Registration Terms

Welcome to GameModels Community!
We're glad that you've chosen us to find the materials you need, answers to your questions and just to communicate.
Below is the text of the rules, which each of you must carefully study and not violate.

GENERAL PROVISIONS AND GUIDELINES
1. GameModels is a private project. By being here, you agree to be bound by these Rules.
2. The GameModels project is primarily a library of 3D models and related materials.
3. Content moderation on the project is partly pre-moderated and partly post-moderated. This means that some types of content are subject to mandatory moderation after you submit them to the project, and become available after passing it, and some types of content become available immediately after submission, their moderation takes place later.
4. Junior Moderators, Senior Moderators, and Administrators are in charge of order on the site. Junior Moderators oversee their assigned forum threads, library sections, and Discord server threads. They can edit, delete, hide and modify files and messages, as well as appeal to Senior Moderators to penalize a user for violating the project rules. Senior Moderators have all the rights of Junior Moderators, but, unlike them, these rights are applied throughout the project, not only in assigned topics and sections. Senior Moderators can also issue punishments to users for violating the project rules, delete previously issued punishments, have a partial ability to interfere in the work of the project. Administrators have full access to the project.
5. All posts and comments reflect the opinions of their authors. The opinion of the administration may not coincide with the opinion of the author.
6. Adhere to the already established culture of communication on the project. Be polite and friendly to each other! If you see violations of the Rules, or you're provoked by other participants, don't follow the violators – contact the Moderators.
7. If you have made a mistake – for example, duplicated a post, accidentally sent a reply to the wrong place, and so on – be sure to inform the Moderators using the «Report» button, specify the problem – the Moderator will help you.
8. You are not allowed to delete the text of your post and replace it with phrases like «sorry, problem solved» or «edited». If you wish to delete your post, please contact the Moderators.
9. The administration has the right to ignore and/or violate any rules written here.

PROFILE DETAILS
1. User Name
  1. Registration of hard-to-pronounce names like dfoireoifoirk1213 or something similar is prohibited.
  2. You are not allowed to register and/or use two or more accounts with the same user for any reason, especially if your account has been suspended or blocked. If such accounts are detected, they will be blocked without warning.
  3. It's prohibited to register an account that is a complete or partial visual duplicate of an existing account (including those obtained by replacing characters with similar spelling). If such accounts are detected, they will be restricted and their owner will be asked to contact the administration for further investigation. In some cases, such accounts may be blocked without warning.
  4. Accounts, and parts of accounts, are not allowed to be used as account names:
    - Rude, offensive and obscene language, as well as calls for violence and violation of the law (in any language and in any form).
    - Some types of personal data, such as: cell phone numbers or email address (there are fields for such data).
    - Any advertising.
    - Names used by Administration.
    - Words like «official», «verified», «original», etc. (only verified official company and brand accounts are allowed to use these words).
2. Account images (avatar, cover image)
  1. It's forbidden to use avatars and covers of other users without their consent. Administration has the full right to demand from you proof of permission for such use, and in case of refusal to provide them, their absence or ignoring this requirement – forced to change the image falling under the violation to any other at its discretion, or delete it at all.
  2. You are prohibited from submitting avatars and/or covers that contain:
    - Rude, offensive and obscene expressions and images (including to the Administration and/or related projects), as well as calls for violence and violation of the law (in any language and in any form).
    - Any advertising.
    - Any QR codes.
    - Shortened links, or links to sites not well known to the community (in any form).
    - Encoded text.
    - Cryptocurrency wallets addresses.
3. Signature, Status, and Rank
  1. It's prohibited to have signatures, statuses and ranks that contain:
    - More than 10 lines (for signatures), more than 3 lines (for statuses), more than 1 line (for ranks).
    - The following words and images (including those addressed to the Administration and/or related projects), as well as calls for violence and violation of the law (in any language and in any form).
    - Any advertising.
    - Any QR codes.
    - Shortened links, or links to sites not well known to the community (in any form).
    - Encoded text.
    - Cryptocurrency wallets addresses.
4. Profile
  1. If possible, fill in as many fields in your profile as possible. This will help us to contact you in the future and get additional information about you that may be helpful in solving your problems.
  2. You're prohibited from posting information in your profile that contains:
    - Rude, offensive and obscene expressions and images (including to the Administration and/or related projects), as well as calls for violence and violation of the law (in any language and in any form).
    - Shortened links, or links to sites not well known to the community (in any form).
    - Encoded text.
    - Oversized images.
    - Externally hosted media content with automatic playback (e.g. videos, audio, etc.) – this does not include images from third-party hosts (unless the host is not listed on the list of prohibited hosts).

PROJECT LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION STYLE, SPEECH CULTURE
1. The official project language is English.
2. All messages should be written in English. In case you do not speak this language sufficiently to formulate your thoughts, or you are not sure of your knowledge, we strongly recommend you to use online translators – for example, Google Translate or DeepL Translate.
3. Messages, files, and other materials that use language other than the official language of the project may be edited or deleted by the Administration without prior notice.
4. It's forbidden to deliberately distort speech by making mistakes in words and/or distorting their meaning. Try to formulate your thoughts as competently as possible, and if you lack knowledge, use online spelling and punctuation checkers.
5. It's strongly discouraged to use so-called «SMS abbreviations» in speech, as well as shortened or highly modified versions of words and expressions (for example, borrowed from games, song lyrics or movies). Not all users are native speakers and may not understand you.

GENERAL RULES FOR CREATING TOPICS, POSTS AND COMMENTS
1. Before creating a new topic, post or comment, you should carefully read the rules of this section.
2. Posts in Discord server's «Forums» section threads are equated to topics, and threads are equated to forum sections.
3. The title of the topic should be as informative as possible, so that other users can understand your problem from it. In the body of the message, give a detailed description of the problem.
4. Take the time to create a topic. It's very likely that your question has been discussed before, or there is a thread discussing your problem. Don't forget to pay attention to the «Important» subsection in the section corresponding to your question and the pinned topics in it – the most popular topics on the most popular issues are posted there. Use the search. In doing so, consistently search for several relevant keywords, rather than typing a long title or URL into the search field – this will not yield results.
5. If you find a topic that matches your problem, you should not post in it right away. Perhaps your problem has already been discussed and a solution has been found. Use the keyword search in the topic – to do this, select the appropriate item when typing a search query. Be sure to read the first message and all recommended messages at the beginning of the topic – useful information is placed there especially for you.
6. It's forbidden to create duplicate topics, posts and comments. If you did it accidentally and you realize it – contact a Moderator.
  1. When replying to an existing thread, try to phrase your question or answer in a way that is understandable to other users. Avoid fludding and unnecessary text.
  2. Posts that contain grammatical and/or syntax errors may cause negative reactions from other users. Please try to write correctly.
7. Explicit and implicit rudeness, rudeness, insults are prohibited.
  1. Explicit and implicit rudeness and insults to the Administration are strictly prohibited. Users who commit this violation will be subject to maximum penalties up to and including the complete deletion of their account and all related content, regardless of the benefit to the project.
8. It's forbidden to use obscene expressions in any form – both explicit and implicit, including behind special characters.
9. It's forbidden to provoke a conflict, as well as to respond to provocation. If you believe that you have been insulted (or otherwise violated your rights or the Rules), report this fact to the Administration – it will take the necessary measures against violators.
10. In thread titles, posts, and comments are prohibited:
  1. Intentional replacement of letters of one alphabet with letters of another (for example, replacing letters of the English alphabet with letters of the Russian alphabet, or vice versa, and so on).
  2. Writing thread titles, post titles and comments in capital letters.
  3. It's prohibited to write posts in upper and lower case letters mixed together (e.g., «lIkE tHi$»), or in letters of different alphabets, or mixed with numbers (e.g., «l1k3 th4t»).
  4. When publishing images, try to choose a format that gives minimum size at acceptable quality. For screenshots dominated by text, PNG format (with maximum compression level) is recommended. JPEG is recommended for colorful images. The use of formats that use a large output file size by default (such as, for example, BMP) is strictly prohibited. The use of WebP format is allowed if the output file size is small, but is not recommended because older devices and/or browsers may not support it. This paragraph of the Rules (except for the BMP prohibition) does not apply to sections and threads specifically designed for posting large images.
  5. It's forbidden to use slang and abbreviations in the thread title. The original name of the model and/or game/site should be used in the topic title. This will make it easier to find the topic title in the future.
11. It's forbidden to create topics or posts that do not involve discussion, or that involve personal correspondence with a particular user, including the posting of advertisements and other announcements. For personal correspondence, use the private messaging system.
12. It's forbidden to post messages that have the purpose only to raise the topic in the list and at the same time do not carry a semantic load, for example: «bump!».
13. Uninformative topic titles are prohibited, such as: «Help!», «I have a problem!», « My soul cries!» and the like.
14. It's forbidden to specify the time of fulfillment of your request, for example: «I need this model urgently!». All requests will be fulfilled to the best of the users' and Administration's ability and time, as well as the availability of material (e.g., model files) needed to fulfill your request.
15. Topic titles and posts overloaded with punctuation (more than two in a row) are prohibited, for example: «How to extract a model from a game????????».
16. A reply without text (e.g., consisting only of emoji, quotes, or other content) is prohibited if the reply has no meaning or is written on the principle of «answer somehow». Such responses will be deleted and the authors will be penalized.
17. It's forbidden to discuss unrelated issues in the same thread.
18. It's prohibited to deviate from the original topic of discussion.
19. Overquoting is forbidden. You do not need to quote your opponent's posts in full – just highlight the main points and click on the «Quote» button.
20. It's strictly forbidden to search and publish models, programs, links and other content that is prohibited on the resource. You can find the list of prohibited content and reasons for prohibition here.
21. It's forbidden to publish links to large 3D model archives and related content as a post/comment on anything. If you want to add a model – use the «Add file» button in the «Downloads» section. The exception is ordering tables from strictly defined other resources where such content can be ordered.
22. It's strictly forbidden to dispute the final location of your submitted files. The administration itself decides in which section, under which access level and on which hosting to place your file.
23. It's strictly forbidden to discuss the PRO Accounts Files section of the project and its content in any way.
24. It's strictly forbidden to discuss the actions of members of the Administration. If you do not agree with the actions of representatives of the Administration, contact any Moderator (or Administrator – in extreme cases), through private messages with the subject «Complaint against a member of the Administration». If the complaint is recognized as justified, the Administration representative will be disciplined. If you have not received a response to your complaint for two or more days – most likely, your complaint is still in the queue for consideration. If you have not received a response after 1 month – your complaint has been recognized as unfounded.
25. Any erotic and pornographic content will be forcibly removed without warning, and users who post such content will be penalized.
26. When posting links, the use of special services to shorten them is prohibited. If your link is originally shortened, please use services to expand such links.
27. Posting referral materials (links, coupons and code words), in case It's not done by the Administration, in any form is prohibited, and is equated to commercial activity.

REWARDS SYSTEM
1. If a user has helped you in solving a problem, you should not write thank you messages on the forum, in chat or in comments. It's customary to express gratitude by raising the reputation of a particular member.
2. The reputation of other members can be influenced by any user who has passed the bar of 15 pieces of content created. If you have not yet accumulated this amount, ask the moderator to raise the reputation of the person who helped you via the «Report» button or via private messages.
3. Hidden or explicit extortion of reputation boosting is prohibited, for example: «I helped you and you didn't even say thank you!» or «You could have given me a reputation boost!». If you deserve a reputation boost, it will be given to you without a reminder.
4. It's forbidden to use reputation for revenge or similar purposes. Reputation is not a means of revenge!
5. Reputation changes without explanation or without a satisfactory reason, especially demotions, are prohibited.
6. Multiple reputation upgrades or downgrades are prohibited.
7. If you have had your reputation changed in violation of the Resource Rules, click the «Report» button and describe your problem.

STATUSES AND USER GROUPS
1. Upon reaching the amount of content equal to 50 units, the user will be able to independently edit the status (not to be confused with the group) in the personal profile.
2. User groups
  - User – this group is assigned to each registered user by default;
  - Community Veteran – these groups include users who has been registered on GameModels for more than 5 years and has stable website visits;
  - Donators and Subscribers – these groups include users who supported the project financially;
  - Respected – these are people who have special merit.
3. Administration representatives
  - Junior Moderators;
  - Senior Moderators;
  - Administrators.

WARNING POINTS AND PUNISHMENT SYSTEM
1. Punishments are assigned by the Moderator or the Administrator for non-compliance with the Rules and/or additional Rules of the section.
2. Punishment types
  1. A warning is the minimum form of punishment. Issued for non-compliance with the Rules and is a message in the same place where the violation was committed, informing about the inadmissibility of certain actions with reference to the Rules. You can view the list of violations, warning points and applied punishments HERE.
  2. «Read Only», «R/O» or «Timeout» (hereinafter referred to as R/O). The R/O status is issued for persistent and/or repeated non-compliance with the Rules and is applied along with Warnings for violation of the Rules. This status can be assigned to a user for various periods depending on the decision of the Moderator. This status means that the user can't create any content, be it adding files, comments, changing ratings, writing forum posts and creating new topics, and so on.
  3. Pre-moderation – applied along with Warnings and/or R/O status. Pre-moderation can be set to the user for various periods depending on the decision of the Moderator. This status means that the user's content will appear on the project only after verification and approval by the Administration.
  4. Ban (or «block») is the ultimate punishment for users. It's issued in exceptional cases for repeated or intentionally gross violation of the Rules.
  5. Warning points are applied for each penalty. The maximum number of warning points is 50 (account ban).
3. Decreasing the level of warnings
  1. The level of some warnings is automatically reduced after 30 days from the date of the last change in the level of warnings, subject to strict adherence to the Rules.
  2. In case of a repeated violation at the time of the previous one, the automatic reduction counter is reset.
  3. Early lowering of the level of warnings and removal of the «Read Only» and «Premoderation» statuses is not possible.
  4. The blocking of the user account (ban) is issued once by the decision of the Administration and is final.
4. In the event of a situation that does not fall under any of the points of the rules, the Administration has the right to act at its own discretion.
5. The decision taken by the Administration is final and not subject to appeal.

WORKING WITH FILES
1. When adding a new file, be sure to follow the instructions available at this link. Files submitted for moderation that do not comply with the requirements of the instructions, or intentionally violate them, will be rejected and deleted without warning!
2. If you are a beginner and are experiencing problems with formatting a file or adding it – please, before you start doing something – contact the Moderator, describing the problem in detail, and, in most cases (except for elementary questions, the answers to which are clear to everyone), will help you.
3. When adding a file as an attachment to a message on the forum, in comments or in private messages, It's strongly recommended to use external cloud services, and if this is not possible, don't upload files larger than 1 MB.

CHANGING THE RULES
1. The Administration reserves the right at any time at its sole discretion to change (add, modify and cancel) certain positions of the Rules without prior notice to users, as well as cancel the Rules in full.
2. All changes take effect from the moment they are posted.
3. The obligation to keep track of changes in the Rules in a timely manner lies with its participants. Ignorance of the Rules does not release users from liability for their violation.

AGREEMENT WITH THE RULES
1. Your use of materials from the GameModels project means that you accept the established rules.
2. If you do not agree with these rules, you must immediately leave the GameModels project and not use the content posted on it.

All suggestions, comments and feedback on the work of the project should be sent to the «Suggestions» thread in the Discord server, or, if your message is personal, to the e-mail address admin@gamemodels.me. If you don't receive a response within 10 working days, please write again.

Edition dated 08/14/2023.

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