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Basic Guidelines
* Establish a friendly atmosphere to other members * Ensure the privacy of our members * Comply with existing laws * Encourage responsible use of our forums and discourage activities which disrupt our community and reduce the value of our services to our visitors * Encourage the freedom of expression and exchange of information in a mature and responsible manner * No flaming, or arguing with other members. Keep it friendly here, even though you may not like someone, we don’t need it here. * Keep swearing to a minimum. * Common sense stuff. Don't do things that are obviously wrong, such as cheating, hacking, spamming, etc. There are too many to list, so just don't do things that would obviously against the rules. * Breaking one or more of the rules will result in a warning, suspension, or ban.
No Spam
* Excessive off-topic threads * Posting pointless stuff * Flooding the forum * Outwar-type links * Blatant advertising * Fraudulent activity
Piracy
You may not discuss, encourage, or think about the following on these forums:
* Seeking help to create cracks, trainers, and key-generators * Seeking missing files that are supplied with installation CD(s) * Admitting to possess pirated software, cracks, trainers, and key-generators * Admitting to distribute pirated software, cracks, trainers, keys, and key-generators
Harassment
* We do not allow any attacks to anyone on the staff (moderators, site admins....) or members. * Do not at any time in a topic, correct an administrator's rule or accuse.
Porn/Sexually Offensive Materials
* You MUST NOT post any pornographic image or a link to it in the forums
Signatures
* Signatures must not stretch the board * You may only have 2 signatures and a mini-banner
Moderation & Bans
* You may not evade a ban. Doing so will drastically lengthen your ban. * You may not publicly complain about or demand a reason for another user's ban. Any discussion about warnings, bans, message deletion, thread deletion and thread closure should be done over private email between the person concerned and the moderators
Others
* Do not post negative posts and discussions that are repeated over and over with no other purpose than to disrupt conversation. If you feel the need to say something, say it once and then move on. Do not disrupt multiple threads in order to get your view out.
Adapted from Sprebb Source
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