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AUP and Guidelines

Because our chat-room is accessible to children, we ask that you conduct yourself in a pleasant manner.  I hate the word "RULES".  It's almost like saying "We are going to censor you!".  Well, that's not (really) the case.   There's a limit.  Mild and Moderate is one thing, Excessive and Abusive is another. (Rules are made to be broken as everyone knows.)  These are simple requests.  If you don't agree with the guidelines, please visit another time when you do or go elsewhere, we simply don't want trouble in our chat room.  We frown on foul potty-mouths with a bad attitude. 

Because we promote a relaxed atmosphere, please be aware that we don't always talk about bowling.  But if you have a burning question or issue which pertains to bowling, feel free to interrupt our psycho-babble.  The chat room is moderated by operators when they are available (usually in the evening time during "prime time hours") and we try to watch the chat room as best as we can.

Most all of our troublemakers that we see aren't even bowlers, they just want to stir up trouble.  We do not have the power to stop the private queries from outside the chat room, so if you do receive those and it's a bunch of junk, just leave the query window minimized or else the person will continue to bug you.   This rarely happens.

What will not be tolerated:

• Excessive use of profanity.  Sometimes we can't just help ourselves and that's okay, but keep it down to a minimum.  
• DCC transmission of SEXUALLY EXPLICIT (pornographic materials) to other users who do not wish to accept this type of garbage.
• Engaging or attempting to engage in "hot chats" with other users.  Just assume that everyone is under the age of 18.  Ages are not always verifiable.  Keep it clean.
• #bowlers-chat is not a "meet market."   Please do not treat it as such. 
• No Private Messaging/Querying without permission.  Please ask the other party for permission before irritating them with query boxes.
• Harassment and verbal abuse of other chat room users.  If you have a beef with someone, take it to private.  Don't let it bleed into the public chat room.  
• Do not beg for Operator status.  If you want operator status, go to the Super-chat homepage and create your own chat room.
• Please respect the Touring Pros.  Don't hassle them unless they want to be annoyed.  They are people who have a passion for bowling and we're lucky to have them in our chat room.

Actions that may be taken:

• 1 Warning will be given by an Operator if one is present.
• 2nd Warning will cause you will be kicked and banned from the chat room for 24-72 hours.  Depending on the severity, it may be permanent.
• If no operators are available and we receive a complaint from another user about your actions, we will permanently ban you from the chat room at our first opportunity.
• Temporary ban logs are checked regularly by the main chat room operator, if enough complaints about a person in the temporary ban log is brought to my attention, a permanent ban will follow.