We all know how we should act and what constitutes being a jerk, but sometimes there need to be some rules laid down so we can all be on the same page.
We know that if you are on our site you’re obviously a clever and discerning person so we’ll keep the rules pretty basic. Our number one goal is to have a forum that is as informative and enjoyable for as many people as possible.
1. Be excellent to one another. Yes, it’s a Bill and Ted’s quote, and no we shouldn’t need to spell it out (but we will, just in case).
This means that we expect constructive ideas, there will be no racist, sexist or homophobic overtones to posts. Being mean to noobs is also frowned on.
Posters who go out of their way to be disruptive, difficult and make the forums less usable or approachable for other posters will be kindly asked to leave.
2. Do not spam. This is posting threads or replies for the sake of getting your name on the boards. Once again, the forums are to be enjoyed and filling them up with meaningless or repetitive posts makes it more annoying to use. Obviously, this is subjective but if a post serves no point beyond upping your post count it is undeniably spam.
This includes double-posting. If you need a little more information after you press “submit” please just edit your previous post.
Also, read the section heading carefully and try to get your post in the right place. DO NOT post a topic several times in different places. This is definitely spam; if you were serious about the topic you’d want it in one place so it didn’t split the community into less useful pieces.
3. No political, or religion-motivated discussions. We are united by a love of the sport that crosses political and religious barriers; people of all colours, creeds and religions are welcome here and should feel comfortable.
You can call someone a fool for saying that Dennis Lilly is the greatest quick of all time, but making fun of beliefs outside of cricket is not appropriate.
Likewise, well-meaning discussions on the effects of different cricket cultures is acceptable, making fun of someone for their religious or political beliefs is not, nor is justifying your argument using your faith as a central tenet (theology 101 is down the hall and to the left). When all else fails return to rule #1.
4. Do not make our forum a crime den. That means no posting illegal content, it means not talking about doing anything illegal or linking to sites promoting or enabling such activity.
For a game forum like this, this largely refers to copyright material. Do not post links to illegal download sites, game cracking software, or your private stash of recorded matches.
5. Keep it clean. There will be kids here. If you need a NSFW tag on an image think about keeping it off the forum. That means keep it PG, or stray to M at most. It definitely means no pr0n. If you do post a thread of hottest female cheerleaders, don’t be surprised if a hottest male cheerleaders thread pops up in equal detail. Long story short … keep it clean.
6. Spoilers. If you are talking match results, make sure you mark the thread with a “Possible spoilers” tag. You might have seen the match live, but not everyone will have. If the match is more than a couple of weeks old, you’re probably safe.
7. Personal attacks. These are not acceptable. You can criticise a point of view or an idea, but please don’t get personal. If you do make a personal attack on the developers, they reserve the right to change your sig file to something embarrassing, including random praise for members of opposing teams.
8. Please do not bump up old threads unless there is marked new information. If they are bumped off the screen, then it’s because other people find other topics more relevant. Resurrecting dead horses just bumps down more timely and interesting discussions.
9. Do not advertise your products in our forums. Not cool.
10. Do not hijack threads. The topic that started the thread is the topic that should be the central player in the thread. If you are leading things off course, start a new thread.
11. Please use the search function before asking a question. You’ll be surprised at what has already been posted.
12. Don’t pick fights with the moderators. You won’t win. You may have freedom of speech, but you don’t have the freedom to be a pain on our forums.
Violating any of these rules can result in a user being warned or out right banned from our forums. Continual abuse will result in permanent bans and possible expulsion from the Hall of Fame charts.
With that, fairly obvious stuff, out of the way, we welcome you and hope everyone has fun.
