Lounge Lizard Rules

[Admin]

Welcome:

Hi Lounge Lizard, ………While you are visiting the lounge there are a few things to keep in mind.
There is always a Lounge Dragon watching and will ban you from using this forum with no questions asked so please follow the rules and regulations below. If you’re unsure of your posting please ask a Lounge Moderator or Brent.

You agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, adult material, or otherwise in violation of any International law. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless you own the copyright or you have written consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also forbidden on this forum.

Note that it is impossible for the staff or the owners of this forum to confirm the validity of posts. Please remember that we do not actively monitor the posted messages, and as such, are not responsible for the content contained within. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information presented. The posted messages express the views of the author, and not necessarily the views of this forum, its staff, its subsidiaries, or this forum's owner. Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify an administrator or moderator of this forum immediately. The staff and the owner of this forum reserve the right to remove objectionable content, within a reasonable time frame, if they determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, please realize that they may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. This policy applies to member profile information as well.

You remain solely responsible for the content of your posted messages. Furthermore, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the owners of this forum, any related websites to this forum, its staff, and its subsidiaries. The owners of this forum also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any other related information collected on this service) in the event of a formal complaint or legal action arising from any situation caused by your use of this forum.

You have the ability, as you register, to choose your username. We advise that you keep the name appropriate. With this user account you are about to register, you agree to never give your password out to another person except an administrator, for your protection and for validity reasons. You also agree to NEVER use another person's account for any reason. We also HIGHLY recommend you use a complex and unique password for your account, to prevent account theft.

After you register and login to this forum, you will be able to fill out a detailed profile. It is your responsibility to present clean and accurate information. Any information the forum owner or staff determines to be inaccurate or vulgar in nature will be removed, with or without prior notice. Appropriate sanctions may be applicable.

Please note that with each post, your IP address is recorded, in the event that you need to be banned from this forum or your ISP contacted. This will only happen in the event of a major violation of this agreement.

Also note that the software places a cookie, a text file containing bits of information (such as your username and password), in your browser's cache. This is ONLY used to keep you logged in/out. The software does not collect or send any other form of information to your computer. We want you to show good manners and no profanity. Personal attacks, or insulting comments will be immediately deleted. If you for some reason cannot express your thoughts without some type of swear word, then use the cartoon like: !#$%~, no letters may be included at all. This includes your username; please keep it clean and in good taste. Finally, registering under multiple usernames is prohibited.

Members found to be using more than one account will be permanently banned and with no notice given. If using two accounts, both accounts will be banned, if three, then all three, etc. There is no reason to be registered under more than one name and we Do Not allow blatant Advertisements to be included in your signature and you may place your website address or E-mail address as part of your signature as long as it is not written like an advertisment and you do not have a Forum, magic Shop or selling any Magic Tricks, related, ripped off or siomilar to, ANY products The Vanishing Rabbit Magic Shop is selling attached to your site. If a moderator finds this is the case your signature will be edited without reason and you may be banned from the forum for at least 2 weeks.

Exposure & Passwords:

The blatant exposure of magic tricks is seriously prohibited. This includes partial secrets, methods, Youtube Videos which expose and any website with information about HOW TO.......

Advertising:

Should you register and then post a blatant ad and leave, you can be sure that your post will be removed. In addition, folks who join The Vanishing Rabbit Lounge and start making posts or sending private messages asking members to join their Forum, Magic Organization, Profit or Non Profit, user group, message board, Magic School, Convention etc. will have those posts removed and are at risk of being banned.

This is a service for Vanishing Rabbit Customers as a meeting place for entertainers, not a free advertising service for your website, Convention, Forum, Magic Organization, Profit or Non Profit, user group, message board, or Magic School. You may have your own product that you wish to sell and We do have advertising space available for a minimal Fee Just ask Brent for a rate card.

Please do not ask anyone here for Passwords to the restricted forum, or for answers to skill testing questions.

Secrets:

Please do not ask for secrets to the workings of tricks and or effects. Buy the trick, book, or DVD like everyone else. If you need help with a trick, email or private message the individual.

Members may not use The Vanishing Rabbit Magic Lounge in any way or for any purpose that is threatening, harmful, or invasive of the rights of others; including spamming, sending chain letters, pyramid schemes, junk mail, unsolicited advertising or bulk e-mail; or otherwise in any way or for any purpose that is damaging, offensive, or that creates a nuisance. Members who violate this policy risk being permanently banned!

SPECIAL NOTE: Occasionally members may receive announcements or special offers via private message from The Vanishing Rabbit Magic Shop regarding magical products or events which we feel may be of interest to our magical members. If the message does not interest you, delete it.

Lounge Access / Privacy:

Membership to The Vanishing Rabbit Lounge is a privilege, not a right. Remember that this is a private website. We reserve the right to refuse membership and or access to The Vanishing Rabbit Lounge forums to anyone, and at any time with no reason given. The Vanishing Rabbit Magic Shop/Lounge will store a few details about you while you are using these forums. The VRMS Lounge administrator takes all reasonable steps to insure that no unauthorized access to the information is granted. Please know that The Vanishing Rabbit Magic Shop/Lounge does not give or sell any of our members private information, this includes email addresses.

If you feel you have written a post in error, please contact one of the VRM Lounge Dragons and kindly explain why you wish your post removed. While this does NOT guarantee that said posting in question will be removed, we will consider each case on an individual basis.

Any posts that are incomplete, hard to read, has spelling mistakes, poor grammar or hard to understand will be pulled immediatly. PLEASE DON'T WASTE OUR TIME

POSTING REMINDERS

For respect to the Vanishing Rabbit Magic Shop, Brent and All employees, you will not be able to Post any links to other Magic shops, Brick and Mortar, or the Online Shops, I have a number of undercover moderators in this forum and your post will be pulled immedatley. You may however PM others to tell them you saved $5.00 elsewhere. I have no control over that but still the undercover moderators will be PM ing me to tell me who you are and where you shop for magic.

When you sign your name, if you OWN or HAVE any kind of a magic store, shop, warehouse, Online Magic shop, Forum, and sell magic products or have a magic store link on your current website, it will be pulled from the forums and changed for your name only.
If your posting Videos on Youtube for this forum and you have a link to your store or website that offers a store, embedded anywhere within the Video it will also be pulled and you will not be able to use this forum.

I do encourage you to chat, talk, and use all information on this forum, That why it's here. It's a place created for you to talk to other magicians about MAGIC and not where to save a few dollars. Funny how it's the ABC online Magic shop shoppers that I see in my shop asking me to show them how to do a particular trick that they bought from ABC online shop, sorry your on your own.

Thanks for your understanding I don't think that this is an unreasonable request. Enjoy this forum

- The Vanishing Rabbit Owner and it's 2 Employees. (Heck we LOVE our Jobs and want to keep them)



Getting Banned:

What does getting banned actually mean?
A look at the dictionary provides this simple description;
BANNED - To prohibit or forbid, especially by official decree.
The above is pretty self explanatory, but how does this action apply to Lounge members? If for some reason you become banned, you will be unable to access/login to this site and participate in the forums.

Do not fear that a simple and honest mistake will somehow get you booted from the site. While we fully expect you to adhere to the rules and policies that you agreed to follow when you joined, we do understand that mistakes can and do occur from time to time.

Please know that banning is normally initiated only as a last resort. When a member violates a rule or policy, our staff makes a sincere effort to give said member a written warning either in a private message (PM) or via email.
If the offending member continues to violate the rules and policies, generally a second warning is given. Should the member ignore these warnings, a ban is then initiated.

The only exception to sending a warning might be in an extreme case, such as someone joining the site with an obvious agenda of causing trouble (ex, internet trolls posting nonsense posts, or perhaps a new member registering under a username that is either pornographic, offensive or otherwise indicates they have no serious intention of contributing to our magical community).