I'm reading it now.

I haven't read them. But there probably general things I'm guessing. I haven't been warned I don't think.

I think this would be a poor excuse to gain post count by saying that I'll read it.

In all honesty, I haven't read it and don't think I will soon. To me, it's just common sense and courtesy. The general idea here is to not flame anyone, be completely rude, and contribute something worthy of reading for other members to learn from (instead of all those short responses that we've all seen that don't really say anything other than "lol cool." ) or something to indicate that the thread provokes actual interest and/or discussion. Of course, there are those side rules exclusive to Trap17 that look down and discourage double-posting (which some of us still do from time to time, me included); encourage proper spelling, word choice, and grammar (for clarity and distinctiveness); warn against spamming; etc.

I'm not saying NOT to read the rules, but if you genuinely have no clue as to how to participate in an online forum environment, you should take Trap17's rules as a good guideline of general behavior online.

Not every forum on the Web has to be full of "txt t4lk," flaming, or any other sort of garbage.

I have read the Trap17 Rules and Guidelines, and have also read the terms and conditions of the hosting account.

The rules and guidelines for the forum are very, very standard, nothing special about them, just the normal, standard forum rules...

Standard forum rules are very easy to follow, but in addition to standard forum rules, there are also rules which are unique to Trap17, such as the very strict copyright rules trap17 has in place. (Which is a very good thing, because it will only prolong Trap17's life span)...

The hosting rules are a bit different to the normal "free web hosting" rules, like there they normally have an upload limit I.e. a lot of free hosting providers only allow a maximum upload of 500KB each time, which won't be much use for their "unlimited bandwidth", "unlimited space","unlimited number of files"...

But also other rules like being strict on not making big downloads that would clog up bandwidth, that I see is put in to compensate for the fact that users can upload really big files (i.e. up to 499MB) and download them, again and again just o clog up bandwidth, I'm sure trap17 has measures in place to prevent that from happening...

So, it ain't hard to conform to the normal forum rules although for a lot of us just "copying and pasting" articles and "hotlinking images to a non-image hosting provider" are a habit from the forums that "let their members loose" and allow all those things...

And it ain't hard writing in proper/near proper grammar, just try to get off the habit of using "txt" language, which isn't actually a language...

Just Finished Reading Kinda Long...

I haven't read the rules just yet, But I'll plan to later on.

I usually know the forum rules no spamming, no flaming, no trolling etc etc, But these may be different, So I'll read them in a bit =]

Yes I also have rad the rules. ITs been a awhile though and y memory is not the best so it may be a good idea for me to reread them and see if anythign has changed or what may have missed, I also worry about breaking anyrules I would never intentionnally do that, I love it here and would hate to get into any trouble fr not following the rules. It can be a little overwhelmin as a newbie to have to read the rules because there is alot to read but it is definately worth it to read to make sure you dont break any and get into touble.