Rules and Policies
Multiple registrations are prohibited. If you repeatedly sign up under different names we will do our best to find out who you are, notify your ISP (and contact the nessesary authorities), and ban your IP block.
Advertising
Advertising is not allowed. Spaming will get you banned. An ad is defined as “a service or product being offered for trade or sale”. It does not include events or tournaments. You will not advertise or solicit other members to buy, sell or peruse any products or services for that purpose through this discussion forum. In ALL our forums, chain letters and junk mail are strictly prohibited. The advertising policy covers all aspects of the forums including avatars and signatures.
Posts, Avatars and Signatures
Keep messages and images appropriate for children. Children are present so please only post messages appropriate for children.
Discussions about politics, guns and religion are not allowed.
Personal attacks and hate posts will not be tolerated anywhere on Meetandplay.com. Personal attacks on another user are a great way to receive a suspension, as is posting inflammatory material specifically to provoke a negative response from someone (aka trolling). If you are unclear about what a 'troll' is, a description can be found here.
Posts, avatars, and signatures that contain material that we deem to be blatantly or unnecessarily racist, sexist, homophobic, bigoted, pornographic, or otherwise offensive, may be removed. While discussion of certain social and political issues may require the use of sensitive or potentially offensive terms, outside of those limited contexts the use of such terms is not allowed on this board and may be removed.
Mangling of the English or other languages whether thru ignorance, age, sloth or intent diminishes and embarrasses each of us. Posts which are indecipherable due to inability to translate thoughts into coherent written statements will be deleted without explanation. Recidivists will be banned.
As we can never convey a philosophy through a few rules, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to edit or delete posts and/or to revoke Membership. No Second Chances; No Argument; No Trial; No Way. At best you will receive one warning.
Please try to keep messages on topic to the forum.
No betting publically on the forum. Please use email or PMs. We are not a booking service.
No cussing. Cussing will be automatically filtered. Please remember there are children present. Juniors are the future of this game. Alternative curse words that have different spelling but mean the same thing, will be considered cursing and deleted.
Cross Posting
Posts should be made to the most relevant forum for the topic. The moderators may move posts at any time if there is a forum better suited for the topic in discussion. Do not cross post to multiple forums. Upon cross posting all duplicates including the original post may be removed. Use existing threads on your topic to continue a discussion rather than starting a new one. Posts that are repetitive in nature (i.e. Dead Horses) may be removed or locked at the discretion of the moderators.
Exception: If you are promoting your event, you may cross post given that you have one "main" thread and abbreviate all others. Abbreviated posts will give a link to the main thread. You then have to notify us so that we can lock all abbreviated threads.
User Requested Post Removal Policy
As an open public forum user, you are responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of posting those communications. We will always consider requests for post removals or editing. You can edit or delete your own posts. Messages posted are owned by the poster. We are not not reponsible for anything whatsoever.
Do not assume that if rule has been broken it has been viewed by a moderator or that it is "OK". Please report inappropriate material to a moderator by using the "Report Inappropriate Material" link that is on each page.
Moderation
Generally speaking, moderators will endeavor to provide fair warning regarding behavior that might warrant their intervention. Failure to heed warnings from the moderators is grounds for suspension of posting privileges. We do however reserve the right to remove any post when these rules are abused or policies violated without prior notice or explanation. If you repeatedly violate any of these rules or otherwise seek to disrupt the board then the administrators can suspend your posting privileges or disable your account at their discretion.
Any abuse directed at our volunteer moderation team in the forums or via private message, including defying the moderators to suspend or ban a member, may result in an immediate suspension or ban. "Gripe" threads about any action from a moderator including "Where did my post go?" posts will be removed. If you have questions about a moderator's action and they did not provide a reason for the intervention, please contact them via private message.
A post questioning why another post was deleted or moved will be deleted. You may private message or email us your questions about removed topics.
You agree that this is private property and you are our guest, and that Meetandplay.com reserves the right to delete any message. Membership on Meetandplay.com is a privilege, not a right.
We may at any time revise these rules and policies without notice. Please check back regularly by using the Rules and Policies link on each page. Continued use of Meetandplay.com after a change has been made is your acceptance of the change.