Site Rules - Updated July 26, 2010

[Face]

GENERAL SITE RULES - Last Updated July 26, 2010

1) Only one account per person is permitted.

2) Admins create rules and policy, Moderators enforce the rules and policies created by Admins. At times, some discretion is permitted to moderators enforcing site rules.

3) Do not argue with forum staff after they have performed an administrative action of some kind. If you feel that an action was or wasn't taken unjustly you may send a respectful PM to an Admin or the appropriate moderator to discuss the issue. Do not create posts or public discussions to rant about Admins, Moderators, or decisions.

4) Be respectful of other members. Joking and teasing a little towards users now and then is fine, but you cannot take it too far. Outright trolling, inflammatory, or overly offensive content is not allowed. This would include, but not limited to, making it your personal vendetta to take someone down for their religion, race, sexual orientation, gaming console preference, or like of Inuyasha. Admins and Moderators may have some discretion in determining what is being taken too far and what is permissible on a case-by-case basis.

5) Make sure that your post is relevant to the forum which you are posting it in. Example: You shouldn't be starting a forum game outside of the Forum Games forum.

6) Do not post in unsticked threads that have not been used in over 3 months, unless there is a current, relevant reason to do so. (Example: It's okay to post something relevant in thread for an upcoming convention even if that thread hasn't been used in a while.)

7) For the moment Youtube videos may be embedded into posts, but it is NOT permitted to set them to autoplay or to embed excessively.

8) Trolling, Advertising, and Spamming content is not permitted on these forums.

9) You may not post illegal content.

10) Threads dedicated to mature images may only be posted in the appropriate mature areas of the site. No images considered 18+ may be posted outside the age restricted 18+ forum

11) You may not impersonate a mod or admin. Usernames similar to an existing mod or admin may be changed.

12) You may not use an account that you did not register yourself, except when granted use of a pre-existing account by an admin or lead moderator for specific purposes.

13) Additional rules may apply to certain forums or areas of this site. You are responsible for checking stickied posts and announcements in individual forums for any additional rules that apply in that forum.

14) Underling may, or may not be free to screw the rules.

15) You may not 'Rick Roll' or link to sites which contain scripts that make the browser window difficult to close, or function abnormally.

16) Do not ever hotlink images from a chan site.

IRC

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TERMS OF USE

Only one account per person is permitted.

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There may be some discussions and content of a mature or controversial nature on some parts of this site. Users are solely responsible for the content that they post. All content express only the views of the user who posted it, and site owners and staff are not responsible for such content. We are not responsible if you encounter content that offends you.

We reserve the right to ban any person, account, or ip at any time for any reason with or without prior notification.

We reserve the right to remove, delete, edit, or close any post/thread or content at any time for any reason with or without prior notification.



PRIVACY

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There is no expectation of privacy in any content submitted to this site, and while the owners, administrators, and moderators have no
obligation to monitor content, we reserve the right to.

These rules may change at any time without notice, and it is your responsibility to check updated rules. Continued use of this site
constitutes acceptance of these rules.

[eternity]

Face, I have an Idea. How about if you ever see, or if a moderator sees a video autoplaying, the person will receive a two-day temp. ban?

[EdBat]

This would include, but not limited to, making it your personal vendetta to take someone down for their religion, race, sexual orientation, gaming console preference, or like of Inuyasha.

Yes, there's a difference between friendly teasing and berating someone for something to the point of harassment.

[Cavloe]

I Think The Reules Are Fair But Dont You Think Only If They Post Inaproprite Stuff They Should Be Banned Fore-Ever, But The Others They Should Have Like A 2-Day Ban Or Somthing? But If The Keep Doing It They Should Be Banned For Life. Don't You Think Thats A Good Idea? Think About It. :squintyface:

:8V:

[Insane]

We already have a temporary ban system in place for certain offences

[MrsSallyBakura]

I have a question... is there a rule against making personal threads, like threads that are created for the sole purpose of introducing yourself or announcing your departure or talking about how your dog is really sick? I'm just curious because I thought we had that rule/other forums have a rule like it. Thanks much. ^^

[Fat1Fared]

there is and most get removed, however because of lack of Mods (yes I'm still lobbying for more mods and No I don't want to be one) and because of Krozes way of ruling, some which make poeple lolz are kept around


but not limited to, making it your personal vendetta to take someone down for their religion, race, sexual orientation, gaming console preference, or like of Inuyasha. Admins and Moderators may have some discretion in determining what is being taken too far and what is permissible on a case-by-case basis.


hmmmm,

[maisetofan]

7) For the moment Youtube videos may be embedded into posts, but it is NOT permitted to set them to autoplay or to embedd excessively.

8) Trolling, Advertising, and Spamming content is not permitted on this site.

yeah there is a certain user on the site, a newbie who continues to post youtube threads and its really irksome, i mean even posting the link is rather annoying, if we want to watch something we can look it up on our own unless its a link to an episode of YGOTAS

and as for rule 8, i think the mods have been excellent in removing the unwanted trolls and harassers of the site

[JesusRocks]

and as for rule 8, i think the mods have been excellent in removing the unwanted trolls and harassers of the site

Yeah, we're fricken awesome ;V

[Fat1Fared]

Yeah, we're fricken awesome ;V

oh my god its a real life mod, <dies from shock based heart attack> ^_^ JK, are you back from holiday or merely on for rare minute?

[Insane]

You are good, but they tend to appear when you guys aren't here...

[JesusRocks]

You are good, but they tend to appear when you guys aren't here...

Just means they time their attacks well...

[maisetofan]

no not really, there always seems to be a mod or sub mod around :D

[Swumpster]

but can we loop youtube vids?

[Face]

No, don't loop them, that gets annoying.

[Black Mage]

I Think The Reules Are Fair But Dont You Think Only If They Post Inaproprite Stuff They Should Be Banned Fore-Ever, But The Others They Should Have Like A 2-Day Ban Or Somthing? But If The Keep Doing It They Should Be Banned For Life. Don't You Think Thats A Good Idea? Think About It. :squintyface:

:8V:

Yes, but even moderators aren't always making the just desisions, I of course am not refering to anyone, but I think for this reason alone that we should have the mods consider and consult each other before they make some harsh ban, say a month, or life.
Or we could just have a muk of jungle that we call this forum.
either way seems to work for everyone... oh yes! dont re-word things or forget to mention an occasional harsh response that the mods may have done. I've seen so much injustice, in all honestly, I only care if its me on the line.

[Eia]

This forum has very reasonable mods. Besides the joke bans, only a handful of regular posters here have gotten the boot since the forum went live.

So if you get banned, it's your problem, not the mod's.

[JesusRocks]

I think we need to add Rule #14) No linking to TvTropes.org

[MarioMaster3000]

I think we need to add Rule #14) No linking to TvTropes.org
I second that!

[Cocyta]

I third that!

[Face]

Yes, but even moderators aren't always making the just desisions, I of course am not refering to anyone, but I think for this reason alone that we should have the mods consider and consult each other before they make some harsh ban, say a month, or life.
Or we could just have a muk of jungle that we call this forum.
either way seems to work for everyone... oh yes! dont re-word things or forget to mention an occasional harsh response that the mods may have done. I've seen so much injustice, in all honestly, I only care if its me on the line.

I tend to review bans every now and then and I make an adjustment if I notice something that needs one.

[Fat1Fared]

I think rules and mods (who are active) are more than fine here, I just still feel could do with few more active mods, I mean Face has started to become more of similar face again (sorry couldn't resist) and JR/Dark are great, but eternity doesn't have enough power o0 and rest on come on about once mouth at most (even masty is rare catch these days)

[Face]

You're recommending that eternity should have more power?

[darkarcher]

You're recommending that eternity should have more power?

I think he's saying that although eternity is around, he can't always do what needs to be done at a given point in time, rather than actually suggesting he have more power.

[Fat1Fared]

ironically the Dark one got it about right

I suppose in my uneducated and ill informed opinion, I feel that there are several Congenial and amiable users who would be Marvelous Mods, but never had an Appropriate chance to prove it, because ether they don't really use things such as bar enough to gain an eminent reputation and/or they joined after first few months and so never became friendly with this site's Higharky.
=Of course I must stress I'm not actually saying that I know who would make better mods for this site, than the poeple making such decisions at this time, merely putting forward my small and probably unwanted opinion, that I feel there are several poeple who maybe could be given a little more notoriety and status on this site to relieve several stress's from those in these positions already. As well, they may have more repor with some of the new class of main users, as sadly apart from noted few, many of the existing organization lack this because of there own levels of dynamic activeness (or lack of it would be more correct to say par-say .)

Anyway, that is all I will say, on my unneeded opinion on this situation as I see it from a position born of mass liberal media and a known supporter of Kroze, which makes all my opinions on anything null-invoid and redundant.
=If you gave up reading halfway through, fair enough, I talk total crap most of time anyway and in a really annoyingly written style as well

[JesusRocks]

position porn

This threw me O.o

[TPishek]

I think he meant "born" O_o;

[Fat1Fared]

This threw me O.o

There was no mistake or edit to cover any mistakes at ALL <___<\
>____>

-You see Nothing :squintyface:

give me a break, I was writing that why'll getting ready for work, so I think did pretty good job ^_^

[GcarOatmealRaisinCookies]

You're recommending that eternity should have more power?

no

[DarkPhoenix]

I am still a tad urked about my two day ban months ago over posting Man-Faye in the Favorite/Awesome picture thread, when it had been made against the rules recently (I had not seen the post at that time) and the fact that part of my ban was due to the fact that i didn't state that it was NSFW when at the time I had no idea what that even meant. -sigh- but that was awhile ago I can't really do anything about it but bitch and moan, though I don't think that's what I'm doing in this case, I'm just stating that it urkes me to know that I have a temp-ban on my record for something that is in my eyes was unnecessary, I know I would have taken it so much better if I had been given fair warning and then got a temp ban if I did it again, I still feel that the mod who gave me that temp-ban jumped the gun but...for the life of me I can not remember who actually gave the temp-ban...

I'm gonna shut up now, I've rambled about the past long enough, as well as forgetting the point of even bringing it up...

CAN ANY OF YOU SHIFT THROUGH ALL THAT AND FIND MY POINT!!!

[Kipper]

CAN ANY OF YOU SHIFT THROUGH ALL THAT AND FIND MY POINT!!!

Truthfully, Nope.

[roxasabridged]

) Be respectful of other members. Joking and teasing a little towards users now and then is fine, but you cannot take it too far. Outright trolling, inflammatory, or overly offensive content is not not allowed.

Oh, oh! Double Negative! We're allowed to do above listed things!

At least no one's exploited this... yet.

[mystra]

I am still a tad urked about my two day ban months ago over posting Man-Faye in the Favorite/Awesome picture thread, when it had been made against the rules recently (I had not seen the post at that time) and the fact that part of my ban was due to the fact that i didn't state that it was NSFW when at the time I had no idea what that even meant. -sigh- but that was awhile ago I can't really do anything about it but bitch and moan, though I don't think that's what I'm doing in this case, I'm just stating that it urkes me to know that I have a temp-ban on my record for something that is in my eyes was unnecessary, I know I would have taken it so much better if I had been given fair warning and then got a temp ban if I did it again, I still feel that the mod who gave me that temp-ban jumped the gun but...for the life of me I can not remember who actually gave the temp-ban...

I'm gonna shut up now, I've rambled about the past long enough, as well as forgetting the point of even bringing it up...

CAN ANY OF YOU SHIFT THROUGH ALL THAT AND FIND MY POINT!!!

Not sure what you posted and how NSFW it was but you gotta realize that there are kids on this site. Gods forbid their parents see them looking at something on here in a 'safe' area that shouldn't be there. If something like that should happen all hell could break lose and the worst outcome is the site could be closed down and or the people running it could be sued. Mods and admins have to take that shit very seriously sometimes.

[Fat1Fared]

Not sure what you posted and how NSFW it was but you gotta realize that there are kids on this site. Gods forbid their parents see them looking at something on here in a 'safe' area that shouldn't be there. If something like that should happen all hell could break lose and the worst outcome is the site could be closed down and or the people running it could be sued. Mods and admins have to take that shit very seriously sometimes.

why'll I see what your saying, maybe you somewhat weaken your position by swearing <____<
>_____>

[AsterGray]

why'll I see what your saying, maybe you somewhat weaken your position by swearing <____<
>_____>

I would post a link to tvtropes to argue your point, but that'd be evil....

[mystra]

why'll I see what your saying, maybe you somewhat weaken your position by swearing <____<
>_____>

Where did I swear?

[Fat1Fared]

Where did I swear?

Shit is considered a swear word where I'm from and even if it isn't where your from, I'm sure it is still considered inappropriate use of language, which I found ironically amusing in post saying shouldn't post inappropriate things, but anyway, it was joke and I actually agreed with what you were saying

[MrsSallyBakura]

Moderators are human too, and therefore make mistakes.

If you have a problem with something that a mod did, TALK TO THE MOD OR AN ADMIN. It's hard to get over things like that if you don't sort them through with the parties involved.

[Eia]

I remember that.

JR had this huge thing against Manfaye because the images were always risque and made him rethink his sexuality.

Or something along those lines.

DP, don't worry about it. You shouldn't have been banned for 2 days, though.

[MarioMaster3000]

I think rules and mods (who are active) are more than fine here, I just still feel could do with few more active mods, I mean Face has started to become more of similar face again (sorry couldn't resist) and JR/Dark are great, but eternity doesn't have enough power o0 and rest on come on about once mouth at most (even masty is rare catch these days)
Hee. Doesn't matter too much...

[JesusRocks]

I remember that.

JR had this huge thing against Manfaye because the images were always risque and made him rethink his sexuality.

Or something along those lines.

DP, don't worry about it. You shouldn't have been banned for 2 days, though.

I was at work at the time, and seeing some dude's hairy arse on the screen made me very conscious of what would be safe for work, and what is not safe for work... I take Mystra's point on this one. I wouldn't want my boss to see that on my screen, it could easily get me reprimanded.

I am still a tad urked about my two day ban months ago over posting Man-Faye in the Favorite/Awesome picture thread, when it had been made against the rules recently (I had not seen the post at that time) and the fact that part of my ban was due to the fact that i didn't state that it was NSFW when at the time I had no idea what that even meant. -sigh- but that was awhile ago I can't really do anything about it but bitch and moan, though I don't think that's what I'm doing in this case, I'm just stating that it urkes me to know that I have a temp-ban on my record for something that is in my eyes was unnecessary, I know I would have taken it so much better if I had been given fair warning and then got a temp ban if I did it again, I still feel that the mod who gave me that temp-ban jumped the gun but...for the life of me I can not remember who actually gave the temp-ban...

I'm gonna shut up now, I've rambled about the past long enough, as well as forgetting the point of even bringing it up...

CAN ANY OF YOU SHIFT THROUGH ALL THAT AND FIND MY POINT!!!

It was me who banned you. The reason why I banned you for two days is because 2 days is the standard. Maybe I should have given you a warning first, and for not doing that I apologise...

I probably did jump the gun mainly because I was at work at the time I saw it, and it wasn't a good thing to see at work.

[AsteriskRocks]

I was at work at the time, and seeing some dude's hairy arse on the screen made me very conscious of what would be safe for work, and what is not safe for work... I take Mystra's point on this one. I wouldn't want my boss to see that on my screen, it could easily get me reprimanded.



It was me who banned you. The reason why I banned you for two days is because 2 days is the standard. Maybe I should have given you a warning first, and for not doing that I apologise...

I probably did jump the gun mainly because I was at work at the time I saw it, and it wasn't a good thing to see at work.

Aren't mods suppose to be heartless machines that do not feel emotion and terminat-I mean ban users because that is their purpos-job to purg-the human rac-I mean ban rule breaking users. So if it fell under your Modar-I mean radar then it was only the appropriate action against the human-I mean User. SPARE ME OH GREAT POWERFUL MOD! DAMN YOU SKYNET!

Ignorance/Negligence can't be used as an excuse in real life law enforcement. I believe that would be the case on this site. However because this isn't necessarily portraying real life law enforcement...I guess it's ok.

[Cocyta]

Ignorance/Negligence can't be used as an excuse in real life law enforcement.

It is used as an excuse in law enforcement... in America! :thatface:

:squintyface:

[JesusRocks]

In English law ignorance of the law is no excuse. All people who come here are assumed to know the law.

[Sounnga]

I
AM
THE
LAW

[niknnik]

I REFUTE IT THUS
http://www.weeklyreader.com/readandwriting/content/binary/spam%20boy.jpg

[yamiangie]

14) Underling may, or may not be free to screw the rules.
As unhappy as i am about this at least it's in writting now

[Bamboozle]

In all honesty how could someone in good conscience post something that could potentially scar someone. I mean after all this is Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series site, not fanfiction.net/yugioh O.O WONT SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
http://shutupyouareanidiot.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/think_of_the_children.jpg

[MrsSallyBakura]

In all honesty how could someone in good conscience post something that could potentially scar someone.

We don't just talk about YGOTAS around here...

[Kochiha]

In all honesty how could someone in good conscience post something that could potentially scar someone.
I'll lift today's schtick for this post.
Give me one good reason why anybody in "good conscience" would browse the internet in the first place.

[TitanAura]

We don't just talk about YGOTAS around here...
Yes, like how gay Kroze is. Can't let the children hear about that can we?

[JesusRocks]

Yes, like how gay Kroze is. Can't let the children hear about that can we?

on the contrary, the children need to be warned about Kroze :bearface:

[LordZorc]

Okay, I read the rules, but be warned: I'll follow the letter of the law, but perhaps not the spirit.

And Kroze, for those of you who don't know, is pedobear's twin brother!

[JesusRocks]

GENERAL SITE RULES - Last Updated Aug 30, 2009

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14) Underling may, or may not be free to screw the rules.

WIN

[ThePRPD]

That's a stupid rule.

[gerbill]

i just want to ask what is trolling?

[darkarcher]

i just want to ask what is trolling?

The definition of "trolling" usually differs from one moderator to the other, but can generally be defined as an attempt to emotionally manipulate someone else on the forum, usually occurring in the form of deliberately making somebody angry.

See here for various definitions as submitted by people of the internet. (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=trolling)

[TenaciousQ]

I choose to not accept your direction for I am of a high economic status.

[gerbill]

thanks i know i look stupit asking

[kudos]

I choose to not accept your direction for I am of a high economic status.

i lol'd... however these rules cannot be screwed. THESE RULES ARE THE VERY FABRIC OF EXISTENCE!

*rocks back and forth in the corner, twitching*

[realspiderphantom]

I have been on here for 5 days and I still cant edit my about me WHY!!!!!

[darkarcher]

You need a certain number of posts...I think it's 25.

[JesusRocks]

It's actually 15

[BananaGhost]

These rules are quite fair.

[skittyrocks]

SCREW THE RULES I HAVE MONEY!

But to be serious the rules are very important.

[EZE]

necro bumps

[ccbwiththecbc]

so I noticed there is no written rule regarding asking the question "when is the next episode?". Would someone get banned for asking such a question?

[MrsSallyBakura]

so I noticed there is no written rule regarding asking the question "when is the next episode?". Would someone get banned for asking such a question?

Hahaha, a ban would be too heavy a punishment for such a minuscule "offense."

If someone created a topic asking when the new episode is, we will simply lock it and say that we don't know, only LK knows (unless he announces the release date to the public, like for instance he announced that March 31st will be the release date for the next episode, therefore we will answer March 31st and then lock your thread). If you are just asking somewhere in the middle of the thread, people will answer your question and life goes on, no punishment.

tl;dr: No, you will not get banned. That's ridiculous. :V

[ggbhtg]

(Sorry if it's been answered before)
Where can and where can't we advertise our forum games?

[MrsSallyBakura]

It's OK to advertise in the BAR and on people's profiles via visitor messages. Just don't post the link over and over again in the same place. And don't post in topics where it's not relevant to post links to games.

[ggbhtg]

Ok then.

[MulletGuy]

Screw the rules, I have money!

[ggbhtg]

-_-

[Fenrir502]

If I had one hundred dollars for everytime I read that in a rules thread, it still wouldn't be funny.

[GcarOatmealRaisinCookies]

All work and no play makes gcar a dull girl

[PhoenixWidows]

All rules understood masters *bow*

[PhantomWolf]

I can honestly say that this is one of the best forum rule thingies ever. All the other ones I'm a part of basically say "Be good or we'll find you." Thanks for not being vague!

[RennisTora]

I totally read all of that, in Sazuke's voice... "No one will understand this need to read in other people voices in my mind..."

[DirectorsKut]

Heard, Understood, Acknowledged - semper fi