Terms of Service
Rule 0Cause drama, you're gone.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Random Insanity Online provides the services to you, the visitor, based on its Terms of Service outlined here. The latest TOS can always be found here at http://www.randominsanityonline.com/boards/tos.php. The TOS may be changed at any time and without direct notice to individual visitors, so it is recommended that you check back with this page at any time you have questions or concerns.
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
In order to post messages on the Random Insanity Online message boards, view boards with level restrictions and use other advanced services, you must register with Random Insanity Online using a valid email address. Upon registration, an Activation Key in the form of a URL will be mailed to the address you provided. You must visit this URL using the web browser of your choice to activate the account. No posting privileges are granted until the account is activated. In order to register on Random Insanity Online, registrants must be 13 years of age or older. Random Insanity Online does not knowingly collect any information from any users under 13 years, and if it is found that an underage user has fraudulently registered, their account will immediately be terminated.
CONTENT NOTICE
By viewing the site content, you agree that all content on the Random Insanity Online Message Boards is the responsibility of the person from which the content originated. You agree that neither Random Insanity Online nor its sponsors or affiliates are responsible in any way for all content that you personally post or upload. Random Insanity Online does not directly control any content posted on the boards, and does not guarantee the truthfulness or quality of any content. You agree that while using the Random Insanity Online message boards, you may be exposed to content that is offensive or objectionable, and that you will in no way hold Random Insanity Online nor its sponsors or affiliates liable in any way, shape, or form for any harm or loss that may come to you or others as a result of viewing this content. Random Insanity Online is not responsible for screening content before it is posted.
ACCOUNT RESPONSIBILITY
Users are solely responsible for protecting their accounts from access by others. You are strongly encouraged to select a hard-to-guess password and not re-use that password on any other sites where it may be read by the owners or administrators of that site. While it is acceptable for users to maintain multiple accounts on Random Insanity Online, Random Insanity Online can and does track multiple shared accounts from a single or multiple computers as one account in terms of TOS violations. If the TOS is violated severely enough to warrant the banning of one account, all known accounts shared between a single or multiple users who use the same computer may also be banned for the actions of the violating account at the administrators' Random Insanity Online discretion. By making an account and posting on Random Insanity Online, you agree not perform any attack or malicious act to, on, or against Random Insanity Online. Failure to comply with this policy will be met with immediate perma-banning, and we will prosecute offenders if necessary.
PRIVACY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION
Under normal circumstances, Random Insanity Online will never release your provided information to any third party without a court order requiring us to do so. However, in cases of certain severe and/or repeated TOS violations or illegal activities, we reserve the right to forward any and all known information about you and your accounts to your ISP (including libraries, schools, and places of employment), email service provider, your ISP account owner (if someone else is actually paying for it), and any parties whose copyright has clearly been infringed by your actions on the boards.
MEMBER CONDUCT & FORUM RULES
General Conduct
Image / File Rules:
Keep all images work-safe. If you feel the need to post any pornographic images, do so in Not Work Safe if you are 18 or older. Post any disgusting or disturbing images in Random Insanity with the appropriate tags. Please do not post any illegal (child porn, beastiality) images or else you will be notified, warned, suspended or banned depending on severity. As a general rule, ask yourself "would my mother and boss be comfortable viewing this image?" when posting outside of Random Insanity.
Image size, linking:
Keep all images smaller than 800 pixels horizontal and 600 pixels vertical. Make sure all images are hosted on your own webspace. We do not approve of bandwidth leeching and forcing other people to pay for your images.
Specific Offenses
You agree that you will not use this service to perform the following actions:
1. Offensive/Trolling/Flaming Posts
Posts that are unnecessarily offensive (racist, religiously derogatory, sexually explicit, and/or gory), or that are intended to Troll or Flame other users are prohibited. These include, but are not limited to:
Racism in general, used to flame / troll or severely racist terms in general
Directly posting or linking to sexually explicit, racist, and or gory images without warning and outside of the appropriate board. Unwarranted flaming of a poster.
2. Disruptive Posting
Posts or actions that disrupt the message boards for other users/staff members, intentional or not, are prohibited. This rule may be interpreted more strictly or leniently depending on the board in which the message is posted. Disruptive posts made with the aid of an item or HTML ability will result in removal of the item. The following list of activities are not allowed:
Message posts or topic titles that force browsers to scroll horizontally
Linking to disruptive or potentially harmful sites without proper warning
Begging/demanding for SK or access to private/personal boards.
Karma or SK posts outside of Random Insanity or Personal boards
Large blank posts
Any misuse of the HTML abilities (i.e. excessively large font, HTML exploits that change themes, or post above topic titles, pictures or direct links in topic titles outside of personal/private boards) outside of personal boards or specified private boards.
Any of the above mention inside a topic in which a conversation is being held.
Marking excessive amounts of posts or topics in a short amount of time may result in a time suspension or other action.
Other acts of idiocy that are generally disruptive or annoying to the board
3. Flooding or Invasion
Flooding or invading any board on Random Insanity Online is strictly forbidden and will result in immediate loss of all known accounts. Random Insanity Online does not endorse board invasions and isn't responsible if members of Random Insanity Online invade another board. Topics made in an attempt to plan a board invasion will be deleted or moderated. This includes, but is not limited to:
Flooding a board with multiple disruptive topics
Declaring, instigating, or participating in the invasion of any board on Random Insanity Online, including Personal Boards Friendly arguments or competitions between personal boards are acceptable if the owners of both boards agree. As long as said arguments or competitions do not continue outside of those boards or after an owner calls for a cease in the events, they are allowed.
4. Spamming
Posting messages or topics solely to advertise your web site, message board, product, etc is not allowed. Users are allowed to include a web site address in a signature, request comments on their personal site in a social setting, or provide an interesting or relevant link to another site.
5. SK Scamming
Scamming SK from either the system or other users is not allowed, and will result in loss of equivalent SK or purchased items. The following actions are prohibited:
Transferring SK to your own accounts or others on your user-map, including through third parties
Failing to deliver a negotiated service or item to a user after collecting SK
Failing to pay SK for a negotiated item or service after receiving it
Misusing the SK Bank in any way
6. Impersonation
Users will be immediately banned (along with any associated accounts) for impersonating other boards users by creating and/or using a message board account with a name clearly intended to impersonate, mock, or antagonize another user, or otherwise falsely claiming to be another message board member.
7. Unauthorized Access, Bugs, Exploits and Illegal Activities
Accessing or attempting to access any Random Insanity Online user account not belonging to the user in question without permission is prohibited. Accessing another user's account in this manner is grounds for immediate loss of all known accounts.
Using exploits or tricks in the Random Insanity Online code to gain privileges, access, or abilities not clearly intended by the board design are also prohibited. While you are more than welcome to try and find any exploits away from the public eye, making them public or using them for personal benefit is grounds for immediate loss of all known accounts.
Any malicious acts against other sites (i.e. DoS attacks) are prohibited.
Providing information on how to defraud site such as freepsps.com or freeipod.com are prohibited as well.
Under-aged users visiting boards with age restrictions will be dealt with at the administrators, discretion.
8. Usernames, Profiles, Purchased Items, and Forms
Violating any of the above rules with a username, any part of the user profile (signature, quote, email, IM), purchased item (Code/Images/Hyperlinks), or via feedback forms (such as the Mark for Moderation function) is considered a severe violation and will result in a time suspension or banning if necessary.
Users with excessively large image signatures, or disruptive (excessive blinking, marquee or animated GIF use) signatures will be asked to resize them. Users who fail to comply with the request will be dealt with at the administrators discretion.
9. NWS Stuff
All NWS stuff (things you wouldn't let your boss see or browse at school) is to be posted on the NWS Board. DO NOT post it on any other board or you WILL be moderated for it.
10. Other
Any other activity that is clearly detrimental to the flow of conversation and normal activities of the boards and its users may also be deleted or dealt with by the staff.
11. Censor Bypassing
Any post that is found to be bypassing the censor in ANY way will be deleted and will be accomponied with a 3KL. There is no need to ask what words are banned since you'll know when you try to post them.
12. Illegal Activities
Posting pictures of or links to child pornography. Visual images, by actual photography or sometimes by simulation (or sometimes, in a limited way, written passages, particularly outside the U.S.) depicting minors (under the age of legal consent, or, often, under 18 even if the age of consent is lower) in explicit sexual activity (which may not always require full nudity), or in material designed to cause sexual excitement or to appeal to a prurient interest.. Or bestiality..Sexual relationships between a human and a nonhuman animal. Also called zoophilia.. will result in your account being banned and your IP will be turned over the FBI. We take this very seriously and will not tolerate the posting of such material.
Posting another person's/company's personal information and/or contact information without their consent, will resulting in a suspension or any other action depending on the severity. Users may post their own phone numbers at their own risk. RIO and its affiliates cannot be held responsible for any harassing phone calls/text messages due to the user posting their own phone number.
13. Bots/Auto-Refreshers etc.
The use of bots on the boards is strictly prohibited; if you are found out to be using a bot your account and any other accounts assosicated with it may be terminated. This also includes FireFox extensions such as auto-refresh programs because there is no need for a topic to have thousands upon thousands of views and they're pointless.
14. Alternate Accounts
At this current point in time there is no set rule against alternate accounts however, there is no need for you to have more than 3 accounts at any given point in time.
TERMS VIOLATIONS
Messages and topics may be removed at any time and for any reason at the sole discretion of Random Insanity Online and its designated moderators. User accounts may be warned, suspended, or revoked at any time and for any reason at the sole discretion of Random Insanity Online and its designated moderators. All determinations of what is "acceptable" and "unacceptable" content will be determined solely by Random Insanity Online and whoever it designates as moderators. You agree that the decision of the moderators and administrators is final, and you may not legally contest their rulings.
What If I Get Banned?
Obviously you were banned for a good reason and it will rarely be overturned.
Conclusion
We reserve the right to ban users who do not comply with the ToS at any time and for any reason at the sole discretion of Random Insanity Online and its designated staff. We also reserve the right at any time to change these rules without prior notice.