Official Forum Rules and PoliciesThe d2jsp site is a community of people oriented around video games and trading. The members of this community have to abide by simple rules designed to keep order and peace within. These rules are specifically spelled out below. Any user violating the rules will be dealt with in the appropriate manner as dictated below. By using these forums and registering an account you unconditionally agree to follow these rules and policies. These policies can be changed and amended at anytime by us without any notification of the users.
Please be aware that we reserve the right to remove your access to any part or feature of this website for any reason we see fit or no reason at all.I. Posting Rules1. Post must be on-topic. By on-topic we mean that the content is relevant for the forum it is posted in. Off-topic posts are moved to appropriate forums by the moderators. A verbal warning may be issued, followed by an official warning, and if behavior continues punishments may be issued.
2. Post must not be a flame. By flame we mean any topic that is insulting or degrading another member for any reason. Topics may be deemed as a flame if they are off-topic and directed at another member. A verbal warning may be issued, followed by an official warning, and if behavior continues punishments may be issued.
3. No discussion of the use, how to create, or where to find hacks or exploits for any multi-player game. This is a bannable offense.
4. No trading of hacked or massively duped items. The specific trade rules are found as a pinned topic in the individual trade forums. These trade rules are enforced in all the forums. Violations of the trade rules result in anywhere from verbal warning, official warning or temporary ban, up to even permanent ban on first offense. Ignorance of the trade rules is no excuse.
5. Intentionally posting multiple posts or topics that contain the same content or similar content is considered spam. Spam posts are deleted on sight, and the poster will receive an official warning and/or ban. Posting commercial spam for other sites or products is bannable on first offense.
6. Personal attacks, modification of a user's image, impersonation, posting private information, posting a users photograph without permission, are all punishable with up to a permanent ban on first offense.
7. Links to other websites that contain binary files are not allowed, unless this site is a confirmed trusted site. Links to binary files that look suspicious or are Trojans/viruses will result in a permanent ban. Links to promotion sites or referral type-sites are not allowed. Linking to such sites will result in an official warning and/or ban.
8. Any impersonation of a user from these forums, in any mode of communication, is strictly prohibited and will result in a banning.
9. No crude or offensive language/images are allowed in posts. It is at the sole discretion of the moderators/admins to decide what is excessive. No pornographic or sexually suggestive language or images are allowed anywhere on the forum. Posting such content will result in an official warning and/or ban on first offense.
10. No links to auction sites selling D2 items, or any other website that sells D2 items for money. Links will be removed and an official warning issued. Subsequent offenses will result in a ban.
11. Rule violations will be enforced against any and all accounts a user may have. If you have more than one account and break a rule on one of your accounts, any and all of your accounts are liable, and will be held up to the same or additional enforcement.
12. You may not use swear or curse words in your topic title. You may use them sparringly as appropriate in your actual post, except where prohibited. First offense will be a verbal warning, repeat offenses will result in suspension or access loss.
13. You may not post links to outside trade forums, or dclone servers. No exceptions.
II. Signature and Avatar Rules1. No crude, offensive, sexually suggestive, or pornographic language or images allowed. We reserve the right to remove your signature/avatar rights without warning. We also reserve the right to edit your profile information to remove the offensive content. You may or may not receive a warning first.
2. No links to binary files or sites that contain binary files. Exceptions are sites that are considered trusted. Links to confirmed Trojans will earn you a permanent IP ban. Non-Trojan or virus links will result in removal of links and official warning. If repeated your rights to have a Signature and Avatar will be permanently removed.
3. No links to auction sites that sell D2 items for money or any other site that sells D2 items for money. First offense will result in removal of links, and any subsequent abuse will result in removal of your rights to have a signature/avatar.
4. No mislabel/deceptive links to any site for any reason. Offending links will be removed followed by a warning, if it continues rights to have a Signature and Avatar will be permanently removed.
5. Links to promotion sites like sh*thead or referral type-sites are not allowed. Offending links will be removed followed by a warning, if it continues rights to have a Signature and Avatar will be permanently removed.
6. The entire size of your signature should not exceed 400 pixels wide by 150 pixels high. Large sections of text that extend the height well past this will be removed and a private message warning issued. Continued abuse of the size will result in your rights to have a Signature and Avatar being permanently removed.
7. Text sections of your signature should not exceed 6 lines of text if you include no images, and 3 lines of text if you have an image.
8. Total size of the images contained in your signature or avatar should not exceed 50 kilobytes for the avatar and 70 kilobytes for the signature. Offending images will be removed followed by a warning, if it continues rights to have a Signature and Avatar will be permanently removed.
9. Any offsite linked image that takes longer than 30 seconds to load is not allowed. You will be warned.
III. Private Message and E-mail Rules1. Using the private message system or e-mail form to harass or threaten other members is bannable on first offense.
2. Sending spam, commercial announcements via the e-mail or PM system is bannable on first offense.
3. Sending unsolicited links to pornography or other crude content, is bannable.
4. Links to outside files, binaries. Bannable first offense.
5. Selling anything for money is not allowed. Bannable on the first offense. This includes, but is not limited to, selling items via paypal.
IV. General Forum Policies1. Forgotten Passwords: The forum provides a method for recovery of passwords you will need to use that form. If that fails, or the e-mail address on your account is invalid there will be no way to get your password reset. The forum doesn't store your password in a readable manner, and the admins have no way to verify your identity. The admins will not recover your lost password or reset it for you.
2. Banned/Locked Accounts: If your account was banned for any reason, placed in the 'banned' user group, it will never be restored for any reason. For violation of the forum rules your account will be banned. You are not allowed to create a new account to circumvent the banning. You must correct the issues that caused your account to be locked or banned. The old account won't be deleted. Creating new accounts to circumvent punishments will result in the new accounts being locked/banned as well.
3. IP Bans: If for some reason you violated the rules severely enough, your IP address will be banned. These IP bans are effective on all our websites and will not be removed.
4. Stealing/Scamming: If you choose to steal or scam items or accounts from our forum members you will be immediately banned from our forum. This includes scamming them out of forum gold, money or any other conceivable method to scam someone.
5. Multiple Accounts: You may have and maintain one, and only one account on this site. Multiple accounts are not allowed. If it is found that you have multiple accounts that you are using, or sending gold between, or posting on your own topics with, you will be punished for it, up to a possible banning of all of your multiple accounts.
6. Forum Gold: We allow you to trade and exchange gold with other users of the site, i.e. give your gold to someone else. You are not allowed to beg for gold, threads begging for gold will be locked and warnings issued. Be creative for ways to compel people to give you their gold. Begging for gold is not allowed. You are not allowed to sell forum gold, under any conditions.
7. External Site Links: All links to external sites that have a Diablo II section must be pre-approved by njaguar. You may not, under any circumstance, link to sites with trading forums, items sales, Diablo-Clone hunting affiliation, etc.
8. Advertising for Money: You may not, under any conditions, advertise for commercial purposes any product or service. This includes, but is not limited to, selling items, accounts, any information, scripts, etc. You may not post links to referal sites, or any other revenue producing links. Failure to comply is bannable on the first offense.
9. Donation Requests: All requests for monetary donations must be pre-approved by Paul Taulborg before they are allowed! No exceptions!
10. Buying or Selling Items/Services for Money: You may not, under any conditions, buy or sell any item or service from or through this website for real money. Failure to comply is bannable on the first offense.
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