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Official PokePixel Rules
DIR By: DragonXmicro
Date: November 12, 2011, 5:35 pm
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Please, take the time to familiarize yourself with these rules.
They are numerically ordered for categorization purposes.
[rules adopted from Marriland Forums
HTML http://marriland.com/phpbb,
Sat, Nov 12, 2011 6:35 pm EST]
•1. offensive language will not be tolerated. Ignorance of this
rule causses an immediate ban of your account
•2. No Flaming, Bashing, Pressuring, or Insulting other users or
people! ◦One important rule on the Marriland Forums is
respect. We at the Marriland Forums believe that respecting
other users and people is very important and helps keep everyone
friendly.
◦Posting a distasteful or inappropriate message directed
at another user or another person is disrespectful and will not
be tolerated. Show some courtesy, and refrain from saying
anything of the sort in the first place.
◦Please refrain from making topics about Religion and
Politics... these tend to be two subjects that can be very
sensitive in nature and subject to arguments and flaming in the
course of heated debates. Unfortunately we've had many problems
with topics on these subjects in the past, so out of respect for
the multicultural diversity we have here and everyone's right to
having their own beliefs, without being insulted or harscrubed
for them, we ask that you please not create such topics or they
may be locked or removed from the boards.
◦Racial slurs are not acceptable at any time on our boards
and may result in your account being banned at our discretion.
◦Be understanding of the fact that yes, someone may be
wrong, or at least in your opinion, but it is not your sole
responsibility to force them to believe that your way is right.
Do not make people feel insignificant or like fools.
◦Debating is fine. Arguing can be fine as long as the
argument remains civil. But going on and on about something that
is clearly only irritating a particular user or group of users
is definitely drawing the line.
◦If you have a problem with a certain member on the
Forums, please, do not say it directly to their face. Don't take
it up with them, and don't purposely try and antagonize them.
The best course of action you can take towards someone that you
just don't care for is to just ignore them and their posts.
◦If a user is harscrubing or insulting you, please contact
a Moderator or Administrator about it immediately. If the insult
took place over a Private Message (PM), please contact an
Administrator about it, and include the URL to the Private
Message! If the harscrubment or insult took place on another
Forum, or in an instant messenger client, there is unfortunately
nothing we can do, because it did not occur on the Marriland
Forums and we can not prove that the harscrubment even took
place.
◦Here are some good examples of what behavior is
considered to be appropriate and inappropriate, as far as this
topic goes:■"Hey, what type is Luxio?"
"It's an Electric-type." = GOOD
■"Hey, what type is Luxio?"
"its an Electric-type, you n00b." = BAD
■"What's up, guys?"
"u are stupid" = BAD
■"Where do I find ________?"
"You can find _________ at _________." = GOOD
■"Where do I find ________?"
"u idiot how do u not no were it is!! loser" = BAD
■"I'm new here!"
"no one cares" = BAD
■"I'm responding to a prexisting topic."
"i hate u and u need to leave da forums" = BAD
■"I don't want to battle."
"c'mon chicken battle me chicken!!" = BAD
■"I don't want to battle."
"alright." = GOOD
■"Respond to my private messages!" = BAD
•3. No posting, linking to, or promoting offensive,
inappropriate, or illegal activities! ◦Being a Forum where
anyone is able to post freely, without prior validation, it is
important to make sure that this rule is followed. No offensive,
inappropriate, or illegal activities should be discussed,
promoted, linked to, or encouraged on these Forums!
◦Examples of such behavior include:■Posting a link
to a website that contains inappropriate language or content on
the other end.
■Posting an image from a website, or using an image from a
website, that contains any of the following in
it:■Distasteful amounts of Blood
■Excessive Violence
■Racism or Prejudice
■Offensive Language
■Sexual-themed images
■Anything that could offend numerous people
Basically, if you think it might be controversial, don't post
it. It's not worth it.
■Posting links to inappropriate sites is also against the
rules. Examples of such sites would be sites that
contain:■Offensive or inappropriate language
■Inappropriate material or themes
■Racism or prejudice
■ROMs, Emulators, MP3s, Crackz, Warez, or other ILLEGAL
material.
■YouTube (or similar service) videos of U.S. Released
Anime Episodes, such as episodes of Pokemon or Dragon Ball Z.
■Numerous pop ups or other disruptive ads, without prior
warning
■Viruses, Spyware, or Malware
■Products that you are trying to sell, or trying to
encourage people to click links or sign up for something
(advertising)
◦Posting any form of pornography, images or links, will
result in a full account and IP ban, removing your ability to
ever visit the Forums again. There are minors on this Forum that
do not need to be exposed to such material. Your IP address will
be logged and your ISP will be informed of your posting
pornographic material to minors, resulting in either removal of
your internet connection or possibly further legal action.
◦All of these rules apply to your posts, signature,
avatar, location, website URL, and every other part of your
account and its presence on the Forums.
◦We at Marriland.com cannot be held responsible for the
posting of offensive materials such as images or links with
offensive language or content in them, as it is beyond our
control. We will remove any images or links as quickly as it is
brought to a Moderator or Administrator's attention, but we
apologize in advance for any exposure to such material that may
have occurred during the time of the incident and the time of
removal.
•4. No Spamming, Flooding, or Disruptive Posting
◦Spamming, which is the act of repeatedly posting
pointless messages for the sole purpose of gaining points of
post count, is not tolerated here. Please, when you post, make
sure that your post is:■On-topic with the theme of the
topic
■Not annoying
■Not for the sole purpose of earning posts or points
◦This kind of behavior is not to be tolerated on any Forum
of the PokePixel Forums. One Forum here, Games and Other
Randomness, is typically more lenient to the quality of posts.
◦"Bumping" posts, which usually results in short posts
being made, will be covered in the next section. "Bumping" is
exempt from the Spamming rules.
◦When responding to a topic, please try to avoid saying
non-contributive responses, such as "Cool," or "Awesome." It's
not really against the rules, but it is not a good example of a
quality post, and continually posting those kind of messages
over and over may result in a Demerit.
◦If you need to say something else in a post but forgot to
say it, DO NOT MAKE A NEW POST ABOUT IT! Instead, use the
{template:edit} button that is located at the top-right corner
of your post. Doing this lets you edit your existing post to add
any additional information or content to your post. Failing to
do this is counted as double-posting, and is a form of spamming.
◦"Flooding" is the act of posting numerous new topics
(instead of just replies) in any given Forum, each serving
little point of purpose. Doing this is disruptive to the Forums,
as it pushes down all of the legitimate topics to the next page
or so. If you have numerous questions you'd like to ask or
points you'd like to bring up, please do so in one topic instead
of 10. There is no point to "flood" a Forum with numerous
topics. If you do such a thing, you will receive a Demerit for
flooding.
◦It's better to post in an existing topic than to create a
new one! If there is a topic on the first few pages asking
"Who's your favorite Pokemon?", you don't have to make a new
topic asking the exact same question. But there's also no sense
in bringing back a topic from 8 months ago just to post in an
existing topic (see Rule #5).
◦Disruptive Posting can be many different things.
Basically, anything that is very annoying or unnecessary in your
posts, such as using an excessive amount of smilies, or using a
thousand exclamation points. If your post causes people to have
to scroll their page over (due to a long string of text without
any spaces), that is considered Disruptive Posting. If you use a
ton of smilies in your post (20+), that is also considered
Disruptive Posting. Even purposely posting in l33t or StIcKy
CaPs is considered disruptive, if not called for (I mean, doing
that once here and there is fine, but if EVERY post you make is
like that, then it is disruptive).
◦Using alternate accounts to post back and forth or
falsely convince people is considered spamming, and you will
receive either a sandbox or a temporary ban depending on how
severe.
•5. Revive topics only when necessary ◦This is undoubtedly
one of the trickiest rules that exists, simply because so much
of it is either up to interpretation or is situational. To
"revive" a topic is to post in it after it has been inactive for
a long period of time. When people do this, the topic that was
posted in is bumped up to the top of the Forum, regardless of
how old it was. Normally, that's to be expected of posts, but
when people "revive" old topics that have already been answers
or are no longer relevant, then it gets disruptive and annoying,
because not everyone checks that dates of the recent posts.
◦But, not always is it inappropriate and out of line to
revive topics. As a general rule, you are encouraged to avoid
going back more than 3 pages, or 1 week (in Diamond / Pearl
boards), or 3 weeks (in other boards). These are just guidelines
to give you an idea of a respectable time span.
◦Here are a few examples of when it is appropriate and
when it is inappropriate to revive a topic:■If you are the
creator of the topic, you may freely revive your topic whenever
you wish, because if you choose to do so, then there is clearly
a reason (such as you not getting the answer you wanted, or you
want more discussion on the topic. This is OK.
■If the topic is talking about where to find a certain
item or something from one month back, even if the question was
unanswered, it is not appropriate to post and answer it. It is
no longer relevant after that amount of time, and chances are,
the person would have already found what they were looking for.
This is NOT OK.
■If the topic is talking about something generic, like
what your favorite type of music is, then it is probably ok to
revive it. (Look at some of the posts and see if you think it's
worth it.)
■If a topic is already on the first three pages, going
back and reviving a similar topic is NOT OK.
◦There are undoubtedly more situations regarding reviving
topics than just these, but hopefully the aforementioned will
give you an idea of when it is ok and when it is a bad idea to
revive topics.
•6. Advertise only in designated areas! ◦Do not post links
in an attempt to promote your site or a friend's site in any
Forum other than the Advertise Your Site Forum.
◦Posting links to sites that contains the information or
content that the topic is about is acceptable.
◦You may freely have a link to your site or Forum in your
Signature, as well as a link in your Website URL field of your
Profile.
◦Any links posted must be appropriate for the general
audience, and must follow - for the most part - the rules of the
PokePixel Forums, at least as far as appropriate content is
concerned.
◦Here are some examples of appropriate and inappropriate
means of Advertising:■"Visit my site!
HTML http://pokepixel.createaforum.com/index.php?action=post;msg=73;topic=24.0"<br
/>NOT OK
■"Does anyone have a site that has (information)?"
"Yeah, I have that information on my site, here:
HTML http://pokepixel.createaforum.com/index.php?action=post;msg=73;topic=24.0"<br
/>OK
■"Check out my Forum!
HTML http://pokepixel.createaforum.com/index.php?action=post;msg=73;topic=24.0"<br
/>(in the Advertise Your Site Forum of the PokePixel Forums) OK
■"I need answers to (question)!"
"
HTML http://www.google.com
" OK
■"Please check out my site, it has cool stuff like
PokePixel's!" NOT OK
•7. Avatar and Signature size restrictions ◦In order to
accommodate to the users that have slower connections, all
Avatars and Signatures must be reasonable in height, width, and
filesize.
◦For Avatars, the following restrictions are in
place:■The maximum size for Avatars is 100x100. Anything
larger than that stretches the posts and makes the viewing
experience unpleasant.
■The filesize for Avatars must be 40kb or less. This means
no long, animated Avatars.
■Avatars must follow all rules of the Marriland Forums,
which include (but are not limited to): No inappropriate
language, offensive, bloody, sexual, prejudice, or otherwise
inappropriate content contained in the Avatar. Also, you may not
use our 'Banned' image for your avatar.
■Failure to comply with these restrictions will result in
your Avatar being removed and a Demerit issued to you. If you
continue to use rule-breaking Avatars, your ability to display
Avatars may be suspended.
◦For signatures, the following restrictions are in
place:■You have 300 characters to work with in your
signature, and are limited to a 600x400 space below each of your
posts. Anything larger than that size will be cut off and not
shown.
■You may have a maximum of 3 images in your signature, and
the combined filesize of all of the images in your signature
needs to be under 100kb. Anything larger only causes an obscene
amount of loading time for those that have slower connections.
■Each image in your signature may not be larger than
600x200 in dimensions.
■Inappropriate language, remarks, or content in your
Signature (either in text, images, or resulting links) is not
allowed, and all signature content must comply with the Rules of
the Marriland Forums.
■Failure to comply by these restrictions will result in
your signature being removed and a Demerit issued. If you
continue to use rule-breaking signatures, your ability to
display signatures may be suspended.
◦The following file formats may be used for images as
Avatars, in signatures, or in posts:■.gif
■.jpg
■.png
◦Anything else must be converted to one of those formats,
otherwise it will not be able to be displayed.
◦Avatars, Signature images and any images posted on our
boards may NOT contain any rapidly flashing 'seizure' style
designs. They can be visually irritating and actually harmful to
people with epilepsy, so we don't want to chance negatively
affecting anyone by having them on our boards.
•8. This is an International Forum ◦Although Marriland.com
is based in the United States of America (the USA), a lot of the
visitors and members of the Forums are from all across the
world, from different countries, with different holidays and
languages. Because of this, not everyone will be familiar with
each country's customs, traditions, and holidays. Please be
mindful of this, and do not bash another country's customs and
traditions just because it is different from your own country's.
◦English is the primary language of the PokePixel Forums.
If you are not able to speak English, I'm sure we will do our
best to try and communicate with you, but the Forums are not
going to be translated into your language just so you can read
them.
◦If English isn't your first or primary language, but you
know it, that's perfectly fine! Just try and speak the best you
can! Polite members aren't going to give you a hard time for
that.
◦Since people of the PokePixel Forums are from all around
the world, the timezones that they live in will vary. While it
may be daytime wherever you're from, it may be the middle of the
night where another user lives at!
◦Although you are free to use whatever means of measure
you like, keep in mind that the PokePixel Forums primarily uses
the following systems:■Feet and Inches rather than
Centimeters and Meters
■Miles rather than Kilometers
■Fahrenheit rather than Celsius
■3/12/07 is for March 12th, 2007, not December 3rd, 2007.
(MM/DD/YY rather than DD/MM/YY)
◦And since PokePixel.com is based in Canada, we will
celebrate primarily holidays that occur in Canad and the US.
•9. Don't give out any personal information! ◦This is less
of a rule and more of a safety recommendation for your own
safety. Please, for your sake, avoid giving out as much personal
information about yourself as possible!
◦Avoid using your last name, where you live (State or
Country is fine, but City or Street is not), and any other
sensitive information about yourself.
•10. You are responsible for your account! ◦When you
create an account, that account is for you, and no one else. If
you have siblings or friends around, always be sure to log out
after your visit to the Forums to make sure that they do not
access your account.
◦If someone else gains access to your account and breaks
the rules with it, you will be the one punished, because we will
take punishment against the account, not the person. If your
younger sister gets on and deletes all of your posts, there's
nothing we can do about it. If your older brother gets on and
posts inappropriate messages, your account will receive Demerits
or, at worst, become permanently banned. So please, MAKE SURE
YOUR ACCOUNT IS SAFE FROM OTHER PEOPLE GETTING ON IT!
◦Under no circumstances should you give ANYONE your
pscrubword! NEVER GIVE YOUR PscrubWORD TO ANYONE, NOT EVEN
ADMINISTRATORS! If there is a problem with your account, we will
not require your pscrubword for it.
◦DO NOT ENTER YOUR USERNAME AND PscrubWORD FOR THE
MARRILAND FORUMS ON ANYWHERE OTHER THAN MARRILAND.COM! If it
doesn't say either
HTML http://www.marriland.com/phpbb
or
HTML http://marriland.com/phpbb
in your browser's URL box, it is not
the Marriland Forums, and someone is trying to steal your
pscrubword!
◦It is highly recommended, for your own account's
security, that you use a different pscrubword for your account
than on any other site you visit.
◦If you have to log on to a public or family computer, and
there is a chance that other people may visit the Marriland
Forums, it is advised that you log out whenever you're done on
the PokePixel Forums rather than staying in. Otherwise, all
someone has to do is go to the Marriland Forums on that computer
and they'll be able to cause trouble on your account, which
could result in it getting warned or banned!
◦It is also highly recommended that you choose a secure
pscrubword for your account! Something like "pikachu" is a
HORRIBLE example of a pscrubword! But, if your pscrubword is
"yJf3a9Tq", no one will ever be able to guess that, so you'll be
very secure. Even something like "16PikaChu" is a big step up
over just "pikachu".
•11. HAVE FUN!! ◦Seriously. The rules put in place are
meant to make sure that everyone has a good time here. We want
everyone to have fun! If you follow the rules and don't let
things bother you, you'll get the most enjoyment out of the
PokePixel Forums!
Modifications by TheSupernerd ;D
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