Forum FAQ about Rules, Avatars, signatures, etc

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Forum rules

CoD4 related rule:

No discussion of ANY kind about hacks, cheating online, glitches, boosting your score, etc. this will get you banned.

By posting on these forums you are to follow these terms of service.

    * While debating and discussion is fine, we will not tolerate rudeness, insulting posts, personal attacks or purposeless inflammatory posts. Our decision is final in these matters.
    * Advertising, spamming and trolling is not allowed. This includes using the forum email and Private message system to spam other members.
    * Discussion of illegal activities such as software and music piracy and other intellectual property violations are not allowed.
    * We reserve the right to remove offensive posts.
    * Please mark any and all spoilers on the social boards.
    * Please do not post topic titles or entire posts in Caps Lock. Make sure your caps lock is off before posting on these forums.

The following is not allowed and can get your account banned if posted:

    * Violent content, racial intolerance, or advocacy against any individual, group, or organization
    * Pornography, adult, or mature content
    * Hacking/cracking content
    * Illicit drugs and drug paraphernalia
    * Gambling or casino-related content
    * Sales or promotion of anything illegal
    * Any other content that is illegal, promotes illegal activity, or infringes on the legal rights of others

New rules:

Stay on topic! - Please stay on topic! If you enter a thread for something specific, like for example a thread about the M4, do not post things about other subjects. Your posts will be deleted, and you will be warned. Stay on topic, it's easy.  Thanks for understanding.

Search before you post a new topic. - Lots of topics get posted that have been posted before. This is why we have two search engines on this site. One is on the navigation menu on the right side, and one is on the forums and account menu. Use these search engines to find a topic. If you still cannot find a topic about your exact subject, then you may create a new topic.

Off Topic / Joke topics - Topics that are not on topic with the forum they are posted in will be moved or deleted. Also joke topics are not allowed in the Guides forum, as it becomes confusing distinguishing between a real guide and a guide written for fun. If you want to joke around, please use the lounge forum. The specific forums should have topics directly relating to the forum subject.

Large disruptive text - Please try not to abuse the [size] or other font features the forums provide. Those are to be used rarely, and especially not at their largest size. Anyone found abusing the font features will be notified.

Rankings

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Forum shop, Credits, and Karma

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Avatars and Sigs

Avatars are allowed, but from an external source only. If you want to upload an avatar, check out an image uploading site such as http://imageshack.us and upload your avatar there, then direct link to it (with the "direct link code") here in your profile menu.

Image signatures are disabled for less clutter on the post page, so you can actually get to the text of the topic faster without any hassles.

Text signatures are of course allowed, but make sure they comply with the forum rules.

Posting a youtube video

To post a youtube video just type in the URL of the video i.e.

Code:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D2S8KORNIU

Help Files

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