We hate to be a stick in the mud, but it’s time to get serious for a second and lay down the laws for this site. By accessing this site and any of its content, you fully agree to all of these rules. So basically, if there was a rule that said that if you look at even one byte of this site, we get your house, you’d pretty much have to move out next week, whether you read the rules or not. But since we're not that evil, you don’t need to worry about anything like that, unless we're in a bad mood. Anyway, here are the rules:

Contact Rules
Now we know you're eager to log onto Hotmail and send us a message, be it praise, criticism, or anything else we'll only read if we like, so it's time explain the ground rules. If you send any sort of message, you agree to the following rules, lest the fiery wings of Ixpax burn your house down with your family in it, or we make fun of you. So listen up.

Who to Contact
It's a pretty simple system. For any comments, questions, or concerns about Pocky Box itself, e-mail the webmaster (that’s Chris Zasada, for our special friends). For comments, questions, or concerns about the actual content, please direct those to the respective author, because the webmaster doesn't want to deal with the strenuous work of forwarding the damn message. If you find a spelling, grammar, or any kind of error in any of the pieces, please contact the webmaster so it can get fixed. Don't bother the author with these problems, because rest assured said author will be getting it from the webmaster with prejudice. Or bug them anyway. What could it hurt?

Rules
As a general rule, send all messages with the subject line "Pocky Box" somewhere in there or the spam filter might put the smack down on your message. It helps if you put "Question," "Comment," or something to that effect up there too, just to keep things simple. Keep in mind that all e-mail will be archived and we reserve the right to use messages in any way on the site, so if you want to say something really stupid, think twice. On second thought, go ahead and send your stupid mail; we could use a good laugh.

We welcome all comments, even if they aren't so positive. Keep in mind that thoughtful constructive criticism is the best way to get your point across. Those who resort to threats and name calling just don't get the job done. In fact, it just solidifies our opinion that other people are morons, so it doesn't help the cause. And we suppose it should go without saying, but to cover all the bases, if we do get any sort of threat that we perceive as genuine and severe, your e-mail will be reported to your ISP, at least. Some of the topics here are controversial, yes, but that's what the First Amendment is all about, and if a few fanatics think that we are hiding behind it, they should simply take a look at whose skirt they are hiding under. Let's be intelligent human beings here, those are the type that we and the rest of the world are going to respect. Take it easy and let's have a good time!

While we appreciate and encourage our readers contributing to the site, please don't send any random thing. Of course, contest attachments are acceptable, and if you want to contribute something to one of our features, that's good too. If you can post whatever you want us to see on web space some place, that's the best. As a rule of thumb, ask before you send. And don't send anything illegal; the government is already far too onto us...

DO NOT send chain letters, or we will kill you. Same for spam; it tastes awful.

In conclusion, e-mail us as you would want to be e-mailed, and we'll get along great! Looking forward to hearing from you!

Linking
We appreciate any support we get. If you want to link to this site, please use the splash screen address (http:/www.pockybox.com). It’s preferred that you use the banners located in the Support section, but if you have something else, let us know.

DO NOT hotlink! It takes away precious bandwidth from this site and makes things very difficult for our visitors. Most, if not all, of our content is created with the web in mind, so images, sounds, video, and whatnot have been optimized for quality and size. If you need an image (even one of the banners), please use your own web space; it won’t take up much room.

Thanks for the support!

Copyright
It should go without saying, but all content is owned by its respective author, but to blanket it, all content is copyrighted by Pocky Box and its owner (Chris Zasada, if you forgot again) on the day it is posted. If it’s on the site, whether it be writing, pictures, video, or audio, unless otherwise noted, it's ours, so don’t steal it. Our greatest concern is the writing.

NONE of this writing can be used in whole or in part for any commercial use without written permission from the author. If any of our content is plagiarized in any way, we will take legal action. Creativity and artistry is very important, and it only takes a few morons to ruin it. Basically, you can talk about our stuff and use pieces of it for research, but don’t use it as your own work and don’t try to reap rewards from it.

Contests
Each contest will have its own rules spelled out when they happen.

Now that that’s done with, go off and have fun, you criminal!