General Rule 5
5. Do not make insults or insensitive jokes based on race, sexuality, gender or any other discriminatory category. This includes using any kind of slurs.
General Rule 6
6. Do not post NSFW content of any kind. Intentionality matters, meaning anything that is borderline or debatably NSFW will be considered unintentional. If you are unsure whether or not something is safe to post, contact a staff member. On the other hand, any post that is blatantly NSFW will be considered intentional and yield a harsher punishment. Look back at the Broken Rules Matrix for the difference in punishments.
- 6.1. Use an appropriate profile picture that is safe for work. Your profile picture will be reset if it is deemed as NSFW.
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General Rule 7
7. Do not discuss political, religious or any other similarly controversial topics unrelated to Arcane Odyssey. These types of discussions typically do not end well and are usually contentious. Having a username or profile picture inspired by a political/religious figure (as long as the figure is not controversial) is permitted, however.
- 7.1. Do not make insensitive jokes regarding these topics.
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General Rule 8
8. Do not spam posts. This goes for both topics and replies.
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8.1. Do not post large walls of text with minimal separation. When making a lengthy post, make an effort to format it and split it into paragraphs for it to be easier to read. If you need help with formatting, you can privately ask for help from staff.
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8.2. Do not bump old topics without a valid reason. This brings aged discussions to the top of Latest. Check the date of the last reply of the topic you wish to reply to, and determine if it would be reasonable to revive it. It is alright to bump old posts if the topic still relevant and there is a good reason to do so.
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8.3. Do not create posts that encourage spamming, such as low-effort chain topics (etc. counting to 1000 in replies).
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8.4. Only mention users if you are trying to get their attention in a topic, as this notifies them.
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General Rule 9
9. Do not stray topics off-topic. Make an effort to maintain an on-topic discussion.
- 9.1. Do not make threads that have no topic. Use Discord for such casual conversation.
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General Rule 10
10. Do not discuss any moderation action publicly. This includes moderation on the Discord server. There are exceptions though such as in the circumstance that the manner of the topic is genuine, reasonable, and respectful, only in the situation in which the moderation action taken was clearly irrational or unfair. The consequence of breaking this rule aside from its exceptions varies based on the action at question. Though in any circumstance, If you wish to discuss action taken by staff that you deem unfair, it is preferred that you PM the @moderators.
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10.1. Do not publicly question why a post was hidden via flagging. If you feel that your post was flagged unfairly, contact the @moderators privately.
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10.2. Do not attempt to circumvent moderation action such as suspensions or silences by making an alternate account. This will result in an extended punishment and deletion of the alt.
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10.3. Do not abuse the flagging system to maliciously hide posts.
When requesting review of moderation action taken against you, be civil, respectful, considerate, and direct in your appeal.
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General Rule 11
11. Do not post links that appear suspicious or are malicious.
- 11.1. Do not advertise anything unrelated to Vetex’s Games through links. This includes using private messages to do this en masse. There are a few exceptions to this rule, such as recommending a game for users to play in the meanwhile.
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General Rule 13
13. Do not misuse categories, and abide by their guidelines. Create topics in the categories they would most fit in along with appropriate tags.
- 13.1. Regulars (trust level 3 users) are only permitted to recategorize topics of other users if the topic is wrongly categorized or if it is missing proper tags. Regulars should only change the title of topics to clarify it for other users or if it breaks the rules in some way.
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General Rule 14
14. Do not unfairly increase your forum stats. This includes making an alternate accounts to like your posts or creating artificial activity on the forum.
- 14.1. Do not ask other users to like your posts.
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General Rule 15
15. Do not attempt to exploit loopholes in the rules.
- 15.1. Do not bait or encourage others to break the rules. This includes falsely pinging Vetex.
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General Rule 16
16. This is an English-only forum, so all posts must be in English.
- 16.1. A few words in another language is permitted, as long as it follows all other rules and there’s context to support it.
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General Rule 17
17. Do not publicly leak translations of ancient text in World of Magic or Arcane Odyssey. You may only PM translations to other users on request.
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General Rule 18
18. Do not tag Vetex. This may result in a punishment by his discretion. It is preferred that contact him on Twitter @_vetex, or send a private message to him on the forum if it is urgent.
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General Rule 19
19. Do not spread misinformation about the game on the forum, especially with intent. When giving info, please make sure that you have a source if it isn’t common knowledge or publicly confirmed anywhere.
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Game Discussion - Specific Rule 1
1. Do not post suggestions in #game-discussion. Suggestions belong in #suggestions. However, discussion about an automatically closed suggestion is permitted.
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Game Discussion - Specific Rule 2
2. Please tag and categorize topics in this category in the appropriate subcategories, if applicable.
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Art - Specific Rule 1
1. Do not post art that is borderline NSFW. Drawing characters of the opposite gender is fine as long as it is completely SFW. If you want to know whether or not a piece is safe to post, create a group DM with the owners of the @artists group (artist recruiters).
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Art - Specific Rule 2
2. Do not post art progress or low-effort art in #art. If you want people to see progress on some art you are making or some meme art, post it in #off-topic.
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Guilds - Specific Rule 1
1. Do not excessively post guild advertisements in #guilds:guild-recruitment. You may only make a new post advertising your guild in that category when your previous advertisement was closed. Only one post per guild is permitted per 12 hours; do not have other guild members advertise the same guild to bypass this.
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