Posting Guidelines

Welcome, prospective contributor to the BYOND community! Before you proceed, please read the following short list of guidelines. It'll only take a minute, and, as long as you agree to follow the rules, we'll never bug you about it again!

1. Don't be a jerk. We're all people here, so don't make personal attacks. You can respectfully criticize the content of a post, but not the poster. Flame wars are a big waste of everyone's time.
2. Don't be vulgar. Don't post anything you wouldn't want your grandmother to read (or if she has a mouth like a filthy sailor, pretend she's Amish). Keep profanity to a minimum, don't post nasty pictures, and so forth.
3. Leave your beef at the door. If you and another user have a problem, don't drag it onto the forums.
4. Show good faith. This means don't be dishonest, malicious, generally a poison pill. Treat other users with good faith, and whenever possible give them the benefit of the doubt that they're trying to do the same.
5. Don't be inflammatory. Avoid posting stuff you know is likely to start huge arguments, like politics, and especially don't post things intended to incite negative reactions. We're here for making games, so we want a positive community around that. Controversy can be discussed on other sites.
6. Don't spam. We want you to advertise your creations here. The different forums have various regulations for the content they accept. But don't post the same thing multiple times. If you post in the wrong place—don't worry; the moderators will take care of it.

That's it. Follow these rules and you'll be happy (but, more importantly, we'll be happy). Don't follow them, and all that's going to happen is your posts will get deleted and you'll probably get banned.

Happy posting!