The video-game-info forums are now up and running. If you enjoy using this chat try out the forums, http://www.video-game-info.com/forums/. There is also a hacking request thread in the forums located here.

Chat rules: Every place has to have rules; please follow them. Failing to do so will likely result in a kick or a ban.

1. No Disruptive Messages: This includes but isn't limited to, blank messages, content-free messages, entering identical or near-identical messages, multiple adies, multiple messages that only include emotions/adies, too many emotions, intentionally hard to read messages, (For example, ALL CAPS (You can have up to 2 words in capital letters OR 10% of your message. ), AlTeRnAtInG CaPs,Nospaces,exse s s     spaces), messages that are unnecessarily separated into more then one message.

 Some additional notes, for a message not to be "disruptive" the words of the sentence must have a meaning when put together. Or a singular word such as "lol" or "yes" must be in reference to a previous statement made on the main chat within a reasonable timeframe/message frame.

2. No Swearing: Some swear words include the “F” word, “C” word,  “N” word, or any other racial or sexual slurs. You may sparsely use the “D” word (Not accompanied with the word “God”) or the “A” word (Not accompanied by the word hole), the "S" word, or the "H" word. Cursing in foreign languages is also not allowed.  Also keep in mind that you may not use the "B" word regardless of whether or not you are referring to a female dog.

 Here are some other things regarding swear words. You may post the word if it is fully censored, for instance if "Walk" was a banned word then saying W-a-l-k, W a l k, W*lk, W@||<, Waaaahhlkk, and W***,  would not be allowed. What would be allowed, ****, The "W" word, ****ed, ****ing, w'ed.

 3.  No Advertising: While posting a link to help out another person is acceptable spamming your site URL might result in a kick or ban. Things you shouldn't post, links to other xat chat, any chat, a forums, freewebs, co.nr, anything where the site content can be added by users of that particular site rather then the sites administrators.

 Things you can post, Youtube or other video links , direct links to images (of an appropriate nature of course), links to www.video-game-info.com (My site), www.freewebs.com/video-game-info/ (A site made by the staff of video-game-info). A well known site (Smogon, Serebii, Gamefaqs, Google (Not a catche or a search link, just the homepage) Yahoo, MSN, etc.  Please get permission from an Owner to post anything other then the things mentioned in the above paragraph.

 Also do not post the same Youtube link more then once per hour, or twice per day unless asked for by a moderator or owner.

 You may have a link to a site in your homepage. However you may not send a message that attempts to draw attention to that homepage. You also may not send a message that attempts to draw attention to the homepage of other users of the chat. Also the link in your homepage must not be Inappropriate or Offensive.

 4. No Inappropriate messages/links/profiles: You may not post or encourage others to post messages or links that are considered offensive.  Some offensive things include but is not limited to, Sexual discussion ,discussion of pornography, anything else that might be deemed inappropriate for a younger audience.

Also a profile may be deemed offensive if it contains a rule violation. Such as an avatar that contains nudity/near nudity/graphic violence/a middle finger/swearing etc.

 5. No Offensive messages/links/profiles: You may not post or encourage others to post messages or links that are considered Offensive (Kind of like the "Inappropriate" rule). Some Offensives things include discriminating against a person based on race, religion, sexual orientation, culture, ethnicity, handicap, nationality, or gender. 

 7 . No insulting/flaming: This includes name calling (For instance "You n00b" "You are an idiot"), orders such as "Screw you" "Kill yourself" "GTFO" "Go to hell", implying a negative remark about someone ("Are you stupid?" "What's wrong with you?" "You have no friends"), insults directed toward someone’s family ("Your mom sucks"). 

 Also words that could be considered insults may be found as violation if they are used in a way that could be insulted. Please be sure not to say anything that could be interpreted as an insult as an insult.

 Also if someone insults you do not insult back, report it to a moderator or take a screenshot of it and send it later.

 8. No Impersonating Users of this chat/forums: Impersonating means having a username that is identical or near identical to that person , or falsely claiming to be that person. This rule especially applies to moderators and Owners.

 9. No harassing/stalking: Continually harassing, or trying to intimidate a certain user or create a hostile environment for that user is not allowed. You also may not post a private address or phone number of any member/moderator/owner of this chat.

 10. No illegal activity: You may not post messages that violate the law or encourage others to violate the law. This includes but isn't limited to, asking for or linking to copyrighted ROMs, Software, music, text, video.

 11. English only in the Main chat: This is an international chat, but it isn't a bilingual chat. The only exception is if you are saying a different language but it would still make sense in english, such as someone who says "This is what the game reads in the original Japanese text “私はあなたによってがころぶマスターである””  Or “rulebreaker41 said “Όλοι απορροφάτε πραγματικά σκληρά.” On the main chat”

Thank you for reading and keep in mind these rules are in place to make the chat an enjoyable experience for everyone.

Being a moderator doesn’t mean the rules don’t apply to you. If you are a moderator see Moderator Rules.