VideoGamePerfection.com – Full forum rules

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By accessing “VideoGamePerfection.com forums” (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our”, “VideoGamePerfection.com”), you agree to be legally bound by the following terms. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all of the following terms then please do not access and/or use “VideoGamePerfection.com”. We may change these at any time and we’ll do our utmost in informing you, though it would be prudent to review this regularly yourself as your continued usage of “VideoGamePerfection.com” after changes mean you agree to be legally bound by these terms as they are updated and/or amended.

You must be 13 years old or older to use this forum

This web site is directed to adults; it is not directed to children under the age of 13. Please ask a parent or guardian to post on your behalf if you are under the age of 13. Accounts found to be in violation of this rule will be deleted immediately, with no warning.

Post etiquette

You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated or any other material that may violate any laws be it of your country, the country where “VideoGamePerfection.com” is hosted or International Law. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned, with notification of your Internet Service Provider if deemed required by us. The IP address of all posts are recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that “VideoGamePerfection.com” have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should we see fit.

Privacy policy

To use the forum you must agree to the VideoGamePerfection.com privacy policy.

As a user you agree to any information you have entered to being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent, and we take precautions to update and secure our site, VideoGamePerfection.com/VGP Media shall not be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.

Under European data privacy rules, you have the right to delete your account and related personal information at any time. To delete your account, please contact us with your username here.

Posting or sharing images on the forum

Our forum now has the facility for you to post pictures direct in-line with your forum posts. If you wish to use this feature, please be aware of the terms and conditions below. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not post any images on our website.

Images must be on topic – The image posting facility is for forum users to post images that help illustrate or explain the topic in discussion. For example, posting a picture of modification work while asking for help with troubleshooting would be an example of an acceptable, on topic image. Posting an image of your cat would not be on topic (unless your cat can play videogames).

Users who abuse the picture posting function to post irrelevant or unnecessary images may have their images deleted without notification and in some cases their posting privileges revoked. What constitutes a relevant or irrelevant image is entirely up to the forum moderators to decide and is not open to debate.

No posting of copyright material – You may only post images to which you own the copyright, for example, images you created yourself using your phone or digital camera.

Any images found to violate copyright will be removed immediately and for repeat offenders, posting privileges may be revoked.

Memes – Currently we will allow the use of memes on the forum as long as they are used sparingly and comply with our other rules. For instance, you may not post racist, sexist, pornographic or homophobic memes, or memes that bully or harass other users.

Technically, most memes are copyright works, however their creators design them to be shared and encourage such behaviour. We will remove any meme, cartoon or humorous image if requested to do so by the copyright holder.

No posting of adult or offensive material – You are strictly forbidden from posting any adult or pornographic material using the image upload functionality or by any other means. This includes photographs, pseudo-photographs, 3D renders or drawings. Adult material is defined as any image containing explicit sexual content or extensive graphic violence; or which is marketed or identified as pornography or adult material, including but not limited to labels such as “adults only”, “not for children”, or established ratings such as NC-17 (MPAA) or AO (ESRB).

No nudity or partial nudity – You are strictly forbidden from posting any nude or partially nude pictures of any person or persons, real or fictional on this forum by any means.

Users who abuse the picture posting function to post adult material will have their images deleted and their posting privileges revoked without warning.

Specific rules for images depicting people

You may post images or photographs of people provided they adhere to the guidelines above regarding relevancy and adult content/nudity, however please be aware of these additional rules.

Do not post pictures of other people without permission – Please do not post images of any individuals without their express permission. If there is any doubt that permission was given, a moderator will remove or edit the image. If in doubt, please obscure the face or faces of other people in your photograph before uploading it.

You are expressly forbidden to upload any image of an individual in any situation where the individual or individuals in the image are or appear to be under the age of 18, without express permission from their parent or guardian. If there is any doubt, a moderator will remove the image and you may have your posting privileges revoked. If in any doubt, please obscure the face or faces of other people in your photograph before uploading it.

There is one exception to the above rule, and that applies if the picture is of yourself, when you were a child, and you are now retrospectively posting the image as an adult of at least 18 years of age. As an example, a picture of you as a child enjoying your games console could be considered acceptable and on topic as long as you are presently 18 years of age or older and the image adheres to the other rules set out above.

We may remove or revoke the picture posting facility at any time. You agree that we may remove or edit any image uploaded to our website at any time at at our sole discretion without any prior warning. All images must also comply with the broader forum rules, just as text posts do. These rules can be read below.

No swearing, posting of “adult” material, personal attacks or “trolling”

The posting of “adult” or offensive material is strictly forbidden. Posting links to adult material is strictly forbidden. You may not post any material that attacks others on the grounds of their gender, race, religion or sexuality. You may not ask for such material anywhere on this website/message board.

You may not use offensive or vulgar language on this message board. Simply replacing some of the letters in a curse/swear word with a * or any other character is not acceptable. We also expect members to behave respectfully and not launch personal or abusive attacks on other members. Those who post for the sole purpose of causing trouble are not welcome here and will be dealt with accordingly.

No spamming or promotion of competing sites

This forum is for VideoGamePerfection.com readers only. Running a forum requires significant investment of time and money. While you may post links that are useful to our readers, please do not post links to competing websites.

While we do allow our readers to link to websites and products they consider useful, we may, at our discretion, delete posts which appear to be little more than spamming/attempting to promote commercial products or services. The decision regarding what constitutes a useful link and what constitutes spam is entirely down to the moderators and is not open for debate.

No medical advice

We ask all members not to ask for, nor give out, medical advice. This is because if a member of these forums gave out medical advice that was incorrect, VideoGamePerfection / VGP Media could be held responsible.

No promotion of business interests

You may not promote any website or business you have a financial or other interest in, or use the popularity of this community to help build one of your own. We will make exceptions for this at our own discretion if the product or website you’re promoting is significantly useful or relevant to our visitors and doesn’t significantly harm our own business interests. The forums are here to allow people to freely share knowledge, not provide them with personal financial gain, or free advertising. You may however, place a link to your own personal website in your signature/profile.

No links or requests for pirate software, “warez” or any other illegal material

Providing or asking for information regarding pirated software, “warez”, “gamez”, “ROMS” or any other illegal copies of software protected by copyright is forbidden. There is no such thing legally as “Abandonware”. Discussion of region free mods is acceptable however.

No discussion of politics or religion

These topics are off limits even in the off-topic forum. Not because we hate free speech (quite the contrary) just because they tend to get people so riled up that it becomes a nightmare to moderate. We’re here to help you with video games, not how to vote in the next election or which deity to pray to. There are other forums and discussion boards on the net where you can debate these things.

No promotion or trading of crypto currency or non-fungible tokens (NFT’s)

You may not use this forum or the private messaging system to buy, sell, swap or trade any kind of crypto currency or NFT assets. You may not post links to other websites or resources promoting crypto currency or NFTs.

Private messaging system

The private messaging system, when available, will allow you to send messages to other users of the site that cannot normally be viewed by anyone else on the site.

While we take precautions to make sure that these messages remain private, VideoGamePerfection.com/VGP Media cannot and does not warrant that these messages are secure. If greater security is required, please arrange to use a secure messaging system off-site.

Users suspected of engaging in illegal activities or any activities that would bring VGP Media into disrepute may have their private messages read by a moderator and forwarded to law enforcement if necessary.

We reserve the right to remove or change the private messaging system at any time. We may delete or remove access to private messages at any time, without giving notice. Please ensure that you backup any important messages you send or receive.

Multiple accounts

Only one account per user is permitted.

Posts which violate the rules will be edited or deleted by a moderator and the user who created them will be issued a warning. If the offense is more serious, the post will be deleted and the user may be suspended for a period of time or banned altogether. For persistent and deliberate rule-breakers the account will be banned. That means the offending account will no longer function and the user will be blocked from registering again.

Disclaimer

The materials contained on this forum are provided for general information purposes only and do not constitute legal or other professional advice on any subject matter. VideoGamePerfection / VGP Media does not accept any responsibility for any loss which may arise from reliance on information contained on this forum. The opinions expressed in posts are solely those of the original posters and do not necessarily represent those of the VideoGamePerfection.com/VGP Media staff.

On no account will any VideoGamePerfection.com/VGP Media staff member or moderator accept any responsibility for any loss which may arise from reliance on information contained on this forum, even if the information was contained in a post made by a moderator or staff member.