* General MK forum Rules:
01 Follow the rules
02 Limit profanity & vulgarity contexts
03 No racist or hateful material
05 No bashing of other members
06 No bashing of idols
07 No hotlinking
08 Shota's nickname is YASU not Yassu
09 Do NOT create multiple accounts. If you want your username to be changed PM one of the admins
10 Read and follow rules of specific forums
11 Read all pinned topics in all forum before you start posting
12 No Bumping topics older than 14 days unless stated otherwise by forum moderator
13 Try to introduce yourself in 'You' forum before you post elsewhere
14 Post in English only. DO NOT use other languages that can't be understood by admins majority of users


* General Posting Rules:
01 Keep MK forum clean and organized. Make sure you post in the right place
02 No spamming. No one-liners
03 Don't be a leecher. Comment if you're taking anything
04 Always give proper credits
05 Ask for permission if you want to post anything you have from Master Key Forum elsewhere
06 ReFRaiN fRoM usInG sTiCKy CaPs! It's annoying, hard to read and not cute at all!
07 Avoid using thaaaaaaaaaank yoooooouuuuuuuu, uuuuuuuwaaaaaaaa and the like in your replies
08 Refrain from quoting too much conversation. Quote only that part of the post you're referring to
09 Picture quoting is NOT allowed
10 No layout stretching. Thumbnail is your friend


* Monthly Inactive Member Pruning
01 You need to validate your e-mail address in 7 days after registration. Otherwise your accounts will be deleted
02 At the end of the month:
a) members with less than 30 posts who haven't made a single post in the past 31 days will be deleted
b) members with 30+ posts who haven't made a single post in the past 60 days will be deleted
03 if you have to leave MK forum for a while please inform us about it by posting in "u`re leaving us?" forum


* Avatar Rules:
01 avatars should not exceed 150 x 150 pixels.

* Signature Rules:
01 max 4 lines of text
02 max 2 images
03 image (combined) max width of 500px
04 image (combined) max height of 175px
05 only 1 animated gif is allowed
06 animated gifs should not be larger than 300kb in filesize
07 always give proper credits when using other people's avatars/banners
08 please upload avatars to your own server

* Special Treatment:
01 there are special ava & sig rules for mods and admins coz they work hard for the forum
02 user can gain extra signature space when winning contests