Forum Rules

Forum Rules
Tour of Generals Forum Rules The following are basic guidelines for use of the Tour of Generals community forum. Anyone caught disobeying these guidelines will be issued a warning. The forum staff works on a five warn limit policy unless the situation calls for more appropriate action ranging from a verbal warning to a double warn and suspension to an immediate ban, etc. A permanent ban on the forums will results in a in-game ban and vice versa. Finally, just because something is not listed specifically here as illegal does not mean it's allowed. Use common sense and feel free to PM a staff member if you're unsure of something. No Discussion Forums There are forums that are not for discussion and are used strictly for game and forum staff to address certain issues, bugs, etc. The Moderation Reports forum is currently the only NDF. Only moderators and the original poster may post in a thread, period, with absolutely no exceptions. Users found disobeying this rule will receive an automatic warning for each offense. Posting All posts must be in English, no exceptions. Flame/Flamebait/Trolling Flaming is expressing anger at someone in uncouth ways. Flamebait are posts that are made with the aim of angering someone indirectly. Trolling is submitting posts with the aim of targeting/harassing/angering a group. Forum users should not be participating in any of these as in doing so will result in a warning. Topic Hijacking Hijacking is forcing the current thread discussion off of the original topic and usually results in spam or flame from either side. Forum users found hijacking threads will be given a warning. Repeat Topics One topic is enough. Repeat topics will be locked and moved to the archives without mercy and the author given a warning. Users found creating repeat topics after others were locked by staff will result in a warn raise and/or temp-ban. Spam Spam is not permitted anywhere on the Tour of Generals Forums other than in the Spam Board. Users found spamming elsewhere (posting contentless material of any variety) will receive a warning. Examples include (but are in no way limited to) posts containing nothing but smilies, "+1", "QFT", "this" any other one to few word contentless combination, and/or quoting a post or posting an image and adding any of the aforementioned examples. These posts and other similar contributions have no substance and hence are considered spam. Filtered words Any attempts to evade the word filter will result in a warning. The terms we have filtered are filtered for a reason and no excuse for evasion will be accepted. Harassment Forum users should not be stalking/harassing others on the forums. Anyone found stalking players from topic to topic, etc., will be subject to a warning. Obscene Content and/or "Account Suicide" Anyone caught posting vulgar material (including but in no way limited to pornography, "goatse," "tubgirl," "lemonparty," photos depicting RL illegal acts such as violence towards humans or animals, child pornography, death photos, and any other obscene or offensive material in either text form or picture form) will have their account(s) permanently banned. OOC Threats / Revealing Personal Information An OOC threat of any nature will equate to an automatic ban from the game and forums. Likewise, the publishing of personal information of any other player without their explicit permission is grounds for warning and/or a ban from the game depending on the severity of the offense. Death Threats / Death Wishes A death threat or a death wish of any nature (including but not limited to telling another player to commit suicide) will equate to an automatic ban from the game and forums. We do not tolerate such an action here whatsoever. Forum Names With the exception of moderator accounts, all forum accounts must match up exactly with your in-game account's name. Those found not matching up will be warned and banned immediately. Forum account names may not be profane or offensive. If you find your account in violation of this rule, please request a name change through your profile options menu. Multiple Forum Accounts With the exception of moderators, if you are caught with multiple forum accounts, the multiple account(s) will be banned and your warn level raised. Multiple forum account offenders will receive a varying percentage warn level raise and/or a permanent ban on a case-by-case basis. Imitation &. Impersonation Imitation in terms of this forum is mimicking the posting, avatar, or signature styles of another user in an attempt to be satirical or generally humorous. Impersonation in terms of this forum is copying the posting, avatar, or signature styles of another user in order to present the illusion that the person is in fact that user. Imitation is fine and can be quite funny. Impersonation is disruptive and is warnable. Please pay attention to the subtle difference between these two concepts. Any attempt at imitation and/or impersonation of moderators and game staff is strictly prohibited and will be met with harsh repercussions. Avatars Avatars must be in good taste, and any avatar containing a picture that is too violent, disgusting, sexually explicit, insulting to another player or staff member, etc. will be removed. Avatars that are potentially seizure inducing will not be permitted. Moderation Staff The revealing of the private identities of any Tour of Generals staff members, past or present, is strictly prohibited, and thus no speculation/accusation of identity is allowed. Doing so is grounds for moderator action against your account appropriate to the offense, including a full forum/game ban. Claims of moderator bias should be directed to Vivi. If you have any such claims against him, they should be directed to admin. Claims of moderator bias without supporting evidence is grounds for a warning. Blatant disrespect of the moderator staff is strictly prohibited. This includes but is not limited to spoofing moderator accounts in any way, sig/avatar references, baiting, flaming, rude demands, mocking, attitude, and unsubstantiated claims of bias. They are volunteers hired to enforce the rules. If you have a problem with the way a moderator is enforcing the rules or the rules themselves please contact Vivi. Do not ask about becoming or campaign to become a moderator. The moderators are drawn from ToG membership but moderation positions are by invitation only. Asking to become one will substantially decrease your chances of ever being asked. Questionable Actions and Content The forum rules are not designed to cover every scenario. Any action that is seen to be counter-productive or harmful to the forum community may be met with moderator action against your account. The Tour of Generals Moderation Staff reserves the right to take action against your account without warning for any reason at any time. Private Transactions Account selling and other private transactions via such auction sites like eBay is against the Tour of Generals terms and conditions. While our moderators cannot control what people do outside of the game you are not allowed to promote such private exchanges on our forums without expressed permission from admin only. Anyone found to be engaging in such activity without permission will be banned from the game.

Tour of Generals Forum Rules

The following are basic guidelines for use of the Tour of Generals community forum. Anyone caught disobeying these guidelines will be issued a warning. The forum staff works on a five warn limit policy unless the situation calls for more appropriate action ranging from a verbal warning to a double warn and suspension to an immediate ban, etc. A permanent ban on the forums will results in a in-game ban and vice versa. Finally, just because something is not listed specifically here as illegal does not mean it's allowed. Use common sense and feel free to PM a staff member if you're unsure of something.

No Discussion Forums
There are forums that are not for discussion and are used strictly for game and forum staff to address certain issues, bugs, etc. The Moderation Reports forum is currently the only NDF. Only moderators and the original poster may post in a thread, period, with absolutely no exceptions. Users found disobeying this rule will receive an automatic warning for each offense.

Posting
All posts must be in English, no exceptions.

Flame/Flamebait/Trolling
Flaming is expressing anger at someone in uncouth ways. Flamebait are posts that are made with the aim of angering someone indirectly. Trolling is submitting posts with the aim of targeting/harassing/angering a group. Forum users should not be participating in any of these as in doing so will result in a warning.

Topic Hijacking
Hijacking is forcing the current thread discussion off of the original topic and usually results in spam or flame from either side. Forum users found hijacking threads will be given a warning.

Repeat Topics
One topic is enough. Repeat topics will be locked and moved to the archives without mercy and the author given a warning. Users found creating repeat topics after others were locked by staff will result in a warn raise and/or temp-ban.

Spam
Spam is not permitted anywhere on the Tour of Generals Forums other than in the Spam Board. Users found spamming elsewhere (posting contentless material of any variety) will receive a warning. Examples include (but are in no way limited to) posts containing nothing but smilies, "+1", "QFT", "this" any other one to few word contentless combination, and/or quoting a post or posting an image and adding any of the aforementioned examples. These posts and other similar contributions have no substance and hence are considered spam.

Filtered words
Any attempts to evade the word filter will result in a warning. The terms we have filtered are filtered for a reason and no excuse for evasion will be accepted.

Harassment
Forum users should not be stalking/harassing others on the forums. Anyone found stalking players from topic to topic, etc., will be subject to a warning.

Obscene Content and/or "Account Suicide"
Anyone caught posting vulgar material (including but in no way limited to pornography, "goatse," "tubgirl," "lemonparty," photos depicting RL illegal acts such as violence towards humans or animals, child pornography, death photos, and any other obscene or offensive material in either text form or picture form) will have their account(s) permanently banned.

OOC Threats / Revealing Personal Information
An OOC threat of any nature will equate to an automatic ban from the game and forums. Likewise, the publishing of personal information of any other player without their explicit permission is grounds for warning and/or a ban from the game depending on the severity of the offense.

Death Threats / Death Wishes
A death threat or a death wish of any nature (including but not limited to telling another player to commit suicide) will equate to an automatic ban from the game and forums. We do not tolerate such an action here whatsoever.

Forum Names
With the exception of moderator accounts, all forum accounts must match up exactly with your in-game account's name. Those found not matching up will be warned and banned immediately. Forum account names may not be profane or offensive. If you find your account in violation of this rule, please request a name change through your profile options menu.

Multiple Forum Accounts
With the exception of moderators, if you are caught with multiple forum accounts, the multiple account(s) will be banned and your warn level raised. Multiple forum account offenders will receive a varying percentage warn level raise and/or a permanent ban on a case-by-case basis.

Imitation &. Impersonation
Imitation in terms of this forum is mimicking the posting, avatar, or signature styles of another user in an attempt to be satirical or generally humorous. Impersonation in terms of this forum is copying the posting, avatar, or signature styles of another user in order to present the illusion that the person is in fact that user. Imitation is fine and can be quite funny. Impersonation is disruptive and is warnable. Please pay attention to the subtle difference between these two concepts.

Any attempt at imitation and/or impersonation of moderators and game staff is strictly prohibited and will be met with harsh repercussions.

Avatars
Avatars must be in good taste, and any avatar containing a picture that is too violent, disgusting, sexually explicit, insulting to another player or staff member, etc. will be removed. Avatars that are potentially seizure inducing will not be permitted.

Moderation Staff
The revealing of the private identities of any Tour of Generals staff members, past or present, is strictly prohibited, and thus no speculation/accusation of identity is allowed. Doing so is grounds for moderator action against your account appropriate to the offense, including a full forum/game ban.

Claims of moderator bias should be directed to Vivi. If you have any such claims against him, they should be directed to admin. Claims of moderator bias without supporting evidence is grounds for a warning.

Blatant disrespect of the moderator staff is strictly prohibited. This includes but is not limited to spoofing moderator accounts in any way, sig/avatar references, baiting, flaming, rude demands, mocking, attitude, and unsubstantiated claims of bias. They are volunteers hired to enforce the rules. If you have a problem with the way a moderator is enforcing the rules or the rules themselves please contact Vivi.

Do not ask about becoming or campaign to become a moderator. The moderators are drawn from ToG membership but moderation positions are by invitation only. Asking to become one will substantially decrease your chances of ever being asked.

Questionable Actions and Content
The forum rules are not designed to cover every scenario. Any action that is seen to be counter-productive or harmful to the forum community may be met with moderator action against your account. The Tour of Generals Moderation Staff reserves the right to take action against your account without warning for any reason at any time.

Private Transactions
Account selling and other private transactions via such auction sites like eBay is against the Tour of Generals terms and conditions. While our moderators cannot control what people do outside of the game you are not allowed to promote such private exchanges on our forums without expressed permission from admin only. Anyone found to be engaging in such activity without permission will be banned from the game.