Violation Point Policies for the Forum

VirtualPups

<span style="font-size:134"><span style="color:blue">Forums Penalty Breakdown:</span></span><br><br>All Violations have been assigned a point value. Each violation will cause the user to have those points marked to their name. Suspensions and Bans will be enforced when certain point totals are reached.<br><br>12 Points: 24 Hours<br>24 Points: 72 Hours<br>32 Points: 7 Days<br>36 Points: 1 Month<br>48 Points: Permanent<br><br><span style="color:blue">4 Point Violations:</span><br><br>Swearing or Masked Swearing<br>Banner Violations - Size violations, questionable content or content that violates the ToS<br>Indirect Provoking of others - posting in a way to attempt to start a fight or ruffle feathers<br>Religious material or topics<br>Political material or topics<br><br><br><span style="color:blue">12 Point Violations:</span><br><br>Personal Flaming, Arguing or Attacking of another player directly<br>False Advertising - Attempts to sell items that are in anyway falsely represented (pictures, layouts not belonging to the seller but being claimed as their own as an example)<br>Posting of My.Space, Face.Book, T.witter or other related sites.<br>Theft - Stealing peoples artwork, banners, layouts and using them as your own without permission.<br>Impersonating a Game Op - this is also grounds for in-game account suspension<br>Alcohol References<br>Drug References<br>Discrimination against others for racial/religious/sexual preference<br>Other posts, depending on severity may result in an auto ban also. These posts will be discussed between ops to determine severity and length of ban. (examples: Racist posts not directed exactly at the game community)<br><br><span style="color:red">Posting material of an adult nature will result in an auto permanent ban.</span><br><br><br>This list will be edited and updated as needed. All Ops reserve the right to adjust the penalty given depending on the severity of the offense.<br>Also, players will be notified via Forum PM when they receive points or a penalty so they will know how many points they've accumulated. Points will also have a reset feature, if a player gets points and goes 1 year without further points, then they will be reset to 0 for that player.<br><br>Permanent Bans will be reviewed after one year on a case by case basis as to whether the ban will be removed or not. <span style="color:red">Added: This pertains to bans received from this new system and does not pertain to previous bans and infractions.</span>