Forum Rules - Egg Cave

The Golden Rule: Respect Others

Respecting people at Egg Cave means being kind and courteous, not harassing them, and keeping your cool in tense situations. The golden rule at Egg Cave is, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

Spam Is Not Allowed

Spam (short pointless annoying messages) includes:

Posts that do not further the discussion. (Writing "I agree with the person above" doesn't contribute anything to the discussion.)
Irrelevant posts that do not further the discussion. Stay on topic!
Excessive use of smilies or punctuation.
Excessive chat speak — please use proper English for the sake of everyone's sanity!
Creating a new topic when a similar, active one already exists.
Bumping older, dead topics to the top.
Begging for EC, CC, or stats. (See the Site Guidelines for our definition of begging.)
Posts that stretch the page (or break the Egg Cave layout).
Excessive use of hash tags.
"I'm Quitting — will you miss me?" topics. Instead, post on your close friend's walls, update your profile, and say goodbye. These topics tend towards too much drama.

Online Conduct

Posting the following kind of content is prohibited:

Spam
Personally identifiable information about yourself (such as phone number, home address, or full name)
Links to harmful websites (cookie grabbers, trojans, viruses, worms)
Links to suggestive, obscene, or pornographic web sites
Links to scam web sites
Links to chat rooms
Any sites that are considered illegal by United States law
Posts containing discriminatory, hateful, sexual, profane, or inappropriate comments
Swear words (allowed words: gosh, stupid, crap, heck, dang, sucks)
Attempting to test or bypass our word filters
Any talk that you would never say in front of or to your parents
Impersonating an Egg Cave staff member
Back seat moderating — use the "Report" button instead
Posts discussing moderator actions taken against your account or another player's account
Attempting to make contact with players that have blocked you

Roleplaying Guidelines

The following guidelines apply to all roleplaying:

No suggestive or sexually explicit content.
No graphic, violent, or torturous content.
Similarly themed roleplays are allowed but exact duplicates are not.
Discussion topics for roleplays should discuss roleplay content and characters. These threads should not get off topic and wander to discussing out-of-character things.

Violation of these guidelines may result in warning, suspension, account removal, or permanent ban.