Now, I remember as a starting staff member, what is too strict, and what isn't strict enough when punishing members for breaking rules? Well, the purpose of this FAQ is to give you general guidelines to follow for punishments so that the staff as a whole is moreso fair, and the punishment shouldn't be based on which moderator warned the individual. No adult(sexual of any nature) content on the website; rather discussing or linking. In all circumstances: - Close the thread, edit the topic, the post, warn the user, and send a notification PM to the user (from the warn panel). First Offense: - If more than PG-13 nudity, proceed to Second Offense. - If remotely more than PG, but nothing too serious, just do as you would in all circumstances (close the thread, edit the topic/post, warn the user, and send them a notification PM). Second Offense: - Suspension of the account for 3-5 days, and any other accounts the user has (Member lookup tool, as well as IP Lookup tool can be found in 'My Controls'. if an IP is used on multiple accounts that you have warned/suspended, you can suspend all of the accounts, repeated evasion of suspension results in an auto ban). Third Offense: - Lifetime/IP ban. No warez; rather discussing, linking, or suggesting. In all circumstances: - Close the thread, edit the topic/post, warn the member, and send them a notification PM. First Offense: - If the member is new, redirect them to a rules topic when you do as you would in all circumstances (close the thread, edit the topic/psot, warn the member, and send them a notification PM). - If the member has over 500 posts, suspend them as well as all members with a matching IP. - If the member has over 1,000 posts, lifetime/IP ban the member, and all accounts associated with the members IP. Second Offense: - If the member is new, suspension of 3-5 days on all accounts associated with the IP. - If the member has over 500 posts, lifetime/IP ban. Third Offense: - If the member is new, lifetime/IP ban. No foul language; keep it PG. *This really only applies if the member is evading the word filter, even concerning the ratings, examples include; sh.it, bitch, highest rating, etc.* In all circumstances: - Edit the topic/post to remove foul language, warn the member, and send them a notification PM. First Offense: - Do as you would in all circumstances. Second Offense: - Warrants a suspension of 3-5 days on all accounts that match the IP used. Third Offense: - Lifetime/IP Ban. Do not spam; keep on topic, do not try to get your post count or credits up by posting useless replies to topics/or posting topics. In all circumstances: - Delete the post, warn the member, and send them a notification e-mail. First Offense: - Do as you would in all circumstances. Second Offense: - Suspension for 3-5 days on all accounts associated with the IP. Third Offense: - Lifetime/IP ban. No reputation abuse; reputation is a way to judge a persons character on the forum. Worthless [minus] or [postive] reputations will be removed, and fines, suspensions, or even bans will be given out. In all circumstances: - Remove the invalid rep, and warn the member. First Offense: - Fine the member who gave the invalid rep 100 credits. Second Offense: - Fine the member who gave the invalid rep 250 credits. Third Offense: - Fine the member who gve the invalid rep 500 credits, and suspend the member, and all accounts associated with the IP for 3-5 days. Racism is not tolerated on this forum, and removal of the person in question will be the end action of such remarks. In all circumstances: - Edit the topic/post, possibly close the thread (if its a thread based on pure racism), warn the user, and send a notification to the member via PM. First Offense: - Suspend the user for 3-5 days, and all accounts associated with the IP. Second Offense: - Lifetime/IP ban. No begging(asking) for credits, reputation, or inactive account(s). Do not respond to Ripper and/or Scammer Reporting threads unless you are: staff, person who posted the thread, person being accused in the thread. You WILL be fined 500 credits for ever post made and will receive a warning in such topics this now includes the Rep Abuse forum. In all circumstances: - Fine the member 500 credits and send a notification PM to the member explaining what has happened and what will happen in the future. First Offense: - Do as you would in all circumstances. Second Offense: - Warn the member, and do as you would in all circumstances. Third Offense: - Suspend the user for 3-5 days and all accounts associated with the IP, and do as you would in all circumstances. Fourth Offense: - Lifetime/IP ban. You cannot render images from deviantART, and CG Talk. You must show original image when posting an render, and it must be cut by you. In all circumstances: - Ban user, this is ripping and not tolerated. Do not sell items that you do not own or that you do not have permission to sell. In the case of brush & render packs, you must have permission from the original creator to redistribute them. In all circumstances: - Ban user, this is ripping and not tolerated. GAMERENDERS accounts: You cannot sell or trade a GameRenders account unless it was registered before February 1st, 2006. No exceptions! In all circumstances: - Close the thread and notify the member as to why its not elligible to be sold. The Selling of games, CD keys for games, Steam accounts, WoW accounts, GW accounts etc. will no longer be allowed to be sold on Gamerenders. This also includes Rapidshare,Megaupload type accounts. In all circumstances: - Close the thread and notify the member as to why its not elligible to be sold. If your account is banned, you are banned permenately. That doesn't mean to create another account. If you are found creating another account, that account will be banned as well. The same goes for suspensions. In all circumstances: - Obvious, ban the alternate account on the spot. All bans are lifetime/IP bans. * If an Auctioneer bumps an auction more then once a day, the auction is closed.This applies to all threads one bump per day. In all circumstances: - Obvious, by the rule, close the topic, and, if they do it repeatadly, keep an eye on them and tell them they are no longer allowed to sell the signature on GR. Do not post referral links anywhere outside of your profile, and they must not be masked. In all circumstances: - Remove the extra links, or the masked links. Notify the member as to why it was removed. No selling of passwords/or expolits; This includes selling info on how to gain unauthorised access to paid websites or anything else. Passwords such as the GR adult games password may not be sold. In all circumstances: - Close the thread, edit the topic/post, and send them a notification PM. First Offense: - If the member is new, redirect them to a rules topic when you do as you would in all circumstances (close the thread, edit the topic/psot, warn the member, and send them a notification PM). - If the member has over 500 posts, suspend them as well as all members with a matching IP. - If the member has over 1,000 posts, lifetime/IP ban the member, and all accounts associated with the members IP. Second Offense: - If the member is new, suspension of 3-5 days on all accounts associated with the IP. - If the member has over 500 posts, lifetime/IP ban. Third Offense: - If the member is new, lifetime/IP ban. Feel free to post any recommendations. You may punish like this if necessary without consulting a global moderator.
