Explanation of Features & Guidelines

1. User Accounts

You must create an account and be logged in to post or perform other actions. We manually approve your first few posts to fight spam, which means they may not appear immediately. Only one account per person is allowed; duplicate accounts will be deleted.

2. Safety & Security

Although we’re not responsible for any user’s negligence where it comes to safety & security, we do recommend that users:

Use a strong password, and don't share it. Do not share personal contact details, like real name, phone number, or address. Do not arrange to meet anyone from these forums in real life. Minors in particular should always consult their parents or guardian first. 3. Categories & Sections The forum has PC and Console categories. These categories have sections with identical names, so please take care to post new threads in the correct section. Threads posted in the wrong section can result in moderator action. 4. Blocking/Ignoring Users If you and another user aren’t getting along, you can block them so that you don’t see their posts. Understand that by blocking users, you may miss out on important parts of a discussion. On the official forum, add or remove users from your ignore list by clicking on your user name at the top of the page and selecting Ignored Users. On Steam, go to a user’s Profile -> More -> Block All Communication. 5. Getting Help and Reporting Problems We appreciate your bug reports. The Fun Pimps maintain a list of Known Issues, which you should check before reporting a bug. If your issue isn't listed, we encourage you to report it in the forum's Bug Database. If you need support for an issue not tied to a game bug, please make a thread in the General Support section. Please read all pinned threads and announcements for further instructions and best practices. If you need support with an issue outside of the game itself, such as with your key or with forum registration, please use the Support Page. 6. Private Messaging Private messages are subject to the rules below regarding Misbehavior, Piracy, Spam, Meta-Forum Commentary, and Release Date Harassment. In addition, private messages are meant to be seen only by the intended recipient, unless the sender and receiver agree otherwise. However, moderators can review all private messages that are reported. 7. Moderators All content on this forum is moderated. The moderators are here to help keep things organized, placid, and free of trouble. Contact them via private message if you're unsure if something is allowed, or if you need an administrative change like a new user name or deletion of your forum account. Moderators may specify in a thread what is suitably on or off topic, or otherwise clarify the rules, and users must heed these guidelines. 8. Reporting Posts Please report any post you think needs moderator attention using the "..." button at the top right corner of that post. Don’t reply to such posts (including spam), as this ultimately creates more content to clean up. Note that only moderators see these reports. Although moderation takes time, we review all reported posts and take moderator actions as we judge appropriate. Reports that are false, uncivil, or fail to cite an actual rule violation are considered abusive and themselves subject to moderator action. 9. Moderator Actions Use of this forum is a privilege, not a right. If the moderators determine a post contains prohibited content, as described below, then they may take the following actions. Edit out the unacceptable part of the post. Move the post to a more appropriate section or thread. Delete the post entirely. Edit, move, or delete subsequent posts that quote or refer to earlier prohibited content. Lock or delete the thread. Issue the user a warning, with a message describing the rule violation. While under a warning, the user’s posts may require manual approval, or they may be restricted from posting at all. Delete the account without warning, if it primarily spreads spam. Send the user's IP address etc. to higher authorities, if it looks like they've done something illegal. Prohibited Content The following types of content are prohibited across the forums. This includes posts, images, user names, avatars, profile information, and edit comments. Using external links to circumvent these restrictions is also prohibited. Prohibited content is subject to moderator action (see above). If you see a rule violation in another user’s post, please report it (see above). A) Misbehavior A1. Flaming Insults, personal attacks, name calling, threats, or abuse, including retaliation. Derogatory remarks or slurs against a person's race, religion, sex, age, nationality, etc. If you are flamed, don't respond. Report it! A2. Filth Unreasonably profane, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, or adult themed content. Using creative spelling which prevents the automatic detection and replacement of ‘filthy’ words with symbols. These forums are meant to be 'safe for work,' even if the game itself is not. A3. Trolling Intentionally posting to disrupt, evoke negative reactions, or spread misinformation. Provoking others into arguments for the sake of starting a flame war (including as a response to someone else breaking the rules). A4. Gatekeeping Trying to bully, harass, or intimidate other user(s) into limiting their participation on the forum. We want users to feel welcome to express their (sometimes unpopular) opinions. You can voice your disagreement with someone, but telling them to shut up or go away is antithetical to the purpose of having a forum for discussion. A5. Impersonating Acting as a developer, moderator, administrator, or other user. A6. Bypassing Using other threads or alternate accounts to circumvent a closed thread, banned account, or other moderator action. A7. Begging Asking for the game, game merchandise, participation by other users on or off the forum, or anything else. B) Bad Netiquette B1. Duplicate Threads Making a new thread about a topic when there’s already an active thread on that topic to use instead. B2. Bumping Short posts made so that a thread appears more active, without adding anything of substance. Any exceptions will be specified in a pinned thread in that section. B3. Necroposting Replying to old threads with outdated information. As a rule of thumb, any thread started before V1.0 is too old. Start a new thread instead (this won’t count as bypassing). B4. Annoying Text Posting in textspeak, all caps, invisible fonts, or other hard-to-read writing styles. B5. Flooding Essentially redundant content posted more than once. Unintelligible or nonsense content. Multiple short posts in a row. If you think of something more to add, edit your existing post. B6. Spam Regular users may only advertise (e.g. post external links) if the content directly addresses another user’s request or issue. Exceptions are made for links in: Servers & Community to 7 Days to Die servers and server providers. Channels to video channels that focus on the game (recorded and live-streaming). Images and Videos to one-off videos and screenshots of the game. Game Modification to your mods and other content related to modding 7 Days to Die. Anything else is considered spam. B7. Off Topic/Derailment Digressing from a thread or forum section’s established topic, such as by questioning a user’s choices or views outside the game. Discussion in another user’s thread about the media itself (for instance, asking people to ‘like’ a video). New accounts, especially, may be promptly banned as spammers if they start with content unrelated to 7 Days to Die. C) This Isn’t a Place For... C1. Piracy Discussion of software piracy, including links to illegal downloads of games and methods to circumvent copy protection. C2. Cheats & Exploits Detailing how or where to gain an unfair advantage against other players. Wide dissemination of cheats & exploits negatively impacts the community, so only include the details when filing a bug report or messaging a moderator. C3. Politics & Religion References to figures, groups, places, or ideas with current, real world political or religious significance. Raising these topics with strangers on an internet game forum always leads to never-ending arguments. C4. Goodbye Threads Making a thread to announce that you are leaving the community or the game out of dissatisfaction. People come and go on the forums and start and stop playing the game for a variety of reasons. Users can determine your presence or absence simply based on your activity. C5. Discussion of Moderation Actions Publicly visible responses to or discussion of forum moderation. Instead, send a private message directly to the moderator(s). On Steam, you may use the comment section that’s provided with every warning and ban. C6. Doom & Gloom Calling the game a scam or fraud. Predicting the future failure of The Fun Pimps or their games. Accusing any developer of lying to the community or planning to abandon the game. Such commentary is unwelcome. It is demoralizing to the community, potentially libelous, and not a constructive form of feedback. C7. Meta-Forum Commentary Bringing up that you or any user is blocking a user, reporting a post, leaving or unsubscribing from a thread, or otherwise posting about how anyone uses, did use, or will use the forum. Using the forum features as provocation, leverage, or talking points. It's not relevant in a discussion, and it's not the concern of other users. C8. Naming & Shaming Content that advances damage to a person or server’s reputation in the community, for instance by alleging griefing, cheating, admin abuse, server bans, or other offenses. Allegations like these aren’t fair unless proven true, but the staff are unable to investigate what did or didn’t happen outside the forum. C9. Backseat Copyediting Unsolicited objections or corrections to a user’s writing (language, spelling, grammar, punctuation, paragraphs, etc.). Players of all languages and backgrounds can use the forum. If you can’t understand a non-English post, you may use translation software. Users posting in poor English or non-English may be ignored, but not harangued.