This is to make known some of the things that should be in-effect here to help us ensure we have a good forum, and continue to enjoy the community here at Godzilla International.
FLAMING:
Flaming is an attack of some sort on another forum member and is greatly not encouraged here. Making a flame post is to be offensive, threatening, or highly vulgar towards another member and is done with the intent to draw another member (or members) into a disruptive & argumentive confrontation.
This is up to the discretion of the Moderator to decide if a post is considered a flame. Though it is advisable if you view such a post (or posts) to send a PM or "report post" message to your moderator if such a situation as described is occuring. If a post is deemed a flame, it will be deleted and the poster will be put on alert and possibly even warned. Repeat offenses can result in a ban from the community. Of course if you feel your post was inappropriately judged, then contact your moderator via email or PM. Do not make a thread on the forum to discuss the matter as it will be promptly deleted.
Strong Word Usage (Profanity):
Eventhough a filter is in place to screen out certain words, let's not take the opportunity to bypass it with symbols and spaces to confuse the screening process. Such an example would be a slang reference for "your rump" (get my drift) and other words. It would be a good measure to change around the way you express some ideas so that it doesn't look like "a cursing post" (also known as swearing).
Bootlegs & Advertising
Some of you have created forums or have friends that have created forums and are interested in building the base of members. Regarding the promotion of forums and certain sites in particular, making threads and such is a distraction to the community. Posting such threads leads to taking away from the discussion, and also reading of the topics that are active at the time. It is observed in the forums here at Godzilla International that these types of threads are not permitted. What can be done is to indicate the forum in your Signature. In doing so, it must be a modest announcement, in that you do not have excessive colored fonts or smileys.
Please do not post the name, address or website details to any bootleg dealer.
Not interested in ‘free Ipods’ or any thing like that, advertising also includes giving links to sites which have "for profit" intentions.
Treat Members With Respect:
There will be a lot of new people here looking for information or just posting in general. Though some may make errors in spelling or grammar, please be polite. If you provide any data as a reply to posts please do it nicely. If you encounter an odd situation where you feel that the member is being outright offensive with their posts, or annoying give notice by PMing me.
Don't Go Severely Offtopic
Thread drift is normal, but we shouldn't have a long side conversation going on in a thread, and taking it into other threads is not good either.
Everyone should have fun, but be mindful that too much offtopic chatter distracts the thread. If you want to do a lot of personal conversation, then use the PMs and instant messengers for that. You may also have other equipment like web cams or microphones to have a more engaging experience.
Other Topics Not Allowed Here:
Trolling – Deliberately posting material with the intention of causing trouble. This includes posting false information for jokes & pranks.
Sex – Discussions of sexuality, sexual politics, and sexual news are not allowed in the forum. We are not "M" rated.
We have a 15 stike rule. After 15 infractions you will be banned from the site.
And above all, have fun and welcome to Godzilla International.
