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| Official Fido APOGEE Conference Rules - Updated May 23th, 1995 |
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Conference Echotag: APOGEE
Moderator: Joe Siegler, who can be reached via Netmail at 1:124/9006.
This conference exists for the purpose of providing vendor support for
Apogee Software, Ltd, the shareware game publisher. Product support,
bug reports, product announcements, and much more will be posted/talked
about in this conference. This conference also serves as the discussion
conference for the Apogee FDN, which is carried on the Fido Filebone. If
you are interested in getting the Apogee FDN on your BBS, grab yourself a copy
of FILEBONE.NA; it will have information on how to contact a Filebone
representative. Failing that, you can ask your local Fido administration on
what their policy is regarding obtaining Filebone files.
Note: Doom, Doom II, Heretic, and Descent are not Apogee games.
Conference Rules
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* No Personal Attacks or insults
Please, don't go around insulting someone just because you don't agree
with them. If you feel you must argue with someone, argue the topic,
don't insult someone. Remember, that just because someone likes
something you don't, it's no reason to insult them.
* No Vulgar Language
This is a family network, so keep the dirty language out of the messages.
Also, masking part of a word with other characters does not make it
acceptable material for posting.
* Do not behave in a disruptive fashion
* No "TEST" messages
Please do not use this conference for "test" messages, saying "This is a
test, let me know if you get this". There are other conferences for that,
you don't need this one to do it in. If you see one of these, DO NOT
reply to them; as it's a further waste of bandwith.
* Don't over-quote
Don't quote a whole bunch of text just to add something like "I agree",
or an emoticon. Fido echomail has to be paid for by a lot of people, and
only quoting the section you must in order to get your point across will
be appreciated by a far lot more people than you think. Please do not
quote entire messages, with origin, tear, taglines. In other words,
say more than you repeat.
* Encryption
Encryption, for any reason, is prohibited in this conference. This also
includes UUENCODED messages. Please contact the moderator in Netmail
first before posting UUENCODED messages/files. The moderator reserves
the right to post uuencoded messages here, but if you want to, you MUST
check via Netmail first.
* Language
English is the only language approved for use in this conference. Mainly
because the Apogee reps in this conference don't speak/read any other
language, and we cannot answer foreign language messages.
* Stay on-topic
All messages must ahere to the topic of the conference. This means that
your messages must deal with Apogee Software. This doesn't mean that
they have to be 100% about Apogee. Related topics such as comparing
Apogee's Rise of the Triad features to some feature in id's Doom is OK.
However, something like saying "How do I get by level 6 in Doom" is not
ok. Please try and keep messages from non Apogee games to a minimum.
Several people carry this base solely for the Apogee product info, and I
strive to keep it related to Apogee.
* Mind the Moderator
There seems to be a trend these days to just wildly disregard topics, and
just say whatever you want. Please, try and keep on topic here, and if
you do go off topic, you'll get a message from the Moderator. Moderator
messages are usually sent via Fido Netmail, accompanied by a message in
the conference saying that you have Netmail coming. The Moderator doesn't
like taking restrictive action against people, since it's a big pain in
the butt to do things like that, but that type of action will be taken if
you go wildly off-topic, and do not respect the wishes of the conference
moderator.
* Gating the conference
Permission is not granted to gate this conference anywhere without prior
knowledge of the Moderator. If you are interested in gating this
somewhere, please drop the moderator a line via netmail.
There are no "free speech" and no "1st amendment rights" in Fidonet. If you
don't believe this, grab yourself a copy of POLICY4. POLICY4 is the current
official rules and regulations of Fidonet. I recommend you read it, since it
contains much information that can avoid hassles and problems with Fidonet.
Since this is Fido Echomail, remember that there are no provisions for private
messages in this (or any other) conference. If you want to send a private
message to someone, you must use a seperate conference called "Netmail". If
you do not know what this is, ask your local SysOp for more information on
sending and receiving Fido Netmail.
That's pretty much it. If you have any questions or problems, send me some
Netmail. Otherwise, sit back and enjoy meeting all sorts of interesting and
nice people. And above all, have fun.
Joseph M. Siegler
Fidonet APOGEE Conference Moderator