PART 1: GENERAL RULES FOR THE ENTIRE FORUM

1. Act in a mature fashion. Treat others with respect! All members are required to write with common grammar skills. Noobish writing ("u r 73|-| u|33r | etc.) will NOT be tolerated! No flaming or trolling. DO NOT make ANY offensive statements regarding race, religion, gender, sexual preferences, politics, etc etc on this board. Your post will be deleted and your warning level will be raised. If you're not sure whether your statement is offensive try replacing what you're saying with something you find offensive and think whether you'd like someone posting that. Be polite.

2. NO SPAMMING!!! Post to contribute to discussions. Please have some type of volume to your posts and stay on topic. Spamming includes posting just to get your post count up, posting links simply to advertise for other sites, and other posting techniques utilized by n00bs and bots.

3. LINKING TO PORNOGRAPHIC, SLANDEROUS, HATEFUL, ILLEGAL, OR ANY TYPE OF QUESTIONABLE MATERIAL IN YOUR SIGNATURES OR ANYWHERE ELSE ON THIS BOARD WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!!

4. Swearing: Keep Swearing to a minimum in the Metroid Galaxy's general section. However, virtually anything goes in the RPs. New members concerned about this shouldn't be too worried, we're generally pretty mild around here.

5. Warnings: Every member has a warning meter under their name that is visible only by that member, mods, and admins. If you are caught violating the rules, a moderator or administrator will increase your warning level. Warning levels can be decreased over time with continued good behavior.

6. Signatures must be smaller than 500x125 pixels (width x height). Animated gifs must be smaller than 500kb! This prevents the forum’s margins from getting screwed up and maintains a minimum loading time for our members on dial-up internet connections. You will be warned and your signature deleted if you are caught with a sig image larger than the limits. Also, if you link your banner to an offsite page with inappropriate content you will instantly be warned.

7. Images must be hosted by LEGAL sources! If we discover you stealing bandwidth from another site, you will be warned and your membership may be terminated. Use free hosts, such as photobucket.com, to store all your pictures for online viewing.