1) Absolutely no flaming, name calling, or personal attacks. Mutual respect and civilized conversation is the required norm.

(2) No off-topic posting will be allowed with the exception of the general area. If a single topic generates enough threads within the general area, a new forum will be created for it. Post to the forum that is most appropriate for the topic being presented. Threads incorrectly placed will be moved, locked or deleted as appropriate.

(3) No thread hijacking. Start another thread if you have a different topic.

(5) No spamming. Any such messages will be removed at the discretion of either a forum moderator or administrator.

(6) No cussing (swearing) in the thread title; it is permitted in the thread body, but please refrain from using excessive profanity dammit.

(7) No bombing forums or threads with pointless posts.

(8) No shouting (Posting in all capital letters). It’s harder to read and just plain annoying.

(9) No linking to pornographic material.

(10) Do not post personal information (i.e. addresses, phone numbers, passwords, personal identification numbers, images) or any other information considered private without the express permission of the individual. You must respect the privacy of other members. This forum has addressed privacy concerns by allowing users to set-up their accounts so that e-mail addresses may not be displayed to other users, but rather moderators and administrators only.

(11) Do not impersonate other individuals or falsely represent yourself.

(12) Do not post material where you do not have permission to distribute it electronically or otherwise. This includes posting images directly from a website (Bandwidth Theft) Images are to be hosted personally or by a third party host.

Not following these rules will result in action appropriate to the offense, including but not limited to: locking threads, deleting topics, deleting accounts, pie in the face.