By posting on the forums, or playing on the games servers, or uploading pictures to the gallery you agree to these guidelines.
Admins/Moderators
See the forum usergroups for (a reasonably accurate) list of admins.
Server/Forum moderators for iPGN have been selected from people that have actively been a part of the iPGN community, and that we think have shown the right qualities for someone that is able to deal with the responsibilities that this entails. Moderators are not paid for their time, they have chosen to do this freely, and thus should be treated with respect.
Admins/moderators will endeavor to be polite and helpful at all times, and will actively take part in the community, both of the forums and also on the servers. If you feel that you have been mistreated by an admin/moderator, either on the forums or on the servers, you can either calmly state your case on the iPGN forums, or email
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with full details about what happened, and including a time/date.
As a rule of thumb, if you treat the admins/moderators with respect, they will return that courtesy. If you do not, you will be treated accordingly.
Admins/Moderators must abide to the following guidelines.
• Anyone that is being kicked from the server must be warned and given the chance to stop before having this done to them. There are cases when this is not applicable, such as rampant cheating. In other instances players must receive at least 3 warnings from the admin/moderator before being removed from the server.
• Changes to the server must not be made without the general consent of the players within the server at the time. This includes map changes and changes to the server physics.
• Admin/moderators must not talk in a derogatory manner to players over console. Any chat over console must be conducted in a professional manner.
• Admins/moderators may lock servers in order to reserve a spot for them. This is to deal with someone that has been reported as causing a problem on the server.
Admins/Moderators are within their rights to remove you from the server if you do one of the following.
• Excessively abuse an admin/moderator.
• Constantly ask the admin/moderator to change server settings.
• Impersonate an admin/moderator.
Before being removed from the server for any of the issues outlined above, players will be warned and given a chance to stop doing this. If at any time you think that an admin/moderator has stepped outside of the guidelines above, email
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with the time, date and server the incident took place on and it will be investigated.
Behavior Guidelines
On both the servers and the forum, we are trying to create a friendly environment for people to participate in. The following are guidelines to help to maintain that environment. The first 6 points apply to both the games servers and the forums.
• Do not go abuse people excessively. Some things said in the heat of the moment will be forgotten, but if taken to excess will be dealt with by an admin. Pornography in any form is not acceptable. This includes sprays in the games servers, links or images in signatures.
• Cheat accusations made publicly with no evidence to back them up are not acceptable. If you wish to show an admin that someone is cheating, demo them, and email that demo to
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. If we decide that the demo shows the person cheating, they will be dealt with accordingly.
• Excessive spamming of text will result in a temporary loss of access to either the forums or the gaming servers.
• Displaying links to sites related to either online gaming cheats, or general hacking sites, will result in your access to either the games servers, or the forums, being permanently revoked.
• Sexual harassment or racism of any kind will not be tolerated.
Forum Specific Guidelines
• Advertising another ISP services is not allowed on these forums, nor is slandering an ISP's services. If you are unhappy with your internet connection, contact the customer service department of the ISP that you are connected through.
• Commercial advertising is not permitted on these forums without the prior written approval from iPGN administration.
• Signature images are allowed, up to a maximum of 500 x 130 pixels. See example in reply below.
• Censorship is in place on the forums for a reason. If you find ways to get around this censorship, and post swear words on the forum, you may have your forum access revoked temporarily. If you are not sure whether or not the swear words in your post will be censored, us the preview post function before finalizing your post.
• The forums are not to be used for warez, cracks or mp3 distribution. Do not post asking for places to download any of these things, nor post links to sites that distribute any of the things listed.
• Posting pornographic pictures or sexually explicit material is not allowed. This also includes links that have pornographic pop ups and ads on them.
• Any attempt to make the forum software crash will be considered to be a DoS (Denial of Service) attack, and those responsible will be treated according to the Terms and Conditions of their Internet account.
• If some of your posts seem to be disappearing, please make sure you check your private messages. If you are posting material that is deemed unacceptable for the forums, the moderator of the forums will remove your post, and send you a warning over the private messaging system.
• Personal attacks of any kind are not acceptable on the forums. You are entitled to disagree with someones opinion, but if you outright flame them, you may find that your access to these forums is revoked.
Server Specific Guidelines
• If you disrupt the flow of game play on the server, you may be removed and have a temporary ban put on you. Actions such as door blocking, and flashing your own team mate’s fall under this category. Exploitation of bugs in the game engine also fall under this category.
Gallery Specific Guidelines
The gallery is provided for iPGN Members to upload their OWN pictures to share with other iPGN members. By using the iPGN Gallery you agree to the following conditions.
• You must either own the Copyright to the pictures you upload or the pictures must be licensed under creative commons to be freely distributed.
• Pictures must be "G" rated and suitable for viewing by children who may visit this site.
• Moderators my delete or restrict access to any images which are deemed inappropriate.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 22 December 2008 10:04 )
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