Post by SoloZ on Oct 25, 2013 1:03:32 GMT
1. No flaming or insulting others.
Don't flame or insult players. Respect eachother and treat eachother the way you would like to be treated. If they do it to you then just click on the "Report" button and a moderator will review over the post. It's useless and causes problems & conflicts between one another.
This includes:
Racism - hatred towards other races.
Discrimination - hatred towards another persons' class, group, disability or category they belong in society.
Sectarianism - bigotry, discrimination or hatred arising towards those from other religious or political movements.
Homophobia - negative attitudes and feelings towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, and in some cases transgender and intersex people and behaviour.
This also includes flaming EG:RP (including any of its features) or any staff member. Developers work hard on the features provided for you and the staff volunteer their own time to help you out. Respect this.
Example:
You're stupid and retarded, go die!
Anything targeting specific religions or races.
Anything targeting homosexuals
Punishments:
Forum Warning or permanent ban depending on severity
2. No hijacking or derailing threads
Don't take over or hijack other people's threads. Posting random things that don't contribute towards the thread or comments that don't make sense is an example of this. Make a new thread if you feel the conversation is veering from the original owners post.
Example:
You should have bought an XBox!
Let's go In-Game!
Punishments:
Forum Warning
3. Use the Search function before posting questions
The forums has a search function for a reason. If you have a question, search for it before posting another topic as it may well have already been answered. It will save time for both you and the people answering the question.
Example:
What's the server IP?
How do I download SA:MP?
Who is an admin?
Punishments:
Forum Warning
4. No blatant advertising.
Don't advertise other servers or advertise buying/selling goods in Real Life.
Example:
Selling a computer for cheap!
Come play on my server!
Punishments:
Forum Warning or permanent ban depending on severity.
5. No spamming.
Spamming is defined as posting useless things that don't need to be posted for the purposes of raising your post count. This also includes bumping old topics even if your post is on-topic. Create a new topic about it instead of bringing up a months old topic.
Example:
lol
Nice one
Punishments:
Forum Warning
6. English posts only.
To make it easier for everyone to understand and participate in many discussions we only speak English here.
Example:
Tom - How do i talk IG?
Jen - Cheapann tú T agus ansin scríobhann
Jen - nó brúigh B
Sam - Hey, How do i talk in-game?
Punishments:
Forum Warning
7. Keep the size of signatures under 250px in height.
Please keep your signatures a respectable size. The 250px limit includes covers your whole signature, so includes all text and images posted. Youtube videos are larger than this size so must not be used in signatures.
Example:
A lot of text in your signature.
Having a youtube video.
Having huge images.
Punishments:
Signature will be disabled.
You will need to post a Ban Appeal if your signature gets disabled.
8. Read the specific forum rules before posting (Located at the top of the forum, in a red box)
Read the forum rules before posting a topic.
Example:
Posting in threads without all the information required.
Posting a thread with the wrong format.
Posting in a topic that you weren't apart of.
Punishments:
Forum Warning
Temporary ban from forums for repeat offending
9. No posting to warez
Posting torrents or anything that's illegal on the forums is strictly prohibited.
Example:
Download it from a torrent!
Here's a link to it so you don't have to buy it!
Punishments:
Forum Ban
10. No posting of grotesque videos or images
Simply put don't post porn or grotesque pictures (such as murders etc) on the forums. Any links to potentially disturbing sites MUST be pre-warned for all users.
This rule also applies to signatures and avatars. You are not allowed to have suggestive or disturbing images used in these.
Example:
Having a naked person in your avatar/signature.
"Here's a video of that murder"
"What's a good porn video?"
Punishments:
Forum Warning
Forum Ban permanently depending on severity
11. No backseat moderating
Don't post telling people they're breaking a rule on the forum. It is the moderators who deal with this issue and you can report a post to them via the "Report Post" button. Your posts will only end up being spam.
Example:
You broke a rule!
You aren't suppose to post here!
Don't flame!
Punishments:
Forum Warning
Forum ban for repeat offending
Don't flame or insult players. Respect eachother and treat eachother the way you would like to be treated. If they do it to you then just click on the "Report" button and a moderator will review over the post. It's useless and causes problems & conflicts between one another.
This includes:
Racism - hatred towards other races.
Discrimination - hatred towards another persons' class, group, disability or category they belong in society.
Sectarianism - bigotry, discrimination or hatred arising towards those from other religious or political movements.
Homophobia - negative attitudes and feelings towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, and in some cases transgender and intersex people and behaviour.
This also includes flaming EG:RP (including any of its features) or any staff member. Developers work hard on the features provided for you and the staff volunteer their own time to help you out. Respect this.
Example:
You're stupid and retarded, go die!
Anything targeting specific religions or races.
Anything targeting homosexuals
Punishments:
Forum Warning or permanent ban depending on severity
2. No hijacking or derailing threads
Don't take over or hijack other people's threads. Posting random things that don't contribute towards the thread or comments that don't make sense is an example of this. Make a new thread if you feel the conversation is veering from the original owners post.
Example:
You should have bought an XBox!
Let's go In-Game!
Punishments:
Forum Warning
3. Use the Search function before posting questions
The forums has a search function for a reason. If you have a question, search for it before posting another topic as it may well have already been answered. It will save time for both you and the people answering the question.
Example:
What's the server IP?
How do I download SA:MP?
Who is an admin?
Punishments:
Forum Warning
4. No blatant advertising.
Don't advertise other servers or advertise buying/selling goods in Real Life.
Example:
Selling a computer for cheap!
Come play on my server!
Punishments:
Forum Warning or permanent ban depending on severity.
5. No spamming.
Spamming is defined as posting useless things that don't need to be posted for the purposes of raising your post count. This also includes bumping old topics even if your post is on-topic. Create a new topic about it instead of bringing up a months old topic.
Example:
lol
Nice one
Punishments:
Forum Warning
6. English posts only.
To make it easier for everyone to understand and participate in many discussions we only speak English here.
Example:
Tom - How do i talk IG?
Jen - Cheapann tú T agus ansin scríobhann
Jen - nó brúigh B
Sam - Hey, How do i talk in-game?
Punishments:
Forum Warning
7. Keep the size of signatures under 250px in height.
Please keep your signatures a respectable size. The 250px limit includes covers your whole signature, so includes all text and images posted. Youtube videos are larger than this size so must not be used in signatures.
Example:
A lot of text in your signature.
Having a youtube video.
Having huge images.
Punishments:
Signature will be disabled.
You will need to post a Ban Appeal if your signature gets disabled.
8. Read the specific forum rules before posting (Located at the top of the forum, in a red box)
Read the forum rules before posting a topic.
Example:
Posting in threads without all the information required.
Posting a thread with the wrong format.
Posting in a topic that you weren't apart of.
Punishments:
Forum Warning
Temporary ban from forums for repeat offending
9. No posting to warez
Posting torrents or anything that's illegal on the forums is strictly prohibited.
Example:
Download it from a torrent!
Here's a link to it so you don't have to buy it!
Punishments:
Forum Ban
10. No posting of grotesque videos or images
Simply put don't post porn or grotesque pictures (such as murders etc) on the forums. Any links to potentially disturbing sites MUST be pre-warned for all users.
This rule also applies to signatures and avatars. You are not allowed to have suggestive or disturbing images used in these.
Example:
Having a naked person in your avatar/signature.
"Here's a video of that murder"
"What's a good porn video?"
Punishments:
Forum Warning
Forum Ban permanently depending on severity
11. No backseat moderating
Don't post telling people they're breaking a rule on the forum. It is the moderators who deal with this issue and you can report a post to them via the "Report Post" button. Your posts will only end up being spam.
Example:
You broke a rule!
You aren't suppose to post here!
Don't flame!
Punishments:
Forum Warning
Forum ban for repeat offending