Welcome to the Smash Network Forums! This post here contains all of the Rules of SNF, and all of the members here are required to follow by them to maintain order and peace between all members, as well as ensure that everyone have a good time.
Please, take the time to familiarize yourself with these rules. They are numerically ordered for categorization purposes.
1. No inappropriate language or discussion! 1. This rule is very important. Unlike a lot of Forums that like to let things slide, the Smash Network Forums are rated PG-13. The Smash Network Forums are to be appropriate for children and parents, and are to be family-friendly.
2. Please, do understand that this rule is not in place because we want to spoil anyone's fun. This rule is in place so parents and younger children may enjoy our wonderful Forums as well.
3. If you do not wish to watch your mouth and are looking for a Forum that does allow harsh language, these are not the Forums for you! I'm sorry.
To help prevent people from using offensive language, a censor system is active on the Forums. It is there to catch any words that our staff feels as inappropriate.
*All words considered to be offensive will either automatically be replaced with a less harsh word, or will be converted to a block of text saying censored, like this: [CENSORED]
*As effective as our censors are, inconsiderate people will of course try to get around them somehow. This constitutes as censor bypassing, and will not be tolerated. People that behave in such a manner will be issued a Demerit for offensive language.
*If a word is caught by the censors (i.e., you see [CENSORED] in someone's post), it is not considered to be offensive language, and no Demerit will be issued.
*The same holds true if the word itself is completely illegible to read as an inappropriate word. For instance, if "Milk" were to be considered an inappropriate word (it's not, but for this example, it is):
[CENSORED] is ok.
!@#$% is ok.
**** is ok.
Mi1k is NOT ok.
M**k is NOT ok.
M*** is NOT ok.
*Not all words are considered offensive alone, but when they are used in particular context, they become offensive. And remember, even the context alone can be considered offensive if you use it in a derogatory fashion.
*No discussion of suicide or thoughts of suicide on the boards. This can be a very delicate matter and is not appropriate for our Forums.
2. No Flaming, Bashing, Pressuring, or Insulting other users or people! 1. One important rule on SNF is respect. We at SNF believe that respecting other users and people is very important and helps keep everyone friendly.
2. Posting a distasteful or inappropriate message directed at another user or another person is disrespectful and will not be tolerated. Show some courtesy, and refrain from saying anything of the sort in the first place.
3. Racial slurs are not acceptable at any time on our boards and may result in your account being banned at our discretion.
4. Be understanding of the fact that yes, someone may be wrong, or at least in your opinion, but it is not your sole responsibility to force them to believe that your way is right. Don't make people feel insignificant or like fools.
5. Debating is fine. Arguing can be fine as long as the argument remains civil. But going on and on about something that is clearly only irritating a particular user or group of users is definitely drawing the line.
6. If you have a problem with a certain member on the Forums, please, do not say it directly to their face. Don't take it up with them, and don't purposely try and antagonize them. The best course of action you can take towards someone that you just don't care for is to just ignore them and their posts.
7. If a user is harassing or insulting you, please contact a Moderator or Administrator about it immediately. If the insult took place over a Private Message (PM), please contact an Administrator about it, and include the URL to the Private Message! If the harassment or insult took place on another Forum, or in an instant messenger client, there is unfortunately nothing we can do, because it did not occur on the Smash Network Forums, but we can also take control of our chatbox on the main page.
3. No posting, linking to, or promoting offensive, inappropriate, or illegal activities! 1. Being a Forum where anyone is able to post freely, without prior validation, it is important to make sure that this rule is followed. No offensive, inappropriate, or illegal activities should be discussed, promoted, linked to, or encouraged on these Forums!
2. Examples of such behavior include:
3. Posting a link to a website that contains inappropriate language or content on the other end.
4. Posting an image from a website, or using an image from a website, that contains any of the following in it:
*Distasteful amounts of Blood
*Excessive Violence
*Racism or Prejudice
*Offensive Language
*lovey-themed images
*Anything that could offend numerous people
Basically, if you think it might be controversial, don't post it. It's not worth it.
5 Posting links to inappropriate sites is also against the rules. Examples of such sites would be sites that contain:
*Offensive or inappropriate language
*Inappropriate material or themes
*Racism or prejudice
*ROMs, Emulators, MP3s, Crackz, Warez, or other ILLEGAL material.
*YouTube (or similar service) videos of U.S. Released Anime Episodes, such as episodes of Pokemon or Dragon Ball Z. Although you may put up your own youtube vids of SSBB or anything realated to any of the sereies of SSBB.
*Numerous pop ups or other disruptive ads, without prior warning
*Viruses, Spyware, or Malware
*Products that you are trying to sell, or trying to encourage people to click links or sign up for something (advertising)
6. Posting any form of porn, images or links, will result in a full account and IP ban, removing your ability to ever visit the Forums again. There are minors on this Forum that do not need to be exposed to such material. Your IP address will be logged and your ISP will be informed of your posting porn material to minors, resulting in either removal of your internet connection or possibly further legal action.
*All of these rules apply to your posts, signature, avatar, location, website URL, and every other part of your account and its presence on the Forums.
We at SNF cannot be held responsible for the posting of offensive materials such as images or links with offensive language or content in them, as it is beyond our control. We will remove any images or links as quickly as it is brought to a Moderator or Administrator's attention, but we apologize in advance for any exposure to such material that may have occurred during the time of the incident and the time of removal.
4. No Spamming, Flooding, or Disruptive Posting 1. Spamming, which is the act of repeatedly posting pointless messages for the sole purpose of gaining points of post count, is not tolerated here. Please, when you post, make sure that your post is:
*On-topic with the theme of the topic
*Longer than 3 words
*Not annoying
*Not for the sole purpose of earning posts or points
2.This kind of behavior is not to be tolerated on any Forum of the SSBB Forums. One Forum here, Games and Other Randomness, is typically more lenient to the quality of posts.
3. "Bumping" posts, which usually results in short posts being made, will be covered in the next section. "Bumping" is exempt from the Spamming rules.
4. When responding to a topic, please try to avoid saying non-contributive responses, such as "Cool," or "Awesome." It's not really against the rules, but it is not a good example of a quality post, and continually posting those kind of messages over and over may result in a Demerit.
5. If you need to say something else in a post but forgot to say it, DO NOT MAKE A NEW POST ABOUT IT! Instead, use the {template:edit} button that is located at the top-right corner of your post. Doing this lets you edit your existing post to add any additional information or content to your post. Failing to do this is counted as double-posting, and is a form of spamming.
6. "Flooding" is the act of posting numerous new topics (instead of just replies) in any given Forum, each serving little point of purpose. Doing this is disruptive to the Forums, as it pushes down all of the legitimate topics to the next page or so. If you have numerous questions you'd like to ask or points you'd like to bring up, please do so in one topic instead of 10. There is no point to "flood" a Forum with numerous topics. If you do such a thing, you will receive a Demerit for flooding.
7. It's better to post in an existing topic than to create a new one! If there is a topic on the first few pages asking "Who's your favorite character?", you don't have to make a new topic asking the exact same question. But there's also no sense in bringing back a topic from 8 months ago just to post in an existing topic.
8. Disruptive Posting can be many different things. Basically, anything that is very annoying or unnecessary in your posts, such as using an excessive amount of smilies, or using a thousand exclamation points. If your post causes people to have to scroll their page over (due to a long string of text without any spaces), that is considered Disruptive Posting. If you use a ton of smilies in your post (20 ), that is also considered Disruptive Posting. Even purposely posting in l33t or StIcKy CaPs is considered disruptive, if not called for (I mean, doing that once here and there is fine, but if EVERY post you make is like that, then it is disruptive).
5. HAVE FUN!! **Seriously. The rules put in place are meant to make sure that everyone has a good time here. We want everyone to have fun! If you follow the rules and don't let things bother you, you'll get the most enjoyment out of the Smash Network Forums!
I appreciate you taking the time to read the Rules of the Smash Network Forums! Please enjoy your stay, and have a great time here!
