Welcome to the Anargo Sector Project!

[glow=orange,2,300]Rules / Guidelines[/glow]
Now that you have a pretty good idea of what the ASP is about and what its possibilities are, it's time to talk about this forum. As you probably know, there are usually certain rules on discussion forums, and this forum is no exception. For everyone to get along and for the forum to be a nice, constructive and tidy place, we need certain rules. Here they are;

1) Thou shalt not curse. As Kage (aka "da boss") says, "please remember that this is a public forum and, despite the protestations by many to the contrary, the primary demographic of GW games is teenagers. Please avoid using 'colourful metaphors' or profanity, or making explicit sexual references".
Also, even if using asterisks is slightly better, "F*** you" only leaves so much to imagination

2) Thou shalt not double-post. Instead of replying to your own messages, try to edit your posts by clicking the Modify button at the top right corner. Of course, there are exceptions to this rule, such as when you're posting long texts that are too long to fit into a single post.

3) Thou shalt not post one-liners. Posts that are only one or two sentences long should generally be avoided. Try to elaborate and explain, if possible. Otherwise you get a long line of posts like this;
"How about if my world had some kind of cult?"
"Cool. What kind of cult?"
"A chaos cult with all kinds of nasty things."
"What nasty things?"
"Nasty daemon things and stuff!"
Etc.

Of course, there are exceptions to this rule as well, but members who repeatedly post one-line posts like this will hear from the Mods. For more information, go here.

4) Thou shalt not write unconstructive posts. In other words, no spamming. If one of the characters described on the forum reminds you of your teacher in primary school, if you think Gav Thorpe is not good at what he does, that's fine, but that's not what this forum is for. We're here to talk about the ASP.
Likewise, when someone posts an idea, don't just post "I don't like this" and leave it at that. Either explain why you don't like it, and what you would rather see done, or don't post at all

5) Thou shalt not contribute to forum hostilities. This works two ways. On one hand, you will not be rude to other members and you will take great care to make sure that other people are not offended by your jokes or comments, by use of smileys and such. On the other hand -and this is very important- you will give other members the benefit of the doubt.

There have been too many episodes on the forum where members have been offended or hurt by others' posts, believing them to have ill intentions. I can not remember a single episode where said posts were actually intended to offend or hurt other members. In other words, if another member seems to be hostile, he's most likely not. We're all very nice people, and most of us go back months or even years, having had much enjoyable discussion together. If you're offended by someone elses comments, give him or her the benefit of the doubt and assume that the comments were intended in good will. If you seriously doubt this, ask politely. If someone is actually being hostile, the matter will be dealt with by our benevolent leader, Kage.

6) Thou shalt not write anything but Low Gothic. In other words, write proper English. People who write "I need a world 4 my emporerz children" or "wotz a standard rep?" will be purged. Thoroughly.

7) Thou shalt post concepts to the boards, not Kage or CELS.
The various forums are there for you to post your ideas on, so try not IM or PM either myself (Kage) or CELS about each concept that you have. Post them in the appropriate category/board and see what members have to say on this. There have been times in the past when this 'private' discussion of concepts has been used to say "Kage said this was a good idea so that's that!", a comment taken entirely out of context.

8) Thou shalt remember that an accepted world is the 'property' of the project.
That is to say that once you've submitted a system/world to the project it is a part of that project. We can do with it what we want to advance the storyline of the sector. This could even result in your world being decimated by alien invasion, your favourite Imperial Commander being burned as a heretic, or whatever. It does, however, remain your intellectual property!

With that said, I am available for discussion of concepts when I'm online. Just remember that, as of today, I've got around 10 weeks to finish a PhD (actually 3 weeks now!). After that I'm going to have more free time than you can shake a stick at.

9) Thou shalt remember that we are discussing the ASP.
While we welcome general discussion, we are trying to work towards a very specific goal. If you wish to disucss something generally then put it in "General Chat" but, remember, if its application to the ASP and the 40k universe is limited that it might be closed, deleted or otherwise ignored!

10) Thou shalt contribute to the ASP, lest you will be stripped of membership.
Ok, this Olde Englishe is getting silly, but here's my point; Members who join and then only post once or twice (or not at all) will be removed in time. The way I do this is that on the 1st of every month, I look at all the members with less than five posts (and maybe those with only six or seven posts ). If they have been here for over a month and not been active, I remove them. This is to prevent the ASP forum from having 200 members, 180 of which have only posted a few times last year and then disappeared.

11) Thou shalt not post in bright and lurid colours, lest Kage's head explode...
A strange rule, but one that I ask more as a personal favour granted by, well, everyone to me. I have a strange relatonship with colour such that when I see lots of bright colours in a very small area - or even just bright colours - I tend to go cross-eyed and squint just before the pounding headache ensues. <sigh> So by preference, please use emboldened text, italicisation, or even size changes to bring your post across. Please. As a personal favour.

[glow=orange,2,300]Last words[/glow]
If you've actually read this far and still have questions, don't hesitate to PM me (CELS) or Kage. Enjoy your stay

+ Thought for the day: No-one knows the shape of that future, or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain +

+ Life is pain! Anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to sell you something. +


Update: 17.05.2004

Added 5th rule, because it's becoming increasingly obvious that people need to be reminded about this. So remember to be nice, use smileys, and have faith in your comrades

Update: read above!

Added a seventh 'rule'...well, more guideline.

And then Rule #9 was added...