Community Standards

MindProbes considers itself to be rated "PG" and to be a safe environment for game players of any age.   The following is the small print as to what we feel is impermissible conduct.

You may not engage in conduct or communication while using Mindprobes.net which is unlawful or which restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying Mindprobes.net. You agree to use Mindprobes.net only for lawful purposes. You agree to abide by all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations. Any conduct by you that in Mindprobes' sole discretion restricts or inhibits any other Member, person or entity from using or enjoying Mindprobes.net or another service will not be permitted and shall entitle Mindprobes to immediately terminate your presence without notice.

Mindprobes reserves the right to terminate your presence if it determines in its sole discretion that you have engaged in any impermissible conduct. Mindprobes reserves the right to exercise whatever means it deems necessary to prevent unauthorized access to our service, including, but not limited to, technological barriers, IP mapping, and direct contact with your Internet Service Provider (ISP).

Set forth below by way of example, and not as a limitation, are some common examples of impermissible conduct, which may result in termination of your presence. This list is not exhaustive. Mindprobes reserves the right, but does not assume the responsibility, to restrict conduct which Mindprobes deems in its discretion to be harmful to individual Members, damaging to the community which uses Mindprobes.net, or in violation of Mindprobes' or any third party's rights. You acknowledge that communications over Mindprobes.net often occur in real-time, or may be posted on one of Mindprobes.net's newsgroups and Mindprobes cannot, and does not intend to, review, screen or edit every communication.

You may not post material or use Mindprobes.net to:

(1) harass, threaten, embarrass or cause distress, unwanted attention or discomfort upon another user of Mindprobes.net or other person or entity,

(2) post or transmit sexually explicit images or other content, which is deemed by Mindprobes to be offensive or harmful to minors,

(3) transmit any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, or otherwise objectionable Content, including but not limited to material based on a person's race, national origin, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disablement or other such affiliation, even if masked by symbols or other characters,

(4) cause the screen to "scroll" faster than other users are able to type to it, including but not limited to entering a set of random characters, repeatedly entering a carriage return or taking any action with a similar disruptive effect,

(5) impersonate any person, including but not limited to, an Mindprobes official or employee, an ICP or ICP official or employee, or a moderator, forum leader, guide or host, or communicate under a false name or a name that you are not entitled or authorized to use, in any form of online communication, including, but not limited to, Member names, Member profiles, voice, video, images, text or graphic chat and message postings,

(6) disrupt the normal flow of dialogue in a chat room or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users, individuals or entities, including but not limited to repeatedly interrupting conversation between Members, acting in such a way as to antagonize, harass or create hostility in a chat room, or making commercial postings, solicitations or advertisements,

(7) post or transmit chain letters, pyramid schemes, junk mail, spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise),

(8) violate any operating rule, regulation, procedure, policy or guideline of any other interactive service, or interfere with or disrupt networks connected to Mindprobes.net,

(9) intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law or regulation,

(10) modify any files that Mindprobes does not specifically authorize you to modify,

(11) knowingly distribute a virus, worm, Trojan horse, time bomb, cancelbot, or other destructive program,

(12) knowingly distribute software or content in violation of any license agreement,

(13) harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent,

(14) transmit, post, publicly display, perform, or use any material that may infringe the intellectual property rights or other rights of third parties, including trademark, copyright or right of publicity, without the express permission of the Rights holder,

(15) attempt to gain unauthorized access to Mindprobes.net, other member accounts, computer systems or networks connected to Mindprobes.net, through password mining or any other means, or

If you witness any conduct that violates Mindprobes' terms of conduct, Mindprobes encourages you to contact Mindprobes through any means described on the Web Site. If you believe that your copyright in any material has been infringed on the Mindprobes.net site, please notify us. Mindprobes will handle information you provide in its sole discretion, and does not guarantee any action based on such information.