Site Rules and Regulations

All rules must be followed, no exceptions. Users caught breaking the rules will be punished with temporary or permanent bans or removed privileges depending on the number and severity of the offense. All staff decisions are final, but any users who feel they may have been wrongly accused may contact the Head Admin.
There are two categories for warnings you may receive. Light warnings are gentle nudges to let you know that something you said or did was not have been appropriate for the site. Official warnings imply that the offense was easily avoidable, the offensive or disruptive nature of the statement/act is perfectly clear, and you have been reprimanded for acting on it regardless.

Please remember: receiving 5 Light Warnings - whether it be with shoutbox or site-wide offenses - will result in 1 Official Warning being added to your record. While Light Warnings are intended to be a soft warning, once they begin to accumulate, further action must be taken. Each 5 Light Warnings will equate to 1 Official Warning.

You may receive up to 3 official warnings before administration begins to consider harsher punishment.

3 - Consideration for harsher punishment (users will be informed that they have reached 3 official warnings)
4 - 24 hour temporary ban
5 - Week long ban
6+ - Permanent ban

1. Spamming is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: keyboard smashing (such as 'rejwrkdgnl') unaccompanied by meaningful conversational content, singular nonsensical injections (such as 'lalalala' or 'meow') unaccompanied by meaningful conversational content, repetitious advertising of item/art/skill sales, and repeating a single statement several times in a row.

2. Treat all staff members with respect and courtesy. Users are not permitted to insult, micromanage, direct, harass, disregard, or argue with staff members carrying out their respective duties. Each team member goes through a great deal to make certain that the site is a safe and appealing environment for everyone. If a staff member makes you uncomfortable or says something that feels out of line, remain calm and immediately provide screenshots and express your concern to the staff member's department head. If a department head is the staff member causing the discomfort, please direct the message to the Head Admin instead.

3. Harassment, bigotry, and attacking other members is unacceptable. This includes a broad range of actions, behaviors, and words that may offend or harm others such as, but is not limited to: profanity, bullying, blacklisting, threats, slander, racism, sexual and/or unwanted advances, begging, impersonating a user or staff, disrespecting gender identity, ableism, and publicizing personal disputes or disagreements.

4. Blatant advertising of other websites is not allowed. This does not include having another site’s banner in your signature, talking about the site in passing, or mentioning fan sites. Fan sites include, but are not limited to: blogs, pages created on other websites, and stand-alone websites that encourage and assist in the site's activities and participation. However, please do not create forum topics with the sole intention of advertising another website.

5. Reworking of the site without permission is unacceptable. This includes, but is not limited to: hacking, botting (including scripts), cookie grabbing, phishing, and exploiting bugs. Depending on the severity of the breach, these actions may result in a permanent ban following evaluation. If you suspect someone is doing any of these, please speak to the Head Admin.

6. All users are allowed one account. Sufficient evidence through investigation suggesting a user owns more than one account will result in having all accounts in question examined, and possibly banned upon collection of confirmation. Multiple users sharing one account is allowed, however, all users on the account will be held responsible for any rule breaking. This also applies to banned accounts; if you create a new account, it will be banned as well.

7. This site and its contents are primarily in English. Please minimize the use of foreign languages. For the safety and well-being of the site's entire user base, the site staff must be able to read and comprehend posted or shared material.

8. Staff members are not responsible for any mature content witnessed or heard once you have left the Scratch Forums domain. We cannot guarantee that explicit or mature content will be prohibited after departure. However, if you would like to link to offsite locations that may contain mature content, please provide warning alongside the link. Users may not, at any time, refer others directly to blatant, inappropriate content including, but not limited to: pornographic or sexually-themed visual pieces (art, video), explicit writings, drugs and/or alcohol being promoted or condoned, and graphic violence. Disobeying this rule will warrant a warning from our moderation team, as well as removal of all offsite content that was shared.







1. Spamming is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: keyboard smashing (such as 'rejwrkdgnl') unaccompanied by meaningful conversational content, singular nonsensical injections (such as 'lalalala' or 'meow') unaccompanied by meaningful conversational content, repetitious advertising of item/art/skill sales, and repeating a single statement several times in a row.

2. No excessive caps lock usage. All caps usage must be done in moderation. Entire messages may not be capitalized with the exception of short exclamations or interjections that are relevant to the current conversation and are less than five words, as well as acronyms (such as OMG, CNA or LOL). Additionally, if a moderator determines that usage is in excess for any other reason, or if it appears that a user is speaking in caps aggressively towards another party, a warning may be issued.

3. Excessive swearing is not acceptable; excessive and hateful swearing is not allowed at any time. The shoutbox is visible to all members on any page of the site - please be respectful.

4. Be polite and respectful. Negativity and harassment toward other users - staff members included - is unacceptable. Please respect and honor your peers. If a disagreement does arise, please take the discussion to private messages. If a moderator asks you to refrain from sharing, saying, or discussing something specific, kindly oblige, but please present a case to the Head Moderator or Head Admin if you believe you should not have been approached about the statement.

5. Please do not micromanage the shoutbox in place of a moderator. I sincerely appreciate that users are eager to help, but please avoid being commanding with your peers. A soft reminder such as "Oh, I'm not sure if you knew, but (blank) is against the Shoutbox rules." is acceptable. Saying things like "No font color edits in the sb, (insert username)" or "Don't use images here." would not be okay. Please contact a moderator/administrator if you believe that a user is breaking the rules and it has not yet been handled.

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As always, please contact the Head Administrator or the Head Moderator if you have any questions or concerns that you would like addressed; we will do our best to quickly and smoothly resolve any issues that may occur around the site.
Thank you!