Acolytes of the NEXUS Forum

<AotN>S i l e n t X · Posted: 4:41 am Post subject: Official SG/Forum Rules

Welcome to the Official Acolytes of the NEXUS SG Forum! We hope you enjoy your time here discussing the game and getting to know your fellow SG members.

The primary function of this forum is to provide an area for player interaction and also to submit feedback and suggestions to the SG.
We would like to keep this board City of Villains (and Acolytes of the NEXUS) specific, and therefore encourage you to participate in other forum available on the Internet should you wish to participate in non-game related discussions. We welcome any topics on this board that directly relate to the game and our SG, comic books and/or general villain culture.

We have created the following list of forum rules and guidelines to keep this an enjoyable environment for us all. Violations of these guidelines may result in your removal from this message board and/or potential suspension (or permanent closure), of your Acolytes of the NEXUS forum account.

Thread/Post Content

1. Post in the correct forum and do not cross-post.

If you are unsure of where to place a post, choose the single most appropriate forum. No need to cross-post to multiple forums – we’ll see the post no matter where you place it. If you cross post, or spam the forum, your posts will be removed and you will be contacted for violating the forum rules.

2. Keep feedback constructive.

All feedback on the forum is appreciated as long as it is constructive. Keep it straightforward and include examples and facts when applicable. For example, “This forum is ****!” is not constructive feedback. “I am way annoyed with the following things about the forum and here’s why…” is constructive and useful to us. The best way to get your opinions recognized is not to be abusive or offensive, but to be constructive and communicate in a mature fashion.

"I'm leaving the forum" (for an inappropriate reason) threads are removed due to the inevitable flaming that immediately ensues. They are thus no more than troll threads. We welcome constructive feedback and are always sorry when a member is unhappy.

"NERF X!" threads are removed for much the same reason as "I'm leaving the forum" threads. They immediately turn into flame threads with little or no constructive information.

No ranting. Ranting is posting irate, unconstructive (usually vague) comments to "blow off steam." This is considered a form of trolling since ranting does little but end up in flame wars.

False obituary threads are considered trolling of the highest order, and knowingly posting false news of a player’s real-life death may result in banning of both your forum account and your SG membership.

3. Keep feedback high-quality.

Threads to announce that the servers are up (after a downtime), for example, or threads made just because you want to be the “first post” in a newly created section of the board, are not quality postings and cause us extra work to remove. NOT! Just joking…you may post for fun here! Or for many others things! But please, DO avoid frivolous and duplicate postings.

4. Know the search function. Use the search function.

Before you ask a question, please check the Announcement and Global Announcement topics. If your answer is not there, please use the “Search” function. Your question may have already been asked and answered elsewhere on the forums.

5. Read before you post.

This really only applies to asking questions. Don’t ask a question that has already been answered, but, of course, you may post on those topics where those questions have been asked.

6. Hosting your own images.

You will find that we do not host signature pictures on this forum. You are more than welcome to link to images hosted in other places (like on your own personal website), as long as they are of an appropriate and non-offensive nature. Avatar icons are allowed as long as the images are below 20kb in weight. Links to images that are inappropriate will be removed immediately and you will be contacted for breaking the forum rules. Images that are obscene, vulgar, references to bodily functions or body parts are also forbidden. Words that would be censored by our bad word filter are not allowed in images either. Finally, copyrighted images are also forbidden.

General Conduct

1. Abuse will not be tolerated.

No flaming, trolling, harassing, profanity, abusive language or abbreviations, personal attacks, racial, religious, ethnic, or sexual slurs.

This applies to both “public” threads and private messages. Do not link out from a post or private message to these types of content.

Flaming is defined as attacking others in harsh, personal terms.

Trolling is defined as deliberately posting derogatory, inflammatory comments/threads in order to bait other users into responding.

Personal attacks include, but are not limited to insulting a poster directly:

EX: “You are stupid, you suck, and you should [censored].”

Directly attacking another poster will result in a warning. If the behavior persists, you will be banned.

2. No character assassination threads

Threads that single out a player for ridicule or to accuse someone of actions in-game will be removed without notice. Repeatedly targeting another person is considered ongoing harassment and is a severe violation of the forum rules. In-game violations need to be reported via the appropriate channels (such as the GM system) or go to http://support.plaync.com and submit your issue to us via the “Ask a Question” tab.

No personal attacks against forum moderators. If you disagree with an action taken by an admin, you can send your complaint via PM to the moderator or to S i l e n t X. Abuse of the admins (including in PM) is likely to result in an immediate, permanent ban from the message boards, and can result in the suspension of your SG membership.

3. No spamming.

There are no circumstances under which spamming is acceptable. Spamming will not make an answer to a post or topic appear any faster, so please refrain from doing it. This includes, but is not limited to: comments not contributing to the board, advertisements, cross posts, and messages posted repeatedly.

4. No “I Demand Answers” threads

Threads that make threats or use other combative language will be removed without notice. In the event of legitimate emergencies, or other unprecedented scenarios, we will endeavor to provide comments, even if it is only to state that there is no officially available information. However, this is not always possible.

5. Censorship Posts.

All posts referring to message board censorship will be removed. All message board content is allowed/removed at the discretion of the Administrators of the forum. These posts will be removed and the poster warned. Any further posts will be removed, and the poster will be banned from the message boards. Also, working around a ban to continue posting is also prohibited and may incur an extension of a current ban.

Threads designed to announce, appeal or contest a forum banning decision on behalf of a third party will be removed without notice.

No personal attacks against forum admins. If you disagree with an action taken by an admin, you can send your complaint via PM to the admin or S i l e n t X.

6. No account hopping to evade suspension.

You are personally responsible for your conduct on the forums. If you create a new account to continue posting because another account was suspended, any forum accounts involved will be permanently suspended. bans apply to a person, not specifically an account.

7. No Conspiracy Threads.

Threads that make groundless claims about Ncsoft, the forum admins, or any members of the forum or SG will be removed without notice.

8. Bad Word Filter.

The Acolytes of the NEXUS forum has a bad word filter. City of Villains/Heroes is rated Teen and is therefore censored for language. Any attempt to circumvent this filter will not be tolerated including posting avatars, forum names or signatures that contain a word that is censored by the bad word filter.

9. Respect the opinions of others.

Often times arguments can’t be won, so if you have a contrasting opinion, please state it simply and clearly. If necessary, agree to disagree with others who may have differing opinions. When discussions turn to long, hostile arguments, the thread will be closed or removed.

Also, do not dismiss other players by calling them “whiners”, “fanbois”, or other derogatory terms, or suggesting that they “just quit”. This is NOT constructive.

10. No Rule Circumvention threads.

Any thread we feel is trying to find some loophole to get away with disobeying the rules of the forums, in fact or in spirit, will be removed.

11. No Legal Action threads

Using the forums or PMs for encourging, promoting, endorsing, or inciting any kind of legal action against anyone is strictly prohibited. Such content will be removed, and the author's posting privileges will be permanently suspended.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Below are the general Rules of Conduct for the Super Group and official forum. It is your responsibility to familiarize yourself with these rules and follow them!

RULES OF CONDUCT

1. The following rules govern basic interaction within the City of Heroes/Villains game and the Acolytes of the NEXUS website and forum. Please be aware that failure to comply with these rules of conduct may result in the termination of your SG membership.

2. While playing Villains, you must respect the rights of others and their rights to play and enjoy the game. To this end, you may not defraud, harass, threaten, or cause distress and/or unwanted attention to other players.

3. You may not use sexually explicit, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive language.

4. You may not post or link to any sexually explicit, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive imagery or content.

5. When communicating in our SG using SG chat, you may not spam, flood, or make duplicate posts.

6. You may not violate any local, state, national, or international laws or regulations.

7. You may not advertise the intent to or commit the act of buying or selling items for cash or trading items from one server to another.

8. You may not arrange for the exchange or transfer of any pirated or illegal software while using the Acolytes of the NEXUS site or forum, or SG chat.

9. You may not provide false information or intentionally hide any information to the SG leaders.

10. You may not upload or post any copyrighted information or things onto the game or forum.

11. You will not exploit any bug in the AotN forum and you will not communicate the existence of any such exploitable bug (bugs that grant the user unnatural or unintended benefits) either directly or through public posting, to any other user of City of Villains in our out of our SG. Bugs should be promptly reported to not only S i l e n t X, but to the City of Heroes/Villains Devs.

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