Rules

1. Do not create posts to antagonize other forumers. Doing so will result in the post being deleted, and as a minimum an immediate suspension.

No line by line rebuttal posts containing multiple quote
Do not bash cities, states, countries or regions
Do not create childish boosterism posts. i.e. "my city is better than yours".
Do not argue with anyone on the staff.
If you have a complaint contact an admin.

2. No Advertising unless you have prior approval from the site Administrator. This includes posts for other discussion sites.

3. The following may constitute a warning, suspension and finally banning which will be decided by a moderator or admin.

Flooding
Signatures that are excessive and/or annoying.
Shouting (i.e. posting in all capital letters).
Flaming/bashing one person or a group of people
Imitating someone else under a username from another board
Multiple Accounts

Spamming - No warnings will be given. Spamming is an immediate ban. It should be the common sense of you to not spam!

4. Signatures / Usernames

The total maximum dimensions for images in a signature is 500px (width) by 200px (height).

The total maximum dimensions for images in a avatar is 150px (width) by 150px (height).

All usernames should not exceed 15 characters, and may not refer to a email or any web site

5. Use Common Sense Don't act an idiot, disrespecting other members etc.
Admins and moderators here will monitor your activity, you may get an "infraction" for doing something stupid.

3 Infractions and you will be banned for a week!
5 Infractions and you will be banned for a month!
7 Infractions and you will be banned for life!

Each infraction unless otherwise stated by a staff member is worth 1 point.
Same applies for points

3 Points and you will be banned for a week!
5 Points and you will be banned for a month!
7 Points and you will be banned for life!

Whoever assigns the infraction may choose however many points to charge you for that infraction, depending on the severity of the incident.
So say someone spams a topic, and maybe i am in a good mood. Instead of me banning him I could give him an infraction for Spamming worth 2 points, therefore being on a 'hot seat' of being banned for a week.

Although most spammers are banned for a lifetime.

6. Absolutely no links / requests in the shoutbox. You come here to spam your site or anything like that you will be banned immediately without warning.

7. All rules apply for private messages also

These rules may be altered or changed at anytime so keep in touch with the rules!

1. When posting a Link to a Download etc, we require all links to be hidden!
The hidden link works like this
A User cannot see the link until he/she posts in that specific thread.
The Hide tags work like any other tags

Example:

[HIDE]rapidshare.com[/HIDE]

You would hide your links like above, by putting hide tags around the links, and the links only.
Also at the bottom of the post you will see icons for different file sharing sites, direct link icon etc. Use It!

2. Do not quote images, It is pointless, makes things load slower for slower connections and just makes it look ugly. So don't do it, you will be infracted if you do so.

3. If you link has died there is no reason to double post in the same thread about the old one and post a new link. Edit your original post and place your mirrors there.

4. If a program is free, and a trial with no crack or key please post it in the new area located on the forums under downloads called "Freeware & Trials". In this section there is no need for hide tags, just make sure you wrap the download in code tags.

5. All Files Must Be Scanned! We Will Not Tolerate And Will Act On A Zero Tolerence Policy For Anyone Posting Trojans, Malware, Spyware, Rootkits Or Any Other Malicous Harm To Someones Pc. Do The Right Thing, Scan IT! Before You Post It.

You MUST follow these basic rules to file for a request !
To make a request you must have at least 20 Posts Or 5 Shared Links (Threads with a link to a download, brief description Etc.)
These are very simple rules

- Absolutely no requests in the shoutbox at any time