1) No links to pirate/warez or other illegal content sites
Self-explanatory.
2) Take your time, and do your best with spelling/grammar
No one is expecting perfection, but making your posts easier to read will make it easier for people to respond to you. Effort is appreciated!
3) Put warnings in titles
As a courtesy to others, if your link is a little "blue", or if your thread is full of spoilers, please indicate so.
4) Search for related content before starting new topics
Take a look around the forum. Remember, people replying to you takes effort, so put in a little effort of your own by using the search function and reading through some threads first
5) Unless the thread in question warrants it, any graphic images posted that are deemed inappropriate (hardcore pornography, scat, dead bodies etc are prime examples) will be deleted and the posters treated like spam bots and banned with no warning beyond this one.
6) Do not name threads with spam-like titles
Due to unpleasant content, some of us (eg me) will not look inside spam threads but will immediately delete you and all your posts from the database, both of which are unrecoverable. Don't risk it!
7) From experience, there are some topics that could follow all the rules above and still be likely to cause arguments and unpleasantness (eg. when is the next update out? relgion, politics ect...). We reserve the right to lock these and any other threads we see fit.
8) No posting topics just to "chatter", or make comments to Paul or other staff.
Ex. "Hey Paul, my name is Jim Bob Jones and I like your video!" The forums are not an instant messenger! If you want to chat, use the chat on the website.
9) No editing a mod/admins edit. If your post is edited or removed, it was for a reason.
10) Do not make financial solicitations.
Any solicitation of money either for personal gain or as a donation contribution to Paul (either directly or disguised as a KickStart program, YouTube community channel, live-stream game marathon...ect), will earn the user a permanent suspension from the forums. It is very unwise to send money to a user you do not know. If a user wishes to donate money to Paul, they should do so directly to Paul to make sure that he is the one receiving the donation.
11) No making troll accounts with the specific intention of trolling either the website or it's members. This includes pretending to be someone you're not i.e. a famous YouTuber. We can easily check ip's and will ban the ip of anyone that is seen to have a troll account regardless of who they are.
12) No topic "bumping" (posting information in a topic for the sole purpose of "bumping" it to the top of the forum).
13) Post topics in the correct forum:
- Minecraft-specific topics belong in the Minecraft Forum:
- Mods: Minecraft Mods
- Map Seeds and Custom Maps: Minecraft Maps
- Minecraft Videos and other Media: Minecraft Media
- Skins and Texture Packs: Skins and Texture Packs
- Minecraft Servers: Servers
- Only one topic per server may be started
- General Minecraft Discussion: Minecraft Discussion
- Mods: Minecraft Mods
- Minecraft Dad Server-specific topics belong in the Minecraft Dad Server Forum.
- Questions and topics directed at Paul belong in the Paul's Patio Forum.
- Questions for Paul to answer: Ask Me Almost Anything
- Check for answered questions before posting new questions
- Do not post responses to posted questions. They are posted for Paul himself to answer.
- Check for answered questions before posting new questions
- Discussion about Paul's Minecraft Videos: Paul's Videos
- General discussion about Paul: General Discussion
- Questions for Paul to answer: Ask Me Almost Anything
- Questions and topics about the Punchwood site itself belong in the Punchwood Website Forum:
- General Punchwood site discussion: Punchwood Discussion
- Punchwood site help and support: Punchwood Support
- General Punchwood site discussion: Punchwood Discussion
- Topics about other games belong in the Other Games Forum.
- General off-topic topics and chatter belong in the Off-Topic Forum.
15) Do not multi-post.
Edit your original post if you need to make a change or clarification. Also, use multi-quote to quote multiple people.
PICTURES
1) As a way to avoid those pesky "image-stretching-the-forum-making-it-hard-to-read" situations, the maximum width of images should be no more than 650 pixels.
You can do this by either resizing your pictures; postig a thumbnail which links to the full-size image; or making a text link to your image.
All of these methods can be easily done in image sharing sites like http://imgur.com
2) No image macros unless it is in an image dump thread.
PROFILE STUFF
1) No pics or videos in signatures
They make it more difficult to read threads and clutter up the forum.
2) Tasteful avatars, please




