General Forum Rules

[Arynis]

NACR-011 Forum Staff Harassment
Do not harass staff. Report staff behavior in private, don't start things in public.

1. Nagging or harassing the staff is not allowed.
   
2. If you have any particular issues with a specific staff member's behavior, either in general or by a particular disciplinary action taken, please report the issue to the other staff via PM or the report function. Please avoid posting within threads about such matters, as it derails threads and invites outside member involvement, which quickly makes the situation messy and difficult to deal with. General concerns with policy, etc may still be addressed in the Feedback forum.
   

NACR-012 Compromised Accounts
Don't get your account hijacked or cracked.

1. If your account has been cracked into, especially one of the staff, it will be banned as quickly as possible to prevent impersonation and possible misuse of power. After your account has been secured, you may request it to get it back.
   
2. This type of ban will not count on your record, but repeated compromising may result in a permanent ban for the account in question.
   
3. Do not share your accounts with anyone. Doing so will lead to the account being permanently banned.
   

NACR-013 Account Limit
One account only.

1. [A1] Do not create multiple accounts to evade your ban. Doing so will either lengthen your temporary ban or make it a permanent ban. Repeated offenses will lead to harsher consequences.
   
2. [A2] Members may not post on-behalf of a banned member. Unless there has been an explicit request from, or permission granted by, the staff, posting a message from a banned user in the public forum is strongly discouraged. If a banned member wishes to discuss their ban with the staff, they may do so via the forum email. 
   
3. [-B-] You may have only one account on this forum. Unless you have permission, do not make extra accounts.
   

NACR-014 Cracking, Hacking and Technological Attacks
No technological attacks.

1. Any discussion of, or attempt at cracking, hacking or other cyber attacks on an organisation or individual is strictly forbidden. If you are found to have attempted any of the above on the forum, you will be immediately and permanently banned.
   
2. Please keep up to date with your anti-virus software. We've had cases in the past were we've been subject to DDOS attacks as a result of a forum member's computer being infected with a malicious program. If an attack is found to be coming from your IP address, you will be banned. If the cause of the attack can be determined and resolved however, that ban may be undone.
   

NACR-015 Impersonation
Don't be someone else.

1. Any attempts to impersonate another member of the community are strictly forbidden. As well as overt statements of claiming another's identity, instances such as consistently changing one's avatar to match another member, etc will be thoroughly investigated. Confirmed instances of impersonation will result in a ban.
   

NACR-016 Inappropriate Nicknames
No sleazy nicknames.

1. Any nicknames deemed inappropriate due to sexual content, excessive curse words or use of slurs may be forcibly changed by the staff, and the member in question will receive a warning, and be asked to create a new nickname within the rules. Staff reserve the right to refuse to change an existing nickname on request if the new one is deemed inappropriate. Repeated requests for inappropriate nickname changes may also result in a warning.
   

NACR-017 Staff Behavior and Abuse of Power
Report abusive staff in private only.

1. Of course, staff are not above the rules, and are subject to them just the same as the general memberbase. Issues with staff behavior within the general rules should be reported by the usual methods, or via a PM to another staff member. Suspected abuses of power should be reported to one of the admins via PM. These issues will usually be resolved internally amongst the staff.
   

NACR-018 Other
Don't try loopholes.

1. Occasionally, behavior deemed unacceptable will arise that is not explicitly covered by the rules. In this scenario, the offending user may receive a warning classified as "Other", with some clarification as to their offence. If such instances arise, the staff will endeavor to update the rules to cover the new scenario. 
   

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On Rules Updates

The rules may be altered in terms of content or be redefined at any time to keep the forum and a safer and better place for our members. Whenever a change is made, an announcement will be posted for every member to see. If this happens, please take your time to read the revised or additional content.

Last Revised
17th of June, 2015