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Forum Rules Ver. 1.11

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Post by TonySS Thu May 16, 2013 2:31 am

On Rules Lawyering

These rules are not complete and are not intended to be. These forums are independently owned and the administration reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time. The excuse “but there's no rule about it!” will never be accepted as an excuse for bad behaviour. It is expected that all users are intelligent and mature enough. While we strive to be fair in the moderation of these boards, said enforcement is subjective by its very nature.

Don't Be A Dick

This is the most important rule of all and its influence is wide-ranging. These forums are at various times a haven for silliness, debate, discussion, humour, advice and various other forms of discourse. They are not, at any time, a haven for pricks. Forums that are welcoming to pricks exist and you are more than welcome to go and find one, but we are not interested in running one here.

These forums are restricted to ages 13+ and it is expected that all users, regardless of age, are able to act in a mature and respectful fashion. Users are expected to have a reasonable level of social intuition regarding what is and is not acceptable social behaviour, and you should avoid saying anything to someone on these forums that you would not be willing to say to them if they were a) standing in front of you b) considerably bigger than you and holding a club. Things that we are not interested in seeing include (but are not limited to)

Racial epithets of any kind regardless of context
Misogynist, misandrist, homophobic or transphobic behaviour or attitudes.
Posting gigantic images or gifs. Anything above 500kb should be linked to.


The decision on what is and is not considered Being A Dick is determined by the mod staff. The defense “but I don't think I was being a dick” is not an acceptable one, nor is “but I didn't mean to be a dick”. Your message is what you communicate, not what you intend. That said, we understand that there is room for misunderstanding and interpretation in this rule and moderation staff will be open to polite and reasonable messages explaining why you do not feel an interpretation of this rule was fair.

Remember that we do not owe you an internet forum and that this forum is almost entirely run by volunteers.
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Post by TonySS Thu May 16, 2013 11:41 pm

Signature Rules:

For normal members, your total signature space allowed is 550 (Width) x 400 (Height). This includes space taken up within closed spoiler tags, text, and images.
Size comparison:

The absolute maximum filesize limit is 1MB (1024KB). This is also for the entire signature, not just individual files. Stuff within spoiler tags do not count towards the size limits, but do count towards the filesize Limit. The filesize and size limits are not TARGETS, they are the absolute maximum you're allowed. Stepping even slightly over is against the rules.

Animated gif's are pretty but not everyone wants to wait for twenty megabytes worth of them to open a page. Being considerate about this will help with loading times and make the Forum much smoother to browse. If you have too many signatures we will tell you to remove it or a staff member will have to remove it personally. Repeated signature violations will lead to a ban.

Any type of pornography is prohibited in avatars and signatures. Anything sexually explicit but not pornographic must be placed under spoiler tags. Other inappropriate images which include racism, flaming/flamebaiting, etc. will also be removed or spoiler tagged. Seizure images are not allowed on this website, this includes signatures and avatars. All avatars and signatures are subject to censorship upon the discretion of the staff if the staff deems your signature as inappropriate.
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