Forum Rules

WELCOME TO OUR FORUM!   

  Please read and be aware of the forum rules.   

1.Posts are to be made in the relevant forum. Users are asked to read the forum descriptions before posting. Users consistently posting to the wrong forum may be given a warning (see policing below).
Members should post in a way that is respectful of other users. Flaming or abusing users in any way will not be tolerated and will lead to a warning.

2. Members are asked to not act as “back seat moderators”. If members note an issue which contravenes something in the rules they are welcome to bring it to the attention of a member of the Moderator Team. Please use the “post report” feature to report posts. Do not respond to such topics yourself. Members who constantly “act” as moderators may be warned.

3. Members should remember this board is aimed at a general audience. Posting pornographic or generally offensive text, images, links, etc. will not be tolerated and will lead to a warning.

4. Members are asked to respect the copyright of other users, sites, media, etc. Users linking to or asking for information on warez, crackz, etc. or re-printing material without permission will receive a warning and their post will be removed.

5. Members should post in a way which is consistent with "normal writing". That is users should not post excessive numbers of emoticons, large, small or coloured text, etc. Similarly users should not SHOUT or use excessive punctuation (e.g. ! and ?) in topic titles or posts. Users consistently abusing this will be warned.

6. Members should use an appropriate, descriptive subject when posting a new topic. Examples of bad subjects include; "Look at my stuff!!", "I'm stuck!", "I've got an error!", etc. Examples of good subjects include; "Thinking about switching to canvas", "Need Ideas for a short film", etc.

7. Spam is not tolerated here under any circumstance. This includes offering hosting services (charged and free), installation services, solicitation etc. Recruiting members for your own projects (moderators, designers, professional MOD work, etc.) is not permitted and is also considered spam. Users posting spam will be warned and their post removed. See specific item on spam and 3rd party linking for more information.

The above forum rules where applicable also apply to private messaging. Abuse of the private messaging system may lead to warnings (as above) and/or the revocation of private messaging. #

Signatures
Signatures may contain up to five lines of text (of small or normal size) and/or one image, valid combinations include; a single image of no more than 60px high, 468px wide and 6KiB (6144 Bytes) in size. Signatures containing an image this large may also include one line of small size text. Signatures containing an image of 30px high may include up to three lines of small size text or two lines of normal size text. Images of 15px height or less may allow up to three lines of normal size text or four lines of small size text. Animated images are not allowed. Remote signature images must have a consistently high availability to avoid removal. Limit on image filesize prevents detrimental effect on forums page load speed.  
Text in signatures is subject to the same conditions as posts with respect decency, warez, emoticons, and so forth.
Links in signatures are permitted, however they must be taken up with an administrator or moderator. In order for you to have one to your own website, contact one,m and we'll make it happen.

ART NUDITY WARNING
Art is subjective, and therefore, we do allow nudity. But please warn the community in the subject line for minors/those at work.

PENALTIES
1st Offense: Warning
2nd Offense: Temporary Ban
3rd Offense: A second temporary ban
4th Offense: Permanent ban