Forum Rules

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Inappropriate Content

 
Posting something that is unacceptable to the public's eye.

• One Point Infraction
  

Inappropriate Language

 
Posting language that could insult or offend someone in anyway.

• One Point Infraction
  

Meta-gaming

 
Posting something that is OOC in an IC Forum or post.

• One Point Infraction
  

Promoting Illegal Activity

Posting content that could be used in an illegal way or simply promoting the illegal content.  

• Four Point Infraction
  

Signature Rule Violation

Putting something in your signature that could offend someone or degrading the community. This also applies if your signature is larger than 1000 pixels wide and 600 pixels tall.

• One Point Infraction
  

Spam

 
Continuously posting something multiple times or posting content like "5char" to quote a message etc -

Clarification: Posting 1-3 words on a thread which isn't productive, or general unconstructive posting (e.g this is my X amount of posts threads) also counts as spam  One

• Point Infraction
  

Spammed Advertisements

 
Spamming advertisements to benefit yourself, sell, or buy anything.

• One Point Infraction
  

Troll Violation

 
Posting in a topic that does not, in anyway, promote the continuation of the thread but disrupts it instead.  

• One Point Infraction
  

Banned Post Violation

Posting a ban appeal once it has already been resolved, and closed.  

• Two Point Infraction
  

Circumventing a Topic Lock

 
Posting a thread that has already been closed.  

• Two Point Infraction
  

Complaint Post Violation  Posting in a complaint that doesn't involve a user directly.  Two Point Infraction

Disrespecting Staff

Insulting a Staff Member

• Two Point Infraction
  

Insulting Other Member(s)

Insulting someone or continuously harassing member(s).  

• Two Point Infraction
  

Plagiarism

Copying something that someone else wrote to use it for your personal benefit.  

• Two Point Infraction
  

Reposting

Unauthorized Deleted Material  Posting something that has already been deleted; this includes visitor messages and PMs.  

• Two Point Infraction
  

Request Post Violation

 
Posting a request after it has already been processed.  

• Two Point Infraction
  

Harassing Staff (Via Forums)

 
Harassing staff through PMs, visitor messages, or threads.  

• Three Point Infraction
  

Disclosing Private Information

 
Posting something about someone, that is private, without their permission.  

• Four Point Infraction
  

Using Alt Accounts to Avoid Punishment

 
Creating alternative accounts to break forum rules.  

• Four Point Infraction
  

Impersonation of an Administrator

Impersonating administrative staff through any way on the forums.  

• Five Point Infraction
  

Providing a False Statement

Posting anything that is false; against staff or degrading this community.  

• Six Point Infraction
  

Server Advertisement

Advertising any type of community or gaming host other than Maximum Gaming with the intent to sway players away.  

• Permanent Ban
  

Ban Evasion

 
Creating alternative accounts to evade an active ban.  

• Permanent Ban
  

Toxic Behavior

 
The act of presenting toxic behavior towards any person or towards the community. This includes but is not limited to insulting other people or the views that they share, and off-topic posting to share negative comments/opinions.  

• Three Point Infraction
  

Infraction System;

One Point - Warning
Two Points - Three Day Ban
Three Points - Seven Day Ban
Four Points - Fourteen Day Ban
Five Points - One Month Ban
Six Points - Two Month Ban
Seven Points - Six Month Ban
Eight Points - One Year Ban
Nine Points - Permanent Ban[/i]


Definitions aren't specific and following these rules mean you may get infracted for something similar which also defines the rule.
These rules may also be changed without prior or any notice.