Post by KAZAI on Dec 17, 2011 0:21:35 GMT -5
| [atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=style, width: 317px; background-color: #42a1c0;][cs=2] the rules ! are to be followed |
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01. No spamming or flooding.Meaning that you don't double-post, you don't destroy topics with unrelated comments, and you don't reply on your own topic to bump it up. However, if it has been over a week since the last reply on a thread in the RP Registry, you may bump it up, just once. We will warn you once. Second warning will be a ban.
02. No open fire.If you have anything against a fellow member, a mod or even an admin, discuss this privately. Do not create a ruckus amongst other members, and if you feel the situation cannot be worked out by yourself, contact a person in power through PM for help or advice. If you DO wreak havoc upon others on the forum, you are banned.
03. No insulting.It's all fine to go head to head with each other, and if you want to call each other names that's all fine as long as it's for good fun, but as soon as somebody becomes personally insulting, rascistic or whatever, you're in trouble. Be sure to treat each other with respect. You will be banned, be sure of that.
04. No interfering in RP sessions and stories.If you're not in the story, don't reply on it. It would be considered spamming or just being blatantly stupid. In other words, do not post in threads which are labeled closed, and do not do OOC posts in threads you are not involved in. Both are not very well liked, and will result in saying goodbye to this site.
05. No use of foreign languages.This forum is in English. Keep it that way. If you want to use a foreign language to speak to a fellow countrymember, do it through PM, and nowhere else. Every post must be able to be modded by every mod/admin equally. English is the language we all have in common.
06. Don't ask for anything illegal.No warez, appz, hacks, porn, or anything considered sick. You ask once, you will be told the rules. You ask twice, you are banned.
07. Create your topics with relevant titles.Don't name your topic "Help me" or "THIS IS COOL." This seems like common sense, doesn't it? Unfortunately, some people here don't know what common sense is. So, please, name your title something that pertains to your post.
08. Don't use your sig space for advertising.This site exists to share your works and most importantly, to have fun doing it. We're not here to host a banner for you so you can make money. People hate ads as it is, and having it underneath postings makes the site look too cheap. Also, ad servers (the one that the click-throughs go through) have a tendency to spider the source web site (that would be us) for email addresses, which would be exploiting our email addresses for spam. If you ignore this rule, you will be banned.
09. Try typing using correct grammar.Don't use l33t talk, or anything that's found annoying by members. We understand that not everyone here speaks perfect English. However, being a forum where writing skills matter in roleplaying, we heavily encourage that you try to spell correctly using correct grammar. It's ok to use l33t or some garbled language as a joke once in a while, but don't make it a habbit. It annoys everyone here, and will make your time on the forum short-lived.
10. Don't argue with a Moderator or Admin.We are here to provide the best experience for you and the general public. Please don't disagree with our actions. If you have been warned/banned by a mod, and heavily disagree, please don't lash out and fight back. It will make things worse. Contact an admin and discuss your issue intelligently. If you fail to do this, for example, by disagreeing without a reason and lash out at us, then we will not be afraid to just ban you and save us the trouble. Remember, we are willing to work with you, if you work with us first.
11. No disgusting or x-rated material in your sig, posts, or anywhere else while you're in the forums.Not even in links. The reason for this is that lots people view the forums in public places, and smearing offensive stuff all over the forum might alert others, physically around you, that you're nothing but trouble. If you're in doubt if it might offend others, then simply don't do it. Don't use images in your sig/avatar that clearly display signs of hate groups like Nazism and the KKK, even if meant as a joke.
12. Keep images in your sig under 550px in width.Images bigger than this can destroy the forum layout.
13. Don't create an account just for shameless plugs.We are not here to help your marketing campaign. If we see you with less than 10 posts giving away links and encouraging users to go to different places on the net, you will be banned. Even if you have more than 10 posts, and we feel that all you're doing is shamelessly smearing your good-for-nothing plugs on the forums, you will be banned.
14. Don't fill the staff's PM box with approval requests.Nor may you send a PM simply asking a staff member to look at the thread, as we all know the reasoning behind that. Making them go through PMs only wastes that time and annoys them, making them less inclined to approve. An exception to this rule may be made when the staff member you are PMing is a specific person whose approval you need, or your profile has gone unchecked for over 24 hours.
15. Use Readable ColorsWe have some people here with color blindness, and sometimes people seem to use colors that are unreadable either way. Try to use easily read colors as much as possible, and they often vary depending on the skins. Pay attention to which skin is the default skin, and make sure it can be read on that.
16. Back Up Your StuffMake sure you have all of your profiles or anything that you want to have for the future saved. Character profiles, weapons, anything that you might want to keep. Have it saved on your own computer. We try not to delete anything, but if a mistake happens, we are not liable.