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Halo Waypoint Forum GuidelinesThese forums have been created to give the Halo community a centralized outlet for discussing Halo-related topics. As the guidelines linked above state, you are required to maintain appropriate forum etiquette for participation. Here are a few basic dos and don'ts:
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Do not flame or attack fellow forum members.Do not defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others. Attacks against administrators, moderators, and members are not allowed in the public forums or in private messages. You can read more about flaming by clicking the spoiler button below.
What is flaming?
Flaming is hostile, insulting, and aggressive interaction between forum users. Flaming includes but is not limited to name calling, insults in regard to skill level (also known as stat-flaming), and personal attacks.
What is flamebait?
Flamebait is a post intended to provoke an angry response. Flamebait includes but is not limited to purposely posting inflammatory images and text.
Both flaming and flamebait are bannable offenses. Offending posts will be removed or edited, and offending users will be subject to both temporary and permanent bans.
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Do not post spam.Spam is a post that does not contribute to the topic at hand. If you want to discuss something unrelated to the original post, search to see if there is already a thread discussing your topic before creating a new one. You can read more about spam by clicking the spoiler button below.
What is spam?Spam is a post that does not contribute to the topic at hand. Spam includes but is not limited to single word responses, petitions, non-English posts, posts containing all-caps, and bumps (replies purposely made to move the thread to the top of the active thread list). Below are some examples of posts that are not allowed on our forums. It is not a complete list, and administrators and moderators reserve the right to determine what constitutes spam at their discretion.
- Adapt.
- Not sure if trolling.
- LOL(anything).
- U mad, bro?
- Cool story, bro.
Posting spam is a bannable offense. Offending posts will be removed or edited, and offending users will be subject to both temporary and permanent bans.
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Do not discuss or post links to inappropriate content.This includes profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topics, names, material or information. This also includes pornography, content that promotes cheating or griefing, information about hacking or modding content on an Xbox console, spoilers (whether it be about Halo or any other game), magazine scans, and leaked content, real or fake.
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Do not post comments that are discriminatory in nature.This includes posts that incite discrimination, hate or violence towards one person or a group because of their belonging to a race, a religion or a nation, or that insults the victims of crimes against humanity by contesting the existence of those crimes.
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Do not create posts that single out or ridicule individuals.This includes administrators, moderators, members, and non-forum members.
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Do not impersonate others with your posts, profile, or username.This includes 343 Industries employees, Bungie employees, administrators, moderators, members, and non-forum members.
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Do not engage users who are trolling.If you find a post that you feel breaks the rules, please report the post and refrain from responding.
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Do not create multiple forum accounts.Each person is allowed one account only. Alternate accounts will be permanently banned, and offending users will be subject to both temporary and permanent bans.
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Do not repost content a moderator has removed, repost a topic that has been locked, or post about forum moderation decisions.If you have a question or concern about a forum moderation decision, please private message the applicable moderator.
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Do not file false reports.Only report posts that do not abide by our guidelines. Reporting posts for any other reason will be considered an abuse of the report button.
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Do not use profanity or attempt to bypass the profanity filter.•
Do not discuss things unrelated to Halo or video gaming.•
Do treat all forum members with courtesy and respect.•
Do report posts that do not abide by one or more of the above guidelines.Other useful links:
Xbox.com Code of ConductMicrosoft Online Privacy AgreementXbox.com Terms of UseHalo Waypoint on FacebookHalo Waypoint on TwitterWake up, John.
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