Guidelines

MMAPhilippines.net Forum Rules

MMAPhilippines.net is a friendly discussion community catered to the wonderful world of MMA. We strive to keep the forums a friendly atmosphere and an environment conducive to learning. As a member, please try to keep the following rules in mind:

Posting Guidelines
Behavior
Spam
Signatures and Avatars
Private Messaging
Images & Video Guidelines

Posting Guidelines

Post in the correct forum

When creating a new thread please make sure you are posting it in the correct forum. Posting in the wrong forum creates more work for the moderators to move the thread to the proper forum. Moving threads also leads to confusion when people look for the thread.

Stay on topic

Please try to stay on topic when responding to posts. Understandably, discussions will veer off in their own directions, but deliberate hijacking of threads will not be tolerated. Offenders will either be given a warning, or penalized with 1 infraction point which would expire in 2 months.

Search before starting threads

MMAPhilippines.net has a lot of threads. To avoid repetitive thread topics, please use the search feature to see if your question has already been discussed. After your search, if you cannot find a thread on the subject, or the previous threads do not answer your question or are outdated, feel free to create a new thread on the subject.

Make contributory posts

When responding to threads please make sure your post is contributing to the discussion. Making unnecessary posts ("pictures", "okay", etc.) is the main cause of threads getting sidetracked. If your post does not contribute to the discussion in some way it may be deleted. Offenders will either be given a warning, or penalized with 1 infraction point which would expire in 2 months.

Behaviour

Insults and personal attacks

While we are fairly lenient towards vulgarities, friendly bickering, and so forth, we do not tolerate blatant insults or personal attacks against others. Naturally, there will be disputes and debates in regards to strategy and such, but these discussions can still be dealt in a respectable manner. Offenders will either be given a warning, or penalized with 1 infraction point which would expire in 6 months.

Attacks on Staff

MMAPhilippines.net is supervised by moderators. Moderators scan the community to ensure that these rules are followed among all members. These rules are in everyone's favor and when there is an issue with a rule, please bring it to the staff's attention via Private Message as opposed to on the public forum.
Allowing somebody to directly challenge a staff member's authority on the public boards undermines the integrity of the site. Therefore, if a member has an issue with a moderator, send a Private Message to the Adminstrator, Tyler. Your complaints will be reviewed and action taken where needed.

Personal attacks toward the staff and criticism of how they perform their duties will not be tolerated. Offenders will either be given a warning, or penalized with 5 infraction points which would expire in 12 months.

Trolling

There is a zero tolerance policy towards trolling on MMAPhilippines.net. A troll is a person who purposely seeks out others or posts to insult or harass, and/or degrades the forum in an anti-social manner. Repeat offenders will be warned or possibly given infraction points.

Spam

There is a zero tolerance policy towards spam on MMAPhilippines.net. Spam includes, but is not limited to: referral links, pornographic or vulgar material, or any owned or associated website.If you wish to advertise on MMAPhilippines.net, you may do so by contacting us.

New members who spam will automatically be banned pemanently from the site; existing members who spam will either be given a warning, or penalized with 5 infraction points which would expire in 6 months.

Do not respond to spam. There is an icon in the upper right corner of every post for any member to report spam and other abuse to the staff.

Signatures and Avatars

Allowed:

A maximum of 5 links
Affiliate links

Not Allowed:

Distasteful or derogatory comments or images

Private Messaging

MMAPhilippines.net's private messaging system, like everything else on the site, is a privilege, not a right. Please act appropriately. Repeat offenders will be warned or possibly given infraction points.

Images & Video Guidelines

MMAPhilippines.net allows members to add both images and video in posts. Please follow the following rules and guidelines when posting an image or video. Generally, try to refrain images and video that may offend other members. The following items are prohibited:

Racism
Nudity
Excessive Violence (Since we're an MMA Forum, obviously sanctioned cagefighting is allowed, but no torture, excessive street violence, etc.).

Failure to comply with these rules may result in a penalty at the discretion of the MMAPhilippines.net staff.