Chat Rules

To ensure a pleasant experience for chatting please follow the following rules.

1. Do not provoke or troll other members.

All community members are here to enjoy the game and discuss it amongst one another and the staffs. Please do not attempt to break this atmosphere of camaraderie by trolling or provoking another member, for any reason.

2. No posting of sexual or graphically violent content.

Sexual and violent content does not have a place here in the official community, please refrain from using it.

3. Do not use profanity, or attempt to circumvent the profanity filter.

We can all express ourselves and our feelings without heavy profanity. Please refrain from using it during your time here in the in the community.

4. Do not discuss any topics relating to religion or politics.

There are many communities on the Internet devoted to discussing such topics -- ours is not one of them. Please refrain from discussing real-world politics or religion here in the IGA community.

5. Hate speech is not allowed.

The IGA Community consists of people from every walk of life, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, and more. Any form of hate speech, slurs, references to real world organizations or events of hatred will be immediately removed.

6. Do not discuss private messages or personal information.

All private messages and personal information should remain private. This is to protect your personal information from being spread without your consent.

7. Do not harass or defame others.

Harassment or defamation of anyone else, be it staff or a community member, for any reason, is not welcome in the community.

8. Do not threaten or personally attack others.

The official community is a space where anyone may speak their mind freely without being subject to a personal or verbal attack from another. When chatting, please be considerate of other people's viewpoints, even if you do not agree with them. This applies equally to posts insulting staff or suggesting that they be fired.

9. Do not disrupt Official Discussion.

Official Discussions are important post or notice created by the IGA to discuss the latest news or collect feedback from the community on important issues. Please do not derail or cause disruptions in these threads.

10. Please don't bump post or message to keep them on the top.

Bumping a message or post without adding content to the discussion (such as posting "bump" or "X") is not allowed. If you wish to discuss a topic, please consider requesting a new channel.

11. Don't attempt to police other people's grammar.

Your fellow community members may not possess equal language skills. Please don't shame others for how they express themselves here in the community.

12. Do not fabricate information or attempt to spread misleading information.

Attempts to start false rumors, misquoting staff or community members are not allowed.

13. Do not impersonate others.

This includes staff, other community members, or people from other companies. Any attempts at impersonation of another will result in a severe punishment.

14. Do not respond to flame posts, comments or messages in self-defense.

Responding to a flame post, comment or message only makes the matter worse for everyone. Instead, please report the post, comment or message immediately to our moderators. They will review the post, comment or message to make sure it adheres to our guidelines.

15. Do not discuss moderator action, or attempt to re-open removed or locked threads.

Removed or locked threads were removed for a reason; please do not attempt to re-open them. Additionally, please do not discuss moderator action in the channel. If you wish to contest an infraction, please send an email to i.g.a.zxz@gmail.com .

16. Do not post, comment or chat spam or advertisements.

Spam and advertisements for non-IGA commercial ventures are not welcome.

17. Illegal activity or posts, comment or message about illegal activity are not allowed.

Posts, comment or message that break local, state, national, or international laws or regulations are not allowed.

18. Do not comment off topic replies to the post.

Communication between members and community works best when we keep to the topic at hand. Please do not derail or cause disruptions in post by going off topic.

This list is not considered to be exhaustive, and moderators maintain the ability to discipline and ban accounts at their sole discretion. These rules may be modified or added to by the IGA at any time, with or without prior announcement.