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Cheers, Romulus
1. You will show the newbies respect. Everyone was a newbie once, and it is our responsibility to help them reach their full potential. Help them learn from their mistakes, don’t taunt them for them. This is the most important rule.
2. There will be no racism or culturalism. We are trying to make a friendly environment, not a place where self-proclaimed “elite†members sit around belittling the newbies.
3. There will be no porn, or other posts with adult themes on this website. In addition, we will not allow links to such sites.
4. You will not rank post. A rank post is defined as any post that does not contribute to the conversation; it simply exists to add to your post count. Moderators will assume you are rank posting whenever you post and do not add something useful to the topic at hand. The reasoning for this is simple: it clutters up topics. Even if your post text itself is not very long, every thing that appears with it takes up a sizable amount of space.
5. There will be no advertising or spamming. If you receive PM advertisement, please report this to an admin or Mod Level 2 immediately with contents. You may also use the "Report to Admin" button. Spamming is the act of posting the same topic or similar topics over and over again, simply to take up forum space. We currently do not allow advertising, though if you would like to advertise, contact me or another member of the staff and we may be able to work something out.
6. There will be no goodbye threads. If you want to leave, do so quietly, there is no need to make a spectacle. The mods have enough work as it is, without your drama. If you insist no doing so anyway, we will delete your thread and ban your account. Yes, I understand that you have an internet life and you want to say goodbye to everyone. Simply don't. You may come back in the future, and even if you don't your contributions will not be forgotten, especially by those who know you.
7. Longer threads MAY be closed. If a thread has become huge and convoluted, so much so that it is difficult to read, we will close it and ask you to create a new one that sums up the original. Note that this is very rare. You can tell if a thread is getting too long when people repost arguments that have already been debated, simply because they did not read the thread, due to its massive size.
8. You will not discuss the shooting of animals. Period.
9. You will not insult the staff. This one is tricky, because you are allowed to yell at them, just don’t go too far. We’re all willing to work with you, uncontrolled ranting is unacceptable. Please, remember that we are all volunteers, and we all started as members just like you. We're reasonable, don't be afraid to open up dialog with us.
10. Dangerous discussion of pyrotechnics is not allowed. This includes the construction of any pyrotechnic device, or the modification of any dangerous device.
11. You will never insult or trash-talk any other forum. The airsofting community is global, and it hardly matters what forum you belong to. When you insult other forums you alienate us from the community and tarnish our image. That is unacceptable.
12. Please, use good spelling and grammar. If your thread is unreadable, it may be up for deletion or closure. Not to mention that you will receive no replies.
13. We are family friendly. Swear words are censored, please do not attempt to bypass the swear filter.
The Modwatch Rule:
As long as a moderator has expressed his intent to watch a thread that would normally be closed, the thread will continue uninterrupted until said moderator decides to close or delete it.
A lot of these rules are designed to give the moderators maximum discretion. As such, there may be times when you think the action a moderator has taken is overbearing. Please contact the moderator in question, we are willing to work with you, and do not spam post or flame.
These are still under consideration. If you have any ideas for rules you would like to see, or you would like to dispute any of the ones currently in place, say something in The Forum section.
Signature Regulations
Read this thread: http://airsoft-barra...?showtopic=5799
