Remember when posting that these forums are for public viewing and should be kept "family friendly". As such, profanity and vulgarity is not acceptable, this includes by implication by using *** in place of the letters in such a word.

When responding to another poster, treat them as though they were standing in front of you and you were speaking in public to them. If you wouldn't say something to the person face to face, do not say it on the forum or in a PM to them.

Post your thoughts in the appropriate forum or topic. This allows the conversation that is a thread to flow rather than being derailed by off topic, or new topics, on posts. Likewise when considering starting a new topic, look to see if others have the same thoughts as you and post on the thread they started rather than start a new one.

Keep your signature file and images to a reasonable size. While we all like to display our creativity, large images in sig files only cause the forums to load slowly and take up space. Look at the size of other sig images and compare to your own for guidelines.

Show respect for others who post on the forums. Remember that the moderators, developers and other players are real people. While passion for Horizons is great, passionate attacks on the people who make Horizons, or are a part of this community, are not.