You must abide by these rules and terms. Each has a punishment for miss use. Some will be voted on others will not. Please check to see if you have vilolated any rules.
RULES BY TIME ADDED.
Cheating. This includes creating more than one account, attempting to artificially inflate the rating or ranking of a particular item, attempting to artificially inflate the number of votes associated with your topic, or any other behavior designed to manipulate a rating, ranking, or score.
Hate Speech. Hate speech on the basis of race, sexual preference, age, or physical handicap will not be tolerated.
Threats and Harassment. Threats, menacing behavior, and harassment of other is off limits. Disagree all you want, but please be civil.
Extreme Profanity. This includes content posted in reviews, profiles, user names, comments, etc.
Off Topic Posts. Posting comments that have nothing to do with the topic.
Use the search function. Yes, this is part of the rules, but it is SO important. It will make the forums easier to navigate and read if you search for a similar subject before posting a new one.
Make sure your post title is related to your post. "I just read Poseur for the tenth time!" will be easier on other members than "OMMMMGGGG" or "LOL LOOK AT THIS"
How to read the forums. Posts within a thread are in chronological order from top to bottom. This means that the oldest post on the page is at the top, and the newest is at the bottom. The original post is always at the top, above a box to reply to the thread. Within the different sections, the most recent thread is at the top, the oldest thread is at the bottom. You can see how long ago someone responded to the thread by looking on the right side. It will tell you if someone has responded in the last 30 seconds, or 15 hours.
Careful with the CAPS LOCK. If you type in all upper-case letters, it might come across as shouting. :)
Staff decisions are final. Ultimately, staff has complete discretion over what is and is not acceptable on the site.
Public discussions of staff decisions are not permitted on the site. If you have any concerns or queries relating to a staff decision, please take it up in private with a member of the site administration team.
All members must be treated in a respectful and adult manner. All members should respect and adhere to the promotion of harmony within the community. Do not attempt to disrupt the community in any way.
No "Flaming". Please do not post any messages that harass, insult, belittle, threaten or flame another member or guest.
No "Trolling". Please do not post any topic that disrupts the peace and harmony of this board. Don't create meaningless threads with the sole purpose of starting a dispute. This includes messages in profiles and signatures.
No "Spamming". Please do not double post or cross-post the same message in multiple forums. You will not mass-PM or mass-email multiple members of this site with the same message. You will not post for the sake of increasing your post count or "install" count.
No "Bumping" (Your threads/posts): Please do not repeatedly bump your threads to try and get attention. Most members of the site are not online 24 hours a day and so will not see your post the instant it is made. Do not bump a thread within 24 hours, and not more than twice a week.
No "Bumping" (Other’s threads/posts): Before replying to a thread, take notice of the last post date. Try and avoid replying to posts more than 6 months old. If you have a similar question and cannot find the answer, create your own thread. Generally speaking, due to the progression of vBulletin development, a post more than 6 months old is more than likely going to be for an older version of vBulletin.
No Offensive Material Please do not post messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-orientated, hateful, threatening, racist, sexist, discriminatory, and/or otherwise violate of any local or international laws. This includes links in your signature, profile, posted images, photos and avatars. Staff will ultimately decide if something is appropriate or not.
Please note that this is a PG-13 rated site and therefore is meant to suitable for all ages, including under 13s with parental guidance/permission.
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