By signing up for and subsequently using the GTS Depot Forums, it is acknowledged that you have read, understood, and agreed to the following rules.
Mandatory
Registration:
For free registration, you have to sign up with an e-mail address that is provided to you by your Internet Service Provider (ISP), college, or whatever entity is providing you with Internet access. If I am able to sign up for a free e-mail address from whatever site your e-mail address is hosted on without providing any actual information about me, such as my credit card number or cell phone number, it is not allowed.
If you absolutely positively must use that Hotmail e-mail address of yours, make a donation or contact me if you are a contributing member of the GTS community (artist, author, etc.) and I will look into making an exception on a case-by-case basis.
G-mail addresses are allowed for free registration due to the fact that you have to provide a cell phone number in order to get one.
Please do not be afraid of registering for these forums with your "real" e-mail address. I understand and respect why, more often than not, one would want to keep that sort of information to themselves. Because of that, in order to e-mail other people on the forums, one has to go through a form in order to do so. This obfuscates the other party's e-mail address such that the only way to see that person's e-mail address is if they directly respond back via e-mail. In other words, if you receive an e-mail and copy and paste it into Hotmail and then e-mail the other person back via Hotmail instead of, say, your Verizon e-mail address, they will never know what your "real" e-mail address is.
Behavior:
This is the most important and fundamental rule of all; when posting, please act like a rational human being.
Use proper English grammar, spelling, and capitalization. This is not AOL Teen Chat, so post accordingly. People whose native tongue is not English will be shown some leeway, hence the recommended Location rule. You can type however you want in one particular sub-forum, but not in the others.
Cursing is not censored on the GTS Depot Forums. Subsequently, you are free to curse to your heart's delight, you shit-eating nitwit! Just like that, you see?
Do not sign your posts. Your username can clearly be seen to the left of every single post you make, in the User Information column, so signing your post is redundant, retarded, not necessary, and redundant.
You need to be at least 18-years-old, or however old one must be in your respective part of the world to look at potentially naked ladies, to register for an account nad login. Not all material on the forums is of an adult nature, but some is. I have no way of knowing if one is truly 18-years-old or older, so make of that what you will.
People can post about GTS, BE, macrofurry, work, school, video games, chainsaws, music, TV shows, magical hats, and everything else in between in the assorted sub-forums. However, some things should not be posted unless they are being mocked. The crap that is not allowed on the GTS Depot Forums is as follows:
- Foot-centric shit. I consider this to be a collage, story, drawing, anything where the only thing visible of the woman is from the ankles down.
- Pedophilic pictures, as in where the girl is obviously still a child. God-fucking-damn, people.
- Incestuous stuff. Stories are the main culprit here.
- Pictures or videos of anal insertion.
- Poo. This really should go without saying.
- Pictures or videos of animals being crushed.
- Hermaphrodite macro furry pictures, stories, and so forth. Regular macro furry stuff is A-OK, but if it has a dickchick, do not post it unless mockery is involved.
Punishment:
Punishment is generally handed out via a "three strikes and you're out" system. The first strike results in you being unable to view or post on the forums for one day. The second strike results in the same punishment, but this time it lasts a week. The third and final time results in your account being permanently banned, which will require a donation to get back.
Please keep in mind that punishment can deviate from the above system should the infraction warrant it. Case in point, should you be dumb enough to call an administrator an asshole, odds are your account will be permanently banned on sight instead of for a mere day.
Recommended
Location:
Feel free to accurately identify your Location, which can be found under "User CP > Edit Location > Location" upon logging into the GTS Depot Forums.
Here are some examples as far as accurately identifying your location:
- Texas, USA
- London, UK
- College in the USA
- France
- Mexico
- Hong Kong, China
Here are some examples of joke locations that are now permitted:
- Lunar Colony 27
- Flint, Michigan
- Yurp
- I'm not telling you!
- College
- Outside your window, masturbating furiously while wearing a space helmet
- I LIVE IN A GIANT BUCKET!
Keep in mind that this is recommended for a reason. If you live in a nation where English is not the primary language and you do not reflect that in your Location, if you make a post that makes one of the administrators want to gouge their eyes out, you may very well be punished. If you come crying to an administrator about it afterwards, odds are we will not care. Like I said, this Location rule is recommended for a reason.
And that is that. Hopefully you enjoy the GTS Depot Forums.