Welcome to the forums! Please read these rules before you start out on your forum 'career'! Important sections are noted in bold.

Insulting and annoying people isn't very nice! If someone insults you or is purposely annoying you, PM me. That person will be given strikes. On this note, please don't curse! Star it out if you feel you must curse ( a** ). I can deal with damn and crap...they're not really curse words anymore. Don't post anything erotic or 'sexy'. This is a PG-13 forum and under, and I don't wanna hear anything from you. "BUT I'M 16!" Who cares? Set a good example for the 'little kids' on these forums.

Posting twice in a row is DOUBLE POSTING. Use the magic edit button if you decide to change something in your post or want to add something! If you double post, your posts will be merged into one with a little note from me. ^o^ All my comments will be in BLUE text.

Along with posting rules, I will add a short section some people call 'n00b chat' or 'hacker'. 'Noob chat' goes a little like this: 'hi lol i am teh coolest person here evah!!!!!!111oneeleven". It's annoying and pisses people off easily. Hacker is even more annoying and hard to read: "l33T h@xxoRx r0c5" or something like that. And don't type in all caps - use a SHORT PART of it if you need to. PLEASE, for the sanity of this forum, PLEASE don't post like this! Lastly, don't spam smileys. This is spamming smileys: "^_^". Smileys can be fun! But see how distracting they are here?

Please use proper grammar and spelling! This is not a chat room. Take your time with your posts. Use punctuation so people can actually understand what you're saying. Use proper spelling so that people don't have to read your post with the Rosetta Stone. If you don't know how to spell to a certain word, then just try to get it right. Oh, and stay on topic. Saying once.

And now we turn to the topic of Forum safety. Of course, don't give out any information you shouldn't. There are creeepy people on the 'net...

Please follow the rules, and we won't have any problems!