WELCOME TO THE GATES TO HELL
_DO NOT BREAK OUR CODE OF SIN-ANONYMITY

To ensure the smooth running of the site make sure you read the rules, respect our rules and that of any trackers. SIN is not about invites it’s a community of trusted friends. At SIN we share knowledge, experiences, tutor and help each other, which in turn makes our members (sinners) more knowledgeable and experienced torrenters.
Basic Rules.
Disobeying any of the rules or guidelines will generally get you in trouble. In minor cases, you will probably receive a Warning. In more serious cases you might get disabled. To avoid this, please do read the following rules.
NOTE: You will only get one Warning! After that, it's bye- bye Sinner !!

• SORRY ENGLISH LANGUAGE ONLY IN FORUM...............

• TRADERS, SCAMMERS, COLLECTORS & INVITE SELLERS ARE NOT Welcome AT SiN

Our site is invite only and we don't allow our members to post our site’s URL or discuss SIN in public please report anyone doing so.

• Changing your email to a fake email will get your account disabled by system .

• SiN IS NOT AND INVITE GIVEAWAY SITE - SiN users arent allowed to post such threads anywhere on our forums posting such threads will get you banned.
(we only allow tracker recruitment, anons special giveaways and tracker requests see further on in rules for more info)

• No trading/selling of accounts or unauthorised Invite giveaways. Do not link or otherwise promote torrent-trading sites. These links will be removed and you will be banned / and reported to other trackers and sites. Invite Collectors are not welcome at SiN either.

• No account giveaways allowed.

• Spam will lead to BAN. USE THE SIN THANK YOU BUTTON
Oh by the way Spamming to get into invite sections doesn't work at sin we search your posts first.



• When signing up for any trackers you are invited to through SiN always check with inviter if you are wanting to use your SiN nick.

• NO DISCUSSING OF TRACKER LEVELS AT SIN. (This is a practice we deplore, and only makes us think your a trader or collector)

• All links to external URLS should be posted using the SecureURL button, this can be found at the top of the post text box , this feature is for your own security and that of the sites. If you post a link without this feature then your post will be deleted, remember to say what the link is for example below.
THE PS3 NATION


• Do not post illegal or offensive pictures nor post offensive threads.

WHERE POSSIBLE ONLY USE SIN IMAGE HOST PLEASE or PHOTOBUCKET.(Please not Tiny Pic and Imageshack are banned at SiN )

IMAGES SHOULD ONLY BE HOSTED AT IMAGE HOSTS THAT HAVE THE PRIVATE OPTION LIKE PHOTOBUCKET . ANY LINKS THAT HAVE BEEN HOSTED THROUGH COPYING THE URL FROM ANOTHER WEBSITE WILL RESULT IN THE POST BEING DELETED AND ULTIMATELY THE SiNNeR BEING BAND NO EXCUSES.
SEE HERE FOR APPROVED IMAGE HOSTS.


• We do NOT tolerate racism, prejudice, sexism or any other kind of hatred anywhere at SiN.
VERY IMPORTANT IF YOU COME HERE TO ANNOY PEOPLE BY CONTINUOUSLY FLAMING THEIR THREADS, BEING DISRESPECTFUL TO FELLOW MEMBERS AND STAFF IN FORUMS OR IRC WE WILL JUST BAN YOU (We don’t tolerate childish behaviour.) If we are to achieve a forum of worldwide friends then people like this are no asset to our community.
(No aggressive behaviour or flaming in the forums IRC or chatbox If a user asks a "noob" question then help them or point them in the right direction.)

• NO double posting if you wish to post again, and yours is the last post in the thread please use the EDIT function located near the top right of your post.
( Bumping is only allowed every 7 days. )
Make sure to search your topic before starting new threads; similar threads will be deleted.

• VERY IMPORTANT WE WILL NOT TOLERATE ANYONE RECRUITING PEOPLE FROM SIN TO JOIN INVITE SITES , THIS INCLUDES INVITING PEOPLE IN PMS IN IRC OR FORUMS IF WE CATCH ANYONE DOING THIS IT WILL BE IMMEDIATE BAN ( just to be clear this means any bt forum type sites even secret ones )

• Your post should be as informative and detailed as possible. Anything not up to standard will be deleted or removed without Warning.
(Try to stay on topic at all times.)

• Do not create more than one account. Creating more than one account will result in both your account being disabled. ( our script contentiously checks ips)

• THE WRITING IN RED IS FOR ADMIN AND MODERATORS ONLY USING THIS COLOUR WILL RESULT IN WARNING POINTS BEING ADDED.

• Please ensure all new topics are posted in the correct section!

• No advertising, merchandising or promotions of any sort are allowed in the forums.

• No porn allowed or links to porn sites. (Some soft porn is allowed in the adults only section SINNERS INN pubes know boobs)

• Begging for invites or attempting to trade in the form of PMS on board or IRC is strictly prohibited please report anyone doing so to SIN staff.
( for example if someone new comes along and starts pming you about certain trackers in irc or forum then probably he is doing same to others so don't turn a blind eye to it he or she is probably some sort of scammer staff will treat your information in strictest confidence and youll be helping to keep our site secure. )

• Never use your signature to ask for invites or advertise other sites.

• Lurkers are not Welcome at SIN you need to make a post within 48hrs of registration or your will be banned. In addition if you are not actively participating within the community on a regular basis then your account will be in jeopardy. (also see rule at the bottom of page concerning account pruning)
(its always a good idea to help the new person you invited to avoid this as being the new guy can be scary )

• Maximum image width in posts is 800 pixels. ( If your image is larger simply use the [800img][/800img] bbcode to resize the image in your post .)

• Avatars the allowed formats are .gif, .jpg and .png. Be considerate. Resize your images to a width of 150 px x 250 px length and a size of no more than 300 KB. Larger images will just waste bandwidth and CPU cycles.
Host your image on a freely accessible site, do NOT host on a site that requires login to view the image. Do not use potentially offensive material involving religious material, racial hatred/prejudice, animal / human cruelty or ideologically charged images. Mods have wide discretion on what is acceptable: if in doubt PM a staffer.

ADMINS WORD IS FINAL DO NOT ARGUE OR YOU WILL BE BANNED.


SPECIFIC RULES.

SiNNeRs GALLERY

RULES.
  • NEVER USE OUR IMAGES ANYWHERE ELSE BUT HERE AT Sin HOTLINK PREVENTION IS ACTIVATED SO IF YOU DO THE SYSTEM WILL LOG YOUR IP AS WELL AS THE IMAGE BEING REPLACED WITH A WARNING MESSAGE AND YOUR IP WILL BE LOGGED. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INSTANT BAN FROM SiN. NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE WILL BE MADE TO ANYONE.
  • MAXIMUM IMAGE SIZE FOR GALLERY IS 800 PIXELS WIDE
  • ALLOWED FORMATS ARE: .PNG .JPEG AND .GIF
  • DONT SPAM THE GALLERY WITH IMAGES THAT AREN'T TO BE USED FOR FORUM POSTS THESE WILL JUST BE REMOVED.
  • POST YOUR IMAGES IN THE CORRECT SECTION OF THE GALLERY.
  • THE RATING SYSTEM AND COMMENT SYSTEM SHOULD NORMALLY ONLY BE USED FOR COMPETITION GALLERY'S. OCCASIONALLY THE STAFF WILL ADD THESE SPECIAL GALLERY'S.
  • ALL NORMAL FORUM IMAGE RULES STILL APPLY HERE SO NO HARDCORE PICTURES, RACIST IMAGES, AND PICTURES WITH CHILDREN OR ANY INFLAMMATORY IMAGES. USE THE REPORT BUTTON TO REPORT ANY OFFENSIVE MATERIAL.

SPECIAL GIVEAWAYS - INVITE REQUESTS - TRACKER RECRUITMENT & SEEDBOX GIVEAWAYS.

If you came to Sin just to get Invites then you came to the wrong place. Spamming the board to get access to SPECIAL AREAS wont work at SiN we review each users posts and activities before upgrading your access to Invites and the final decision on whether you are trusted is up to staff.
See here for information about specific usergroups criteria for accessing the special forums :


*The staff at SiN will not be held responsible for seedbox giveaways posted, but we will do our best to protect you please make sure to respect the trackers rules. The staff at Sin have done their part by asking members to fill in applications before joining, we check all the users profile links supplied and if they are okay they get invited to Sin as you are all aware, but this is by no means a guarantee that they are reputable.

GENERAL RULES FOR SPECIAL AREAS (COMMON SENSE)

  • Do not trade/giveaway accounts or invites from anons special invites you got here. If you break this rule - you will be banned immediately.
  • DO NOT POST YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS OR YOU WILL BE WARNED / BANNED.
  • Wait until you are asked then PM the poster your email address.
  • Do not PM unless asked.
  • Remember to keep a trackers name secret if that's their wish; rather, use the abbreviation.
  • Don’t request for a tracker / seedbox if you don't need it or your not going to use it.
  • Givers should contact SiN staff if this occurs and this rule breach will be taking most seriously.
  • SiN IS NOT AND INVITE SITE - SiN users arent allowed to post such threads anywhere on our forums posting such threads will get you banned.
  • We deplore bad manners in the special areas its costs nothing to say please or thankyou
  • ALWAYS REMEMBER TO USE THANKYOU BUTTON AND GIVE THEM THEIR KARMA
  • Do not jump on every freebie going we will just loose all respect for you and so will the other members try to show restraint and forum etiquette " GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT " and believe me Ive seen everything is possible here at sin even the impossible .

ANON / SEEDBOX GIVEAWAYS & TRACKER RECRUITMENT .
To access these areas you must be a member of BLOOD BROTHERS GROUP (or a higher ranked group.) See here for more details on how to join these groups


  • SiN ANON SPECIAL GIVEAWAYS.
    These are special invites posted by SiN anon these invites are gathered from Elite , Sin Illumantti and SiN Staff but if you have something you think might be special please contact SiN Staff make sure to abide by the rules posted in any anon giveaway thread .
  • TRACKER RECRUITMENT
    To make a topic in this area you need to be a member of the SiN IMMORTALS GROUP. or THE FRATERNITY these members are tracker recruitment members and to apply to join send the relevant information to SiN Staff.
    Your Thread should preferably contain some good detail about the site , there rules should be clear to avoid any misunderstanding.( use screen-shots where possible to enhance and sell your tracker )

    SiNNeRs should make sure to act responsible if they decide to join one of these trackers , remember your not only representing yourself at these trackers you might join through the sin tracker recruitment but your also and more importantly representing SiN when you join them . In an nutshell let them down then you let us down and its bye bye from SiN to .
  • Seedbox and Misc. Giveaways.
    In this area we allow users ranked HELLS BLOOD GROUP or higher to giveaway seedbox use , megaupload access , ftp share , rapid share accounts and any other goodies.
    Before posting in this area you must contact a member of SiN Staff for approval we will then advise you what to do next .
    Posts should have clear defined rules and terms in this area to avoid in confusion.
    Sinner should make sure they use Karma please and thankyou in this special area .
    Sinners that just jump on everything here will expect to be contacted by SiN Staff and my have there access from these areas revoked if we feel there only here for freebies .

DEMON DREAMS INVITE REQUESTS.

To post here you must be ranked BLOOD BROTHER group or higher.
See here for more details on how to join this group


THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE REQUESTS YOU CAN HAVE DEPENDS ON YOUR USERGROUP.
  • BLOOD BROTHERS ..... 1 ACTIVE REQUEST.
  • HELLS BLOOD ..... 2 ACTIVE REQUESTS.
  • ELITE SINNERS ..... 3 ACTIVE REQUESTS.
  • FRATERNITY ..... 3 ACTIVE REQUESTS.
  • IMMORTALS ..... 3 ACTIVE REQUESTS.
  • ILLUMANTTI ..... 5 ACTIVE REQUESTS .

MISC RULES OF REQUESTS .
  • You should give a detailed reason why you want the tracker. (remember the more detailed the greater chance you may have of fulfilling your request).
  • When your request is filled contact staff to close your thread.
  • SPAMMING requests will result in a Warning.
  • Being dishonest in requests will land you in serous trouble don't lie about any problems you've had in past cause liars are always banned for SiN.
  • Do not request a tracker you've been disabled from in past without disclosing this in your thread , this even includes for inactivity.
  • Use the relevant abbreviations for any secret trackers .
  • Make sure to give Karma and request staff rep, for fulfilled dreams .


SILENT THANKYOU



This section is for posting a thank you for a special invite you received from a fellow SiNNeR. This refers to special Invites given in ANON giveaways or in private on IRC and for when you feel you need to really show your appreciation to the inviter and/or SiN.

Section Rules

1. Always discuss with a member of staff and your inviter before posting here.
2. You should not post the invitees name here (Call the inviter ANON) unless you’ve been given special Permission.
3. Do not name the tracker (call it a special place or something like that) unless you’ve been given special Permission.



POSTING TRACKER REVIEWS.

ALWAYS HAVE PERMISSION OF TRACKER BEFORE POSTING REVIEW

The staff will always remove reviews as quickly as we possibly can, that we feel are in blatant contradiction to a trackers rules . SiN is not responsible for what our members post, but will freely give ips to trackers if a Sinner crossed the line in this matter after all we are here to support trackers not cause trouble for them!!

More details here on exact tracker review rules read before you post.


SiN IRC Rules

WE WOULD URGE ALL SiNNERS TO USE SiN IRC ITS THE BEST WAY TO MEAT NEW FRIENDS AND GAIN THE TRUST OF OTHER SiNNERS


The basic points
see here for guide about using irc with a client..

  • The channel address and network is private and should never be given to non members of SiN.
  • NO TRADING as per site rules.
  • NO Invite Giveaways .
  • No Invite requests.
  • Our IRC #channel password must be kept secret.
  • No linking to porn sites due to the varied age groups in IRC.
  • +V is a privalge only for for SiN Illumantti dont ask staff for +v but it can also be bought in SiN Bazzar

Full Rules
-Name Registration:
You must register your site nick at the IRC, (Check the guide for IRC or ask a member for help if you are insure how to register) Unregistered or none sin users will be kicked or banned.
If you decide that you want to imitate another member, or a member of staff, this will also earn you a ban from SIN itself. To put things simply, use the username that you signed up to SIN with.

-Defamation
The posting of any material that is defamatory, illegal, abusive, harassing or threatening is not permitted. Please use common sense when socializing, don’t be a fool.

-Languages
Our primary language is English, and we require that everyone in the main channel should use this language to communicate.

-Advertising:
Promoting other invite sites in the IRC channel is not permitted whatsoever. The advertising of other channels other than official SIN related channels is also not permitted. You will earn yourself an IRC ban, or worse.

-Staff
If you decide to be rude to a member of staff then it is likely to result in an instant ban from the room. Our staff use their own free time without pay to help people, if you have an issue with any member of staff, then please contact one of our Administrators through the website.

-Privacy
Do not breach an individual’s privacy by asking questions that one may consider private, if they want you to know more about themselves, then they will tell you. If you are provided with such information, do not spread it against that member’s will. Never post your email address on the IRC.

-Private Messages
Please use our forum resources to find the answers to your issues. Do not PM or /msg a staff member for an answer that can be found in the forum. Remember that it is illegal to /query or PM any member or staff without explicit permission to do so.

-Racism, Religion, Bullying.
Conversations that contain such issues will cause you to be inflicted with a ban from our channels. Do not discuss subjects that are likely to end up with flaming of one sort or another. We are a constructive community, not destructive.

-Warez
Asking for or providing information on how to illegally obtain copyrighted goods is strictly forbidden. Providing information on how to bypass or crack registration protection is not allowed.

-Spam/Flooding
Do not post identical messages, meaningless messages or messages that take up more than 4 lines of the channel.

-Cloning
Cloning is quite simply the connection of multiple clients from a Single IP Address or Host. When you are using IRC, you should not have any clones active. You only need one representation of yourself to come and talk with us, and quite often will find yourself banned from the whole network if you try and clone yourself, which we have no power over.
If you ping from the server, and you try to reconnect to it, the server may give you an error message asking you to change your nick because it is already in use. You don't need to reconnect using a different nick, instead you should type the command /ns ghost nick pass which will remove your ghost from the server, allowing you to use your original nick.

-Malicious Activity
Attempting to crack, hack, D-DoS Attack or any other type of malicious activity that has an inhibitive effect on the channel is considered illegal and will be punished. This includes the use of DCC for improper usage when interacting with other members.

-Scripts
We do not allow users to implement scripts or bots when inside our channel as such a privilege would spiral out of control.

-Issues with other individuals
If you have any problems with other users, contact a channel operator (@) or (~) by private message. They will then act at their sole discretion and take appropriate action. Abide by the rules of PMing (above) or you may suffer the wrath of staff yourself.

-Miscellaneous
Upon entering the channel, make sure you read the title. It is there for your benefit, and often contains important information
Resist the temptation of asking to be opped or half op’d. Only SiN staff and trusted users are granted these ranks.

You should resist all temptations of:
# Nagging or pestering individuals, especially Operators (@)
# Shouting (typing everything with Caps Lock enabled)
# Being repetitive
# Acting in a disruptive nature

--Ranking
~ = Site Owners -
@ = Admin -
% = Half Operator – Lower ranking members of staff who have restricted control of the channel.
+ = Voice – Trusted members of SIN.
Failure to comply with these basic rules can result in a Warning, kick, ban, permanently banned or in the worse case banned from Sin.

Chatbox Rules
Please respect people in the chatbox and read these rules failure to do so may result in temporary ban /permanent ban from the site.
General site rules also apply and just remember its on public view .


  • Trades and requests of INVITES are prohibited in chat box----->important
  • Chat box works in all browsers.
  • No Spam No PORN
  • Secure URL BB should be used when posting links
  • No Flame Wars. No fighting either.
  • When a Forum mod tells you to do something in the chat, you are to obey them as you would in the forum.
  • Respect Forum Mod's & Admins & All the SITE rules.


STAFF REP. ,THANKYOU BUTTON & KARMA.

STAFF REP. AND KARMA IS SET AT 666 THE NuMbEr OFf ThE BeAsT SO DON'T GIVE KARMA TO STAFF A SIMPLE THANK YOU IS ALL THAT'S NEEDED.
REP. KARMA AND SCORE CAN BE REMOVED BY STAFF IF YOUR IN BREACH OF SITE RULES


STAFF REP.

  • THIS IS A REP GIVEN TO USERS IN RECOGNITION OF COMMUNITY SPIRITED ACTIVATES.
  • DO NOT ASK FOR STAFF REP OR MOAN ABOUT NOT GETTING. IT’S AN HONOUR TO GET IT AND SHOWS HOW LOYAL YOU'VE BEEN TO SIN.
  • YOU CAN ALSO GAIN STAFF REP. IN CERTAIN SPECIAL THREADS (JUST LOOK OUT FOR THEM).
  • FOR EVERY 10 KARMA YOU EARN YOU CAN REQUEST ONE STAFF REP.
See here for details.


KARMA.

KARMA is for Sinners to award karma points to each other, for a invite or good post or helping you.
GIVING KARMA TO ASSISTANT & FULL ADMINS IS NOT PERMITTED.

YOU NEED X AMOUNT OF POSTS TO GIVE KARMA (WE ARE NOT TELLING YOU THE NO. OF POSTS SO YOU DONT SPAM TO GET THIS FUNCTION)

YOU CAN ONLY GIVE 1KARMA EVERY 8 HOURS.

WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE GIVE KARMA ICON YOU WILL BE ASKED TO GIVE A REASON MAKE SURE ITS A GOOD ONE OR WE WILL REMOVE THE KARMA

ALL USERS CAN VIEW EACH OTHER’S KARMA COMMENTS.

ABUSING THE KARMA SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN THIS FUNCTION BEING REMOVED FROM YOUR PROFILE


WARNINGS.

WE HOPE NOT TO USE THIS TO OFTEN BUT IF YOU RECEIVE ONE IT’S YOUR LAST CHANCE SiNNeRs

WARNINGS CAN BE VIEWED IN THE USERS PROFILES BY GROUPS WITH THE APPROPRIATE PERMISSIONS


INVITES TO SIN

  • ANYONE YOU INVITE WILL STILL NEED TO FILL IN THE QUESTIONNAIRE AND PROVIDE PROFILE LINKS.

  • Invites are given out only to trusted members .
  • If you try to invite someone that was banned from Sin in the past you will be banned to.
  • Always use your invites wisely.
  • You are responsible for the people YOU invite. If you continuously invite people that break rules then we will revoke all your invites.
  • NO advertisement of invites on other sites and their forums. We are a private community. People who offer their invites publicly on other sites will be banned without Warning.
  • Only invite people you trust, or suffer the consequences.



THESE RULES ON INVITES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE SO ALWAYS CHECK .



ACCOUNT PRUNNING!!!

Account pruning will be a monthly occurrence.
What does this Mean?
The staff will look through all accounts on a case-by-case bases. Anyone that has not posted an intro and a few other posts of any substance will be marked as a lurker you will then receive a message giving you 10 days to improve, also users using fake email accounts will also be marked in this way too. After 10 days we will review your account and if everything is okay you will be re-instated as a registered user. You will need to re-apply to join full access groups. If you haven’t improved, your account at SiN will be terminated and your ISP range banned. The disablement of your account will be permanent , this procedure will take place on a monthly basis and just cause you've been active in past doest mean that your safe from this.
Do not contact the staff with your excuses we wont listen and it wont help you, the only person that can help is yourself by being active and being a community player. (logging in and lurking does n0t mean your active) It only takes a few minutes of your time to stay active nothing in comparison to the time, hard work and effort the staff made in making Sin possible.
Account pruning will be a monthly occurrence.
  PLEASE IGNORE THIS MESSAGE IF YOUR AN ACTIVE POSTER ON SiN.  
  • IMMORTALS ARE FREE FROM ACCOUNT PRUNING.
  • ELITE SINNERS ARE FREE FROM ACCOUNT PRUNING BUT CAN BE DEMOTED DUE TO INACTIVITY .
  • SiN ILLUMANTII ARE FREE FROM ACCOUNT PRUNING BUT CAN BE DEMOTED DUE TO INACTIVITY .


AVATARS.
We encourage everyone to have an avatar it is part of a great community.

  • Avatars should be resized to 150 x 200 pixels exactly.
  • Use an approved image host
  • No animated avatars of 300kb or greater unless prior permission has been given to you by and admin .
  • You can request an avatar to be made  Or choose from a stock avatar to be customized 
* If you are stuck the staff are always on hand to help.
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