Code of Conduct

Welcome to the Rendezvous Brotherhood

Forum

The Forum incorporates all sections of the Brotherhood, where communication is carried out via posting in topics. With the exception of individual clan sub-forums, all information within these sections are public and therefore viewable by anyone.

It is expected that members are polite and respectful when posting in the public forum.
Posts that should be avoided include:
• Trolling - Annoying people on purpose
• Spamming - Large number of posts that do not add to the conversation
• Necroing - Posting in 'dead' topics
• Discrimination - Discrimination on any basis (sex, race, etc.)
• Bullying - Picking on a member
• Harassment - Continuously irritating or tormenting members
• Offensive Language - Cursing
• Multi-accounting - Creating/accessing more than one Forum account
• Inappropriate content - Posting or linking to disturbing or pornographic images, videos, text, etc.
• Hacking & cheating - See Amendment.
• Personal Information - Sharing personal information about BB members without their permission.
• Illegal Content/Information - Sharing or linking information that is illegal i.e. torrents or links to cracked paid software or games etc.


Chatbox
The Chatbox is an instant messaging system which is located at the bottom of the main page of the Brotherhood forum. When logged in, members can chat to other members in real time. This feature is only available to registered members of the forum.

It is expected that members conduct themselves in a polite and respectable manner when messaging in the Chatbox.
Messages that should be avoided within the Chatbox include:
• Trolling - Annoying people on purpose
• Spamming - Large number of messages that do not add to the conversation
• Discrimination - Discrimination on any basis (sex, race, etc.)
• Bullying - Picking on a member
• Harassment - Continuously irritating or tormenting members
• Offensive Language - Cursing (See Amendment)
• Enhanced Text - Large, italic, bold, coloured or scrolling text within the chat window
• Inappropriate content - Posting or linking to disturbing or pornographic images, videos, text, etc.
• Hacking & cheating -See amendment.
• Personal Information - Sharing personal information about BB members without their permission.
• Illegal Content/Information - Sharing or linking information that is illegal i.e. torrents or links to cracked paid software or games etc.

What will happen if you break the Code
Administrators, Forum Moderators and Chat Moderators are the 'police' of the Novus Brotherhood Forum. A Chat Moderator can be recognised by the '@' symbol before their name in the Chatbox userlist. An Administrator or Forum Moderator can be recognised by their red coloured name (a darker red in the case of a Forum Moderator).

Code offences are split into 4 levels which are:
1. Annoying - Unintentional spamming, necroing, chat text effects
2. Disruptive - Intentional spamming, trolling, cursing
3. Offensive - Excessive cursing, bullying, sexism, racism or other discrimination
4. Extreme - Obscene images & text, strong sexism, racism or other discrimination

If you break the code, Admins or Moderators will in most cases:
1. Ask you to stop
2. Ask you to stop again, letting you know you may get kicked or banned if you continue
3. Kick or ban you for a period of time, with a reason why
4. Ban you for an extended period of time, with a reason why

NOTE: Admins and Moderators have the right to kick or ban without warning if the situation calls for it.

If you see someone breaking the code, you may ask them to stop, however if they do not, their misconduct may be reported to a Moderator or Admin through a screenshot. The screenshot should include the full incident from beginning to end (without excluding anything), as the Moderation staff cannot take proper action if any necessary information is left out."