When you break a rule, you get a warning from a staff member in the form of a PM (private message) telling why you have been warned. If you want, you can appeal via PM to the staff member who sent you the warning. However, we are usually lenient in giving warnings, so when you get one it is well deserved 9 times out of 10.

If you get 3 warnings, you are banned for a week.
After that week ban, if you get another warning your username is deleted and you are permanently banned from the board. Your IP Address and E-mail are also banned.
The whole point of warnings is to let you know that you are using this board incorrectly, not to bash you on a personal or seniority basis.
Remember, everyone on here is equal. From the newest newbie to the oldest, crusty oldbie. Hell, even I have a warning to my name.

This is a big rule and it covers:
- Posting 1 word/sentence replies
- Posting meaningless replies/topics
- Repeated double posting (remember, you can edit and delete your own posts!)
- Posting topics in the wrong board
- Consistent bad spelling/grammar that could have been easily avoided with the use of spellcheck (ie: No full stops in a post.)

This covers:
-Racism
-Sexism
-Religious
-Personal flaming

Do not post images of an illegal or explicit nature on here. As said before, people as young as 10 or 12 browse these forums. If you want to tell people about something funny you found that is a bit risky then link to it and make it clear in your post that it is work safe/mind safe or explicit.
The last thing we want is a member grounded from using the computer because he/she clicked on the wrong topic while his/her parent was in the room.

I'm repeating myself, but it's no fun to have someone continually hi-jack threads flaming another member.

Us staff members get no payment for our labors looking out for the boards, and as such we kindly ask you to respect us. We are not gods, we make mistakes, but don't think you can abuse us.

DO NOT BE AFRAID OF STARTING THREADS!
If you have an idea for a discussion topic, serious or not, do not afraid of starting a topic about it. Just make sure it is in the right forum and does not break any of the above rules (which is amazingly easy) and you are all set.

THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE OF ALL:
If you are not sure, send a PM (private message) to a staff member. For any reason, we will help in any way we can.