Welcome to The SOS Guild Rules Page!
We recommend that all new members read these rules carefully, to avoid warnings, suspension etc.
- Absolutely no profanity on the message board. If you are offended by someone using profanity, do not get involved, neomail a council member. By involving yourself in these situations to ANY extent, you automatically put yourself at risk for a warning, suspension etc.
- Begging for an increase in rank Do not pester the council to increase your rank please. Please read the ranks page. Remember, it doesn't matter what type of rank you are asking for, all requests receive the same penalty. Penalty is at the discression of the council member who catches you, meaning that they may distribute whatever penalty they believe is fitting.
- DO NOT argue on the message board! Arguing on the message board is prohibited. If you must argue with another guild member, please take it to neomail. Even if you did not "start" the arguement, you can still receive a penalty for participating.
- No racist, prejudice comments I seriously have no patience for this type of behavior. Racial discrimination is not tolerated. You are allowed to talk about other cultures, just please do not criticize them! Thanks.
- You do not have to give your name etc. Many people in this guild like to get to know eachother on a "first-name" basis. However, you are in no way obliged to reveal your name if you are not comfortable in doing so. Whether you explain to us who you are, or not, is your prerogative.
- Donations Shop: Why we have it. Our donations shop (Stone Donations) is extremely important to our guild. When people donate, they not only help out the guild financially, but they also increase the likelyhood of winning "Stone of the Month" (SOTM), receiving "Guild Serenity Points" (GSP), and winning monthly giveways (ex. 100k giveaway). Also, our prizes are better when neopoints are abundant in the guild fund, which may allow us to have even more giveaways in the future! If you purchase something with a value of 1000+ neopoints, your donation will be creditted to you. Donations under 1000 neopoints ARE ANONYMOUS. I must emphasize, however, that donating is not mandatory at all. This is a fundraising option for our guild.
- Have fun!Get to know people. Make some friends! Many people in this guild have been through struggles of their own, and are more than willing to talk if something is bothering you (yes, council members too). We're here for you all!
- No rude/disturbing siggy's please. We know rude and disgusting, please leave that for your msn/aim conversations, or for when you are talking to a council member via neomail. No point in upsetting the whole group.
SPAM RULES
SPAM=Short Pointless Annoying Messages. In our opinion, SPAM is a very broad term. What exactly constitutes as short? pointless? or annoying?
No one likes reading shop ads or requests (ex. "Vote for me in the beauty contest", "Vote for my Caption", what is the mystery pic?, where are faerie crossword answers? etc.). If someone willingly posts these, that is there choice, please don't ask people these questions on the message board. Go through neomail if you have to.
On the other hand, if you are continuing a conversation with 1+ guild members and you give a one-word response every now and then, we don't see a problem with that. Even 2 or 3 word responses are fine most of the time. I don't think people need to be punished for posting, I don't really see a point in telling people that they can only post IF they post a certain number of words, lines etc. It really takes all the fun out of chatting. Have fun!
Questions? Neomail forever_soccer!