Post by Baby Firefly on Sept 1, 2018 0:05:52 GMT
The following are rules to ensure the stable, safe and a productive environment for the forum. Failure to follow any of the below will result in a warning. Failure to improve your behavior after three Warnings will result in you being banned. No exceptions.
DISCRIMINATION
You may NOT attack users in regards to race, gender, religious beliefs (or lack thereof), ethnicity, age or sexual orientation in any way, shape or form. This will simply not be allowed, and will result in you being automatically banned from the forum. There will be no exceptions to this.
NO SPAMMING/TROLLING
This is a forum for conversing and discussion. Making multiple troll posts across the forum will automatically result in you being banned. Spamming is not the only thing that is considered Trolling. Derailing threads will also not be tolerated unless it happens naturally and even then, you are to bring the thread back to its topic (or at least leave room for someone else to do so). If a conversation happens to 'wander' from the thread's main topic to something else, that's fine. If you jump into a thread that's say, meant to be the Friday The 13th Part II (1981) discussion thread, and start talking about what you ate this morning, that is NOT fine.
NO BEGGING FOR MODSHIP
Current moderators and Admins have earned their positions and they are who I know WILL NOT abuse their powers. You won't be banned if you keep asking, but you could end up with a warning. So don't try it please. You CAN however, fill out one of the Mod Applications available. Just PM one of the Admins or post in the Application thread (which will be up soon) and we will gladly send it your way. Fill it out, send it back to us, and we'll make a decision. If you don't hear about it from us, chances are you didn't make the cut (but it doesn't mean we dislike you, no worries).
RESPECT
Respect your fellow users, and the mods/admins. Don't insult each other, don't attack them for having different taste than you, don't be overly judgemental, and DO NOT cause large arguments on the forum. You may not agree with each other, but that doesn't mean you can just randomly start spouting off gnarly insults unless you're joking. Mods/Admins are in their position for a reason. Whatever they say goes. This includes rules that some may disagree on. Keeping the site alive is a group effort, yes. Major decisions and rules are not.
AGE
Users on both the forum MUST be 13 or older. Anyone found to be below that age will be banned. As safe as the forum is, the subject matter is not appropriate for young children. Please respect this rule and notify any of the mods if you find a user under the regulated age.
OVER 18 SECTION
Yep, we have an over eighteen section meant for discussion of all things 'dirty.' We're going to be pretty strict when it comes to who can access that section or not and if anyone underage somehow gets the password and starts posting around in that section, the password will be changed, their posts in the section will be deleted, and the person who gave them the password will receive a Warning. Sure, 15 year olds can discuss Horror movies with the adults, that's fine. But I'm sure I am not the only one who would be uncomfortable with a 15 year old wandering into the 18+ section to discuss their favorite sexual positions and whatnot. Not cool.
PIRACY
No piracy/download links for movies on the threads please. We don't need to get into any sort of legal trouble and neither do you. If a movie is available on Youtube (especially if it has no DVD/Blu Ray released), you MAY post a link to that. Try to avoid discussing downloading films and please refrain from sharing links to websites that things can be downloaded from. It could get us into deep shit and I'd certainly hope you don't want that.
ALL CAPS
You cannot type entire posts in ALL CAPS JUST LIKE THIS because it is nightmarish to the eyes. Of course, exceptions can be made and if you want to emphasize a few words here and there by capitalizing them, feel free to do so. If I see that someone is going around the forum POSTING LIKE THIS IN EVERY SINGLE THREAD FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER, they will receive a Warning or at the very least, have their posts edited by an Admin/Mod.
NO "TEXT SPEAK"
None of that please. I'm fine with the occasional abreviation like pls or lol. But if I see a post like-
"1 L0v3 7h12 m0v13 50 MUCH! 17'2 4m421n9!" Also, please capitalize words, use proper punctuation, and so on. Not to sound like a grammar Nazi but seeing improper grammar and horrid looking posts everywhere is one of the things that can be the biggest annoyance on message boards.
It can drive people from the site.
JOINING JUST TO ADVERTISE YOUR SCRIPTS/PARTICIPATE IN RPGs
People will not be allowed to start sign-ups for an RPG or participate in any RPGs on the site until they hit 100 posts on the rest of the forum. This rule is in place and remain that way. There are plenty of other sites that are meant to be RPG playgrounds and nothing more. This is not one of them. Please do not join only to promote your own works unless you're also "spreading to love" to any other authors, filmmakers, and other artists on here.
MAKING MOVIE THREADS
When making a thread for a movie, please put the year of release in the thread title, for example: "Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)." In the original post in the thread, also place a basic plot description, the film's poster, the trailer (optional), and if you've seen it; your opinion of the film (optional).
Minor offenses will be met with Warnings or PMs from the site's staff. Major ones will result in an immediate ban.
Any further questions, feel free to ask the Admins/Mods. Thanks, have a great day, and be sure to participate in the discussions going on in our dozens of sections!
- Jonathan
DISCRIMINATION
You may NOT attack users in regards to race, gender, religious beliefs (or lack thereof), ethnicity, age or sexual orientation in any way, shape or form. This will simply not be allowed, and will result in you being automatically banned from the forum. There will be no exceptions to this.
NO SPAMMING/TROLLING
This is a forum for conversing and discussion. Making multiple troll posts across the forum will automatically result in you being banned. Spamming is not the only thing that is considered Trolling. Derailing threads will also not be tolerated unless it happens naturally and even then, you are to bring the thread back to its topic (or at least leave room for someone else to do so). If a conversation happens to 'wander' from the thread's main topic to something else, that's fine. If you jump into a thread that's say, meant to be the Friday The 13th Part II (1981) discussion thread, and start talking about what you ate this morning, that is NOT fine.
NO BEGGING FOR MODSHIP
Current moderators and Admins have earned their positions and they are who I know WILL NOT abuse their powers. You won't be banned if you keep asking, but you could end up with a warning. So don't try it please. You CAN however, fill out one of the Mod Applications available. Just PM one of the Admins or post in the Application thread (which will be up soon) and we will gladly send it your way. Fill it out, send it back to us, and we'll make a decision. If you don't hear about it from us, chances are you didn't make the cut (but it doesn't mean we dislike you, no worries).
RESPECT
Respect your fellow users, and the mods/admins. Don't insult each other, don't attack them for having different taste than you, don't be overly judgemental, and DO NOT cause large arguments on the forum. You may not agree with each other, but that doesn't mean you can just randomly start spouting off gnarly insults unless you're joking. Mods/Admins are in their position for a reason. Whatever they say goes. This includes rules that some may disagree on. Keeping the site alive is a group effort, yes. Major decisions and rules are not.
AGE
Users on both the forum MUST be 13 or older. Anyone found to be below that age will be banned. As safe as the forum is, the subject matter is not appropriate for young children. Please respect this rule and notify any of the mods if you find a user under the regulated age.
OVER 18 SECTION
Yep, we have an over eighteen section meant for discussion of all things 'dirty.' We're going to be pretty strict when it comes to who can access that section or not and if anyone underage somehow gets the password and starts posting around in that section, the password will be changed, their posts in the section will be deleted, and the person who gave them the password will receive a Warning. Sure, 15 year olds can discuss Horror movies with the adults, that's fine. But I'm sure I am not the only one who would be uncomfortable with a 15 year old wandering into the 18+ section to discuss their favorite sexual positions and whatnot. Not cool.
PIRACY
No piracy/download links for movies on the threads please. We don't need to get into any sort of legal trouble and neither do you. If a movie is available on Youtube (especially if it has no DVD/Blu Ray released), you MAY post a link to that. Try to avoid discussing downloading films and please refrain from sharing links to websites that things can be downloaded from. It could get us into deep shit and I'd certainly hope you don't want that.
ALL CAPS
You cannot type entire posts in ALL CAPS JUST LIKE THIS because it is nightmarish to the eyes. Of course, exceptions can be made and if you want to emphasize a few words here and there by capitalizing them, feel free to do so. If I see that someone is going around the forum POSTING LIKE THIS IN EVERY SINGLE THREAD FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER, they will receive a Warning or at the very least, have their posts edited by an Admin/Mod.
NO "TEXT SPEAK"
None of that please. I'm fine with the occasional abreviation like pls or lol. But if I see a post like-
"1 L0v3 7h12 m0v13 50 MUCH! 17'2 4m421n9!" Also, please capitalize words, use proper punctuation, and so on. Not to sound like a grammar Nazi but seeing improper grammar and horrid looking posts everywhere is one of the things that can be the biggest annoyance on message boards.
It can drive people from the site.
JOINING JUST TO ADVERTISE YOUR SCRIPTS/PARTICIPATE IN RPGs
People will not be allowed to start sign-ups for an RPG or participate in any RPGs on the site until they hit 100 posts on the rest of the forum. This rule is in place and remain that way. There are plenty of other sites that are meant to be RPG playgrounds and nothing more. This is not one of them. Please do not join only to promote your own works unless you're also "spreading to love" to any other authors, filmmakers, and other artists on here.
MAKING MOVIE THREADS
When making a thread for a movie, please put the year of release in the thread title, for example: "Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)." In the original post in the thread, also place a basic plot description, the film's poster, the trailer (optional), and if you've seen it; your opinion of the film (optional).
Minor offenses will be met with Warnings or PMs from the site's staff. Major ones will result in an immediate ban.
Any further questions, feel free to ask the Admins/Mods. Thanks, have a great day, and be sure to participate in the discussions going on in our dozens of sections!
- Jonathan