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Forum Rules

Make sure you are posting constructive criticism, whether it's negative or positive. Contrary to what some people believe, we do take feedback from here into account.

Notice: Administrators/Moderators reserve the right to change/edit/delete any content at any time they feel it is inappropriate.

I. General Forum Rules:

Do not:

Flame or insult other members.
Bypass the swear filter or other filters.
Abuse or encourage abuse of the Reputation System
Post personally identifiable information (i.e. name, address, email, phone number, etc.)
Bump old threads unless you have a good reason.
Post links to phishing sites.
Post spam (i.e. +1, 10char, rickrolls) or Re-post Closed, Modified, Deleted Content
Openly argue with a moderator. Contact the Moderator via a private message.
Share your account. Forum accounts are intended for the use by one person.
Publicly post or otherwise share PMs with other users unless you have the expressed permission of the sender to do so. Private Messages are intended to be just that - private.

II. The following topics are strictly off limits, including in external links:

Porn, gross stuff, or anything else not safe for work
Piracy, warez, Leaked content
Cheating, hacking, game exploits
Threats of violence or harassment, even as a joke
Posting copyrighted material such as magazine scans
Soliciting, auctioning, selling, advertising, referrals
Racism, discrimination
Drugs, alcohol
Religious, political, and other “prone to huge arguments” threads

III. No Backseat Moderating:

Let the Forum Moderators do the moderating. Backseat Moderating is when people who are not Moderators try to enforce the forum rules. Whenever you see a person breaking the rules, take advantage of the "Report this post to a moderator" link. Or simply IGNORE the offensive post(s) or thread. The most common backseat reply is the "+1 in before lock" phrase. Backseat moderating is annoying, and pointless.

Report Post to the Moderators:

Should you observe a fellow forum member breaking these rules please report the post by clicking the Report Post button "

" located to the left of every post, or feel free to contact any of the Forum Staff.

Lifetime Achievement Award:
Users who are found to be repeat offenders will be removed from the forums.

Helpful Forum Info & FAQ

Forum Maintenance

Forum maintenance is generally performed the first week of every month and entails:

Pruning inactive users
Must have logged into the account within the last year
Pruning threads and posts
Depends on the forum; generally any thread that hasn't been posted in within the last year

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