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Determinate · Oct 17, 2011

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Post: The Sythe.Org Official Rules.
Forum: Sythe.Org News
Assigned Moderators: n4n0, JohnK

Posted by: Steph
Original Content:

The Sythe.Org Official Rules

This is how it works here at Sythe.org:

Users will be given infractions when rules are broken.

A user who receives 5 infractions will receive a temporary 3 day ban

A user who receives 7 infractions will receive a temporary 7 day ban.

Infractions expire after 1 month.

Users are permanently banned after multiple temporary bans when necessary.

Users can also be banned immediately for breaking the most serious rules. (Staff discretion will be used in cases of particularly bad behavior. We obviously can't list every single rule here, but new members will come to understand unwritten rules as they interact with the other members of the site.)

Users will receive 1 infraction for the following:

Spamming: (in general):

Posting short, unhelpful comments (such as "cool", "nice acc," etc).

Flooding a forum with replies for the sole purpose of increasing post count. This may also be a permanent forumban in certain forums, especially if deliberate.

Posting comments with little to no relevance to the topic

Bumping your thread more than once a day

Accusing someone of scamming: without proof (text logs DO NOT COUNT AS PROOF)

Begging: asking for free RS items, RS accounts (etc) or asking for a rank or modship on Sythe.org

Thread Hijacking: Offering your services/Sales on the thread of someone else's services or sales

Infraction Complaints: Making a topic asking about one’s infraction, whining, asking for infraction removal, etc... (you may politely question your infraction by PMing the issuing moderator)

Trying to sell something that is free: for example, Sythe’s old autos or some free bot. However, selling the method of how to acquire these items is permitted in the relevant forum.

Trading auth codes: Auth codes from RSBots.net, autofighter and similar

Oversized signature*: Maximum of 350 pixels in height including all quotes/text/pictures in it and a maximum of 650 pixels in width with all text/quotes/pictures. If this offense is repeatedly broken, you will simply be banned from having a signature.

Oversized avatar: Avatars have a maximum size of: 80x80 for users, 150x100 for staff and donators (width x height)

Flaming: excessive cursing, insults, and/or derogatory comments towards another user

Advertising MM services: in any place except the User Services and MiddleMan Application forums

Referrals: posting referral links for sites, surveys, other games, etc. This includes sites such as Share-cash.

Trolling: harassing other members (malicious harassment of other members or intentional misleading of staff may result in a perm ban - "trolling" is not an acceptable excuse)

Grave Digging: This is self explanatory. If a thread hasn't had a post in several weeks or months. Don't post on it. (Exception: Spam Forum and some select threads. Use best discretion when posting.)

Requiring vouches: You may not promise/require a vouch in the market. Vouches are given when the user you're dealing with feels you deserve a vouch, and no one is obligated to vouch under any circumstances.

Blank posting: Self explanatory. If you are infracted and continue to blank post, you may be issued a forumban.

Asking for a Name Change: See the section below entitled Additional Notes/Clauses for more information about name change rules.

*How Signature Violations are handled:

First Violation: Warning

Second Violation: 2 Week Signature Disable

Third Violation: 3 Month Signature Disable

Fourth Violation: Permanent Disable

Users will be banned for 1 week for the following:

Advertising: Advertising a site in a post for the first offence will be a 1 week ban, further punishments may lead to a permanent ban. Includes links to other Markets, Goldfarm sites, etc.. If you wish to legitimately advertise your site on sythe.org then e-mail: [email protected]. Advertising Bots will be permanently banned.

Users will be banned for 1 month for the following:

Warez: posting direct downloads to Warez, links of websites related to Warez - includes: posting full length motion pictures (movies) regardless of whether or not they are in theaters or on dvd, completed seasons of a television show (1-2 episodes due to comical reasons are permitted), shareware programs, cracked shareware programs, cracks/serials for shareware programs, etc...

Porn/Gore: posting pictures, videos, links to websites related to porn/extreme gore, etc. The staff will decide what constitutes porn or gore. It is not for you to decide. Steer clear of posting anything which could be interpreted as this.

Plagiarism: plagiarism (including the ripping of GFX and RS/User Ed Guides) results in a forumban from the pertinent forum as well as a one month ban the first time it happens.

Disclosure of Others' Personal Information/etc.: you are entitled to disclose your own personal information, photographs, etc. in the appropriate places on the site, but posting information such as addresses, personal MSNs, photographs, etc. of other members without their permission will result in a 1 month ban. Likewise, selling Facebook (or other social network accounts) is also strictly prohibited.

PIN Sales: Sale of membership PINs is strictly prohibited. Any discussion of this will be infracted. If it continues, you will be banned.

Users will be banned permanently for the following:

Scamming: or any suspicious behavior similar to scamming or counter-scamming (i.e. attempting to scam). This also includes:

Impersonating other members, posting vouches for yourself with other accounts, and any other similar behavior.

Impersonating ranks through the use of your signature.

Malicious Off-site Activities: If you are found to have committed offences elsewhere (as in, on other sites) which would constitute a ban here on Sythe.org had they been committed here, we may use these offences as an indicator of your character and choose to ban you from Sythe.org. Offences committed prior to your Sythe.org membership may also be considered depending on the nature of the offence.

Password Cracking: including the creation, help in creation, use, discussion, and/or distribution of crackers (this includes recovering Runescape accounts without permission from the owner)(Includes Phishing)

Posting Infected Files: keyloggers, viruses, trojans, etc...

Interacting on Two or More Accounts/Sharing Accounts: you are strongly advised not to create more than one account at Sythe.org, but, if you do, ensure that the accounts do not interact. Sharing accounts is not allowed.

Self Vouching: The first instance will result in a three month ban, but if there is a second encounter, the ban will be permanent.

Returning After a Ban/Ban Evading: If one of your accounts has been banned, and you return on another account, all of your accounts will be banned.

Selling your Sythe account: (As much of a no-brainer as I thought this was, I guess I was wrong.) - Added by n4n0

"Blackhat" Activities: Using software tools for deceptive, malicious, or harmful intent. Punishment for these offences will be dealt with on case-by-case basis, but will most likely result in a permanent ban.

Additional Notes/Clauses:

A note on IP addresses: if there is a banned account on your IP address, other accounts attached to the IP will also be banned. Moreover, if there is any interaction between accounts attached to the same IP address, all accounts will be banned.

Staff reserve the right to ban or infract for any unconscionable act. The above rules and associated punishments only apply when the staff can reasonably judge that a user does not deserve some other, perhaps more severe form of punishment for any unconscionable act they might make on the forums.

If your Sythe or MSN account is hacked, and the hacker uses your account to scam materials from another member, you, as the account owner, are responsible for refunding those who were scammed by the hacker in order to be unbanned. Although the refunding generally results in an unban, this is at the staff's discretion.

Name changes are NOT allowed except in ONE, and only ONE, case. If someone is promoted to staff and has an unprofessional username, we may allow them to change it to something more professional. If their existing username is professional enough, however, they will NOT be given a name change. Name changes are NOT a donator perk IN ANY WAY regardless of donation level. Capitalization and other "minor" changes are included in this rule regardless of how "minor" the change may seem. Asking staff members for a name change in violation of these rules may result in an infraction.

Last Updated: September 7th, 2011

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