1. You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this Board to post any material that is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, hateful, harassing, derogatory to someone’s sexual orientation, threatening, invasive of a person’s privacy or other in violation of any law.
2. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the content of any message/post. The posts express the views of the author, not necessarily the views of the Board or any entity associated with the Board.
3. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately. Send a private message to a moderator of the forum with a link to the post/thread in question. We have the ability to remove objectionable posts and we will make every effort to do so if we determine that a removal is needed. This is a manual process however and will take time.
4. Although this Board is not able to review all posts as they are uploaded we reserve the right to delete any Post and/or disable any users account for any reason and without posted explanation. You remain solely responsible for the content of your Posts and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Paradox and their agents with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your Post.
5. Paradox reserves the right to reveal your identity (or whatever information we know about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any post authored by you.
6. All content posted on the message boards of Paradox is the exclusive intellectual property of Paradox. Copyright ownership resides in that content by Paradox and the Company is free to use any of the content as they wish. Anyone other than Paradox seeking to reprint, republish, or reproduce content posted on the Paradox message boards must receive the express written permission from the Webmaster of the Paradox forum in which the content was posted. By posting on the Paradox message boards you are agreeing to the above and relinquishing all copyright to the contents of the post(s) to Paradox.
7. You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by Paradox. If you are found to possess, distribute or intentionally link to illegally obtained materials or materials that violate the rights of the copyright holder, your account will be terminated.
8. It IS illegal to show Nazi flags in Germany and various other countries. The same is true for other Nazi symbols (e.g. related to the SS) or Nazi propaganda material, including songs etc. Any links posted to a scenario or mod which includes a Swastika or other illegal Nazi symbols will be deleted. Any threads that complain about this issue will be closed. You may also be subject to disciplinary action for having done so.
9. You will not post commercially orientated posts to promote your own commercial interests. Advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes and solicitations are not allowed on this Board.
10. You agree not to use the Personal Message(PM) system to spam other members, (Spam includes unsolicited links to other sites, adverts etc.), or anything that contravenes item #8 above.
11. In addition you agree to these important points:
    1. To consult and follow the Board Rules in good faith.
    2. To post only in English except in especially designated forums.
    3. To refrain from attempting or aiding others to bypass Board security measures. These measures include, but are not limited to:
    • reregistering new user names to bypass bans
    • starting a new thread to bypass thread closures
    • hacking into any part of the Board
    • bypassing moderators decisions about content
    • attempts to obtain privileges only available to Paradox staff members.
      
12. You are responsible for the security of your account. Any post from your account will be attributable to the account holder. It is the account holder’s responsibility to keep the account secure. It is no defence to say that a sister, brother, friend, etc. posted any offending post. Keep your password secret!!

This Board is designed to be a place where a community can gather and hold discussion on various subjects (including Paradox games) in a friendly and non aggressive environment. We want every person to have an enjoyable experience and the Rules have been written in accordance with this goal. In order that everyone may receive the maximum benefits from their participation these Rules must be obeyed at all times. By voluntarily participating in these forums you agree to follow the Board Rules and the User Agreement or forfeit your rights to participate.

General Rules

1. You will adhere to the User Agreement at all times
2. You will not argue with, comment on or question the actions/authority of the Paradox staff (Administrators, Moderators, etc.) in a public forum. Should you wish to do so you are directed to contact the Paradox staff via PM (the private messaging system - see “Violations and Penalties” below).
3. You will at all times respect and refrain from harassing and/or personally attacking other users or Paradox staff.
4. You will respect the rights of other users to have their own opinions.
5. You will not use expressions that are considered foul, vulgar, sexually harassing, racially offensive or in any way discriminatory. These expressions include, but are not limited to, ethnic slurs, hate speech and religious epithets. Whether an expression fits under this definition will be determined by Paradox staff at the time.
6. You will not make posts that are inflammatory with the perceived intent to rile people up (i.e. "trolling" and "flaming" are prohibited).
7. Except for the specially designated "other language" forums all posts are to be in English as that is the common language of the Moderators.
8. You will only post messages that are within the particular forum’s scope or topic.
9. You will use descriptive subject titles when posting new threads.
10. You will not hijack threads for your own purpose but, rather, will begin a new thread with the new subject.
11. You will not link to images on other websites unless you have authorisation to do so. This kind of "hot linking" is stealing the bandwith of the server you link from, and is not appreciated.
12. You will not post material (including text, images, graphics or other artwork) unless:
    1. the copyright is owned by you, and/or
    2. the copyright is owned by Paradox, and/or
    3. the material is not in violation of any NDA (non-disclosure agreement) that you may have signed, and/or
    4. you have the expressed permission of the copyright holder to do so, and/or
    5. you fully attribute the holder of the copyrighted material.
13. You will not flood or post on the forums redundant, empty, or nonsensical posts or advertisements as determined by Paradox staff (i.e. no "spamming"), or necromancy (posting in old threads).
14. You will not post messages to advertise products that benefit you financially in any way without the permission of Paradox.
15. You will not post messages that offer or discuss pirated software/media/links to other such sites that offer it or discuss p2p sites/methods - hereunder posts that condone or support piracy..
16. You will not post pornographic, sexually offensive material or images of a type unsuitable for a family/office environment or post links to such material or images.
17. You will not start or participate in any debates or discussions that discuss the distribution/growing/cutting/manufacture of drugs that are used in a situation where they are not prescribed by a hospital.
18. You will not make posts of illegal nature or posts that detail ways to perform acts of an illegal nature.
19. You will not create offensive usernames as determined by Paradox staff.
20. You will not exploit any bugs or loopholes in the Board security. This includes reregistering to evade bans.
21. You will not register more than one Member account without prior approval of an Administrator.
22. You will not post a link to an external website or forum without prior approval of an Administrator.
23. You will not impersonate Paradox staff or any other user.
24. You will not attempt to or aid others in breaking into the forums or into other users’ accounts. Guessing your way into another users account is considered a violation and will leave "finger prints".

Signature Rules

• Your signature should be composed of the default font size or smaller and should be 10 lines maximum (including lines of spaces) when viewed at 1152 x 864, and with the "User post bit set left". That means the option to display user information on the left of the post rather than the top of the post.
• Your signature should conform to the normal Forum Rules regarding content.
• Your signature should not include ascii made images.
• Your signature should not include vBB code quotes.
• Colours, links (in accordance with Forum Rules) and other vBB codes may be used. Note, however that bad nesting of vBB tags may cause problems and these signatures may be removed without notice.
• Any signature seen as being overly long or of an offensive nature etc is liable to be removed without notice.
• Inflammatory Political Statements or Quotes (as Perceived by the Paradox Staff) are not permitted in signatures and will be removed.
• Paradox forum staff have the final say over what is deemed appropriate.

Violations and Penalties

If, for any reason, you are in violation of any of the rules of the Board or the User Agreement then your privileges to post to this Board will be reviewed by a Paradox Moderator/Administrator. The penalties range from being given a severe warning as to future conduct, a timed ban (for a specified time), a total posting ban (you may still read the forums) or a total IP ban (you will not be able to read the forums). If the matter warrants it then you might also be reported to your ISP/appropriate authorities.

Whilst the "Report this post to a Moderator" button is not working then please forward any such reports by PM to a Moderator of the Forum concerned, with a copy sent to BiB and Havard.

Paradox forum staff (Moderators and Administrators) have the final say over what constitutes a violation of the User Agreement and the Board Rules. In addition we reserve the right to terminate your account without warning(s) and move/delete/close posts/threads that break these rules without further explanation.

Please note that a Paradox Moderator is to be taken notice of no matter which Forum he happens to post in. Just because his name does not appear in a particular Forum does not mean he should be ignored. The Moderators cover for each other as they cannot all be here 24 hours a day.

If a warning is sent by a Moderator it will be sent by PM. It is your responsibility to ensure that your PM box is clear to receive such PMs. Ignorance of a warning is no excuse - you have a PM box, use it.

If a warning is sent by an Administrator (a little more serious) then it will be sent to your registered e-mail address. It is your responsibility to ensure that your e-mail address is a valid one and able to receive such e-mails. If for any reason an e-mail to your account is bounced back then your account will be banned until you contact us - we will not attempt to re-contact you!

This is a games Board and was never intended to facilitate the needs of everyone who wants to talk about anything at any time. It is not intended to be community television or a public park. The Board is privately owned and operated. Moderators and Administrators are used to keep the content in-line with the vision and purpose of Paradox as a whole.

All administrative actions taken by the Moderators and Administrators of these forums are final. These actions include, but not limited to: delete/close/move thread/post, banning and warnings. Public posts against administrative/Moderator actions are against rule 2 and will be deleted and penalties liable by the user. Users that wish to contest these actions with a good explanation should conduct them over an e-mail to: forum_admin@paradoxplaza.com A decision given from there is final and not subject to debate.

Notice

The User Agreement and the Board Rules are subject to change without notice. Further, some sub-forums have additional restrictions and/or guidelines for posting that are stickied at the top of the subforum. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are aware of the current rules and forum guidelines for posting.