Racing Forum Rules - Updated November, 2007

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Let's get this out of the way first. This isn't the Old West anymore. Flaming people for the sake of doing so will not be tolerated, and will result in Infraction points being placed on your account. Repeated or severe Infractions carry with them temporary or permanent vacations from the board; note that this is a slippery slope. If your righteous indignation over being suspended from the board for a week prompts you to register another account solely to let us know of your disdain for us and our moderation methods, you'll find both/all of your accounts banned and/or deleted permanently. Established, long-time members are not immune.

Think before you post. Please. Now onto the Rules:
1. STREET RACING IS ILLEGAL. Club4G.org does not condone street racing. We know it happens, and thats just a part of life. Any street racing story stupidity you type is yours, and yours alone.

2. DON'T ASK US IF WE THINK YOU'LL WIN. This is the "racing" forum, not the, "will I beat X, with these hekka mods on my car", or, "how would these cars do against each other?", forum.

3. WE SPEAK ENGLISH HERE. The only way that we have to communicate in this forum is through words typed out, if no one, (including your Mother) can figure out what the hell you are trying to say, do you think we can? Do us a favor, you can post anything about your "racing skillz" in here, but if you take the time, do it so we can understand it. Don't lace your post with the latest uBeR |<3\/\/l 31337 $pe@|< , or the hippest of the Ghetto FrESh SpEaK, cause' no one really gives a damn, and you will get made fun of because of it.This is your heads up, if you feel people in here are grammar Nazi's, well too bad. You should have read this first.

4. NO PERSONAL ATTACKS. This isn't OT. Shit like "you should have been aborted", or "I hope you drive off of a cliff into a pile of rancid goat cheese" obviously belongs in OT. Chiding the poster about reckless behavior is OK, as long as it doesn't get personal. I don't know how you think we've regulated this in the past, but as soon as things got out of hand we've moved threads into OT.
That's it, folks. Post coherently, post something racing-related, and don't flame each other while the thread is in the Racing forum. That's easy.

Why do we have these rules? Well, reference the first one. Club4G does not condone street racing. We know it happens, and we know why. We aren't going to discourage you from posting about it, but understand that you do so at your own risk. Any consequences are yours to bear. Regardless of what you've seen on TV, it is dangerous. You may be a racing legend in your own mind, but random events are called random for a reason. See this thread and this thread for examples of why street racing is dangerous. There are others out there, and, thanks to the Internet, very graphic images of the effects a wreck at highway speeds can have on your body.

Or that of a loved one.

Finally, the Racing forum has the potential for a profound amount of entertainment value. Treat it as such. Don't go emo on us when we find something in your story that's just too juicy, absurd, or amusing to refrain from commenting. If we, the Moderation team, feel your story is worthy of a place in OT, we'll move it there. That's at our discretion, not yours. Once it's there, the Racing Forum Rules herein no longer apply; OT's Rules kick in. Believe me when I say that you'd much rather have your thread stay in Racing than be moved to OT.

Again. Think before you post.

Questions? Comments? PM a member of the Moderation team.