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• No aggressive behaviour or flaming in the forums.
  
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General Posting Guidelines:

• DO NOT POST Serials!! This is a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY. You will be warned the first time and banned on a second attempt to do so.
  
• NO ACTIVE LINKS: This Rule includes:
  • For any active links posted as a reply/new topic - use the "Code" tags;
    
  • Signature statements or Signature images (hot-linked images); FTP links; Commercially Posted Images (hot-linked images).
    
  • Direct Downloads: All "Download Discussion Forums" (*Note Exception w/FTP Areas) Posted links in these forums must be direct downloads. i.e. the link you post must start a download either through IE or a download manager such as Flashget, IDA, ...
    Example 1: www.anyxyzsite.com/application.zip = good, starts a download box
    Example 2: www.anyxyzsite.com/audiosample.mp3 = good, starts a download box
    Example 3: www.anyxyzsite.org = bad, not direct Posts not following this rule will be removed.
  
  
• Description...Please add a description/info to your posts in the download sections (if you see a post without any description, you can try and add a description if you know something about it, or know a place to find it. Usually you can find all you need on: www.google.com; www.ggmania.com; www.ebworld.com...
  
• DO A SEARCH before posting: use the search function to see if the application/game/resource has already been posted. Duplicated posts will be closed or merged.
  
• No bumping...all bumped threads will be deleted.
  
• NOT ALLOWED posts/downloads/links (posters will be warned):
  • Anti-Leech links.
    
  • Sexuploader links . (added on August 17th 2006)
    
  • dpxddl.net links. (added on July 13th 2008)
    
  • Invision Power Board posts and links.
    
  • Usage of KGB- or WinZix- archives. (added on December 2nd 2007)
  
  
• FTP Posting:
  • FTP Links are ONLY allowed in the private or public FTP areas. No other location on this board unless they are direct and can be posted in the download sections.
    
  • Do not post any stolen pub's in public ftp's (this means that you CAN NOT post link's to FTP's where it's written TAGGED BY "SOME GROUP OR NAME" in the URL.)
    We will delete your topics and nothing else will happen. If you do it once more, we will give you a warning. Don't be afraid of posting links in public FTP section. If you are not sure of a link is tagged, contact a mod or admin through PM or MSN messenger.
    Examples:
    • ftp://83.83.83.83:2507/tagged_by_LunaT1c/something.rar = Bad post, Tagged
      
    • ftp://Moviez:WeZ@182.123.82.97:2507/ (please note the user/password) = Bad post, Private
      
    • ftp://83.83.83.83:2507/pub/something/archive.zip = It's a correct post, thanks!
    
    
  • Do not post private ftp's that you are not hosting, without the owner's rights.

Multiple Stuffs Threads:
DO NOT post multiple things within one post, i.e., make ONE post for ONE app, movie, album, or whatever. DO NOT list various items in ONE post.

General Requests Guideline:

• Requests must only be posted in the DESIGNATED REQUEST SECTIONS!
  
• Make your own request. Do not piggyback other's requests.
  
• Requests are deemed by post count. i.e. you must have a certain amount of Posts in order to request in the appropriate section.

Signature and Avatar Guidelines:

• Allowed formats are: .gif, .jpg and .png.
  
• Be considerate. Resize your images to size specified: Avatar 100px*100px / Siggy 300px*100px (one signature is allowed). Browsers will rescale them anyway. Smaller images will be expanded and will not look good; larger images will just waste bandwidth and CPU cycles.
  
• If you want to use user bars you can use up to maximum 4 bars, with max 400px*20px.
  
• DO NOT use potentially offensive material involving porn, religious material, animal / human cruelty or ideologically charged images. Administrators have a wide discretion on what is acceptable. If in doubt, PM an administrator.
  
• Active links to external resources are NOT allowed.. Please use image hosting websites to link to your images.

Information for new members:
As a NEW MEMBER you will only be able to view certain forums. This means, you just “landed” here, the place we call HOME, so “hello” and “welcome” from all our staff!
Ranks:

• File Fumbler - between 10 and 100 posts
  
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• File Catching Expert - between 500 and 1000 posts
  
• File Catching Wonder - between 1000 and 2500 posts
  
• File Catching Star - between 2500 and 5000 posts
  
• File Catching Machine - between 5000 and 10000 posts
  
• File Catching Legend - Over 10000 posts

Groups:

• Validating - Registered members who are not validated yet (validate by clicking the link in the E-Mail you received and wait for Administrators validation)
  
• Members - The FC crowd
  
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• VIP members - FC members rewarded for their efforts and contribution...can be promoted or demoted by Staff.
  
• Moderators - FC Forum Moderators
  
• Super Moderators - FC Global Moderators
  
• Admins - FC Administrators

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Thanks for your attention.


FileCatchers Team.

This post has been edited by Zabref: 08 November 2009 - 01:45 PM