Laws Of The Land

[bart]

If you have a problem, you can PM a moderator.
Breaking any of these rules may result in being warned or banned, depending on the severity.

The most important rule: Just use common sense.. don't be a dick.

General Forum Rules
These are "instant ban" rules; Breaking these rules may possibly result in a permanent ban, potentially without warning.
1- No violence.
2- No Racism/homophobia/ableism/bigotry of any kind.
3- No pornography or NSFW content.
4- No Illegal or otherwise illicit content.
5- No illegal torrents/mp3s/videos/applications/etc (e.g. cracked applications, pirated movies).
6- No asking staff members for other peoples personal information e.g. IP/email.
7- Do not display any of your personal information (address, phone number, etc).

Advertising Rules
1- Do NOT advertise websites. An example of this would be creating a new topic specifically to promote your website, or posting in an existing topic to promote your website.
2- You are allowed to link to websites in your signature. However, if you click a link in someone's signature, you're doing it at YOUR OWN RISK. Just don't link to any viruses. If this does happen, we'll delete the offending links.
3- You are allowed to post links to sites that:
- are interesting/funny
- That you don't own
- Don't promote any products
- Could spark conversation
An example of this would be an article, or a cool flash game. Again, no viruses, and if you do post any we'll remove them.

Account-Related Rules
1- No alternative ("alt") accounts are allowed, under any circumstances.
2- The usual punishment for breaking this rule is having the alternative account permanently banned, and the main account temporarily banned. However, if you break this rule multiple times, your account may be permanently banned.
3- Using an alternative account to bypass a ban will result in your ban being extended or being changed to a permaban.

Posting Rules
1- Double posting is allowed, only in these circumstances:
- You've run out of allowed images in the original post.
- You're creating a very large post or forum game, and need extra space.

2- If you have content that you think could be inappropriate but DOES NOT conflict with our rules, you can place [NSFW] or (Not Safe For Work) in the Topic Name or next to the Link. This is only if you think the link/topic is/could be inappropriate. This doesn't mean you can post porn. No porn still. General Forum Rule 3!

Signature Rules
1- No massive images in your signature.
2- If your signature has a gif, no flashing colours (at least not too fast.)

Bumping Existing Topics
1- If you're about to create a new topic, you should search for it already to make sure it doesn't exist.
2- Mass bumping, and bumping your own topic, is not allowed.
(Bumping your own topic may be allowed when adding content to topics such as galleries.)
4- Moderators always have the right to lock topics that they feel do not need to be bumped anymore.

Punishments (you've read this far, you're nearly finished!)
1- Breaking the non-"instant ban" rules once will result in a warning.
2- You may receive a non-formal warning in a topic. This is when a moderator or admin will verbally ask you to stop breaking a rule.
3- A formal warning is when you're given a mark on your account for breaking the rule. You can't see these, only moderators and admins can, but if/when you get one, the moderator/admin responsible will send you a PM letting you know.
4- If you get three formal warnings, you'll be temporarily banned or permanently banned. This depends on the severity of your offenses.

[contrad3]

Rule idea: make saying gm*d a bannable offence

(Replace * with o)

[NoCaps]

Blud from ohio stole my rules

[bart]

Blud from ohio stole my rules

I didn't steal them, I just changed the poster.