HackingVault Forum Rules

Forum Rules
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1. Purpose of the Forum: This Forum exists to facilitate the discussion of game hacking and related topics. "Game Hacking" is to be construed in the sense of individual game modification, including penetration testing and speculative discussion of vulnerabilities and/or techniques.

2. Purpose of these Rules: These Rules are laid forth in the hope that they will facilitate discussion of the aforementioned topic, engender communal spirit and mutual forbearance, and provide a common basis for what is and what is not allowed to provide a positive and constructive enviroment for all levels of discussion.

3. Acceptance of these Rules: Members and Guests choosing to post on the Forum implicity accept these rules and agree to be subject to their application.

4. Moderators: Moderators exist to facilitate this discussion. All Members and Guests are encouraged to contact Moderators concerning any queries or complains they may have concerning the Forum, its Members or its Rules. Moderators are in turn expected to assist Members and Guests or refer them to relevant officers. Moderators will be subjected to periodic review and a failure to participate and/or contribute to the forum may result in the loss of moderator privileges.

5. Affirmative Action: In all cases Moderators may amend posts not found to be compliant with the Rules expressed herein; when making such amendments the Moderators are required to note their own nickname and give a reason for which the amendment was made. Entire threads found to be in violation of these rules may be locked or deleted; in the former case the moderator shall add a post explaining why the topic was locked, whilst in the latter he or she shall make a post to the "About HITB" topic explaining the reason for the deletion. Deletion is reserved for more serious offences and should always be a last resort. If, once a thread is locked or deleted, a Member or Guest posts a new thread essentially in continuation of the previous thread, this new post (and any thread that may ensue) can be deleted without notification or mention. Multiple copies of a cross-posted message may be deleted, provided that one copy be left in place.

6. Illicit Access and Hacking of this Forum: Any attempt to gain illicit access or illicitly elevate one's privileges on this Forum will result in immediate banning and reporting to the perpetrator's ISP, whether such attempts are successful or not. Discussion of server vulnerabilities and security issues is however encouraged with the proviso that the Founder be forewarned and he give his explicit consent.

7. Obscenities: Obscene language is not allowed, and direct links to obscene material is not allowed. (One is, however, allowed to post a link to a relevant site that may or may not feature pornographic pop-ups; the poster is encouraged to forewarn of this when posting.) Furthermore, Members found to have obscene or offensive nicknames or avatars will be requested to make corrections; if met with non-compliance, moderators will be allowed to unilaterally make amendments as they see fit. However, when changing a Member's username the Moderator is required to send an email to the Member in question informing him or her of the change, lest the Member be unable to log in again.

8. Leeching: Users Found Leeching Hacks/Programs/Releases will be banned for 2 days. If you are releasing someone elses hacks please give credit or take permission from the original owner.

9. Hacking: This is a forum intended for the use of game hacking. It is not intended as a one-stop school for hacking hopefuls. Nonetheless, questions by newcomers and interested people are encouraged and will most likely be answered, especially by individuals seeking assistance. However, requests or posts of a clearly malicious nature, including, but not limited to, requests to assist in revenge, "hacking" Hotmail or R********e, or violation of other users' privacy (such as illicit access to email accounts) will be met with immediate locking and possibly deletion. Users found to be posting malicious material (such as username/password collection schemes or "trojanized" software) will be irrevocably banned.

10. Mutual Respect: Members and Guests alike are expected to behave in a civilized manner and respect one-another. This means no derogatory or snide remarks of any kind. Traditional social niceties ("good manners") such as "please" and "thank you" are encouraged. Rudeness will not be tolerated, and personal insults may be reported to Moderators who will be allowed to admonish or suspend the offending party. Cross-posting is rude and multiple incidents will be met with serious sanctions.

11. Posting Links: If posting a link to a download, the poster is required to post a link to the relevant webpage rather than to the software itself. When posting a link, posters are encouraged to make the link explicit rather than conceal it by means of the BBcode URL syntax. This is important in order to ensure other users known where material is coming from. Users found to be using "dishonest syntax" (such as {url=http://www.mysite.com}www.hotmail.com{/url}) will be irrevocably banned.

12. Posting Images: Users are encouraged to post images at a maximum resolution of 640x480 for the benefit of users with small screens or limited bandwidth.

13. Spamming: Users found to be spamming or posting unjustified commercial links with a view to promotion of a commercial entity or self-promotion will be subject to banning. The post will be deleted or the relevant links rendered inert/removed.

14: Reversing Payments: Users Found reversing payments after purchasing a subscription will be Banned permanently and legal action will be taken. No refunds will be given also.

15: You agree to These rules and you will follow them accordingly.
For breaking above rules you may be warned/banned appropriately!