•DO NOT PM/IM (Private Message/Instant Message) any staff member at Bloodstrip's Domain for support unless told to do so by a staff member.

• No excessive use of profanity.
• No racial, ethnic, gender insults or any other discriminations.
• No offensive or harmful posts/PMs.
• Spam is not allowed. This includes short, useless posts or excessive repeat posting.
• Pornography, warez, outwar etc. are not allowed.
• All posts are property of the poster and are the poster's responsibility.
• Complaints about a staff member should be sent by PM to an Admin.
• Large images or several images should be linked to and not posted directly.
• Max Signature size: you may have images that total 400 x 125 or less. You signature should not have more than 5 lines of text.
• Advertising competing services is NOT allowed. This includes other free forum hosts or any type of paid hosting other than IPS hosting.
• Post in an appropriate forum. If your topic is placed in the wrong forum, it may be moved.
• Any impersonation is strictly not allowed.
• Topics may be deleted or closed to keep the board organized and up to date.

-We reserve the right to edit or remove any posted content.

Violation of any of these rules will result in one or more of the following punishments:
[Least Severe]
-Change of postcount.
-Edit of post, signature, or avatar.
-Warning.
-Mod queue: all of your posts must be approved first.
-Removal of certain abilities: sig, avatar, PM, etc.
-Removal of your posting rights.
-Suspension of your user account
-Deletion of your user account
-And other punishments.
[Most Severe]

How the warning system works:
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1 Warning- Punishment: (None) A reminder about the board rules

2 Warnings-
Punishment: Either another reminder (this time more harsh) or have some rights taken away (e.g. no signature etc.) depending on severity.

3 Warnings-Punishment: Some rights taken away/Requires a moderator to approve your post before you can post.

4 Warnings-Punishment: Temporairly banned.

5 Warnings-Punishment: Permenantly banned/Severe punishment.