Board Rules

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Preamble

Please take a moment to review these rules detailed below.

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Children Under Thirteen

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Forum Rules

• NO FLAMING, HARASSMENT OR INCESSANT TROLLING. MOST IMPORTANT ----> DON'T BE A DICK!
• NO PORNO OR NSFW MATERIAL
• NO RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC, SEXIST OR SIMILARLY OFFENSIVE CONTENT
• NO POSTING OF PRIVATE, PERSONAL OR SENSITIVE MATERIAL. PARTICULARLY NO DOXING!!
• NO MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS. IF WE DISCOVER THIS, ALL ACCOUNTS WILL BE BANNED
• NO ARGUING WITH MODS OR ADMINS ABOUT DISCIPLINARY ACTION. TAKE IT TO PM. NO EXCEPTIONS!

This is not Reddit or the official RSI forums. We welcome respectful discourse; and nobody is going to up/down vote your comment in order to kill dissenting opinions. That's why the board's karma system is disabled.

There are a number of admins and mods to ensure that rules aren't broken. There are NO second chances here. If you break the rules, and get 3 warnings in your profile, you WILL be PERMA-BANNED.