POSTING RULES

Note: rules of conduct apply to posting and all fields of your user account, including, but not limited to username, avatar, signature, or any other informational field that is available for edit in your personal profile.

While the administrators and moderators of this forum will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible, it is impossible to review every message. Therefore you acknowledge that all posts made to these forums express the views and opinions of the author and not the administrators, moderators or web administrator (except for posts by these people) and hence will not be held liable.

You agree not to post or link to any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, and sexually-orientated or any other material that may violate any applicable laws. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned (and your service provider being informed). The IP address of all posts is recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that the web admin, administrator and moderators of this forum have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should they see fit. As a user you agree to any information you have entered above being stored in a database.

BASIC RULES

1) Flaming : Do not post any messages that harass, insult, belittle, threaten or flame another member or guest. Discussions are fine, but if you do not agree then make your case with the point, not the person.

2) Trolling: Do not come to this site with the purpose of starting a dispute. Note that a person disagreeing with your opinion is NOT trolling; keep it civil, even if you're sure the other person is incorrect. Anything seen as trolling will result in you being banned.

3) Spamming: Please do not double post or cross-post the same message in multiple forums. This includes "bump threads" and posts intended merely to increase one's post count. These are not allowed on any of the forums.

4) Offensive Posts, Links or Images: Do not use profanity, racial, ethnic, religious, or other slurs, or post, or any other offensive material.

5) Advertising: Posting of advertisements is not allowed.

6) No Disclosure of Personal Information: Do not disclose your own or any other member's email, real name, address, phone number, IP address, or other personal information. Do not bring personal disputes into the forums. Bans and warnings issued to other users are considered personal information.

7) Misleading Titles: The subject line of the post should be as informative as possible about the content of the post. This also reduces duplicate posts.

8) Duplicate Posts: Check the first couple pages of the board before posting and make sure someone has not already done a post similar to yours. Pages can be accessed at the immediate bottom right on the board. Duplicate or similar threads are subject to being merged or closed at the discretion of the moderator.

9) Claiming to be a public figure: If you are one and wish to post as such, contact an administrator for verification. Such public figures include celebrities of any media, and/or political figures. Posing as one will get your account banned.

10) Playing the Role of Moderator: If you have a problem with a post, use the "Report " link, rather than confronting the member. More often than not, that causes more problems than it fixes..

11) Discussion of illegal activity: Discussion of illegal activity should be kept within newsworthy limits only; this includes discussion of software/music piracy and other intellectual property. Other posts may result in repercussions ranging from a warning to immediate and permanent banning, depending on previous history, context of post and nature/content of post.

12) Forum Specific Rules: Please check the sticky threads at the top of each forum for any forum specific rules

13) One Account per User: multiple accounts are not permitted. If you have a good reason for needing more than one account, contact an administrator and ask for permission.

These rules are subject to change. We reserve the right to remove, edit or move posts at our discretion.