Post by Spaten on Apr 23, 2006 20:27:44 GMT -5
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General Rules
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- Don't be offensive. Messages insulting someone's race, religion, handicap, or sexual preference will be moderated very quickly. The last one in particular is a big one; using the words "gay", "homo", or anything similar as a term of insult in any way at all (even calling inanimate objects "gay") is a serious offense. Using someone's lifestyle as a term of insult is insulting to them, and it won't be tolerated.
- Don't swear. Or, if you just can't get your point across without using a few four-letter words, you need to completely block them out. Completely. As in "****". Suffixes are tolerated (i.e. "ing", "ed"), as well as the first letter, but nothing more. If you're unsure whether a particular word is banned or not, just try putting it in a message spelled correctly; if it's banned, the censor will let you know.
- Do not post anything concerning sexual preferences and religion
- Do not post vulgar, profane, or sexually explicit language.
- Do not post or request links to or material from pornographic, obscene, or hate-speech web sites.
- Do not post links to web sites with potentially offensive content without a clear warning.
- Do not post descriptions or details about any sexual act or sexual organs.
- Don't ask for or offer pirated ROMs/Games/MP3s/Videos/Warez. If what you're doing is a violation of copyright law, then it's a TOS violation as well. You can talk about emulators and mod chips, but if you discuss trading pirated software, you risk being moderated.
- Don't insult other users. Argue and fight all you want, but if you insult a person you're arguing with, it's a TOS violation. If someone gets you so mad you want to call them a name, then just don't post in that topic anymore.
- Don't start trouble. Going into boards and trying to get other people to start insulting you is just as bad as insulting them yourself. If you happen to hate a particular game/system/genre, the only thing you'll do by announcing so on that board will be to get other people upset, and that's a TOS violation.
- Stay on-topic. In order to preserve some semblance of order, topicality is enforced on every board except for the specially designated "General" board. If you're not talking about the game/system/genre of the board you're on, you're bringing down the quality of the conversation on that board.
- Don't ruin the game for everyone else. Talking about how a major character dies halfway through a game is a plot "spoiler", and you need to mark your post in a way where people who don't want to know that don't read that information accidentally. For example, you could bold "SPOILER" then put the hide the spoiler by blacking it out. This works best if you put visible asterisks around it.
- Don't advertise. If you want everyone to come to your web site, put it in your signature, and post only in "Affilates and Advertisments". Posting a topic asking people to come to your site is spam, and it won't be tolerated.
Failure to comply with these rules or the TOS, depending on the level of the violation, will result in immediate banning.
General Rules
-----------------------------
- Don't be offensive. Messages insulting someone's race, religion, handicap, or sexual preference will be moderated very quickly. The last one in particular is a big one; using the words "gay", "homo", or anything similar as a term of insult in any way at all (even calling inanimate objects "gay") is a serious offense. Using someone's lifestyle as a term of insult is insulting to them, and it won't be tolerated.
- Don't swear. Or, if you just can't get your point across without using a few four-letter words, you need to completely block them out. Completely. As in "****". Suffixes are tolerated (i.e. "ing", "ed"), as well as the first letter, but nothing more. If you're unsure whether a particular word is banned or not, just try putting it in a message spelled correctly; if it's banned, the censor will let you know.
- Do not post anything concerning sexual preferences and religion
- Do not post vulgar, profane, or sexually explicit language.
- Do not post or request links to or material from pornographic, obscene, or hate-speech web sites.
- Do not post links to web sites with potentially offensive content without a clear warning.
- Do not post descriptions or details about any sexual act or sexual organs.
- Don't ask for or offer pirated ROMs/Games/MP3s/Videos/Warez. If what you're doing is a violation of copyright law, then it's a TOS violation as well. You can talk about emulators and mod chips, but if you discuss trading pirated software, you risk being moderated.
- Don't insult other users. Argue and fight all you want, but if you insult a person you're arguing with, it's a TOS violation. If someone gets you so mad you want to call them a name, then just don't post in that topic anymore.
- Don't start trouble. Going into boards and trying to get other people to start insulting you is just as bad as insulting them yourself. If you happen to hate a particular game/system/genre, the only thing you'll do by announcing so on that board will be to get other people upset, and that's a TOS violation.
- Stay on-topic. In order to preserve some semblance of order, topicality is enforced on every board except for the specially designated "General" board. If you're not talking about the game/system/genre of the board you're on, you're bringing down the quality of the conversation on that board.
- Don't ruin the game for everyone else. Talking about how a major character dies halfway through a game is a plot "spoiler", and you need to mark your post in a way where people who don't want to know that don't read that information accidentally. For example, you could bold "SPOILER" then put the hide the spoiler by blacking it out. This works best if you put visible asterisks around it.
- Don't advertise. If you want everyone to come to your web site, put it in your signature, and post only in "Affilates and Advertisments". Posting a topic asking people to come to your site is spam, and it won't be tolerated.
Failure to comply with these rules or the TOS, depending on the level of the violation, will result in immediate banning.