SWEETOPIA TAMBAYERS FORUM OVERVIEW

Introduction
Welcome to Sweetopia Tambayers Forum. Sweetopia Tambayers Forum is part of the Gaming community of sites and is a place for Gamers. Whether you need help, have a desire for intellectual discussion, have concerns about Gaming and any related topics, or just want a place to escape, Sweetopia Tambayers forum is the place for you.

Who can post?
Because this is primarily a Gaming website we permit anyone to register. Sweetopia Tambayers Forum is aimed at and caters primarily to the interests of Gamers. If you can abide by our rules, then you are allowed to post and maintain membership.

Sweetopia Tambayers Forum Rules

Racism and other Intolerance
Posts in which the direct and malicious degradation of individuals or groups for their actual or perceived race, gender, beliefs, non-beliefs, sexuality, or lifestyle are prohibited. By 'degradation' we mean expression that does not merely insult a person or a group but which tries to show that person or group as worse than other people or groups. This prohibition applies to posts about individuals or groups whether or not they are members here.

Undesirable Post Content
Strictly prohibited post content includes but is not limited to the following:

Nudity: Any images that contain unacceptable nudity are prohibited on all areas of the site. The following sorts of images qualify as containing "unacceptable nudity":

Links to other sites: Members are prohibited from knowingly linking to external websites that contain unacceptable nudity or inappropriate graphic images. We recognize that it may be difficult to keep track of the immediate content of other websites, but we expect our members to use discretion.

Unsavory Characters
We expect a certain level of behavior from our members. If a member cannot act appropriately they are an unsavory character. Examples of unsavory character are:

* Posters with unfriendly attitudes
* Spammers in any form
* People posting the personal details of another member
* Posting hack software and links.

Disrespect Towards Moderators
Professional disrespect towards moderators or their decisions, by which we mean acts such as editing a post back to original content after a moderator has edited it or failing to do something a moderator asks of you in his capacity as a moderator is not tolerated. It is at the relevant moderator's discretion to determine whether or not a member's given actions are disrespectful. If a member has an issue with a moderator they should, in private, take it up with that moderator, the relevant senior moderator, a global moderator, or an administrator.

Confidential Information
Sweetopia Tambayers Forum staff (current and former) is bound by agreement not to divulge any of the confidential information which they are party to as staff members. This includes, but is not limited to, posts available in the restricted staff forums, in the user notes of members, and official staff correspondence.

Concurrently, Sweetopia Tambayers Forum members are in no way permitted to solicit staff members (current/former) for this information, nor are they permitted to purposely seek it out from other members, nor are they permitted to traffic in this information should they happen to come across it.

Violators of this confidentiality agreement may be banned from our site at the discretion of the Administration.

Multiple Accounts
We permit members to have only one account per person at Sweetopia Tambayers Forum. Any member discovered to have more than one account will have the additional account(s) terminated without notice.

Moderator Begging
We do not make members into moderators by request of the member. Do not request to become a moderator unless explicitly asked by staff.

Moderator(s)
Moderator may construct local rules for the sections over which they govern, and these rules carry all the force of the rules listed above for the sections in which they apply. Members should consult any notices in the forums in which they post and ensure that their actions accord with any and all local rules.

PUNISHMENT
We correct violation of the above rules by one of the following methods of punishment depending upon the nature of the violation and the history of the member committing the violation.

Banning
Membership to the forums on Sweetopia Tambayers Forum is a privilege, not a right, and we can and will revoke that membership if we deem it necessary. If a member is found to repeatedly violate our forum rules, his or her account may be banned from the site. Three active infractions against an account will place a member under review by the administration and their account may be banned. There are several offenses that will result in an instant ban; these include but are not limited to posting porn, posting graphic images, and posting spam or advertisements.

Warnings
As with infractions members may be issued a warning if they violate the rules. A warning is similar to an infraction except it does not result in any points against your account and does not lead directly to an account review or the subsequent banning or freezing. Multiple warnings for the same sort of behavior can result in an infraction. A warning will remain listed on a member's account forever.