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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION

Please read the following carefully:

By accepting these terms and guidelines the viewer and visiter acknowledge that they have read these conditions.

The boards are private and only accessable to members of Shadowmane Tribe. The
members are required to signup within 24 hours after joining the guild. By registering themselves with the forums, they agree to all rules, terms and guidelines of the guild.

The basic Terms & Guidelines of the guild can be viewed here. The full document can be downloaded here for a more proper view on your screen. http://www.shadowmanetribe.com/GuildGuidelines.doc

The following are the Terms and Guidelines of the boards, on which all members need to read and agree before they can register with the forums.


1. Definitions.

"License" shall mean the terms and conditions for use, reproduction, and distribution as defined by Sections 1 through X of this document.

"You" (or "Your") shall mean an individual or Legal Entity exercising permissions granted by this document.

"Member" (or "Guest") shall mean an individual or Legal Entity exercising permissions granted on this forum by entering the following domains: www.shadowmanetribe.com, www.shadowmanetribe.com/boards/, boards.shadowmanetribe.com, forums.shadowmanetribe.com

"Abuse" (or "Misuse") shall mean the actions of an individual or Legal Entity exercising permissions denied by this document.

"Advertising" shall mean any by visible message, either by text or a visual image that promotes any product or multiple products for commercial purposes.

2. Abuse and Misuse
Subjects that are by law stated as individuals and adhere carry the rights and
responsibility of an individual, will also be held responsible for any action they take while the unlimited duration of the visit of www.shadowmanetribe.com and its forums. If any subjects show by this document stated illegal or indecent actions, they will be accounted for their by law stated responsibility. Actions will be taken by the team as stated in the next paragraphs of this document.

2.1 Decency
This forum is intended for users over the age of thirteen (13), however users of all ages are able to view the site, therefore persons of a younger age should be taken into consideration when posting content onto the public forums. Therefore it is asked that members use common sense when posting messages.

2.2 Flaming
Actions considered as Flaming (the act of being offensive towards others) will not be tolerated, we try to allow people to voice their opinions, and allow for debate, however we do not want to see posts that offend other forum members.

2.3 Explicit and Pornographic Images
This includes, but is not limited to any distasteful photographs or images containing explicit imagery. Furthermore, this includes those of a graphic or vulgar nature, which would be deemed unsuitable for a community forum for all ages. First offence will bring a warning to the member; second offence will result in a temporary ban.

2.4 Use of Foul Language
The use of profanity will not be tolerated. Please show respect for yourself and the members of shadowmanetribe.com. Many profanities are automatically removed by the forum software, any attempts to circumvent the censoring imposed by the board will be removed, repeat offenders will be warned. If any words have been missed from the filter, actions by the administrating team will be taken.

2.5 Offence towards groups
Any racist, sexist and other remarks towards a minority or specific group of people, will be deleted and the member shall be warned or banned. The internet is one world, colour or creed is not an issue here! Utilising the Private messaging system for abuse of threats is also frowned upon and action will be taken if the system is abused.

2.6 Usernames
When creating a user name, please take into account the guidelines, any abusive/bad language seen in usernames will be looked upon harshly and will more then likely be deleted on sight. Please also note that for aesthetic purposes please use short words and spaces to break up longer user names. If you wish to alter or change your username at any time, contact an administrator via the "Current Problems" forum or through private message (Notes on contacting staff can be seen at the foot of this document).

2.7 Hacking
Hacking, cracking or other activities which involve unlawful alteration of software or access to data is forbidden. This site does not promote or want to condone the use of bypassing security of any kind. Including breaking into networks, even if you own them.

2.8 Warez
Warez is an internet term used to describe software, film, music and data piracy. Any information relating to piracy activities is strictly forbidden from this site. This rule is not limited to warez, but also includes "keygens" and "cracks", including how to obtain or install them. This can include information on how to bypass, circumvent any software or operating system’s security protocols.

2.9 Retail Products and Services
Whilst it may be appropriate to recommend software and services in certain situations, we do not want for the forums to be used as an advert for your companys product or service, therefore we ask that links to external sites only be used when suitable.

2.10 Spam
Posts that are completely off topic in order to raise post count or generally irritate other forum users will be removed. This includes posting the same message in multiple forums, the threads will be merged and the various original posts will be removed, this also includes single-word posts and simple "I agree" or "I got the first post" posts which serve no purpose at all. Please note that the definition of spam is subject to the admin or moderator's discretion.

NOTE: As part of the “spam” policy its also at the admins or moderator's discretion to judge when post contain an exadurating amount of emotes otherwise known as smileys. It is suggested not to post more then three or four smileys each post.

2.11 Begging
Begging for worth such as Reputation Points, Elevated Status, Specific things such as GMail invites or similar goods, or even Money from Members or Staff is not allowed. Please note that this includes the use of signatures on the forums.

3. Signatures.
The objects placed in the subjects signature which may be attached to any message they make visible to other subjects, must comply to the settings or permissions stated in section 2.

4. License.
Any subject stated as “You” or as “Member” will be allowed to view and use this forum for communiction purposes only. Reproduction by any illegal obtained documentations or files will result in a full ban on the your or the members account. Visiting rights are taken away and IP addresses will be passed to the local justice instance.

5. General Disclaimer.
The ShadowmaneTribe.com team, and administrators reserve the right to edit or
delete any message that does not adhere to or comply with these guidelines. We
also reserve the right to ban individuals who repeatedly violate them. If your thread is moved to a moderator forum or deleted, you will be contacted via a Private Message if necessary.

To ensure that the forum guidelines are enforced the moderators have the ability to edit, move, rename or delete all content posted to the public forums, which includes but is not limited to Threads, Posts and Polls. Super Moderators have the ability to ban users that do not comply with these guidelines. Super Moderators and Moderators should remember to leave a note if posts are edited and a private message sent to the users if a post is deleted.

6. Trademarks
This Forum does not grant permission to use the trade names, trademarks, service marks, or product names of the Licensor, except as required for reasonable and customary use in describing the origin of the Work and reproducing the content of the NOTICE file.


END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS



APPENDIX: Account Usernames.

To apply to the forums, the guest or visitor must follow the forum guidlines when it comes to creating an username. Indecent naming or naming that show signs of discrimination or rasiscm will be discarded and the noted IP address wil be banned for life.

When applying to the forums, take in note that the forums are guildmember based. All usernames should be an exact copy of the players ingame main character. All other chosen and thereby unkown usernames will be discarded and the guest or visitor can reapply for an new account.



The full document can be downloaded here for a more proper view on your screen. http://www.shadowmanetribe.com/ForumGuidelines.doc