Super Mario 63!

Forum Rules



By following these rules, your chances of becoming part of the staff team will surely increase. Likewise, a staff member who breaks these rules often will cease to be part of the staff. Excessive breaking of any of these results will result in various unwanted effects, varying from simple warnings to permanent bans, depending on the weight of the matter...

Below are the various main rules of these forums. To understand what we mean by them, we suggest you read the more in-depth paragraphs describing them further below.

• Post all levels in the User Made Levels section. (Unless you are a GLM...then you must post them in GLML.)
• Do not over-advertise any sort of subject.
• Do not spam...
• No flaming or trolling is allowed.
• No major Inappropriate material in any form is allowed. Minor inappropriate material is also not allowed.
• Please do not purposely crash the shoutbox...
• Please do not post excessive, unnecessary, and useless stuff in the shoutbox that is going to cause disturbances and annoyance...
• Please do not use rickrolls that will take over the viewer's browser...
• Please do not swear.
• Please do not belittle, insult, or treat users in any sort of bullying matter.
• Do not post links to illegal material, such as video game roms and emulators.




Where do i post my levels?

Please post any and all levels you have in the User Made Levels Section. Levels posted in other sections will probably get moved to UML, but that's not a reason to be lazy and do this all the time.

At special ocassions, you might notice that the "New Topic" button in UML is missing. Do not be frightened; if you find yourself in the situation where you can't post your levels in UML, understand that it means intensive moving is currently taking place. You can help IM end quicker by rating some of the already-present levels.

Levels posted during IM will get moved to spams, and the level code will be PMed to the maker. During IM, we suggest you save your levels in a document in your desktop, and once IM is over, you can feel free to post your fresh new levels in UML.

Intensive moving is over when all previously present levels in UML are moved to other sections.



Swearing/Cursing

The usage of strong words on the forums is not allowed, and usage of stong language continuously might eventually lead to a phpBB warning and other punishments. The forums have created a word censoring program that will automatically censor certain words, but it is obvious that users can easily find ways to sneak arond the censoring by altering speeling, among other things.

We encourage you not to use words that are dubious in bad-word status, such as "Hell" or "Damn". Understand that if you use any sort of strong words in a format that directs to another user in an insulting manner will result in an automatic reportion, and harsher punishments might be undertaken quicker.

Please use your common sense when you're about to make a comment...avoid the usage of words that certain people might be offended by. If a staff member discovers you using foul language, they will be expected to nicely remind you that things like this are not allowed. If you are found to be directly insulting at a user, you will get reported for sure. So please try filtering your vocabulary before typing comments, and thus you'll avoid trouble and surely get along with users easily.

Using symbols/blocking/censoring such as
-F*ck
-@$$

are still considered cussing.

Also, note that indirect usage of inappropriate swears (such as images containing them, etc.) is still considered usage of swear words, and it will be treated like so.



Spamming

Spam is anything that is useless, unnecessary, somewhat annoying, often disturbing, and takes up space without the need to. Spamming is a term used to describe the excessive usage of spam for one's own apparent "benefit"...despite the fact all spamming will get you is not very enjoyable.

Spamming will cause you to be viewed by other more responsible users as an annoying user. Most of them will not be willing to interact with you as much, and some might be repelled by you. In a site where everyone tries to be friendly, you should also put your part in by avoiding doing things that will cause people to be repelled by you. And spamming is perhaps the most common way for users to get others to dislike them.

If you spam, you will first get notified. Excessive spamming will lead to phpBB warnings, and those will hurt you as they build up. Spammers get a smaller chance to become staff members, but we're always willing to forgive you if you truly change.

The shoutbox is also a place where excessive posting of annoying, useless, repetitive, unnecessary stuff becomes something similar to spamming. It will be treated like spamming. Despite that, the two aren't quite the same...although making one unnecessary post in the forums is spam, making one unnecessary post in the shoutbox is not considered as so. Don't abuse the fact that you ca post useless stuff in the shoutbox, because as stated above, excessiveness that causes disturbances is still treated like spam.



RickRolling/Related Media

Rickrolls are considered spam, like they normally are anywhere else. Moderate usage of rickrolls is fine once in a while in the shoutbox...

However...rickrolls that take over the whole browser will result in an automatic ban for the user who produced the rickroll. Even if the person "gave a warning", saying that if others clicked on it, it would take over their browser, it still takes over the browser, and that's the whole reason why it results in the "awarding" of a ban...(Something no one would like to be awarded...)

Please be moderate when it comes to the usage of rickrolls or other variations that take the user to a non-harmful link, and avoid using rickrolls or any other variation that take over the viewer's browser.



Shoutbox Crashes

The shoutbox is a fun place to be in, since users can interact directly, and have a great time. Despite that, one of the factors that greatly disturbs the good time people have there is a shoutbox crash. New users might be unaware of what a crash is, and especially, how it occurs. They occur whenever custom BBcode is posted in the shoutbox. Although there are a few exceptions, most BBcode that do not appear on the side of the shoutbox will cause a shoutbox crash. Since curious new users might mistakenly cause a shoutbox crash, it will not be of a big deal. However, purposely crashing the shoutbox, especially if it's done repeadetly, counts as an offense.



Inappropriate Behavior

Aside from swearing, posting excessive minor or major inappropriate material in any form is not allowed. Flaming and trolling, which are terms used to describe the usage of posting maters that are going to cause controversy and might provoke conflict and maybe even fights are also not allowed. Causing fights or engaging in fights themselves are not permitted either.

Excessive begging and whining, as well as excessive advertising, can get annoying, and we advise you do not do this over and over to avoid issues.



Bullying/Inappropriate treatment towards others

Do not treat your fellow users like waste...even if you do not use swears or cause fights, the simple act of belittling them and even insulting them over and over is wrong and inappropriate. Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself, and use your common sense when speaking with others. Do not treat people as inferiors; even if you are a global moderator, treating a new user in a mean manner is still wrong.



Illegal Material

Do not post any links to video game roms or emulators anywhere on the site, for it is considered illegal material, and will get you in deep trouble. Posting rom patches are perfectly legal, and should be posted in the "Rom Hacks" section if you wish to share them. If you do not what roms, emulators, patches, or hacks are, and are confused about the matter of posting illegal material, or what illegal material is, we suggest using a helpful search engine such as Google, or a site such as Wikipedia.

-Shadowglitchy