The rules of PakGamers Community are mainly based on RFC1855, a widely
accepted internet standard for netiquette. We own this site, we pay for this
site, and we are liable for its content so we get to make the rules.
General Rules:
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Fanboyism
Fanboyism will not be tolerated. Only
with a solid argument someone can say that a particular console/game sucks e.g.
If someone have a xbox 360 and it got a 3RLOD error, then he/she have a solid
reason to say 360 sucks. If you don't own a PS3 then under any circumstances you
can't say PS3 sucks etc. Hope this clears fanboyism idea. Please refrain from
baseless and useless fanboyism as it ruins the atmosphere of the forum.
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Post Legibly
In the digital age, you would have
thought that legibility would no longer be a problem. As RFC 1588 states, use
mixed case and proper punctuation. Doing otherwise will make you sound like a
toddler. Posting in "l33t sp33k" (replacing letters with numbers and/or special
symbols) or "LeEt CaPs" (alternating case excessively) will make you
look like a fool. Don't do it. Also don't use the font colors which are really
hard to read like using a dark color fonts on the dark background. Proper
sentence usage is appreciated too.
- Language
Posts should be in English only (we do allow a roman urdu mixture within your
post, or urdu language just in case if you don't know english). If a message is
unreadable due to spelling and / or grammar, it may be removed. We don't ask you
to be a 'Spelling Bee' champion, or an English Major, only that you post
messages that are legible. This means no Spanish, Latin, binary, hexadecimal, or
whatever slang you want to invent on the spot.
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Subject Lines/Thread Titles
Make your subject lines descriptive.
Subject lines such as "Check this out!" or "This is so cool!" or "I can't
believe this!" are not descriptive, and result in multiple postings on the same
subject. Before posting, you might want to look through the current page of
posts to see that someone has not already posted on the same subject.
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Illegal Subjects
Subjects include, but are not
limited to: hacking, drugs, pornography, and provoking racism. Incitement or
'encouragement' of these activities is also prohibited. If we see you posting
threads promoting any of these topics you will be warned or banned. Please note
that we may add to this list in future, to ensure that subjects and topics that
encourage or promote flaming or abuse in any way are kept under control. It's at
the Moderators and Admins' discretion as to whether posted content is acceptable
or not.
- Respect
Respect every forum
member as you would a moderator. All forum posters are to be treated equally
with respect. Repeatedly using vulgar language and calling somebody an idiot is
not a good way of getting on a moderator’s good side. Furthermore, moderators
treat everybody as equals. This forum is open to anybody, regardless the game.
This site will not tolerate personal attack to anyone. This is a game related
community that promotes competition, honor and fair play. Posts found that
include slander on a personal level and not game related will be removed and the
user warned of improper behavior. Second infraction will result in banishment to
participate in this community. You’re a lousy player .... blah blah (no problem)
You’re a lousy person .... blah blah (not allowed)
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Which Forum/Section/Thread?
Make post in the forum/thread that is most
appropriate for the topic being presented. Keep the focus: Questions outside the
scope of a certain forum and/or topic will be moved, locked, or simply deleted.
To ensure you post in the correct forum section, please read this list of all
forum areas and their topics:
- Search
Before creating a thread, use the forum Search function to try and find
previously relevant threads or post. We have a organized forum and there is a
good chance that your question/suggestion has been posted in the past.
Posting Rules:
When posting in an online forum or chat, there are several things in which
you have to pay attention to. One of the most important things is content. We
have a large member base so you must keep in mind that what you say can/will be
offensive to other members. To prevent this from occurring unnecessarily, you
must abide to our stricter set of rules regarding what you post. All moderators
are instructed to ensure that these rules are maintained and will discipline any
offenders.
- I'M Back/I'M Leaving Threads
If you're going to be gone for longer than 14 days, then you can start a topic.
You can post as much or as little info as you want. But just so your adoring
fans don't get a eartattack, you could briefly state how long you'll be gone,
where you are going and why.
- If it's shorter than 14 days, then just PM
your friends.
- No 'I'm back' posts. When you return, we'll notice.
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Thread/Topic Locking due to same repeating posts/questions
Please make sure
that you first checkout the FAQs/Guides sticky threads in a specific from e.g
Xbox forum, Sony PS forum etc for the answers of your question or use the forum
Search function to try and find previously relevant threads or post. If we finds
out that the thread is keep on revolving around same old question which have
been answered many times already e.g (what the price of 360, from where I should
buy it etc, what is ROD etc) we will lock the thread!
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Spamming
Spamming will ultimately get you banned/removed from our forum. This includes
continuously inviting people to your website, One word posts, posting offtopic (i-e
talking about your school-day in a fatal frame discussion thread), posting the
same topic several times, double posting, just trying to cause a nuisance of
yourself. Generally speaking, spam means to post off-topic in forums. Posting
things like 'My cat died today' in a God Of War 2 topic is spam.
Double
posting or creating multiple threads on the same subject is the same as
Spamming. Double post only and only if in a case of urgency, otherwise just edit
your post. It won't kill you. If you're going to add something to a discussion,
also post why you think that way. Posts like 'lol' and 'OK' are considered
irrelevant and spam. All such posts will result in a warning and if multiple
threads are posted within a certain time frame you will be banned. If an account
is created and used to automatically spam advertisements of any kind, it will be
perm banned immediately. These rules do not apply to the chatbox/shoutbox.
- Swearing
We do believe on the freedom of speech, that's why we at
PakGamers.com allow our members to freely express their opinion, but remember
that we have younger members in our community. Overuse of swear words will
result in a warning. Further excessive use of adult language will result in
further sanctions towards those concerned. Excessive swearing is a mark of fool.
This isn't a locker room keep it clean. Lastly, no swearing in shoutbox,
signatures and images/avatars.
- Tolerance
Racist, sexist, homophobic,
or religious insults are the quickest way to get you banned from the forum.
- Images
No pornographic, overly offensive, overly/mindlessly violent or
inappropriate images are allowed. This covers any Signature, Avatar, Video or
Image associated with your personal forum account or any image/s, or link to
such, posted by any user. If you would not show your boss the image, it
shouldn’t be on these forums. Remember that Forum Moderators have the final say
on what is acceptable. Furthermore, if you are going to have quite a number of
screenshots in a thread, it's generally a good idea to put a warning in the
subject line. "(Warning - big pictures!)" or use thumbnail images. You should
re-size these images to 800x600 resolution maximum, alternatively attach them to
your post.
- Tone
The tone of your post is very important. Always bear
this in mind. Everyone has a different outlook, opinion and perception about
what a person says and how they say it. It is a good idea to make use of the
'preview' option and review what you have typed, and how you have put it across.
It's also a good idea not to post if you are angry about another user's views.
Calm down and think your reply through.
- Flame wars
Direct or
indirect ‘flaming’ of any forum member to incite or perpetuate a conflict or
argument is strictly prohibited and will result in immediate action by a forum
moderator. Any forum topic which a forum moderator deems as controversial or
that may possibly lead to an argument/flame war will be closed or deleted. We
will not baby-sit topics on these forums.
- Private Messages
Abuse of
the Private Messaging System is against forum rules. If anyone sends threats or
insults to you via the Private Message (forum or chatbox), contact a moderator
who will act accordingly.
- Forum/Site Tampering
Don't be a Hi-Tech
daddy, Any attempt to manipulate the coding of the site, or perform any actions
not of normal operations of the site, will result in an immediate IP ban.
- Duplicate Accounts
No one is allowed to make duplicate accounts or use
his/her friends, family member accounts. In case of any emergency please notify
the admin first (via E-mail or PM) if you are willing to use your friend or a
family member etc account, failure to do so, the concerned account will get
banned permanently without any warning.
Shoutbox Rules:
Please remember shoutbox is visible to everyone and it's the first thing which
most of the new visitors notice, posting anything inappropriate is not allowed
in the shoutbox, which include:
- Vulgar language & swearing.
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Advertising & Spamming.
- Excessive use of smilies/emoticons.
Failure
to meet the above rules will lead you to a ban from the shoutbox or might be
from the forum depending on the situation.
Signature & Avatar Rules:
We allow you to display a custom signature below every post you make and a
avatar on the left hand side within your posts, but we do insist that you should
follow the rules which are described here in order to keep the PakGamers forums
pleasant to browse and clear of visual clutter. If you choose to make use of the
signature function, you must follow one of the below options. NOT a mixture!
Signature Options:
a) Only one
signature image is allowed with maximum 450 x 130 pixel dimensions along with
a maximum 150kb weight.
b) You can add maximum of 250 plain characters text in your
signature
c) Maximum of 200 characters allowed in a single line anymore
characters then the defined limit will be truncated to the next line.
d) You
can put maximum of 2 lines of text in your signature (see point 'c' above).
e) No affiliate & referral sites links allowed.
f) No lockerz invite allowed
in the sigs.
g) No mass marketing / advertising is allowed within the signatures i-e only one person is allowed to
display a personal website / blog signature image along with the URL under his/her
signature. If we found people doing mass advertising of a website in their signatures than it will be removed without any notification and on the repetitive violation their
signature privilege will be disabled permanently.
Your signature must not include any image or text
which could be deemed as obscene, vulgar, sexually-orientated, hateful,
threatening, illegal or otherwise volatile of any forum decency standards. Any
signatures contravening these rules will be removed WITHOUT NOTICE, either in
full or in part. Repeated abuse of this rule will result in your personalized
signature privileges being revoked permanently.
Avatars Options:
Members are allowed to use either animated or static avatars with the max
dimension of 100x100 pixel and max size of 50KB. Your avatar must not include
any image or text which could be deemed as obscene, vulgar, sexually-orientated,
hateful, threatening, illegal or otherwise volatile of any forum decency
standards.
Reporting Posts
We have a 'Report Post' facility
available for use by ordinary forum users to report posts or threads that
contravene these forum rules. Using this system is very easy. If you notice such
a post, just use the Report Post icon/button on the bottom-left hand side of the
offending post. An email will then be created, and sent to all Moderators of
that specific forum as well as to the admin. Excessive use or abuse of this
system will lead to the originator's account being removed without warning.
Moderators:
The following is our basic moderator guidelines and
standards. Users must be aware of what Moderators are here to do on the
PakGamers forums, and what punishments they can expect if they are in breach of
the forum rules. These rules apply to moderators too. Any moderator who breaches
these guidelines will lose their moderator privileges. There are no
double-standards in our forum.
- Respect All Moderators
The moderators
are here to assist members and ensure the smooth running of the forums. It's
their job to enforce the rules. If they ban a member, edit/remove a post or lock
a thread - it will be for a reason. Do not dispute a moderator’s decision or
argue with them in the forums. If an action is taken against you that you feel
was made in error or unjustified, please notify a forum administrator.
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Warnings (and successive courses of action)
Warnings are given by moderators
to those who break the rules. All warnings are logged in our database. We are
aware of those who have a “record”. The most common method of action towards
offenders is this:
I. When you break a rule for the first time, a
moderator will contact you via Private Message or email to warn you. Whether you
respond to the warning or not, we will assume that you are aware of the
situation.
II. If you continue to break a rule for the second time, a
moderator may warn you again for the last time. Depending on the severity of the
offense, you may be banned for the second offense without warning.
III.
After three offenses, you will be banned and your account deleted. If you post
anything we regard as illegal you will be banned upon the first offense. (see:
Section 1: General Rules --->iv.Illegal Subjects)
If you have been
banned, it was not without warning or reason. Do not send in emails requesting
to be un-banned. At this point, your requests are falling upon idle ears.
- Ban Requests, Post Deletion Requests
If you find a post which you find
overly offensive, please Private Message a moderator or administer and we will
determine any further course of action.
- My Friend/Partner/Boyfriend got
banned?
No one is allowed to post any request or a protesting thread on the
behalf of a banned member, if anyone do anything like that he/she will get ban
immediately, please keep this community free from lobby forming. If your friend
or someone who you know quite good got banned then it should be due to some
reason, we don't ban peoples without any reason or rules breaking.
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Temporary Bans
Temporary Bans may be issued. If your account is temporary
disabled, do NOT create another account. Bypassing a temporary ban may result in
a more permanent action. If you have any questions about your temporary ban,
please contact a forum administrator.
- Multiple Forum Accounts
Users
must NOT create more than one forum account, for any reason. Doing so will leave
accounts open to deletion at any time with or without prior notice.
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Complaints Against Moderators
If you have a viable complaint against a
particular moderator, we suggest you try to work out your situation via Private
Message or email with him/her. If you continue to have trouble you may contact a
General Editor , the Super Moderators. After discussion with the Super Mod, if
your issue remains there then you can contact the PakGamers Administrator
directly. Trying to contact anyone else regarding moderation issues will result
in you being ignored for being a pest. Do not post your issues in any forums. If
you do, we will warn you once and remove it. After the first warning, or knowing
the rules and ignoring this procedure, will result in a ban.
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Harassment
Harassment of staff members via e-mail, instant messages, or other means of
contact is a punishable offense, and could result in legal charges should the
contents be serious enough.
Market Place General Rules:
As we all
know that PakGamers Market Section is growing rapidly, there is addition in the
rules please read them and abide by them failure to do so will result in
permanent ban.
1 - Don't post anything in the Market Place section other
then buying and selling offers related to electronics, gaming and miscellaneous
items (except livestock and real estate). No posting of links for third party
internet kiosks ( eg , Beliscity, apniweb , vmart , etc ) are allowed. Don't
even ask for a advice here about something, if you are looking for advice or
suggestion about something post them in specific section or in Chit-Chat
section.
2 - Do kindly include the [WTB]/[WTS]/[WTT] tags when opening a
thread. Failure to do so may result in 3 warnings and then immediate deletion of
the particular thread.
3 - Traders MUST be able to deliver the
merchandise as promised, in terms of the delivery period, merchandise’s
contents, merchandise’s condition and etc. We don't entertain any pre-order or
on-demand selling offers etc without the verification and the permission from
the admins.
4 - Refrain from jeopardizing sales unnecessarily. However,
you are encouraged to raise an alarm if you strongly believe a potential fraud
is about to take place. Alternatively, report the post.
5 - Don't try to
spam by posting fake offers and advertising, your account will be deleted
without any warning if we found that you are spamming and scamming in this
section.
6 - Don't post off-top replies or stupid comments in someone
else thread/topic, if you are not interested in the offer, then leave it and
move to the next one! if we found any off-topic replies which are not related to
original topic, we will delete them, and if you keep on doing this in the Market
Place section, then your account will get a life-time ban.
7 - Don't post
the same item/product offer again, you may bump your old offer after 4-6 days of
posting and can edit it.
8 - Try to follow that format for selling:-
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Item(s) Name:
Package includes:
Price:
Warranty:
Dealing method:
Location:
Contact method/details:
Item(s) conditions:
Original Picture(s):
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9 - When your
item gets SOLD mention it so the moderators can close the thread, otherwise in
case of no activity within 12 days you will get a warning and then resulting in
immediate closing of thread.
10 - Include the product/item picture
wherever possible so the buyer remain safe from any kind of fraud..you can
upload your product/item images on these free image hosting sites:
http://www.photobucket.com
http://www.imageshack.us
Lastly,
PakGamers.com will be not responsible if someone ripped you off or you bought
something broken/fake, so be careful before buying anything it's all your
responsibility, however we do try our best to keep an eye on fake/scam offers
and usually delete any such offer we think it's fake as soon as it's been
posted.
10 - Contact number and City is compulsory. Pictures are must in
order to maintain the thread and to sell items. Third Party links will be
deleted without intimation.
Market Place Trader Score
You can start
rating the other members by clicking on trader score tag but use it with care as
this feature is included for your own convenience where trust factor is the main
issue behind unpleasant deals. Please do write the comments that the member
deserve so one can judge him/her as honest or fraud seller or buyer
accordingly..
NOTE: As the prefix feature is available when making a new
thread from now on pls include [WTS][WTB][WTT] tags.
Third Party Banking
- Fund Transfers
Banking Charges are Purchasers solely responsibility. If
anyone does not have any banking details, Kindly refuse if the deal is acting
outside the city premises ( Ask A Senior member if you want help).
ATM
Banking Transfers ( Third Party Banking - Fund Transfers ) Can take up to 1 - 3
Days if Online , Else 9 Days for Offline payment Transfers.
Online
Banking Charges:
MCB - 55 Rupees ( Some Banks Charge 300 and 150 Rupees )CitiBank
- Free Standard Chartered - FreeBank AL FALAH - ( Depends on Cities - LHR 250
Rupees from Khi , ISB 324 Rupees from Khi )Askari Bank - 334 Rupees Bank AL
Habib - 55 Rupees Meezan Bank - FreeNIB BANK - FreeUBL - 164 RupeesATM Transfers
Mostly take 55 Rupees, Except for these banks that deduct from Sellers account
and Buyers account which are mentioned Below:
Citi Bank ( Deducts 24 Rupees
Charges per transfer at the End of the month )
Standard Chartererd ( Deducts
55 Rupees Charges per transfer from Account Holder )
MCB ( Effective for 22
April, They Charge 55 Rupees from Buyer and Sellers - ONLINE MCB to MCB account
transfer is free )
Also now a days we are encountering a lot of Internet
Kiosk s/ Online marketing advertisement. Anyone seeks to buy from there, It's
solely the user's responsibility. Hence PAKGAMERS Will not be responsible for
the deal.
Deal Back Off's
I - If the seller intends to withdraw
his item/product, then he/she should do it before the final deal agreement, Else
if the deal executes. The seller will be compensating for the loss and will not
be permitted to post any of his items for 14 days.
II - If the buyer
refuses an agreed deal. Either he should compensate the loss to the Seller or
Accept a 14 Days Ban ( On Proper Justification Query )
Irrelevant
Replies
NO ONE is allowed to post in the offer/thread posted in the Market
Place section about buying/selling unless the you are interested in the offer or
what to inquire about the offer from the seller or buyer.
Post only when
you are interested in buying/selling that product/service/item. If you think
that someone is selling fake or something at very un-normal price then it's your
right to reply there so other members become alert too and avoid buying it, or
simply report such member to one of the Market Place moderators directly or to
global moderators/admins.
No Irrelevant Replies will be tolerated like :
i) Hey Cool Offer man
ii) Nice offer, best of luck selling it.
iii)
You are selling it at quite at over-priced rate.
iv) Good offer ABCDX but I
don't have a money to buy it but I will had bought it from you when I had the
money.
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blah blah blah...hope you got the idea?
If we catch someone violating
this rule then a ban will be given without any warning for X days for may be on
permanent basis. Lastly before accusing someone for any reason. Please Note,
That A proper justified matter is required.
Why is your Thread closed?
There a lot of threads closed recently. If you were the creator of the
thread and wondering why your thread is closed then I have closed them for four
major reasons
I - No pictures:
Upload pictures. No excuses like no
cam, busy, dog died, cat not drinking milk etc etc. Post Original pictures of
the item that you intend to sell. (Creating another thread will result in an
account ban. If you want to upload the pictures just PM paparoach or jshak).
II - Frequent Bumping:
It is clearly written in the market place rules
that bumping is allowed after 4-6 days. Sticky threads are not allowed to bump.
So either follow the rules or get your threads closed. (Creating another thread
will result in an account ban. Your thread will be reopened after 4 days of last
bump if you PM the moderators).
III - Location:
Threads with no
location mentioned will be closed as to reduce the queries like "What's your
location?"
IV - Demand:
Mention your demand so that the buyer may
offer you accordingly. Otherwise get ready for ridiculous offers.
The
PakGamers is a privately funded e-company & privately operated closed community
forum. It is not an open public community forum where "free speech" is a right.
Our approach has always been and remains to only intervene in order to ensure
the smooth running of the forums or when users breach the above policies.
However, there may be occasions where we need to intervene for reasons beyond
the scope of the policies listed on this page and we reserve the unconditional
right to do so in order to protect ourselves, our users and the goals of the
site itself.
- The administrators and moderators reserve the right to
edit or remove posts.
- The administrators and moderators reserve the right
to edit, ban or delete user accounts and profiles at their discretion without
giving prior warning.
PakGamers.com reserves the right to alter, edit, or
update these rules as they see fit, at any time, according to events or policies
that may or may not take place. HAVE FUN! Post often!
Now don't be get
confuse or nervous just take your time and read the above rules, keep them in
your mind and enjoy your posting and discussions here on PakGamers Forums. If
you have any problems or issues, or just have a comment or input or two, please
feel free to contact any of the admin(s) or moderators of the forum. We'll do
our best to help you out.
All The Best,
PakGamers.com
Administration