Rules Enforcements in General

[CinnamonStar]

So far this section has always been the most liberal one on the site with no requirement of special rules. However, with the increasing amount of members who think they stand above the general site rules, some enforcements have proven to be necessary.

 

 

§ Rule 5: No spamming

From now on, the warnings for spamming have been increased and if it gets clear that the utilized penalty has only caused you to keep on spamming as lively as ever, permanent warnings will be given out.

 

The same counts for posts like “This is spam. Reported.” and anything among those lines. Not only do they fail to contribute to a discussion, but they also start annoying other members and grab more attention to the rules-infracting topic. Instead of adding even more spam, use the “Report” button and a mod will come around to take care of the thread in question.

 

In addition, posts which only consist of quoting another member or anything in the style of “Member X is right” which don’t contribute any substance to a discussion will not be allowed anymore.

 

§ Rule 16: Always read and follow staff messages

If moderators post rules specific to a board, they must be obeyed. This does by no means signify that the staff team considers itself as “high and mightly” compared to the rest of the community, but they are still members with additions duties. Please note that they give their own time to keep the boards running smoothly, thus failure to comply with their requests is grounds for deletion. It is the job of the staff to keep the forums clean, so don’t think they’re biased or “out to get you”. Users will find their time on the board much more enjoyable when they follow the rulesa and address the staff politely (this does NOT include something that seems polite but is meant to provoke).

If you are confused with a staff member’s decision, or there appears to be a conflict with another rule, bring up your question in a polite and respectable way.

Regarding warnings, if a penatly doesn’t seem clear to you, you are free to discuss the issue in a polite and civil way. Any whining or flaming in the style of “I didn’t do anything! Now revoke it or die!!” or any complaints among the lines of “It’s not fair!!” without offering any constructive comment or solid point will not be accepted anymore and result in an increased penatly.

 

§ Rule 20: Staff have final say

If a member gets banned from the forum, s/he has transgressed one or more rules, caused his/her warn level to reach 100% or proved in any other way that s/he wants to contribute negatively to the site. Contesting a ban won’t lead you anywhere, there is always a valid reason and if a staff member decides to ban someone, it means that this person has crossed the line. Trying to sneak around a ban by using another account is NOT allowed in any form – instead, wait until your time has expired and in the case of a permanent ban, stay away from the site and try to find your delight somewhere else.

 

§ Rule 21: No advertising

Cross-advertising will not be allowed anymore, may it be in a new thread, a thread reply or your signature. If you run an own site, put a link in the “Homepage” column in your profile. Any advertising material will be removed from wherever you have posted it and result in a warning or possible ban, depending on what has been advertised.

 

§ Rule 25: No egocentred and attention-seeking threads

Topics in the style of “Am I a good member? Tell me what you think about me!” and anything which can be summed up as “My life consists of pure misery, now I want to go and kill myself!” will be locked instantly. Not only does this type of topics revolve around only one member, it also engenders either pure egostroking, pity or flaming. Nothing should make a member think of himself as more interesting and worthy than anyone else on the site, thus posting topics of that kind would be equal to grabbing the attention on yourself. Any real life issues should be discussed via an Instant Messenger or the PM system.

 

 

Any violation of the rules listed above will result in a higher penalty as used to and no exceptions will be made.

 

The general site rules which can be found here still apply and must always be followed.

 

This thread will stay open for possible additions and adjustments, any questions, comments or suggestions can be PMed directly to me.

[Jesus]

Like eep.

 

Aww no more attention threads >_>

 

Those always made my day by reading them T_T.

[Brushfire]

Rules 20 and 25 contradict each other.

What if a Moderator says something to you but is wrong and merely stroking their own ego?

 

However, good idea, General is by far the most spammy section.

[CinnamonStar]

Rule 20 is about the fact that there is always a valid reason behind a ban and trying to revolt around it like by creating multiple accounts won't lead you anywhere. Rule 25 is about topics which ONLY revolve around one member and his/her misery and as far as I remember, I haven't seen a mod posting something like this. ...If this is what you mean?

Rules count for regular members, clueless newbies, legendary veterans and mods to the same extent.

 

 

EDIT: If a mod says something which seems egostroking to you, try to discuss that matter and put him/her into place. As long as a mod doesn't come up with the idea of creating a topic about "Am I a good mod? Now tell me that I am!" (which I highly doubt), rule 25 is not violated.

[Brushfire]

Sorry, should've made myself more clear.

 

Extraction of Rule 25:

Not only does this type of topics revolve around only one member, it also engenders either pure egostroking, pity or flaming. Nothing should make a member think of himself as more interesting and worthy than anyone else on the site, thus posting topics of that kind would be equal to grabbing the attention on yourself.

 

Extraction of Rule 20:

§ Rule 20: Staff have final say

 

So, what if a Staff member thinks that they are more interesting and worthy then anyone else, and think that they're always right, and then what they says goes, even though they are doing nothing more then stroking their own ego?

[Phantom Roxas]

Thanks for the new rules, I appreciate it.

[CinnamonStar]

So' date=' what if a Staff member thinks that they are more interesting and worthy then anyone else, and think that they're always right, and then what they says goes, even though they are doing nothing more then stroking their own ego?

[/quote']

 

 

This sounds more like a personality issue to me, but we can't go and punish people just because we don't like their personality, supposing it doesn't cause any harm to the site, or at least, this is how I see things. As I said, as long as a mod doesn't come up with the idea of creating a topic about "Am I a good mod? Now tell me that I am!" (which I highly doubt), rule 25 is not violated.

If you don't approve of an attitude of a mod and think s/he sees him/herself as higher than anyone else, discuss that matter with said person. I can only warn people for posting a thread in the style of “My life consists of pure misery, now I want to go and kill myself!”, but not for a reason like "Your ego is too big, stop thinking you are always right".:P

[Brushfire]

Damn, you've killed my excuse for getting -a certain Moderator- warned. :P

Thanks for clearing that up, though. =]

[Christian-Exodia]

Nice rules, Bans should follow you around so you feel what it's like so you won't do it again.I learned that one the hard way

[Yasu]

I think they are easy to follow ^^.

[Bloodrun]

 

 

 

EDIT: If a mod says something which seems egostroking to you' date=' try to discuss that matter and put him/her into place.[/b'] As long as a mod doesn't come up with the idea of creating a topic about "Am I a good mod? Now tell me that I am!" (which I highly doubt), rule 25 is not violated.

 

You might want to re-think.

Members cannot sufficiently do that, without flaming or swearing.

 

Damn' date=' you've killed my excuse for getting -a certain Moderator- warned. :P

Thanks for clearing that up, though. =']

 

 

Puhlease.

Get over yourself.

[Brushfire]

It's not entirely true that members cannot discuss a problem with a Moderator with them without swearing or flaming. In fact, it's not true at all. As long as the member remains civil and talks about it with maturity and taking into fact that they may also share a similar trait it can be plausable.

 

Also, I have no idea what you're on about? Get over myself? Elaborate please? Don't try to act all high and mighty because you're a Moderator, saying that I would be insufficient to get a Moderator warned.

[SushiTheLegend]

 

 

 

EDIT: If a mod says something which seems egostroking to you' date=' try to discuss that matter and put him/her into place.[/b'] As long as a mod doesn't come up with the idea of creating a topic about "Am I a good mod? Now tell me that I am!" (which I highly doubt), rule 25 is not violated.

 

You might want to re-think.

Members cannot sufficiently do that, without flaming or swearing.

 

Damn' date=' you've killed my excuse for getting -a certain Moderator- warned. :P

Thanks for clearing that up, though. =']

 

 

Puhlease.

Get over yourself.

Bloodrun quit with the egoness, it just isn't mature at all.

[Guest]

The obvious solution to this dispute is that Crab Helmet has the most final-est say.

 

Obviously.