Hello and Welcome to the Sonic the Hedgehog Rapid Board!


Please register (it's easy and free!) and then post on our Introduction thread right away so we can welcome you properly!


ROOT Admin: Clown Prince of Crime (CPoC)

Admins: GoldenSama (GS), R0UGE (Joha), BlueRush (BR)

Mods: Crystal Rose (C_R), Kimiko (Kimi)

Contact any of us for questions, comments, etc.! We're friendly and would be glad to talk to you! But first read the rules!


1. READ THE RULES

A ) Doin' good so far. Rules are subject to change with or without notice, oh noes.


2. PLAY NICE

A ) Respect everyone's opinion and contribute constructively to the conversation.

B ) Do not be rude; there's no reason not to say everything in a non-offensive way. Please speak to a mod or admin with complaints about another member instead of arguing with them directly. We're here to help. :)

C ) Give credit where credit is due. Don't claim you made something if you didn't, and try not to steal bandwidth.

D ) Respect the fact that more than one different version of something can be canon. (I.E., Sonic's games, comics, and TV shows)

E ) Do not post false or difficult-to-verify cheat codes or guides. We accept GameFAQs as the accepted authority for codes.

F ) It's common courtesy to warn others before posting spoilers.


3. DON'T SPAM

A ) Use proper english. Use 1337-speak only when making fun of it, and even then sparingly. Use CAPITALS properly; and please, do use them.

B ) Contribute to the conversation. In discussions, RPs, and anything else that involves communication, make everything that you say something that can be responded to. Quantity is not necessarily Quality, but neither is a short, worthless post.

C ) Don't double post. If it's a mistake, it's fine, we understand. :) We can fix it. Don't make it a habit.

D ) Don't post in old topics unless it's, say, your old fanfic or art topic; or if you have another good reason. Make a new topic.

E ) Stay on-topic. If you stray from a topic, start a new thread and talk there.

F ) Advertise in sigs only. Contact any mod or admin about affiliation, we'd be glad to.

G ) Post count doesn't matter. Kindness, intelligence, passion, and loyalty to the Board do.

Q ) Distribute a chain letter of any kind and the punishment will be greater than you can imagine. :) Have a nice day.


4. AVOID THESE TOPICS

A )If flame wars develop on topics that should have never come up in the first place, both sides will be punished. Topics such as these...

• Gay marriage/adoption/rights. No shōnen-ai/shōjo-ai or yuri/yaoi material distribution, either, in order to avoid this topic.


• Abortion


• Politics


• Religion


• Racism/Bigotry


• Chuck Norris

No discussion, displaying, spreading your viewpoint, or attacking.

B ) Don't Swear, you smurfing smurfs. Using one of the lesser curse words here and there isn't that much of a problem; don't make it a habit or bad things will come your way. Who decides what's a 'lesser' curse word? We do.

C ) There's no rivalry between SEGA and Nintendo, so don't fight about it.

D ) ABSOULTELY NO ADULT CONTENT. You know what I mean. We get to decide what's 'offensive.' End of story.

E) No flaming or harassing other members. This has already been stated in Rules 1A and 1B. No pressuring information from other members either.


5. DON'T GET PUNISHED

A ) Frankly, you have to be a TOTAL DIPWAD to get punished here. We're very understanding and nice. :) Don't be mean or disrespectful to anyone, and you'll be fine.
If you are...

The punishment depends on its severity of the deed. We'll decide how severe it was.

We will speak to you and try to help you avoid the problem in the future.


1 ) We will warn you verbally.

2 ) We will raise your warning level.

3 ) We will suspend you for a short period of time.

4 ) We will suspend you for a long period of time.

6 ) And finally, under great duress... we will ban you.

7 ) We will sing "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" in your honor.


These are dependent on severity, repetition, and our judgement.

MODS AND ADMINS: PLEASE DO NOT SKIP STEPS WITHOUT FIRST GETTING APPROVAL OF OTHER MODS/ADMINS. THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

B )Don't misuse the report button. You weren't going to anyway.


6. KEEP YOUR AVATAR & SIG NICE

A ) Avatar: Not much bigger than 160x160. Enter in the dimensions when you add it. Of course... it's impossible to break this rule as there's already a built-in limit. ;)

B ) Signature: Reasonable sizes, please. About 300 height and 500 width. This rule is not enforced at all right now, but it will be if it gets bad. No image macros or small image collections.


7. HAVE FUN ROLE-PLAYING

A ) Read the Tips thread and RP intelligently and without godmodding.

B ) Start RPs in the Sign-ups subforum and get members before starting. All discussion goes on there. Make a new thread in the RP forum when you begin.

C ) The GM, or the RPmaker, decides everything about an RP until things get out of hand or unfair, at which point an admin's decision takes precedent. We trust our staff to be fair.

D ) Calling characters is a tough topic. Sharing is nice, people, don't fight over what you both love; there's WAY more important things in life.


Have fun. :) Talk to the staff with any concerns or just to say 'Hello.' Be nice and we'll be nice to you, every time.

~The SRB Staff

P.S. Still bored? Read the extended rules here.