Registration Terms
Overview:
The purpose of this forum is to enable members to have discussions about Minimates and their related franchises. To this end there are several guidelines to be followed by the members of this community. By your use of the board you agree to all rules and guidelines laid out below.
Forum Guidelines:
There is no charge for joining this Forum, however, we do insist that you abide by the rules and policies detailed herein.
This is a community of collectors, both experienced and inexperienced. The Minimate Multiverse is a place where it's okay to be yourself as long as you always act with respect for your fellow members as well as the forum staff.
Our goal will be to treat our members as we would wish to be treated if our situations were reversed. In return, we ask that you act here as you wish for your guests to act when invited to your home. You are not expected to leave your personality at the door. There are going to be topics and discussions that will have heated debates. Please think before you post and re-read what you type before you post it. Keep your comments limited to the debate at hand and do not make this a personal issue between you and another member.
There is tremendous diversity in age, race, gender, language, location (worldwide), and more here, and there will be a lot of varying opinions on different subjects. We're all human beings and we're all drawn to this site because we have common interest as toy collectors. The staff willingly listen to your suggestions and complaints and try to incorporate your ideas into the Board.
If you come across any violations to these guidelines or have any problems navigating the site, do not hesitate to let us know through the "Report" feature or the Private Messaging system. We'll be happy to address your concerns.
Here at the Minimate Multiverse, we encourage everyone to participate in and enjoy the Community while at the same time adhering to these Guidelines:
Be Welcoming!
When newcomers arrive, welcome them to our growing community. Many of our community's senior members are a wealth of knowledge and have much to share. Help new members learn about how to find information and resources, save time, and how to get involved in the Community. Always keep in mind that some members may be very young and will need to be treated with some patience. These are toys folks!
Be Courteous!
Don't attack others. Personal attacks on others will not be tolerated. Challenge others' points of view and opinions, but do so respectfully and thoughtfully... without insult or personal attack. Zero tolerance here.
Be Cautious!
Think before you post or speak: Do you really want to put your address or telephone number on a public discussion forum? We encourage you to keep personal information personal.
In the same vein, do not ask others to post personal information. Discussion forum posts that request members to publicly submit personal information to another party will be removed. Information that should be considered personal includes but is not limited to your home phone number, credit card information, and home address. If you must give this out for any reason, please do so privately.
Be Appropriate!
There may be places where explicit, obscene or vulgar language, graphics or behavior is appropriate, however the Minimate Multiverse is not one of those places. Posts containing explicit, obscene or vulgar language will be removed. Similarly, posts that solicit or offer explicit or X-rated GIFs, JPEGs or similar content files will be deleted without notice! Links to Websites with adult content/images anywhere on the site will be removed. Simply put, we do not wish to be seen as supporting any site that contains adult content - adult content being defined as any material that you would not feel comfortable showing to your spouse, your children, or your boss and co-workers. In other words, anything which is "NSFW" (not suitable for work). This represents our values and our desire to appeal to the widest possible audience. At this time, the Minimate Multiverse forum does not utilize a language filter to remove words, so please watch what you type.
Be Ethical!
The Minimate Multiverse's website, resources, articles and discussions are based on basic, appropriate professional ethical behavior. Unethical behavior: spamming, sharing pirated commercial software or movies, libel, making threats against other persons, cat juggling, and other illegal activites are completely inappropriate and will result in the loss of membership at The Minimate Multiverse. We also reserve the right to ban members convicted of illegal activities unconnected with the Minimate Multiverse forum if we feel that their presence poses a danger to other members or if it disrupts the normal activities of the site.
Any attempt to gain access to another account, or to exploit flaws in the software is forbidden.
Username Guidelines
When choosing a username for this forum, please be aware of the following guidelines:
-your username can be no less than 3 and no more than 26 characters long.
-your username many not contain any connotation of "MMMV", "Multiverse", "Admin", "Moderator", etc. These are reserved for staff.
-usernames that are vulgar, racist, sexist, or otherwise rude, are simply not allowed. The MMMV staff are the sole judges of what is acceptable and what is not. It is not up for debate.
-your username cannot intentionally contain that of another MMMV member.
-your username may not mock or directly insult another MMMV member.
-your username cannot be representative of an individual or organization, for which you are not. (example: you cannot use DiamondSelectToys as a username if you are not a representative of that organization).
Signature Guidelines
-The maximum number of lines allowed in a signature is 1.
-The maximum number of images allowed in a signature is 1.
-The maximum size of images allowed in a signature is 600x150 pixels, 50kb.
-Signature text should comply with our regular posting rules. No all-caps, no alternating caps, etc..
-ALL signature images should be safe for work/school material so everyone can view/post in all open topics without offense to others. The MMMV staff are the sole judges of what is acceptable and what is not. It is not up for debate.
-Signatures that are too long or obtrusive will be removed. This includes overly creative use of punctuation, color, etc. which make the signature too distracting.
-Signatures with just your username will be removed. Usernames are on the top of every post, so there's no need to have it in your signature too.
-No affiliate links! No links to retail websites or e-tailers that are not approved or already buying advertising.
If your signature is in violation of any of these new rules, the Staff may remove it without prior notice. If you have any questions as to whether something is acceptable, please PM a Staff Member.
Membership Information:
All membership information/contact information, must be accurate and correct. Using a fake/false email address or creating an account to impersonate someone else or creating multiple accounts is prohibited. Violation can result in loss of membership.
Post Your New Thread in the Appropriate Forum
Forums are categorized by topic. Read the descriptions of the forums and decide which is most appropriate before starting a new thread. If you start a thread in one of the Buzz forums and it disappears for no apparent reason, it was moved to a forum created specifically for topics of a similar nature or deleted, at our discretion. Users who habitually start threads in inappropriate forums may have their posting status changed to "moderated," and all of their posts will be held back until approved by a staff member.
No Cross-Posting
Do not post the same discussion more than once on a discussion forum or on many forums. Duplicate discussions are frustrating and counterproductive for other members, especially for those whose time and energy is limited.
Duplicate discussions will be deleted and a warning given.
No Advertising Spam
Do not heedlessly place your advertisements throughout the Discussion Forums. This will be considered SPAM and could result in the loss of your Minimate Multiverse Membership. Affiliate links are not allowed within the forums.
If you wish to promote a particular program then promote the program not your own affiliate tie with it. Retailers are not permitted to advertise their sites or products without permission from the site owners. Approved retailers have made arrangements with the site for the priviledges of advertising. Advertising revenue helps keep the site alive. Violation of these guidelines can result in a ban from the site.
Make no posts with 'Offical' label.
Unless you are staff or get permission from the staff, make no posts claiming to be "official" or sanctioned by the Minimate Multiverse. Doing so without permission may lead to your post being closed and/or deleted.
No Abuse of messenging systems (PM's, IM's, and email form)
Personal Messaging is provided to the members of the Minimate Multiverse as a service intended to enhance the Community experience. The purpose of personal messaging is to allow for discreet conversations to take place between members. This privilege is not to be abused! Solicitation, spamming, or harassment of any kind is strictly forbidden. Any member receiving an inappropriate personal message should forward that message to an Administrator or Moderator right away. Although PM's are normally only accessible by those who send and receive them, they are part of the database and as such, property of The Minimate Multiverse. An Administrator, if so inclined, could locate the Private Messages in the database and read them. They are private, but not necessarily secret. In addition, Private Messages are not intended to deprive the Community of valuable information or experiences which could benefit the entire group. Please do not use private messages if the content of the message can be helpful to others. Do not PM or email member-representatives of Art Asylum and/or Diamond Select, asking line-up specific questions, chances of a particular character being made, or about customer service related issues.
Competing Sites
The internet is a big place, and it's no surprise that from time to time a site will come along whose mission is to occupy the same niche as The Minimate Multiverse. We have no issue with that. However, it would be against our best interests, and therefore the best interests of our members, for us to allow such sites to build upon our popularity by promoting themselves on The Minimate Multiverse. Therefore, no competing site may attempt to gain traffic from The Minimate Multiverse in any way, including but not limited to, links in posts, signatures, profile information, PM's, emails, or IM's.
No Copyrighted Material
Information copyrighted or owned by any individual or entity other than the member should not be posted on the discussion forums or software libraries without the consent of the owner. If such an event occurs, the individual posting the information shall be held solely responsible. The Minimate Multiverse shall not be held responsible for member-posted information that may violate copyright law.
You cannot legally post entire articles or news in the forum without permission from the copyright holder. Even if you attribute the article correctly its still copyright infringement. Copyright law does not care if you make any money off of the work or not, what matters is if you hurt the potential income of the copyright holder. In this case you would be depriving them of ad revenue and it is illegal. Under Fair Use provisions you can legally post a small abstract of an article - or perhaps the opening paragraph. So if you want to post an article you should do this and include a link, or just post the link. The exception to this rule is press releases; press releases are meant for distribution and can be copied and distributed as much as you want. If you are not sure if you can copy something then always err on the side of caution and simply post a link to the material.
The Minimate Multiverse Discretion:
The Minimate Multiverse and its assigned agents reserves the right to remove a post which does not relate to the topic being discussed in the forum. In addition, the Minimate Multiverse reserves the right to organize discussion forums in order to best serve the majority of our members. For example, narrow-interest or minimal activity topics may, at the Minimate Multiverse discretion, be relocated to a more appropriate discussion forum, or deleted entirely. The Minimate Multiverse and its assigned agents also reserve the right to prohibit or delete discussions that are thought to violate applicable law or that may be harmful to other members, the sites that comprise the Minimate Multiverse or the rights of the Minimate Multiverse or others. That said, we cannot ensure prompt removal of offending discussion forum posts. We also reserve the right to remove your membership from you should you violate these Guidelines.
Considering the real-time nature of this bulletin board, it is impossible for the Minimate Multiverse staff to review all messages or confirm the validity of information posted. Please remember that Minimate Multiverse does not actively monitor the contents of all posted messages and is not responsible for any messages posted. The Minimate Multiverse does not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and is not responsible for the contents of any message. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of the Minimate Multiverse or any entity associated with the Minimate Multiverse. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by e-mail. The Minimate Multiverse has the ability to remove objectionable messages and will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if it is determined that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. In fact, we may not edit or delete posts that break our rules at all. We have many time constraints on us and cannot guarantee that we will be able to edit or delete posts that break the rules/user agreement. If you do not agree with this, then do not view or register for the Mego Museum. Although this Discussion Forum does not and cannot review the messages posted and is not responsible for the content of any of these messages, we at the Minimate Multiverse reserve the right to delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever. Do not restart or duplicate a thread that has been deleted, moved, or locked. The decisions of the moderators regarding these matters is not open for debate. Failure to accept and comply with the decisions of the moderators may result in loss of membership in this community. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Minimate Multiverse, IPB (the makers of the bulletin board software), and their agents with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s). We at this discussion forum also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or whatever information we know about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you.
Use of the site is at the discretion of the Administration of the Minimate Multiverse, and that any use may be terminated by the Administration at any time.
The Minimate Multiverse is a provider of an "interactive computer service". Postings on Minimate Multiverse are "provided by another information content provider" and not the Minimate Multiverse unless posted by the owner. The Minimate Multiverse is not the "publisher or speaker" of any posts in the discussion forums unless posted by the owner.
The user agrees as a condition of registering at the Minimate Multiverse to be truthful in regard to all information given during the registration process, to use the site as per the instructions, not to disclose his password to others for use, and that the site is granted license (permission) to use anything the user submits or posts to the site.
Privacy Policy
At the Minimate Multiverse we take matters of privacy very seriously. This is an outline of the information that the Minimate Multiverse gathers, how its used, and how you can opt out.
We invite you to contact us if you have questions about this policy. You may contact us by email at Privacy.
Logging Activity
Whenever you request a page through your browser data such as your IP address, browser and version, OS, date and time and the site from which you came are stored in a log file and/or database. Any search terms that you enter into the the Minimate Multiverse Site Search are also logged. This information cannot be used to identify specific individuals, and is only used for site administration, research and development, and anonymous user analysis. This information is kept on a secure dedicated server.
E-Mail
From time to time, the Administrators of this bulletin board may want to send you email notices. If you do not want to receive these notices, you may disable this option via your UserCP.
Your email address will not be disclosed to any third party.
Cookies
Cookies are a technology which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a website. A cookie is an element of data that a website can send to your browser, and which your browser may then store on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie. Doing this will allow you to decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept cookies or not.
Cookies on this site are used for storing login information, statistical site-traffic analysis, our ad management system, and occasionally by advertisers who use 3rd party ad serving solutions.
The information collected during the registration process for the Minimate Multiverse Community is used to contact members, customize content based upon user preferences, display member status, and display the date of a members last visit.
Information collected in this process can also be used to prevent banned users from re-registering under a different username. The e-mail address will only be seen by moderators and administrators if the "Keep your e-mail address viewable to other users when you post notes?" option is set to no. Cookies may be sent to your browser to enable automatic log-ins upon further visits, as well as for content customization.
Any data collected will be used by us and our agents.
Contact Us
If you have questions regarding our privacy policies, or require assistance in opting out of our email lists, please contact a staff member.