Post by The Chaomasta on Aug 22, 2006 6:31:29 GMT -5
We have some rules established here, and we expect you to try your hardest to follow them.
- Be respectful to the other members. Debates are acceptable, but flaming is not.
- Try not to double post! Said something wrong? There's a modify tool!
- Stay on topic! Have a problem with the poster that isn't debatable? Use the Private Messaging system to keep us spam free!
- TCG is a pretty big forum, so if you want to take advantage of it to advertise your own, there's an advertisement board; please only advertise on it.
-Try to avoid one word posts and make intellegent comments.
General:
- We do not need people impersonating other members, doing so will earn you an immediate ban.
- Religion/Science related posts are not acceptable, as they cause flame wars and may be considered harassing to some members. If you wish to discuss religion/science, you may do so in PMs, but make sure that both parties wish to discuss the topic. If someone PMs you a religion/science related post that you do not wish to talk about, simply reply back saying so. They are expected to respect your views and not push any further; if they do, report them to a staff member immediately and we will take care of it. We do have a Debate board where topics such as these are allowed, but the rule still applies that you may not press your point on anyone who does not want to hear it.
-This should go without saying, but do not flame anyone for their beliefs, way of life, sexual orientation, race, or handicap. Doing so will result in an immediate ban.
- Try to avoid posting at really old topics, if something is more than a few pages back, feel free to start a similar topic.
- This one has kind of already been stated, but try to keep person to person messages through Private Messaging only!
- No topic hijacking. Create your own thread, don't ruin someone else's!
- No obvious topics (how old are you, etc.) because, that can be settled easily through PMs.
- No multiple personalities, if you're making a new account, delete the old one first (go to your profile to delete your account).
We try to remain lenient at The Chao Garden, as we'd like a fun Chao enviroment... but here is the order of consquences.
Depending on what you're doing, the order may not always apply, but IP banning is only for the most extreme cases...
First Offense: Warning, either through Post or Private message.
Second Offense: Final Warning, either through Post or Private message.
Third offense: 2 Day Suspension
Fourth Offense: 5 day Suspension
Last Offense: Account Banning for as long as deemed neccesary
Multiple Accounts continued..
Really, it does look pathetic when you try to have two accounts, post as a guest or another account with a flame and then go on another and say something like "WTF". Theres a magical thing every computer has called an IP address, luckily, ProBoards displays IP addresses, heres an example:
img184.imageshack.us/img184/5421/test8my.png
As you can see.. we can see that it was you on the previous account and saying something in return on another (because of that 4 digit number thing called an IP address). This is really pathetic. And it truly is just embarrassing to be caught doing that.
We'll probably just ban you on the spot.
Well, that's the rules, and thanks for reading.
- Be respectful to the other members. Debates are acceptable, but flaming is not.
- Try not to double post! Said something wrong? There's a modify tool!
- Stay on topic! Have a problem with the poster that isn't debatable? Use the Private Messaging system to keep us spam free!
- TCG is a pretty big forum, so if you want to take advantage of it to advertise your own, there's an advertisement board; please only advertise on it.
-Try to avoid one word posts and make intellegent comments.
General:
- We do not need people impersonating other members, doing so will earn you an immediate ban.
- Religion/Science related posts are not acceptable, as they cause flame wars and may be considered harassing to some members. If you wish to discuss religion/science, you may do so in PMs, but make sure that both parties wish to discuss the topic. If someone PMs you a religion/science related post that you do not wish to talk about, simply reply back saying so. They are expected to respect your views and not push any further; if they do, report them to a staff member immediately and we will take care of it. We do have a Debate board where topics such as these are allowed, but the rule still applies that you may not press your point on anyone who does not want to hear it.
-This should go without saying, but do not flame anyone for their beliefs, way of life, sexual orientation, race, or handicap. Doing so will result in an immediate ban.
- Try to avoid posting at really old topics, if something is more than a few pages back, feel free to start a similar topic.
- This one has kind of already been stated, but try to keep person to person messages through Private Messaging only!
- No topic hijacking. Create your own thread, don't ruin someone else's!
- No obvious topics (how old are you, etc.) because, that can be settled easily through PMs.
- No multiple personalities, if you're making a new account, delete the old one first (go to your profile to delete your account).
We try to remain lenient at The Chao Garden, as we'd like a fun Chao enviroment... but here is the order of consquences.
Depending on what you're doing, the order may not always apply, but IP banning is only for the most extreme cases...
First Offense: Warning, either through Post or Private message.
Second Offense: Final Warning, either through Post or Private message.
Third offense: 2 Day Suspension
Fourth Offense: 5 day Suspension
Last Offense: Account Banning for as long as deemed neccesary
Multiple Accounts continued..
Really, it does look pathetic when you try to have two accounts, post as a guest or another account with a flame and then go on another and say something like "WTF". Theres a magical thing every computer has called an IP address, luckily, ProBoards displays IP addresses, heres an example:
img184.imageshack.us/img184/5421/test8my.png
As you can see.. we can see that it was you on the previous account and saying something in return on another (because of that 4 digit number thing called an IP address). This is really pathetic. And it truly is just embarrassing to be caught doing that.
We'll probably just ban you on the spot.
Well, that's the rules, and thanks for reading.