New Rules (sugestion for halo & halo demo sections)

[Mac Hacker]

Starting up a thread in any of the map release sections:

1. Your thread must include a mod of some sort. (It must be in .ppf form if it hasn't been rebuilt.) The thread must also contain pictures of your mod so that people can get an idea of what your mod looks like.

2. You must get pics in 24 hours of posting, or the thread will be deleted. If your thread has pictures but no mod, it will be moved to the pictures section.

3. Your topic needs a prefix in front of the topic name. Some examples of prefixes are:

[Mod]:
[Map]:
[Skin]:
[Model]:

4. If your mod contains the work of others (Besides CE map conversions), then you must have there approval first.

General Posting:

• Putdowns, flaming, or any other posts meant to offend or anger someone is forbidden.

• Do not spam. This includes posting an excessively long line of smilies, advertising another website, or posting the same line over and over again.

• Do not use an excessive amount of text modification such as capitalization or changing text color.

• Do not post inappropriate content such as pornography, racist pictures or posts, etc.

• Do not discuss things that are illegal such as warez or drugs.

• Do not harass people. If a person wants you to stop PMing or e-mailing them, do not continue.

• Try to stay on-topic.

• Do not bump topics. “Bumping” is posting in a topic that is no longer on the first or second page of a section. These topics are old and the discussion has ended.

• Don't double post. It tends to annoy people. Simply use the "Edit" button which is on your post.

• Do not respond to a spambot if it posts one of its topics. Instead, just wait for an Admin or Moderator to delete the topic. Spam bots are just these annoying bots that come to random forums under strange names like "Mrblah30482". They'll usually be Guests and will post advertisements such as various products such as viagra or some crappy kind of bleach.

The Report Button:

First off, don't use the report button frequently. Only use it if you really feel a user is not sticking at all to the rules. Please be specific about your report. Include why you are reporting this person and the offender's name.

Starting immediately, topics are now required to have prefixes attached to the topic name within 24 Hours of their posting (warning may be posted in thread) or they will be Deleted.

Some examples of a prefix:

[Map]:
[Misc]:
[Skin]:
[Tags]
[CE->Mac]
[WIP]:
[Model]:
[UT]: (stands for Utilities) (post in download section moderator will move to utilities)

If your topic does not have a prefix, your topic will be deleted. We will NOT add one for you.

Some people only like skins, while other people enjoy mods with new models included. Adding a prefix takes only a second, and it helps differentiate the mods for better organization and a more professional appearance.

[Ragnarok]

those are the stupidest fucking rules i have ever seen you just like to control things tyler. peapol sould be aloud to do things there way on public forums not just what sime stuck up prick wants them to do



p.s im leaving your site becuase you were being an ass hole

[Mac Hacker]

you know what? shadow wrote these! i didnt so yeah these would actually help out u know do u want to get fucking flamed and your mod dissed then fine by me but keep your comments to yourself

this forum could use rules seeing as it will organize things and we will know what are mods and suck as well as utilities and much more

[Ragnarok]

what about CPU's that are to slow for pics what about them so pepol with slow internet are screwed with these rules

[Mac Hacker]

what about CPU's that are to slow for pics what about them so pepol with slow internet are screwed with these rules

i have dial up & slow computer 56k i think

[Ragnarok]

still these rules suck i think im going to kill them by all means

[Mac Hacker]

u also know what? why the fuck doeseveryone always ask for pictues then? hmm? explain that if the picture rules suck well do u think people want to see what mod looks like before they waist time downloading a mod especially on dial up

[lord lagger]

i hate them to!
i cant even take screenshots cuz my computer really sux!

[Ragnarok]

ever here a discription try reading those for a change

[Mac Hacker]

ever here a discription try reading those for a change

meh i like to see what i am downloading other wise i give a bad rating and dont download it and say it sucks and is nooby

<--:P

[Ayumi]

tyler, try reading before posting. Bhaal mentioned descriptions, which are much faster to load and take up much less space, and give a better heads up as to whether or not the mod is good for downloading. Screenshots can be messed up but descriptions can't. And if you're on dial-up, why don't you lag?
Oh, and stop breaking your own stupid rules

[Ragnarok]

ya tyler i cant beleve that you call mods with no screen shots nooby your the noob

[P!ckoff]

STOP IT! JEEZ, people, GROW UP!!

Bickering doesn't get you anywhere!

Tyler, rules are rules, and kind of like the Prohibition, this would suddenly mean a whole lot more work for Mono, a lot of rule breaking and confused posters, and it would be a whole lot less fun. Take Hmods for an example. They have a TON of rules, which no one reads, but it is run with military strictness and think about it, its not really any fun there is it? No, everyone just seems to go there to post there latest mod and run away. I, myself, the board courtesy stickler himself, got 3 posts deleted in ONE TOPIC! Seriously, is that the way we want MGM to go? Of course not. Its always been more fun here then CH or HaloMods because it is much more free: free to share information, mods, jokes, etc. There is a spirt to MGM that shouldn't be reigned in. Also, I dont think you should do this to MXG either.

[Moxus]

As I've posted in the sister topic in General Discussion, I think these rules are a good starting point, but need to be modified (like Bloodgulch XD) to be best for this forum.

Those set of rules might work well in a large community, where there are more spammers, flamers, ect, but this is a small forum. I don't think we need too much discipline with about 20 or so common posters.

-=Moxus=-

[Eclipse]

WTF!!!!!I DO notlike most of these rules! plus ithink colorsare awesomealso i dont like adding screen shots becauseMY COMP IS VERY SLOWand IT HAVE TO CHANGE EACH SCREEN SHOT TO JPG BECAUSE THEY SAVE AS PNGand i upload them at imageshack which doesnt accept PNG

colors are awesome!!!!!!!