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To keep your account on Asian DVD Club you need to read and obey these rules.
Please take a moment to read them before you start using Asian DVD Club.
Don't skip it, this is extremely important!


:: General Rules
  • All users of this site must read and agree with the user agreement.
  • People who attempt to manipulate their ratio or to cheat will be banned automatically by our cheat monitoring script. So for your own sake, do not try to cheat. 'Cause you will get caught, and you will be banned. Not just from ADC but also from other sites, as we share cheaters' IPs with other BitTorrent sites.
  • Breaking rules or ignoring staff directions will earn you a warning (). A warning means you cannot download more than one torrent at a time. It also means you must be on your absolute best behavior while the warning is in effect.
  • If you break a rule while you are under a warning (), you will be banned from ADC permanently.
  • Bans are final and can not be appealed. Once you are out, you are out for good.
  • Duplicate accounts are forbidden and will result in the banning of all related accounts. Two accounts are considered duplicates if the same person made them or they share the same IP. If you share an Internet connection with someone who wants to have their own ADC account, you must speak with a staff member about it; otherwise, we will be forced to assume that both accounts belong to you and that you are intentionally breaking the rules.

    Whether or not you share an Internet connection with anyone, you are allowed to share your account with somebody that you trust. Keep in mind that ultimately you are responsible for anything done with your account, so be smart about whom you let use your account.
  • Torrents with a golden chest () are considered "free leech", which means downloading them will not affect your download stats, but uploading on a golden torrent will still count towards your upload stats. This means that your ratio can only get better when downloading golden torrents. They are a great place to start for new users worried about their ratio.
    Note: Golden torrents do not give you the right to hit-and-run, you must seed on them just as with any other torrent.

:: Ratio Rules
  • AsianDVDClub.org members must maintain a certain share ratio requirement based on their downloaded amount. It is solely your responsibility to keep yourself above the required ratio.
  • Currently, the Ratio Factor on ADC is 200. To find the Minimum Ratio you need to keep out of trouble, divide the amount you have downloaded (in gigabytes) by the Ratio Factor (200). For example, if you have downloaded 49 GB, your Minimum Ratio is 49 / 200, which equals 0.245.
  • Currently, the highest Minimum Ratio is 0.5. No one is required to maintain a higher ratio than that.
  • If you have downloaded less than 15 GB, there are no ratio requirements to fulfill.
  • Failure to meet these requirements will result in a warning (). Once you are warned, you will be limited to only one leech slot, but seeding and uploading new torrents will still be possible.
  • If you have received a ratio warning and continue to leech significant amounts, you will have your download privileges removed, and you will only be able to download golden torrents. Seeding and uploading new torrents will still be possible.
  • Warned users that upload enough to reach their Minimum Ratio get their ratio warning status automatically removed and all downloading privileges restored.
  • AsianDVDClub.org will never ban a user for simply having a bad ratio.
  • The Ratio Factor and Minimum Ratio values are not set in stone. We may change them after a month of collecting data with the current values.

:: Forum Rules
  • No language other than English in the forums and torrent comments.
  • All majorly anti-social behavior must be confined to the Sandbox sub-forum. Keep the rest of the forums clean.
  • Pornography is NOT allowed on ADC, no exceptions.
  • Suggestive images (such as Pinku DVD covers) must not be displayed on the site (such as a thumbnail) but linked to with a text link. And you must warn people about the NSFW (Not Safe For Work) character of your images.
  • Absolutely no racist comments allowed anywhere.
  • No heavy images; keep it web-optimised.
  • No double-posting. If you wish to post again, and yours is the last post in the thread, please use the EDIT function rather than posting twice in a row.
  • No spoilers when discussing movies - use the provided spoiler tag.
  • Referral scams and other spam-like postings are forbidden.
  • Lastly, please read the FAQ before asking any questions!

:: Avatar Guidelines - Please try to follow these guidelines
  • The allowed formats are .gif, .jpg, and .png.
  • Be considerate. Resize your images to a width of 150 pixels and a size of no more than 200 KB. (Browsers will rescale them anyway: smaller images will be expanded and will not look good; larger images will just waste bandwidth and CPU cycles.)
  • No pornography or highly suggestive avatars.
    We want a club where all users feel comfortable. This includes our female users.  Therefore porn, nudity, or highly suggestive avatars are NOT allowed. This includes anime/manga. Choose an avatar that you think represents you in some way, not a chick in bikini.

:: Uploading Rules
  • Only DVDs, Blu-ray discs, and Asian movie soundtracks are allowed. For details on what is considered Asian, check this map.
  • Pornography is not allowed. This includes hentai. No exceptions.
  • For more upload rules, click on upload.

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