somebody needs to make a forum rules sticky for every section. ill be willing to do it, but anybody else want to?

You've got my blessing ;D. I'll go over them if I see any changes or additions that need to me made.

i shall post them here first.


-----------------------FORUM RULES------------------
This is a friendly community of MMOFPS(massively multiplayer online first person shooter) games, as thus, please do not flame. flaming is using words, pictures, or actions to insult another player. joking around with a friend is tolerated to a degree, however, if it gets out of hand, or if a mod/admin gets a complaint, you will be warned/temp banned. if it continues, you will be permanently banned.

We want an active forum, not a spammed one. As thus, please do not spam. spamming is posting words or images that have no relation to the topic. going slightly off-topic then going back on-topic is tolerated to a degree, and if you must go off-topic in your post, put bold words above it saying off topic and bold words sayingon topic above where you're on topic. first you will get a warning, then a temperary ban, then a perm ban.

Do not impersonate a mod or admin. If we find you impersonating a mod or admin, through anything, either post or profile, you will be immediately banend with or without notice. You will NOT get a warning for this. Although you cannot impersonate a mod, you are allowed to say " don't spam" or " .....and why did you make another topic" or " please get back on-topic before this topic is locked" or other things like that, as long as you don't include " Stop flaming or ill ban you" or anything relating to mod-only abilitys.

Please keep the forums clean. This means do not post any sexually oriented material, through posting words, profile, pictures, or actions. If you post any sexual material, you will immediately be banned, without warning. As for cursing, a small degree is allowed, but do not get off hand. if you must curse, either censor it out with **** or ^&%&. only very mild, non-sexual curses though

Use the report post button. if you see a post disobeying the rules, use the report to mod button. it is a great he;p to mods, as we won't catch everything everytime.

If you have a complaint about a moderator abusing his or her powers, send a private message to "admin" with links to the pages the mod is abusing his/her power. Abuse of power will not be tolerated.

-------------------------FORUM RULES-----------------------------





i might have missed something. what ya think?

Actually, most of that seems to be covered on the registration agreement. What I noticed most about fostering a community is that when they start getting the "I'm being watched" feeling, they arent as comfortable posting as they want to be.

I was thinking for the time being we hold off on the global forum rules (which look good to me, we'll keep it in our pocket for later), and create forum guidelines for each section that amplify on what they're intended to be used as, of course with the additional "try your best to stay mature" spin on it.

do you really think anybody reads the registration agreement? but ok, ill put guidlines like that on each board.

ok, just put a board guideline sticky+locked in every general discussion board, not doing the MMOFPS section. if you find any errors, or things i should add, contact me. i put those other 2 stickys in the firing range because it's the most popular one.