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Forum Wide Rules

Please take the time to review the rules before posting:

1. Warnings
You may receive up to 5 warnings before more strict action is taken. After being warned 5 times, your account may be temporarily banned. If you continue to violate the forum rules after being suspended, you may be permanently banned. In addition to warnings, you may also be fined some forum money.


2. NO SPAM
SPAM is an acronym for Stupid Pointless Annoying Message. Any and all SPAM will be deleted, and a caution PMed to the offender. Frequent offenses will result in a warning. If, for some reason, you feel the urge to post SPAM, do it in the SPAM forum.

3. NO FLAMING
No Flaming. Period. ANY kind of flame will result in a warning. Severe flaming will get you a bigger punishment, or worse.

4. NO TROLLING
Trolls are posts that try and turn the conversation in a topic into disarray and/or create a flame war. Trolls are not welcomed and will result in a warning, or even a ban.

5. NO SLURS
No slurs of any kind are tolerated. Ex. "SONY FANS ARE RETARDS"(no offense to Sony) would be a violation of this rule. Offenders will receive a warning.

6. NO BACKSEAT MODERATORS
If you see a member violating any of these rules, or a topic that you feel should be closed, please do not reply saying things like "Ban him!!!" or " This topic is SPAM and should be closed." Instead, PM an admin or mod about the offender or topic that needs to be closed. Or click the report button.

7. Topics in wrong forum
Its OK if you accidentally post a topic in the wrong forum once in awhile. Accidents happen. If you continually post topics in any forum thinking the mods and admins will move them to the correct forum, you will receive a warning.

8. Advertising
All advertising is to be done in the Advertising forum. Advertising anywhere else will be considered SPAM, and deleted, with a caution PMed to the offender. Multiple offenses will result in a warning. The Advertiser must also follow the forums rules, if he doesn't it is against the code.

9. Websites and Images
Any images containing questionable content are strictly prohibited on these boards and will be deleted immediately with a warning, suspension, or worse issued to the offender. The same goes for websites. Any URLs(links) leading to websites that contain questionable content (ex.: pornography, etc.) and/or sites containing viruses, etc. will be removed immediately, and the offender punished. Most likely the member will be banned.

10.Grammar/Spelling/Punctuation
I really have no patience for this one. Please take a little time to make sure your post are legible before posting them. Try to use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. If you have overlooked something, you are permitted to edit it. If you post messages consisting of nothing more than illegible gibberish (wwot iz ^ gUyzs?!!111), then you will be warned. If your messages appear to be nothing more than random letters, numbers, and/or symbols, they will be treated as SPAM, with the offender being punished accordingly.

11.Language
Lets keep it clean guys. Excessive cursing and swearing can, and will earn you a warning or worse.

12. Staff Member Protocol
Staff Members must be active and show an example to all members by abiding by the rules.

13. No Abusing Powers
Staff may not edit their post count, ban random people just because you are "annoyed" by them, or otherwise abuse their powers

Also, be aware that some forums and sub-forums on this board may contain their own set of rules. Please make sure you review these rules before posting in the forum(s) they belong too.

Follow these rules and you shouldn't have a problem while using these forums. If you have any questions regarding these rules, please PM Saber.

These rules may be a little harsh, but I want to make it clear what is and isn't allowed here. I'm hoping these rules won't have to be enforced frequently, but you never know...

If you find any mistakes/typos in these rules, please PM Saber.