After a long talk with the community we are finally done with our new Terms of Service for 2old2play. Please read it over and post any feedback within the announcements forum.
As always you can find the terms of service at http://www.2old2play.com/rules/TOS.pdf. Feel free to comment on the TOS and help us to come up with new ways to make this community a better place. Thanks again for the community support.
2old2play Terms of Service
You must read this agreement in its entirety before signing up with 2old2play. By entering 2old2play and viewing its content you agree to all rules and requirements stated in this Terms of Service.
Age and Restrictions
2old2play is a community that is dedicated to the 25 and older gamer. Our site is here as a place for these gamers to meet with others in their age group and come together online. We have the right to refuse any member that is not within our age limits as it would take away from the meaning of our site. We respect our members’ frustration with the younger gaming crowd and know that it is imperative to keep 2o2p within the standards of age limits that have been set. That being said, anyone found to be under the age of 25 will be removed from the site without warning. As a private site, 2old2play also reserves the right to deny any person access to its content regardless of age. Come back when you’re 25!
Blogs, Forums, and General Posts on 2old2play
2old2play offers members multiple ways to voice your opinions. It hosts your pages, threads, and blogs all on the dime of 2o2p, free of charge. We want everyone to feel comfortable sharing their thoughts with the community and genuinely want to know what our members have to say. Your blogs are placed in the top banner of all 2o2p pages and are seen by thousands of readers. Forum posts, clan pages, submitted stories can often hit our homepage and your ideas can reach millions of others.
With that said, we need your help to ensure the content is of the quality that we expect on 2o2p from an adult atmosphere. Put simply, DON’T BE A DICK.
Racists, Elitists, Dicks, and Jerks
Being over 25 does not mean you are mature. In fact here at 2old2play we pride ourselves on good-natured ribbing. However that is not a license for members to become forum trolls, elitists’ pricks, or closet racists. You agree to respect all members of 2old2play. While differences can and will arise, you agree to act in a civil manor. Anyone found to personally attack another member using, but not limited to, racism, hate, personal threats, vulgarity, will be dealt with according to the rules below. Repeat offenders risk removal from the site. While 2old2play cannot track off site or in game activity you are expected to treat each other with the same respect online. Constant reports of in game issues can lead to member suspension. This includes private messages, Forum, Blogs, Videos, Clan Pages, or any other member accessible area of the site.
Aside from the common sense rules above, our criteria for breaking the Jerk rule varies. An easy way to test yourself on whether you are being a jerk is simple. First ask yourself, do I know this person? Am I friends with them? If the answer is no, then they probably will not understand your joke about their mom. Play it safe rather than sorry.
What happens if I cannot help being a dick?
The first offense will generally be met with a 3-7 day “cool down ban” via Email, post, or PM. If there is a second occurrence, especially within a short period of time from the first, the users account will go into admin review and be banned from the site. There is no 3rd strike. Banned users may appeal their block by contacting the community manager at admin@2old2play.com
Guide Lines to not getting banned!
1) Don’t treat new members like crap. 2old2play is not an uber clique where new comers are looked down upon. You were new here once too so make the effort to show people we are a community and not an elitist cult.
2) Don’t use blogs to spout hate, racism, spam, or drama. We want everyone to have a chance to blog but double posting, spam, and hate blogs just clutter up our front page. We don’t have a lot of rules on our blogs, so please respect these few.
3) Keep the Not Safe For Work stuff NSFW. We don’t want nudity in our content unless properly tagged with NSFW in the correct location. No one wants to lose their job over a sweet pic you took of your nuts so DON’T DO IT. There are NSFW buttons on all blogs and a specific forum for NSFW in the main forums. Use them!
4) Don’t troll posts with nonsense. Trying to deter a post from its original point makes it hard for people to follow. It risks breaking up a good conversation for no reason other than to make you giggle. Dick.
5) Causing unnecessary drama, being a negative douche, inciting post wars and creating multiple accounts get you a free ban!
6) Never post any content as “Offical 2old2play Work” if you do not work directly for/with 2old2play or without our consent. We worked hard to build 2o2p and make sure that all our images, content, and ideas are looked after.
7) Do not plagiarize. If you didn’t write the words yourself then give credit where credit is due. Always cite your work and give example (hello 5th grade). Remember ownership is a tricky thing and we don’t want lawyers knocking on our doors so we have no problem sending them to yours.
8) Do not use 2old2play to recruit for your own personal site. Without a mass of gamers 2o2p cannot function as a community. We do not tolerate poaching in any form.
9) These guide lines can and will grow, but the bottom line is think before you post. If you have any doubt in your mind that you may post something stupid, simply don’t post it.
10) DON’T BE A DICK!
Copyrighted Materials and other legal stuff
You understand 2o2p cannot police every private clan forum and therefore is not responsible for any copyrighted material that is posted by its members. You understand that all content produced by members or posters not employed directly by 2old2play is the property of that poster and 2old2play cannot be held liable for such content. You agree that 2o2p will not be held liable for any material found to infringe on any local or federal laws. Said material will be immediately removed as well as the member’s username and password.
Spam
You agree not to post any unsolicited ads, news, and links without the express permission of 2old2play.com. Violators will be removed from the site without warning. We respect your right to free speech, but not when you are only using our forum to sell something. This goes for any and all gaming sites, forums, products, etc. You agree to never use 2o2p bandwidth to host off site content including but not limited to photos, articles, videos, post, etc. Any content on 2o2p is solely owned by 2o2p and may not be redistributed without express written consent from 2old2play.com.
This Terms of Service can and will change. Check back often.
This document was last updated 04/28/2011
