Board Rules

Board Rules
The following list of rules is expected to be followed at all times while posting on our forums. Basic Rules Respect all members of the board: - Whether or not they are staff members, everyone deserves to be regarded with respect. Any degrading posts concerning a person’s race, religion, skin color, or ethnic background will NOT be tolerated, and will result in the immediate banning of your account. Advertising is only to be done in your signature or profile: - You will receive a warning for advertising in posts, and the posts will be deleted. A repeat offense of this rule will result in the suspension of your account for a set amount of time. PM advertising will not be tolerated. Your account will be immediately banned if we discover you have been doing so, and have no doubt that we will. Any problems with another member should be reported to a staff member via the Private Message System: - It would not be in your best interests to get into a fight with them, as doing so will result in a two-week suspension of both members’ accounts, no matter who the perpetrator. Staff members are here to keep the forum in good order: - Therefore, if a staff member asks you to stop doing something that is against the rules of the forum, it is expected that you oblige with their request. Failure in doing so will result in a one-month suspension. Complaints about a staff member should be messaged to an Administrator: - Flaming or arguing with that staff member will not help matters in any way. The notified administrator will do what they can to help with the issue. Queries to become staff will not be in your favor: - Such positions are given out to those whom the administration deem best suited for it. Asking for a place on the staff will not increase your chances of being granted it; rather, it will quite severely hurt them. Only one account is allowed per member: - Any extra accounts will be deleted, and the banning of your main account as well as that of your IP will be implemented. Posting Rules No spamming: - Posts that have no relevance to the topic whatsoever or are simply a jumble of letters and/or numbers constitute as such. One-word posts will also fit under the definition of spam. Violation of this rule includes warnings, loss of posting rights—meaning your posts must be approved by a staff member before they will appear on the forum—and suspension and possibly even banning of your account. No double-posting: - Double-posting is where you post twice in a row on one topic. Any form of repeated posts (triple-posting, quadruple-posting, etc.) will not be permitted either, and doing so will result in consequences ranging from a warning and deletion of the posts to suspension and banning of your account. Flaming is not permitted: - Flaming is where you viciously insult another member. This is a great show of disrespect for other members, and, depending on the severity of your words, may result in the suspension or banning of your account. Keep vulgar language to a minimum: - Please keep in mind that we have younger members on the forum, and refrain from the usage of profane terms as much as possible. We do not particularly enjoy the idea of implementing word filters, but if certain terms are used too often on the board, we will do so to keep them from being said. Violation of this rule will result in punishments ranging from warnings to a banning of the account. Try to use proper grammar and spelling: - While we do not expect you to always have grammatically perfect posts that will make your English teacher proud, it would still be nice if you would take the effort to use proper spelling and grammar to the best of your ability in your posts. This includes not typing in caps as well, as that can be rather irritating to read. It will be difficult for anyone to take you very seriously if they cannot comprehend a word of your posts. Make use of the spoiler tags: - It should make sense that if your post will contain spoilers of a certain topic, you should use these so as to not spoil the particular topic for someone. You should also use these when posting large images that will stretch the window for other members. Create original topics: - Try not to create a topic similar to or exactly the same as another one that already exists on the forum. To ensure that this does not happen, look around the forum and make sure there isn’t already a topic like the one you want to create before you go to make it. Signature Rules The banner size limit is 500 x 300 pixels: - If your banner exceeds this size, you will be asked to replace it with one that fits the requirements. Only one banner is permitted with the maximum size of 500 x 300 pixels: - You may have TWO banners in your signature if both are 500 x 150 pixels or smaller, and THREE banners will be permitted if they are 400 x 150 pixels or smaller. No more than three banners will be allowed, as it is rather inconvenient to have to scroll through lengthy signatures. If your signature contains more banners than we allow, you will be asked to remove the excess banners. Failing to comply with this request within 24 hours will result in removal of your signature and loss of your signature-editing privilege for a set amount of time. Advertisements are allowed in your signature: - Links, however, should not be any larger than what the normal font size is. If it is, it will be removed and you will not be allowed to replace it. The only other place you may advertise is your profile. When using images as links to an advertised site, the standard banner size limits stated above still apply. No pornography or hentai will be allowed in your signature: - Whether this be advertising it or having actual images of such inappropriate content, violation of this rule will result in an immediate banning of your account. Keep signatures short and simple: - While it is okay to have quotes and whatnot in your signature, try not to clutter it up with too much text. The reason for this rule is the same as the banner limit: Lengthy posts due to signatures are a pain to scroll through. And just like the consequences for having too many banners, failure to remove excess text at the request of a staff member within 24 hours will result in removal of your signature and loss of signature-editing privileges. Other rules: Introduction Rules Animé Sections Rules Role Playing Rules

The following list of rules is expected to be followed at all times while posting on our forums.

Basic Rules

Respect all members of the board:
- Whether or not they are staff members, everyone deserves to be regarded with respect. Any degrading posts concerning a person’s race, religion, skin color, or ethnic background will NOT be tolerated, and will result in the immediate banning of your account.
Advertising is only to be done in your signature or profile:
- You will receive a warning for advertising in posts, and the posts will be deleted. A repeat offense of this rule will result in the suspension of your account for a set amount of time. PM advertising will not be tolerated. Your account will be immediately banned if we discover you have been doing so, and have no doubt that we will.
Any problems with another member should be reported to a staff member via the Private Message System:
- It would not be in your best interests to get into a fight with them, as doing so will result in a two-week suspension of both members’ accounts, no matter who the perpetrator.
Staff members are here to keep the forum in good order:
- Therefore, if a staff member asks you to stop doing something that is against the rules of the forum, it is expected that you oblige with their request. Failure in doing so will result in a one-month suspension.
Complaints about a staff member should be messaged to an Administrator:
- Flaming or arguing with that staff member will not help matters in any way. The notified administrator will do what they can to help with the issue.
Queries to become staff will not be in your favor:
- Such positions are given out to those whom the administration deem best suited for it. Asking for a place on the staff will not increase your chances of being granted it; rather, it will quite severely hurt them.
Only one account is allowed per member:
- Any extra accounts will be deleted, and the banning of your main account as well as that of your IP will be implemented.

Posting Rules

No spamming:
- Posts that have no relevance to the topic whatsoever or are simply a jumble of letters and/or numbers constitute as such. One-word posts will also fit under the definition of spam. Violation of this rule includes warnings, loss of posting rights—meaning your posts must be approved by a staff member before they will appear on the forum—and suspension and possibly even banning of your account.
No double-posting:
- Double-posting is where you post twice in a row on one topic. Any form of repeated posts (triple-posting, quadruple-posting, etc.) will not be permitted either, and doing so will result in consequences ranging from a warning and deletion of the posts to suspension and banning of your account.
Flaming is not permitted:
- Flaming is where you viciously insult another member. This is a great show of disrespect for other members, and, depending on the severity of your words, may result in the suspension or banning of your account.
Keep vulgar language to a minimum:
- Please keep in mind that we have younger members on the forum, and refrain from the usage of profane terms as much as possible. We do not particularly enjoy the idea of implementing word filters, but if certain terms are used too often on the board, we will do so to keep them from being said. Violation of this rule will result in punishments ranging from warnings to a banning of the account.
Try to use proper grammar and spelling:
- While we do not expect you to always have grammatically perfect posts that will make your English teacher proud, it would still be nice if you would take the effort to use proper spelling and grammar to the best of your ability in your posts. This includes not typing in caps as well, as that can be rather irritating to read. It will be difficult for anyone to take you very seriously if they cannot comprehend a word of your posts.
Make use of the spoiler tags:
- It should make sense that if your post will contain spoilers of a certain topic, you should use these so as to not spoil the particular topic for someone. You should also use these when posting large images that will stretch the window for other members.
Create original topics:
- Try not to create a topic similar to or exactly the same as another one that already exists on the forum. To ensure that this does not happen, look around the forum and make sure there isn’t already a topic like the one you want to create before you go to make it.

Signature Rules

The banner size limit is 500 x 300 pixels:
- If your banner exceeds this size, you will be asked to replace it with one that fits the requirements.
Only one banner is permitted with the maximum size of 500 x 300 pixels:
- You may have TWO banners in your signature if both are 500 x 150 pixels or smaller, and THREE banners will be permitted if they are 400 x 150 pixels or smaller. No more than three banners will be allowed, as it is rather inconvenient to have to scroll through lengthy signatures.

**If your signature contains more banners than we allow, you will be asked to remove the excess banners. Failing to comply with this request within 24 hours will result in removal of your signature and loss of your signature-editing privilege for a set amount of time.
Advertisements are allowed in your signature:
- Links, however, should not be any larger than what the normal font size is. If it is, it will be removed and you will not be allowed to replace it. The only other place you may advertise is your profile.

**When using images as links to an advertised site, the standard banner size limits stated above still apply.
No pornography or hentai will be allowed in your signature:
- Whether this be advertising it or having actual images of such inappropriate content, violation of this rule will result in an immediate banning of your account.
Keep signatures short and simple:
- While it is okay to have quotes and whatnot in your signature, try not to clutter it up with too much text. The reason for this rule is the same as the banner limit: Lengthy posts due to signatures are a pain to scroll through. And just like the consequences for having too many banners, failure to remove excess text at the request of a staff member within 24 hours will result in removal of your signature and loss of signature-editing privileges.

Other rules: