New Rules & Guidelines and Romper Room Description

[TimBone]

As you guys all know, Daface mentioned changes were coming. Behind the scenes, we have all been discussing the future of Chiefsplanet. Please note that any changes being made are being done so for the sole purpose of making Chiefsplanet a better place.

One topic that continued to come up in the discussions was transparency. Overall, we believe transparency is a good thing, and we will take measures to be as transparent as possible with most decisions made by the moderators. We will also make attempts to openly discuss and ask for the opinions of the user base throughout the process of change. Which brings us to the first topic of discussion:

The Terms of Service needed a bit of an update. Below you will find the proposed updated TOS along with the associated punishments for breaking those TOS. There is also a description at the bottom of how we envision the Romper Room.

Please read over the new Rules & Guidelines and the description of the Romper Room.Then feel free to share your opinions and suggestions.

Lastly, we've also been discussing alternative names for the Romper Room, and a few of us thought it would be a great idea to see what you brilliant people could come up with. So, feel free to throw out name suggestions based on the description.

Thanks, guys.

Punishable Offenses

The Douchebag Rule:

CP's #1 rule: Don't be a douchebag for the sole purpose of ruining everyone's enjoyment of the board. This rule is subject to the interpretation of the moderators.

Opinion Spamming:

There is nothing wrong with having unique opinions. It is part of what makes Chiefsplanet great. However, spamming the same opinion day after day and throughout multiple threads, to the point of thread derailment, is a punishable offense.

User Stalking:

Users stalking other users around the board, specifically to incite rage and reaction from that member is not allowed. Cross-thread humor and occasionally poking fun at other members is fine. However, if a poster asks you to stop and you do not, or it is deemed you are going out of your way to harass them, you will be punished.

Real-Life Crossover:

Reaching beyond the internet and affecting any user's personal and professional lives will not be tolerated. This includes (but is not limited to) contacting family members, employees, employers, making unfounded claims about any user's personal lives and businesses, and falsely accusing any user of real life crimes. Basically, leave people's real lives alone. Breaking this rule will result in an immediate ban.

Spam:

If you are a longtime regular, there is no problem with you posting links to your website. However, if your main reason for posting to Chiefsplanet is to sell stuff or to direct traffic to your own website, your thread will be removed and it may result in a ban.

NSFW Links and Images:

Links and images that contain any grotesque or other NSFW content must be posted within NSFW Tags. There are no exceptions to this rule. NSFW images may not be posted using IMG tags or as attachments. Lastly, posting NSFW links and pics within normal spoiler tags will not suffice.

Overloading front page with Threads:

Posting an extraordinary amount of threads or bumping too many old thread within a small time period is not allowed.

Physical Threats:

Physical threats deemed by the moderators to be serious in nature will result in an immediate ban.

Rude Comments in Prayer/Thoughts Threads:

Prayers/thoughts threads are not normal threads, and will be treated as such. Be respectful. If you don’t have anything positive to add, move on to another thread.

Word Filter Evasion:

Word Filters are in place. Do not add spaces, symbols or anything else with the intention of bypassing these filters. Do not post images containing words that are filtered by the system.

Disrespectful Treatment of Moderators:

Moderators are users first and foremost. The moderating job is a voluntary position, and the mods are acting in the interest of what they think is best for the forum. All that is asked is that, if you are going to dispute a mod decision, do so in a respectable manner. Lastly, and obviously, do not threaten the board with legal action. This will result in an immediate ban.

False News or Thread Title:

Many users come to Chiefsplanet for Chiefs news and updates. Posting false news stories or misleading thread titles (even as a joke) are prohibited.

Multiple accounts and banned users:

If any user has multiple active accounts, any and all accounts can be banned at any time. If a user has been permanently banned and come back under a new account, that user can be banned at any time at the moderators’ discretion. Posting on the behalf of banned users prohibited. This includes any text, photos, or videos.

Possible Punishments:

Physical threats and other severe actions will result in immediate bans. For the most part, though, the moderators will try and handle things at the lowest level possible, and move to more severe punishments as more infractions occur.

- Warnings (via PM, in the thread, or the infraction feature), and reporting of the post in the mod forum for visibility
- Daily post count limit
- Temporary kick to the Romper Room
- Permanent kick to the Romper Room
- Short Term Ban
- Long Term Ban
- Permanent Ban

Single Thread Bans may occur due to the following reasons:
- Highjacking threads with no thought given to the OP
- Derailment of threads due to personal feuds
- General derailment of threads
- Rude or insensitive comments in a prayers/thoughts thread
- Constant trolling of a single thread

Romper Room Guidelines

The Romper Room is a sub-forum designed to house Chiefsplanet’s more problematic posters. The posters restricted to this forum have proven that they need, at the very least, a temporary break from posting in the other sub-forums. Also, banned posters that are allowed back on a trial run will begin their return here. All users are more than welcome to visit the Romper Room and visit with their ill-behaved buddies. The Romper Room will be more lightly moderated than the Lounge. The top two forum rules (The Douchebag Rule and Opinion Spamming) will be more lightly moderated within this sub-forum, but all other forum rooms will be moderated as they are in other forums.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by srvy

Who made you king shit of turd towers

A vote

[TribalElder]

Limit 1 fun per household

[TimBone]

Originally Posted by srvy

Who made you king shit of turd towers

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by threebag02

**** romper room just ban the ****ers

Why coddle the asshats?

Hellz yeah, mang! And while we're at it, let's rename this board "Threebag Planet"!



Anyway, I don't see anything too out of whack here. If nothing else, it will be interesting to see how this all plays out.

[Buzz]

So if I say to another poster giving me crap about ****ing toast that "I will kick your nuts into your throat" will I be banned? What if I put a after it but really mean it?

[Fish]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

No it's not a trap. It's letting the rest of the forum decide for themselves whether to interact with them or not.

Just sounds like you're making additional work for yourselves. Creating a new and different forum environment for people to bitch about. I could see the current whining about bans in the Lounge, just shifting to whining about the romper room in the Lounge.

But hey, if it gets more of the super annoying club off the main forum, that's cool.

[TimBone]

Originally Posted by Buzz

So if I say to another poster giving me crap about ****ing toast that "I will kick your nuts into your throat" will I be banned? What if I put a after it but really mean it?

I think anybody who has a problem with your toast is the real problem.

[TimBone]

Originally Posted by Fish

Just sounds like you're making additional work for yourselves. Creating a new and different forum environment for people to bitch about. I could see the current whining about bans in the Lounge, just shifting to whining about the romper room in the Lounge.

But hey, if it gets more of the super annoying club off the main forum, that's cool.

Shit, I should have mentioned in the OP that when someone is banned or otherwise moderated, the punishment and reason will be posted in a stickied thread in the Romper Room.

Hopefully that will keep all bitching in there. You're probably right though.

[TimBone]

Originally Posted by Dayze

Secure Housing Unit, or "The SHU"

I think that did get mentioned during discussions.

I like it.

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by TimBone

Yeah, kinda this. If Clay comes back (as himself), I would picture him and Tiger endlessly slap fighting each other there instead of the Lounge.

Well since he is back as a mult what is that ruling? Are those type of posters just going to continue to be allowed to make multiple accounts to avoid their Romper Room delegation?

[Fish]

Originally Posted by TimBone

Shit, I should have mentioned in the OP that when someone is banned or otherwise moderated, the punishment and reason will be posted in a stickied thread in the Romper Room.

Hopefully that will keep all bitching in there. You're probably right though.

But I don't want to ever go there, I just want to know what happened. Why you forcing this place on me, bro? Maybe it is a trap...

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Fish

But I don't want to ever go there, I just want to know what happened. Why you forcing this place on me, bro? Maybe it is a trap...

They all float down here...

[Frazod]

Hopefully that "Real Life Crossover" rule would include a ban for anybody who openly posts another member's name and address. One of Phobia's little helpers did that to me to in a thread in DC. And while somebody eventually removed it, the asshole that did it suffered no repercussions.

[threebag]

Originally Posted by DaFace

It would effectively be a ban from everywhere except that forum, and those who don't want to have any interaction can just hide the forum from view.

So romper room will be like taking a shit flushing it but not wiping real good.

[TimBone]

Originally Posted by Chief Roundup

Well since he is back as a mult what is that ruling? Are those type of posters just going to continue to be allowed to make multiple accounts to avoid their Romper Room delegation?

I would guess not. I'm not sure what is going to happen to the Spider2yBanana account right now.

Dealing with that specific account hasn't been discussed yet. My guess would be because he's flying under the radar (relatively) right now, and we've been busu putting this other stuff together.

But theoretically, no, users will not be allowed to make mults to bypass the Romper Room.