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Flubbman:

--- Quote from: general offtopic on July 04, 2010, 03:18:48 AM ---9.   Thing we will most probably not tolerate:

•   Racisms, there is no valid scientific argument that suports ANY kind of racism. so SFTFU and no cookies for Riddler
•   loveism, we HAVE, ARE, and WILL keep having respect towards women, gays, lesbians, and you call it. This is a friendly game, with friendly people.
•   Constant stuff. If you do not want to improve your building skills, and still build as if your first day 3 years into the game, do not brag about it.
•   And all the things signaled as wrong in the rules.
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If only this was true...

sir dooble:
I posted a comment on how to behave or how the Forums work some time back.
It had things that came only from opinion, so it's views are open to interpretation.
Don't take what I said as pure fact, since I know that I now have slight disagreements with it now and that things have changed since then, so little bits don't quite make sense.

http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=73036.0

--- Quote from: sir dooble on 20 June 2009, 17:47:07 ---Hello, and welcome to Blockland. Please, make sure you read the rules before you start posting madly.

--- Quote from: MSguy on 20 June 2009, 02:01:32 ---Thanks! People are nice around here! :D
The people around here usually are, as long as you aren't the sort of person who 'Trolls' or just acts like an absolute idiot.
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A few things you may wish to know about;

Swearing
Another thing you may wish to know, if you don't allready, is that the people on Blockland swear, usually a lot. Don't feel pressured to swear if you don't wish to, but other people will do so, so just a note if you aren't necesarilly 'fine' with swearing.

Racism
You will quite easily find racism upon these forums, just as it is the same on the majority of the internet. As with swearing, you may not agree with racism (Especially if it is against people of the same race as you) but all you simply need do, is shrug it off.

Drama
On the Blockland Forums, there is a section dedicated to Drama. In Drama, people rant about people who have angered them in-game and on the forums. It can often get rather 'hot' in Drama. With people swearing, and constant arguing, the place can be very confusing. If you aren't the sort of person who likes to watch complete strangers argue about un-important things, then i wouldn't really suggest going there. However, the Drama area does supply some good times, lot's of laughs, and the riddance of a few 'Un-needed' members. So, check it out if you want, but be careful, as this is where most of the Swearing and Racism takes place.

Starting a Topic
Allways, allways, start a topic in the right place. No one wants to see you asking asking for a weapon in the Add-Ons section. 'Suggestions and Requests' in the Suggestions and Requests area, 'Help' in the Help area, etc.etc...
Another note about this is Drama. Recently things were changed in Drama. Starting a Topic can be a risky thing today, especially if you are actually the one in the wrong. Topics posted in Drama can not be locked. So, if you wrongly accuse someone, and it back-fires, it shall be open for people to comment on.

Emotes
:cookie: :cookieMonster: :panda:
These are the things to avoid. No-one minds if you use the CookieMonster once in a while to express a joke, but over-using them will annoy people. When asking for something, or thanking someone, dont say;

--- Quote ---Thnk U!!11!!1 I gIve U :cookie: :cookie: :cookie:
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This will instantly lose most respect for you.

Bumps
When someone post's a topic, they will be at the top of the 'Topic List' in the area they were placed. As someone posts in a topic, that topic is instantly moved to the top of the list, therefore moving other ones down. If someone post's a topic, and it ends up near the bottom of the first page, or even on the second page, and someone posts in it, it will be moved to the top of the first page. This is called a Bump. The further down the list, the bigger the bump. Big bumps are annoying, especially if the Topic has Died (Reaching far down the list) or if the purposte of the topic, was completed. Again, big pointless bumps are not wanted, and will lose you respect.

ROBLOX
Many people on these forums do not like ROBLOX. These people have no reason for this, other than jumping on the 'bandwagon' to try and become popular. It doesn't work. Most people don't dislike ROBLOX as a game, but the players instead.(However there are people who dislike ROBLOX because of the actual game, but don't blame the game in general for it's bad members) This is mainly because there are certain members who insist on being rivals with Blockland. Similar there are people on Blockland who insist on rivalling ROBLOX. ROBLOX recently set up some 'thing' where members get points or whatever, for posting links to ROBLOX. Blockland got loads of these people spamming us with Links, so Badspot (The creator and Moderator of Blockland and it's Forums) Set it up so that posting a link to ROBLOX gave the person a ban. So don't link to ROBLOX, at all.

That's just about it for what i can think of, so, have fun, and obey the rules. And I hope the hints help. Enjoy your time.
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Notably, I spelt Roblox as ROBLOX. You don't have to do that. I'm not entirely sure if the banning for linking to Roblox still exists or not.
Also, although I said most people don't like Roblox for no reason other than it's members, I do respect the fact that people also don't like Roblox because of it's gameplay. As I said, I was still pretty much new when I posted the above, and I only got my facts from what I saw on the Forums, and since the Forums only show the majority of stuff usually, It's hard to see the people who have the more unique views.
Anyway, that's my out-dated not entirely correct view of the Forum's un-official rules, or guide to staying alive.

VaultBoy:

--- Quote from: sir dooble on July 04, 2010, 05:08:38 AM ---

Notably, I spelt Roblox as ROBLOX. You don't have to do that. I'm not entirely sure if the banning for linking to Roblox still exists or not.
Also, although I said most people don't like Roblox for no reason other than it's members, I do respect the fact that people also don't like Roblox because of it's gameplay. As I said, I was still pretty much new when I posted the above, and I only got my facts from what I saw on the Forums, and since the Forums only show the majority of stuff usually, It's hard to see the people who have the more unique views.
Anyway, that's my out-dated not entirely correct view of the Forum's un-official rules, or guide to staying alive.

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It does, my brother was banned for posting an image link from it.

Treynolds416:
This looks good, and kudos on spending the time to type it up. It is however, missing a few good points. You should combine yours and sir dooble's to create an ultimate guide for recently joined players.

Corbiere:

--- Quote from: general offtopic on July 04, 2010, 03:18:48 AM ---• Build in the demo, but not too often. The lack of brick makes you focus more on the detail, giving you an edge.
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The lack of bricks leads to less detail...You can't build really well with 150 bricks. A detailed cube - sure

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