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1. Read the rules carefully before joining so you know what's involved and know that HF is the game for you.
2. If you have questions, first check the FAQ. If it's not here, please feel free to ask! We would much rather you ask a question than feel lost and accidentally break a rule or something. We don't bite!
3. Practice good netiquette-treat others as you would want to be treated-don't post in all caps. Proofread your posts somewhat-people tend to skip over poorly written stuff-act mature, HF is full of people 16+ and we expect you to act your age, not your shoe size.
4. Make sure to use emoticons when necessary. Since on the net, we can't see your facial expressions, or hear your tone, things can be misinterpreted and that's bad!
5. Just be nice-don't be patronizing, don't correct people unnecessarily...common courtesy, pretty much. Don't forget the handy dandy PM function on the boards...posts addressed to one person should be probably PMed.
6. Don't use chatspeak...everyone here is pretty capable of writing coherent sentences, and it's pretty hard to read a message like this "I lyke, jst bought 1 horse. Ive never owned ne horses b4".
7. Got a problem with something? Have suggestions? We recommend contacting one of the officers or posting on the questions forum. If a member is being rude, by all means, contact us, and we'd be happy to mediate.
8. Do not hotlink. PLEASE. It irritates the officers, decreases your credibility, and will get you and us in trouble, and that's no good.
9. We recommend having an instant messenger of sorts (AIM & MSN are the most commonly used ones). It's definitely not required-but then you can have fun talking with other HF members, and get immediate answers to your questions, oftentimes.
10. Have FUN!