In order to maintain a healthy and enjoyable atmosphere here at In-GameArt.com, we appreciate it if users kindly co-operate with the following guidelines. These guidelines are in place to ensure that In-GameArt.com remains a pleasant and informative site to visit, and to prevent unnecessary conflicts on the forums. Failure to comply with these rules and policies may result in your banishment from the site.

1. Be courteous and polite. Show respect to the opinions and feelings of others. Use of the forums is a privilege, not a right.

2. Remember: we are here to share, learn, compete and collaborate for the common passion of game art and the video games industry.

3. Don't dilute the forums with irrelevant and unnecessary crap. In-GameArt.com is a professional, moderated forum. It's a place to talk about all things game art. It's NOT a free speech forum.

- Plagiarism / Dishonest portrayal of work
Plagiarism in any form is not tolerated, and users found guilty of posting stolen work will be banned immediately. Users will also be banned if they post photos that they claim are renders, or if they post paintovers of photographs, and claim they are original paintings. This type of behaviour is simply not acceptable on a website like in-GameArt.com.

- Crude, derogatory, inappropriate, or disrespectful remarks aimed at any individual(s) & hate speech
Offensive or unnecessarily abrasive comments, whether made metaphorically, or otherwise directed at any individual are not tolerated in any form. These include anything from personal vendettas to unnecessarily insulting comments directed at the work of any individual. Critiques of work displayed should not include unnecessarily derogatory remarks (whether aimed at the user or the work itself) in any form. Derogatory, anti-social or inflammatory remarks aimed at any group of people, with the intention to incite a mass response are not only a crime in most countries, but are also totally unacceptable here.

- Pornography & unnecessarily violent, crude, or obscene imagery
This excludes the tasteful use of nudity in artwork. Images or animations depicting blatantly pornographic acts including intercourse, masturbation, bestiality or abuse, and links to pornographic sites are not tolerated under any circumstances. Also scenes depicting themes such as rape, or any other brutality will not be tolerated in any form.

- Piracy / Warez / Serial Numbers
Users requesting or advertising warez (or links to warez sites), serial numbers, cracks, or illegally copied software documentation, are not welcome on this forum. In-GameArt.com does not tolerate any members that, in any way, aid or encourage the use of illegally acquired software, or attempt to justify the use of such software. Moderators will promptly close any discussions on this subject and users violating this rule will be immediately and permanently banished from this site.

- Spamming & threads advertising items for sale
Any intention for healthy level of industry-related advertising at current stage please use the contact form or Game Technology forum. However, blatant spamming will be removed.

 - Posts that are potentially in breach of any NDA Agreements
This includes screenshots or any unlawfully acquired knowledge regarding beta versions of software that are not available to the general public. Even if you are not the one who signed the agreement, you are still not permitted to post such matter.

- Potentially inflammatory discussions, artwork or comments regarding social issues
These include, but are not limited to, comments or topics such as racism, sexism, religion, xenophobia, homosexuality, politics or political propaganda in any form.

General Notes
Posts containing subject matter as listed above will be removed in all cases, and should the author of such posts persist in posting such matter, that user will no longer be allowed to post on the forums.

The Administrators and Forum Leaders of In-GameArt.com request that all users remain, at all times, respectful and courteous towards all other members of the forum.

We believe that these guidelines are fair and acceptable, and that all users should respect our reasons for keeping them in place. The admins and mods are not there to police everyone, but rather to protect users from offensive or unlawful content.

Should a user have any problems or issues regarding any subject on the forum or the acts of any other user, they are encouraged to contact the Administrators who will attend to the matter.

Users are also encouraged to use the Report this post function within threads, should they feel that any comments posted on the forums have violated any of the guidelines stipulated here.

Should a user have any problems or issues regarding any subject on the forum or the acts of any other user, they should refer the matter to the Forum Leaders to deal with. It is not the place of users to moderate or in any way govern or judge others.

Any issues should be reported us using the online contact form here.

The owners of In-GameArt.com reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread with or without reason or notice. Polite enquiries will be listened to. Any form of harassment will not be tolerated and is cause for instant banishment from the site.

These rules, guidelines and policy will be evaluated & updated continuously as in-GameArt.com evolved.


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