Welcome to GameClub discussion forums. These forums are here to provide you with a friendly environment where you can discuss ideas, give game play advice, role-play, and converse about any other aspects of GameClub with other players. Community forums are at their best when participants treat their fellow posters with respect and courtesy. Therefore, we ask that you conduct yourself in a civilized manner when participating in these forums.
The guidelines and rules listed below explain what behavior is expected of you and what behavior you can expect from other community members. Note that the following guidelines are not exhaustive, and may not address all manner of offensive behavior. As such, the forum moderators shall have full discretion to address any behavior that they feel is inappropriate. Also, suspension or banishment from the game will always result in the same in regard to forum access. Your access to these forums is a privilege, and not a right. Gameclub reserves the right to suspend your access to these forums at any time for reasons that include, but are not necessarily limited to, your failure to abide by these guidelines.
We reserve the right to evaluate each incident on a case by case basis. The action we take may be more lenient or more severe than those listed below.
Racial/EthnicThis category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:
Promote racial/ethnic hatred
Are recognized as a racial/ethnic slur
Allude to a symbol of racial/ethnic hatred
If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:
Be temporarily banned from the Gameclub forums
Be given a final warning, any further Code of Conduct violations may result in permanent ban from the forums
Account SellingThis category includes both advertising your account or characters for sale or trade, or advertising that you are looking for an account or characters to purchase through:
Forum posts
Philippine Peso (PHP) Trading / Selling
Linking to Buy and Sell sites
If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:
Be permanently banned from the Gameclub forums
Extreme Sexuality/ViolenceThis category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:
Refer to extreme and/or violent sexual acts
Refer to extremely violent real life actions
Pornography
If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:
Be permanently banned from the Gameclub forums
Real-Life ThreatsThis category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:
Refer to violence in any capacity that is not directly related to the game
If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:
Be temporarily banned from the Gameclub forums
Be given a final warning, any further Code of Conduct violations may result in a permanent ban from the forums
Distribution of Real-Life Personal InformationThis category includes:
Releasing any real-life information about other players or Gameclub employees
If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:
Be temporarily banned from the Gameclub forums
Be given a final warning, any further Code of Conduct violations may result in a permanent ban from the forums
Posting Cheats, Hacks, Trojan Horses, or Malicious ProgramsThis category includes:
Posting links to cheats, hacks, or malicious viruses / programs
If you would like to report information regarding cheats or hacks to Gameclub, send it to
support@Gameclub.ph or Private Message (PM) the GMs here. Do not post it to the forums
If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:
Be permanently banned from the Gameclub forums
Impersonating a Gameclub EmployeeThis category includes:
Passing yourself off as a Gameclub employee to post false information
If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:
Be permanently banned from the Gameclub forums
Posting Hacking Data FilesThis category includes language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:
Show the results of hacking or any tampering of the game files
If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:
Be permanently banned from the Gameclub forums
While these repercussions may seem harsh, we feel very strongly that this behavior has no place on the Gameclub forums due to its extremely offensive and inappropriate nature.
Obscene/VulgarThis category includes both clear and masked language in posts, signatures, and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:
Are an inappropriate reference to human anatomy or bodily functions
Are pornographic in nature
If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:
Be given a temporary ban from the Gameclub forums, depending upon severity
Be given a final warning, any further Code of Conduct violations may result in a permanent ban from the forums
Inappropriate LanguageThis category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:
Are a mildly inappropriate reference to human anatomy or bodily functions
Are otherwise considered objectionable
Bypass the Language filter
If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:
Be given a temporary ban from the Gameclub forums, depending upon severity
Be given a final warning, any further Code of Conduct violations may result in a permanent ban from the forums
Harassing or DefamatoryThis category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:
Insultingly refer to other characters, players, Gameclub employees, Moderators or groups of people
Result in ongoing harassment to other characters, players, Gameclub employees, Moderators or groups of people
If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:
Be given a temporary ban from the Gameclub forums, depending upon severity
Be given a final warning, any further Code of Conduct violations may result in a permanent ban from the forums
Harassment takes many forms, and is not necessarily limited to the type of language used, but the intent. Repeatedly targeting a specific player with harassment can lead to more severe action. The idea behind this is to prevent any one player from consistently being uncomfortable in the Gameclub forums.
Major Religions or Religious FiguresThis category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:
Negatively portray major religions or religious figures
If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:
Be given a temporary ban from the Gameclub forums, depending upon severity
Illegal Drugs or ActivitiesThis category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:
Reference to abusing illegal drugs
Reference to performing illegal activities
If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:
Be given a temporary ban from the Gameclub forums, depending upon severity
Spamming and TrollingThis category includes:
Excessively communicating the same phrase, similar phrases, or pure non- sense
Creating threads for the sole purpose of causing unrest on the forums
Causing disturbances in forum threads, such as picking fights, making off topic posts that ruin the thread, insulting other forumers
Making non-constructive posts
Abusing the Reported Post feature by sending false alarms or nonsensical messages
Numbering a thread or any other fad statements
If a player is found to have been spamming or trolling, he/she will:
Be given a temporary or permanent ban from the Gameclub forums, depending upon severity
Creating Duplicate ThreadsThis category includes:
Creating threads about existing topics
Creating a separate thread about an existing topic for further discussion in more than one forum
If a player is found to have been creating duplicate threads, he/she will:
Be given a temporary ban from the Gameclub forums, depending upon severity
AdvertisingThis category includes advertisement of:
Any non-beneficial, non-Gameclub related businesses, organizations, or websites
If a player is found to have been advertising, he/she will:
Be given a temporary ban or permanent ban from the Gameclub forums, depending upon severity
Discussing Disciplinary ActionsThis category includes:
Creating posts or threads to discuss disciplinary actions taken against a player, including chat logs and email correspondence between a player and a Gameclub GameMaster (GM)
Creating posts or threads to discuss disciplinary actions taken against a character or account on the forums
If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:
Be given a temporary ban from the Gameclub forums, depending upon severity
Circumventing a Suspension/BanThis category includes:
Posting on another account
Having someone post on your behalf
If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:
Be temporary ban from posting on the Gameclub forums
Important Repeatedly violating any area of the Forum Code of Conduct, including the areas detailed above, will often result in permanent banishment from the forums.
The bottom line is that we want Gameclub to be a fun and safe environment for all players. In playing the games and posting on its forums, you will encounter thousands of other players who share different experiences and come from vastly different backgrounds. While certain language and images may not be offensive to you, consider the fact that that same language and images may have a completely different effect on someone else.
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