Forum Rules

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Federation of Universe Forum Rules

These rules can be changed, edited, and added to at any time. It is your responsibility to keep updated with them.

Every offense against the rules of the Forums (the now following
general rules and of course the special rules for some subforums) may
lead to a warning. The Administrators of the forums has the right to
ban accounts on the forums. The interpretation of the rules is up to the board team.



1. Accounts, Warnings and Bannings



1.1 Every User may register and use one account. Multiple registrations
and usage of several accounts may lead to a banning of all accounts.



1.2 After receiving the third warning an account may be banned up to 2
weeks, in extreme cases longer. The circumventing of the ban by
registering a second account is not allowed. An account may get banned
permanently if the user receives again several warnings after the
account was unlocked.



1.3 In extreme cases it is possible a User gets banned without having several warnings.



1.4 Editing a post after a warning was given (this includes removing or
editing the warning) is against the rule and can lead to a ban from the
forums.


1.5 Register with your Ogame in game name only. Else you may get warning or ban.



2. Attitude on the forums



2.1 Posting contents and links of, politically extremist,
immoral and offensive material which may breach applicable laws are
forbidden.


2.2 Posting of contents which do not belong to the topic/ relevant
forum (Spam/Offtopic) are undesired and may lead to a warning. An
exception of this is the Spamboard (Off Topic).


2.4 Flaming, Offenses against other users or staff and inappropriate language are punishable on the whole forum.



2.5 The board team holds the right to censor threads. This will be marked in the relevant post.



2.6 Reposting of a theme that was already closed is not allowed. If you
wish to post in it, ask the moderator who closed it to reopen.



2.7 Account Trading is not allowed on the whole forum.



2.8 Advertisement and linking to Warez sites and forums is not allowed.



2.9 Discussion of bans or warnings is not permitted in the public
forums, this may result in further bans or warnings. Please discuss
these issues with the moderator involved or their superior on the board
only.



2.10 Requests to unban accounts are not to be discussed anywhere
on the forums. Please get in contact to the Moderator who banned
you via PM/email/MSN/ICQ etc. only .



2.11 Spamming of emoticons and images is not allowed due to the fact
that it may freeze peoples’ computers. Images or postings which are
side exceeding (means one has to scroll vertically or/and horizontally
to read all) are not allowed.



2.12 All posts must contain a minimum of 4 words; Less words will be
considered as spam and warned accordingly. Any forms of abbreviations
such as: ICU, BRB, LOL, ROFL, LMAO, will be considered one word.



2.13 If you feel warned unfairly, first PM the Moderator who gave the
warning. Then you may get in contact the Super Moderator. In extreme cases you
have the right to talk to a Board Admin. The Board Admins’ word is
final. Follow the hierarchy, or you may find you are ignored, (include
all previous communication).



2.14 Impersonation of a Staff member (Name, Avatar, Signature) may lead to a warning or in extreme cases to a ban.



2.15 Posthunting ( posting just to get a higher postcount) results in a
warning or in extreme cases in a direct ban. Posting twice within the
allowable time to re-edit the original post shall be considered
Posthunting.



2.16 It's not allowed to post for banned people. If you do so, it
results in a warning for you. Only exception can be made for good-bye
threads (with prior permission from an admin). The sharing of accounts
with people who are banned from the board will also incur a ban for the
account holder.




3. Posting Rules


3.1 Do Not Use Full CAPs on your topic Title


3.2 Always CODE links in your posts.


3.3 Always test your links before posting.


3.4 Post direct links only. Redirection links will result in warning(s).


3.5 Post bumping is strictly forbidden, may result in ban.


3.6 Do not post any asterisks or any other weird signs to get attention for your post.


3.7 We will add staff as we see fit and as required, do not ask to become staff, if you do we will never ask you.


3.8 Anything to do with porn and underage porn is strictly Forbidden! This is your only warning.



4. Signatures, Avatars etc.


4.1 Images in Signatures may not exceed the following measurements:
Height: 100 px
Width: 500 px
Size: 60 KB

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4.1.1 One picture per signature.


4.1.2 Signatures must not have more than 4 lines of standard sized text and 500 letters..


4.2 Images in Signatures may not exceed the following measurements:
Height: 150 px
Width: 200 px
Size: 32 KB


4.3 Images may be attached or embedded within posts but they must not exceed the following sizes:
Height: 400 px
Width: 400 px
Size: 100 KB each


4.3.1 Moderators may remove any pictures deemed to be over sized at any
time. No more than 5 pictures may be placed inside any single post.


4.3.2 Due to information sometimes needed to be passed on to users,
staff may sometimes have a extension on the size of the image, or text
placed in the signature.



5. Notes


The following themes are to be discussed with the Board Administration:

- Signature Bans

- Unban request (via MSN or email)

- User title – Name changes

- Complains about Super moderators (concerning Moderators, please get first in contact with a Super moderators)



The Staff reserves the right to change rules when they deem it necessary.



The use of these forums is a privilege not a right. Administrators
reserve the right to do what they think is best for the forums,
including the banning of people.

We appreciate the time You took to read The Board Rules. Enjoy Your stay here at FoU and please Obey these rules.
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