The Forums Rule

Forbidden actions: Forums 

While we attempt to edit or remove any messages containing inappropriate, sexually orientated, abusive, hateful, slanderous, or threatening material that could be considered invasive of a persons privacy, or which otherwise violate any kind of law, it is impossible for us to review every message posted on this discussion system. For this reason you acknowledge that all messages posted on this discussion system express the views and opinions of the original message author and not necessarily the views of this MyBln Forums. Therefore we take no responsibility and cannot be held liable for any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy and completeness of every message.

By registering on this discussion system you agree that you will not post any material which is knowingly false, inaccurate, abusive, hateful, harassing, sexually orientated, threatening or invasive of a person's privacy, or any other material which may violate any applicable laws.

Failure to comply with these rules may result in the termination of your account, account suspension, or permanent ban of access to these forums. Your IP Address is recorded with each post you make on this discussion system and is retrievable by the forum staff if need-be. You agree that we have the ability and right to remove, edit, or lock any account or message at any time should it be seen fit. You also agree that any information you enter on this discussion system is stored in a database, and that "cookies" are stored on your computer to save your login information.

Any information you provide on these forums will not be disclosed to any third party without your complete consent, although the staff cannot be held liable for any hacking attempt in which your data is compromised.

Advertisements: For the most part, advertising threads are not allowed in MyBln Forum. If you really want an ad here, contact the administrator, and purchase banner space. Until then, it isn't a good idea to try and advertise your product, or service on MyBln Forum.

Excessive Applaud: Applaud is adding a meaningless (*Applaud *) post to a thread to push it back to the top of the list. Different forums move at different speeds, so applaud rates vary between forums. In General one or two applaud an hour is plenty. In Administration or Technical, once every 24 hours is the maximum. If the bulk of your posts are not applaud, you should take it to mean that no one is interested in your topic, and let it die.

Flame: Expressing anger at someone in an uncouth way with OOC (out-of-character) comments (i.e. swearing, being obnoxious, threatening etc). You do not need to curse to be a flamer. Erudite slams while maintaining a veneer of politeness can also be considered flaming. Flaming in the forums should be reported.

Flamebait: Posts that are made with the aim of angering someone indirectly. Not outright flame, but still liable to bring angry replies. Flame baiting is a far more subtle and covert action; it is an underhanded tactic that is designed to provoke a response from another player. It's in the same context of trolling but with flamebaiting it's just the one person.

Forbidden links: There is not, and will not ever, be a definitive list of forbidden links. Since we don't control the content of other websites, a link which was fine yesterday may be forbidden today. Each link is judged on a case by case basis, and occasionally the Administrator will outlaw certain sites.

• Any outlawed site is forbidden in the forums, as a signature, as a motto, as a World Factbook entry, or in any other format.
• General classes of forbidden links include porn or other sexual imagery, warez (see below), sites promoting other illegal activities, referral links (see below), or sites that have links to such sites as a principal component.
• Some generally unacceptable popular sites include ebaumsworld, albinoblacksheep, plasticnipple, Encyclopedia Dramatica, and Fred Phelps' godhates<group> hate-mongering sites.
• Don't link to sites where you (or a friend/relative) stand to gain financially. Feel free to Administrator for information on paid advertising.

Gravedigging: Posting a reply on a long disused thread; applauding threads that aren't used anymore. Adding legitimate new material is permitted, and the acceptable age varies from forum to forum. Adding a book report in is acceptable after months of inactivity, but applaud a week-old topic in General may not be.

Griefing: Harassing a user because of what they did or said. This often manifests when one user follows another around in thread after thread, abusing and flaming the target user. Note that this is distinct from of Griefing, covered above.

Image Spam: Posting of repeated or multiple images that do not serve to help the flow of the thread. The use of repeated pictures to declare a point, or the use of semi-flame images from "somethingawful" to mock others.

Administrator as a Weapon: Threatening another user with administrator action if they don't do "action" is not allowed. Representing yourself as a administrator is considered impersonation, and is not allowed. Reporting rule-breakers through the MyBln Community page is not only allowed, but encouraged. Doing so maliciously or spamming administrator with questionable requests may invoke a penalty, at the Admin’s discretion.

Obscene and Explicit Content: Sexually graphic images and posts, and violent images such as bloody corpses. Very strictly forbidden. Obscene imagery and content in the forums should be reported to the Administrator. Please provide a link to the topic, but do not quote it while explaining its illegality. Then we have to find and delete your posts too.

Post-Whoring: Any post specifically designed to feature or increase your post count is considered post-whoring, and is illegal on MyBln Forum.

Promoting illegal activity: Don't start threads describing the best way to get away with murder, rape, child abuse, software piracy, bombing the UN, killing the President, or anything of that nature. We don't find it amusing, and it puts the forums at risk. Such threads will be deleted. Egregious posters of such may be banned, deleted, or even have their ISP contacted. We shouldn't have to spell this out, but apparently we do.

Referral Links: Posting links to "personal accounts" on websites (where you get some benefit from having multiple people click the link) is a warnable offense. This refers to Cyber-war, Outwar, plus all other variants, and even such sites as kevan.org (that dumbass zombie brain thing). They are not permitted in threads, titles, signatures, World Factbook entries, or anywhere else.

Revealing Personal Identifiable Information of Others: Don't reveal anyone else's name, location, or personal information on the forums. Period.

Thread Hijacking: Appropriating a thread for a discussion totally unrelated to the original purpose of said thread. Hijacking can take the form of a single post or a long discussion. Such posts may be split or deleted, and the poster warned.

Threats: Any post, telegram, or other entry which can be read as a threat against a user’s life or safety is forbidden. We will consider all such threats to be real and actual, not satire or hyperbole, and act accordingly.

Trolling: Posts that are made with the aim of angering people. (like 'ALL BLACKS ARE [insert vile comment here]' for example). While Trolls often make these posts strictly in an attempt to provoke negative comment, it is still trolling even if you actually hold those beliefs. Intent is difficult to prove over the internet, so Admin will work under their best assumptions.

Note that posts of opinions you disagree with does not automatically equate with trolling. Disagreements are expected, as long as they are done in a civil manner. Make your case without the invective, if you want to avoid banishment as a Troll.

Trolling is also used to refer to making obviously silly topics that people nonetheless will reply to, despite all common sense. Don't feed the trolls.

Warez requests: Anyone asking for or posting links to illegal software (warez), or keys/cracks/hacks to software to get around purchasing requirements, will be forum banned and probably deleted. This sort of illegal request will not be tolerated under any circumstances.