Community Rules

MOST RULE BREAKING CAN BE AVOIDED BY USING COMMON SENSE, PLEASE THINK BEFORE YOU POST AND SHOW SOME CONSIDERATION TOWARDS OTHERS.

Read these new updated rules, they will apply to the whole site ie. chat, forum and comments on pages/galleries.

1. Please do not bring up mature content, extreme violence or anything illegal such as drugs. We'd like to keep the site child friendly.

2. No flaming or bulling anyone. We understand that you can't be forced into liking or making friends with everyone but if you do encounter someone you dislike, don't go out of your way to cause them trouble. Keep your distance, ignore and carry on as normal.

3. Double posting is generally not a big deal but please just try to go back and edit your post instead. Double posting can make the forums look messy.

4. Try to keep to at least three words per post, try not to post images without any words (unless they speak for themselves of course).

5. No spamming or going off topic (which means posting without any relevance to the topic), this also includes the overuse of emoticons to fill up a page.

6. Using all capitals is allowed but please don't use them to "shout" at other members.

7. No foul language please, it has occured in the past where young people on the site have been kicked off by their parents after seeing just one innappropriate bit of text. This rule has always been in place so please respect it.

8.  No telling other members that they are breaking the rules if you don't know the rules yourself! If someone is breaking the rules on purpose, DO NOT REPLY TO THEM! Alert us instead! If someone is unknowingly breaking the rules, simply point them here in a friendly manner.

9. Please don't ask to be a mod or admin, it gets very annoying after a while, we decide who is worthy of managing the site and asking will only lessen your chances.

10. You may PM the mods and admins if you need help, have a question or just want to inform us about things. If you want idle chat with us, use the chatroom, we don't bite! Any rude PMs won't be responded to.

11.There is no precise signature limit, however if an image obstructs the forum layout, it will be removed. Remember, just because there is no real limit does not mean you can have a small animation that's over 1MB. We recommend under 70KB and no more than 3 images, unless they're small enough to be neatly presented.

12. No bringing up old topics that do not relate to this day and age. You may bring up old topics if they have died out and will be good to start again but if the topic concerns members or situations of the past, then it's quite pointless.

13. Please do not flame or speak badly of any other website, you could really offend members of that site if they were to ever come across your post.

14. If you're going to disagree with the admins, please don't be rude about it. We don't mind if you disagree with us or want to debate something. Respect us and we will respect you.

15. Speak in English only please! If the admins and mods are unable to understand words then we cannot moderate the forums or chat.

16. When creating new topics, always check the sticky topics first, we've had many duplicate threads because people aren't checking if they already exist or not.

17. No advertising anywhere but the Website Advertising board! This means you cannot post links to random sites unless you are referencing or crediting. Please do not mass PM people to advertise your site, it's somewhat rude to assume that everyone is interested in clicking your links.

18. Creating a new account on TST when you already have one is HUGELY FROWNED UPON unless you absolutely have to! Anything you want to do on a new account can be done on the old one including changing your username if you ask an admin.

Rules Specifically for the Chat

19. The colours cyan, lime, yellow and white are forbidden. They are far too bright and unreadable. Also no font background colours.

20. Be patient, not everyone connected to the chat is available, don't start getting upset when no one responds, people might just be busy doing other things.

21. No clones, that means joining the chat more than once at same time.

22. No bots, only admins/mods can bring bots in and only for testing.

23. It is considered rude to randomly PM people without their permission first. You should ask people if they mind private conversations before jumping into one, unless you know for certain that they are ok with it.

24. There are moments where we all get together and spam it up. "Spam fests" are rare, completely random but a part of the TST community. Feel free to join in or leave to another topic for conversation as it honestly can't be helped when it starts (you'll know when it does). We try to keep it to a minimum, as in it's not anywhere near an everyday thing. Please don't be offended, it's not the end of the world. People who intentionally spam to annoy everyone and won't stop when asked will probably be kicked and temporarily banned if it continues.

25. Respect other people's wishes. If they want you to leave them alone, please leave them alone.

26. Please, PLEASE try to avoid "text/chat speak" for example "i leik 2 tlk 2 ppl" it is very much frowned upon.

27. No script abuse! That is, purposely triggering scripts more often than they should be triggered.

28. Don't ask or tell other people to join your channels. If people want to join, they will do so without you needing to ask.

29. No automated welcome back messages. All scripts must be triggered by an exclamation mark, for example !hug or !eat.

30. Anyone caught nickname thieving or borrowing will get a warning first and a ban next.

31. If a troll walks in and starts causing trouble, STOP TALKING. Simple as that. If there are no mods around then just stop and they'll get bored if no one is speaking. If you argue back, you only add flames to the fire and you're likely to get into trouble.

32. Religious and political chat is now forbidden due to people not being able to control their emotions. Many users have been insulted and flamed for their beliefs, time to put a stop to this. Make a seperate channel if you wish to debate.

33. If you register your nickname, use it! There are people who want certain names but can't have them due to "nick hoggers" taking them and never using them.

34. If anyone else is caught pretending to be someone else to deceive other members, they will be kicked off or banned.

That's basically it, we aren't overly strict but we'd like to keep this place neat and tidy as well as clean. Thanks for reading.