Terms Of Service

Any changes we may make to our "Terms Of Service" in the future will be posted on this page.
Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes.

Liability:

We will not guarantee the accuracy, validity, integrity or security status of any content on this website, and will accept no liability from any issues that may result from it. Members/visitors using this site do so at their own risk.

User posted content is out of our control. By using our site, you agree that we are not liable for any postings, misrepresentations, or information posted on our site.

Trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.

We will accept no liability for any viruses, or other computer difficulties.


Accounts and your behavior:

Do not join this website more than once (hence creating multiple accounts). If you cannot remember your password, use the 'Forgot Password' feature, which is available on the login page. If problems persist, contact the staff.

Do not pose as, or willfully act as, a member of staff.

To use and become a member of our site, you certify that you are at least 18 years old. If younger than 18, a parent or guardian may join and use the site on behalf of this child.

Do not post any copyrighted material for which you have no right to do so. Violators may have their membership terminated. In the case of such termination, we will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid. Please notify the staff immediately if you feel a member's posting violates copyright law.

Do not use this site to post advertisements, materials for sale, or solicitations.

Do not use inappropriate language, swearing, or sexual references. What is deemed "inappropriate" will be determined by the staff of this site.

Do not be sexually graphic. Do not link to or post pornography. Nudity is not allowed.

Staff have the right to edit, censor, delete or otherwise modify any content message they feel is inappropriate, without any warning given to the poster. Refunds will not be given for any removed or altered content.

Do not submit any content that you know to contain viruses or commonly exploited security holes.

Any content submitted to us, will not necessarily be removed by request. We are not bound to remove submitted content and anything submitted should be assumed to be staying on our servers, publicly accessible permanently. By submitting, you are aware of the consequences of this, and take responsibility of it, and may not at any time insist on content being withdrawn.

Do not try to bypass the word filter. Filtered words are placed in the filter in accordance with guidelines, and obvious misspellings or equally obnoxious alternatives, only serve to work against the wishes of the staff.

Do not post spoilers (material that reveals information relating to the subject matter of this website before the majority of members have learnt it through the channels they would wish to) in your topic titles. If you wish to post spoilers inside a topic give good warning about their presence.

Do not post a link to a website that contains material that would be in violation of the rules if posted directly on this website.

Do not link to, or post how to get to, irrelevant websites. What is deemed "irrelevant" will be determined by the staff of this site.

Do not incite illegal activity, either directly, or by educating with the obvious purpose to make it more achievable.

Do not spam this website: You must be moderately confident that anything posted will interest at least a minority of the members. You must not post material more than once unless there is good reason, from the point of view of other members.

Do not intentionally disrupt the enjoyment of this website by other users. 'Enjoyment' has a general meaning for the purposes of this rule – for example, robust argument in a debate forum would be considered 'enjoyable', as debaters would wish for it.

This website is private property and hence any form of censorship is allowed at the discretion of the staff – you agree not to consider this website a forum for free speech if the staff consider it breaks the rules.


Forum and Chat:

Be respectful of the opinions of other members, and do not discriminate based on nationality, sexuality, gender, religion or race. Do not flame or degrade other members. If you have a problem with another member's actions, contact a member of the staff.


Forum:

Do not double post (post consecutively in a topic) on the forum unless…
You have new information to add after several days since your previous post was made.
You are bumping a topic after several days of no replies.
You are quoting various posts, and feel the need to do so in separate posts.


Do not complain in-topic about the subject being too far off-topic or otherwise breaking rules. Use the 'report post' feature to alert a member of the staff instead. Leave it to staff to establish what is and is not acceptable posting.


Chat:

In no circumstances may you use the chatrooms to start or continue sexually suggestive, inappropriate, or non-professional dialogue with any member. What is deemed "suggestive, inappropriate, and/or non-professional" will be determined by the staff of this site. You may not use the chat for solicitations.


Signatures:

Images in your signature should not exceed 50k in size, 468 pixels wide, or 110 pixels tall. For a guideline, this is about five lines of standard-sized text space. Text in your signature should also not exceed more than 5 lines of normal-sized text space.

Remember that a big signature is not always a good signature. Keep it nice and simple. Feel free to advertise your website if you wish, if the link to it does not itself break site rules.


Avatars:

For your own sake, avoid trying to use .bmp files as avatars – the system will not let you, because you should compress them to a more appropriate format, such as the .png format.

Avatar size is restricted by the system according to your usergroup.


Points:

Do not abuse the point system.

No refunds will be given for unused points.


Hacking:

You may not try to hack into this website. For the purpose of this rule, 'hacking' includes any technique designed to compromise the security or stability of the website.


Privacy:

Acceptance of these rules implies acceptance of the "Privacy Policy".


Violation:

The staff reserve the right to ban any member who breaks any rule, whether the rule is agreed as broken by the alleged offender or not. No warning or explanations need be given.

Refunds will not be given due to actions deemed as violations.

The staff also reserve the right to change these rules at any time. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our "Terms Of Service".


Contact:

Questions, comments and requests regarding this "Terms Of Service" policy are welcomed and should be emailed to: