Total Format Discipline & Rules

[Detomah]

Over the course of the last few days, since Total Format went live on the new server, numerous events have taken place on Total Format that leave me feeling extremely dissapointed with factions of the community at the moment.

Unsavoury adult images being posted in the chatroom and as direct attacks against registered members, private message threats, insults and bullying, personal attacks via the forum and via the chatroom, flames, sarcastic comments aimed at the Total Format team and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Within the last 48 hours, 1 member of the Total Format team was dismissed from their position and 3 other members were banned from the site due to rule breaking and repeat rule breaking.

Within in the last few minutes, I have also been informed of bullying going on against certain members and upon investigation have seen private messages that verify this.

This kind of behaviour is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated by anyone and should it continue offenders will be removed from Total Format without warning.

This is the only warning that will be given on the subject.

Total Format is trying to maintain a friendly atmosphere and trying to make it so that users feel comfortable visiting and posting here without having to sensor and heavily moderate, however, currently it is entirely down to the community and the childish behavour being exhibited from some quarters that is forcing sensorship and a heavier moderation than would be liked.

I have big plans for Total Format and these plans will be carried out without any doubt and i'd like to think the current community will be here to benefit from these plans, however if the current rate of rule breaking carries on, it will be to an extent other people that get to enjoy Total format in it's fully glory, not the people that claim to be loyal to this site, yet who break rules for fun.

Total Format is not a childs playground, yet some people are choosing to treat it as such, if that is the way it is to be, then those people will be treat like the children they are emulating.