General Rules
The guidelines are provided and enforced to ensure the quality of the discussion platforms.
 
The moderators (so called Cop- and STORMBots) will enforce these rules according to REAKKTOR.COM's internal guidelines. Your posting may be deleted or locked, you may be given a warning or in extreme cases you may be banned from the use of the discussion platforms.
 
If you have a question concerning the moderation of the boards or a problem with a particular post or poster you can email the moderators of that forum. There is a link at the top of each forum where it says "moderated by:".
 
If you have a problem with a moderator please email helpdesk@neocron.com to address your problems. Please do not try to discuss your personal problems you may have with other community members (including moderators) on the forums.
 
The official moderators enforce these rules of conduct only within the discussion platforms provided by REAKKTOR.COM. This does not include unofficial chatrooms, unofficial discussion boards or any other type of communication platform run by third parties.
 
 
Additional Forum Rules of Conduct
 
Acceptable Ways To Deal With Insults And Attacks
There will be no insulting, harassing or 'flaming' other forum members or clans. This also includes responding to such behaviour. Also remember to use the “report post to moderator” function if you take offence to a post. We know this is in the Rules of Conduct but we are really stressing this rule, as it's our pet peeve. If you have a concern about in game behaviour of a player then especially do not post it to the forums. That would go to abuse@neocron.com with screenshots. If it doesn't warrant that kind of attention then please, keep it in the game. Otherwise you’re just breaking the first line of this rule.
There will be no discussion based on a national, political, religious, sexual or ethnical nature. This is a worldwide forum with people from a wide spectrum and even when you think your aren't being offensive you can indeed offend people.
 
 
Repetetive Questions
If there already is a thread about a certain topic on the first page of a forum and a second thread about a similar topic is started, the second thread may be closed and a link to the first thread will be posted there. Also, moderators may merge similar threads. It should be in the interest of all forum users to prevent having more than one thread about the same topic. So if a thread of yours disappears always check your profile and choose "search for all posts by this user" to locate your missing post. Please try to use the search engine and the FAQ before asking a question.
 
Spamming, Advertising And Powerposting
Spamming, Trolling, Power posting & Advertising are not permitted. Refrain from posting advertisements of any description (commercial or non-commercial) unless it is related to an ongoing discussion. Refrain from posting only short, meaningless sentences or only one emote/smiley. Do not bump up topics that are not on the first page of the forum unless you have new and substantive information to include. Spamming also consists of pointless topics, hijacking threads into off topic territory, "canned" picture statements and turning a thread into a conversation (please use private messaging for that). Do not post threads for the attention of a single individual even if all other forms of personal communication have been exhausted.
 
Appropriate Forum
Please remember to post in the appropriate forum. Just because one forum gets more attention then another is no excuse to post your thread in the incorrect forum.
 
Graphics and Signatures
Stormbot (Reakktor), Copbot/Warbot (Volunteer Moderators/GM's) and Faction Counsellor avatars are the exclusive domain of Reakktor staff and volunteers. Custom avatars/signatures may not break other forum rules and may not resemble official avatars. Signatures may not be higher then 100 pixels in height, 6 lines of text or a combination of the two (for example, it is permissible to have a 50px graphic and 3 lines of text). Signature width may be as long as you require provided it does not extend the screen on a 1024*768 resolution and linked content must not consume excessive bandwidth. You can check your signature by right clicking on it and choosing properties; it will give you a length and width.
 
Private Message Boxes
The NCPD uses the Private Message system to communicate important information to individuals such as official warnings and signature change requests. It is your responsibility to ensure that your Private Message box has sufficient space to receive messages. Full PM boxes or unread messages are not grounds for delaying a moderator's decision. Note that the Sent Items folder also counts as used space.
 
Multiple Forum Accounts
Multiple forum accounts for the same poster are not permitted and will be immediately banned without warning upon discovery.
 
Forum Bans
Severe or repeated breaches of the forum rules may result in a forum ban. The first ban will be for 72 hours after which the user will be re-admited on a parole basis. Further breaches of the rules will result in a 7-day ban. Any third ban will be permanent. Examples of serious breaches are racist or homophobic remarks, posting evidence of hacks or exploits, posting messages for banned users or creating new accounts to evade a ban, and creating threads to continue arguments from closed threads.
 
Admin&Mods
Admin/Mod word is final. If you have a complaint you can email helpdesk@neocron.com, Odin@reakktor.com, or helpdesk@neocron.de for German.
 
REAKKTOR.COM cannot be held responsible for the content of conversations on the provided forums. Although reasonable steps are being taken to ensure that the users of these platforms may not be distressed by content violating the rules of conduct, it is possible that such content may be present temporarily until edited or removed by a moderator.
 
If you have read and acknowledged these rules you can enter the forum
 

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