General Rules

The real-time nature of this forum makes it impossible for us to review messages or confirm the validity of information posted. Please remember that we do not actively monitor the contents of posted messages and are not responsible for any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of this forum or any entity associated with EmuAsylum. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by e-mail. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately.

You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this forum to post any material which is abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, excessively profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law. You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by EmuAsylum. Trading, offering, linking to, or making available any illegal content such as WAREZ is strictly prohibited on this forum and will result in account termination without notice. Additionally, posting advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also inappropriate on this forum and will result in account termination without notice.

Although this forum does not and cannot review the messages posted and is not responsible for the content of any of these messages, EmuAsylum reserve the right to delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless EmuAsylum and their agents with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your messages.

EmuAsylum also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or whatever information we know about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you.

Spam is not tolerated.

Spam is considered posting topics on our forums that contain no point, relevance, or contain subject matter that doesn't directly allow other member participation. Topics directed to a particular user, posting several times consecutively as an appendage to ONE post, and posts in threads that have NOTHING to do with the subject matter are all considered spam and will be deleted on sight. Contributing to/or intentionally posting spam will not be tolerated and your account will be terminated without notice.

Keep your signature brief.

This forum has a signature feature will allows you to "sign" your posts with a customized block of text. However, extremely long or wide signatures (those which you would need to scroll to see all of in 800x600 resolution) and signatures containing excessive graphics in number and in size (80k TOTAL) are NOT permitted. Keep your signature small and brief.   Failure to follow this rule will result in your sig being deleted and suspension.

Test your HTML elsewhere.

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Test posts are NOT allowed

Often times users will create posts to test their signatures. These posts are NOT permitted. If you want to see your signature so badly simply post on an active thread.

Multiple accounts are NOT permitted.

Create one account, make sure you're satisfied with the name, and keep it. Duplicate accounts are not tolerated. Doing so will result in all your accounts being terminated without notice.

Know your role.

As a member of this forum it is not up to you to interpret our policies or enforce them. If you see a member committing a violation of our Terms of Service you may politely inform them and point them in direction of the TOS. If another member has already done this, there is no need for you to reply, even just to back up the first member. This is a waste of space and considered spam.   Leave all modding to the moderators, it is not up to you to tell someone they have posted in the wrong forum or broken one of the rules.

Furthermore, in relation to spam, it is up to the discretion of the Moderators and Administrators to determine if a post is spam or not. Adding to your post or topic, "This is not spam," not only doesn't make the post not spam, but is highly frowned upon. The same applies to replying to a topic and declaring it spam or not. It is not your place. If you feel a topic is spam, inform the Moderator of the forum or any Administrator.

Harassing or threatening another member because of what you feel is a TOS violation is a violation of the TOS in itself. Doing so will result in revoking of your posting privileges on these forums for an amount of time to be determined by the Administration. While we encourage users to help one another, we strongly urge users to leave the administrating to the Administrators.

Behave as you would in a public location.

This forum is no different than a public place. Behave yourself and act like a decent human being. This includes racist comments, hateful remarks or outright flaming other users or staff for any reason. If you're unable to do so, you're not welcome here and will be MADE to leave.

Your rights to Freedom of Speech don't apply here.

You are welcome to have opinions. You are welcome to question certain subject matter posted on these forums. You are welcome to dislike a certain post or disagree with it. However, that does NOT mean you have the right to freely express them here. Though we typically condone people to express their opinions and ideas, we have the right to delete yours if necessary, should we consider it abusive. This is NOT a violation of your Freedom of Speech rights. You can express your opinions somewhere else.

Some threads may not be meant for you.

There is no law that says you must post in every thread. If you are posting in a thread not to continue the conversation, but simply to state how much you hate what is being discussed, then you are being completely unproductive and the post may be deleted. All a post like that does is lead to fighting and completely ruin what could have been a good conversation.

Advertising and solicitations are NOT permitted.

As stated above, posting of advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are inappropriate on this forum and will result in account termination without notice. You are ONLY permitted to advertise your site in your signature. The exception to this rule is to inform others of sites that provide a service to benefit them. For example, posting a thread regarding a new free web space provider is acceptable providing there's nothing in it for you except the satisfaction of helping your fellow members.

Read the Help Section

Before you start asking questions regarding the forums, read through the Help section first. Many times you will find the answer there. Failure to do so may result in suspension of your posting privileges. THIS IS FAIR WARNING.

Your account is for YOU only.

You may use your account to post your opinions, your thoughts, and your views within the guidelines of the TOS. You may NOT use your account to post for people who are not members or have had their posting permissions removed. You also may not grant others access to your account. Doing so will result in immediate termination of your account privileges.

Posting of anything illegal is not permitted.

You are free to discuss anything you wish within reason, however this does not include talking and pointing out your favorite torrent site, (for example). Also posting links to torrents themselves are not permitted and can result in a suspension of your posting privileges. This also includes but not limited to posting links to any file that is or has ever been retail, and has not been made official abandonware.

We reserve the right to change these policies at any time.

It is YOUR responsibility to read announcements regarding policy changes. Ignorance is no excuse.

Failure to follow these guidelines may result in removal of your posting privileges.

Depending on the severity of your TOS violation and the amount of times you have previously violated the TOS the Administration may choose to suspend your posting privileges or terminate your account. If you are suspended you will not be able to post (and should not edit any of your prior messages or you will be immediately banned) on our forums for an amount of time to be determined by the Administration.