[OLD]Forum Rules

**Obama** · 03-25-2010

Here our the updated rules for the Maplestory Section in its entirety and the punishments that follow.

Perma(Permanent) Ban:

-Faking Virus scans:Virus scans that don't match the hack that was uploaded.

-ANY Advertisement:Any link or site name that is intentionally posted to advert attention away from our site in order to benefit that user in some shape or form.
Making threads to recruit for your server is not permitted either.

3 Day Ban

-Flaming:Verbal abuse towards another member for no apparent reason. This also includes instigating a flame.

Example:
Bob:Yeah, great hack dude!
Joe:Shut the fuck up you stupid cock sucking, fat mother fucking, dick loving bitch.

-Posting External Links:A hyperlink on a Web page that points to a page on a different Web site. Mpgh requires all downloads to be uploaded as attachments to Mpgh.

How to upload hacks as attachments:

1 Day Ban

-Bumping Threads one week or older:"Thread bumping" is the act of posting in a thread, with the sole goal of getting it back to the top of the thread list. Its just a matter of common sense. Look at the date of the last post before you post on a thread.

Example:

-Spamming: Spam stands for Stupid, Pointless, Annoying, Messages. Although I am a strong proponent of educating people about what is and what is not spam, I do believe they're good and bad spam. Spam can help sites aswell as hurt them. A big issue with 80% of the minions was knowing what to delete as spam and what not to delete. Consistently posting on-topic is NOT spam, its called being active. Believe it or not a thread that is considered spam to you could help another member. You don't even know how many members we get from random keywords that might be considered "spam" in your opinion.

Examples of Spam:

-Begging/Requesting Hacks:Soliciting hacks or any type of intangible item on Mpgh. There is a fine line between requesting and begging. If you need help finding a hack, post it in a respectable manner and you will be answered in a respectable manner.

Example of begging:

Example of Requesting:

-Posting In the Wrong Section: Its basically using common sense. If you need help with a flyff hack, post in the flyff section.

These rules will be set in place immediately. I hope you all read them, but we are not held responsible if you don't. Im inclined to change these rules and punishments at any time(I will warn you ofc).

Note:I didn't add the virus scans because the minions/mods shouldn't approve threads without virus scans anyway.

Sources:
Thanks to helloernesto for the video.
Thanks to dictionary website for the select words
Thanks to urban dictionary for the definition of "spam".

~Mpgh Staff~

**SpaceMan** · 03-26-2010

Originally Posted by Drake

-Spamming: Spam stands for Stupid, Pointless, Annoying, Messages. Although I am a strong proponent of educating people about what is and what is not spam, I do believe they're good and bad spam. Spam can help sites aswell as hurt them. A big issue with 80% of the minions was knowing what to delete as spam and what not to delete. Consistently posting on-topic is NOT spam, its called being active. Believe it or not a thread that is considered spam to you could help another member. You don't even know how many members we get from random keywords that might be considered "spam" in your opinion.