Forum Rules - Obligatory
Posted: 2006-05-16 17:53
Section 1: Posting Guidelines
The rules of this forum are largely based on RFC1855, a widely accepted internet standard for netiquette. These rules are applicable in the main forums, PM system and the shoutbox (when available).- Language
Posts should be in English only. Non-English posts may be removed. If a message is unreadable due to spelling and / or grammar, it may be removed. We don't ask you to be a 'Spelling Bee' champion, or an English Major, only that you post messages that are legible. This means no Spanish, Latin, binary, hexadecimal, or whatever slang you want to invent on the spot. Please also be aware that some automated spambots post in languages other than English. If you see a spam thread, DO NOT POST IN IT, as this makes the bot/s reply. - Post Legibly
In the digital age, you would have thought that legibility would no longer be a problem. As RFC 1588 states, use mixed case and proper punctuation. Posting in "l33t sp33k" (replacing letters with numbers and/or special symbols) or "LeEt CaPs" (alternating case excessively) is prohibited. Users are not to use {color=silver}text{/color} when posting to a thread or the shout box. If found using the invisible font, esp. to post spam or illicit links or material, users will be temporarily/permanently banned. - Illegal Subjects
Prohibited subjects include, but are not limited to: Warez/pirating, hacking, drugs, pornography, religion, and racism. Incitement or 'encouragement' of these activities is also prohibited. Further subjects that are considered 'Illegal' by forum moderators include 'versus' threads, conspiracy threads and the portrayal and/or re-enactment of violent deaths/acts via images, words or videos. If we see you posting threads promoting any of these topics you will be warned or banned. Please note that we may add to this list in future, to ensure that subjects and topics that encourage or promote flaming or abuse in any way are kept under control. It's at the Moderators and Admins' discretion as to whether posted content is acceptable or not. - Which Forum?
Make post in the forum/thread that is most appropriate for the topic being presented. Keep the focus: Questions outside the scope of a certain forum and/or topic will be moved, locked, or simply deleted. To ensure you post in the correct forum section, please read this list of all forum areas and their topics:
INFORMATION
Announcements/News
This is where the latest news regarding the mod is posted, along with the Homepage of the website. You can comment and give your views on these news posts by posting in here.
Media Gallery
This is where all current media available to the public is kept, for viewing and comments.
PROJECT REALITY TOURNAMENT
Tournament Announcements
Announcements regarding the Official Project Reality Tournament are made here.
Project Reality Tournament Website
This sub-forum is a simple redirect URL to the Tournament website.
PUBLIC
General Discussion
This is for you to DISCUSS aspects of PRM, however, these discussions should not be suggestions. For Example Discussing weather environmental Effects would be good to have. This is also NOT the Place to report your PC Crashing, Low FPS, etc...
Suggestions
This is Where to post Suggestions, If you have any ideas:
As long as its not "Why not add Pink Parachutes, Because i like Pink" and as long as it hasn't been suggested before, assume its a good suggestion.
Use the Search Button, to make sure it hasn't been suggested Before.
Developer Feedback
This is where the Devs ask you what you think.
Community Modding
If you want to talk about modding BF2, if you want to show off your map or just want to exchange hints and tips, this is where to be. There are a few Sub-Forums included within this forum for Community created mods.
Single Player Topics
If you have any problems or want information on Project Reality’s Single Player setup, check or post in here.
Off Topic
Well, you guys are good enough at spamming, so you don't need us to explain this area. This is the ONLY place spam should be found.
Tales from the PR Frontlines
If you have ingame scenario, screenshot/s, tactics & tips or war stories to share with the community, this is the place to share them.
TACTICS AND STRATEGIES
Tactics & Training References
General gameplay tactics and training references can be posted in here
Infantry Tactics
Infantry specific tactics can be posted in here
Squad Leader Tactics
Squad Leader specific tactics can be posted in here
Commander Tactics
Commander specific tactics can be posted in here
Armor Tactics
Armor specific tactics can be posted in here
Helicopter Tactics
Helicopter specific tactics can be posted in here
Aircraft Tactics
Aircraft (Fixed Wing) specific tactics can be posted in here
OPEN BETA TESTING
Occasionally we run Open Beta programs to gauge new features in upcoming releases and playtest new maps and assets. When an Open Beta is 'active', you will find this forum, along with various sub-forums for more specific bug reports etc.
CLANS AND TEAMS
Clans and Teams General Discussion
General discussion around clans, teams, recruitment and more.
Match Requests and Challenges
You can arrange matches and set challenges in here for your clan.
PR Training Team
You can get one to one training from lead members of our community by requesting it in here.
Clan Forum- ABA Clan
Subforum expressly for the use of ABA Clan members. This clan is solely for serving members of the British Army to play PR as a team, when available.
PROJECT REALITY v0.6 FEEDBACK
Project Reality v0.6 Feedback Forum
You can provide your personal feedback regarding the current 0.6 release here.
PROJECT REALITY MOD
Bugs
Noticed something wrong? Want to help the Team? Post here, the Team will then do their best to rectify the problem, and you will have helped to make Project Reality a Better Mod.
Help & Hardware Issues
Post here if you have Computer Crashes, slow FPS, general PRM troubles or if you have general IT or componant specific questions. There are a number of Stickied threads in this forum detailing how to correctly install PR, and maintain your system for smooth play.
Playable PRM Servers
If you want to advertise a PRM server, or you want to find Playable ones, this is where to look.
Server Administration
This is the general PRM Admin Help Center, If you can't get the server side of things to work, or you get server crashes post your Crash Reports and Problems here.
Server Administrators Private Discussion
This forum is hidden. Access is only available to server administrators for private discussion between Lead server admins and the PR Dev team. To apply for access click HERE
Server Registration Forum
From the release of v0.6, Project Reality now requires all 0.6 and future build servers to register in here. You must apply for a licence to run a PR server (or multiple servers). You can read more about this legal requirement HERE
BATTLEFIELD: REALITY
News from the Frontlines:
Politics, warfare and heard something on the news you want to talk about?, post it here.
Military Technology:
If you want to talk about Planes, Tanks, Guns or even exoskeletons do it here. - Search
Before creating a thread, use the forum Search function to try and find previously relevant threads or post. We have a large forum community and there is a good chance that your question/suggestion has been posted in the past. - Respect
Respect every forum member and moderator. All forum posters are to be treated equally with respect. Repeatedly using vulgar language and flaming somebody is not acceptable behaviour. Respect Forum Moderators, as they are the authority of the forums. Speaking to them with intentional spite will not be tolerated and may result in the loss of your forum privileges. Furthermore, moderators treat everybody as equals and abide by all the forum rules.
Section 2: Post Content
When posting in an online forum or chat, there are several things in which you have to pay attention to. One of the most important things is content. We have a very large member base so you must keep in mind that what you say can/will be offensive to other members. To prevent this from occurring unnecessarily, you must abide to our stricter set of rules regarding what you post. All moderators are instructed to ensure that these rules are maintained and will discipline any offenders.- Spamming
Spamming will ultimately get you removed from our forum. This includes continuously inviting people to your website, posting tons of threads within a very short time, or just plain out flooding. Project Reality does not allow any unauthorised advertisment threads/posts on our forums. Creating multiple threads on the same subject is the same as Spamming. Any type of "Free Stuff" threads will result in a warning and if multiple threads are posted within a certain time frame you will be banned. If an account is created and used to automatically spam advertisments of any kind, it will be perm banned immediatley without any kind of warning. ISPs will be contacted and written complaints made to the relevent legal authorities. - Swearing
Remember that we have younger members in our community. Overuse of swear words will result in a warning. Further excessive use of adult language will result in further sanctions towards those concerned. - Tolerance
Racist, sexist, homophobic, or religious insults are the quickest way to get you banned from the forum. - Images, Videos and Text
No pornographic, offensive, overly/mindlessly violent or inappropriate images, videos and/or text are allowed. This covers any Signature, Avatar, User Name, User Title, Video or Image associated with your personal forum account or any image/s, or link to such, posted by any user. If you would not show your boss the image, it shouldn’t be on these forums. Remember that Forum Moderators have the final say on what is acceptable. Furthermore, if you are going to have quite a number of screenshots in a thread, it's generally a good idea to put a warning in the subject line. "(Warning - big pictures!)" or use thumbnail images. You should re-size these images to 800x600 res maximum, alternativley attach them to your post. - Flame wars
Direct or indirect ‘flaming’ of any forum member to incite or perpetuate a conflict or argument is strictly prohibited and will result in immediate action by a forum moderator. Any forum topic which a forum moderator deems as controversial or that may possibly lead to an argument/flame war will be closed or deleted. We will not baby-sit topics on these forums. - Private Messages
Abuse of the Private Messeging System is against forum rules. If anyone sends threats or insults to you via the Private Message (forum or chatbox), contact a moderator who will act accordingly. - Subject Lines
Make your subject lines descriptive. Subject lines such as "Check this out!" or "This is so cool!" or "I can't believe this!" are not descriptive, and result in multiple postings on the same subject. Before posting, you might want to look through the current page of posts to see that someone has not already posted on the same subject. Failure to describe your thread or link within a thread will result in it being locked and possibly removed. - Tone
The tone of your post is very important. Always bear this in mind. Everyone has a different outlook, opinion and perception about what a person says and how they say it. It is a good idea to make use of the 'preview' option and review what you have typed, and how you have put it across. It's also a good idea not to post if you are angry about another user's views. Calm down and think your reply through. - Forum Tampering
Any attempt to manipulate the coding of the site, or perform any actions not of normal operations of the site, will result in an immediate IP ban.
Section 3: Forum Signatures/User Images & Titles
We allow you to display a custom signature below every post you make, but we do insist that you adhere to the following rules in order to keep the forums pleasant to browse and clear of visual clutter. If you choose to make use of the Signature function, you must follow one of the below options. NOT a mixture!
Signature Options:
- Up to 6 user bars on their own as long as when all the width and height dimensions of all the bars added up does not exceed 550x200. They must be 'grouped' together.
Project Reality Official Bars
- One forum signature no larger than 450x120 pixels and 3 user bars.
- One forum signature no larger than 450x120 pixels and one 'minor' forum sig. The total size taken up must NOT exceed 550x200.
- One forum signature no larger than 550x200 pixels. This size of forum signature must not include any text.
- Forum users are welcome to include a few lines of text IF the Signature rule they are following does not express a limit on text. However, if the amount of text used is deemed as excessive by a PR Forum Moderator, it will be removed without warning.
- Forum users are forbidden from setting their 'User Title' (directly under your forum username to the left of all posts made by that user) to "Banned". This is the user title automatically set to forum users who are added to the Banned Users group when banned from the site, and causes confusion. If you do not wish to be banned for real, do not pretend to be banned!
- Your signature, Avatar, Username and/or User Title must not include any image or text which could be deemed as obscene, vulgar, sexually-orientated, hateful, threatening, illegal, racist or religiously inflamatory or otherwise volatile of any forum decency standards. See forum rules 1(3) and 2(4).
- Any signatures contravening these rules will be removed WITHOUT NOTICE, either in full or in part. Repeated abuse of this rule will result in your personalized signature privileges being revoked permanently.
- Conditions of use regarding Project Reality Release Publicity Signatures dictate that it must not be edited in any way.
- Use, copying or editing of the Project Reality 'Dog Tags' image in any format is expressly forbidden unless written (either paper or electronic means) consent is obtained by the Lead Developer prior to use.
- Project Reality Developers are permitted to customise their 'sig space' on a more relaxed basis.
Section 4: Reporting a Problem Post/Thread
We have a 'Report Post' facility available for use by ordinary forum users to report posts or threads that contravene these forum rules. Using this system is very easy. If you notice such a post, just use the 
icon on the left hand side of the offending post. An email will then be created, and sent to all Moderators of that specific forum. Excessive use or abuse of this system will lead to the originator's account being removed without warning.Section 5: Moderation
The following is our basic moderator guidelines and standards. Users must be aware of what Moderators are here to do on the Project Reality forums, and what punishments they can expect if they are in breach of the forum rules. These rules apply to moderators too. Any moderator who breaches these guidelines will lose their moderator privileges. There are no double-standards in our forum.
- Respect All Moderators
The moderators are here to assist members and ensure the smooth running of the forums. It's their job to enforce the rules. If they ban a member, edit/remove a post or lock a thread - it will be for a reason. Do not dispute a moderator’s decision or argue with them in the forums. If an action is taken against you that you feel was made in error or unjustified, please notify a forum administer. - Warnings (and successive courses of action)
Warnings are given by moderators to those who break the rules. All warnings are logged in our database. We are aware of those who have a “record”. The most common method of action towards offenders is this:
- When you break a rule for the first time, a moderator will contact you via Private Message or email to warn you. Whether you respond to the warning or not, we will assume that you are aware of the situation.
- If you continue to break a rule for the second time, a moderator may warn you again for the last time. Depending on the severity of the offense, you may be temporarily/permanently banned for the second offense without warning.
- After three offenses, you will be banned and your account deleted. If you post anything we regard as illegal you will be banned upon the first offense. (see: Section 1:General Posting Rules--->iii.Illegal Subjects)
If you have been banned, it was not without warning or reason. Do not send in emails requesting to be un-banned. At this point, your requests are falling upon idle ears. - Ban Requests, Post Deletion Requests
If you find a post which you find overly offensive, please Private Message a moderator or administer and we will determine any further course of action. - Temporary Bans
Temporary Bans may be issued. If your account is temporary disabled, do NOT create another account. Bypassing a temporary ban may result in a more permanent action. If you have any questions about your temporary ban, please contact a forum administrator. - Multiple Forum Accounts
Users must NOT create more than one forum account, for any reason. Doing so will leave accoutns open to deletion at any time with or without prior notice. - Complaints Against Moderators
If you have a VIABLE complaint against a particular moderator, we suggest you try to work out your situation via Private Message or email with him/her. If you continue to have trouble you may contact [R-MOD]A.J.Sawyer, the Lead Moderator. After discussion with the Lead Mod, your issue can be escalated to the Lead Moderator Developer, [R-DEV]Gaz. Trying to contact anyone else regarding moderation issues will result in you being ignored or banned for being a pest. Do not post your issues in any forums. If you do, we will warn you once and remove it. After the first warning, or knowing the rules and ignoring this procedure, will result in a ban. - Harassment
Harassment of staff members via e-mail, instant messages, or other means of contact is a punishable offense, and could result in legal charges should the contents be serious enough. This includes registering inflamatory user accounts to indirectly attack team members.
Section 6: Project Reality Rights
- The Project Reality forums are a privately funded, privately operated closed community forum. It is not an open public community forum where "free speech" is a right. Our approach has always been, and remains to only intervene in order to ensure the smooth running of the forums or when users breach the above policies. However, there may be occasions where we need to intervene for reasons beyond the scope of the policies listed on this page and we reserve the unconditional right to do so in order to protect ourselves, our users and the goals of the site itself.
- The administrators and moderators reserve the right to edit or remove posts.
- The administrators and moderators reserve the right to edit, ban or delete user accounts and profiles at their discretion without giving prior warning.
- Project Reality reserves the right to alter, edit, or update these rules as they see fit, at any time, according to events or policies that may or may not take place.
Thanks,
The Project Reality Team
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The Project Reality Team
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