Forum rules (old)

Started by Hypolite, October 04, 2013, 08:21:23 PM

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Hypolite

EDIT: More up to date rules are here.

We want the forums to be enjoyable, informative, and inviting to all, while also supporting spirited debate and respectful disagreement. To that end, we've got some guidelines/rules here that everyone can refer to.

Unless otherwise noted, all rules apply both in the forums and in PMs. Violating any rule can lead to a perma-ban or a warning, depending on the specifics of the situation. Once warned, further violations will almost always lead to a perma-ban.


1. No personal attacks: No personal attacks or insults - especially angry, inflammatory ones. Feel free to criticize a game, mod, or idea - but take care never to allow that to become a personal attack on an individual. Even oblique or implied personal attacks are disallowed.

2. Sustained hostility or anger venting: Do not post streams of unconstructive, unnecessary negativity or hostility, and do not vent anger here. It just makes the community feel hostile for no reason. This doesn't mean everyone has to be happy or have good opinions of everything and everyone all the time - it means that phrasing complaints in constructive ways leads to much better results all around, and we don't want a community where anger and hostility are behavioral norms.

3. Do not sustain flamewars: If you see behavior that seems out of line to you, report the topic/post using the report button. Don't make a fuss about it in the topic itself. Do not message or respond to people who you think are breaking rules. Simply report them, and move on.

4. Right forum: Post things in the right forum. Suggestion go in Suggestions, stories go in Stories, and so on.

5. Stay on topic: Please try to stay on topic. Ask yourself: Am I answering the author of the topic? Does this relate to the title of the topic? If you want to discuss something else, make a thread!

6. No piracy: No discussions of game piracy, and especially no posting of pirate links or material.

7. Spam: No spamming/unnecessary posting of your website/links. You can mention your product or youtube. But put it into context and don't overdo it.

8. No content-free bumping: No posting of content-free posts in topics just to bump them to the top of the page.

9. Find existing discussions: Before creating a new topic, please invest some time into looking if it hasn't been discussed already. Use the search function.

10. No unnecessary self-replying: Do not spam repeated posts in reply to yourself. Use the modify button unless it has been more than 24/48 hours since your last post.

11. One person, one account: Do not create more than one account for one person.

12. Keep it SFW: No posting or linking of not safe for work (NSFW), pornographic, or X-rated material.

13. English language: You have to write in English, except in specific topic about foreign languages (e.g. translation-related discussions).

14. No doxxing: Posting personal information about anyone besides yourself is prohibited.

15. No impersonation: No impersonating other people or forum users.

16. No sexualization of minors: No sexualization of minors in any medium, or linking thereto.

17. Mods enforce these rules only: Moderators enforce these written rules only. Moderators should try to cite which rule is being enforced when enforcing any rule. If a new rule seems needed, a mod should start an internal discussion about it.

Yarkista

Quote from: Hypolite on October 04, 2013, 08:21:23 PM
Hello and welcome to Ludeon Studios forum.

Here are some basic guidelines for everybody to enjoy their time on the forums.

- Be kind to others and respect their opinion.
than 24/48 hours since your last post.



Thanks for clarifying the rules Hypo, there were a few grammar errors that i've highlighted there^ but apart fromt hat, flawless.

Hypolite

Thanks for the correction, it's fixed now :)

Jakadasnake

If I break space-law will there be a role playing context with which you'll penalize me? I'm all about a subforum called the gallows with a single locked topic called "This is where you come to think about what you did." And everyone else can see that you're in timeout and throw space vegetables at you and snicker. And I know that what I'm visualizing isn't called 'gallows' but I can't think of the word so I'll leave it like that.

Anyhow, keep up the hard work space sheriff. Space population goes up every day.

Hypolite

If anybody is breaking the space code, I'll post a topic in the Suggestions forum to put the fertile minds of the community to work to find a suitable correction. 8)

enystrom8734

Quote from: Yarkista on October 04, 2013, 08:24:47 PM
Quote from: Hypolite on October 04, 2013, 08:21:23 PM
Hello and welcome to Ludeon Studios forum.

Here are some basic guidelines for everybody to enjoy their time on the forums.

- Be kind to others and respect their opinion.
than 24/48 hours since your last post.



Thanks for clarifying the rules Hypo, there were a few grammar errors that i've highlighted there^ but apart from the hat, flawless.


Highlighted your errors too :)
E Nystrom - @enystrom8734

British

The OP is clearly missing a kind reminder of the presence of the dreaded Search functionnality.

Semmy

Quote from: British on October 14, 2013, 04:47:32 PM
The OP is clearly missing a kind reminder of the presence of the dreaded Search functionnality.

Added it to the opening post.
I think you got a really good point here
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Edmund Burke

jamieg

YES! Its true! im updating The BIG BANG mod pack check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orzLZbECR20&list=UUr1sEPUEhFqy01q16zGisIg

Tynan

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Yarkista


Tynan

I've just updated the guidelines.
Tynan Sylvester - @TynanSylvester - Tynan's Blog

Tynan

I've updated the guidelines and rules again to clarify and focus some things. Opinions are welcome.
Tynan Sylvester - @TynanSylvester - Tynan's Blog

slaveofpeon

Yeah, so whats the strike system used for enforcement, since i got rule 6'd and wanna know how deep in it a "warning" is.
Don't mention the elephant in the room, since no one knows it exists if we make a rule against it and never talk about it.

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Coenmcj

I'd imagine it depends on what you do. If it's merely, say in your case (Rule 6) then it's not as bad as if you're being an antagonist and a troll, intentionally goading people into fights and attacking others.

Giving an arbitrary amount of warnings or strikes one can obtain leads to the unruly pushing the limits and causing as much chaos as possible. Leaving it to the discretion of Ludeon's Administrators allows for it to be more flexible and responsive.
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