All posts made within the forums should be in compliance with our site agreement, site principals and forum etiquette rules.
A forum post can be sent to one forum area only. If a thread is related to more than one forum, it should still be posted to only one forum in which it is related. Multiple posting of the same thread is not allowed.
Every forum thread should be created in its relevant forum and every post should be posted in the relevant thread. Irrelevant, off-topic posts and threads should not be posted.
Members should not post messages which can provoke, harass, disturb, or agitate other members or minors.
Posts which are considered rude, unfriendly, angered, ill-mannered, inappropriate, uncalled-for, disturbing, disrespectful, or unjust by other site members/staff should not be posted.
Replies to and questioning of warnings, infractions, or notices and reminders by site administration and moderators, criticism, complaints, discussions of site administration, site rules, or the site itself, should be posted inside the dedicated forum ONLY (if any), or sent via private message system, or email system to site administration. Such discussions can not be pursued inside the public forums or existing threads.
If a forum discussion makes mention of a specific name, trademark, or organization in an ill-mannered way, the name should be hidden. Our site and forums should not be used to disclose, or expose names in a degrading manner.
Posts in the forums are expected to be written in English, as it is the default language of our community. Posts should be clear, understandable, correct in grammar (where possible) and should avoid the use of too many abbreviations and chat language slang.
Signatures are allowed, however...forum rules apply to these signatures. Spamming, links to external content, or inappropriate content will be removed and you will receive an infraction for your signature violation.
Do not PM or e-mail the Administrator, or any Staff member, requesting your account be removed and/or deleted. Should you no longer wish to be a member of Glitch PC, simply remove us from your "bookmarks" and refrain from frequenting the site. Account removal will not be allowed since there may be the possibility of your return to the forums and reinstating the account only results in additional work for the Administrator.
General Forum Etiquette
You should not TYPE YOUR MESSAGES IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS LIKE THIS LINE. This is normally misconstrued as shouting and considered rude.
When you are creating a new thread, you should give a detailed explanation which recaps what your question, or topic is about. You should avoid using short, irrelevant, or unclear subjects like "Help me!", "Read this", "Anyone?", "What do you think?", etc.
Reminders, or warnings of forum moderators should be discussed with that moderator in private, not in public inside forum posts.
If a forum thread is closed, a similar thread should not be opened. Likewise, one shouldn't post a thread to query why it is closed, this should be asked of forum moderators within a private message.
Formatting of messages using coloring, underline, bold, italic, centering the text, indenting, or using a different font size should be used to emphasize a small section of the post and not be applied to the entire post.
Leet, eleet, or leetspeak (1337, 3l337 or l33t, 3l33t) is a common form of ciphering (symbolic replacement of the English language) used by many gamers and other computer enthusiasts. While it may be an easy way for you to communicate with a friend within the forums...it is not understood by all and should not be used within our forums as a common courtesy to other visitors and members. Please refrain from using this form of communication. If threads and posts are found by our Staff containing this form of communication, it should/will be replaced with the English equivalent, or removed.
If a post is quoted in your reply, you should only quote a small relevant section of it, not the entire post.
Before opening a new forum thread, you should search the database and make sure that subject has not already been discussed. If it has, you should add your post inside the existing thread and not post a new one.
If a forum post is against the rules, you should not reply, quote it, or discuss it inside the forum. Instead, you should click the "report this post" link and notify forum moderators to take over.
If any word in your post is replaced by *** this means it is in our word filter list and you should not use that word in the forum again. Never attempt to bypass our word filter list by typing the word using a different syntax.
If a thread is closed by forum administration, you can not create a new thread about the same subject, or any thread questioning why the thread was closed. Such questions should be pointed to site administration privately.
If you receive a private message, or email from another user, you should not post it publicly without prior consent of the sender.
If you don't like a member of the forum, you should put him/her on your ignore list, within your profile. Do not use the forums to flame these members.
In forum based sites, requests for membership removals are not welcomed. These sites are free, members find them and join them, themselves, without any invitation. So, if the site does not appeal to them, they are expected to abandon it and never visit it again, rather than insisting for a membership removal.
In forum based sites, change of user names, frequently, are not welcomed and should not be requested unless absolutely necessary.
Do not pm/email moderators, administrators, or any other site staff for small talk, or for non-site related questions and conversations.
