- Always treat others with kindness and respect, even if you don’t agree with them.
- Use appropriate language.
- Don't impersonate SGN staff or attempt to convince someone you are.
- Don't encourage anyone else to break these rules.
- Do not repost the same thread or reply to a thread with the intention of cluttering space or derailing a topic. Examples: leaving an unnecessary amount of empty space in your reply or attacking people.
- Do not repeatedly pm members or staff for the same reason or for seeking help on a topic, there is likely an appropriate forum section to ask in.
- Do not post in important sections* without proper form and reason. For example, do not post fake applications or ban requests with no format or proof. These posts may be denied and warned. It may also lead to a ban in serious situations.
- While the forums are more lenient with shitposting, shitposting comments that can derail threads or fail to contribute anything meaningful to serious topics/conversations may be deleted and warned at the forum's staff discretion. The general rule for commenting on unban/staff applications is that the response must have a +1 or -1.
- A shitposting section was created for joke threads that will not clutter the forums. It is ok if occasional joke threads that members like engaging with make it outside of the shitposting section.
Post in the appropriate section.
- Keep topics in their respective areas. Topics related to general discussion or directed to the community as a whole have their own sections as well.
- Post in the proper area and follow the required formats for applications and ban/unban requests. Posts may be moved or deleted if it is deemed to be in the wrong section or off-topic.
- Targeting, gaslighting, racism, baiting, or harassing members on the forums will not be tolerated. This includes (but is not limited to) posts or threads clearly designed to insult or harass another member.
- Additionally, do not post private or sensitive information of another player. This includes names, addresses, images of, or any other identifying information of another user. This includes information of previous members.
- No IP addresses are to be posted other than the server addresses where appropriate.
- Any of the above content will be immediately removed along with the offending account receiving a warning or ban based on the seriousness of the infraction.
- Do not provide links to other communities or attempt to self-promote a community or business. All advertisements will be removed and warned.
- Linking to cracks, key generators, pirated content and promoting piracy overall. However, discussions about piracy are generally acceptable.
Using a third party’s intellectual property (full or partial scans of articles, books, full transcriptions of articles, etc.) unless you have permission to do so.
- Selling (including real-life or in-game trading), advertising, referrals, links to other stores, auctioning - unless this applies to giveaways
Inappropriate content (pornography, gore, etc.) and harmful links (phishing, scams, etc.) will be removed along with the offending account receiving a permanent ban.
- Alternate accounts are not to be used on the forums to post. Exceptions may be made in rare circumstances.
- Continued use of alt accounts, especially to evade moderation, will result in the ban of all relevant accounts. Banned accounts need to talk to staff so they can post in the unban forum; do not use an alt account to post an unban otherwise this will still be considered evasion.
- This section also applies to people who have others post their comments for them while their account is not able to do so (post moderation, ban, etc.) The person posting the comment on their behalf may also be punished.
- All threads should automatically lock after a month from the date it was posted. If the topic needs to be revisited after an extended time, create a new thread.
- Do not revive archived threads, as these should be locked by a moderator+.
- If you see a person breaking the rules, don’t attempt to moderate - let SGN Staff or SGN Community Moderators know and ignore the post(s), threads, etc.
- Violations of our rules may be met with removal of a message, a written warning, or a temporary or permanent ban from the server. If your offense violates the law, your account may be suspended and relevant authorities may be notified of your misconduct.
- All decisions with regards to post moderation (edits and deleting) and user warnings are made by SGN Staff or SGN Community Moderators, whereas thread locking, temporary and permanent bans are made by SGN Staff. In both cases they are final and not up for discussion. However, constructive criticism and suggestions are welcome, provided they are directed to the forum moderators and not disputed within the forum itself.
- We don’t warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any posts published on the forums.
- We reserve the right to edit or delete any post that we feel breaks any of the rules stated within the hereby Forum Code of Conduct.
- If you are confused about any particular action taken that involves you, please contact us.
- Official communication with any member of SGN Staff should be considered as valid as correspondence with all moderating authorities. Abusive and/or aggressive attitude towards SGN Staff may constitute grounds for further penalties.