Rules

The site rules A must read

These are the general guidelines for the entire site.

Tracker Guidelines

These guidelines exist to protect fair users and to keep BoxTorrents a happy community.

1. Do not go against the moderator's wishes.
2. Do not upload your private torrent files (.torrent files that you downloaded when logged in) to other trackers.
3. Do not hotlink to our torrent files from other sites, link to the description page instead.
4. Low overall ratios will result in warnings.
5. Any and all forms of hacking or cheating may result in permanent or temporary bans without warning.
6. Warned users are only able to seed torrents, if they want the warning removed they will need to seed until their ratio is high enough (usually 1.0).
7. No posting "please seed", "please approve this", "when will this be approved" and other similarly useless comments in the torrent comments page. Users who post such comments will have their accounts warned.
8. Multi-accounting is not allowed. Users with more than one account will be warned, and repeat offenders will be banned.
9. No use of offensive language (rape, fuck, cum etc) in user nicknames.

Forum Guidelines

We try to keep BoxTorrents a place where anime fans can meet and discuss anime in a broad sense. To make sure BoxTorrents stays a happy community we need your assistance, please follow the rules stated below:

When posting on the forums the following rules apply:

1. NO spam, one-word posts or double-posts (posting twice in a row).
2. Topics must REMAIN ON TOPIC (if it strays off topic, staff will warn, if it continues staff will lock the thread).
3. NO "Should <member> be unbanned/banned/demodded/remodded" or similar polls/threads This will be locked immediately following a possible temporary/permanent ban.
4. NO questioning admin decisions regarding site changes or actions. It happens for a reason. Reasons may or may not be given, don't keep pressing for them if they are not.
5. NO advertising
6. NO pornography related threads (hentai should remain in the hentai section), or advertising porno sites ANYWHERE (including signatures and avatars).
7. NO making threads about locked threads.
8. NO linking to trackers containing blacklisted material.
9. NO flaming or making sexist/racist/religious/discriminatory comments allowed (bans will follow initial warnings).
10. RESPECT other members. if you yourself do not like being mistreated or disrespected don't go doing it to others.
11. When asking for help or support, be sure to give AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN. Simply posting saying 'Hi, I have a problem. Help' is both time-wasting and irritating. Give as much relevant information as you can (such as computer hardware stats,, your OS, your torrent client, your internet connection stats, and the torrent in question).

When addressing staff, remember the following:

1. Please under no circumstance disrespect the mods. They patrol Boxtorrents for the community, volunteering their time helping out.
2. We will NOT tolerate any abuse towards any members of the staff (doing so may result in a possible ban).
3. If you feel you have been mistreated by a staff member do NOT insult or bitch at them. Contact one of the administrators so we can resolve this in a civil manner.

A situation not covered in this concise set of rules will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. Results may vary. If you see anyone breaking rules and it doesn't look like any action has been taken by a mod, PM a mod in case we missed it. If you have any questions you can find us at #box-support on irc.deltaanime.net or leave us a PM.

These are the general guidelines for the entire site.

Forum Ava/Sig Guidelines

Signature image size limit:

1. maximum height : 150px
2. maximum width : 500px
3. maximum file size : 100kb

Avatar image size limit:

1. maximum height : 200px
2. maximum width : 150px
3. maximum file size : 100kb

Avatar/Signature content:

1. Only one image allowed
2. NO nudity (including hentai)
3. no advertising of other trackers (those trackers you advertise may contain adv licensed material)
4. no ipod advertising
5. no linking to pornographic sites
6. no linking to money scams
7. only two lines of text allowed

1. its current limit is 255 characters (letters allowed to be typed. I'm considering changing the limit so you can add a bit more)
2. No bashing/hate/racism/etc. in the signatures either

IRC Guidelines

These guidelines exist to protect the sanity and happiness of IRC users.

1. No flaming. No spamming. No unsolicited advertising of site/services.
2. No excessive use of colours. Some colour formatting in IRC scripts is allowed. Exception: the word "fabulous" may be highlighted in bright purple.
3. No using capslock as typing cruise control. In other words, no excessive use of capital letters, or other forms of abuse of abuse of capital letters (such as random capitalisation).
4. No discussion of religion/drugs and other disapproved topics. We try to stay liberal, but also have to consider the overall situation when it comes to these topics. A torrent community is not the place for serious discussion of these topics. In other words, if you want a serious discussion, find a more appropriate IRC channel.
5. No use of offensive language (rape, fuck, cum etc) in user nicknames.

Torrent Content Upload Guidelines

You are only allowed to upload (completed) anime and manga or related material: Series, OST, Movie, OVA, Manga, Hentai, Official Artbook. We also allow Live Action adaptations of anime/manga and OSTs from anime/manga related Games or Live Action shows. We typically only allow one version of a show but we also allow an additional dual audio (DVD) version and an HD version (720p and up).

Not allowed

1. Loli/shota material* (that means no linking to it either!)
2. Anything on the DO NOT UPLOAD list.
3. Titles licensed by ADV, Central Park Media and Funimation.
4. Incomplete series (we do allow seasons or arcs if the show/manga in question is very long).
5. We do not permit non-Japanese dubs of a show unless:

1. It is the original language (such as Afro Samurai)
2. There is no other version available (i.e., the show is very rare)
3. It is accompanied by the original dub (dual audio)

1. Fan made material including doujinshi (artbooks and manga MUST be official).
2. Games (including anime-related or anime-styled).
3. ISOs (including DVD-rips of anime).
4. Videos not packaged in .mkv, .avi, .ogm, .mp4 (exceptions will only be granted if no other version is available)
5. Audio not encoded in .mp3 or a lossless codec for music.
6. Upscaled video, or lossy-to-lossless converted audio
7. Any releases from Dattebayo.
8. Anything released by Anime-4ever, Anime-HQ and Anime-Supreme may only be uploaded by the appropriate group's appointed distro members.
9. When making a description, do not hotlink images without permission. You may hotlink images from sites that expressly allow hotlinking.

If we see someone uploading a loli/shota torrent (will be judged by forum users and moderators) the torrent will be removed and the user will be sent a warning. A ban may be incurred if uploading is found to be deliberate or if the user has had at least 2 warnings before.

Format Preferences

In general we prefer:

1. h264 encodes over XviD encodes because h264 is more space efficient.
2. XviD, DivX or h264 encodes, other codecs are not widely supported and accepted (this includes but is not limited to MPEG, WMV, RM, QT and Indeo).
3. (styled) softsubs over hardsubs.
4. FLAC as a lossless format for soundtracks (OSTs) because FLAC has wide support and is not proprietary.
5. that you do not add archives to your torrent unless uploading manga. Refer to the FAQ for more information.
6. that you do not offer files released by speed fansubbers or otherwise inferior quality releases when high quality will be available in the near future.

Offers may be rejected if they do not match our preferences.

Also, torrent files need to be flagged as private before being offered. Any torrent that is not flagged private will be immediately rejected.

With regards to your torrent description, please refer to our FAQ for guidelines. As with forum regulations, no advertising will be permitted in torrent descriptions. If any is found or reported, the uploader will be warned for a minimum of 4 weeks. Repeat offenses will result in a ban.

Tracker Avatar Guidelines

Avatar image size limit: Keep in mind that avatars will be resized to 100px by 100px regardless of their original aspect ratio.

1. maximum height : none
2. maximum width : none
3. maximum file size : 100kb

Avatar/Signature content:

See: Forum Ava/Sig Guidelines

User Classes

See FAQ: What are the different user classes?

Wiki Guidelines

The wiki is for informative purposes only. Anyone found abusing it in any shape or form will be banned from the site.