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« Last post by Unique on February 13, 2011, 09:36:31 pm »
First, we would like to welcome you to the forum. Since you're reading this, you must be wondering about the rules and what happens if you happen to break them. These rules are here to make the forum a better place for everyone. We're generally an easy-going forum, but you really need to follow these rules, and if you do, you'll be fine. But remember, the most important rule is to have fun! By following these rules, you'll help make these forums more enjoyable for everyone who uses them!
Thanks, Unique
1.General Rules
2.Blog Rules
3.Forum Guidelines
4.The Warning System
5.Signature and Avatar Rules
6.Forum-Specific Rules
7.Rule Revisions
1. General Rules
The following rules are in effect throughout every part of the forum, except where otherwise noted. These rules are not meant to be "airtight". It is impossible to cover every possible scenario on this forum, but the rules outlined in this topic are a general guideline on how to behave. It is up to the discretion of the staff on how to handle individual cases, including cases which may not directly violate any of the following rules. If you follow the stated rules and use common sense, you will be fine.
Spamming1:
Spamming is defined as any pointless messages posted on the forums and is strictly prohibited. This includes off topic posts and topics which serve no purpose, as well as using another member's topic to advertise your own needs or causes.
Rudeness & Flaming1:
Any posts, topics, comments, or names that could be considered hurtful to a member of the community are not allowed. This includes, but is not limited to, making fun of someone, physical threats, provoking flaming ("flame baiting"), and discrimination of any kind, including discrimination based on anyone's religious or personal beliefs, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, language, or social condition.
Swearing1:
Swearing or using any other type of inappropriate language is not allowed on this forum. This includes evading the word filter set in place and inappropriate language in images (including images or words in spoilers, regardless of whether there is a warning). The word filter is designed to catch most bad language, but that does not excuse overly profane language and you may be punished regardless of whether what you posted was censored or not.
Multiple Accounts:
Each member is allowed to have only one forum account. Having multiple accounts will result in the original account being warned, and the additional accounts being deleted. Any positive warns accumulated on the additional accounts will be transferred over to the original account. You can still be banned for multiple accounts if your warn level reaches eight, or if your offense was severe enough.
Note: Once a member has been banned from the board, he or she may not return using another account. Bans and suspensions are handed out for good reason, and attempting to evade a ban or suspension is strictly prohibited. Any member caught evading the temporary ban given with their seventh warn will have six months plus the age of their ban-evading account added to their suspension.
Accusations:
If you have evidence that a member of this community has been scamming or hacking, please send the evidence to a moderator who can deal with the issue appropriately. Please do not post on the forums, as this will only cause arguments. If the evidence is conclusive, we can take the appropriate action against the member.
Misleading Content:
All titles must be clear and relevant to the subject of the topic. Misleading titles used only to grab attention are not allowed. On a similar note, all links must be properly labeled, and attempting to trick another user into clicking a link by giving it a misleading title is prohibited.
Linking:
All links in a post must be related to the topic's content. External links to violent or otherwise borderline content must be accompanied by a warning stating that it may not be appropriate for all users. We reserve the right to decide if a link is appropriate or not, and may remove any link we feel breaks any of our rules.
Copyrighted Content1:
Copyrighted content such as articles and images may only be posted if credit is given to the copyright owner. If the owner requests that the content is removed, their request must be granted. You may not post any copyrighted content such as software, validation keys, etc. You may not encourage other users to break copyright laws, and you may not request help in breaking these laws.
Inappropriate Content1:
Posting any type of material that is inappropriate for this forum is strictly prohibited and will result in warnings or, possibly, a ban. This includes vulgar and graphically obscene content, links to websites which intentionally try to scam, cheat, deceive, or infect another user's computer with malware, and any malicious websites.
Advertising1:
Advertising any kind of service is not allowed. This includes (but is not limited to): websites, forums, blogs, and chat channels. Personal messages advertising these services are not allowed. You may advertise these services in your own signature or blog, as long as the service does not break any of our rules, or any RuneScape rules. The exception to this is advertising money making and free membership systems and all kinds of referral systems. Advertising these is never allowed.
Note: The exception to this rule is in the Clans forums, where only links to the clan's website, forum, IRC, TeamSpeak or Clan Chat may be posted, for recruitment or informational purposes.
Begging:
Asking for free items or money in the game is strictly not allowed, and such topics will be closed on sight.
Ranting About Our Rules:
While we welcome constructive criticism on how to improve our rules, any topics/posts which simply rant about the rules without making any constructive criticism, or rant about a staff member's actions, will be closed/deleted. This includes topics ranting about bans and suspensions, warnings, promotions, demotions, etc. If you want to criticize the rules, please include how they should change in order to make them better. If you have a problem with an individual moderator, please PM him or her directly. If you feel that the moderator in question did not give a satisfying answer, you can PM an administrator.
Impersonation1:
Impersonating others is not allowed. This includes the impersonation of forum/ingame staff, forum members, and staff members. Using the pip of another member group as your avatar is also considered impersonation.
Bug Abuse:
You will not abuse any bug of the forum software in order to gain any advantages for yourself, to gain access to protected areas (unless explicitly given permission to do so from the staff), or for any other reason.
Warn Logs:
Warn logs are to be kept private between their respective owners and the staff. Do not share the contents of your warn log with other members of the forum.
Ingame Rules:
While we cannot punish for breaking server rules in-game, we will not tolerate discussions of rule-breaking on our forums.