Rules and Guidelines

Advertising - We will not accept advertising here. Any advertising of forums or other communities/websites will not be accepted. If you do happen to see advertising, you are to report it to a member of staff immediately and it will be removed. Advertising is not permitted by any means, anywhere on the forum. This includes
signatures, profiles, graphics (or requests), private messages,
user titles, and such customizable spaces. Some servers have their server
addresses the same as their website. If this is the case, then
unfortunately, you will not be permitted to advertise it on ZScape.
Alterations will have to be made if you want to advertise your server on ZScape, and it is the same as the website/forum/community. If you
post an image that displays a link to a forbidden website, it is
punishable.


Ban Evasion - Ban
evasion is considered to be a severe offence, and if conducted, it will
lead to even further and possibly more serious consequences. A temporary
ban evasion may lead to a permanent ban, and then possibly an IP ban.
Simply put, do not try to evade your ban; serve it and don’t risk your
account. Account sharing is not allowed as well on ZScape.


Multiple Accounts
- There is a limit on the amount of accounts that you are allowed to
have created here at ZScape. You may only have created a maximum of ONE account for our forums. If you are caught with more than ONE by a moderator, you are liable to have valid reasoning at any
given time as to why you have more than ONE account. If you have more
accounts than ONE, all of the accounts will be banned and your main
account will also be banned for a variable period of time.


Harassment (Flaming)
- Harassment will not be tolerated. The punishment for harassment will
vary from mild, to severe depending on the situation at hand, offenses
committed, and other such factors. Racism, ageism, sexism,
discrimination, segregation, and such offensive manners are also
considered harassment and under no conditions will they be tolerated.
This includes offensive language that is directed at a member, or
members of our community. There is to be no foul, stereo-typical, or
abusive language allowed. Offensive language is permitted, but still
discouraged, if it is not directed at a member of our community. If you
receive any type of harassment via private message, please contact a
staff member immediately.
Note: Harassment is the same as flaming.


(Organized) Malicious Conduct
- Organized malicious conduct will lead to an UN-appealable permanent
ban. Organized malicious conduct can vary from denial of service
attacks, group/mass spamming, and registering an account with intent to
cause trouble. This also includes posting viruses or other malicious
content in your posts, threads, private messages, and any other means of
communication over the website. This be said, links or images that may
lead to malicious content are also prohibited.

Pornography & Inappropriate links or images
- You are not permitted to post or send links or images of pornography,
child pornography, nudity, or obscure/inappropriate content to other
forums members. The punishment for this is severe. This includes linking
to websites that may redirect, contain, or lead to these types of links
or images, as well as images that are disturbing. It also adheres to
websites that may hijack ones browser, and phishing. (Disturbing images
include bleeding dead bodies, innards, and other such content).
Infractions, as well as bans will be laid immediately if you are caught
participating in this offense.
Note: This also applies to your signature, avatar & profile picture.


Encouraging/Aggravating Others To Break Rules
- You are not allowed encourage or aggravate others to break rules.
This includes taunting, ridiculing & provoking. The punishment for
this will vary on the severity of its outcome.


Spam
- We do not allow spamming on our forums. Spamming also includes grave
digging an old topic, or bumping a topic. The punishment for spamming
will vary on the content and amount of content posted. Double posting is
also considered spamming, and is not allowed. Please make your posts
meaningful. Think about what you are posting before doing so, and make
sure it abides with the forum rules. Posting meaningless messages will
be considered spam. The spam section, and the user group specific
sections are sections where one can post topics or replies which may not
have any need or meaning. This is "spam", only not absolutely useless
posts such as "soamfdjaijgnanhi". Other than this the full rules do
apply here as well.


Posting/Releasing Personal Details Or Images Of Other Users
- We will not stand for this kind of behavior. You are strictly not
allowed to post sensitive or personal information of other members of
our community. Do not even consider doing this without the full prior
written consent of the person who's details or image it so happens to
be. Action will be taken against your account unless you post picture or
video proof of the written consent.


Graphics Ripping
- If you happen to be caught ripping other people’s graphics work, you
will be dealt with appropriately. The punishment under normal
circumstances is up to the graphics team and staff. Ripping ones
graphics is simply pointless. You gain nothing yourself, and risk a ban
or punishment. Do not rip or leech other members’ graphics. This
includes claiming others work as your own.
Note: Ripping is also known as stealing other peoples work.



Staff Impersonation
- Impersonating staff will lead to a lengthy temporary ban. This
includes portraying yourself to be a part of the staff team. This also
includes manipulating new or confused members with your knowledge, and
intentionally misleading them. Asking or telling members to donate to
your Paypal account for the donator rank will fall under this category
as well.


Respect - Respect is an
important rule here at ZScape. It is important to respect each other,
and always strive to be a better person than you may be, or already
are. This is what makes a community strong. You must respect the other
members, the other staff, and the rules. You can respect the rules by
abiding by them. Please remember to especially treat new members, or new
staff with respect. Remember, they are only wanting to be a part of the
community, or only trying to make it better. They have as much right to
be there as you do.