Sandbox Topic Guidelines [Read Before Posting]

[aero]

If you are planning to create a topic, the following should help you decide whether your topic belongs here and will lead to discussion or will be locked on sight. This is not a rules list, rather it is to help you decide if you should create a topic or not. On that note, the forum rules still apply and continued disregard of this sticky may cause you to earn warnings for, specifically, the "follow common posting habits" rule which is already in place.

1. [Follow the Forum Rules] - Simple enough, but when in doubt read the rules if you're not sure. The view count of the forum rules suggests that not everyone is even looking at them so it is recommended you do so.

2. [Avoid topics about you] - Generally topics requesting opinions of yourself, and how you're treated/your experience in the community lead to no discussions at best and arguments at worst.

3. [Avoid addresses to the community] - Topics that are made to announce a message, whether it be: an apology, coming, permanent leaving, complaints (sometimes these may belong in the SMBX.org forum), or useless information do not belong in the sandbox or any other forum. Topics dedicated to leaving also do not belong in the Introductions forum either as stated in the rules.

4. [Avoid video/image topics] - No discussion comes about when sharing videos or images in each post, and topics dedicated to that do not belong. Videos and images should aid the discussion not be the center of it.

5. [Do not make forum games] - They do not fall under the banner of discussion, and are not welcome in the Sandbox as they are (not always, but commonly) spammy.

Most topics that get locked usually go against these guidelines, so this should help out. Although these aren't rules, reports are still welcome if someone isn't following these guidelines.