G4U Rules

Full Rules/Agreement for ABCGamez4U.
By being a member of our forums you agree to ALL of the following below.

If you do not follow any of the rules, you will either have a temporary or permanent ban placed
onto your account, depending on the circumstances and what rule(s) you have exactly broken.

Also note that we reserve the right to change these rules at any time.

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#0 Hacking
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If a member tries to hack or exploit ABCGamez4U in any way, their account will be
permanantly banned instantly.

#1 Posting Rules (Applies when replying to topics, creating new topics etc.)
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1) Do not post anything that relates to violence or threatning members in any way.
2) Do not post anything that relates to hate speech.
3) Do not post anything that contains swearing or any type of word that may be considered explicit.
4) Do not spam in forums/topics, or go off-topic in any way.
5) ABCGamez4U forums are not for your own advertising, if you wish
to advertise your website or community on ABCGamez4U, please see into using our affiliates system.
6) Do not use racism in any of your posts. Any other kind of 'ism''s are also not allowed.
7) Do not offend members in any way, which includes things such as offending their religious beliefs etc.
8) Talking about illegal stuff is also not allowed anywhere on ABCGamez4U (including any sort of piracy).

#2 Profile Rules
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1) Links are NOT allowed in your signature, profile comments, personal info, interests, or other information fields.
You may however place a link to your OWN non-commercial website in the "Your Website URL" field when editing your profile.
See rule #2 "4" for more info on what kind of websites you may and may not put in your profile.
2) #1 rules "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7" also apply in using the "Profile Comments" system found on all member profile pages.
3) #1 rules "2, 3, 5, 6" also apply in using the "Interests" field in your profile. Use the "Interests" field only for YOUR interests
and/or hobbies. Do not include any interests or hobbies you may have that break the law in any way.
4) You may not place a link to your website in the "Your Website" profile field if it contains or relates to one or more of the following:
Drug/alcohol use, Adult content, Illegal downloading, Torrents, Piracy, Commercial, Shopping, Religious, Viruses, Popups/Pop-unders.

#3 Signature Rules
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1) ALL rules from #1 apply.
2) Links to your own website are NOT allowed in your signature at all (unless you have had permission from one of the administrator team to do so).
3) Over-sized images and/or text is also not allowed to be in your signature.
4) Only use your OWN images in your signature, OR images that you have permission from the original creator to use. (Does not apply for non-copyrighted material such as 'sig bars').

#4 Shoutbox Rules
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1) ALL rules from #1 apply when using the global shoutbox.
2) Live links are STRICLY not allowed, unless they are inside the domain of "www.abcgamez4u.co.uk" ONLY.
3) Do not place any over-sized images or icons in the shoutbox, it is annoying and un-needed.
4) Massive over-uses of emoticons (or "smilies) is also not allowed as it gradually slows the loading of the website down.
5) Remember that their are children on ABCGamez4U, so do not talk about topics that may be unsuitable.
6) Staff will do their best to help you in the shoutbox if required, however remember that sometimes it is best to take more
technical problems to the PM System and/or use a third party instant messenger (such as MSN, Yahoo etc).

#5 Arcade and Casino Rules
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1) Cheating is strictly not allowed in any of our arcade or casino, if you are spotted to be cheating at any time you will be banned from the arcade permanantly.
2) If you happen to find a game that appears to be not working, please only report it in the "Arcade Bugs and Errors" forum,
or "Casino-Only" forum for casino related problems.
3) All rules from #1 apply for when using the game comment system.
4) Do not "target" other members. By this we mean going through a certain members rankings to take score, after score, after score from them.

#6 Personal Messenger System (or PM) Rules
1) All rules from #1 apply.
2) Do not harass members using the PM system in any way.
3) Do not use the PM system to advertise other or your website(s).
4) Do not use the PM system to discuss illegal activities of any kind.
5) Do not use the PM system to sell or discuss selling any items (such as eBay).

#7 Other Rules
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1) For all RPG/Battle related rules please click here.
2) Remember that all of the above rules apply to EVERYONE, including all staff.
3) Always respect other members and staff members.
4) Dont take the arcade "too" seriously, remember it is suppose to be fun for everyone.
5) Remember that staff are people too, with lives, and are not always around 24/7 on the site to help.


Rules were last updated: 14th November 2009 at 1:28am