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Use the search engine and read the site
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No necroposting except where allowed
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Use spoiler tags appropriately
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A record of previous rules and changes can be found here
The rules are a community project, discussion about the rules can be read here.
Last edited by Tempest on Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:28 am; edited 32 times in total
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