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Ben · 08-30-2005, 05:38 PM

At the moment, we really have no rules. In the limited number of posts we have received recently, I feel that we are doing quite well. It seems the having rules to a certain extent promotes not following them and "rebelling".

However, one rule I feel is completely necessary is this: no random, bulk contacts about trades or water fights. At Nerf forums, I get several PMs and AIM messages every month about trading Nerf guns. These people don't know anything about me - they don't even know what Nerf guns I own!

This is as good as bulk email and spam and I simply won't tolerate it. Simply by the nature of the message, I won't trade. You usually can tell that someone is just contacting a massive amount of people if they ask what water guns you have or are willing to trade.

Please report people to me if they contact you about trading in this manner and you did not say in your profile/signature that you would like to receive these messages (I may add a special profile field). These people will be handled accordingly...

Also, I will tolerate if someone contacts people who may be local to them based upon where they reportedly live. I also have received several messages about going to Nerf wars in Maryland or DC, and they were actually considered by myself. However, if someone contacts huge amount of people without and filtering of sorts, I will not tolerate them.

Again, please let me know if you receive these sorts of messages. I can only assume that people don't send messages of this type to the administrator for obvious reasons.

Hunt_and_Annoy · 09-01-2005, 08:37 PM

Does asking people what guns they have on AIM in a friendly chat-ish manner count? Cause I've done that many times just to compare other arsenals to my own...although sometimes if they have a soaker I might be interested in I ask if they are selling...

EDIT: have I been put on the list of newsletter people yet?

Ben · 09-02-2005, 06:06 AM

I mostly mean asking a large amount of people, regardless of what. If you're nice and not looking to make a profit in some way I should be fine with it.

You've been upgraded too.

Hunt_and_Annoy · 09-02-2005, 12:34 PM

Thanks, but I can't seem to figure out where on the forums the newsletter part is...

08-30-2005, 05:38 PM	#1
Ben Founder Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: College Park, Maryland Posts: 6,054 UserID: 1	New rule regarding abuse of contact information At the moment, we really have no rules. In the limited number of posts we have received recently, I feel that we are doing quite well. It seems the having rules to a certain extent promotes not following them and "rebelling". However, one rule I feel is completely necessary is this: no random, bulk contacts about trades or water fights. At Nerf forums, I get several PMs and AIM messages every month about trading Nerf guns. These people don't know anything about me - they don't even know what Nerf guns I own! This is as good as bulk email and spam and I simply won't tolerate it. Simply by the nature of the message, I won't trade. You usually can tell that someone is just contacting a massive amount of people if they ask what water guns you have or are willing to trade. Please report people to me if they contact you about trading in this manner and you did not say in your profile/signature that you would like to receive these messages (I may add a special profile field). These people will be handled accordingly... Also, I will tolerate if someone contacts people who may be local to them based upon where they reportedly live. I also have received several messages about going to Nerf wars in Maryland or DC, and they were actually considered by myself. However, if someone contacts huge amount of people without and filtering of sorts, I will not tolerate them. Again, please let me know if you receive these sorts of messages. I can only assume that people don't send messages of this type to the administrator for obvious reasons. __________________ email: / Forum rules / Read this page before emailing me. Do not send me a PM or email with a water gun question if someone else could answer the question. Post at the forums. You will get a response from me along with others' views or ideas. Last edited by Ben : 08-30-2005 at 05:40 PM.

09-02-2005, 06:06 AM	#3
Ben Founder Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: College Park, Maryland Posts: 6,054 UserID: 1	I mostly mean asking a large amount of people, regardless of what. If you're nice and not looking to make a profit in some way I should be fine with it. You've been upgraded too. __________________ email: / Forum rules / Read this page before emailing me. Do not send me a PM or email with a water gun question if someone else could answer the question. Post at the forums. You will get a response from me along with others' views or ideas.

09-01-2005, 08:37 PM	#2
Hunt_and_Annoy Back from the dead. Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: bay area, CA Posts: 399 UserID: 345	Does asking people what guns they have on AIM in a friendly chat-ish manner count? Cause I've done that many times just to compare other arsenals to my own...although sometimes if they have a soaker I might be interested in I ask if they are selling... EDIT: have I been put on the list of newsletter people yet?

09-02-2005, 12:34 PM	#4
Hunt_and_Annoy Back from the dead. Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: bay area, CA Posts: 399 UserID: 345	Thanks, but I can't seem to figure out where on the forums the newsletter part is...

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