Site Rules

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The Rules

The forum Moderators have the final say in all matters. They help to run the forums for you. You are guests here. Disrespecting or arguing with moderators will get you nowhere. The moderators reserve the right to edit, move or delete any posts, threads or forums without given reason, although we will usually try to do so. Their decision is final.

Beyond that, the Admin Team also reserves the right to suspend or ban any member from the forums, including banning IP addresses and email addresses, without warning if necessary. However, this will only occur in extreme circumstances. Blatant disrespect for any member of this forum will result in immediate banning.

THE FOLLOWING IS A GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE RULES AT THIS SITE
THESE RULES ARE A GENERAL OUTLINE AND ARE TO BE ENFORCED BY SITE MODERATORS AT THEIR DISCRETION

1 Do not reveal magical/XCM secrets. Absolutely no links to copyrighted effect tutorials/explanations/revelations will be tolerated. You may post tutorials for your own effects/cuts/moves/etc.

2. Don't Spam (Advertise when it doesn't have anything to do with the topic, make comments that hasn't got anything to do with the topic, make small senseless comments, make senseless topics, etc). There is an 8 character minimum for each post, to avoid spam. Please only post when you have something relevant to say.

Due to a recent increase in the amount of advertising on the forum I feel it is needed to expand and fully explain this rule.

We take great care and have spent time and money to make sure this site stays as advert free as possible. The last thing we expect is our own members to be the ones throwing up thier own forms of advertisement.

Advertising is simply not allowed without permission. You may place a hyperlink to your blog or whatever IN YOUR SIGNATURE, and in your signature only.

Mentioning in a post that "I posted that in my blog" is OK. Including the hyperlink in that post IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

Do not start any threads that require our members to leave the site to finish reading or view a video. It just wont be tolerated. Moderators will remove the thread immediately, and you will be warned.

We don't care if you have a blog or website. You are free to do as you wish, but do not use the-3c.com as a way of directing traffic your way. We won't put up with it.

3. Don't insult or disrespect other users (or other people that are not part of the forum). Constructive criticism only. By all means point out negative things, but suggest ways to improve - don't just knock people down.

4. Don't insult or disrespect other cultures, countries, or any sort of belief or way of life. Say nothing on the forums that you wouldn't say it real life.

5. Don't publish any indecent, inappropriate or objectional material (including but not limited to: pornography, warez, illegal download sites, crack software, etc). THIS WILL RESULT IN A PERMANENT BAN.

6. A signature with offensive content is strictly forbidden. There is a 255 character limit, and there may be no more than 2 pictures in a signature and no one picture may exceed the size of 1MB.

7. Do not try to hack other users accounts or the site's HTML/Javascript/any other sort code. Doing so will result in immediate banning, and your IP being reported to your ISP.

8. Posting of or links to copyrighted material (including but not limited to: music, videos and software) is forbidden.

9. Any account that does not post a minimum of 2 posts within 30 days at any time will be added to our "dead" account list. Beware if your account is listed as "dead" the administration may choose to remove it at our discretion.

10. PMs are stored in our database, but never read unless a complaint or report is made. However, we reserve the right to view all Private Messages sent within our forums.

11. IP addresses are logged each time you post (as they are in 99% of all forums). However, members cannot see them, and they will never be passed on, or used maliciously. Our only use for them is to check for multiple users, for banning purposes, or for reporting to ISPs in a necessary event. We fully respect your privacy.

12. Impostering: Anyone who attempts to 'imposter' another member (especially a member of the admin team) shall be banned with immediate effect. Impostering encompasses pretending to be someone you are not. Anyone pretending to be a member of the admin team (for example by adding admin team rank icons as their avatars) will also be immediately banned.

13. Branded Usernames are banned. Branded Usernames are names which are copyrighted and can be used purposely to cause confusion within forums. Examples of branded usernames are: "The 3C", "Youtube", "Megavideo" etc...

14. Moderators may, at any time, use their powers to prevent any disputes to continue. These powers might include locking the topic for a temporary "Cool Off" period or stopping the topic indefinently. Ignoring a moderators request to calm down will lead to a warning upon your account which can lead to sanctions (limitations) being applied. These might include bannings from certain parts of the forum or limits to the amount of posts you can post per day.

15. If your account is not activated via email within 7 days of registeration, your account will be deleted immediately without warning.

Thanks,
the3c admin team