Proper Conduct
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As stated per forum rules as of October 21, 2005:
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General Forum Rules
1. No bashing, attacking or swearing at other members of the board, moderators or administrators will be tolerated. If you are found to be participating in an exchange like this you will receive an official warning via PM or will be banned depending on severity.
We take the "Be Polite" rule very seriously! We do not tolerate any rudeness. Any member who is intentionally unpleasant or disruptive will be banned without warning.
2. Excessive "spammish" posts including just posting a smile, one word, a large image that distorts/slows the boards, distorted TeXt, kool t@lk, and random offtopic responses will resulting in a warning via PM or a ban from the forum depending on severity.
3. Anything posted that is not your own original writing must be contained within [quote] bbcode. All code posted to the forum must be contained in [code] bbcode. If more than 1 post within 48 hours violates this rule you will be banned without warning.
Note: Incorrectly used bbcode or posts with bbcode turned off are not excuses and will be considered violations of the rule above. You are required to ensure your posts comply with all rules at all times.
4. Our forum has a PG-13 content limit. Any subject matter posted that exceeds this will result in an official warning via PM.
5. All posts must be in easily understandable English. Members that do not make a good effort at posting in correct English will receive an official warned via PM. Posts and members that are reported or that are found are handled on a case by case basis.
6. Use of "r" instead of are, "u" instead of you, "thx" instead of thanks, "lol" instead of :lol: and other examples of internet shorthand are not allowed on this forum. Any use of this will be a breach of the above rule and will result in an official warning via PM.
7. Do not double post. If you need to add something, edit your previous post. Double posts will be deleted without notice. Duplicate topics will also be merged and/or deleted.
8. Do not post referral links or ask our members to join a website, game, service, forum, or other program in exchange for anything. This is considered spam and will result in an official warning via PM.
9. Do not evade URL or word censors for any reason at any time. Evading a word censor will cause you to be banned without warning.
10. If a thread is in the wrong forum, a moderator will move it to the appropriate forum without notice. Please check around the boards for your post before posting in the help forum or PMing a mod to ask where it is.
11. Any discussion threads on the topic of illegal downloads/pornography/warez and so on will be deleted promptly and the thread starter will receive an official warning via PM or will be banned.
12. You may advertise your site through your signature and signature only. There will be no new topics started to advertise your site as they will be closed immediately. You may not send PMs of any kind advertising anything. This will be considered spam and you will be removed from the forum.
13. Any discussion of webhosting providers other than Lifelesspeople.com will be deleted and the thread starter will receive an official warning through PM.
14. You may not at any time use the custom titles to impersonate staff or use the custom title "Banned" to emulate a banned member.
15. One account per person. This includes but, is not limited to one forum and one webhosting account per person.
Thread Topic Rules
Certain topics of conversation are not allowed outside of The Dump because of the disruption they cause to the community.
These include:
1. Post your **** specs! 2. Do you play ***? 3. What is the best ***? 4. *** vs. *** 5. Has **** ever happened to you?
Be original and start a lively conversation. You will find it much more enjoyable if you do.
Signature Rules
1. Your entire signature, including images and text, must not be any larger 4 lines of normal text at 1024x768 resolution. Calculated into pixels the maximum will be 500px wide and 100px tall.
2. Only one animated banner (must be no bigger than 50KB) and 5 animated similes allowed per signature.
3. Do not place referral links, links to websites that compete with Lifelesspeople.com or links to websites that would exceed the PG-13 content limit of the Lifelesspeople.com forums.
4. Do not ask our members to join a website, game, service, forum, or other program in exchange for anything. This is considered spam and will result in an official warning via PM.
5. Do not evade URL or word censors for any reason at any time. Evading a word censor will cause you to be banned without warning.
6. Do not place dynamic signatures that displays personal information about visitors in your signature.
7. Do not post avatars or links to MP3 download sites in your signature.
8. Do not place any sounds in your signature that play on mouse over or upon page load. You may place a play button that the user can activate.
9. Do not place quotes of other forum members in your signature. This includes but is not limited to instant messenger conversations, forum posts on L2P or other forums, and other methods of communication.
10. Do not make your signature too processor intensive.
11. Setup your signature in your profile. Writing it in every post is not allowed. The exception to this is adding your name at the end of every post. Something like "- Trel" or "Thank you." will not be considered against the rules. Keep your name or nickname under 6 characters. Also note that "~~@Trel@~~" will be considered spam since it is over 6 characters. This is being strictly enforced.
Avatar Rules
1. Avatars may contain no profane, suggestive, offensive, copyrighted, illegal, or otherwise undesirable material of any kind. 2. Avatars may not exceed 100px in height and 100px in width.
Punishment Notes
We at Lifelesspeople.com want to foster a fun and happy environment for our members to enjoy. As we move forward we are bound to see a few come in to disrupt our community.
If you receive 2 or more PM warnings within 90 days you will be banned from the forum for a cooling off period of at least 30 days.
These rules may be amended at any time for any reason. Check this post often for the latest updates.
