C'est la vie
"That's life" - This totally kills the fun of it

Foreign phrases common in English speech can be excused from that rule. When in doubt, though, provide translation.

The point though is that this is an English forum. We shouldn't *need* to translate anything.

I'm sure aBritishFox could type in England English, an we would have a very hard time understanding it.
What with the lorries (trucks), Yows (sheep), Fish and Crisps,

Most American and British English are mutually intelligible, so that's not really an issue. Also, this is an English forum but we do not take an official stance on what dialect, so there'd be no way to force that anyway.

Hmmmm... Let me go and put a new line of text on my signature... I love you mods!

If I would talk in pure English English I'd have to translate it, here goes.

Thou shalt talk to thee as thy shalt talk back.


Translation: You shall talk to me as I shall talk back.

Early Modern English is generally understandable by most native English speakers, and likely would not need a direct translation.
Please refrain from posting Shakespearean era quotes to test this theory

However, if you're going to use Early Modern English, it would help if you didn't use 'you' when you mean to say 'I'.

Then we shall talk in cavemen!

Ugg...Grunt make fiah....Fiah make Ugg warm.

Or perhaps smoke signals? *lights her computer on fire*

I think you need something bigger...Hmm... *Set's fire station on fire, then get's arrested for Arson*

Back on topic folks. Also *tosses a snowball at Sleet* Bad modfox, you started this!

Aye, but I'm the one who set the town on fire...the firefigthers can't do anything, they've been burnt.

Could someone please define DDoS? I'm not familiar with that acronym. (Please send via PM as well as posting here for other users' benefit.)

Sweet, just need one to hook me up to wikifur easily.

Rules... good to know

Yes they are. Guys you can within reason ask us anything. We don't bite.

Why was this a banner at the top? Does that mean we did something wrong?

So how did you guys end up mods?

You'll find this person's question in the Ask A Mod thread useful

Basically I think they because they showed there were able to enforce rules and had great people skills is why Rick chose them.

Not quite, Amazee. We were all chosen because we were the right person for the job and in the right place at the right time. I think most of the staff we have today were chosen by Diss rather than Rick too, although Rick may well have given the final go-ahead.
The main role of the staff is not rule enforcement either. Our main job is to keep the users happy, keep the peace and keep the forums friendly and in that role we sometimes have to enforce rules.

Every staff member has their own story as to how and why they were chosen so if there's anyone in particular you're interested in getting to know then they'll be more than happy to discuss their story with you via PM. For any questions about forum stuff in general, the Ask A Mod thread is the best place to go, as Obbl subtly pointed out. If you've questions specific to the rules though then we're more than happy to discuss them here.

Ah OK. Now I understand it better. Thanks for clearing it up.

Can we still use tiny text for effect after the main body (kind of like alt text)?
Example: Hlaoroo is the best mod except for supreme leaders Diss and Sleet.
^ In this case, the smaller text emphasizes absolute terror and humility.

That's permitted.
"or post in a font size or color that impairs the ability of other users to read your post (Do not post in small sizes or colors which contrast poorly with our background)."

Emmm...

UNP says that "damned" is not a PG word, I thought that was one

Is that true?

Questions like this are better asked in the Ask a Moderator thread but UNP is right. "damned" and "damn" are not allowed on these forums.

Which can be a rp problem. "Darn Barbarox," really doesn't sound right for Corp...

True but if we allow profanity in the RPs then we have to allow it elsewhere too and that defeats the purpose of the rule. You can always use asterixes or things like #$%#! in place of stronger swear words if you want though.