General Rules:

These forums are for the healthy exchange of ideas, information or other content related to the topics of the TideSports.com messageboards. While discussions are likely to become spirited, counterproductive behavior will be moderated, and users who demonstrate an inability to constructively contribute to the TideSports forums will face punitive measures.

Depending on the severity of the infraction, moderators may warn posters via PM, suspend posters, or take other actions to preserve the integrity of the messageboards.

Posters may not:

- Post content that is obscene or racist; or post links to websites containing such material

- Threaten, harass or stalk other posters.

- Post personal information about other posters, including name, address, phone number or other similar information.

- Repeatedly personally attack other posters. A personal attack is vulgar name calling or a post that maliciously targets a person's gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, family, etc.

- Advertise competing products or services or other commercial content

- Excessively spam the forums.

- Link to websites or files that may harm computers

- Post adult language. (Posters may substitute letters with an *)

- Post pictures containing nudity, obscene gestures or other inappropriate content (this includes thongs)... Posters should doublecheck any website addresses branded on pictures as well.

- Facilitate software and music piracy, drug use, or any other illegal acts

- Post copyrighted material. They can quote a brief article section to be discussed with a link to the full article.

- Have avatars or signature pictures larger than 250K.

- Avatars and signature images containing women or men showing more skin than clothes is not allowed.

- Start threads that are not on topic.

Senior level members are eligible for custom titles. PM me to get one.

Guidelines for posting in the forums

1. Tidesports general forum: This forum is for sports-related threads ONLY. It is not limited to Alabama sports. A certain level of sports-related joking is permitted, but if it rises to the level of spamming (multiple threads on the same topic), those posters are subject to a temporary suspension. If you have to ask yourself, "Is this sports related?", it probably isn't.

2. Troll Dungeon/dumping grounds: This forum is where threads started by trolls (or regular posters acting like trolls) will be sent to rot. It is also the place for threads to be sent when they have run their course; and for threads which address a particular poster. We have a PM function for that purpose. Finally, if threads become an internet tough guy match (you know who you are), they will be dumped here. Save the fighting for PMs.

3. Halftime: This forum is for any and all threads which are not sports related (other than ticket threads). This includes jokes, news, member gatherings, requests for information to the admins, etc.

4. Tickets: This forum is for posters who are looking for tickets to an event or who have tickets to sell. If you post a ticket-related thread in the general forum, it will be moved to the ticket forum.

Only in very rare circumstances are threads deleted. If you no longer see your thread in the general forum, it has either been buried by new posts in other threads, or it has been moved to the appropriate forum because it shouldn't have been posted in the general forum.

We don't like suspending people, because we are all adults for the most part. But it is done when necessary. If everyone will follow the rules (they aren't exactly rocket science), the forums will be a more pleasant place for everyone.

Please take at least a quick glance on the first page of the forum before starting a new thread to see if there is already an existing thread on the subject. There is no prize awarded by TideSports for who posts breaking news first. If you are the thread starter, you can delete your own duplicate thread by clicking on the yellow folder/pencil icon in the bottom right corner and then clicking "delete".

One final note: use the report button at the bottom corner of every post to report something that is totally inappropriate (very foul language, nudity, personal attacks/threats) to the administrators. MODS DO NOT SEE THE REPORTS. Only administrators see them. If you see a moderator online at the time you notice a totally inappropriate post, PM that moderator so he/she can take care of it.

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