Grail Seekers Forum So everyone and their brother has a forum on the web, so what makes ours different?  Our forum is designed to be more of a tool than a flame fest.  Our goal is to bring people together that have similar interests or have a specialized skill they are willing to share with other Grail Seekers.  There is a discussion part of the forum for Grail related topics.  Please read the road rules of the forum before entering, and remember be nice. Thanks to the Unexplained Mysteries crew for the frame work of the forum rules. ENTER THE FORUM

By using our forum you agree to the following terms and conditions:

1. Posting

The following are the basic rules of posting, please read before letting fly

Offensive material:  Do not post crude sexual references or material, images or links containing pornography, gore or excessive violence. Remember that we have visitors of all ages, so keep it clean!

Illegal material: Do not post material which is violate of any law or which describes illegal activities such as taking, growing, buying or selling illegal drugs, the sale or promotion of weapons, hacking, downloading pirated software or music, participation in criminal offenses or plans to enact criminal acts.

Copyrighted material: If you quote text written by someone other than yourself, then please credit the source. Not doing so constitutes plagiarism, always include a source link with quoted material.  This includes images.  When in doubt if it’s copy written, do not post it.

Accuracy: Do not post material that is knowingly or intentionally false, inaccurate or misleading.  The goal of the forum is to help others not promote your funny little hoax.  

Private content: Do not post the content of private messages, e-mails or the personal contact details of other members. This also applies to the contact details, e-mails etc. of non-members and to other offline correspondences. The content of private correspondences sent by site visitors or the members of the Grail Seeker Team via private messenger or through e-mail are copyrighted to the sender and should not be reproduced, published or distributed outside of this web site through any means without prior written permission from the copyright holder.

Language: As this is an English speaking forum we ask that our members post only in English. Mobile phone shorthand, fictional languages and "leetspeak" are disallowed

Agenda posting: Do not use the forum to promote your agenda. This includes posts that promote: political view, religious belief or to attack or criticize other members, beliefs or views.

Medical advice: Do not use the forum to request or give medical assistance.

Shouting: Do not write in all uppercase letters, writing in this manner is considered "shouting" and makes posts difficult to read as well as looking unsightly and being annoying to other visitors.

Display name: Display names should contain only alphanumeric characters and must not contain profanity, racism, sexual references, hatred or relate to illegal activities such as drug taking. Do not use your display name to display any web site or e-mail address, or to impersonate harass or offend other members.

 

2. Don’t be a dirty spammer

Forum spam includes any of the following:

Advertising: Do not advertise or promote other web sites, books, products, media releases or services without permission from the site administrator. If you have a non-commercial web site then you may link to it in your profile's "Your website URL" field or in your signature block.  

Recruitment: Do not recruit site visitors in to joining other web sites or forums, request participation in surveys, petitions, contests, protests, political campaigns or money making schemes.  

Multi-posting: Do not start multiple identical threads in multiple forum sections or post multiple identical replies in multiple threads. Posting something once in one place is sufficient.  

 

3. Behavior

Racism and Harassment: Do not post racist or hate-driven material or views which express hatred towards or discriminate against any specific race, religion, country, gender, individual or group.  Do not harass, defame, threaten, bully or victimize other members, this includes but is not limited to sending harassing private messages or harassing members via posts, threads or profile comments. Do not be rude, insulting, offensive, snide, obnoxious or abusive towards other members.

Profanity: Do not use profanity, crude, vulgar language or attempt to intentionally bypass the profanity filter.

Suggestive behavior: Do not post sexually suggestive comments, innuendo or engage in inappropriate sexually oriented personal exchanges; purely personal correspondences are best kept private. Using this site for the pursuit of an intimate relationship with a member who in their country or state of residence is below the age of consent is strictly forbidden, as is the sexual harassment of members in private messages.

Forum warfare: Do not initiate or participate in "wars" on the forum with other members. Collective or individual attempts to attack, accuse, discredit or force a certain viewpoint on other members are disallowed. Do not derail or 'hijack' threads with posts that are either off-topic or designed to draw attention away from what is being discussed. If you'd like to discuss something different either start a new thread or find another existing thread which better suits the area you wish to discuss.

Multiple usernames: Do not register more than one account.

 

4. Moderator action

Grail Seekers is a privately owned web site and as such we reserve the right to remove any post that we deem to be inappropriate, offensive or intentionally disruptive, or to take any action necessary against any member whose behavior we deem to be inappropriate, offensive or intentionally disruptive. Action taken is done on a case by case basis and is dependant on the nature and severity of the violations, but can include anything up to the banning of the account and IP address.

Compliance: You agree to co-operate with the requests of our Team Members should you be asked to stop doing something that they deem to be disruptive, inappropriate or in violation of the terms of service.

Protest: You agree not to attack, harass, threaten or become abusive towards any member of the Grail Seekers Team. Members who become offensive or participate in harassing, threatening or retaliatory action against the site or a member of staff will be subject to further action.

Appeal: If you disagree with action taken against your account by a member of the Grail Seekers Team you can appeal the decision by contacting either the member of staff who took said action or an administrator privately via e-mail or through our private message system. Do not start threads on the forum questioning or criticizing moderator action.

Access: If your access or posting rights have been revoked, do not register more accounts in order to circumvent this restriction. Accounts that we find belong to previously banned members will also be banned.  Remember, we can see your IP address.

Grail Seekers reserves the right to change or add to these terms and conditions at any time without prior notice, and in any situation the decision of an Administrator is final.