Forum Rules

[michaelgc]

Forum rules

1. Referral Links, Signatures & Avatars

Referral Links:
Affiliate or Referral links are ONLY allowed in your signature, and the "Advertiser's Corner" board. Posting Affiliate or Referral links ANYWHERE else in the forum (or sending them via PM) is considered SPAM.

Signatures:
You may post up to 500 characters of text, including a maximum of 3 URLs, and no more than 5 lines including spaces. The font must be size 3 or under.
OR you may have 1 (one) 468X60 banner in your signature. You can't have both.

Avatars:
Avatars must be in good taste. Determination of appropriateness is at the sole discretion of forum Staff.

2. SPAM

Do not post spam on the forum or send spam via PM; you will be warned and/or banned. Do not "bump" threads by making pointless posts just to bring a thread back to the top of the topic index. Short and repetitive posts such as "looking", "I'm in", and “Where is admin” or anything similar are considered spam and are unacceptable. These posts do not contribute anything to the community and are a waste of space. Members need to report PM SPAM to the admin and/or mods so we can deal with it.

3.Professional Conduct

Be courteous and professional
There will be no personal attacks, name-calling, racist remarks, fighting, making threats or using foul language! We have a diverse community here with differing opinions and thoughts. Everyone is entitled to state their opinion, even if it is an opposing opinion, as long as the forum rules are followed. Determination of what constitutes a personal attack, name-calling, etc. is at the sole discretion of forum Staff.

No Trolling!
Stating your opinion and trolling are different things. If you are bringing a constant and negative attitude to the forums by continually posting the same repetitive information, we will consider it trolling. Do not spread lies and rumors and if you believe something is a scam or someone is not telling the truth then please post the proof to back up your statement. Determination of trolling is at the sole discretion of forum Staff.


Warnings:
If at any time you are given a warning for violating the rules, don’t make a big deal out of it. Warnings are used as a tool to help members become more aware of our forum rules.

Only you and the moderating team can see your warning level, so it is not a “scarlet mark.” If you don’t say anything about it, nobody will know. Your warning level will be reduced over time if you can show us that you understand the rules and do not break them for a 30-60 day period.

4. Banning
There are some things that will cause you to be banned real quick:

    * Spamming the boards.
    * Spamming via Private Messages.
    * Abuse of System Resources (including the report to mod feature).
    * Ignoring all requests of corrective actions.
    * Violating the terms of a previous reinstatement/rescinding of a previous ban.
    * Blatant disregard for our community rules.