Forum Rules

§1 - General

1. By creating an account you agree to and are bound by these Forum Rules (hereinafter, Rules).

2. The Rules apply to the whole forum, including but not limited to: Private messages, profiles and the individual boards.

3. The moderators exist to make sure these rules are being followed. If not followed, the moderation staff have the responsibility of punishing the user breaking them.

4. These Rules are subject to change at any time, and without any warning. Every effort will be made by staff to inform the users of changes to the rules.

§2 - Forbidden Content

1. The rules in this section apply to posts, private messages and any other form of communication of the forum.

2. The following content and/or behavior is strictly forbidden:
----a) Impersonating staff.
----b) Spam. We define 'spam' as: Posts which do not contribute significantly to the thread’s discussion; the overuse of bolds, italics, smilies, underlines and textsize. The moderation staff is the final arbiter of what is or is not spam.
----c) Pornographic, racist or otherwise discriminatory text or images.
----d) Swearing. Bypassing the automatic censor by using *’s, deliberate misspellings, acronyms or in other ways is against the rules. Just because a word is not filtered by the auto-censor does not mean it is automatically not a swear word. Some words are swear words in some contexts and not others, and are thus left off the auto-censor.
----e) Flames and insults. The moderation staff are the final arbiter of whether something is flaming / insulting or not.
----f) Re-posts and Cross-posts. Re-posting a locked or deleted topic is not allowed. Posting the same topic in multiple forums is not allowed .
----g) Double-posts. This is posting twice (or more) in a row in the same thread. (Use the “Edit” button instead.)
----h) Discussion of illegal software (i.e. “warez” or cracked software), including linking to it.
-----i) Quoting posts which include forbidden content or otherwise break the Rules.
-----j) Commercial advertisements of any kind.
-----k) “Deputy” posts. These are posts in which the user points out that someone is breaking the forum rules. Use the Report button or PM instead.
-----l) Posts in a language other than English.
Contents of forum Private Messages (PMs), In-Game Messages (IGMs), or emails.
Pictures, address or other personal information of a member without the express consent of the person or people concerned. Members under the age of 18 may never have this information posted.
-----m) “Link” games including, but not limited to: MiniCity, Graaagh!, etc.
------n) Other content deemed inappropriate by forum staff.
------o) Links to sites which contain content deemed inappropriate as above. Misleading links, such as tinyurl and "rickrolls" are considered inappropriate.
------p) Any attempt to coerce or provoke other users into breaking breaking one of the above Rules.
------q) You may not select a 'Colour' for your thread. This is strictly only for the use of the MerryMen Team.

§3 - Profile

1) The maximum size allowed for your avatar is 120x120 pixels.

2) Your signature may contain images.
----a) Signatures, including image, text and BB code tags (eg. quotes), are limited to a maximum overall height of 160 pixels, which roughly equates to 8 lines of standard text, or an image with a height of 120 plus 2 standard lines of text. Signatures must also not be so wide that they stretch the page layout on a standard resolution.
----b) Additionally, the maximum size of any custom signature image stored on the Forum is 500 by 100 pixels or 2.0 KB (whichever is smaller).

§4 – Warnings and Punishments

1) Punishments are up to the discretion of the moderation staff. The following guidelines are generally used, but the moderation staff are free to give custom punishments in any and all cases if necessary.
----a) First violation: Warning
----b) Second violation: Final Warning and Name brought up to all staff's attention.
----c) Ensuing violations: Bans and removal of privileges
----d) Bans will start off small (e.g 1 day), if violations persist then bans will get longer and longer until you are eventually permanently banned from the forum.

2) Evading a ban by creating a new account will result in an IP-ban.

3) Avatars and signatures which break the forum rules are subject to being removed by staff on sight.
----a) Abuse of the avatar system will result in you being unable to use it.
----b) Abuse of the signature system will result in you being unable to use it.

4) Topics and posts which violate the forum rules can be deleted at moderator discretion.

5) PMs and other forms of communication that break the rules will all be acted upon by the MerryMen Team.
----a) Abuse of the PM system may result in you being unable to send PMs.

§5 – Redress of Grievances


1) If you have a complaint or question about a moderator’s decision, the following procedure should be followed.
----a) Send a PM to the moderator in question.
----b) If you can not resolve the situation with the moderator, send a PM to another moderator.
----c) If you still can not resolve the situation, send a PM to a Super Moderator.
----d) If you still can not resolve the situation, send a PM to the Head Moderator/Forum Administrator.

2) Under no circumstances should you post a thread to resolve the situation.




THESE RULES WILL NOT BE ENFORCED STRICTLY, WE ARE HERE FOR FUN, NOT FOR PUNISHMENTS. HOWEVER, IN REPEAT CASES THE FORUM RULES WILL BE USED MORE STRICTLY.