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Banned Topics

The following topics should not be discussed on the EAB:

Political affairs
Religion
Racism

The reason that they are not allowed is that they nearly always end in flame wars.
The EAB is not a platform to force political propaganda and views on other members.

Off Topic Posting Guidelines

Can all members please note that the Off Topic forums are for to discuss anything not related to the main forums. They are not for OTT jokes, rants or laughs and the like... (Mild humour is acceptable and will be tolerated to a point) Nor is it provided as an area to infringe the rights of normal common decency towards other members and/or the moderation team.
It is NOT for disturbing images, language or sexual innuendo!

Please be aware, that although images of sorts are acceptable, a continuous barrage of images in a single posts or one post after the other, will not be tolerated and will be treated and dealt with in a similar manner to spam.

Please consider if what you are posting is suitable for a child and if it is not, then DON'T post it!

The following is prohibited and any member posting will receive an instant 1 month ban!

Pornographic images that are more than topless (this includes animals!!)
Images of cruelty towards other people or animals
OTT images that would be considered offensive
Religious/Political images/rants

Can all members also please note that anyone posting child porn of any description or images where the age of the person on the image can not be clarified and that person does not look 18yrs+ then the member responsible will receive a perm ban and their details passed onto the required authorities!

You, the member, remain solely responsible for the content of your post and the OT Mods/GM's reserve the right to delete, move or edit any irrelevant threads or posts that infringe any of the above rules without warning, but will post or send a PM to explain why the post has been edited/deleted.

Signature (direct signatures are not allowed)

When you are writing a message, direct signatures are not allowed. They are considered as spamming.

Signatures include: names, nicknames, poetry, quotes, philosophy, jokes, adverts. The size of the signature is not relevant; it is still a signature.

If you want to have your own personal signature (be it your name, a message, or whatever), follow these steps:

Go to your User Control Panel (usercp)
Complete the field "signature" in the "Edit Profile" section
In the "Edit Options" section, activate the option "Show user's signatures in their posts".

Using this method, you won't force other members to see your signature. Everyone then should be able to choose wether they want to see them or not.

Workbench disks, Kickstart ROMs & software or music files still supported/for sale

It is illegal to distribute kickstart ROMs or Workbench disks (even if modified) as they are still copyrighted.

So please:

Do not: Post a link to where to download the ROMs/disks from
Do not: Attach the ROM in a post
Do not: Upload them to the zone
Do not: Post the source code

You can either use the ROM(s) / Workbench disks from your real Amiga(s) or you can buy them from: www.amigaforever.com

Please do not request for software which is still currently supported/still for sale. Distribution of serial numbers, keyfiles (e.g. whdload keyfile etc.) is strictly prohibited.

Also, please do not upload/post music files (mp3, wma, org, wav etc) which can still be purchased.

Doing so will result in the topic being locked/closed and the file(s) being deleted.

Anybody linking to or uploading any of these copy protected files will be banned immediately without warning.

First Offence a 1 week ban
Second Offence a 1 month ban
Third offence a permanent ban

MarketPlace Rules

Posting of eBay links:

Please post ALL eBay links in the one "ebay Links" thread which can be found by clicking on THIS LINK
Please include useful information with the link (i.e. what the item for sale is, price, country etc.)
Any posts with just an eBay link or link with e.g. "look at this cool item for sale" will be deleted.
Multiple eBay posts outside of the EBay links thread is no longer allowed.

SPS (formerly CAPS) FAQ - DO'S & DONT'S

Please regard the following guidelines before posting:

» Do not ask for SPS (formerly CAPS) releases

» Do not respond to messages that ask for SPS (formerly CAPS) releases

» Any posts that do so, risk being deleted!

» Do not Upload SPS (formerly CAPS) Image to the Zone

Also please note the following:

CAPS has no part or relationship with image distribution. This discussion board is dedicated to solve problems, answer doubts, discuss sugestions, and provide a medium for conversation among users. This is definitely not the place for that.

And please, last but not least. Let us all be nice with each other. We are all Amiga fans.

If you happen to have suggestions of further rules that should exist, please contact one of the moderators.

Fjrb

Account termination

One member will be removed from the EAB if :

User has not posted enough (< 10 posts) and his last EAB visit is more than 4 months old.
User lowers the quality of the discussion by posting stupid, repeated off-topic posts, and flame-wars.
User doesn't seem to be interested in the Amiga or retro-gaming world.

(The 10 posts number is too low, it is the typical result of someone who makes three questions, two answers, and never comes back here. Those people are not considered as real members)

Inactive "members" with a very low post number will be removed without any notice. We do not want to see those cadavers here, like in the majority of "big" internet forums, with at least 50% of dead or fake members.

Those users that create multiple accounts for any purpose (specially for trolling or "messing around") will be warned and/or banned, depending on the "havoc" they cause.

Customizing

If you want to customize your profile, check your User Control Panel (user cp). With it, you will be able to use:

The EAB's avatars (you can use your own custom avatar or pick one from many galleries). N.B. Animated avatars are not allowed as they are too distracting.
Your worldwide location (town / country).
And of course the Custom User Text.

Do not forget that your website IS also linked with all your messages, as well as these informations, so try not to put it in your signature, if you choose to use one.

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