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1. Any reports of abusive PM's that can be corroborated will result in instant banning, and if appropriate prosecution. That sort of thing isn't tolerated PERIOD. 2. Personal arguments between members are to be 'sorted out' by the individuals involved whenever possible. Some latitude will be given for this to happen. If however Admin deem that the 'argument' is disturbing the rest of the membership sufficiently, both parties will earn a warning and be suspended for a 'cool off' period. 3. Posts that are abusive on a personal level to any member will earn warning points along with possible suspension. Personal attacks are not tolerated. 4a.Once a user's warning level reaches 100% the user is banned. Admin is final judge on what is, and what is not acceptable behaviour. Admin & Moderators are empowered to increase and decrease warning levels. 4b. Any blatant 'spamming' on the boards will be removed, and result in that particular member being 'warned' or 'Banned' at Admin discretion. 4c. Any account that has been created must show sufficient activity after activation. Joining the forum to just gain access without any intention to participate will result in deletion of account without any notification. A new account must show activity within 24 hours of existence or will be judged to be merely a lurker account. 4d. Any member account that lies dormant for more than 6 weeks between posts will be re-classed as an 'Inactive Account' and be moved to the appropriate designation with reduced access. For members with 30 posts or more the grace period before reclassification will be initially set at 6 weeks. After that length of time without any posting activity the account will be moved to the new status. For members with less than 30 posts the grace period is 21 days. New members are not included in this as their access is already limited. (This rule will NOT apply to a member who has attained a post count of over 1000.) This rule is to be enforced as the sole discretion of the Staff. 4e. Anyone who creates an account MUST have completed their side of the validation within 48 hours of initiation of registration. Any account that has not validated their email in that time will be deleted. If members are sharing connections and IP, then the registered member MUST inform Admin of the creation of the second account within that 48 hour period or it will be deemed to be an invalid account. 5. Accounts created for the sole use of posting adverts or general spam posts will be deleted and the posts removed. IP numbers will also be blocked. 6a. 'Trolling' will not be tolerated. A site definition of a Troll is: an existing member of a community that rarely posts and/or often contributes no useful information to the thread, but instead makes argumentative posts in an blatant attempt to discredit another person, concentrating almost exclusively on facts irrelevant to the point of the conversation, with the intent of provoking a disruptive reaction from others. Any user deemed to be 'Trolling' by Admin will result in instant suspension or banning. 6b. A person who retaliates (using whatever means) as a result of a misunderstanding (or as a way of rebelling against the overzealous application of rules) is not a troll, but may well earn warning points for their behaviour. History of such a situation must be documented on the site allowing independent judgement to be made. 7. As this is an 18+ forum, it is the sole responsibility of users to prohibit access by minors via their access point. 8. As this is an 18+ forum, all members are expected to act as they would in general adult company and exercise adult judgement. 9. Whenever possible avoid the use of 'text-speak'. There is no reason for it online, and some people find it hard to understand. 10. All posts are the sole moral and legal responsibility of the individual poster, and any opinion expressed by said user/s doesn't necessarily coincide with that of the owner/admin of this website. 11. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any message content, and are not responsible for consequences resulting from any action taken upon forum messages. 12. Unless a board message is posted by Admin in reference to any site changes/updates/rule amendments, messages on the forums express the views of the author of the message, and not the official views of A Dark Glass Forums. 13. While the content of all posts remain the intellectual property of the original poster, by submitting said post to the forum the poster grants the site soft licence to use that post at the discretion of the site Admin. 14. The Admin reserve the right to amend these rules at any time. Any rule changes will be made public and come into force immediately of public notification. 15. If any member feels that a decision by any staff member other than Admin is unfair, please inform Admin for a revue of the incident. 16. The Admin's decision is final. 17. Any post that breaks UK criminal or civil law will result in the users details being forwarded to the relevant legal authorities. BY COMPLETING REGISTRATION TO THIS FORUM, EACH USER ACCEPTS THAT THIS CONSTITUTES AS A BINDING AGREEMENT TO ABIDE BY ALL THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. Any reports of abusive PM's that can be corroborated will result in instant banning, and if appropriate prosecution. That sort of thing isn't tolerated PERIOD.

2. Personal arguments between members are to be 'sorted out' by the individuals involved whenever possible. Some latitude will be given for this to happen.
If however Admin deem that the 'argument' is disturbing the rest of the membership sufficiently, both parties will earn a warning and be suspended for a 'cool off' period.

3. Posts that are abusive on a personal level to any member will earn warning points along with possible suspension. Personal attacks are not tolerated.

4a.Once a user's warning level reaches 100% the user is banned. Admin is final judge on what is, and what is not acceptable behaviour. Admin & Moderators are empowered to increase and decrease warning levels.

4b. Any blatant 'spamming' on the boards will be removed, and result in that particular member being 'warned' or 'Banned' at Admin discretion.

4c. Any account that has been created must show sufficient activity after activation. Joining the forum to just gain access without any intention to participate will result in deletion of account without any notification. A new account must show activity within 24 hours of existence or will be judged to be merely a lurker account.

4d. Any member account that lies dormant for more than 6 weeks between posts will be re-classed as an 'Inactive Account' and be moved to the appropriate designation with reduced access. For members with 30 posts or more the grace period before reclassification will be initially set at 6 weeks. After that length of time without any posting activity the account will be moved to the new status.
For members with less than 30 posts the grace period is 21 days.
New members are not included in this as their access is already limited.
(This rule will NOT apply to a member who has attained a post count of over 1000.)
This rule is to be enforced as the sole discretion of the Staff.

4e. Anyone who creates an account MUST have completed their side of the validation within 48 hours of
initiation of registration. Any account that has not validated their email in that time will be deleted.
If members are sharing connections and IP, then the registered member MUST inform Admin of the creation of the second account within that 48 hour period or it will be deemed to be an invalid account.

5. Accounts created for the sole use of posting adverts or general spam posts will be deleted and the posts removed. IP numbers will also be blocked.

6a. 'Trolling' will not be tolerated.
A site definition of a Troll is: an existing member of a community that rarely posts and/or often contributes no useful information to the thread, but instead makes argumentative posts in an blatant attempt to discredit another person, concentrating almost exclusively on facts irrelevant to the point of the conversation, with the intent of provoking a disruptive reaction from others.
Any user deemed to be 'Trolling' by Admin will result in instant suspension or banning.

6b. A person who retaliates (using whatever means) as a result of a misunderstanding (or as a way of rebelling against the overzealous application of rules) is not a troll, but may well earn warning points for their behaviour. History of such a situation must be documented on the site allowing independent judgement to be made.

7. As this is an 18+ forum, it is the sole responsibility of users to prohibit access by minors via their access point.

8. As this is an 18+ forum, all members are expected to act as they would in general adult company and exercise adult judgement.

9. Whenever possible avoid the use of 'text-speak'. There is no reason for it online, and some people find it hard to understand.

10. All posts are the sole moral and legal responsibility of the individual poster, and any opinion expressed by said user/s doesn't necessarily coincide with that of the owner/admin of this website.

11. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any message content, and are not responsible for consequences resulting from any action taken upon forum messages.

12. Unless a board message is posted by Admin in reference to any site changes/updates/rule amendments, messages on the forums express the views of the author of the message, and not the official views of A Dark Glass Forums.

13. While the content of all posts remain the intellectual property of the original poster, by submitting said post to the forum the poster grants the site soft licence to use that post at the discretion of the site Admin.

14. The Admin reserve the right to amend these rules at any time. Any rule changes will be made public and come into force immediately of public notification.

15. If any member feels that a decision by any staff member other than Admin is unfair, please inform Admin for a revue of the incident.

16. The Admin's decision is final.

17. Any post that breaks UK criminal or civil law will result in the users details being forwarded to the relevant legal authorities.

BY COMPLETING REGISTRATION TO THIS FORUM, EACH USER ACCEPTS THAT THIS CONSTITUTES AS A BINDING AGREEMENT TO ABIDE BY ALL THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.