
There's no such things as "voiding a design." It's prohibited to create a new, non-YVVO design based an YVVO design, and this, even if you're banned from the species.
Some species choose to have it as an available option, others choose not to, and we're among the last.
A voiding is complex to manage and by experience, creates more conflicts than it solves them (original designer disagrees with the void, the voided design isn't different enough from the original species and the species owner and the artist disagree on that point, the species owner may simply not have enough time to manage this kind of complex situation, etc.) that's why the YVVO chose not to accept design voids.
Yoka once moderated a species in which it was originally allowed, and it ended up being declined because of all the troubles and conflicts it caused in the end. From memory, only one on nine voids had been accepted and went smoothly. Many people were banned by the species owner in the process. We'd like to avoid this.
Being banned is not a privilege and no voids will be granted either.
When entering the YVVO species and when designing a MYO, you must be aware that no voiding options will be provided. Your YVVO will remain YVVO.
We have other, different solutions about what to do with your YVVOs:
- It's possible to redesign it, add unique traits and powers, and to change a bit their appearance (unavailable if you're banned.)
- It's possible to get rid of your YVVO designs and to create new characters, as long as the new characters aren't directly the YVVO without YVVO traits; as long as the colors, markings and features are changed. (The difference between copying and being inspired. It's possible to be inspired by a YVVO you owned, not to copy it to a new design. For example, if you owned an aquatic-themed YVVO with fins and gills on the torso and a light blue skin, you can create another non-YVVO character with the same aquatic theme, fins at a different place and with a different shape, gills on the throat, a different shade of blue, and a different haircut, etc. As long as the two designs don't look like the same character, or a shapeshift of the original design, it's good.)
- It's possible to exchange your currently owned designs for YVVO MYO or for Yevatokens in the design exchange shop. (Also available on discord.)
Some species choose to have it as an available option, others choose not to, and we're among the last.
A voiding is complex to manage and by experience, creates more conflicts than it solves them (original designer disagrees with the void, the voided design isn't different enough from the original species and the species owner and the artist disagree on that point, the species owner may simply not have enough time to manage this kind of complex situation, etc.) that's why the YVVO chose not to accept design voids.
Yoka once moderated a species in which it was originally allowed, and it ended up being declined because of all the troubles and conflicts it caused in the end. From memory, only one on nine voids had been accepted and went smoothly. Many people were banned by the species owner in the process. We'd like to avoid this.
Being banned is not a privilege and no voids will be granted either.
When entering the YVVO species and when designing a MYO, you must be aware that no voiding options will be provided. Your YVVO will remain YVVO.
We have other, different solutions about what to do with your YVVOs:
- It's possible to redesign it, add unique traits and powers, and to change a bit their appearance (unavailable if you're banned.)
- It's possible to get rid of your YVVO designs and to create new characters, as long as the new characters aren't directly the YVVO without YVVO traits; as long as the colors, markings and features are changed. (The difference between copying and being inspired. It's possible to be inspired by a YVVO you owned, not to copy it to a new design. For example, if you owned an aquatic-themed YVVO with fins and gills on the torso and a light blue skin, you can create another non-YVVO character with the same aquatic theme, fins at a different place and with a different shape, gills on the throat, a different shade of blue, and a different haircut, etc. As long as the two designs don't look like the same character, or a shapeshift of the original design, it's good.)
- It's possible to exchange your currently owned designs for YVVO MYO or for Yevatokens in the design exchange shop. (Also available on discord.)
Yevatokens
You are not allowed to cheat in your counting, nor to negociate more Yevatokens, nor to ask Yoka to change the prices so you'd win even more of them for lower efforts.
Read more about tokens rules in the tokens guide.
If you doubt about how to give you tokens for a piece, don't be afraid to ask. There's a channel on discord made especially for this.
Read more about tokens rules in the tokens guide.
If you doubt about how to give you tokens for a piece, don't be afraid to ask. There's a channel on discord made especially for this.
NSFW
Wherever you post some NSFW content including and/or concerning the YVVO universe, you must respect the site's rules. (For example, apply a nudity mature tag on Deviantart or Toyhouse when posting an image if it includes a character nudity.)
What you post in general must bear a tag or a spoiler function if it's NSFW, must be posted in proper channels when it's available, and must respect the other rules of general respect and nothing illegal.
The four YVVO species dissociate "nudity" and "without clothes." Most of YVVO designs will be posted without clothes for the sake of design clarity, but with no visible or apparent genitalia. An artwork without clothes but without apparent genitalia will not be considered as NSFW. An artwork with apparent genitalia will be considered as NSFW. Artworks with sexual content, even light or mild (no apparent genitalia but a visible sexual scene, for example) will be considered as NSFW.
Remember than NSFW stands for "Not Safe For Work." NSFW does not always mean sexualized or gore content, and it can simply concerns weird content. If you hesitate about the possible nsfw-ness of a picture, just imagine if your boss or teacher seeing it: would you feel extremely awkward, or even risk to be fired? Then that goes in the NSFW content.
Also always keep in mind that minors are present in the community and are enjoying its content as much as you do. Think about our young souls, don't post a content that could trouble them without the proper tags, spoilers, or in the public channels.
Some moderators don't like to reveal certain content. When posting a spoiler tag, you're asked to specify what's the hidden picture or text about. For example, if you drew your Yevat with a new wound after an epic battle with a Varveleil, post it with a spoiler tag and write "TW: gore, missing an arm" (for example. It can be anything as long as it respects the rules.)
Yevatem, Velilyevatem, and Varveleilem can be children. It's obvious that no content such as pedophilia will be tolerated. Here are the other complete rules about children and NSFW content:
It is strictly prohibited to:
- Include an underage (or underage-looking) character in any media including sexual content
- Include an underage (or underage-looking) character OR an adult character in any media including sexual content with another underage character.
- Sexualize in any way an underage (or underage-looking) character
Yevatem are considered as adults when they develop they Rokyevat form and when they walk on two legs instead of four. If that's unclear, consider that they're young adults at around 5-6 cycles old / 25-30 years old. It's also possible to consider them as adults at "18 years old," which is sometimes the way for people who didn't read the lore to say that they're adults just like humans.
Slight "gore" will be tolerated for children (nosebleed or knee scratch for example.)
PEGI 16 Gore will be tolerated for adolescent/teenager characters.
Full gore and nsfw stuff is accepted once an YVVO/character is an adult.
Any post on Deviantart must respect Deviantart's rules beforehand, and same for Toyhouse and Discord.
Yoka understands that some of your beloved YVVO may have a rude backstory with, for example, a terrible childhood, or experiencing stressing events. It happened to a lot of us and it's still happening nowadays in real life. She also understands the therapeutic effect that a character with a similar backstory to us can have, and how healing and powerful it can be. For this specific reason, you are allowed to give your YVVO a complicated childhood or life, however:
By respect to all victims who had to (or have to) sustain such events in real life, I'll ask you to always remain respectful in whatever you write or draw. Be respectful towards your ideas and ask yourself why a terrible event can help your character growing, or give them a weakness they'll have to learn to brave, for example. And always remember to add warning or censorship before showing anything that could hurt.
Don't promote or incite bad actions through your content. Don't try to hurt people on purpose by triggering traumas.
What you post in general must bear a tag or a spoiler function if it's NSFW, must be posted in proper channels when it's available, and must respect the other rules of general respect and nothing illegal.
The four YVVO species dissociate "nudity" and "without clothes." Most of YVVO designs will be posted without clothes for the sake of design clarity, but with no visible or apparent genitalia. An artwork without clothes but without apparent genitalia will not be considered as NSFW. An artwork with apparent genitalia will be considered as NSFW. Artworks with sexual content, even light or mild (no apparent genitalia but a visible sexual scene, for example) will be considered as NSFW.
Remember than NSFW stands for "Not Safe For Work." NSFW does not always mean sexualized or gore content, and it can simply concerns weird content. If you hesitate about the possible nsfw-ness of a picture, just imagine if your boss or teacher seeing it: would you feel extremely awkward, or even risk to be fired? Then that goes in the NSFW content.
Also always keep in mind that minors are present in the community and are enjoying its content as much as you do. Think about our young souls, don't post a content that could trouble them without the proper tags, spoilers, or in the public channels.
Some moderators don't like to reveal certain content. When posting a spoiler tag, you're asked to specify what's the hidden picture or text about. For example, if you drew your Yevat with a new wound after an epic battle with a Varveleil, post it with a spoiler tag and write "TW: gore, missing an arm" (for example. It can be anything as long as it respects the rules.)
Yevatem, Velilyevatem, and Varveleilem can be children. It's obvious that no content such as pedophilia will be tolerated. Here are the other complete rules about children and NSFW content:
It is strictly prohibited to:
- Include an underage (or underage-looking) character in any media including sexual content
- Include an underage (or underage-looking) character OR an adult character in any media including sexual content with another underage character.
- Sexualize in any way an underage (or underage-looking) character
Yevatem are considered as adults when they develop they Rokyevat form and when they walk on two legs instead of four. If that's unclear, consider that they're young adults at around 5-6 cycles old / 25-30 years old. It's also possible to consider them as adults at "18 years old," which is sometimes the way for people who didn't read the lore to say that they're adults just like humans.
Slight "gore" will be tolerated for children (nosebleed or knee scratch for example.)
PEGI 16 Gore will be tolerated for adolescent/teenager characters.
Full gore and nsfw stuff is accepted once an YVVO/character is an adult.
Any post on Deviantart must respect Deviantart's rules beforehand, and same for Toyhouse and Discord.
Yoka understands that some of your beloved YVVO may have a rude backstory with, for example, a terrible childhood, or experiencing stressing events. It happened to a lot of us and it's still happening nowadays in real life. She also understands the therapeutic effect that a character with a similar backstory to us can have, and how healing and powerful it can be. For this specific reason, you are allowed to give your YVVO a complicated childhood or life, however:
By respect to all victims who had to (or have to) sustain such events in real life, I'll ask you to always remain respectful in whatever you write or draw. Be respectful towards your ideas and ask yourself why a terrible event can help your character growing, or give them a weakness they'll have to learn to brave, for example. And always remember to add warning or censorship before showing anything that could hurt.
Don't promote or incite bad actions through your content. Don't try to hurt people on purpose by triggering traumas.
Masterlist
Just like a huge majority of closed species, the YVVO species maintains a masterlist.
The Masterlist serves several purposes: it tells who is the current owner of which design, and tracks changes of ownership. This system prevents art and design theft.
It also serves these lesser, but still useful, purposes: it credits the designers and bases used, helps to quickly find a design and its owner or designer, helps to find every designs made by a single person with a single research, indicates the rights about a design, its unique traits and powers when there are any, and adds more details.
This masterlist indicates who is the owner of which design and, for this specific purpose, it's important to have it updated whenever you have a new YVVO design, or whenever you get rid of one. If you trade a design, for example, to another user and without updating the masterlist, you will still be indicated as the current owner of this design, and it will be like if you scammed the new owner. On the opposite, if you get a new YVVO but the previous owner didn't update the masterlist, you won't be considered as the owner of the design and the person maybe tried to scam you. How to update the masterlist is explain in details in the FAQ tab of the masterlist.
It's your responsibility to help us track new owners of each design to ensure the protection of the species, its members, and its data.
Mistakes and omissions happen: If you forgot to update it but tell us later, it's alright and no ban will follow (unless we realize or heavily suspect that you really tried to scam someone.)
Besides, when you join the YVVO species and/or create a design for it, you must accept the following:
- Your artwork (or owned design) will be added to the list of the masterlist to help us track the current ower and to prevent design theft. You will be fully credit either as the designer, the base maker, or the owner (or all three of it.)
- We might add a visible watermark on your artwork (or owned design) which will write "Yevat" or "YVVO", so the masterlist doesn't become a place filled with free, unwatermarked and easy-to-steal, artworks. It will be done in the sole purpose of protecting the designer's and the owner's design and work, and you will still have a version without the watermark.
- We probably will resize your artwork or design when adding it to the masterlist. A lot of you provide heavy files that we will reduce to a thumbnail size, so the full masterlist if faster to load and the images become harder to steal.
- It's possible that we recrop your artwork (or owned design) if, for example, it has been submitted to us with a lot of free space (or background) around the design, which would make the design unreadable on a thumbnail size. Also if you submit two designs in one picture, for example (each design will be cropped so the masterlist isn't confusing.) If you want to avoid that, please make sure to submit an artwork focused on the design for the update or approval.
- It's possible that we blur your artwork (or owned design) partially or completely if there's a problem linked to the artwork. For example, if you submit a design including nsfw parts, they'll be cropped (when possible) or blurred to keep the masterlist safe for work and browsable for all.
The Masterlist serves several purposes: it tells who is the current owner of which design, and tracks changes of ownership. This system prevents art and design theft.
It also serves these lesser, but still useful, purposes: it credits the designers and bases used, helps to quickly find a design and its owner or designer, helps to find every designs made by a single person with a single research, indicates the rights about a design, its unique traits and powers when there are any, and adds more details.
This masterlist indicates who is the owner of which design and, for this specific purpose, it's important to have it updated whenever you have a new YVVO design, or whenever you get rid of one. If you trade a design, for example, to another user and without updating the masterlist, you will still be indicated as the current owner of this design, and it will be like if you scammed the new owner. On the opposite, if you get a new YVVO but the previous owner didn't update the masterlist, you won't be considered as the owner of the design and the person maybe tried to scam you. How to update the masterlist is explain in details in the FAQ tab of the masterlist.
It's your responsibility to help us track new owners of each design to ensure the protection of the species, its members, and its data.
Mistakes and omissions happen: If you forgot to update it but tell us later, it's alright and no ban will follow (unless we realize or heavily suspect that you really tried to scam someone.)
Besides, when you join the YVVO species and/or create a design for it, you must accept the following:
- Your artwork (or owned design) will be added to the list of the masterlist to help us track the current ower and to prevent design theft. You will be fully credit either as the designer, the base maker, or the owner (or all three of it.)
- We might add a visible watermark on your artwork (or owned design) which will write "Yevat" or "YVVO", so the masterlist doesn't become a place filled with free, unwatermarked and easy-to-steal, artworks. It will be done in the sole purpose of protecting the designer's and the owner's design and work, and you will still have a version without the watermark.
- We probably will resize your artwork or design when adding it to the masterlist. A lot of you provide heavy files that we will reduce to a thumbnail size, so the full masterlist if faster to load and the images become harder to steal.
- It's possible that we recrop your artwork (or owned design) if, for example, it has been submitted to us with a lot of free space (or background) around the design, which would make the design unreadable on a thumbnail size. Also if you submit two designs in one picture, for example (each design will be cropped so the masterlist isn't confusing.) If you want to avoid that, please make sure to submit an artwork focused on the design for the update or approval.
- It's possible that we blur your artwork (or owned design) partially or completely if there's a problem linked to the artwork. For example, if you submit a design including nsfw parts, they'll be cropped (when possible) or blurred to keep the masterlist safe for work and browsable for all.
Pressuring Yoka (or staff) for more content
YVVO is an evolving universe created by Yoka / @YokaMycelium / the person writing these lines. It's evolving because Yoka organises events and writes texts where the background and lore progressively changes as events change the world and as characters react to these changes.
It does not mean that everyone can come and ask for a change or evolution, and shape it to their will. You can't take decisions in Yoka's stead, and it's not because "many people asked for it" that it'll change anything.
In the past, some people got used to ask for more content and even to pressure Yoka for more content or changes, and especially more free content. Needless to say that pressuring Yoka or the staff for more content or changes is prohibited (suggesting is fine, pressuring is not.)
You don't owe Yoka anything (you can have the full YVVO experience for free through the reward shop, and if you give money you already got a design or a MYO in exchange), and Yoka or the staff don't owe you anything either. Raffles, events, free stuff are made in their free time.
Suggestions must remain suggestions and not become insistent requests, please keep it in mind.
Building a "team" of people who all want to see a specific feature/event in the YVVO to apply a stress/pressure on Yoka will result in an instant ban for all concerned people. It has been done in the past and it had been extremely stressful.
What is currently not free / not available is like this for a reason. The YVVO is the result of years of work: Yoka is allowed to share what she wants to share, and to keep what she wants to keep, for any reason.
If you have something to say to Yoka directly, then contact her directly. Asking other people to bear a message for you will now be ignored (since it makes Yoka lose a lot of time to transmit messages to someone that will transmit them back to the concerned person) and considered as rude.
If Yoka scares you for any reason, feel free to engage a chill conversation with her in public chats to meet her!
It does not mean that everyone can come and ask for a change or evolution, and shape it to their will. You can't take decisions in Yoka's stead, and it's not because "many people asked for it" that it'll change anything.
In the past, some people got used to ask for more content and even to pressure Yoka for more content or changes, and especially more free content. Needless to say that pressuring Yoka or the staff for more content or changes is prohibited (suggesting is fine, pressuring is not.)
You don't owe Yoka anything (you can have the full YVVO experience for free through the reward shop, and if you give money you already got a design or a MYO in exchange), and Yoka or the staff don't owe you anything either. Raffles, events, free stuff are made in their free time.
Suggestions must remain suggestions and not become insistent requests, please keep it in mind.
Building a "team" of people who all want to see a specific feature/event in the YVVO to apply a stress/pressure on Yoka will result in an instant ban for all concerned people. It has been done in the past and it had been extremely stressful.
What is currently not free / not available is like this for a reason. The YVVO is the result of years of work: Yoka is allowed to share what she wants to share, and to keep what she wants to keep, for any reason.
If you have something to say to Yoka directly, then contact her directly. Asking other people to bear a message for you will now be ignored (since it makes Yoka lose a lot of time to transmit messages to someone that will transmit them back to the concerned person) and considered as rude.
If Yoka scares you for any reason, feel free to engage a chill conversation with her in public chats to meet her!
Trigger warnings and accessibility
TWs: The universe can't and won't be reshaped to everyone's preferences or sensitivity. Of course, illegal things won't be present.
For example, Yoka is allowed to add spiders on Bothea if she whishes to, even if someone in the community is arachnophobic.
She wishes to fight censorship. So the answer is immediate and will never change: unless it's illegal, Yoka will not remove or change content from her universe just because it makes some people uncomfortable.
The YVVO universe may contains mature and dark themes, even if it's not the focus point of the universe. Browse it at your own risk.
Accessibility: Yoka does her best so the universe remains accessible for a majority: choosing simple fonts, studying how the layout of information is given, avoiding flashing images, avoiding eyestrain images, working with contrasted enough pictures, working the layouts, recommanding apps, updating old and poorly accessible content, etc.
This universe is adapted for the majority. Yoka is conscious that some people may have more specific handicaps, but she sadly can't adapt to everyone, for everyone will have different and sometimes uncompatible ways to resolve their problems.
Yoka will also always encourage you to do everything you can for your handicap in your side, and while being accompanied by a professional. If you have headaches, sensitivity to some colors, or if browsing on your computer damages your health in any way, then there is a high chance that Yoka can't do anything for you, even if she changes colors or fonts, for example. If it damages your health in any way, the only reliable solution is to talk about it with your doctor(s) to find adapted solutions (like special glasses, softwares that adapts to your handicap, reducing the screentime, etc.)
You can't hold Yoka as responsible for a handicap you have or accuse her to aggravate your handicap, as you are willingly joining this universe in your free will, and may leave it at any time. Please take care of yourself and take care of your eventual handicaps seriously, with real medical advices and accompaniement on your side. It's something to self-diagnose, it's something else to benefit from a real medical accompaniement; the only thing Yoka will ask you is to be serious about it.
Yoka also does everything alone, in her free time, and isn't paid for it. You can't expect Yoka to be as performant as a society or a big app, while the YVVO don't generate enough money to pay a single, modest salary. Yoka doesn't live from the few adopts she sells a year, and just created the YVVO to have some fun with other users. She has a real life beside, and only a small amount of free time. She can't work on the universe and update it as fast as a profesionnal organisation. Thank you for your comprehension!
For example, Yoka is allowed to add spiders on Bothea if she whishes to, even if someone in the community is arachnophobic.
She wishes to fight censorship. So the answer is immediate and will never change: unless it's illegal, Yoka will not remove or change content from her universe just because it makes some people uncomfortable.
The YVVO universe may contains mature and dark themes, even if it's not the focus point of the universe. Browse it at your own risk.
Accessibility: Yoka does her best so the universe remains accessible for a majority: choosing simple fonts, studying how the layout of information is given, avoiding flashing images, avoiding eyestrain images, working with contrasted enough pictures, working the layouts, recommanding apps, updating old and poorly accessible content, etc.
This universe is adapted for the majority. Yoka is conscious that some people may have more specific handicaps, but she sadly can't adapt to everyone, for everyone will have different and sometimes uncompatible ways to resolve their problems.
Yoka will also always encourage you to do everything you can for your handicap in your side, and while being accompanied by a professional. If you have headaches, sensitivity to some colors, or if browsing on your computer damages your health in any way, then there is a high chance that Yoka can't do anything for you, even if she changes colors or fonts, for example. If it damages your health in any way, the only reliable solution is to talk about it with your doctor(s) to find adapted solutions (like special glasses, softwares that adapts to your handicap, reducing the screentime, etc.)
You can't hold Yoka as responsible for a handicap you have or accuse her to aggravate your handicap, as you are willingly joining this universe in your free will, and may leave it at any time. Please take care of yourself and take care of your eventual handicaps seriously, with real medical advices and accompaniement on your side. It's something to self-diagnose, it's something else to benefit from a real medical accompaniement; the only thing Yoka will ask you is to be serious about it.
Yoka also does everything alone, in her free time, and isn't paid for it. You can't expect Yoka to be as performant as a society or a big app, while the YVVO don't generate enough money to pay a single, modest salary. Yoka doesn't live from the few adopts she sells a year, and just created the YVVO to have some fun with other users. She has a real life beside, and only a small amount of free time. She can't work on the universe and update it as fast as a profesionnal organisation. Thank you for your comprehension!
AI pictures
Yoka carefully selected the AIs she uses to provide landcapes and more for the universe. The selected AIs are ArtBreeder, and Dream, which both assure the user that no artwork from real artists or photographers have been stolen. Upon seeing how prompts will often give very similar images, or images with similar constructions, Yoka is encline to believe it. Searching popular themes such as "Avatar" or "Marvel" doesn't show any Avatar or Marvel either, for example; this lack of fan creation shows that the AIs don't feed on anything they find online, and most probably respect the notions of licensed works.
Every picture obtained with these AIs is submitted into a reverse image search just to make just that it's not close to any existing artwork, and only other ArtBreeder or Dream generations show up.
Yoka can't be held responsible if these platforms are actually lying about their TOS.
If you disagree with the use of AI in general, even if it's not stealing people's artworks, then this universe is not made for you, as many concepts and landscapes have been made using them.
Every picture obtained with these AIs is submitted into a reverse image search just to make just that it's not close to any existing artwork, and only other ArtBreeder or Dream generations show up.
Yoka can't be held responsible if these platforms are actually lying about their TOS.
If you disagree with the use of AI in general, even if it's not stealing people's artworks, then this universe is not made for you, as many concepts and landscapes have been made using them.
In 99% of the time, Yoka also has to edit the AI-genetared artwork; to eliminate errors, non-Bothean details (such as water on the surface) or to add more details, such a flowers, more trees, etc. These artworks had been edited with Paint Tool Sai in the past, and now Clip Studio Paint. Here are some examples:
Old edit. Hut has been placed insice of a grotto - piece taken from another ArtBreeder picture, - slight ambiance and noise added, colors and contrast edited.
Unless stated otherwise, every AI-generated artwork present on this website are free to use for YVVO projects. Use them freely as backgrounds for your characters and adopts (if you're a guest artist) or other projects. You are free to directly modify them, paint over them, change their colors and details, etc. They can all be considered as free resources for YVVO produced content.
Consequences
Failing to these rules will result in either a warning, or a definitive ban. If you think a ban given by a moderator was unfair, you can contact Yoka to plead your case, with evidences and proofs (a simple "I'm sorry I won't do it again" will be ignored.)
The consequences of multiple warnings will result in a definitive ban.
The consequences of a ban are:
- Any YVVO, MYO, unique traits or powers, or Bothean species you own that you got via trade or gift (or raffle) cannot be sold anymore, neither be traded for a voucher. They can only be traded or gifted.
- If you bought a design, UT or UP, you may be able to resell them if you bought them originally, providing proof or original purchase and proof or resale, and for no more than what you bought it for originally. Adding extra art or receiving tips will not be accepted (to avoid cheating, pretending an artwork is worth a lot just to resell for a higher price, etc. or pretending it's just a tip when in fact you resold for more, for example.)
- You will be banned from the species and universe and won't be able to take part in the community neither to own new YVVO, MYO, unique traits or powers, or Bothean species.
- You will keep your currently owned YVVO, MYO, unique traits or powers, or Bothean species until you decide to get rid of them.
- There is no "voiding" option for banned people, or else they'd just have to be banned to do whatever they want with a design.
- All your current Yevatokens will be voided and reduced to 0, and you will not generate new Yevatokens anymore.
- The open species such as pets and mounts, fauna and flora, become closed for you and you're not allowed to create or sell them anymore.
- Non-tradeable items you own such as discount tikets or unused FTO MYOs will be voided.
- You will lose access to the active places such as the Discord, Toyhouse and Deviantart.
- You will lose access to any (current or future) species created by Yoka, even if they're not connected to the YVVO.
- You will not be allowed to enter any (current or future) event hosted by Yoka or by a species she owns.
BE CAREFUL!
It's not because you're already banned that you can keep breaking the rules. The ban comes with rights for you, that you might still lose if you keep breaking the rules. Here's what you can lose, without warning, if carry on provoking us:
- Even if you directly bought them, you may lose the ability to resell the designs you own, even if you previously could. You will only be able to gift or trade them, just like almost every species does in case of ban anyway.
- Keep breaking the rules or attacking us even more, or severely injure us, and you'll only have the ability to gift the designs you got via trade.
- You can lose the MYOs or traits you own without warning if they're marked as "can't be resold" (obtain for free via reward shop or raffle). They might simply be voided.
- Yoka and the admins/moderators can choose to stop answering you even if you have simple questions
- You might lose the privacy of your ban, and a PSA might be written on you if we judge that you're a real danger / or your ban and the proofs of ban might be shared with other species owners.
"But I don't care, I'm already banned anyway, I do whatever I want."
Sure. Just make sure that no other species owner sees you, or you'll quickly downgrade your reputation online. If any species owner contacts Yoka or any admin to get files on how did you break the rules, the proofs we have will be provided to them.
The consequences of multiple warnings will result in a definitive ban.
The consequences of a ban are:
- Any YVVO, MYO, unique traits or powers, or Bothean species you own that you got via trade or gift (or raffle) cannot be sold anymore, neither be traded for a voucher. They can only be traded or gifted.
- If you bought a design, UT or UP, you may be able to resell them if you bought them originally, providing proof or original purchase and proof or resale, and for no more than what you bought it for originally. Adding extra art or receiving tips will not be accepted (to avoid cheating, pretending an artwork is worth a lot just to resell for a higher price, etc. or pretending it's just a tip when in fact you resold for more, for example.)
- You will be banned from the species and universe and won't be able to take part in the community neither to own new YVVO, MYO, unique traits or powers, or Bothean species.
- You will keep your currently owned YVVO, MYO, unique traits or powers, or Bothean species until you decide to get rid of them.
- There is no "voiding" option for banned people, or else they'd just have to be banned to do whatever they want with a design.
- All your current Yevatokens will be voided and reduced to 0, and you will not generate new Yevatokens anymore.
- The open species such as pets and mounts, fauna and flora, become closed for you and you're not allowed to create or sell them anymore.
- Non-tradeable items you own such as discount tikets or unused FTO MYOs will be voided.
- You will lose access to the active places such as the Discord, Toyhouse and Deviantart.
- You will lose access to any (current or future) species created by Yoka, even if they're not connected to the YVVO.
- You will not be allowed to enter any (current or future) event hosted by Yoka or by a species she owns.
BE CAREFUL!
It's not because you're already banned that you can keep breaking the rules. The ban comes with rights for you, that you might still lose if you keep breaking the rules. Here's what you can lose, without warning, if carry on provoking us:
- Even if you directly bought them, you may lose the ability to resell the designs you own, even if you previously could. You will only be able to gift or trade them, just like almost every species does in case of ban anyway.
- Keep breaking the rules or attacking us even more, or severely injure us, and you'll only have the ability to gift the designs you got via trade.
- You can lose the MYOs or traits you own without warning if they're marked as "can't be resold" (obtain for free via reward shop or raffle). They might simply be voided.
- Yoka and the admins/moderators can choose to stop answering you even if you have simple questions
- You might lose the privacy of your ban, and a PSA might be written on you if we judge that you're a real danger / or your ban and the proofs of ban might be shared with other species owners.
"But I don't care, I'm already banned anyway, I do whatever I want."
Sure. Just make sure that no other species owner sees you, or you'll quickly downgrade your reputation online. If any species owner contacts Yoka or any admin to get files on how did you break the rules, the proofs we have will be provided to them.
What if you disagree with one or several rules?
It's possible that you disagree with one or several rules present here. If that's the case, please do not join the YVVO universe.
Joining the YVVO universe automaticallly induces that you have read these rules and that you agree with them.
If you already joined the YVVO universe, please do not break any rules (or you'll be banned.)
You can leave the species without being banned by:
- Reselling, trading or gifting the designs you own to leave the species
- Leaving the community and not interract with it anymore until you get rid of your designs
- Leaving without creating a drama or without breaking any rules, and still stay in good terms with us.
Joining the YVVO universe automaticallly induces that you have read these rules and that you agree with them.
If you already joined the YVVO universe, please do not break any rules (or you'll be banned.)
You can leave the species without being banned by:
- Reselling, trading or gifting the designs you own to leave the species
- Leaving the community and not interract with it anymore until you get rid of your designs
- Leaving without creating a drama or without breaking any rules, and still stay in good terms with us.