FORUM RULES - PENALTIES - ADMENDMENTS

THE MOST IMPORTANT WORDS TO NEVER FORGET:

GHOSTLY ENOUNTERS OF GEORGIA and everything associated with it is strictly .... NO DRAMA !!

The following rules list the most serious violations:

1. No Hacking - This should go without saying, but you are not permitted to hack the board. Guessing someone else's password and succeeding counts as hacking. Members who hack will instantly be permanently banned without any warnings.

2. No Discrimination, - You may not insult members based on their religion, race, sex, political beliefs, or sexual orientation. GEGA forum is a place where everyone is equal, and discrimination will NOT be tolerated!

3. No Bullying - Do not pick on other members. The worst kind of bullying is where new members are picked on. This hurts the member as well as the board.

4. No Profanity or Obscene Content - Such content does not belong on GEGA forum. A censor system is in place as a backup. If you see words in your post being replaced with ****, you have done something wrong.

The following rules are also important:

1. No Advertising - You are not permitted to make money using GEGA forum. You are not allowed to use the member list to obtain Instant Messaging screennames to harass people to purchase a product from you. You are however permitted to direct anyone to another website or source for sales or purchases.
2. No Illegal Activity - You are not allowed to break the law using GEGA forum. Posting links to roms is illegal, so this counts as a violation of this rule.
3. No Double Posting or Spamming - You may not post more than once in a row in the same thread. Posting lots of times in a row reduces the quality of the board, is a waste of the board's memory, and provides the culprit with ill earned post count points. Double posts will be merged into regular posts, and you will lose 10 post count for each of the posts excluding the first one. Your post count can be changed to a negative number if necessary. The only exception to this rule is if your edit timer (24 hours) for the post has run out, in which case you may double post if you have something important to add. Spamming is also not allowed, and is defined as a post that has no meaning.
4. No Topic Bumping - If a topic you created has no replies, you may not post again in it (although you may edit the post if the timer has not run out). If you made the thread because you need help with something, you may post again as long as you include additional information about your problem (the fact that you really really want it fixed does not count as additional information). You must post this in the same thread, and you are not allowed to create more than one thread per topic.
5. No Posting Personal Info - You may not post your last name, or your street address on GEGA forum. This is because this information then becomes accessible to anyone.
6. No Threatening to Leave the FORUM - This rules is added for the just cause. You may not make posts threatening to leave the forum. This causes drama to occur. You can and will be banned from GEGA forum. Anyone responding poorly to these threads can and will also be banned.

The following punishments will apply accordingly:

1. Warning - Depending on how serious a violation is, you may be issued a warning first
2. Muting - Muting for 10 days
3. Temporary ban - People who cause more problems after being muted for 10 days will be banned for a minimum of 30 days.
4. Permanent ban - At this point, it is obvious that the violator will never learn his/her lesson, thus, a permanent ban will apply to correct the issue

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