1 reply to this topic

[Touchfuzzy]

Welcome to the official RPG Maker forums. We have a short list of simple to follow rules, so please read through them below.
Individual subforums may have more specific rules or exceptions to these rules.

1. Do NOT insult or flame other users on the board. If someone insults what you say, that isn't the same as insulting YOU

1.5 DO NOT discuss religion, politics or nationalism (nationalism is defined as discussions about why one country/nation is better than others or why a country/nation is bad) outside the scope of game development.

2. Do NOT discuss how to carry out illegal activities, or any illegal activities you have committed. This includes but is not limited to the use of illegal drugs and piracy.

3. Do NOT post illegal materials.

4. Do NOT post disruptively. This includes, but is not limited to, double posting (posting directly underneath yourself, this is only allowed if 72 hours have passed since your last post), offtopic posts, spamming (which can include one-liners or one-word posts), necroposting (posting in a thread that has been dead for over 30 day), and thread hijacking (posting in another person's thread with your own questions/resources etc. that leads the focus away from the OP and onto you).

5. Do NOT advertise in your posts or profile feed. You may link to your personal site, game, forum, or resources in your signature. You may not advertise for commercial purposes EXCEPT for games made with RPG Maker XP, RPG Maker VX, RPG Maker VX Ace, or IG Maker.

6. Do NOT have a signature larger than 800x220 pixels. You may use spoilers to keep your signature smaller than this.

7. Do NOT attempt to take moderation into your own hands.

8. Do NOT encourage drama, such as site wars.

8.5. Do NOT make passive aggressive reports to mods to cause drama. In particular, reporting posts by mods that you disagree with, to make an attack or "troll" towards them. This will no longer be excusable. If you have a problem with a post a moderator made, follow the correct procedures in this thread.

9. Do NOT use EXCESSIVE profanity.

10. Do NOT post sexually explicit content.

11. Do NOT use blue text in your posts. Blue text is used by moderating staff for mod actions to make sure people take notice of what they are saying. Exceptions are made for formatting in opening posts of Project Threads, Tutorial threads, Completed Script threads, and Resource threads if you need something to be very obvious like disclaimers or important instructions. (Since its an opening post, it shouldn't interfere with mod voice.)

12. Do NOT use unreadable colors for your text.

13. Do NOT anger the gorilla.

14. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, FORUM GAMES ARE BANNED [The kind of threads where you ask people to post X about the person above them, etc. etc.]
 
 
-------------------------------------------------------------

INSTANT BAN OFFENSES
In all cases of Instant Ban offenses, your account will be first suspended while an investigation is done into the offense. After an investigation is done (which may only take a few minutes depending on the obviousness of your offense), you will be banned. The following are instant ban offenses:

1. Credit theft. Do NOT claim any art, music, scripts, etc. as your own unless you made them. Credit people before submitting a post!

2. Ban/Suspension evading.
 
3. Duplicate accounts created to circumvent or break other forum rules.
 
 
-------------------------------------------------------------
These rules are enforced and interpreted by our moderating staff. If you see someone breaking the rules, INCLUDING FORUM STAFF, submit a report using the report system.

If you have a problem with a moderators actions against you, follow the following procedure:

1. If it was a Moderator, contact one of the Global Moderators of the Category your grievance occurred in and skip to step 4.

2. If it was a Global Moderator, contact one of the Admins of the Category your grievance occurred in and skip to step 4.

3. If it was an Admin, contact the Lead Admin (Touchfuzzy).

4. Write a PM to this person with a link to the post that was moderated, along with a polite explanation of why you believe this was not a violation of our rules, or why you were treated unfairly.

5. If you are still not happy after communication with that member of the moderating staff, move up one step of the ladder (Global Mod to Admin, Admin to Lead Admin.)

[Nathanial B.]

I'm adding 8.5 to the rules. Recently, we've had a lot of "mod attack" reports. Reports that are directed at mods as insults, flames, or trolls. This will no longer be tolerated. If you have an issue with a post a moderator has made, or an action a moderator has performed, follow the instructions in this thread. Do not try to cause drama between a moderator with the report function.