Forum Guidelines

Starting a new topic (thread)

Try searching through older topics before you start a new one. There may already be topics covering what you want to discuss. If you find one, join that topic rather than starting a new one. That way we avoid the same discussion from taking place in multiple topics.

When you start a new topic, please make sure that you:

1. Find the right forum for your topic.

2. Use a title that accurately describes the topic.
A good topic title would be something like "Veterans vs Militia" and a poor title would be something like "A quick question..". A poor title is of little help to someone browsing the forum, and besides, there's probably a better chance of getting a response with a good title.

3. Start the topic title with a capital letter, but do not use ALL CAPS.
ie 'Topic title' is fine, 'topic title' or 'TOPIC TITLE' are not.

When you post

1 .Make sure your post is readable and understandable.
Use punctuation, check your spelling, and make use of paragraphs in extensive posts.

2. Stay on topic.
Make sure your post is relevant and contributes to the discussion. Do not post irrelevant text in order to disrupt other people's topics.

3. No double-posting.
If you just posted and feel you forgot to mention something, go back and edit that last post.

4. Quoting other sources.
Do not 'copy and paste' whole articles into your post, unless you own the rights to that article. Rather, quote a few lines and provide a link back to the original source.

5. Do not link to illegal downloads

Moderation

Moderators may move, edit or delete posts to ensure that the forums are readable and easy to navigate.

Spamming, self-promotion and trolling will not be tolerated. This includes: a massive or unnecessary amount of posts, posts that are blatantly off-topic or disruptive, posts that are grammatically illegible or generally indecipherable. Any such posts will be deleted and may lead to warnings and/or permanent bans.

We ask the community to report any posts you feel fit the descriptions above by clicking the red flag in the lower right corner of the post.

The User Control Panel

From the User Control Panel you can customize your settings and set up your profile. For example you can select your local timezone, edit your posting defaults (ie turn on/off automatic email notifications upon replies to your posts), add your location and more.

This is also where you set up your avatar and signature, if you so choose.

AVATAR:
Max avatar size is 90x90 pixels and 9.77 KiB. Select an avatar from the local gallery or upload your own.

SIGNATURE:
You can also put a small icon in your signature indicating which versions of the game you own. Simply add one or more of these:
:civcol:
:coldos:
:colwin:
:colmac:

Both your avatar and signature should be within good taste; improper and/or illegal ones will be deleted and may result in either a warning, suspension or permanent ban.

If you're currently logged in, you can get busy customizing your profile by clicking HERE.