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Just in case you don't know them, here's a copy:
1. Generally speaking, keep the forums to the content that can be shown on network TV (Think "The Simpsons") and use your own common sense as to what's allowed or not allowed on the board. For those of you who can't figure this out, the following is forbidden:
2. Use correct English. This means that you should type your posts as if you were going to hand it in to your English teacher. While a little leeway will be given if you are not a native speaker, there are some things that just have no excuse:
4. No Flaming or Trolling. Keep any personal arguments you have with other users off of the board. Flaming (mindless insulting of another user) is strictly prohibited. Trolling (posting to intentionally disrupt forum activity and/or to generate an angry response) is strictly prohibited in all forms.
5. Do not ask for netgames in the forum. Use the chat room or the master server to set up netgames.
6. Read the FAQ and Wiki before asking simple questions. Many questions such as how to add WADs are already answered in numerous places. Before posting a new question, ask yourself if that question might already be answered. Otherwise you may receive a ban.
7. Do not post about a project you have not started. You should at least be at the point where you can show screenshots of your work before you make any posts about it. On the same note, do not make posts asking for people to make something for you. If you aren't willing to put forth the effort to make something, nobody else is going to do it for you.
8. Do not backseat moderate. Backseat moderation consists of either of the following:
9. Do not bump topics pointlessly. If a topic is more than three weeks old, ask yourself whether or not your post adds to the conversation, or if you have a good reason to post in the old topic. The following are _NOT_ good reasons:
10. Use meaningful topic subjects. Creating a post with a subject of "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" or "OHNOEESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" or just "help me", is more likely to give your post a speedy lock than help with your problem. Here are some examples of GOOD subject lines:
11. Only give constructive critcism. There seem to be some questions about what constitutes constructive criticism around here, so please use these helpful examples:
12. Do not post recolors, sprite rips, music replacements, or timer socs.
13. Do not post someone else's work as your own. Plagiarism is stealing, and will be dealt with accordingly. Make sure to ask permission from the original author before attempting to improve or use some of his or her work. Don't try to cheat the system; all you'll get is a ruined reputation.
14. Do not ask for a file to be reuploaded. If you cannot find a file you want, try searching the forums for it, or possibly private messaging the author to see if the author is interested in fixing his link. Do not post a topic on the forums asking for the file, and do not bump the topic asking for the file.
15. The administrators are granted the authority to do whatever they feel is necessary to maintain control on the forums. They are granted authority to do whatever they feel is necessary to accomplish this. If a moderator or administrator tells you to stop doing something, regardless of whether it is against these written rules, you are expected to follow their instructions.
And here's the additional rule:
Due to the recent creation of forum game topics, we now no longer accept any forum games on these boards for two reasons:
Thank you for your cooperation,
-Blitzz
1. Generally speaking, keep the forums to the content that can be shown on network TV (Think "The Simpsons") and use your own common sense as to what's allowed or not allowed on the board. For those of you who can't figure this out, the following is forbidden:
- Sexual content, including pornography
- Excessive cursing
- Illegal material (Warez, free MP3s, ROMs, etc.)
2. Use correct English. This means that you should type your posts as if you were going to hand it in to your English teacher. While a little leeway will be given if you are not a native speaker, there are some things that just have no excuse:
- Use capitalization rules properly. The first word in a sentence, proper nouns, and “I” are capitalized. Always.
- Use punctuation. It’s very hard to read posts with no periods or commas. Put a space after your periods and commas, too.
- Use correct spelling. Occasional mistakes are fine (we all make them), but if your post misspells every single word, then that's unacceptable.
- Don’t use l33tspeak, internet acronyms (LOL, U, etc.), or text message abbreviations.
- Use paragraph breaks. No one wants to read a page of text with no spaces in it at all.
4. No Flaming or Trolling. Keep any personal arguments you have with other users off of the board. Flaming (mindless insulting of another user) is strictly prohibited. Trolling (posting to intentionally disrupt forum activity and/or to generate an angry response) is strictly prohibited in all forms.
5. Do not ask for netgames in the forum. Use the chat room or the master server to set up netgames.
6. Read the FAQ and Wiki before asking simple questions. Many questions such as how to add WADs are already answered in numerous places. Before posting a new question, ask yourself if that question might already be answered. Otherwise you may receive a ban.
7. Do not post about a project you have not started. You should at least be at the point where you can show screenshots of your work before you make any posts about it. On the same note, do not make posts asking for people to make something for you. If you aren't willing to put forth the effort to make something, nobody else is going to do it for you.
8. Do not backseat moderate. Backseat moderation consists of either of the following:
- Do not ask the staff to lock a topic, ban a user, or do other administrative action.
- Do not scold other users for their bad spelling, double posts, or other rules violations.
9. Do not bump topics pointlessly. If a topic is more than three weeks old, ask yourself whether or not your post adds to the conversation, or if you have a good reason to post in the old topic. The following are _NOT_ good reasons:
- Asking the author to reupload a file with a broken link.
- Frivolous statements like "This is cool."
10. Use meaningful topic subjects. Creating a post with a subject of "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" or "OHNOEESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" or just "help me", is more likely to give your post a speedy lock than help with your problem. Here are some examples of GOOD subject lines:
- Need help joining a netgame.
- XWE crashes when I try to add a graphic.
11. Only give constructive critcism. There seem to be some questions about what constitutes constructive criticism around here, so please use these helpful examples:
- "This WAD is awful. Here's why: List" - Constructive. This clearly explains what is wrong with the WAD and even how it could be fixed.
- "This WAD is awful." - Not constructive. This doesn't explain anything about the WAD, and simply states a useless opinion. Keep this junk off the forum.
- "This WAD is awesome." - Not constructive. Just like the previous, this simply states a useless opinion. Mindless positive feedback is just as useless as mindless negative feedback.
- "You are awful." - Not constructive. This is a direct flame of another user, and is strictly forbidden on these forums.
12. Do not post recolors, sprite rips, music replacements, or timer socs.
- Recolors, or edited versions of the official character sprites, are extremely disliked. Making fan characters or bad edits of official characters is almost always bad, and shows a great lack of creativity. Don't make them, and if you do, don't post them.
- Sprite rips, where you simply take a sprite from another game, which generally doesn't look anything like the art in SRB2, and put it into an SRB2 character. While it's possible to make a good sprite rip into a character, it almost always looks awful. Don't do this unless you know exactly what you're doing.
- Music WADs, or WAD files containing music lumps to change the soundtrack for SRB2, just aren't interesting. They're also potential copyright violations, so they are banned from the forums entirely. If you post one, it will simply be deleted.
- Timer SOCs, or SOC files that only edit the time periods for certain things, like Invincibility or drowning, are pointless, and anyone can make them.
13. Do not post someone else's work as your own. Plagiarism is stealing, and will be dealt with accordingly. Make sure to ask permission from the original author before attempting to improve or use some of his or her work. Don't try to cheat the system; all you'll get is a ruined reputation.
14. Do not ask for a file to be reuploaded. If you cannot find a file you want, try searching the forums for it, or possibly private messaging the author to see if the author is interested in fixing his link. Do not post a topic on the forums asking for the file, and do not bump the topic asking for the file.
15. The administrators are granted the authority to do whatever they feel is necessary to maintain control on the forums. They are granted authority to do whatever they feel is necessary to accomplish this. If a moderator or administrator tells you to stop doing something, regardless of whether it is against these written rules, you are expected to follow their instructions.
And here's the additional rule:
Due to the recent creation of forum game topics, we now no longer accept any forum games on these boards for two reasons:
- They create spam and eat bandwidth and resources.
- They make the forums harder to moderate.
Thank you for your cooperation,
-Blitzz
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