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General Conduct

Before you begin conversing with the Mortal Kombat Online community, please make yourself aware of these rules and regulations for posting on the forums. When in doubt, please PM or e-mail the forum director or contact a moderator.

There are several general rules you should keep in mind when posting on any forum in the Mortal Kombat Online community. These general rules will be listed below for your convenience; more specific rules will follow below these.


Post new topics in the correct forum. For example, a topic relating to Mortal Kombat 3 belongs in the Classic MK Games Discussion forum while a topic concerning new ideas for a future Mortal Kombat game belongs in the Future MK Games Discussion forum.


Accurately state your topic when creating threads in the thread subject line. Topics with no subject, a vague subject (i.e. 'help'), threads found to be using 'luring' or ambiguous words or phrases will be edited by a moderator.


Do not 'bump' threads in which the most recent reply is more than three months old or the thread is not found on the first two pages of that specific forum; whichever may apply in that forum's case. Special conditions may apply; submitted fan submission threads may be replied to despite age, so long as the reply is of substance. Users who bump threads will be warned and the topic locked; repeated instances of this can result in skull points and bans.


Do not reply to your own topics excessively or with little content. This will be viewed as another form of bumping regardless of how old your thread may be. Users found bumping their own topics will receive skull points or warnings; continuous attempts at bumping topics will result in the threads being locked and further punishment if necessary.


Do not type in all caps or use excessive punctuation in thread subject lines or your reply's message body. Posts of this nature will be edited and could be deemed as spam in some instances.


Links or discussion regarding where to obtain ROMs are illegal and will be deleted immediately and the parties warned. This includes any type of hardware/software piracy. Users found violating this more than once will be issued skull points and banned in some cases.


Links or images to pornography are not allowed. This includes nudity and strong sexual situations. This FAQ serves as the only warning regarding this rule; users found posting such material will receive a minimum three month ban depending on the severity of the offense.


Links or images which are copyrighted or watermarked is illegal and will be removed while the source is warned. Repeated instances of this will result in a ban. Images or videos which belong to another site's ?pay content? section fall under this rule.


Any form of plagiarism is strictly disallowed. Users found plagiarizing another person or company's art or ideas will be immediately banned. This covers fan submissions as well as general forum posting.


To prevent flooding and abuse of the forums, you are limited to creating five active threads per forum. This means that any thread active within the last 24 hours or a thread that is still on the first page of that forum after this period counts towards that total. Users found creating excessive amounts of topics will be warned and possibly banned.


No spoilers without given warning. If you wish to include spoilers in your thread, you must clearly make note of it in the subject line with a spoiler warning. If you post spoilers within a thread in a normal reply, please make use of Mortal Kombat Online's spoiler concealing feature when you post. Be sure to place the spoiler between the tags and not outside of them, meaning Spoiler goes here. Replies or threads not fitting these descriptions are subject to be edited by moderators and the party warned. Constant abuse of this or intentional spoilers will be deemed as spam and the member may be issued skull points or banned.


Moderator Boxes

When in violation of any posting rule, a moderator will edit your post and often leave a special HTML table, referred to commonly as a 'moderator box'. These are not to be edited by yourself or removed. Furthermore, making your own boxes are also not allowed. This will be deemed as spam and removed, if necessary further action may be taken.


No Flaming

Harassing and degrading other members of the MK Community is a sure way to ruin Mortal Kombat Online's unique atmosphere. As such, there will be very little tolerance for "flaming". Arguments and debates are healthy, however, you may not insult the other party. Flaming includes all of the following points:


Verbally degrading other users
The use of racist, sexist, or discriminatory remarks at any time (including jokes)
Harassing other users persistently in any manner
Harassing other users via MKO's private messaging system


Posts found to contain this content will be issued skull points and their source will be warned. Users are asked to use the private messaging system (or off site means) to carry on these debates, however if one party feels the other is harassing them without cause moderators will take action against this person. Repeated instances of this on the public forums may result in a temporary of permanent ban. Each case of flaming will be handled individually and at the sole discretion of the moderators and Staff.


No Spam

Spam is defined as any message which purpose is offensive, has no substantial content, or is generally unwelcome. The term ?spam? itself is very broad and is often used to cover a rather broad range of posts types. To better identify what could be deemed ?spam? on Mortal Kombat Online, please refer to the following set of definitions:


Threads or replies which are nonsensical in nature
Posts in threads that are not of the same topic as the original lead message
Posts which contain only emoticons or pictures in an unwelcome manner
Inappropriate responses to questions or other topics


Many instances of spam over a short period of time, also known as ?flooding?, will often cause immediate warnings or bans to be issued. Moderators reserve the right to edit or delete any posts deemed as spam. Repeated instances of spam will bring harsher punishment including warnings, skull points and bans.


No Advertising

As much as everyone appreciates new information about Mortal Kombat or otherwise, users are not permitted to advertise their own personal websites for purposes of getting hits. Exceptions to the rule include links placed in your signature or using the private message system. Please refrain from linking to information that is not being discussed in a thread. Do not create a thread solely made to advertise your website. Links that we do allow in threads include news links, links pertaining to the subject at hand, and file links when related to the thread subject. Threads found to be in violation of this rule will be closed and the content will be removed. Repeated instances of advertising will be deemed as spam and harsher punishment may be given as a result.


Banning Policy

Each instance of a user being banned by one of the moderators differs from each situation. With that holding true, each instance may be handled differently from one user to the next. Moderators reserve the right to issue bans at their own discretion. Banning includes removal of access to posting on the forums as well as submitting a message with the private message system. In some cases bans are permanent. If you feel like your ban was unjustified or wish to see if it is possible to get your ban removed please submit a ban review. Links to ban reviews will appear when trying to post a thread on a forum, or using the private message system and have fun