23. As a new RHP Member, be sure to become familiar with its FAQ Forum Guidelines which apply to all site members:
Overview: "The forum moderators' objective is to enable enjoyable forum usage. We want an environment where newcomers feel free to post to the forums without fear of being unfairly attacked and where posters don't feel overly-policed. We want the Red Hot Pawn forums to be as open as possible. All moderation will be made using best-judgment and will never be used to stifle opinion, so long as such posts remain within the boundaries set out here.
Moderators have the ability to hide posts, hide threads, move threads to other forums, and place forum bans for varying periods of time on posters continually breaching the posting guidelines. Please note that members of the community are encouraged to use the Alert Moderator link below any post which they believe breaches the guidelines set out here. This will place the post on the moderators' list of posts to review".
The Guidelines "The following twelve points are the guidelines that should be followed when posting to the forums.
1. Discussions in forums can often get heated, but while you may take issue with another poster's viewpoint, you must not resort to personal attacks or abuse.
2. Do not post offensive or inflammatory remarks that stray beyond the bounds of reasoned debate. Calling another poster an "idiot" will leave a post subject to immediate removal.
3. Do not post profanity. There may be occasions where the context of certain words may be acceptable, and this will be at the moderators' discretion, however posts containing profanity will often be removed automatically by the "robomod". There will be situations where it removes inoffensive posts, but this is unavoidable.
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5. Please stay on topic. There is clearly a subjective judgment to be made as to whether a post strays off topic and in the majority of cases the post will not be deleted unless it is considered to be disruptive to the thread and its participants.
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8. Do not harass other members of the community. Harassment is any unwanted conduct including insults, jokes and any remarks affecting the dignity of another. Such conduct could relate to gender, race, nationality, sexuality, religion, disability or other similarly sensitive issues.
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10. Any posts which are deemed to be incitements to commit criminal offenses, or any post which seeks to influence another to commit an offense will be removed.
11. Repeated posting of the same material (spamming) is not acceptable.
Overly trivial posts may be removed at the discretion of the forum moderators if they are deemed to be disruptive or distracting to the thread and its participants.
12. Do not rant. Ranting is defined here as a style of post that comes across as a political broadcast or an angry protest that does little to progress the discussion or to involve other posters. Such postings often feel like an intrusion into the general debate, regardless of the validity of the points being made."
Originally posted by Grampy Bobbysorry bob
23. As a new RHP Member, be sure to become familiar with its FAQ Forum Guidelines which apply to all site members:
[b]Overview: "The forum moderators' objective is to enable enjoyable forum usage. We want an environment where newcomers feel free to post to the forums without fear of being unfairly attacked and where posters don't feel overly-poli ...[text shortened]... like an intrusion into the general debate, regardless of the validity of the points being made."[/b]
A bit like this post eh Bobs?
12. Do not rant. Ranting is defined here as a style of post that comes across as a political broadcast or an angry protest that does little to progress the discussion or to involve other posters. Such postings often feel like an intrusion into the general debate, regardless of the validity of the points being made."
Originally posted by Grampy Bobby (OP)
An Opportunity to Benefit New RHP Members
This thread is focused on future Red Hot Pawn Members. Based on all that you've learned since joining, what information and/or sound advice about My Home and My Settings, Open Invites and Tournaments, Clan and Club Options, Public Forum Availability and Participation would you appreciate being given if you were a new site member who had just joined today?
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Request: All of you who have contributed to "An Opportunity to Benefit New RHP Members" so far are already familiar with Red Hot Pawn Terms of Service and Forum Guidelines. Please realize that this thread isn't about us. It's sole purpose is to provide useful information at a glance for chess enthusiasts and online forum conversationalists who will have chosen to join in the future beginning tommorow. Specifically to facilitate their understanding and to minimize time spent on the learning curve. And, in so doing, to maximize their enjoyment and potential loyalty to Red Hot Pawn. Systematically adding new site members is absolutely essential to offsetting attrition and growing our total active membership. Why? To enable Red Hot Pawn to remain an attractive and viable online correspondence chess site option within a highly competitive internet market.
Posts to this thread have already received an unanticipated Twenty One [21] Thumbs Down. If anyone wishes to make a thoughtful and unemotional critique of this thread's topic or its contents or my motivation and rationale in taking this initiative on behalf of future posters to this forum, please consider starting a separate thread for the purpose. Thank you.
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyI thought I mentioned "do not be a twat in the forums"...?
23. As a new RHP Member, be sure to become familiar with its FAQ Forum Guidelines which apply to all site members:
[b]Overview: "The forum moderators' objective is to enable enjoyable forum usage. We want an environment where newcomers feel free to post to the forums without fear of being unfairly attacked and where posters don't feel overly-poli ...[text shortened]... like an intrusion into the general debate, regardless of the validity of the points being made."[/b]
24. "What is a timebank?" FAQ
"The timebank is a time control that is used in addition to the timeout time control. It is designed to make games quicker by allowing you to select a shorter timeout period that you may otherwise feel comfortable with.
The timebank is a bank of reserve time that can be dipped into throughout the game. Unlike the timeout period which gets reset after each move, the timebank period never gets restored.
Why bother with an extra time control?
Your preferred timeout period may be three days but you fear that you may be unexpectedly unable to move at some point so you choose a seven day timeout. With the timebank option, you can choose a three day timeout and still have some emergency cover for these occassional delays. A well chosen combination of timeout and timebank periods can make games move at the pace that suits you best.
Timebank Details..."