DotA Talk Rules & Regulations

There are a few rules that must be followed whenever you're in DotA Talk. This set of rules are incomplete but us moderators will add new rules later. But for now, this set will have to do. Enjoy!




Spamming
- please DO NOT SPAM ever. EVER. It's the golden rule. Topics and posts containing complete nonsense will be deleted, or the entire thread locked at the admin/mod's discretion.


- Avoid Off-Topic (OT) posts. If you want to post something else other than dota, use the 'Everything else other than dota forum'

- Admin/mods may change the title of thread if they found the title inappropriate without consent of poster.

- Threads that are strikingly similar or has the exact topic as other threads (especially in sticky threads) will be locked .

- Make Sure You Post in the Right Forum. Before you start a new thread, make sure that the topic of your thread is best fitting in the forum you are posting to.

- PM a moderator if you don't understand why a thread was locked or would like to make a case for it being unlocked. Do not make a thread solely for the purpose of referring to a thread that has been locked.

- DO NOT BUMP A THREAD!


Courtesy

- Please respect all of the members of this forum and their opinions, If anyone made a mistake in their posts, please tell them in a polite manner. This forum is not for bragging. No nosense thing like how many kills you have or i kill a noob thousands of time. Do that, and the thread is available to be locked.


Flaming
- You know the drill. Insulting, cursing, threatening, harassing or anything that might offend other members is STRICTLY prohibited. Post containing personal attack on another person can and will be edited or deleted by any admin/mod with no warning or consent.

- If a member is flaming other via PM's, he or she Will get a warning. If it continues, well it just goes down hill from there.If anyone is caught flaming they will be warned, and then action will be taken. Everyone knows what flaming is, don't play stupid just to get out of something.

- Use the Report function or PM a Mod. Explain in detail to him/her what the problem is, and we will be more then happy to settle it as peacefully as we can.

- Wanna flame? Flame politely because flaming will result flame wars in this forum and maybe outside of this forum. If you think you wanna flame, FLAME POLITELY AND RESPECTFULLY!

- We will be VERY strict in regards with flaming. Remember its your private parts on the line


Images
- Only post pictures when absolutely necessary, and when they are directly relevant to the topic discussion. If the image you are posting is large in size (either pixel size, file size, or both), then please post a link to the picture instead of posting the picture itself. Remember that not everybody has broadband connection, and may have to wait some time for images to load.

-No objectionable or indecent materials. That means NO PORN AND OTHER INDECENT STUFF!

- Signatures may contain images but make sure they're not too large and will not affect the layout of the forums.


Miscellaneous Stuff
- Show some sensitivity. Keep your views on religion, politics, other members, and other potentially volatile topics out of your sigs and avatars.

-Everything that applies to posts applies to avatars and sigs.
- Think before you post. Save yourself trouble and ourselves time. If you find yourself questioning the nature of what you’re going to post, then it’s probably not safe to post it.

- Respect everyone. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion regardless of age, gender and race.

- Have Thick Skin. Don't be offended if someone disagrees with you. If you think their attitude has problems, PM a mod.

- Lurk and Learn. I cannot stress this one enough. There's no better way to get a feel for the forums and what is and is not accepted here than to lurk for awhile. Hang around, read some threads, get some firsthand knowledge of how things work here.

-Please make good use of the edit button. This prevents unwanted double posting.

- Read the sticky thread at the top of each forum, they are there for a reason, and generally contain information relevant to the forum that they are in.

- Tell Us What You Think. When creating a new post, state your own opinion. We frequently get posts that do nothing but ask, "What do you think of <topic>?" We would much prefer that you state your own opinion as well as asking for ours; it's more equitable, and gives us a starting point for the discussion. If you don't have enough information to form an opinion, by all means find some before posting.

- When creating a new post, use an informative subject line / title. Too often we get threads with titles like "A question," or "Cool stuff." Please be specific about what you want to talk about;if you don't, you likely won't get many people participating in your thread.

- Don't quote the entire message that you're responding to. It's extremely annoying to see another persons's 20 line post quoted in entirety with only the comment, "I agree," or something similar added by the quoter at the end. When using the quote button to reply to posts, delete the text that is not relevant to the comments that you are going to make. You can edit the text in the "Original Post to Quote" box.

- Read the forum descriptions for you to know where to post a topic. If you can't find a place in any of the forums to post your thread, then post in "Everything else other than dota". An admin or mod will decide where it should be put.

- Not all of the members are that good in other languages other than english. If you want to post in your mother tongue, please provide a translation.

- Lastly have fun! Enjoy the boards! we're not that strict really, all we ask is for everyone to cooperate. Let's make this board a haven for every member and guest. Afer all, it is just a game, a game we all love so lets all be friends and have a nice community.

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Please send the mods( other than me ) a private message if you have any questions.