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The Law
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Forum Rules

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***FORUM RULES***

1. No excessive profanity - children read this board

2. No hyperlinks without a summary. Please post an abstract of your article and allow people to decide if it's worth clicking on your link.

3. NO TROLLING

4. Do not post under multiple aliases or via the same ip address as another member (unless you have given a valid reason to a Moderator beforehand).

5. No personal insults or hatespeech

6. No pornographic material. Your account will be automatically deleted.

7. NO SPAM. Any type of advertising will get your account deleted as well.

8. Mod/Admin decisions in regards to threads being locked, merged, or individuals being banned and mods being demoted should not be discussed on any forum (instead send the decision-maker, or The Law if it isn't clear, a private message to query a decision).

9. No posting of hyperlinks to hijacked (illegal) streams of sporting events. Any user requesting streams will likewise be warned.

10. USE THE SEARCH FEATURE BEFORE STARTING A NEW THREAD. CHECK TO SEE IF THERE IS A PREVIOUS THREAD ON YOUR TOPIC. REDUNDANT THREADS WILL BE DELETED.

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***WARNING AND BANNING SYSTEM***

I. If a poster who has not been previously banned, breaks one (or more within one post) of the forum rules,the following will apply:

Early instances – By PM A moderator will introduce himself and explain the issue. This will not count as an official warning

#1 Formal warning: A moderator will include an explanation of why this formal warning has occurred and include a reminder of the "3 strikes and out" policy and the forum rules.

#2 Formal Warning: A moderator will include an explanation of why the second warning has occurred. You will also be reminded that the next time a warning is issued a 30 day ban will go into effect

#3 Formal warning: Lights out for a month.

II. If a poster has been previously banned, is reinstated, and then breaks one of the forum rules the following will apply:

*First Instance - Official warning, You will be reminded that this is your FINAL warning.

*Second Instance - Permanent ban.



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