Inappropriate Behavior
Do unto others, as you would have them do to you.
All posts should be professional and courteous. . Do not post against somebody in a rude or nasty manner. Do not flame other members for their thoughts or opinions. We all have a different perspective on life and general topics so respect others and they will respect you. If you have a problem with another user do not post it here in the forums report any moderator online, do not bring your dirty laundry to the forums. It does not matter what title or power you hold in this forum, you are expected to obey the rule.
Penalties:
* 1st = warning with infraction
* 2nd = 24 hours ban
* 3rd = 7 days ban
* 4th = Perm Ban
Insulting AMU Staff / Creating Flame threads / Insulting other players / Insulting Guilds
* 1st = 24 hours ban
* 2nd = 7 days ban
* 3rd = Perm Ban
Note: Direct Permanent Ban - if the situation becomes severe enough (this will be left to the discretion of the moderation team).
Advertising
Do not make use of Message Board for commercial purposes, such as advertising any products or services, reselling or publishing the information posted or transmitted. Only paid advertisement (Google Adsense) is allowed. (All threads will be removed)
Penalty
* Forum Acc Perm Ban
No to Piracy
What is warez?
Obtained IP (Intellectual Property: software/music/movies/tv-series/tv-shows) either through download, serial, or crack in a manner that either explicitly or implied breaks the copyright or license for that IP. Almost all torrent and p2p downloads fall in this category.
Posting of freeware, openware and shareware are legal as long as it is free from virus. All posts will be moderated, it will not appear until it has been approved by the moderators.
All non game related software should be at the software section.
Penalty
* 1st = Warning
* 2nd = Forum Acc Perm Ban
Spamming
Please make sure that you are posting for the good of the community, not just for the sake of self-promotion. Our moderators reserve the right to edit any posts they consider to be 'spam'.
Penalties:
* 1st = warning without infraction
* 2nd = warning with infraction
* 3rd = 1 week ban
* 4th = Permanent Ban
Multiple Post/Thread
Do not post a thread more than once. Do not post multiple messages with the same content. One post in the most appropriate thread is sufficient. You can only bump your threads every 6 hours
Penalties:
* 1st = warning with infraction
* 2nd = 24 Hours Ban
* 3rd = 3 Days Ban
* 4th = 1 Week Ban
* 5th = 1 Month Ban
* 6th = Permanent Ban
using MULTIPLE accounts
Forumer/s using multiple accounts for the sake of spamming/ self-promotion.
Penalties:
* 1st = warning without infraction
* 2nd = warnign with infraction
* 3rd = 24 hrs BAN
* 4th = 3 days Ban
* 5th = 3 months Ban
NOTE: if the newly created forum account is just for spam the penalty would be permanent banned
Moderators can cross check your ips.
Font Restrictions
Do NOT use excessively large font sizes (Font size 3 - 7), as it is considered to be "shouting" and will be edited back down to the default size by the moderators.
Penalties:
* 1st = warning with infraction
* 2nd = 24 Hours Ban
* 3rd = 1 Week Ban
* 4th = Perm Ban
Wrong Language
Do NOT post any other languages outside Foreign Section.
Penalties:
* 1st = warning without infraction
* 2nd = warning with infraction
* 3rd = 24 Hours Ban
* 4th = 3 Days Ban
* 5th = 1 Week Ban
* 6th = 1 Month Ban
* 7th = Permanent Ban
SIGNATURE - AVATAR RULE/s
Only 1 signature and 1 bar are allowed and no VIDEO .
Max size of avatar must be 150x150, max size of the signature is 400x200 and for UB is 400x35 all in pixels, Only 2-3 smileys can be put on the signature box, do not put too much spaces, and if you want to write like QUOTES the size must be 1 and only 1-2 paragraphs allowed, No Music/MP3 player in the SIG. Do not rip signatures. Do not steal anyone's work without asking permission from the owner. If you don't follow this rules your sig will be deleted and you will get a warning.
We prohibit any forumer who will use forumer's quote in signature without the permission of the owner. Also images posted by the staff to instigate direct/indirect flames to the forumer / whole community.
Penalty
* Infinite warnings - Signatures will be deleted
Posting on Report Section
Irrelevant posts will be removed.
Penalties
* 1st = warning without infraction
* 2nd = warning with infraction
* 3rd = 24 hours ban
* 4th = 1 week ban
Posting on Market Section
You can only bump your threads every 6 hours. You cannot bump if the thread is not yours
Penalties:
* 1st = warning without infraction
* 2nd = warning with infraction
* 3rd = 24 Hours Ban
* 4th = 3 Days Ban
* 5th = 1 Week Ban
* 6th = 1 Month Ban
* 7th = Permanent Ban
Posting "Selling/Buying" Items via network load or money currency
We do not tolerate this kind of trading. Your thread will be deleted.
Penalties:
* 1st = warning w/ infraction
* 2nd = 24 hours ban
* 3rd = Perm Ban
False Report
Reporter's intention is to destroy the other forumer's repu.tation with false reports
Penalty:
* 24 hours Ban (FORUM and In-game accounts)
Forum Event
Forumers are allowed to host an event in forum under Special Events & Your Events and it is considered official if it has been permitted by ADMIN/Lead Moderator. Non-permitted events will be closed/deleted.
Chat Box
ChatBox is for small talk. Please use only one language, ENGLISH
Do not post more than 5 times in a row.
Penalties:
1st = warning without infraction
2nd = warning with infraction
3rd = 24 hours ban
4th = Perm Ban
Sharing of Forum Accounts
Please do not share your forum account with anyone else. If you do and someone else uses your account to do things that are against the forum rules and that resulted in a ban, we will not restore that account to you.
Custom User Title
Premium Members (Vips, Elite, Premium, Royalties) can now avail color custom user title.
They need a minimum post counts of 1000.
Private message (rhonash01@yahoo.com)
Forum Name Change
Everyone can avail this feature.
Requirements: 500 posts.
Link :http://alfonsomu.malware-site.www/vote
Spamming using Report Post function
Please make sure that when you click on the report post button there is something wrong with the post. examples are: the post violates a forum rule or the post is out of place or the thread needs some attention from a MOD.
Penalties:
* 1st = warning with infraction
* 2nd = 24 hours forum ban
* 3rd = 1 week ban
* 4th = Permanent Ban
EVADING
Creating more than 1 account for the sake of spamming/flaming and other violations of the forum rules
Penalty: Forum Account Ban
Frequently Asked Questions
Why are threads closed?
There are many reasons why threads are being closed. The most common is that the thread is created to kindle or has been resolved.
* Threads with same topics are subject to be closed or merged (depends on the situation
* Threads repeating the same argument over and over again.
* Threads that are considered to be flame-war thread or has been evolve to heavy bickering.
* Threads that are being reported by numerous forumers.
Remember:
Do not start to create a thread asking why your thread is closed, pivate message the mods. If this was not acknowledge, your thread will be closed or deleted.
What do I have to do wrong to get immediately banned from the forum?
* If you register on this forum merely to say negative things about Fortress MU, its staff or members of the forum, your forum account is subject to be banned.
* If you have been warned by the administrators/moderators on more than one occasion to not personally attack other members of the forum, yet you didnt comply.
* If you personal attack ALFONSO STAFF in crude manner
* Anything that is "inappropriate" (sexual, excessive profanity, etc)
*Please note - threads are closed at the discretion of the moderators, for any reason they see fit. If you have problem with thread closure, you can pm me.