For 364 days out of the year, you live in a Southperry of rules and guidelines. "Oh, how the world might be," you say to yourself, "if the world had no rules?"
This topic is not your answer.
Don't troll, spam, flame, cause drama, accuse hackers, bash forums, don't whatever you please in this thread. All rules still apply.
READ THE GODDAMN RULES FOR THE RULES THREAD:
I. Introduction
Welcome to Southperry.net, the leading source in Maplestory news and information!
By registering for an account, you have agreed to follow these rules and regulations. These regulations will help to keep Southperry a safe environment where all may post and enjoy the community and what it has to offer.
II. Administration Policy
All administrators must follow the moderation policy and donator policy below. Any infraction of the below policies will result in the same consequences as those moderators or donators would receive.
III. Moderation Policy
--> A. Power
All moderators and administrators of this forum have the power to:
- Keep the peace within these forums
- Delegate infractions to those who break these rules and regulations
- Move, close, or edit threads upon infraction with these rules.
--> B. Moderator's Discretion
All moderators will have the power of Moderator’s Discretion in which he or she may elect to use any of his powers placed in him as moderator for the sole purpose of making the forums a better place. An improper use of Moderator’s Discretion will cause the moderator to be removed from his status as determined by the administrators of this website.
--> C. Compensation
All moderators will receive the thanks of Premium Donator status for electing to help with the forum. Failure to follow this Moderation Policy or to follow the Donator Policy written below will be cause for removal of his status and, depending on the cause of removal, may have his account banned from the forums. No moderator may receive Gold Donator privileges despite any amount of donations given by him.
--> D. Misuse of Power
A moderator finding favorites within this community who receive special privileges or benefits such as improper removal of infraction points, taking advantage of the donator privileges and not doing his job that he was hired to do, etc. shall be subsequently removed from his position without restitution. This misuse of power shall be determined by the administrators of this website.
--> E. Relinquish Power
Each moderator may decide at any time to step down from his position with or without warning to the other moderators. If the moderator steps down and remains in full compliance with these rules and regulations, he shall retain his Premium Donator privileges at an administrator's discretion. If a moderator relinquishes power and is not in compliance, he shall be subject to the consequences laid out in this document as well as be at the whims of the administrators concerning his fate.
IV. Donator Policy
--> A. Power
All donators have the power of incentives given to them as determined by the administrators of this forum. These incentives are privileges, not rights. All registered users have the power to donate to this website and become a donator. By donating to this website, that registered user may receive a thanks in return by receiving certain incentives as granted by the administrator of this forum. All donations are non-refundable.
--> B. Equal Treatment
Donators must respect all rules and regulations of this document. Donators, as users of this website, will be treated with the same set of rules as any registered user because they are registered users. Failure to follow the rules and regulations in this document may result in a ban and he shall subsequently be removed of all donator privileges.
V. Registered User
--> A. Power
All registered users have the power to post in this forums and receive fair and equal treatment from all other board members and its staff.
--> B. Grant of Promotion
Any administrator, through grant of promotion, may elect to make a registered user into a moderator by invite of PM. Under no circumstance may a user be made a moderator without prior consultation.Any user wishing to become a moderator will receive all benefits listed in section III.C of this document. If a user is considered to be a Gold Donator, then his status shall be lessened to Premium.
VI. Method of Moderation
Any person that receives 7 infraction points will be banned from this website. Failure to follow any of these rules will result in the number of infraction points added to your own point total as deemed by the type of infraction listed in "Rules" (V). Those that accumulate more than 7 infraction points will be tempbanned for 10 days. If the user is banned again as a result of receiving 7 more infraction points, that account will be permanently banned and all accounts registered or posted from that IP will also be banned regardless of who the account belongs.
A. No Flaming - 2 points
Definition: “Any post that, whether intentional or unintentional, implied or direct, insults or causes a hostile action to another user or group of users.”
B. No Necroposting - 1 point
Definition: "The posting in a thread in which the discussion material is more than 1 week old and an insignificant contribution is made to the thread."
C. No Impersonation - Autoban
Definition: "The act of attempting to convey someone else's identity regardless of the possible humor involved by creating similar identities to that person or by giving others false presence of who you are."
D. No Rickrolls - 2 points
Definition: "The intentional posting of false or misleading information in order to make someone view an fad video, picture, or other."
E. No pornography - Autoban
Definition: "Posting of any photo, website, or video containing nudity."
F. No mod baiting - 2 points
Definition: "The intent of pushing the limits of the rules for the sole annoyance of others."
G. No trolling - 2 points
Definition: "The intent of making rude or obscene posts in the attempt of angering or inciting others to flame."
H. This person hacks! - 1 point
Definition: "Posting a claim that someone is a hacker."
Additional Comment: We don't care.
I. I'm a hacker - Autoban
Definition: "Do I really need a definition?"
Additional comment: Known hackers from other forums are welcomed here. We, as admins and mods, cannot police every person that enters. If a person is stupid enough to say, "I am a hacker", then he deserves a banning.
J. Advertising - Autoban
Definition: "The sole act of posting another website in order to bring more users to that website without any gain of Southperry.net."
K. General post violation - 2 points
Definition: "Any post which generally crosses the line and the moderator uses his discretion to mark it."
Additional Comment: Moderator's Discretion - See section III
L. Drama Llama - 2 points
Definition: "A post that is solely meant to attract drama and attention and nothing more. He said she said."
M. Useless private server or hacking discussion - 2 points
Definition: "The posting of information regarding private servers or hacking which is not wanted here."
Additional comment: The less you talk about them, the better off you'll be.
N. Spam spam spammity spam - 1 point
Definition: "A post containing no value."
Additional Comment: Leave it in The Funhouse
O. "I'm outta here" - Thread deletion
Definition: "A thread made to announce that one is quitting MapleStory."
Additional Comment: Sorry, but most of the time the kind of people who make these threads just come right back. Of course you're free to quit, but all these types of threads produce are drama and hard feelings, and we don't need that here.
P. Forum Bashing - 2 points
Definition: "Insulting any forum needlessly or without justification."
Additional Comment: "Sleepywood is stupid" is forum bashing. "Sleepywood is stupid because it has harsh moderation policies" is not forum bashing (justified). "Sleepywood is stupid because its users are stupid" is forum bashing (not justified).
Don't release any of your social depravity, rule-breaking ways, and hatred in this topic.
Remember, you should do this every day of year.
Better make this thread suck.
This topic is not your answer.
Don't troll, spam, flame, cause drama, accuse hackers, bash forums, don't whatever you please in this thread. All rules still apply.
READ THE GODDAMN RULES FOR THE RULES THREAD:
I. Introduction
Welcome to Southperry.net, the leading source in Maplestory news and information!
By registering for an account, you have agreed to follow these rules and regulations. These regulations will help to keep Southperry a safe environment where all may post and enjoy the community and what it has to offer.
II. Administration Policy
All administrators must follow the moderation policy and donator policy below. Any infraction of the below policies will result in the same consequences as those moderators or donators would receive.
III. Moderation Policy
--> A. Power
All moderators and administrators of this forum have the power to:
- Keep the peace within these forums
- Delegate infractions to those who break these rules and regulations
- Move, close, or edit threads upon infraction with these rules.
--> B. Moderator's Discretion
All moderators will have the power of Moderator’s Discretion in which he or she may elect to use any of his powers placed in him as moderator for the sole purpose of making the forums a better place. An improper use of Moderator’s Discretion will cause the moderator to be removed from his status as determined by the administrators of this website.
--> C. Compensation
All moderators will receive the thanks of Premium Donator status for electing to help with the forum. Failure to follow this Moderation Policy or to follow the Donator Policy written below will be cause for removal of his status and, depending on the cause of removal, may have his account banned from the forums. No moderator may receive Gold Donator privileges despite any amount of donations given by him.
--> D. Misuse of Power
A moderator finding favorites within this community who receive special privileges or benefits such as improper removal of infraction points, taking advantage of the donator privileges and not doing his job that he was hired to do, etc. shall be subsequently removed from his position without restitution. This misuse of power shall be determined by the administrators of this website.
--> E. Relinquish Power
Each moderator may decide at any time to step down from his position with or without warning to the other moderators. If the moderator steps down and remains in full compliance with these rules and regulations, he shall retain his Premium Donator privileges at an administrator's discretion. If a moderator relinquishes power and is not in compliance, he shall be subject to the consequences laid out in this document as well as be at the whims of the administrators concerning his fate.
IV. Donator Policy
--> A. Power
All donators have the power of incentives given to them as determined by the administrators of this forum. These incentives are privileges, not rights. All registered users have the power to donate to this website and become a donator. By donating to this website, that registered user may receive a thanks in return by receiving certain incentives as granted by the administrator of this forum. All donations are non-refundable.
--> B. Equal Treatment
Donators must respect all rules and regulations of this document. Donators, as users of this website, will be treated with the same set of rules as any registered user because they are registered users. Failure to follow the rules and regulations in this document may result in a ban and he shall subsequently be removed of all donator privileges.
V. Registered User
--> A. Power
All registered users have the power to post in this forums and receive fair and equal treatment from all other board members and its staff.
--> B. Grant of Promotion
Any administrator, through grant of promotion, may elect to make a registered user into a moderator by invite of PM. Under no circumstance may a user be made a moderator without prior consultation.Any user wishing to become a moderator will receive all benefits listed in section III.C of this document. If a user is considered to be a Gold Donator, then his status shall be lessened to Premium.
VI. Method of Moderation
Any person that receives 7 infraction points will be banned from this website. Failure to follow any of these rules will result in the number of infraction points added to your own point total as deemed by the type of infraction listed in "Rules" (V). Those that accumulate more than 7 infraction points will be tempbanned for 10 days. If the user is banned again as a result of receiving 7 more infraction points, that account will be permanently banned and all accounts registered or posted from that IP will also be banned regardless of who the account belongs.
A. No Flaming - 2 points
Definition: “Any post that, whether intentional or unintentional, implied or direct, insults or causes a hostile action to another user or group of users.”
B. No Necroposting - 1 point
Definition: "The posting in a thread in which the discussion material is more than 1 week old and an insignificant contribution is made to the thread."
C. No Impersonation - Autoban
Definition: "The act of attempting to convey someone else's identity regardless of the possible humor involved by creating similar identities to that person or by giving others false presence of who you are."
D. No Rickrolls - 2 points
Definition: "The intentional posting of false or misleading information in order to make someone view an fad video, picture, or other."
E. No pornography - Autoban
Definition: "Posting of any photo, website, or video containing nudity."
F. No mod baiting - 2 points
Definition: "The intent of pushing the limits of the rules for the sole annoyance of others."
G. No trolling - 2 points
Definition: "The intent of making rude or obscene posts in the attempt of angering or inciting others to flame."
H. This person hacks! - 1 point
Definition: "Posting a claim that someone is a hacker."
Additional Comment: We don't care.
I. I'm a hacker - Autoban
Definition: "Do I really need a definition?"
Additional comment: Known hackers from other forums are welcomed here. We, as admins and mods, cannot police every person that enters. If a person is stupid enough to say, "I am a hacker", then he deserves a banning.
J. Advertising - Autoban
Definition: "The sole act of posting another website in order to bring more users to that website without any gain of Southperry.net."
K. General post violation - 2 points
Definition: "Any post which generally crosses the line and the moderator uses his discretion to mark it."
Additional Comment: Moderator's Discretion - See section III
L. Drama Llama - 2 points
Definition: "A post that is solely meant to attract drama and attention and nothing more. He said she said."
M. Useless private server or hacking discussion - 2 points
Definition: "The posting of information regarding private servers or hacking which is not wanted here."
Additional comment: The less you talk about them, the better off you'll be.
N. Spam spam spammity spam - 1 point
Definition: "A post containing no value."
Additional Comment: Leave it in The Funhouse
O. "I'm outta here" - Thread deletion
Definition: "A thread made to announce that one is quitting MapleStory."
Additional Comment: Sorry, but most of the time the kind of people who make these threads just come right back. Of course you're free to quit, but all these types of threads produce are drama and hard feelings, and we don't need that here.
P. Forum Bashing - 2 points
Definition: "Insulting any forum needlessly or without justification."
Additional Comment: "Sleepywood is stupid" is forum bashing. "Sleepywood is stupid because it has harsh moderation policies" is not forum bashing (justified). "Sleepywood is stupid because its users are stupid" is forum bashing (not justified).
Don't release any of your social depravity, rule-breaking ways, and hatred in this topic.
Remember, you should do this every day of year.
Better make this thread suck.
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