Official Rules
ProGamerCity.net
2012-08-23
We are not better than anyone; we do not have an attitude problem. We just want to have a peaceful, knowledge oriented community.
Please read these terms and conditions of use carefully. By accessing or using this website, you fall under the category of a "ProGamerCity Member" and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions described herein and all terms incorporated by reference. If you do not agree to all of these terms, do not use this website.
ProGamerCity ("PGC") would like to thank you for visiting our community. This document contains the terms and conditions ("Terms") for governing your access to, and use of, the PGC Website located at www.progamercity.net (or any subsequent URL which may replace it) and all officially associated websites and micro-sites (collectively, the "Website"), and all features, functions software and services offered through this Website. The Website and the features, functions, software and services offered through this Website collectively constitute the "Service."
1. LEGAL AGREEMENT
These Terms constitute a legal agreement between you and PGC. Your using this Website shall constitute your agreement to accept and be bound by the terms and conditions appearing in these Terms, and your agreement to comply with any Rules of Conduct posted on the Website or otherwise provided to you by PGC (the "Rules of Conduct"), as they may be amended from time to time. If you do not agree with any of these Terms, please do not access or otherwise use the ProGamerCity Website. In this Agreement, the terms "We/us/our" mean ProGamerCity.net. "You/your" means you as a user of the Website or any of our software.
You hereby represent that you have the legal capacity to enter into this Agreement and you are not barred from receiving services offered by the Website. You understand that the services being offered may include certain communications from PGC, such as service announcements, administrative messages or other information, and that these communications constitute part of the Service being offered by the Website and you may not have the right to opt out of receiving them.
Your use of the Website and the Service is subject at all times to these Terms, the Rules of Conduct. All user identities created on the Website are governed by these Terms.
No user that is currently employed, working for, or in any way affiliated with NEXON America Inc. and NEXON Corporation, NHN Corporation, OGPlanet, Neowiz, gPotato, Beijing Perfect World, and other game development company, or any affiliated companies, may enter this website and we politely ask that you immediately close the browser window in which you're viewing this web page.
2. CHANGES TO TERMS
PGC may amend these Terms, the Rules of Conduct at any time in our sole discretion. Amendments and modifications will be effective immediately after publishing them on the Website or otherwise providing you a copy thereof, and you waive any right you may have to receive specific notice of such changes or modifications. You agree to and are responsible for checking this Agreement, the Rules of Conduct periodically so you will be familiar with their contents as they may be amended or modified from time to time. By continuing to use any portion of the Service, you are signifying your acceptance of any revised or updated terms. If you do not agree to the amended terms, you must stop using the Service.
3. DESCRIPTION
PGC provides the service where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages (message board, forum).
You agree that PGC is not responsible for any hardware, software or Internet access, quality, suitability or unavailability issues. PGC does not provide Internet access, and you are responsible for all fees relating to telephone and Internet access charges along with all necessary equipment, servicing, repair or correction incurred in maintaining connectivity to the servers.
PGC, as a community Service, does not take any sort of liability for any content made or posted by its users. Each piece of content posted (a "post") is considered the intellectual property of the person who posted such content. Progamercity.net does not own anything posted by its users.
4. USER ELIGIBILITY, ACCOUNT
You may be required to create an account (an "Account") to access our Website and certain features and functions or our Service.
You must be 13 years of age or older to create an Account. If you are 13 or over, but are under the age of 18, we require that you review these Terms with your parents or guardian to ensure they read and agree to them. If you are the parent of guardian of a user of our website and you have questions about this website or these terms, please contact us at contact@progamerciy.net.
By creating an Account or otherwise using the Service, you represent that you are at least age 18 and agree to these Terms, or that you are over 13 years of age and your parents or legal guardian have read and agreed to these Terms, and you understand and agree that we are relying upon that representation in allowing you to use the Service.
When creating an Account and a User Name you agree to (i) provide true, accurate, current and complete information as requested in the required fields (the "Account Information") and (ii) promptly maintain and update such Account Information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.
PGC is not responsible for any misuse of your Account, you agree to accept all risks of unauthorized access to your Account and to hold PGC and its affiliates harmless from and against any improper use of your Account, including, but not limited to, improper use by someone to whom you revealed your password.
Please note that, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your User Name and password, and you agree to notify us if your password is lost, stolen, or disclosed to an unauthorized third party, or otherwise may have been compromised. You are solely responsible for all activities and transactions that occur under your Account, and PGC is not responsible for any unauthorized use of your account, including without limitation in the event that your password is stolen or revealed to a third party. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your Account or any other breach of security in relation to the Website, the Service. PGC provides you with choice to change your password in order to safeguard your Account.
Your Account may be deactivated if you do not use your Account within six months after the date that it was created or for any continuous period of six months after creation, and if your account post count equal zero. If your account has now posts and you do not use your Account for six or more months, it may be removed and deleted by the Website administrator at their sole discretion without any notification. However, we will not be liable in any manner for any failure to give notice. Please note that regardless of any notice, PGC reserves the right to discontinue the Service or to terminate or suspend your account at any time in its sole discretion for any reason, or for no reason.
General Registration Rules
You, as creator of your Account, are solely responsible for your Username. PGC will not tolerate offensive or obscene Usernames. If a Usernames violates any part of these terms, we may immediately, temporarily, or permanently ban such a Usernames, with or without notice, or immediately delete such account.
The following rules apply when you registering the Account and choosing your Username:
Note that usernames that are inappropriate in another language or that represent an inappropriate name with misspellings and substitutions, or do so indirectly or by implication, are still considered inappropriate.
- Username must be unique. If the Username you enter already exists, you will need to try a different one
- Username must consist of a minimum of four characters
- Username can contain only Latin symbols and digits (no more than 3 digits). Using of other symbols or special characters undesirable.
- Misleading usernames. The following types of username are not permitted because they may be misleading in a way that disrupts the project:
- Prohibited registration of gibberish Username like: «sdfsgatha», «asdasd», «щзщлзщ», «454ddd», also Username consisting of digits, or only vowels/consonant letters («123456», «hhhh»).
- Usernames that impersonate other people especially PGC staff
- Usernames that give the impression that the account has permissions which it does not have, for example by containing the terms "administrator", "checkuser", "oversight", or similar terms like "admin", "sysop" or "moder", “staff”;
- Usernames which could be easily misunderstood to refer to a "bot";
- Usernames including phrases such as "PGC", "Progamercity" if they give the incorrect impression that the account may be officially affiliated with the PGC or one of PGC projects.
- Disruptive or offensive usernames are strongly prohibited. The following types of usernames are not permitted because they are offensive or disruptive (names that do not conform to generally accepted standards of morality):
- Usernames those are likely to offend other contributors, making harmonious editing difficult or impossible, for example by containing profanities.
- Usernames that contain or imply personal attacks.
- Usernames that seem intended to provoke emotional reaction ("trolling").
- Usernames that otherwise show a clear intent to disrupt PGC.
- Usernames that contain insulting/obscene words (or hidden obscene words)
It is permanent. Once registration has been submitted, username of unprivileged account cannot be changed
- Promotional names are prohibited. The following types of usernames are not permitted because they are considered promotional:
- Usernames that unambiguously consist of a name of a company, group, institution or product (e.g. DesignGroup.com, MyWidgets.com, TrammelMuseumofArt);
- Email addresses and URLs (such as "Alice@example.com" and "Example.com"), or Plain domain names (without .com, .co.kr, etc.);
- Usernames with any other advertising information;
- No Multiple Accounts. Each member is only allowed one account, registering multiple accounts is against the rules. Anyone who has forgotten their password should attempt to use the 'forgotten password' system, or as a last resort, contact an administrator by email. Administration reserves the right to temporary ban most used account and permanent ban on the other accounts;
- Email address must be valid. Any mail boxes from instant mail services are prohibited. Administration reserves the right to request reactivation of account.
We don't accept some email domains. If you get "email prohibited" message during registration, please use another email address.
Mail addresses from @hotmail.com, @aol.com or @yahoo.com are undesirable. To register without problems, we recommend you to use gmail accounts
General Rules for Using account
- “One-day account”. Any accounts without posts and without activity during six month will be deactivated and then deleted.
- Shared accounts. Any user account should represent an individual and not a group (and an individual should normally only have one user account). Sharing an account – or the password to an account – with others is not permitted, and evidence of doing so will result in the account being blocked. Only one person may use an Account
- Using multiple accounts. It is recommended that users not use multiple accounts. Multiple accounts may not be used to comment, cast votes and so on. Policies apply to individuals, not accounts: blocked or banned users must not use sock puppets to circumvent a block; doing so will result in an extension of the block or ban.
- Changing your username. Usernames of unprivileged account cannot be changed. Privileged users (from special user groups: Pro, VIP) can request a “username changes” by contacting with administrator.
5. USER CONDUCT
Main Forum Rules
Posts and/or private messages that, in any manner whether directly or indirectly, involve any of the following activities may be subject to an infraction. You can find descriptions of specific infractions below.
English language and all submissions must be in English
- This includes topics, replies, signatures, profiles, content, and any other publicly displayed information.
- See INTERNATIONAL subforum for posting in Non-English.
Be Polite, no offensive posts
- Treat others with courtesy and with respect.
- Flaming other members or other forums will lead to disciplinary action ranging from a warning to a ban.
- Any kind of harassment will be looked at carefully.
- We want all members to have a positive experience.
- If you are a long standing member, act like one. Lead by example and assist other newer members rather then attacking them. We look upon our veteran members to use this opportunity to teach the newer members the appropriate way to use these forums.
- If someone insults you, do not retaliate but report the offending post using the 'report this post' text link located in each post's bottom right corner.
- We encourage you to use our community as a forum to debate topics, but please use proper adjectives to express yourself.
- “You’re noob/stupid” etc are prohibited.
- Porn of any kind, nudity of any kind, racism, terrorism, or crime related posts will not be tolerated and the member will be banned on first sight.
- The staff looks at politics and religion as controversial.
- Everyone has their own opinion.
- Therefore, we discourage religious comments of any kind.
- Posts with religious comments will be moved to the TrashBin, no matter in what context they are made.
- Posts that promote one's political opinion are viewed similarly.
- Our wish is to remain completely neutral.
- Please use the report button if you see religious and/or political comments of any sort.
Respect the authority of Moderators and Admins.
- If you don't like something that an admin or moderator did, e-mail them or send them a private message.
- Do not complain about a deleted post or moved topic in the forums. We don't have time to inform everyone about why a post was moved or deleted.
- Do not abuse content/material that can harm administrative Personal in any way.
Use the search feature before starting a new thread or before requesting content
- Searching before creating a request thread may reveal the content you are looking for.
- Searching before starting a new thread may reveal that the content has been already posted.
Note: If already posted, you may post a mirror with unique links.- Using the search feature helps members avoid double posting.
- Searching before posting is the polite thing to do.
No Double Posting, Repeating.
- Double posting is defined as posting the same content that has already been posted in a current thread or in a different thread.
- Even if your links are different, you must reply as a mirror in the thread that was started first.
- Software that is a different version or modified from original source must be posted in a new thread.
No Cross-Posting.
- Cross-Posting is when you post the same message multiple times in various threads or forums.
- Continuing to post a similar message will result in an immediate ban.
No advertising of any kind is allowed.
- This includes links outside the ProGamerCity.net domain that are included in pictures as watermarks, domains in signatures, email links, referrals, top lists, web hosting, affiliations, and sites that require registration, subscription and/or a fee to access.
- In short, no third party sites or self promotion of any kind.
- This includes links within posts that links to a third party in order to gain access to the content.
- No advertising of any kind is allowed. Instead, you do have the option to post your site in a manner that is acceptable.
Trojans, Viruses, Any Other Malware.
- This is not a virus/trojan forum, and we are fighting against any malware.
- Any of either posted on these forums will get you an immediate ban, this includes backdoors, keystealers, any form of virus.
- Talking about those things is not allowed and will end in a ban!
No Warez/Cracks/Serials or Illegal Software.
- This includes linking to software, posting about it, and suggesting to get it.
No Ripping/Unauthorized Use of Code.
- You are free to use all knowledge here for your personal, non commercial gain.
- You under no circumstances may use any intellectual property from this website for any commercial gain unless you have written consent of the original author.
Offsite Linking.
- Offsite linking is strictly forbidden unless you are linking to a website or webpage that explicitly relates to ProGamerCity.net theme (game cheating, programming).
- Linking to websites or webpages that don't relate to ProGamerCity.net goal, that sell cheats, are pornographic, sexually oriented or violent is strictly disallowed.
- All articles or supportive content should be posted on this website with credits to the author or website.
- Anyone caught breaking this rule will receive a severe punishment.
- Only authorized Personal is allowed to post without take care about this rule.
Do not bypass filters
- We censor words with and asterisk "*" so do not add spaces to the word(s) to bypass it.
- We require a certain post count before you can post links (You can post link as plain text)
No spamming, No useless posts
- Spamming is characterized by the initiation of threads or posts that contribute nothing to a forum, be it off topic or on topic.
- We collect only valuable information and replies such as: 'You're welcome', 'no problem', 'thanks for', ‘It’s work’, ‘Good tutorial’, ‘I will test’, ‘It works?’ or similar such comments do not contribute to the advancement of the thread or forum and are prohibited.
- Posts with empty bodies, bodies with few words that have no relation to the current thread or discussion and those posts that state they are spam, either to annoy or increase a member's post count. This determination is made by the forum Moderator or Administrator and is not up for discussion.
- If you are just saying "thank you," use the "thanks" button
- If you are not allowed to download or for several reason your community features were disabled, you should not post useless “Why I can’t…”.
Begging
- All sorts of begging are forbidden. That means also asking for public or private Hacks.
- You want a private Hack, then you should be a VIP or should be promoted to private group. Public Hacks you can find in the related Game Sections.
- If there are no public Hacks it is still forbidden to beg for private one.
Requests
- Any user is allowed to request something in a proper forum sections
- Requests will be taken in account if user have a positive reputation (no infractions) and contribute to our forum
- Requests from lurkers (zero-post user) will be rejected
Contributing
- Any users are welcome to contribute to our forum taking into account “Offsite Linking” rules
- Users can share well formatted game guides for any games listed or not listed in subsections
- Any post should be formatted for better visual perception
No Trading. No Selling.
- It's considered a trade any time the situation is "If you do this, I'll do that"
- Selling is offering a product, service, etc. for money or personal gain.
- The staff does not appreciate members trying to get around these rules, so please avoid attempting to do so.
- Any games valuables/items/accounts etc can be traded thru Black Market
No monetary gain whatsoever!
- Posts that attempt to get the poster any monetary gains whatsoever are prohibited.
- Never request, solicit or advertise by private messaging.
- There is a zero tolerance policy for attempts at monetary gain. Do this and you will be banned.
No public discussion about disciplinary action administered to members.
- If you have any questions regarding rules, disciplinary actions, or even a thread move, please use “Dispute Zone” to describe your problem.
6. INFRACTION SYSTEM
Community Moderators may issue zero point warnings or infractions when removing content which violates the PGC Rules and Policies. Warnings serve as friendly reminder of the PGC Rules and Policies and have no bearing on your account.
List of possible consequences:
- Verbal warning
- Warning
- Infraction
- Permanent suspension from the concerned section
- Temporary suspension
- Permanent suspension
- I.P. Address suspension
Warning
- Warnings will not be applied without a reason.
- If you have a problem with a warning, talk with the Admin/Mod who warned you.
- Other administrative Personal cannot follow the reasons of your warnings.
- After 10 Warnings a permanent Suspend will follow.
- Warnings and Infractions:
- Inappropriate Avatar
- Useless post
- Inappropriate Signature
- Offsite Linking
- Double Posting
- Posting in Wrong Section
- Cross-posting
- Asking when next hack is coming out
- No VirusTotal Scan
- Ban
- Advertising, Ban Duration: Forever.
- Disrespecting Staff, Ban Duration: Forever.
- Warez, Cracks, Illegal content, Ban Duration: Forever.
- Malware, Ban Duration: Forever.
- Phishing, Ban Duration: Forever.
- Lies about MODS/Admins Ban Duration: Forever.
- Spamming, Ban Duration: 2 days.
- Repeating / Cross-posting, Ban Duration: 3 days.
- Posting Rules, Ban Duration: 3 days.
- No Profanity In Forum / Signatures, Ban Duration: 5 days.
- Cheat Merchandising, Ban Duration: 7 days.
- Insulting, Ban Duration: 10 days.
Other: Despite the fact that we would like to be able to say that all punishments are outlined in black and white, we take everything on a case by case basis. The administration reserves the right to take each case as they may see fit.
7. HYPERLINKS
You are granted a limited, non-exclusive right to create a text hyperlink to the Website for noncommercial purposes, provided such link does not portray PGC or any of its services in a false, misleading, derogatory or otherwise defamatory manner and provided further that the linking site does not contain any adult or illegal material or any material that is offensive, harassing or otherwise objectionable. This limited right may be revoked at any time. You may not use a PGC logo or other proprietary graphic of PGC to link to this Website without the express written permission of PGC. Further, you may not use, frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any PGC trademark, logo or other proprietary information, including the images found at the Website, the content of any text or the layout/design of any page or form contained on a page on the Website without PGC's express written consent. Except as noted above, you are not conveyed any right or license by implication, estoppel or otherwise in or under any patent, trademark, copyright or proprietary right of PGC or any third party.
PGC makes no claim or representation regarding, and accepts no responsibility for, the quality, content, nature or reliability of third-party Web sites accessible by hyperlink from the Website, or Web sites linking to the Website. Such sites are not under the control of PGC and PGC is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site, or any review, changes or updates to such sites. PGC provides these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply affiliation, endorsement or adoption by PGC of any site or any information contained therein. When you leave the Website, you should be aware that our terms and policies no longer govern. You should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any site to which you navigate from the Website.
8. THIRD PARTY CONTENT
PGC may provide or make available third party content on the Website or through the Service and may provide links to Web pages and content of third parties (collectively the "Third Party Content") as a service to those interested in this information. PGC does not monitor or have any control over any Third Party Content or third party Web sites. PGC does not endorse or adopt any Third Party Content and can make no guarantee as to its accuracy or completeness. PGC does not represent or warrant the accuracy of any information contained therein and undertakes no responsibility to update or review any Third Party Content. Users use such Third Party Content contained therein at their own risk.
9. ADVERTISEMENTS AND PROMOTIONS; THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
PGC may run advertisements and promotions from third parties on the Website or may otherwise provide information about or links to third-party products or services on the Website. Your business dealings or correspondence with, or participation in promotions of, such third parties, and any terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings or promotions are solely between you and such third party. PGC is not responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or promotions or as the result of the presence of such non-PGC advertisers or third party information on the Website.
10. DISCIPLINARY ACTION/ACCOUNT TERMINATION
PGC MAY SUSPEND, TERMINATE, MODIFY, BLOCK ACCESS TO OR DELETE ANY ACCOUNT AT ANY TIME WITH OR WITHOUT REASON, WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE.
PGC may at its option issue warnings and temporary suspensions and permanent terminations of Accounts for user violations. We retain the sole discretion as to when and how to impose warnings, penalties and/or disciplinary actions. We consider the severity of the violation and the number of infractions in making our determination; however, any determination shall be under the absolute discretion of PGC. Notwithstanding the foregoing, PGC always retains the right to terminate or suspend your account at any time for any reason, or for no reason, with or without any warnings and with or without notice.
For the avoidance of doubt, you herby acknowledge that PGC has sole discretion with respect to termination of your Account. If you feel you or your Account has been unfairly warned or disciplined please contact us with a full detailed explanation.
You have the right to terminate or cancel your Account at any time by delivering notice to PGC. You understand and agree that the cancellation of your Account is your sole right and remedy with respect to any dispute, including, but not limited to, any related to, or arising out of: (i) any term of this Agreement or PGC's enforcement or application of this Agreement; (ii) the User Contents; (iii) your ability to access and/or use the Service or the Website; or (iv) the amount or type of fees, surcharges, applicable taxes, billing methods, or any change to the fees, applicable taxes, surcharges or billing methods.
You may cancel your Account by delivering notice to PGC. In the event your Account is terminated or canceled for any reason, or for no reason, no refund will be granted, no online time or other credits will be credited to you or converted to cash or other form of reimbursement, and you will have no further access to your Account.
11. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
You expressly understand and agree that:
(a) The service, the games, the website and all materials contained therein are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. PGC and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees, agents, partners and licensors disclaim all other warranties, express or implied, including, without limitation, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement as to the service, the website, including all information, content and materials contained therein. PGC does not represent or warrant that the Service, the Website or the materials contained therein are accurate, complete, reliable, available, current or error-free. PGC also does not represent or warrant that the all third-party content or third-party software are free of viruses or other harmful components.
(b) PGC and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees, agents, partners and licensors make no warranty that (i) the Service will meet your requirements; (ii) the Website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free; or (iii) any errors in the software will be corrected.
(c) while PGC attempts to make your access and use of the Service safe, PGC cannot and does not represent or warrant that the Service or its server(s) are free of viruses or other harmful components; therefore, you should use industry-recognized software to detect and disinfect viruses from any download. Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the Website is accessed at your own discretion and risk, and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of any such material.
(d) A small percentage of users may experience epileptic seizures when exposed to certain light patterns or backgrounds on a computer screen or while using the website or the service. Certain conditions may induce previously undetected epileptic symptoms even in users who have no history of prior seizures or epilepsy. If you, or anyone in your family, have an epileptic condition, consult your physician prior to using the service. Immediately discontinue use of the service and consult your physician if you experience any of the following symptoms while using the service: dizziness, altered vision, eye or muscle twitches, loss of awareness, disorientation, any involuntary movement, or convulsions.
(e) Reference to any products, services, processes or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, and supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof, or any affiliation therewith, by PGC
12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
In no event shall PGC, its administrator, subsidiaries, employees or agents be liable for any direct, special, indirect or consequential damages, or any other damages of any kind, including but not limited to loss of use, loss of profits or loss of data, whether in an action in contract, tort (including but not limited to negligence) or otherwise, arising out of or in any way connected with the use of or inability to use the website, the service or any of the content or the materials contained in or accessed through the website or the service, including without limitation any damages cased by or resulting from reliance by user on any information obtained from PGC, or that result from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files or email, errors, defects, viruses, delays in operation or transmission or any failure of performance, whether or not resulting from acts of god, communications failure, theft, destruction or unauthorized access to PGC's records, programs or services.
Some states do not allow the foregoing limitations of liability, so they may not apply to you and in such a case you agree that PGC's (or any such other released parties) liability to you shall be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law. You agree that PGC cannot be held responsible or liable for anything that occurs or results from accessing or subscribing to the Website or Services.
All information and files posted on Website or throughout Services are for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY and PGC assume no liability nor ownership for any consequences regarding misuse of any of our services or information.
13. AGREEMENT TO RULES AND TERMS OF SERVICE
You hereby agree to follow the rules and terms of service. If you break this agreement under any circumstance, you will not be accepted here at ProGamerCity.net (in other words you are not privileged to use site or Service).
We hope you enjoy your stay and take full advantage of the online community we are developing. Please remember that you are a guest at the Website and act with the same courtesy and respect you expect from other guests. PGC always reserves the right to refuse or terminate service.
If you find anything wrong with this agreement, report it to the admin.
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