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       |  Official Fido APOGEE Conference Rules - Updated Apr 2nd, 1997 |
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                           Conference Echotag: APOGEE
           Moderator: Joe Siegler, who can be reached via Netmail at
         1:124/9006, or via Internet E-Mail at joe.siegler@apogee1.com
This conference exists for the purpose of providing support for Apogee
Software, Ltd, the shareware game publisher.  Apogee's two divisions, 3D
Realms Etertainment and Pinball Wizards are valid discussions here, too.
Product support, bug reports, product announcements, and much more will be
posted/talked about in this conference.  This conference also serves as the
discussion conference for the Apogee FDN, which is carried on the Fido
Filebone.  If you are interested in getting the Apogee FDN on your BBS, grab
yourself a copy of FILEBONE.NA; it will have information on how to contact a
Filebone representative.  Failing that, you can ask your local Fido
administration on what their policy is regarding obtaining Filebone files.
Note: The following are not Apogee/3DR/PW games and are not valid topics of
discussion in this Conference:
Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen, Strife, Quake, Descent, Witchhaven, Tekwar,
Powerslave, Blood.  The last four can be peripherally talked about, as they 
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use our technology, but direct threads on them are off-topic.  If you wish to
talk about these games directly, please use the GAMING Fidonet Conference.
Conference Rules
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* No Personal Attacks or insults
     Please, don't go around insulting someone just because you don't agree
     with them.  If you feel you must argue with someone, argue the topic,
     don't insult someone.  Remember, that just because someone likes
     something you don't, it's no reason to insult them.
* No Vulgar Language
     This is a family network, so keep the dirty language out of the 
essages.
     Also, masking part of a word with other characters does not make it
     acceptable material for posting.
* Do not behave in a disruptive fashion
* No "TEST" messages
     Please do not use this conference for "test" messages, saying "This is a
     test, let me know if you get this".  There are other conferences for 
that,
     you don't need this one to do it in.  If you see one of these, DO NOT
     reply to them; as it's a further waste of bandwith.
* Don't over-quote
     Don't quote a whole bunch of text just to add something like "I agree",
     or an emoticon.  Fido echomail has to be paid for by a lot of people, 
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     only quoting the section you must in order to get your point across will
     be appreciated by a far lot more people than you think.  Please do not
     quote entire messages, with origin, tear, taglines.  In other words,
     say more than you repeat.
* Encryption
     Encryption, for any reason, is prohibited in this conference.  This also
     includes UUENCODED messages.  Please contact the moderator in Netmail
     first before posting UUENCODED messages/files.  The moderator reserves
     the right to post uuencoded messages here, but if you want to, you MUST
     check via Netmail first.
* Language
     English is the only language approved for use in this conference.  
ainly
     because the Apogee reps in this conference don't speak/read any other
     language, and we cannot answer foreign language messages.
* Stay on-topic
      All messages must ahere to the topic of the conference.  This means 
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      your messages must deal with Apogee Software.  This doesn't mean that
      they have to be 100% about Apogee.  Related topics such as comparing
      Apogee's Rise of the Triad features to some feature in id's Doom is OK.
      However, something like saying "How do I get by level 6 in Doom" is not
      ok.  Please try and keep messages from non Apogee games to a minimum.
      Several people carry this base solely for the Apogee product info, and 

      strive to keep it related to Apogee.
* Mind the Moderator
      There seems to be a trend these days to just wildly disregard topics, 
and
      just say whatever you want.  Please, try and keep on topic here, and if
      you do go off topic, you'll get a message from the Moderator.  
oderator
      messages are usually sent via Fido Netmail, accompanied by a message in
      the conference saying that you have Netmail coming. The Moderator 
doesn't
      like taking restrictive action against people, since it's a big pain in
      the butt to do things like that, but that type of action will be taken 
if
      you go wildly off-topic, and do not respect the wishes of the 
onference
      moderator.
* Gating the conference
      Permission is not granted to gate this conference anywhere without 
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      knowledge of the Moderator.  If you are interested in gating this
      somewhere, please drop the moderator a line via netmail.
There are no "free speech" and no "1st amendment rights" in Fidonet.  If you
don't believe this, grab yourself a copy of POLICY4.  POLICY4 is the current
official rules and regulations of Fidonet.  I recommend you read it, since it
contains much information that can avoid hassles and problems with Fidonet.
Since this is Fido Echomail, remember that there are no provisions for 
rivate
messages in this (or any other) conference.  If you want to send a private
message to someone, you must use a seperate conference called "Netmail".  If
you do not know what this is, ask your local SysOp for more information on
sending and receiving Fido Netmail.
That's pretty much it. If you have any questions or problems, send me some
Netmail.  Otherwise, sit back and enjoy meeting all sorts of interesting and
nice people. And above all, have fun.
Joseph M. Siegler
Fidonet APOGEE Conference Moderator
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