GameDev.net Community Guidelines

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General Guidelines

Responsibility

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Content Removal

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Unless otherwise identified, please be aware that the content you post on public forums, articles, news, blogs, and other areas of GameDev.net is publicly accessible and indexed by search engines. It is also associated with your member account. This policy has made GameDev.net the great learning resource that it is today.

Account Deactivation

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Forum Guidelines

Posting

Cross posting the same topic in multiple forums is not allowed. Choose one forum that seems appropriate and a moderator will move it if necessary.

Do not bump topics excessively or too soon after the previous activity.

Advertising

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Project announcements can be posted in the Your Announcements forum, but we recommend developers use the Projects section.

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