Forum Rules (Updated 2011)

[Ezri]

Greetings All:

Please see the forum guidelines posted below. If you have any questions regarding this please feel free to contact me as Committee Chair/Alliance Chair.

Thank you

General Forum Guidelines

Please show Respect at all times to:

• - Other Users of the Alliance LARP Forums
  - the Alliance Game and each Chapter
  - The Alliance Forums
  - Other LARP Games, weapons manufacturers, etc.
  - Everyone else.

Respectful behavior includes:

• - No Bashing - no Profanity, no insults/slurs relating to a player's race, religion, age, gender, handicap, sexual orientation, or country of origin.
  - Do not use ASCII characters or symbols to try and avoid the Profanity ban.
  - No Spamming - No excessive posting in a manner meant to be of annoyance or posting threads repeatedly inside one or multiple Topics.
  - Follow all Board specific Guidelines as listed in the post within each Forum Board.
  - Do not Post when "angry". "Angry" posts may include violence, threats and break many other Guidelines.
  - Do NOT call out specific individuals for cheating, metagaming or any similar action. Follow the appropriate guidelines for reporting such abuses (ie Contact your local Owner or Alliance Staff). Similarly issues with Board Moderators or Owner changes should be handled by contacting the appropriate staff- do not post them on the Boards.
  - Users have a Right to Privacy. DO NOT post another Users personal information, situation or ideas without their permission.

Content:

Universal Content Guidelines:

• - Advertising NON ALLIANCE RELATED SERVICES/PRODUCTS is not allowed in any Post unless the particular Board allows that (such as Marketplace).
  - DO NOT post links to external (non-Alliance) sites which are Sexual in Nature or which would violate the No Bashing policy under the Respectful Behavior topic above.
  - DO NOT discuss illegal activities including crimes, drug use, etc.
  - These Forum Guidelines cover almost every situation but in the case that something arises which is not covered by these Guidelines the Moderators and Alliance Forum staff reserve the right to make decisions and take any actions deemed appropriate to maintain the Alliance Forums.
  - These Boards are intended as a place to discuss the Alliance LARP, Role Play and other similar matters. Discussions of Political Views, Religious Content, or any non-LARP related topic are prohibited in all but the Off-Topic thread. Please be advised that malicious or disruptive posts in the Off Topic thread will be deleted and the Posters involved will be subject to Disciplinary Action. These are sensitive issues- please use common sense and empathy if you must post about them.
  - Posts are considered the ideas, views and words of the posting user. Users are held accountable to the Forum Guidelines for the content of their Posts.
  - When Quoting another Users post DO NOT edit what was said beyond removing non-quoted content. You may delete content from the Quoted Post to focus on the section you are addressing in your Post but do not change the wording, order or any other parameter of the quoted text. Doing so will be considered misrepresentation of another Users' idea
  and may be subject to Moderator Action.
  - Avoid posting in ALL CAPS. Caps denotes emphasis or "shouting" and many users find it disruptive to read.
  - The primary language of the Alliance Forums is English. Posts should be made in English or, if in another language, a translation should be supplied. This restriction does not extend to In Game posts or Race discussions where foreign languages may be used to represent Alliance-character languages.

Thread Creation:

• - Please make sure all Threads are created in the appropriate section of the Forum Boards
  - Please be clear and informative with the name of the Thread to identify its subject
  - Check to make sure there is not already an active topic dealing with the post you wish to make on the Forums.

Posted Replies:

• - Ensure that your reply is pertinent to the Discussion you are replying, do not post meaningless or content-less replies. (for example: "yeah, that" or "not here").
  - Ensure that you comply with all Forum Guidelines (ie some Boards may require you to be a Marshal and clearly identify that status in your Posted Reply or else it will be deleted).
  - Do no Split Posts- if you have a follow up or additional question please start a new Discussion Thread to allow the current Thread to remain on track.
  - Do not Post simply to pad your Post Count (Meaningless or Content-less post may be considered Padding). This is considered Spamming.
  - Advertising non-LARP related products or services is not allowed in any Post unless the particular Board allows that (such as Marketplace)

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Users:

• - Report abusive behavior on the Forums, via PM or by any other means on the Alliance Forums by clicking the "Report Post" button located on each Post. PM's may be forwarded to Moderators to address.
  - DO NOT misrepresent yourself on the Alliance Forums either as a Moderator, Marshal or Staff position to which you are not entitled.
  - Comply immediately with any action requested by an Owner, a Moderator or other relevant position on the Alliance Forum (for example requests for information about a reported Post)
  - Do NOT create a secondary account while a primary account is under review, banned or under some other punishment. Doing so will be considered a violation of the Forum Guidelines as well and will be subject to additional disciplinary actions.
  - Ignorance of the Forum Guidelines is not an excuse and violations of these Guidelines will be handled by Moderators fairly regardless of a User's knowledge of the Guidelines. The Guidelines are clearly posted so that all Users have access to them.
  - Signatures and Avatars MUST follow all of the Forum Guidelines as well (no profanity, pornography, etc).