Rules

Dear BBM Citizen,

Welcome to Bikini Bottom Mania V.2! Were a SpongeBob and Patrick Community That Likes To Have F.U.N.! To Keep the F.U.N. Good and Clean, We Need a Good Set of Rules. This Keeps the F.U.N. Awesome and Everyone Feels Happy!

First, Let's Review What "F.U.N." Means!

F Is For "Friends" Who Do Stuff Together!
U Is For "U (You)" and Me!
N Is For "Nywhere (Anywhere) and Nytime (Anytime)" At All!

Now We Have That Covered That, I Just Hope You All ACTUALLY Have Fun! Make a Friend, Chat, You Know! Just Don't Come Here to Just Advertise! That's Not What This Is All About! If You Come Here Just to Advertise Or Do Something Bad, You Are Missing Out On A LOT!

Below Are The Rules, Some Notes, And A Safety Note.

HAVE F.U.N.!!!

The BBM Admin/Leader,

SquidwardLover

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1. Do Good.
It's not nice to be bad or mean. If you be bad, you'll get warned. Depending on the punishment.

2. Don't Try to Swear or Cuss Past the Filters or Just Plain Swear or Cuss.
You'll be suspended if you do this for 7 days. And you'll be warned.

3. Don't Put Up Adult Material.
First time you'll be suspended for 60 days. Next time, a permanent ban.

4. If You Get to Be a Mod...Use your powers for good instead of evil. No one likes betrayers or Darth Vaders

5. One-Word Posting is OK. So Is Double Posting.
It's OK when you forgot something or you just wanna say "Thanks", "OK" (if you don't have a word to say), "Fine", and a few others. Double posting for chapters of your stories is fine also. I don't even care if you do this. As long as it ain't pointless, I don't care.

6. Don't SPAM Unless You're in "The Small Junk Box" Forum.
It's annoying having to put them there ourselves. You'll get fined 50 doubloons. Plus you'll get warned. If you do it again, you'll be suspended for 2 days.
What's SPAM?
S = Stupid
P = Pointless
A = Annoying
M = Messages
Example, if you post something like "CHEESE!" in a topic about SpongeBob Characters, that would be considered SPAM.

7. No Hacking.
If you hack, we'll hunt you down. AND YOU SHALL BE BANNED!

8. If You Have Been Banned or Suspended, Please Don't Make Another Account.
If you were suspended we'll ban your second account and suspend you another 30 days. And warn you. If you were banned, you'll have your second account banned.

9. No Bashing.
That means no Black vs. White, Boy vs. Girl, Young vs. Old, or Religion vs. Religion thing. K? We all have equal rights here and it will stay that way. But, if your a boy that needs to escape the girls with his manly men or a girl that needs to escape the dudes to be with the girls, boys, ask spongezilla, or I_Luv_Sandy for the Boys Only forum password and girls ask SquidwardLover for the Girls Only forum password. And don't even think about bashing the staff. If you bash, you'll be suspended for 5 hours.

10. Don't Let Your Signatures Stretch the Page.
Don't use huge images and big text. Instead, use pictures just the right sizes and not-so-big font. And make sure it doesn't stretch to half the page. If it does, SquidwardLover will let you know. If nothing changes in 1 week, SquidwardLover will delete some stuff. (But she will send it back to you through PM to be fair.) For further help, please contact SquidwardLover.

11. Be Nice
If you are not, you will be warned and fined. The second time, you will be suspended. If it starts getting too much, then I will ban you. Also, don't harass people.

12. No Forum Dating
I want no dating on this forum. No matchmaking topics or anything. It's one thing when you have your boyfriend/girlfriend on the forum (that you know in real life), but if you never met this person, I don't want dating on the forum. That leads to harassment which I'd like to stay away from.

13. No Heavy Internet Pranking
Don't go crazy with internet pranking. Pranking a pinch on a certain day maybe OK, just don't go insane with pranking.

14. No Plagiarism
If the content doesn't belong to you (ie, FanFiction, pictures, etc.), don't post it unless you have the creator's permission. Plagiarism is a serious matter. If we find out that the content you posted was stolen from someone else, you will be banned...permanently.
Plagiarism is when you post someone else's content up on another site, claiming it is yours. Even if you do not claim it is yours and you post it without the owner's permission, it is still considered plagiarism.

15. HAVE F.U.N.!
What? Was this forum MADE to be boring? NO WAY! Have fun!

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OTHER PUNISHMENT INFORMATION:
If You Get Warned a Second Time, I'll Fine You 200 Doubloons. 3rd Time 300 and So On. Once You Hit 7 Times, You're Banned. Sound fair?

STAFF INFORMATION
Please, I Can't Take It Anymore. Don't Ask To Be Staff. As I stated earlier in the "Member Groups Guide" topic, I will no longer give out admin jobs due to the stress of hack attempts on the old BBM. Don't ask to be an admin. Those jobs are closed. And for mods, I still have those jobs open but even accepting mods is an important decision. If I see that you're helping and I think you're ready, I'll bring you onto the team. But right now we don't have enough members to accept anymore staff. Please, wait until we get another 10 members. And if you can't wait that long, spread the word!

And Don't Forget to Behave in the Shoutbox and Chat!

(There Are Shoutbox Rules On The Shoutbox Page)

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