W4rzombie Forum Rules

The W4rzombie forums are intended to provide a warm, friendly atmosphere for the ET community. In order to maintain order and a sense of community, all users should read and follow these conditions. By participating in the forum, users are affirming their willingness to comply with these terms. This memorandum has been created to provide you with information about what you can expect here, what is expected of you, and to answer some questions you may have in your use of the W4rzombies Online forums.

Rules of Conduct

1. You must have a registered username to post on our forums.
Without it you cannot read or post messages here.

2. Pictures or screenshots may not be posted.
In order to provide optimum forum performance for our users, the posting
of pictures is prohibited. This forum has a limited space to use, so you have put those pictures or screenshots elsewhere in the internet and link them here.

3. Posting images on the forums is prohibited with the following exceptions: Avatar graphics are permitted.
Signature graphics are permitted, but must follow these guidelines: signature graphics that may only contain your character name, and some backround graphics. All content must be in good taste.

Additional restrictions are as follows:
o No more than one signature image may be used o Maximum height: 120 pixels
o Maximum width: 400 pixels
o Maximum file size: 24,000 bytes (not Kbytes)

4. Be respectful of others at all times.
The purpose of the forum is to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas. Occasionally, there will be conflicts that arise when people voice opinions. Be courteous when disagreeing with others. It is possible to disagree without being insulting.

5. Ranting is prohibited
A rant is a post which is long-winded, redundant and filled with angry, non-constructive comments. A free exchange of ideas is essential to building a strong sense of community and helpful in the development of the forum, but rants are disruptive and incite flaming and trolling. Please post your thoughts in a concise, clear manner and avoid going off on rambling tangents.

6. Personal attacks are prohibited.
Commonly known as flaming, personal attacks are posts which are designed to personally berate or insult another. Text of this nature is not beneficial to the community spirit and will not be tolerated. All players are cautioned to avoid allowing an "in character" dispute become an "out of character" personal attack. The Enemy Territory is designed for fun and/or portraying a role of medic, engineer or other classes and it is sometimes easy for tempers to flare when the lines between the virtual world and the real world are crossed. Keep in-game disputes off the game and off the forum, please.

7. Trolling is prohibited.
Trolling is the word used to describe a post that is deliberately designed for the purpose of angering and insulting the members of the forum
community. Posts of this nature are disruptive and do not convey a friendly attitude.

8. No posting of personal information
Please respect the privacy of other ET players and do not give out information such as phone numbers and addresses that are not yours.

9. Private communication between the W4rzombie members,
moderators and administrators of the forum and the forum users is not to be made public on these forums or by any other venue.
You are not permitted to publicize any private correspondence (including petitions) received from any of the aforementioned.

10. Warnings and bans are not to be discussed on the forum.
Such matters shall remain private between the admins, moderators and the users. Questions or comments concerning warnings and bans will be conveyed through e-mail or private messaging. Likewise, discussions regarding moderator actions are not permitted on the forum.

11. Immediate banning from the forum can result from any of the following:
The posting of pornography; discriminatory remarks which are sexually explicit, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive; excessive obscene or vulgar language; posts which discuss or illustrate illegal activity; providing links to sites that contain any of the aforementioned.

12. Spamming, bumping and pyramid quoting are prohibited. Spam is considered to be repetitive posting of the same topic or text or nonsensical posts that have no substance and are often designed to annoy other forum users. Bumping posts more frequently than once per day per thread in order to keep them near the top of the list is also prohibited. Pyramid quoting is a response to a forum thread which contains the quotes of four or more previous posters. Posts of this nature are not conducive to community spirit and are unwelcome.

13. Redundant threads will be deleted.
As a courtesy to others before beginning a new thread, please look to see if an active thread on that topic has already been established. If so, place your comments there instead. Multiple threads on the same subject clutter up the forum needlessly and many good ideas may be lost. Keep discussions about one topic to one thread only.

14. Impersonating another forum user, moderator or administrator is strictly prohibited.
You are expressly forbidden from impersonating anyone else, including w4rzombies members or any other forum member, on the forum or in the game, even in jest. This may be grounds for permanent loss of your w4rzombie forum account.

15. "Newbie" bashing will not be tolerated.
New forum members are encouraged to ask about the ET and other things about w4rzombies clan, the servers and other things considering our
community. Regular forum users are encouraged to be helpful and courteous in their responses. All flames will be automatically deleted and the poster may be warned or permanently barred from future forum use.

16. Not all posts must be about or related to ET.
There are threads where you can talk about other things than just ET, although the ET is what brings us here.

17. You may not post advertisements. Posts discussing or linking to online auction sites or the sale of in-game goods or services for real money are strictly prohibited.

18. Avoid using profanity.
Using partial masking (such as asterisks or punctuation marks) to bypass the profanity filter is prohibited and will result in the same action as if the actual word had been typed.

19. Post constructively.
Negative feedback can be very useful, provided that it is presented in a civil, factual manner. Tell us what you don't like and why and how you feel it could be improved. Posts that are insulting and rude may be deleted, no matter how valid the ideas behind them may be.

20. Stay on topic.
Topics are created for discussions that interest users. All the good data collected there might be lost when users start to stray away from the original topic and then everyone lose interest to that thread. So try to stay on topic to avoid that.

21. Disputes which cannot be resolved between forum users and moderators may be arbitrated by the forum administrators.
To discuss problems or concerns, please contact the forum admins.