#animedvd Channel Rules

There are a few rules, nothing particularly unreasonable:

• No spamming (or "flooding" as it's more commonly known on IRC)
• No trading of DVD-rips. If you really want to see a particular show, then rent, borrow or buy it, don't rip it. Shows that are not yet licensed in the United States can be found fansubbed in various formats, however if a series is licensed by a U.S. company you should purchase the official version in order to continue supporting the anime market.
• No spoilers. There may be things that you want to discuss about series which some people have not seen, for example if you want to talk about the end of a particular series, some of the people in the channel may not have seen that, so you should ask first before mentioning that sort of thing.
• No personal attacks. We're a friendly channel. We don't want to listen to you slander someone else because you don't like them. If you don't like them so much, use /ignore (that's what it's there for :-P )
• Don't use capital letters excessively (basic netiquette really, capital letters represent shouting, so please don't overuse them).
• Don't advertise other channels (exceptions will be made if the channel you want to talk about has some relevance, this rule is mainly here to get rid of lamers who do things like joining a channel, spamming 'come to #xxxsexparty' and then leaving)
• Don't connect here using Microsoft's Comic Chat application. This might seem like a bit of an odd rule, but the reason is that while Comic Chat claims to be fully compatible with IRC, there are problems with it. Please use a proper IRC client such as mIRC instead.
• No timers, scripts, or auto-messages. These are just plain annoying.
• No language discrimination. While the channel is mainly composed of English speakers, speakers of other languages should be made welcome also. It is worth noting, however, that if you're saying something that you want everyone on the channel to understand, you should probably say it in English.
• No colours. This is already enforced by the +c flag on the channel.
• No threats - this one should be common sense really.