In order to keep our forums running quicky and to ensure the enjoyment of all users, please follow the following simple rules for posting in the forums. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact support or a moderator. If you do not agree to these rules, you should refrain from posting in the forums.
General Rules
* We encourage debate and lively discussion. However, we will not tolerate hate speech, personal attacks, racism, disparaging remarks about others' sexuality, insulting posts, purposeless inflammatory posts, or other actions that degrade the site experience for other users. Please treat other people with respect, including the mods and administrators of this site.
* General trolling will not be tolerated. Unconstructive threads created with no other purpose but to complain or incite flaming will be locked or deleted.
* Please refrain from cursing/swearing excessively.
* Do not create threads to complain about the actions of another user. If you have a problem with another user, please contact a moderator or customer support.
* Spamming, such as posting similar or the same thread over and over, or adding completely offtopic posts over and over to an existing thread, is not allowed.
* Please refrain from posting meaningless one-line posts, such as "IB4L," "wat," or "fail." If you want to post, please contribute to the conversation.
* Please avoid "hook threads." This means threads that have titles such as "How do I..." or "What do you think of..." that are intended to bait other users into clicking on the thread.
* Do not post "quote pyramids." This means posting quotes of other quotes multiple times in order to try and stretch out the page.
* Please wait a reasonable amount of time before "bumping" a thread, such as waiting until it reaches the second page.
* Please post recruiting threads in the proper section. Threads posted in the wrong section will be moved, and repeated offenses will result in a suspension of posting privileges.
* Do not post links to sexual content or pornography. Keep it PG-13.
* Discussion of illegal activity, including warez links, pirating music and other copywritten materials, and cybercrimes are not allowed.
* Discussing and/or planning spam or hack attempts on this site or any other site is not allowed, and will result in posting suspension or a forum ban.
* Do not post the content of Private Messages from other users without the user's permission. * Do not share build or tactics information about a team or another player without the permission of the team owner or player's agent.
* Creating another thread to discuss or ask why another thread was locked, deleted, or moved is not allowed. The additional threads will be locked or deleted as well.
* Do not create threads asking why other users were suspended or banned. That information is private between the administation of the site and the user who was suspended.
* No threads about how people's teams should be taken away.
* No threads about how people should have been allowed to transfer leagues.
* No "Look, Another Team Got Gutted" threads.
* No Farm Team Threads.
* No Threads in the wrong forum.
* No Counting threads.
* No Profanity in thread titles.
* No "Poll Threads."
* No "Mods/Bort please look at this!" threads.
* No "Selling my team/Player" threads.
* No "How to Cheat" threads.
* No "The Game is Broken" threads.
* No "Give me FPs" or "When do we get our FPs" threads.
* No "Blank" threads (not having a title or a post in it).
* No "Who will lock this" or "Will this get locked" threads or anything similar.
* No "Worthless threads," i.e. "Miller Test Here" threads.
* No "Blog threads" - GLB isn't the place to seek attention like that.
* No Posting "real life" information of any member, including pictures, without their permission. This includes images and info taken from the member's MySpace, Facebook, or blog page.
* We reserve the right to remove or edit any objectionable posts at any time, without warning.
* We also reserve the right to suspend or ban anyone who willfully violates the forum rules. Access to the public forum is a privilege, not a right. Suspended or forum banned users will still have access to team forums and private forums they have purchased.
* Please note that just because something goes by unmoderated does not mean it is within the rules. We try our best, but we cannot be everywhere at once, and some posts may slip by unnoticed.
Any threads or posts that violate the above rules will be deleted or locked, and the offending posters will receive warnings and/or suspensions/bans depending on past history and severity of the infraction. Suspensions in the forum or chat room will result in suspension from both.
Private Forums
Private forum rules are a little more relaxed, but please note that Administrators may view your private forum at any time in order to protect the interests of the site and its users.
* You may talk about whatever you like in your private forum.
* General Rules regarding pornography, hate speech, racism, planning spam/hacking attempts, and illegal activity also apply to private forums.
* Sharing PM's, builds, and/or tactics of other users without their permission is not allowed.
Violation of private forum rules may result in confiscation of the forum without refund, and/or suspensions/bans of the users involved.
The "Trash Talk" Forum
Posts in the "Trash Talk" forum will be shown a little more leniency with regards to personal attacks, but only as long as they are in fun and jest. Racism and hate speech are still not allowed.
Private Messages
* The private message system should not be used to spam other users with advertisements or requests. Repeated spamming will result in the offending account being banned from the site permanently.
* Do not use the private message system to send insults, racism, or personal attacks to other users.
Repeated improper use of the Private Message system may result in a permanent ban from the site.
What Is A Moderator?
A moderator is a volunteer chosen by the Admins from among the user base who gives out his/her time to keep the boards clean and fun for everyone. They try hard to be fair and make rulings within the given forum rules. Moderators have the final say on forum rulings, as the Admins can't handle the workload of maintaining the forum flow. We cannot be everywhere at all times, so if we miss something, feel free to private message us about an issue.
Also they are not employees. They are regular Joe's who have been around for a while and who have contributed to the game in various ways through guides, answering questions and helping new users, helping organize the site, and through other behind the scenes stuff that you guys don't always see.
What Do Moderators Do?
-Enforce forum rules.
-Lock, move, delete, and sticky threads.
-Edit posts.
-Can remove a users ability to post in the public or private forums for a duration of 1-7 days.
-Bring up hot subjects/issues in the Mod forum.
-Police inappropriate team names and avatars.
-Police multi-accounts.
-Police potential gutting and collusion.
What Moderators Can't Do
-Change the name of your team, player, or user ID.
-Trace IPs.
-Reverse trades or anything similar within the game.
-Ban accounts from GLB (not just the forums).
-Change the rules or the terms of service.
Suspensions (commonly referred to as Bans)
If you log into Goal Line Blitz and receive a message that you have been suspended, you can either serve out your suspension or private message the moderator that suspended you for more details. Suspensions are private matters between the Moderators and the person suspended and will not be discussed publicly on the forums. If you do, your suspension may be extended.
What If I Disagree With A Moderator?
You can disagree with a Moderator, just be respectful with them and follow forum rules when doing so. Most of them are either in college or work regular jobs. They generally are all very patient, but with people threatening them, cursing at them via PM's, and generally harassing them all the time, even the most patient person can lose their patience. They are all human just like you, they just ask for respect and kindness when disputes arise or when you contact them.
Contact Info For Moderators/Support
Support
http://goallineblitz.com/game/support.plModerators
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http://goallineblitz.com/game/new_message.pl?to=19461In order to post in our forums, you must agree to these rules. These rules are subject to update or change at any time, without warning, so it is your duty to keep yourself appraised of these rules.
We will enforce these rules to ensure that the experience of all our users remains at a higher quality. Please show respect to your fellow users and these rules should be second nature to you.
-- The Goal Line Blitz Admin Team
