Live Chat Policies & Rules
Live Chat Policies and Rules
Because Live Chat is a service provided by our Forums we are very strict about the conduct and behaviour of our users. Please read the rules below and if you have any questions you are welcome to contact a Moderator or Administrator for explanation.
Note: All rule violations will be met with a possibility of 5 outcomes with severity in the folowing order:
A) Warning - You are asked not to do the action again. Most small infraction will result in a warning.
B) DeVoice - Voice is removed from your user and the channel is moderated. You will not be able to talk, only listen.
C) Kick - You will be removed from the channel.
D) Temporary Ban - You will be removed from the channel and not permitted to reenter for a certain period of time.
E) Permanent Ban - You will not longer be able to access the channel.
Inappropriate Language
Our Forums and Live Chat caters to many children and adults, therefore all channels are G-Rated channels. This is strictly enforced with no exceptions.
G-Rated means: You should not use any words or phrases that would be inappropriate in a Children's Disney Cartoon from 15 years ago.
See http://tms.ecol.net/movies/ratings.htm for a more exact definition of G-Rating.
Discussions which contains subjects such as: foul language/cussing, nudity and sex, violence, drug or alcohol use (or any other illegal substance), etc., and/or that may be offensive to parents of younger children, will be dealt with immediately. This includes foul language, inappropriate links to pictures or external website links, discussions about friends/family members/pets dying, discussions about mental illness or disease that may be inappropriate for children. If you are uncertain as to whether a certain subject, word, image, or link is allowed, contact a moderator or administrator before discussing it on the channel.
Violation of this rule will result in being kicked and banned from all channels.
Personal Information
Live Chat has children present therefore asking for or volunteering personal information is not allowed. Personal Info consists of Real Life Names, Age, Gender, Location, Email Address exchanges, Instant messenger ID's, Password/Account Information, School Information and other similar details. This also applies to linking of personal pictures of the users, their schools, homes (that include their exact locations), etc.
This also includes sites like Myspace.com, Xanga.com, or any type of social sites that allow personal information or unappropriate material that does not fall under the G-rating rules of this site. Any site that is not officially approved by the ToonTownCentral.com or VMForums.com Staff is not allowed to be advertised on any Live Chat Channels.
For more information on Internet Safety for children please visit some these sites:
Respect for Operators
Respect the decisions of the Operators in the channel to kick or ban a user. Operatorss are trusted to make decisions so that all users can be safe and enjoy themselves. Sometimes decisions have to be made quickly so that young persons are not exposed to inappropriate language or ideas.
If you feel that this decision was inappropriate, please feel free to ask the Operator responsible in a private message why they made this decision. Attempts to revoice or unban yourself will result in permanent banishment.
Flooding or Spamming
Please do not flood or spam the channel. Flooding or Spamming means:
To type a lot of information at once, causing the chat page to fill up and making chatting difficult for other users to read. Flooding or spamming is generally considered more than 5 lines in a row.
This includes repeating the same thing again and again:
User122: HI! User122: HI! User122: HI! User122: HI! User122: HI! User122: HI!
Or typing random characters to flood or spam the room:
User122: fkjfkfu903qur User122: 843891348jaskljdfl User122: 3481248fjajl;ad User122: 84840898 User122: 3842384 User122: jefosdjsdf User122: l;ffjds User122: jsklfsdklf User122: lkklsda'
Constantly changing your nick can also be considered flooding or spamming.
Typing successive emoticons is considered flooding or spamming.
Please be aware that large Ascii art is also considered flooding or spamming, please ask an operator before posting Ascii art to the channel.
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