The following are basic guidelines for use of the Trukz community forum. Anyone caught disobeying these guidelines will be issued a warning. The forum staff works on a three strike policy unless the situation calls for more appropriate action. A permanent ban on the forums results in a game ban, and vice versa.

1.) First Warning
2.) Second Warning
3.) Third Warning
4.) Fourth Warning
5.) Fifth Warning = forum and in-game ban


Flame/Flamebait
Flaming is expressing anger at someone in uncouth ways with out of character (OOC) comments. Flamebait are posts that are made with the aim of angering someone indirectly. Forum users should not be participating in either as in doing so will result in a warning.

Multiple Accounts
Multiple accounts on the Trukz forums are not allowed. If a user has more than one account they will be deleted. If the user creates more multiple accounts they will be banned.

Advertising Other Games
The advertising of other games will not be tolerated. If a post is made showing how to get to another games, the post starter will receive a warning.

Topic Hijacking
Hijacking is forcing the current thread discussion off of the original topic and usually results in spam or flame from either side. Forum users found hijacking threads will be given a warning.

Trolling
Trolling is submitting posts with the aim of angering a group instead of an individual. Trolling is not tolerated and will result in a warning and/or suspension.

Repeat Topics
One topic is enough. Repeat topics will be locked and moved to the archives without mercy and the author given a warning. Users found creating repeat topics after others were locked by staff will result in a temp-ban.

Trukz Company Recruiting
Topics regarding company recruitment are limited to the one thread in the Trukz Companies Forums. Topics that attempt purely to recruit for a certain company will be locked and deleted, the topic starter may or may not be warned. Recruiting on the CB radio is NOT ALLOWED.

Spam
Posts anywhere in the Trukz forums should be of substance. "Smiley Spam," where a user posts a topic or reply without any dialogue and a lone forum smiley, will be met with a warning.

Posting "In before Lock" and "+1" etc etc is considered spam and you will recieve a warning for posting it.

ASCII is not allowed.

No Discussion Forums
There are forums that are not for discussion and are used strictly for game and forum staff to address certain issues, bugs, etc. The following forums are not open to discussion: Report Game Abuse and Report Forum Abuse. Users found disobeying this guideline will receive a warning.

White "Invisible" Text
Using "invisible text" or white colored text should not be done at any time on the forums. Users found making use of white text will receive a warning.

Wiki Vandalization
There is a zero-tolerance policy. Any player finding his or her Trukz wiki article vandalized may report it in the Report Forum Abuse forum by supplying the offending IP. The IP will be banned from the game and the forums.

Mild/Explicit Language
Mild expletives (crap, damn, etc.) are generally frowned upon and should be extremely limited in use. The only forum with no restriction on the use of mild expletives is the Open World RP forum. Excessive use of what are deemed mild expletives on the open forum will result in a warning.

Harsh expletives (sh*t, f*ck, etc.) are forbidden on all parts of the forum except the Open World RP forum. Expletive use in this forum are still subject to the rules set forth in the "Subject Content" section of the pinned guidelines. Excessive use, even in the RP forum, will be subject to warning from moderation up to and including forum access restriction.

Harassment
Forum users should not be stalking/harassing others on the forums. Anyone found stalking players from topic to topic, etc., will be subject to a warning.


Gravedigging
Gravedigging is not allowed anywhere on the forums. Gravedigging will now be classified as posting in a topic that is dead and has no active discussion regardless of time. 30 days is a good reference point, though. Your warn level will be raised if you are caught doing this. To be more specific
Signatures
Those who fail to read and comply by these rules will have their signatures 'fixed' without warning. You may have only 1 picture per signature which may not exceed the maximum size described below, only 6 to 8 lines of text and/or links and a font size no larger than 5.

Signature pictures must adhere to a total area of 450x150. Please don't message the moderation staff asking for an exemption as one will not be granted.

Game Bans and Forum Bans
If you recieve a 100% warn level on the forums, you will be banned from the forums AND have your truck deleted and banned from the game.

If you are deleted/banned in the game, then you will be banned from the forums.

Your forum name must be similar to your game name.

Moderation Staff
The revealing of the private identities of the Trukz moderation and other staff is strictly prohibited. Doing so is grounds for moderator action against your account appropriate to the offense, including a full forum/game ban.

Claims of moderator bias should be directed to the appropriate channels via private message to the Senior Staff. Claims of moderator bias without supporting evidence is grounds for a warning.

Blatant disrespect of the moderator staff is strictly prohibited. They are volunteers hired to enforce the rules. If you have a problem with the way a moderator is enforcing the rules or the rules themselves please conduct yourself through private message with the Senior Staff or via the Moderation forum.

Questionable Actions and Content
The forum rules are not designed to cover every scenario. Any action that is seen to be counter-productive or harmful to the forum community may be met with moderator action against your account. The Trukz Forum Staff reserve the right to ban your account without warning if you are seen engaging in such behaviour.