[OFFICIAL] Rules for Participation in the Games Area UPDATED 8.28/10 !!

[JacksMom]

Welcome to the Games forum! It's here for everyone to enjoy a little wordplay among friends. But to ensure that it stays fair and respectful, a few rules apply. Please read and understand these rules before participating in this section.

WI GAMES FORUM RULES


**** UPDATE ****

You may now request your game thread be closed
at any time if you wish to end your game.

You may NOT have multiple game threads open at one time.
Please see rule number 10.

1. No off-topic discussion on game threads.

2. No personal information, EVER. That includes age, school, grade, location, personal pictures, or anything else that may be used to personally identify you.

3. Be polite! Any post that WI staff finds to be rude, disrespectful, crude, vulgar, or otherwise inappropriate will be deleted without warning.

4. This section is for games ONLY. It is not the section for role playing, polls, contests, or discussion of the games within Webkinz World. If you aren’t sure about your game idea, contact a staff member.

5. This is a kid-friendly environment. All content must be appropriate to kids of all ages, as our members range from those just learning to read all the way to "big kids" with grandchildren!

6. No links to other sites will be allowed.

7. Games may not be exclusionary in nature. That means all genders, all ages, and all membership categories are welcome in every game.

8. Negative comments about another member’s skills will not be tolerated. Playing games here means playing cooperatively with all skill levels.

9. Each member may only run one game thread at a time. You can participate in as many games as you like, but you may only have one active game that you started. If that game finishes, it must be closed BEFORE another game can be started, or the new game thread will be deleted. Once a game thread is closed, that game is over. It will not be re-opened.

10. If you start a game, you are expected to continue it. Failure to follow your own game thread may be cause for losing the privilege of starting new games. Thread owners do not have to post to their own game thread in order to manage it, but if questions arise with game play, the thread owner is expected to see it and respond to it.

11. No "bumping" of game threads is allowed. That includes any post designed to keep a game thread at the top of the forum list, such as posting "bump", "anyone else?", or a similar non-content post.

12. No prizes may be given in connection with these games. The games are only for the enjoyment of playing. If you want prizes, the Contests section is the right place for you.

13. Popularity contests are not allowed. Any contest that asks you to "rate" other members, put them in categories, determine friendships, etc. doesn't belong on WI. We don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.

14. No Duplicate Games are allowed. meaning 1 thread per game. If you see a game thread like the one you want to make, then you can not make one, you must use the thread already there.