Forum Terms & Rules
FORUM RULES
[1.0] Introduction
[1.1] We hope you enjoy our forum. To ensure your participation is enjoyable, please take 1 minute to read these rules.
[1.2] Any posts in breach of forum rules will be deleted, and the poster risks banning.
[2.0] General Posting Guidelines
[2.1] Play fair and enjoy your stay. The forum is here for discussion of EBDA related Games and Topics.
[2.2] Try and stay on-topic within a thread, start a new thread if you move onto a new topic. Excessive off-topic discussion within a topical thread will be removed if it detracts from the discussion.
[2.3] Do not abuse your membership or you may be banned . Please note that bans are effective across ALL forums and administered by Scorp, Wax, and Redneck Bob.
[2.4] Names, Do not register or use a display name with the EBDA, this is reserved for when you are tagged. Your display name (which should be your login name & game name) will be suffixed with EBDA. Anyone found to have the EBDA in their name will have it changed and locked.
[2.5] Type of names not permitted: Vulgar, Swearing, racist, duplicate with existing or anything that
suggests the same will be deleted or changed.
[3.0] Forum Rules
[3.1] Multiple Accounts: Each member is permitted one forum account. If you have reason to require more than one account please check with any member of the Admin team. Your forum account name should be your display name. If it is found that they are different, they will be changes by the admins at an appropriate time. You have been warned.
[3.2] Threats/Personal attacks: Any posts containing threats or personal or racist attacks will be edited or deleted and the originating account risks banning.
[3.3] Flame wars: If you cannot hold a reasoned debate without resorting to Flaming, you are not welcome here.
[3.4] Forum Moderators: Abuse directed at Forum Admin or Moderators will not be tolerated and will result in instant account deletion for the offender. Staff members are carefully selected and have my full backing, they give their own free time to dedicate themselves to this site and abuse directed at them will not be tolerated.
[3.5] E-mail Address: Sign up with a working e-mail address from your ISP. This is for security reasons. It is not used for any other purpose.
[3.6] Rules: Repeated disregard for Forum Rules or Moderator warnings will result in accounts being banned.
[3.7] Warez: Links to warez sites or discussion of warez is not permitted. Breach of this rule can lead to legal proceedings against this site, and will not be tolerated. No-CD cracks are against the software licensing agreement and are included in this rule - which is enforced.
[3.8] Vulgarity Swearing is not permitted, it only degrades the forum and dilutes the debate. Posts of a sexual nature or of inappropriate images are included in this rule.
[3.9] Signature Images: Please keep these images to a reasonable size, less than 520x108 pixels and preferably below 200Kb in size, and 4 lines in length for text sigs. This is for the benefit of users on a slow connection and to reduce scrolling.
[3.10] Spam: DO NOT use our Forums to advertise or seek personal gain. People come here to read about EBDA related topics. The definition of "spam" is down to the forum moderator in the first instance. If you are unsure about making a post, ask via private message or e-mail.
[3.11] Cheating Discussion of online cheating is not permitted. It's bad.
[3.12] Disruption, Disruptive or persistently argumentative behavior will not be tolerated.
[3.13] Bump posts, or posts to increase ones post count will be deleted and you may face your overall post total being lowered / deducted for such actions, remember Admins are aware of persons making multiple posts to gain post count.
[3.14] Large Images: Please do not include large images directly in a post as it blows out the forum formatting and causes delays for dial-up users. Any large image (greater than 520x600 pixels) should be posted as a URL instead of as an Image, or resized down to 520x600 max pixels. You can use the attach file button to attach large images, or use a system like photobucket.com. This forum will resize over sized images automatically.
[3.15] Warn Levels: Each account has a 5 level warning system associated with it. If this level reaches 100% the account will be immediately suspended. The duration of the suspension will be decided by the site Admins. Depending on the severity a permanent ban may be issued. Things like Spamming posts will get you warning points !![/color]
[4.0] Board Features
[4.1] Take a moment to try out some of the board features; there is a built it messaging system for sending messages to another member, which will be delivered to them on their next visit in a pop-up window, and a personal assistant to help you quickly navigate the threads. There are many other useful features, if you have any questions please message any moderator.
I hope you enjoy the forum, keep it clean and keep it fun.
--------------
Scorp, Wax, and Redneck Bob
You must use a valid e-mail address. You will need to validate your new account via a link in your e-mail!
