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Given the events of late, those in charge here have colluded to come up with some vague, contradictory and slightly confusing rules. We post these here to make it clear to everyone what kind of Codex we want (what we essentially believe the Codex was founded to achieve in the first place). If at any point you are unclear or would like to ask any questions about these "rules", please do so. If you do not like the rules and would like to complain, then I'll happily meet you on page 25 with one of my various "I win" images.
You want rules? I'll give you rules...
You want rules? I'll give you rules...
- Establishment of the Codex Caliphate: There are four people that matter when it comes to making decisions. They are DarkUnderlord and Calis for the Codex, baby arm and Shagnak for TCancer. However, we all share the same forums so if anyone wants anything done to the forums or the people within them, those four people have to reach some kind of consensus. This is our forum, not yours. If we decide to take a particular course of action, that's our call. If we decide to start a poll for the general users about it, that's our call. If we decide to ignore the result of that poll, that's your problem, not ours. The Codex is not a democracy (of its general forum populace). In short, this is our playpen and we're in charge. If you don't like that, GTFO.
- We will take our time to make decisions: We've had too much shit about this so all decisions to ban someone must be made with the agreement of the Caliphate. That is DarkUnderlord, Calis, baby arm and Shagnak. That means if we think someone needs to be banned, we will discuss it BEFORE they are banned. Not after. Not five minutes before we're about to ban them anyway. BEFORE they are banned, we must reach some kind of consensus. Obviously there may come a time when someone is just going out of control spamming the forums, in which case quick and decisive action may be required but such decisions will be discussed afterwards and may be changed if a satisfactory consensus can't be reached. In all other cases though, there is PLENTY of time to have a discussion about it first before any action is taken. And if it ends up being that we ban someone 3 days after they made the post that got them banned, well then so be it. This is the internets. No-one says we can't take our time.
- Decisions will be enforced: If we decide to ban you for a week, you'll be banned for a week. It won't be over-turned the next day because we all had second thoughts. If a decision to ban someone has been made, that ban will be upheld. That means the username will be banned and if that person uses work, home or a proxy to get around the ban, then those IP addresses will also be banned for the duration of the ban. If they do it enough that they really piss us off, we may decide to ban them for longer. This goes for "Dumbfuck!" and other tags as well.
- "Free the banned" campaigns: We don't mind if you want to make a 17 page thread in Site Feedback where you all have a whinge about "unban xyz". We don't care. Don't expect us to change our minds though. However, if people continue to make posts asking for someone to be "freed" or unbanned, that person runs the risk of being banned or tagged themselves (we do after all, tag people who are acting stupid). Especially if it starts to spread to other threads. With guideline #2 in place, we will be highly confident of our reasons for banning people and as such, no correspondence will be entered into. In fact, anyone who posts an "unban XYZ" thread is likely to have that thread Retardo'd anyway. Especially if it gets out of hand and derails non-related threads.
- The open posting of NSFW images: The open posting of NSFW images (IE: between tags) is highly discouraged. When Forum Moderators spot such indiscretion, the images will be removed and the individual in question asked very nicely via PM not to do that. If the individual in question continues to post such images repeatedly after being warned, they run the risk of being banned. In other words, doing it once every 6 months or so you could probably get away with. HHAHA. You got us. Funnee. Do it once a week though and you're gone. Stated times are for example purposes only. Point is, if you do it often enough that we remember you, you're in trouble.
- Trick linking to NSFW images: Linking (IE: not embedded images but hyperlinks you have to click) to NSFW images and providing a warning is highly encouraged if you should wish to link to such images. Failing that, it's perfectly acceptable to try and trick people into clicking on a link to such images (see this thread for further clarification on this rule). It's always funny and people need to learn one day not to trust shit they read on the internet. We do however, exercise the discretion to decide you're doing it too often and ban you for it. We'll try and warn you first before doing that but we'll see.
- Don't be a retard: Who's a retard and who isn't is highly subjective and even if we wanted to, we could never create clearly defined rules about it. In short, don't be retarded. Most of you do actually know when you're being retarded. Volourn is a wonderful example. If you act like a retard, we may ban your ass, give you a tag or concoct some other form of punishment which we deem appropriate. As with banning, this is entirely at our discretion, not yours. As a rule of thumb, if we find that ignoring your crap becomes more effort than it's worth, especially if your crap is ruining or derailing otherwise interesting discussions, you're probably going to end up in trouble sooner or later.
- Retardo Land: Anything you post may end up in Retardo Land. One liners, unfunny jokes, either entire threads or indidivual posts may be split out. If you find that more and more of what you are posting is ending up in Retardo Land, you may find yourself in trouble. If you find that's the case, please reconsider what you are posting. If you would like to question any of the reasons for those posts ending up in Retardo Land, please make a thread whinging about it in Site Feedback. If you be a dick about it though, we may ban you. Retardo'ing threads and posts is entirely at the discretion of individual Moderators / Administrators. As a guideline though, we don't mind if 2 or 3 stupid threads are running in GD at the same time, provided it isn't de-reailing any other thread. Anymore than that though or if we feel it's getting out of hand, threads will be moved as deemed necessary.
- Who's naughty and nice: For the record, all bans and tags will be kept in a list in the Staff Forum. The list will include who's been banned or tagged and why. This is so we can keep track of it all. In the event of IP addresses being banned, those IP addresses will also be recorded there. Hopefully it'll become a list of all the known proxies so we can keep track of them for future use.
- Nothing illegal: We've always been against anything illegal being posted. Illegal torrents, pirated whatever, child porn, etc... It's not allowed. As with everything else, do it once or twice (depending on what "it" is) and we'll remove it and warn you. Keep it up and you're gone for a period of time at our discretion.
- This is the Codex. We don't lock threads: Retardo yes, lock no.
- A disclaimer about the rules: This is the Codex. About every 6 months or so, some lurker posts a complaint that it's "not like it used to be". Tough. The Codex was never established to be serious business only. It was established by a group of people who wanted a place to have arguments about RPGs without those arguments being shut-down on page 5. Those people also had a dark and quirky sense of humour. Over the years, we have expanded. We now have a site called "TacticularCancer" with the motto "We'll have your balls". If you don't get that we don't mind that type of humour, you need to. While we understand and respect that some of you are only interested in the serious discussions, please respect that the rest of us don't mind having a stupid laugh every once in a while, even if the thread is destined for Retardo Land. Likewise, don't be a moron and derail an interesting thread. And if you fucktards and morons really can't get along, then by all means, feel free to spend 15 pages or more yelling and screaming at each other about it. That is, after all, what the Codex is all about.
