it seems some admins get antsy about advertising specific yet relative sites such as this. Dunno why...
Josh has had a habit of spamming CUGS ads and has been spoken to about it a number of times. You'll notice that Chris Jones did not get any flak over posting the updated link to his new website
once. The difference is that CUGS is a
commercial venture, that is the distinguishing feature. Don't get me wrong, I like Josh and what he does for SFC, but we have to be strict about our advertising rules (the other admins are far more anal about it than me) I'm just trying to be helpful to Josh to make sure he does not get into trouble here again.
http://www.dynaverse.net/about/terms.phpThe Dynaverse.Net website may contain bulletin boards, chat rooms, access to mailing lists or other message or communication facilities. The user agrees, when taking advantage of such facilities, not to do any of the following:
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(g) advertise or offer to sell any goods or services, or conduct or forward surveys, contests, or chain letters; or
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As I stated in Skaren's thread:
Don't know where you got that idea, can you link the post for me? I need to put that dangerous little myth down ASAP.
The only non-advertising rule we have here pertains to spamming posts to advertise another site or products, particularly those unrelated to SFC. If you wish to make an outright advertisement for something not related to SFC, then PM what you wish to advertise to Frey for approval.
We are here for the discussion of SFC campaigns run by anyone, that is our purpose.
So please get it straight, we are here to foster networking and gatherings of like minded SFC gaming people, we just ask that no advertisements for commercial services or products are posted without admin approval.
Skaren's campaigns are free, so he is free to post about them as much as he likes. (withing reasonable spamming limitations of course) Anyone is welcome to post links to free SFC related sites and may even submit their site for listing on our links pages:
http://www.dynaverse.net/link_submit.phpEven non-SFC related links are welcome, so long as you are not the owner of a commercial site spamming our boards with links to your site for advertising purposes. (i.e. it is OK for you to link an e-bay auction or amazon sale or whatever that you have found for other users, but you may not post links to sites for the purpose of your own financial gain). The one exception was Dave Ferrell posting about an e-bay auction of his, but that was special circumstances and was understandably allowed.
So please, if you have said this anywhere else, please direct the people that have been misled to this post so that they can get the straight poop, thanks.