Forum Rules

Subject: Forum Rules Tue Nov 30, 2010 2:03 pm

In order to keep these forums running smoothly and to prevent problems, please follow these simple rules for the forums here. If you have any questions or problems, please contact one of the Staff Members.

Our goal for this site is to keep a fun, clean, family-friendly environment, these rules help ensure that people of all ages and backgrounds will enjoy this board.

General Rules
1. This site has very specific content geared forums, members are asked to read the forum descriptions before posting to ensure they are posting in the correct forum. This rule is very forgiving, but users who repeatedly post in the wrong forum despite corrections from a staff member may be given a warning.
2. Members should use an appropriate, descriptive title when posting a new topic. Examples of bad titles include; "Help me!", "I’m stuck!" etc. Examples of good titles include; "Getting an TABLE FULL error upon login", "Cannot post in certain forums", etc. are okay.
3. These forums are geared toward a general audience and therefore posts that are sexual in nature, pornographic content, or generally offensive in nature such as text, images, links etc. will not be tolerated and will lead to an immediate warning. If a username is found to be offensive, it will be immediately changed and the user PMed a request to choose another, more appropriate username.
4. Members are not to post obscene, vulgar, racist, graven, offensive, illegal, posts, links or images on this site, posting of such content will be removed and could lead to a warning if necessary.
5. Members are not allowed to use any artifice or method to bypass or avoid the profanity filter.
6. Members are not allowed to flame other members or groups of members. Flaming includes, but is not limited to: Ridiculing, insulting, or demeaning another member or group of members, such behaviour will not be tolerated and may lead to a warning and the offending posts removed or the topic locked.
7. Members are not allowed to bait other members. Baiting is an attempt to anger and provoke another member. Such behaviour may lead to a warning and offending posts removed or topic locked.
8. Members are not to harass or abuse other members in topics, private messages, signatures, avatars or profiles. This includes stalking other members, both online and in real life. Such behaviour will lead to a warning or a ban.
9. Members are not to violate the privacy of other members by publicly posting identifiable personal information about them; e.g. full names, addresses, e-mail addresses or telephone numbers. This includes reposting the contents of private messages or e-mails without the prior permission of the sender. Exceptions may include notifying a staff member of a violation through private channels such as the board private message system.
10. All rules apply to the private messaging system as well, abuse of the Private Messaging system will result in a Warning.
11. Members are asked to respect the copyright of other users, sites, media, etc. Users linking to or asking for information on warez, crackz, etc. or re-printing material without permission will receive a warning and their post will be removed.
12. Members are asked not to post using l33t speak, txt speak, abbreviated expletives, posting in ALL CAPS in posts, topics or blog posts. Repeatedly posting in these methods will result in a warning.
13. 13. No members are to talk about any other server on this forum and or on the Titan Fiesta Online server.
14. 14. ALL RULES MOST BE FOLLOWED OR BE WARNED FOLLOWED BY AN IP ADDRESS BAN.

Support
1. Support is offered via the forums only. Support is not given through private messages, instant messages, or any other private means. The reason for this is that private support only helps one single person, whereas support on the forums benefits everyone. Repeated requests for support through private means may constitute a warning.
2. Members are asked to refrain from excessively bumping their topics or support questions until a reasonable amount of time (at least 6 hours) has elapsed, a reasonable amount of time must be allowed to give the staff time to answer the question and or topic. Repeated excessive bumping could result in a warning.
3. Members are asked to refrain from demanding support from members of this site, all members of these boards give support of their own free-will and such rude behaviour is not welcome and may result in a warning.
4. Members are asked to not post duplicate topics and or posts, or cross-post topics and or posts. Excessively posting duplicate topics or posts will result in a warning.

Spamming
1. Spam is not tolerated here under any circumstance. This includes offering hosting services (charged and free), installation services, solicitation etc. Users posting spam will be warned and their post removed.
2. Promoting one’s own site or forum is not allowed on this site, this includes self promotion, advertising and advertising related posts, notices for contests and show off posts and topics. Users may not promote their site through their posts, Such posts are considered spam and may lead to a warning.
3. Recruiting members for your own project (moderators, designers, professional work, etc) in posts and topics is not permitted on the forums and is considered spam.

Signature Specific Rules
1. Members are asked to keep signature images relatively small so that the topics may load quickly. Signature images are limited to a combined size of 12kb and no larger than 468px wide and 180px high. Flashy or animated images and flash is not allowed in signature images.
2. Text sizes must not be larger than a font-size of 150%, 5 lines of text is allowed with no images, or 2 lines of text with images. Random text signature script counts as a single line.
3. Links in signatures are limited to 1 link (2 for VIP Members) and must be unique pages or sites (i.e. 1 links pointing to the same external page/site are not allowed), Linked sites may not be commercial in nature. Personal sites may allowed in signatures with permission from an Admin. External Links must be in Code Tags. Limit of 380 Characters in signature.
4. Links in signature may not be to a site that contains similar content as titanfiesta. The following types of sites are not allowed: File-Sharing, Adult, Corporate or Business Sites, any site other than a personal website which does not contain any of the prohibited materials listed.
5. Signature content must adhere to normal board rules with respect to decency. Signatures may NOT contain any of the following: Obscene, Racist, Sexually Explicit, Graven / Graphic, Offensive, Illegal or anything deemed Not family friendly. Offensive content will be removed and the user PMed or warned as necessary.
6. Signature content may be removed and/or signature permissions revoked if a user dismisses requests by staff to change or remove content.
7. To request your site be allowed usage in your signature, please send the request to GHOST or another ADMIN via PM. Posting your link without prior permission will result in your inability to use a signature in the future. This MUST be done for ALL Users using a signature with links.
8. Thank You files are not permitted in the signature area - or anywhere else in the forum.

Avatar Specific Rules
1. User defined avatars may contain mild animation. But must not be flashy or attract attention with the animation.
2. Avatars must NOT contain an image which attempts to portray the user as having an official status on this site or forums (such a mimicking ranks or copying avatars of staff).
3. Avatars are subject to the same conditions as posts with respect to decency, and so forth. Avatars may NOT contain any of the following: Obscene, Racist, Sexually Explicit, Graven / Graphic, Offensive, Illegal or anything deemed Not family friendly. Offensive Avatars will be removed and the user PMed or warned as necessary.
4. Avatars may be removed and/or avatar permissions revoked if a user dismisses requests by staff to change or remove content.

Moderation
1. Back seat moderating is not allowed on these boards. If you notice an issue which may be against board policy, please use the Report Post Feature located on every post and a Moderator will address the issue. Members who constantly act as moderators will be warned.
2. Administrators may be required to read specific private messages in an investigation to verify a rule breach or illegal actions through the private message system.
3. The Staff reserve the right to edit or remove any post at any time on these boards. The determination of what is construed as indecent, vulgar, spam, etc. as noted in these points is up to Staff Members and not users. Moderators also reserve the right to ban anyone who willfully violates the board rules, as access to our forums are a privilege and not a right.
4. While these rules cover most common situations, they cannot anticipate everything. Consequently we reserve the right to take any actions we deem appropriate to ensure these forums are not disrupted or abused in any way.
5. Members are asked to not contact staff members for moderation (moving/splitting/merging/deleting) of topics or posts. Please instead use the report post feature located on a post. Members are also asked to not abuse the report post feature. Excessively contacting staff members for non-urgent moderation or abusing report post feature may result in a warning.

Warning & Ban Policy
1. If a member breaches a minor board rule, they will be issued an alert via Private Message by a staff member. This is not counted toward the official warning count of the member.
2. If the member continues to breach the SAME Forum Rule, an official Warning will be issued by a Moderator.
3. Arguing with team members after having received a warning will lead to an immediate additional warning. Should this exceed three warnings a suspension (temporary ban) will be put in place.
4. Any attempt to circumvent a suspension (temporary ban) will lead to that ban being made permanent.
5. Members who feel they have been unfairly warned are encouraged to contact an Administrator.
6. Four warnings within 90 days will constitute an immediate permanent ban, warnings will expire after 90 days.
7. Members who have been Banned and have VIP Status may request to be unbanned, however, By virtue of being banned, VIP Status is Revoked.

Forum Posting Guidelines
1. The only links allowed to be posted or shared are megaupload. No rapidshare links allowed.
2. Please check the synclist at the beginning of every sub-forum to ensure that a topic does not already exist before creating a new topic.
3. Do not create a new topic for an tv episode if a topic already exists for that tv show. Post the new episode in the existing thread.
4. Topic title in the entertainment district should only contain the tv show or movies name followed by the year. Do not add dvdrip or other additional information to the title, add that information to the body of your post.
5. Megathreads are not allowed without permission from an Admin. However, you may link to a few of you posts in your signature.
6. Multiple versions of the same movie are not allowed within the same post. ie. cam releases are not allowed in the same post as dvdrip. Each release must have its own post. multiple links to the same version are allowed within that post. ie 2 sets of links 1 in large parts and 1 in smaller parts - but they must be the same release or similar - not a newer better quality release - that goes in its own post.
7. The language of this forum is English.
8. Do not post thanks, great, awesome or other messages like this. Please use the thanks button to thank a user for their post.
9. All download links must be coded properly. If you do not know how to code your links, read the faq.
10. All fasttrack requests must follow all request rules, ie. must not already exist in the forum or have a reason to have another set of links.
11. All requests must be posted in the appropriate request forum. (games, media, development) Do not post requests in any other sub-forums.
12. To keep the server load to a minimum, only 10 posts will be displayed per page. When post multiple seasons of a tv show or multiple versions of a movie, please only post 1 season or 1 release per post, then post the subsequent seasons or releases in reply posts - there is a 10000 character limit per post.
13. All passwords to archives or mu links must be posted clearly and plainly in the post body itself.
14. If a post or thread needs to be Moved, Merged, Deleted or Edited, Please use the Report Button for that post and request the action be done by a Moderator.
15. DLC Files and/or Megaupload Folders are not to be posted since the linkchecker cannot read them..

Forum ChatBox Guidelines
1. The chatbox is for general chatting, assistance requests and other like items, it is not for software or link requests, passwords or other items found in the forum. excessive chatbox username registrations will result in a ban.
2. The chatbox is available to communicate with other members of the forum and for with the staff. Do not ask for support of software found in the forum, you can do that in the topic where you found the software links.
3. Do not post mu links in the chat box - an occassional non-forum shared link is acceptable - but, if the link is in a post, share link to the post, not the mu link.
4. If you do not receive an answer to your question in the chatbox, re-ask it in the forums by posting it. Do not repeatedly ask the same question and wonder why no one is answering you - maybe no one knows the answers or does not want to chat about it.
5. All requests should be made in the appropriate "request" forum. Do not post your requests in the chatbox, doing so may result in a ban.
6. Do not ask for free mu or rs or any other type of account in the chatbox. Please do this in the "trading" forums.
7. Do not ask for premium links. Google can provide you with many sites that provide free premium links.
8. Do not demand support, answers or anything in the chatbox. also, Do not just post stupid stuff talking to yourself while no one else is chatting with you.
9. Please no spamming in the chatbox. Do not post consecutive messages one after each other using 1 or 2 word sentences. Ask a full question or state a full statement in one message at a time.
10. We will not tolerate abuse towards other members in the chatbox, this, or any violation of the above ruiles will result in a ban.
11. Please do not advertise your recent posts. You may announce a hot post every so often - please do not take advantage of this offer.
12. Tags after your username in the ChatBox are not allowed without permission from an Admin. Local Moderator and Uploader tags are added by Ghost
13. Faliure to follow these rules may result in a temporary or permanent ban from the chat box.
14. Fighting or Arguing in the chatbox will not be tolerated. Please keep conversations calm, cool and collected. See Chatbox Rule 9m
15. If rule 9n is not followed, the chatbox will be removed from the forum and there will no longer be a chatbox - so please follow the rules.

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