Forum Guidelines / Rules

[March 2009]

Rules of This Forum
This is an easy guide to not getting banned. Be sure to read through this so you understand.

Firstly, Choose the correct place for your post
- Carefully read the names and descriptions of the different areas of the forum. Topics in the wrong forum will get moved, or removed.

Secondly, be careful what you post:

- Use descriptive post titles
 - Don't just put "help" or "problem.." , instead put "Help with planting crops" or "Problem with maize"...

- Keep your post informative and interesting
 - This isn't a chat room, so no one-word replys, or useless information.

- Be polite and Friendly
 - No hostility, even if another member has posted something bad about you, keep your calm and the chances are a moderator will resolve the situation.

- This is a Family Place
- So no Swearing,and no sexual references.

- We are all equal
 - So no racism, ageism, sexism or any other form of discrimination..

- Help and Help alike
 - Be polite and grateful for help when you receive it, even if it doesn't help. And be patient with new users!

And last but most importantly:

- Think before you press "Submit"
 - Double check: is my post in the right place? Is this appropriate? Does it follow the rules?

Of course, users failing to follow these rules, their posts get deleted or the user may be banned, either on a semi-perminant or perminant basis. It is your responsibility to keep yourself up-to-date with these rules, and ignorance of the rules is not an acceptable excuse for breaking them.

Please note, account security:

Passwords-
Please note - NEVER tell your password to ANYONE!
The admins or moderators of this forum will NEVER ask you for your password.
If anyone asks for your password claiming to be an administrator, please email [email protected].

Official emails-
Official emails will be sent to your email address from time to time, Our official email addresses are:

[email protected] - Russell Peterson
[email protected] - Oliver Whiteley
[email protected] - Official website email address

We will NEVER email you to ask for your password or other account details. If you recive an email from someone asking for your password, please ignore the email, and report it to one of the above addresses

Sharing accounts-
Please, NEVER let your "Friend", "brother" or ANYONE use your account!
If your account gets banned while somone else is using it, it will NOT be unbanned. It is your responsibility to keep your account safe.

Moderators

Moderators reserve the right to remove any post, topic or user without any explanation or warning, and hereby do not need to justify their actions in any way. Upon registration, you will have agreed to all these rules when accepting the User agreement during stage one of the signup process. If you feel that you do not agree with any of these rules, please contact an administrator to get your account deactivated.

Advertising, affiliates, pyramid schemes and spam

We don't allow any of the above here. This forum is for our community, not for someone to earn money by spamming the forum or posting affiliate links/schemes. I don't think this really needs much explanation, just use your head.

You have been warned!

[March 2009]

Can i just reiterate the guidelines for this forum.

Moderators reserve the right to remove any post, topic or user without any explanation or wanring, and hereby do not need to justify their actions in any way. Upon registration, you will have agreed to all these rules when accepting the User agreement during stage one of the signup process. If you feel that you do not agree with any of these rules, please contact the support to get your account removed.

Please, do NOT post in this forum if you do not agree to the above.

[March 2009]

Signature Guidelines

Signatures must be no more than 500px wide by 150px high

This is a template of the maximum size allowed:



Signatures bigger than this may be removed. However, this remains at the moderator's discretion.

[March 2009]

The permission  "Remove Own Download" has been revoked, to avoid abuse.

If you need a download removed, please contact an administrator.

[March 2009]

If you have a problem with a mod or changing the values of something, please explain it in as much detail as possible. We have not yet perfected mind-reading yet. A comment like 'The game won't start' doesn't really tell us anything. It could be any problem at all. Change it to something like 'When I start the game I get a black screen and the writing disappears at the bottom of the screen. What is the problem?' This will help us help you with your problem.

Oh, and remember to search before you post. Most problems are common and can be found with a simple search of the forum.

[March 2009]

I've updated the rules to cover advertising, affiliate schemes and spam.

[March 2009]

Because some users can't seem to understand that caps lock signifies shouting on here, no posts in caps lock please. It is annoying, and nobody likes being shouted at.