A Note From The Administrator

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WELCOME TO THE PEARL DRUMMERS FORUM!

Thank you for joining the PDF and hope you have a long stay here! Your contributions are what continue to make this the #1 drum forum on the net. There a few rules to follow so please read them and then start posting away!

Forum Rules

1) No profanity. Get your thoughts across without it please.

2) No personal bashing or attacks. Disagreements will happen but please keep it civil.

3) Pearl Corporation is not responsible for incorrect info or the contents of any message posted by any member other than the designated Pearl Forum in-house moderators/employees.

4) No advertising, spaming, or solicitations of any kind.

5) No selling. There are many other places online that specialize in selling.

6) By joining the PDF, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-orientated, pornographic, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws.

7) No threads discussing religion: some topics might be borderline, so post at your own discretion with this rule in mind. If the mods don't think it needs to be around, they can delete or close the thread at their discretion.

8) The mods are here to referee and they have the last say. Don't argue with them, don't question their actions. If they decide to delete or censor something, don't PM or start a "Bring Back The...." revolt thread, it's their decision.

9) The Chit Chat area might get a little rough, but respect each other and don't try and start any flame wars...play nice. Remember this is not the place to encite forum riots.

10) Discussing drug use or materials related to the use, transportation, or making of, shall be strictly prohibited.

11) No multiple accounts or account name changes. If it so happens that you are temporarily banned, DO NOT create a new account, this will only make your ban longer. Wait it out, go outside, plant a tree.

12) Any thread that requires excessive moderation because of continued rule violations will be closed. Anyone posting or starting a thread with links or photos that violate PDF’s existing rules will be banned.

12.5) Before venturing into the Chit-Chat portion of the PDF, please check out (http://www.pearldrummersforum.com/showthread.php?t=210989) the rules for that section... most are the same as above but a bit more detailed.

Failure to abide by the above rules can result in a member being suspended or banned depending upon the severity and/or number of occasions.

Moderators will be watching.


Thanks! :)

[SLIPKNOT1]

Since it seems many people have forgot one of the rules posted awhile back, here it is again:

Rule #2 states:

2) No personal bashing or attacks. Disagreements will happen, please keep it civil.

That applies to members AND artists. Any artist, whether they play Pearl or not are entitled to respect. You may dislike them but they are in most cases far more accomplished then most of the people here and have earned the right to be treated with respect. Comments like (Example) "Barker sucks", "Portnoy and dream theater are queer", "Peart blows" are not acceptable and will be deleted. If somone continues to make posts in violation of this rule, they will be suspended.

We are not saying you cannot express your dislike for a band or artist, what we are saying is make an intelligent post explaining your reasoning. (Example):

"I don't like Barker, i find his playing style boring and i hate the way his drums sound".

That is ok. You explain your reasoning and most importantly, you do it in an intelligent manner. If your not capable of doing that or are just too lazy, then say nothing or face the consequences.

I have talked to DOZENS of artists about coming on the forum and virtually all of them said (in one form or another) they had been on here looking and saw how immature and ignorant some of the people were towards artists that they felt uncomfortable. This has to change. If you want this forum to have more artists come on board and talk, many of you need to grow up and act like adults.

[SLIPKNOT1]

Since it was'nt clear and people are confused:

Cursing is NOT ALLOWED. It does'nt matter if its done with stars (Asterisks) or other cymbals. Your still implying the same thing.

Language filter or your own filters, do NOT curse. The posts will be deleted and if it continues you will be banned.

Whether you are banned or the post is deleted really comes down to your past record. If i see you curse and search your post history and find lots more cases of language issues, it will be a ban, if it's a one time thing or it happens VERY rarely, you may simply get a warning.