Welcome Rogue Studioz!
Welcome to the RogueStudioz.com forums! You've made it this far, so you're obviously interested in participating in this exciting friendly & safe community. If you've never been on a forum before or never to these ones, it is highly recommend you read this whole post "New User Guide". Once you've done this, you're ready to begin participating!
The Forums and their Organization
The forums are organized into several different categories for discussions. Each category has its own "General Discussion" forum where you can discuss topics related to that Board. When deciding where to place a post, you should first look for a similar topic. Please do not post your message in multiple forums (cross posting).
The Rules
Below are the community rules of conduct. Read them, know them, obey them.
- We've promised to respect you and we need you to respect others. That means that we will remove any phone number, address or other personally identifying information posted in the Bulletin Board section if it violates someone's privacy, is harassing or could lead to harassment or is otherwise inappropriate. Also, any posting of your own phone number, address or any other personally identifying information is prohibited.
- Offensive material is also prohibited. Offensive is a pretty broad term, but we think you know what we mean. (You're going to have to trust our judgment, if you don't.) This includes any messages or material that are ethnically, racially, religiously or sexually offensive, insulting or demeaning. It also includes messages that are harassing or threatening to others. In other words, if you wouldn't like it said about you, don't say it about others. We don't want to be censors, but non-constructive negative comments may be inappropriate.
- Don't discuss any illegal activities. This includes piracy and other forms of intellectual property infringement!
- We reserve the right to monitor the boards and delete any postings that don't adhere to these rules, our standard site terms and conditions and our privacy policy. This includes postings that disrupt or interfere with our technical operations
- Finally, because we can't think of everything offensive or inappropriate that may be said, we reserve the right to immediately delete any posting or ban any user at our sole discretion. (Sorry, but it might be necessary.)
The Policies
In addition to the Official Rules of Conduct, the RogueStudioz.com Forums Moderating Team may choose to implement additional forum policies at their discretion for day-to-day matters which are not explicity covered by the Official Rules of Conduct. These policies are usually posted on the forums and are most often Floated For All Users as to make them known to all members. All information contained within this New User Guide is considered Forum Policy unless otherwise specified in the Official Rules of Conduct or in the RogueStudioz.com Terms of Service. Posted Forum Policies may be enforced similar to how the Official Rules of Conduct are enforced and at the discretion of the RogueStudioz.com Moderating Team.
Report a Rule Infraction
If a post or thread rubs you the wrong way or you feel it breaks the forum policies or rules of conduct, then please report it to a moderator. Reporting a post gets you noticed by the moderators. Those who help out around the community are more likely to be hand picked for special activities such as beta testing, new forum features & programs, and it'll give you some pride in knowing that you help to keep the community a fun & clean place for everyone. To report a rule infraction, please follow these steps...
Linear View- View the thread you feel contains a message with a rule infraction.
- Click "Report to a Moderator".
- A new window will pop-up. You can enter comments if you wish, such as "I find this post offensive".
- Click "Send".
Dispute a Ban
If you would like to dispute a ban please email
RogueStudioz@gmail.com. When emailing this address, please provide us with your forums handle, your email address you used to sign up, username and wherever possible leave the attitude out of the email. Verbally abusing the staff because you were banned won't get you anywhere, in fact it will probably get your ban extended. We're far more likely to listen if you're polite and courteous. Note that we respect the privacy of those banned. We do not discuss the bans of forum members with the general public.
