Forum guidelines

Welcome to the IHW Forums! In order to get along nicely, please read the guidelines below.

1. Respect, Civility and Organization

1.1 We're all here to have fun, so be cool to each other. Always behave respectfully towards other members and moderators. Insults, hate speech, platform wars or anything like that will not be tolerated, so please refrain from doing such things.

1.2 Don't post gross stuff. That covers images containing excess nudity or violence, and other material that could be considered offensive or NSFW.

1.3 Posting two (or more!) times in a row in the same discussion and replying to yourself are considered poor forum etiquette. There's an edit button you can use to update your comments after you post your comment.

1.4 Before you open a new discussion, please check for existing discussions on the same subject. That'll help avoid seeing your posts locked or moved.

1.5 Nobody likes spoilers, so if you're posting something that has spoilers in it please mark them as such by pressing the "Spoiler" icon.

2. Advertising and Spam

2.1 Fan art, fan fiction, and let's play/walkthrough links may be posted by community members in the appropriate discussions.

2.2 Advocating software piracy on this forum, posting links to download sites or naming these sites for reference, admitting to piracy or threats/insinuations/announcements of such actions will all lead to an immediate ban. Community members are discouraged from discussing piracy even if they respond with counter-arguments to a piracy-advocating member.

2.3 Please report obvious spam threads/comments using the "Flag" button and do not reply to them.

3. Individual Flair

3.1 Use swear words if you like, but don't overdo it. There are little kids here too, you know.

3.2 Please use accents like large letters, highlighted text, all caps, pictures, animated gifs, emoticons etc. sparingly.

4. Timeouts / Bans

4.1 Ignoring the forum guidelines or warnings from moderators may result in a forum member being temporarily banned (duration to be at the mod or admin's discretion).

4.2 Never attempt to circumvent a ban by creating a new account. The timeout would at least be doubled immediately.

4.3 Please refrain from talking about banned members or their ban reasons "behind their back" during a timeout.