Post by netaro on Jul 9, 2006 20:20:08 GMT -5
Hey guys! Welcome to the Camp Lazlo Forum! I'm sure all of you are aware that if you join a forum... there will be rules written to ensure safe, clean fun and all that cool stuff. Basically, it's purpose is to stabolize your forum experience to the MAX. Well without further adieu, here they are! ^_^
Do NOT be a jerk!
Basically… BE NICE! This is the most important rule of them all. If you remember this rule… you’ll probably do fine here. Also, don’t make fun of people unless it is in mutual good humor, you are part of the staff, or you are trying to make a point (be wise on that last one).
Do NOT act/be stupid!
We all tend to say things that may sound unintelligent as times… but continuing to do this is just plain annoying and shows how stupid of a person you really are. Excessive stupidity is frowned upon like… to the MAX (excluding certain topics started and ended by the staff ^_^).
Creating a post just to ask a simple question about some 30-second thing is just plain idiotic. If you are going to make a post… make it worthwhile. Do NOT make a post just to get add to post count! Other types of stupidity is when someone keeps on talking about the same thing over and over again because they make such a (unecessary) big deal out of it. No one really cares.
Stupid posts that go: are annoying, it stretches the window, and shows how retarded you are. Use your head.
Do NOT type like an idiot and use proper grammar and spelling!
Okay, if you ACTUALLY type like the example above… then you seriously need to work on your grammar before joining us. Basically if you don’t type well… people will either ignore you… or make fun of you. Don’t use “ur” for “your/you’re” or “2” for “to, too” etc.
Respect the moderators/administrators!
The staff of this forum are no different than you. Please respect them and you won’t get in any trouble. If they say no, they say no. No fighting them or you will suffer. If, however, a part of the staff has been abusing his or her powers, please PM another staff member and report it immediately. Do NOT go psycho and make posts and threads flaming the person… for that’ll break other rules and you lose automatically.
Do NOT curse, swear, use bad language, or even swear-mask!
Unfortunately this rule has been ignored. Please moderate your language! We’re all discussing about this cartoon and do NOT need to cuss our hearts out despite the auto-censor. You’ve got to understand that there are little kids here. Plus, cussing leads to anger sometimes. We are now prohibiting swear-masking… so now you cannot say **** or even “d**n you!” or stuff like that.
Do NOT post sexual innuendos!
This is pretty funny actually, since there is no real point of actually speaking of such here. We all have to understand that there is always that certain handful of people who are too immature to handle the topic of sex. It’s Camp Lazlo! Blazes!
Topics on religion or politics are allowed… to an extent; Use discretion!
Religious or political topics have a propensity to lead to immature wrangling. If you're new and you don't want to get in trouble, be careful when participating in or starting one. With topics like these, please be polite and do not flame others. You are free to disagree with others, but do so respectfully.
Do NOT bookmark threads!
I really don’t know that these threads are called… so let’s just call them bookmark threads. These threads are basically threads promising something to happen in the future… and by that I mean threads that go, “Hey guys! I’m making a fan game… and hopefully I’ll be done by whenever. Hope you’ll like it when it’s done!” That’s all it says! There is no questions, no comments, no point to it but announce to the world that you are “supposedly” going to make something or promise something later… which is pointless and annoying! Why? People comment on it going, “Oh! I can’t wait!” or “That’s cool. Hope to see it soon!” and that’s all! These are out of the question and will be locked. Continue and you’ll get a warning and so on and so forth until you are banned… WAHAHA!
Do NOT Double/Multi-post!
Tiff: Multi-posting is where you post a message, and you right away post something else right after it on the same thread, not letting anyone else reply. You’ll know when you’ve multi-posted, because your posts will be right after another. Do you see that pretty little modify button at the top right hand corner of your post? Click that instead of Multi-posting, and you can add or edit anything you’ve just posted. Nifty, huh?
Netaro: Don't... even... try...
Sanna: Rawr!
Avoid bumping old/dead topics!
Avoid topic bumps. Don't reply to a topic for the sole purpose of bringing it back to the top of the forum index or to add to post count. Unless you have something decent, informative, etcetera to contribute, the topic is dead! If it's a dead topic… it’s a dead topic; go write a song about it. I don’t know.
Same goes to deleting your previous post only to re-post it again just to have the thread bumped up. Either way it's not tolerated.
Do NOT beg for stuff!
No begging for stuff like ranks and badges. You’ve got to earn them to show how active you are with the forum and junk. For information on what badges are, check out Badges For Dummies. For opportunities in earning some, check out Badge Central. Keep a look out for random opportunities to earn these little things as well. ^_^
Do NOT call people ‘newbs’, ‘n3wbs’, ‘n00bs’, etc!
No calling people 'n00bs' or 'n3wbs' or any other critical/derogatory term for a new person. We don’t do that here, ese. We like new people. ^_^ It’s true! They make the forum better. If you're a new person, please earn this respect which we've given you in advance. If you're a regular, please show the same respect you (hopefully) received when you were new.
Do NOT advertise!
Advertising is a no no. You MAY give out a link to another site if someone requests help or in other situations, but flat out advertising is not allowed. Also, links to flash movies and/or other stuff is fine as well. The advertising that is annoying is links to your personal website, a website looking for people to join their cult; your forum, or a forum that desperately needs more people to join. Face it--NO ONE CARES! Don’t make a thread going, “Hey guys! Come check out my website at www.geocities.com/dbzyugieffinOH305720!!111111” [not a real website] because the thread will be locked and stuff. If you really want to advertise, do it in your signature!
Do NOT abuse private messages!
That’s right! DON’T! This includes harassing people over PMs, spamming, and perhaps breaking their inbox with large files.
Do NOT have animosity!
C’mon guys! Be nice to everyone! Don’t hate and you’ll fit in perfectly. If, however, there is some hatred going around… the admin and the mods will look to it and try to stop the madness. Racism, sexual content, foul language, and/or threatening people/persons will get you a warning. After the first warning… you are banned. This also includes PUBLICIZING your hate for other members. At least be neutral in public.
Do NOT cause animosity...
Don't bug other members to about what YOU want them to do. All you'll do is annoy them and make them hate you more. It's HARASSMENT which isn't tolerated here! If they say no, don't bother to try to change their minds because it's rather pointless and it's their decision! This also goes the same for "name calling", unecessary arguments, "the blame game", etc. Not only you get people to not like you but also people lose respect for you. Really not good but then again most likely you ask for it if you go around acting like a jerk. If it's happening to you then please report the incident to the mods and admins. The harasser will face his/her/its the mods/admins and consequence.
Do NOT SPAM!
Tiff: Spamming is BAD. It’s where you post stupid pointless annoying messages. If you don’t contribute to the thread and multi-post a lot, you are spamming. It makes the whole thread crazy and annoying to read.
Netaro: If I feel like it... I'll suspend you right off the bat. Don't do it.
Sanna: Spam comes in many forms. But as long as your posts don't fall into ANY of these categories then you have nothing to worry about.
SPAM is:
Do NOT make a big deal about quitting.
If you quit then... why make such a big deal out of it. Most likely members who have publicized their quit just want attention and making a whole quit thread is the way... that will annoy many people and make yourself look like a whiny attention-hungry poo poo. Most likely the staff will prohibit the quit threads and such action may be penalized. Same applies to come back threads. Unless you were gone for like a really long time... otherwise... no...
READ & FOLLOW board-specific rules just as you do with these rules.
Sometimes certain boards such as the fanart boards, RP boards, etc. will have a thread with its own set of rules. PLEASE read them or otherwise you may face the same consequence as breaking a rule stated here. Once you read all these rules here, all members are required to sign an agreement that they have read and will follow the rules. If you're still reading then good for you here's the step(s) of how to finalize your signing. Simply at end of your sign post, type your username (not your current alias) backwards and afterwards type the birthday listed on your profile backwards. Now continue reading on.
Avoid making more than one account.
The staff will not approve multiple accounts. I mean why does one have to make more than one account? To cause trouble? We think so and it HAS happened. Also we don't get the point of one person pretending to be another person. Fakers are not really welcomed here. If you deleted your account and want to come back, we want an explanation of some sort about why you deleted your account in the first place. From now on we only let members who quit (without ban/suspension) to comeback only once! If there is any complications with your account please contact the staff and we will be happy to help you as much as we can/feel like it.
Any questions and junk? PM Tiff, Sanna, or Netaro.
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History:
[07-09-06] - Netaro creates thread with minor changes and a more convenient order.
[07-12-06] - Sanna made few minor add-ons to one or two rules... she may continue later after she eats her well deserved lunch.
[08-04-06] - Sanna added something about quitting, coming back, rules on other boards and multiple accounts. And did a few little add ons here and there.
[08-13-06] - Sanna a few add ons and edited some stuff.
[shadow=green,left,300]RULES:[/shadow]
[/spoiler][shadow=green,left,300]DO NOT SKIM!!![/shadow]
Do NOT be a jerk!
Basically… BE NICE! This is the most important rule of them all. If you remember this rule… you’ll probably do fine here. Also, don’t make fun of people unless it is in mutual good humor, you are part of the staff, or you are trying to make a point (be wise on that last one).
Do NOT act/be stupid!
We all tend to say things that may sound unintelligent as times… but continuing to do this is just plain annoying and shows how stupid of a person you really are. Excessive stupidity is frowned upon like… to the MAX (excluding certain topics started and ended by the staff ^_^).
Creating a post just to ask a simple question about some 30-second thing is just plain idiotic. If you are going to make a post… make it worthwhile. Do NOT make a post just to get add to post count! Other types of stupidity is when someone keeps on talking about the same thing over and over again because they make such a (unecessary) big deal out of it. No one really cares.
Stupid posts that go:
“OMG! THAT IS TEH FUNNYY!!!11
lolololololololroflroflroflroflroflHAHAHAHAHA!!!111111”
lolololololololroflroflroflroflroflHAHAHAHAHA!!!111111”
Do NOT type like an idiot and use proper grammar and spelling!
Okay, if you ACTUALLY type like the example above… then you seriously need to work on your grammar before joining us. Basically if you don’t type well… people will either ignore you… or make fun of you. Don’t use “ur” for “your/you’re” or “2” for “to, too” etc.
Respect the moderators/administrators!
The staff of this forum are no different than you. Please respect them and you won’t get in any trouble. If they say no, they say no. No fighting them or you will suffer. If, however, a part of the staff has been abusing his or her powers, please PM another staff member and report it immediately. Do NOT go psycho and make posts and threads flaming the person… for that’ll break other rules and you lose automatically.
Do NOT curse, swear, use bad language, or even swear-mask!
Unfortunately this rule has been ignored. Please moderate your language! We’re all discussing about this cartoon and do NOT need to cuss our hearts out despite the auto-censor. You’ve got to understand that there are little kids here. Plus, cussing leads to anger sometimes. We are now prohibiting swear-masking… so now you cannot say **** or even “d**n you!” or stuff like that.
Do NOT post sexual innuendos!
This is pretty funny actually, since there is no real point of actually speaking of such here. We all have to understand that there is always that certain handful of people who are too immature to handle the topic of sex. It’s Camp Lazlo! Blazes!
Topics on religion or politics are allowed… to an extent; Use discretion!
Religious or political topics have a propensity to lead to immature wrangling. If you're new and you don't want to get in trouble, be careful when participating in or starting one. With topics like these, please be polite and do not flame others. You are free to disagree with others, but do so respectfully.
Do NOT bookmark threads!
I really don’t know that these threads are called… so let’s just call them bookmark threads. These threads are basically threads promising something to happen in the future… and by that I mean threads that go, “Hey guys! I’m making a fan game… and hopefully I’ll be done by whenever. Hope you’ll like it when it’s done!” That’s all it says! There is no questions, no comments, no point to it but announce to the world that you are “supposedly” going to make something or promise something later… which is pointless and annoying! Why? People comment on it going, “Oh! I can’t wait!” or “That’s cool. Hope to see it soon!” and that’s all! These are out of the question and will be locked. Continue and you’ll get a warning and so on and so forth until you are banned… WAHAHA!
Do NOT Double/Multi-post!
Tiff: Multi-posting is where you post a message, and you right away post something else right after it on the same thread, not letting anyone else reply. You’ll know when you’ve multi-posted, because your posts will be right after another. Do you see that pretty little modify button at the top right hand corner of your post? Click that instead of Multi-posting, and you can add or edit anything you’ve just posted. Nifty, huh?
Netaro: Don't... even... try...
Sanna: Rawr!
Avoid bumping old/dead topics!
Avoid topic bumps. Don't reply to a topic for the sole purpose of bringing it back to the top of the forum index or to add to post count. Unless you have something decent, informative, etcetera to contribute, the topic is dead! If it's a dead topic… it’s a dead topic; go write a song about it. I don’t know.
Same goes to deleting your previous post only to re-post it again just to have the thread bumped up. Either way it's not tolerated.
Do NOT beg for stuff!
No begging for stuff like ranks and badges. You’ve got to earn them to show how active you are with the forum and junk. For information on what badges are, check out Badges For Dummies. For opportunities in earning some, check out Badge Central. Keep a look out for random opportunities to earn these little things as well. ^_^
Do NOT call people ‘newbs’, ‘n3wbs’, ‘n00bs’, etc!
No calling people 'n00bs' or 'n3wbs' or any other critical/derogatory term for a new person. We don’t do that here, ese. We like new people. ^_^ It’s true! They make the forum better. If you're a new person, please earn this respect which we've given you in advance. If you're a regular, please show the same respect you (hopefully) received when you were new.
Do NOT advertise!
Advertising is a no no. You MAY give out a link to another site if someone requests help or in other situations, but flat out advertising is not allowed. Also, links to flash movies and/or other stuff is fine as well. The advertising that is annoying is links to your personal website, a website looking for people to join their cult; your forum, or a forum that desperately needs more people to join. Face it--NO ONE CARES! Don’t make a thread going, “Hey guys! Come check out my website at www.geocities.com/dbzyugieffinOH305720!!111111” [not a real website] because the thread will be locked and stuff. If you really want to advertise, do it in your signature!
Do NOT abuse private messages!
That’s right! DON’T! This includes harassing people over PMs, spamming, and perhaps breaking their inbox with large files.
Do NOT have animosity!
C’mon guys! Be nice to everyone! Don’t hate and you’ll fit in perfectly. If, however, there is some hatred going around… the admin and the mods will look to it and try to stop the madness. Racism, sexual content, foul language, and/or threatening people/persons will get you a warning. After the first warning… you are banned. This also includes PUBLICIZING your hate for other members. At least be neutral in public.
Do NOT cause animosity...
Don't bug other members to about what YOU want them to do. All you'll do is annoy them and make them hate you more. It's HARASSMENT which isn't tolerated here! If they say no, don't bother to try to change their minds because it's rather pointless and it's their decision! This also goes the same for "name calling", unecessary arguments, "the blame game", etc. Not only you get people to not like you but also people lose respect for you. Really not good but then again most likely you ask for it if you go around acting like a jerk. If it's happening to you then please report the incident to the mods and admins. The harasser will face his/her/its the mods/admins and consequence.
Do NOT SPAM!
Tiff: Spamming is BAD. It’s where you post stupid pointless annoying messages. If you don’t contribute to the thread and multi-post a lot, you are spamming. It makes the whole thread crazy and annoying to read.
Netaro: If I feel like it... I'll suspend you right off the bat. Don't do it.
Sanna: Spam comes in many forms. But as long as your posts don't fall into ANY of these categories then you have nothing to worry about.
SPAM is:
- stupid
- lack relevance/substance to decently contribute to the topic/thread.
- advertisments
- hated/annoying
Do NOT make a big deal about quitting.
If you quit then... why make such a big deal out of it. Most likely members who have publicized their quit just want attention and making a whole quit thread is the way... that will annoy many people and make yourself look like a whiny attention-hungry poo poo. Most likely the staff will prohibit the quit threads and such action may be penalized. Same applies to come back threads. Unless you were gone for like a really long time... otherwise... no...
READ & FOLLOW board-specific rules just as you do with these rules.
Sometimes certain boards such as the fanart boards, RP boards, etc. will have a thread with its own set of rules. PLEASE read them or otherwise you may face the same consequence as breaking a rule stated here. Once you read all these rules here, all members are required to sign an agreement that they have read and will follow the rules. If you're still reading then good for you here's the step(s) of how to finalize your signing. Simply at end of your sign post, type your username (not your current alias) backwards and afterwards type the birthday listed on your profile backwards. Now continue reading on.
Avoid making more than one account.
The staff will not approve multiple accounts. I mean why does one have to make more than one account? To cause trouble? We think so and it HAS happened. Also we don't get the point of one person pretending to be another person. Fakers are not really welcomed here. If you deleted your account and want to come back, we want an explanation of some sort about why you deleted your account in the first place. From now on we only let members who quit (without ban/suspension) to comeback only once! If there is any complications with your account please contact the staff and we will be happy to help you as much as we can/feel like it.
Any questions and junk? PM Tiff, Sanna, or Netaro.
---
History:
[07-09-06] - Netaro creates thread with minor changes and a more convenient order.
[07-12-06] - Sanna made few minor add-ons to one or two rules... she may continue later after she eats her well deserved lunch.
[08-04-06] - Sanna added something about quitting, coming back, rules on other boards and multiple accounts. And did a few little add ons here and there.
[08-13-06] - Sanna a few add ons and edited some stuff.