Forum Rules

The Rules

These rules represent the general rules in the forum and should be assumed as the default rules. Some boards however have their own rules, such as "Off-Topic" having more lenient rules. The rules of each thread are pretty self explanatory, or modified to be impossible to break. If an admin has any issue with anything you are doing, they will let you know and you will be asked to stop. Admins also have the ability to punish in whatever way they see fit. Admins only get their rank because we believe they can act in the same way the co-owners of FriendoMart would act. Please show them the same respect you'd show us and if there are any problems feel free to contact Tiny Paws, Demo The Meeper, Gypsinessity, or TDDashie and they will respond accordingly.

Account / Profile

Only one account per member is allowed. Multiple accounts will be deleted and subjected to a ban. If a single Internet connection is used to make multiple accounts (friends, family, etc) please contact a staff member so it can be recorded.

Please keep your display name to a maximum of 20 characters.

Display names, profile information, signatures, or avatars cannot contain mature content or links to mature content.

Signatures cannot be more than an overall 300 pixels in height – text, images, etc. included.

You can only use art that does not belong to you in your signature or profile if you give credit to the artist. However, do not claim the art as your own. If the artist has made it clear to us or otherwise posted that they do not want other people using their art, it will be removed.

Please do not have obnoxious or disorienting profiles, signatures, avatars or posts.
This means using the ultimate profile editor to make annoying or excessively flashing profiles as this could be a danger to some of our members.

Starting New Topics

Please check if a topic does not already exist. Making duplicate topics is not allowed.

Please make sure to post your topic in the most appropriate forum for the subject matter.

Posts and Replies

Please do not post spam.

Religious and political topics are allowed as long as they remain clean. Public bashing will not be tolerated.

Please do not steer threads off-topic. Make a new thread.

Any material found to be inappropriate for minors or offensive is not acceptable. This includes...

Excessive blood/gore

Discussing minor illegal activities (e.g. downloading music/games for free illegally).

Discussing major illegal activities (e.g. setting fire to a building in real life, planning to hurt someone in real life, etc.).

Porn

racial hatred

General

Treat each forum member with respect. Do not personally attack other users.

Please do not write entire posts, threads, or extended conversations in a language other than English. The majority of a post should be in English, and writing English translations alongside other languages is recommended.

Anything which can be construed as drama will be removed or edited, this includes posts, display names, signatures and more. We fully understand the fact that every member here may have off days and feel down but we wish you to keep such feelings in Personal Messages please. When it starts to spill over into the forums it just causes issues.

Do not post private or personal information about another person without their consent.

Concerning Moderators

Please do not backseat moderate and contact a moderator if you see someone breaking the rules or have a question.

Be respectful of staff members. If you ever feel a moderator responds to anything incorrectly or inappropriately, please ask for a second opinion from another moderator or administrator. This means...

Do not ignore the request of a moderator.

Do not publicly complain about any warnings received. If you feel a warning is unfair, please notify other staff.

Do not threaten, harass, or flame a moderator.

When reporting to a moderator, only contact one at a time, and let any subsequent mods know who you contacted before them.

If you are under a Moderated, Muted, or Banned status, you must obey and respect the rules of that status. Do not try to evade or get around them.

Parting Thoughts

The goal of these rules isn't to hinder anyone from having fun, instead they are put in place to make sure that everyone can have fun together. It is our hope that by disallowing the things that hurt other users, or make them uncomfortable, we can widen our circle of friends. We thank each and every user that follows these rules because it shows that we are all willing to make this a more inviting place. We truely love each and every one of you and we hope that we can share this forum for many years to come.