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Aramis gave me a nasty gram for saying this (FT - referencing the deleted insult above), TA9 is now available at DTRPG. But still not available for people who have already paid for it.
Ooooppps, just got another infraction.
Hunter has posted a revision to the board rules.
The will live in the FAQ
Comments are welcome from the Membership.
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Originally Posted by Board Rules as Revised June 20, 2007
1) No personal attacks. You may attack ideas, subjects, or documentation. However you will not get personal at all.
2) Stay on topic when responding in the thread/topic. A certain amount of digression is allowed and even expected, but not too much. If you want to go off on a tangent, start a new thread (in the appropriate forum!).
2a) In-character additions to a thread will not be considered off-topic when they are relevant to the current discussion.
2b) On-line game play belongs in the appropriate sections.
Play By Post - In Character - For in character play and digression.
Play by Post - OOC - For Out of Character (OOC) discussion of the in-character threads.
3) Politics & Religion are forbidden outside the Political Pulpit.
3a) Politics includes ALL Real-World Politics
3b) Religion includes ALL Real-World religion
3c) Politics or religion of the OTU may be deemed political.
4) Treat others as you would be treated yourself.
5) No advocating nor soliciting of real-world violations of intellectual property rights, including copyright, trademark, or patent.
6) Do not undertake any action to the detriment of the community (this is vague to there can be no loopholes). The list of forbidden actions includes, but is not limited to:
Trying to pull fans away from here to other Traveller forums.
Trashing other forums, games, companies, or their products.
Attempting to solicit personal information.
Encouraging breaking board rules.
Arguing with Moderators or Administrators about these rules.
7) No advertising for commercial site, even Traveller ones, without Hunter's approval. Period. This includes no links to such sites in one's signature block.
Remember: This is Hunter's board, and we are all guests here. Hunter's word is the law of COTI.
There is also a new moderation system. When moderators note an offense, they have the option to issue a warning, or issue an infraction point, or suspend a member.
Warnings are just that, warnings. They are a notice that you've pushed the rules too far, or even broken them, but are not being punished. Correct the error, and please edit the offending post. All mods will see if you have had any recent warnings.
Infraction Points accumulate, but also expire. If you've not been warned, or if you've been warned and pulled back, but not far enough, you'll get one. At three that have not yet expired, you get a 1 day suspension. At 4, a seven-day suspension. At 5, you're suspended until further notice, possibly permanently. All infractions last at least 10 days.
If an infraction is issued, expect to see your post edited by a moderator, as well.
Immediate Suspension: Mods also have the ability to directly suspend users. This is only likely if a user does something right after a warning, or is a repeat offender. It is hoped that this will not be needed.
Thread & Post manipulation: Moderators noticing a thread going astray can pull specific off topic posts to a new thread, to a thread in a different board section, or to delete or edit posts.
Only moderators and admins can actually delete a post from the system, but members can mark posts for deletion, at which point they will not be readable by anyone exept the staff. Staff will delete these as we notice them.
If a thread is having major issues, moderators can and will issue a statement and lock the thread.
If you post a thread to the wrong area, just PM a moderator, and we'll move it.
