that's right folks - we've had one flame-out too many and will now trial what it was always going to come to anyway: a registered users only forum.

laltely i have been planning on making the switch when we hit 200 registered users, but the persistent abuse by a few monkeys has sped the process up.

hopefully this will bring our discussions back on to some sort of even keel - with at least a hint of accountability for extremists etc.

if you have already registered and have forgotten your password, the system has some built in remedies - if not you are welcome to register and join our community of sane kiters (tucker and his legions excluded).

enjoy!

if you are a first time user, here are some rules and regs that may help your experience:

Board-wide Policies


1. Forum rules

a. Posts are to be made in the relevant forum. Users are asked to read the forum descriptions before posting. Users consistently posting to the wrong forum may be given a warning (see policing below).
b. Members should post in a way that is respectful of other users. Flaming or abusing users in any way will not be tolerated and will lead to a warning.
c. Members are asked to not act as 'back seat moderators'. If members note an issue which contravenes something in this policy document they are welcome to bring it to the attention of the Moderator. Members who consistenly 'act' as moderators may be warned.
d. Members should remember this board is available to a general audience. Posting pornographic or generally offensive text, images, links, etc. will not be tolerated and will lead to a warning.
e. Members are asked to respect the copyright of other users, sites, media, etc.
f. Members should respect the bandwidth of other users and sites. The use of inline ([img][/img]) image tags pointing to data stored on third party systems for which the user has not received permission to link to may be removed.
g. Members should post in a way which is consistent with 'normal writing'. That is users should not post excessive numbers of emoticons, large, small or coloured text, etc. Similarly users should not SHOUT or use excessive punctuation (e.g. ! and ?) in topic titles or posts. Users consistently abusing this will be warned.
h. The moderator reserves the right to edit or remove any post at any time. The determination of what is construed as indecent, vulgar, spam, etc. is up to the moderator and not users.
i. The above forum rules where applicable also apply to private messaging. Abuse of the private messaging system may lead to warnings (as above) and/or the revokation of private messaging.


2. Signatures

a. Signatures may contain up to five lines of text.
b. Links are permitted in signatures. Such links may be made to commercial ventures, etc. Links to offensive sites may be subject to removal.
c. Users abusing these rules will be warned.


3. Avatars

a. Users are permitted to link to one of their own (subject to previous points on misuse of bandwidth). User defined avatars are to be no larger than 90 pixels square, contain no image which attempts to portray the user as having an official status here (e.g. mimiking ranks or copying avatars of team members), may not exceed 6KB in filesize and have a consistently high availability (i.e. links to images on slow servers or those prone to failure may be removed).
b. Avatars are subject to the same conditions as posts with respect decency, etc.
c. Users abusing these rules will be warned and/or may lose their avatar privileges.

Heil mein Soul Fuhrer!

What will now be happening to out many friends called "guests - this will no longer be the home of those who feel they can hide behind the black screen. There will now be no home for those that can take the piss and point the crooked finger at the many who are different from themselves.

Sadness befalls me - goodbye my 'guest' friends - we will meet again

I guess there is always a way to create anonymity -

Anonymity - that means like secret squirrel

wat a good idea bro,wish id thought of it.lol

Back to Lee's site then