• If you must, please put it in a spoiler tag and give a clear warning, but keep its contents reasonable. This is supposed to be a family-friendly website.
  
• To clarify further and to define "reasonable": we will not allow anything that has intent to look suggestive or worse. Any media that features whether explicitly or outlined (showing through clothes) any form of "private areas" will not be permitted. Exceptions are granted to official game renders that cannot be reasonably argued to have non-family-friendly intentions.
  

• Never post or ask for any illegal software, media, or commercial ROMs. ROM hacks are fine if they are distributed as patches.
  
• Don't post malicious software of any kind.
  

• Be respectful of things people have limited to no control over, such as their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or disability, and don't use offensive terminology about someone's group. Treat everyone equally and fairly.
  
• Reports and/or requests to kick/ban a member may only be discussed in private.
  

• Minor swears will not get you warned as long as you aren't being excessive with them, but we still don't encourage them.
  
• Bigger ones should be avoided entirely, but if they appear in any media you're posting (and the media itself is relevant and reasonable enough), you need to have it in a spoiler tag with a warning beforehand.
  

• "typin liek dis........ XDXDXD"; writing in barely understandable English or foreign languages, or consistently showing an inability to understand basic English.
  
• Frequently instigating arguments or disrupting the community in some other negative way.
  
• Bumping old topics without a valid reason. It is acceptable to bump your own topic if you have a significant and meaningful update.
  
• Continuing or reposting a topic that has been locked by a moderator due to it violating the rules.
  
• Asking for help in some way (advice in the general chat, or criticism in the development/arts boards) and then showing a complete disregard for any help that is given.
  

• You will need to ask for permission from a moderator or administrator to register the duplicate account beforehand. 
  
• If we come across a duplicate account that is not accounted for (i.e. we are unaware who the original owner is), that account will instantly become banned.
  
• Do not use the account to pick on other members anonymously. What is funny to you may not be funny to the person you're joking about.
  
• If you attempt to register a duplicate account in order to bypass a ban, your ban time will just increase.
  

• You are responsible for your own account. Keep it secure.
  
• An account represents an individual. Do not register an account to be shared by more than one person.
  
• Please contact an admin if you need to access the boards using a proxy. We reserve the right to ban accounts created with IP addresses associated with proxies, or "throwaway" e-mail accounts, both of which are frequently employed by spambots and other troublemakers.
  
• Avatars and signatures should not contain seizure-inducing or otherwise annoying imagery.
  
• Making duplicate threads in the "Suggestions" sub-forum is discouraged unless a significant amount of time (i.e. several months) has passed between the first thread and a new one or the new thread is only tangibly related to the subject matter of the original thread.
  
• Signatures should not be more than 400 pixels tall and stay within a reasonable file size.
  
• You can now change your username without needing to contact an admin. Name changes are logged, though, so don't change your name to something that breaks the rules.
  
• You can talk about your own website, YouTube channel, or anything of the sort in General Chat. However, please do not create more than one topic for such advertisements (unless the topic hasn't had any activity for around 6 months).
  
• Please use spoiler tags as appropriate when discussing potential plot spoilers.
  
• The mod team isn't psychic. It can be very difficult to tell the intended tone of posts on the Internet, so exercise caution when using sarcasm.
  
• Do not try to find flaws or loopholes in the rules and abuse them. Warnings will be administered based on the spirit, not the letter, of the rules.
  
• If you're interested in knowing what data is collected when you use the MFGG forums, click here. Don't worry, though - we collect very little user data, and it can be removed upon a reasonable request.
  
• Font colors and sizes that are difficult to read may be edited out, coming with a request to use something more reasonable. If it continues to be an issue after the fact, we may warn you as necessary.
  

• Each user maxes out at 10 warn points.
  
• If you reach your warn point maximum, you will be automatically suspended for one year.
  
• Every 20 days, one point will automatically expire from your account.
  
• Except in special situations, users will be suspended by the warning system, not by a moderator. More on that below.
  

• 50%: Suspended for 1 day
  
• 70%: Suspended for 1 week
  
• 90%: Suspended for 1 month
  
• 100%: Suspended for 1 year
  

• Small offenses: 1 point
  
• Medium offenses: 1 - 2 points
  
• Big offenses: 2 - 3 points
  
• Super offenses: 7 - 10 points
  

• I updated the rules on both the forums and mainsite to make it clear that MFGG doesn't allow posting malicious software of any form. Fortunately, we've never had this problem on MFGG, and even in the unlikely event that someone posted malware, the MFGG staff checks all games to make sure they're safe, and we monitor the forums to make sure nobody's posting anything fishy. However, there was a recent problem with a game containing borderline malware in the Sonic fangaming community. "Malware" is a somewhat murky term to define, but it's reasonable to say that knowingly posting software that breaks stuff, deletes stuff, or records stuff without the user's knowledge or consent is a very, very bad thing to do. Any games, code, or external links you post should run without interfering with normal computer usage.
  
  
• I made an addition to Rule 3. Don't post sensitive personal information about other people without their permission. Again, MFGG has never had a problem with people posting personal details in an attempt to embarrass or harass people, but since "doxxing" and similar problems are a growing concern in the online world, I thought this was worth mentioning in the rules.
  
  
• Finally, I added a link to a new page about user privacy. If you're interested in knowing what data is collected when you use the MFGG forums, click here. Don't worry, though - we collect very little user data, and data can be removed upon a reasonable request.

Duplicate Accounts Wrote:You will need to ask for permission from a moderator or administrator to register the duplicate account beforehand.

Additional Notes Wrote:An account represents an individual. Do not register an account to be shared by more than one person.

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• Making duplicate threads in the "Suggestions" sub-forum is discouraged unless a significant amount of time (i.e. several months) has passed between the first thread and a new one or the new thread is only tangibly related to the subject matter of the original thread.