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  2. How do I retrieve my Username and/or Password?
    • To begin the retrieval process enter your username or email address here. If you no longer have access to your email address, please contact info@ballreviews.com with your Username and the old email address asking for your information.


  3. How do I post a Ball Review?
    • Make sure you are logged onto the website with your Username and Password. Click on the "Ball Reviews" link on the top navigation bar and select the Ball Manufacturer, then your bowling ball. From that page, click on the "Reply" button.


  4. How do post a Topic in the Forums?
    • Make sure you are logged onto the website with your Username and Password. Click on the "Forums" link on the top navigation bar and select the relevant Board to post in. From that page, click on the "New Topic" button.


  5. How do post a Reply in the Forums?
    • Make sure you are logged onto the website with your Username and Password. Click on the "Forums" link on the top navigation bar and select a Board, then the topic you want to respond to. From that page, click on the "Reply" button.


  6. How do I upload my Photo?
    • Make sure you are logged onto the website with your Username and Password. Click here to access your forum profile. Under "Personalized Picture", select the option you'd like then click "Change Profile" at the bottom of the page.


  7. How do I upload Photos or Videos to my post?
    • To upload an an item to a post you can use the "Attachments and other options" dropdown while posting a new topic or replying to a post. Because of the size limitations of uploads, it is suggested you use images/videos hosted elsewhere (e.g. photobucket or youtube). To link to external images, surround the image url with [img][/img] (e.g. [img]http://www.somesite.com/image.jpg[/img]). To link to an external youtube clip, surround the youtube share link with [youtube][/youtube] (e.g. [youtube]http://youtu.be/T7fzQehxz_Q[/youtube]).


  8. What is NPS?
    • NPS stands for Net Promoter Score. This is calulated using the voting reponses of the ball reviewers.


  9. What are the posting rules/guidelines?
    1. While debating and discussion is fine, we will not tolerate rudeness, profanity (or attempts to bypass profanity filters), insulting posts, personal attacks or purposeless inflammatory posts. Our decision is final in these matters.
    2. All posts MUST be bowling related with the exception of the "Miscellaneous - NON Bowling Related" and "Support" forums.
    3. Please refrain from posting meaningless threads, one word (or short) non-sense posts, or the such.
    4. Multiple or repeated posting in order to increase your post count is not allowed.
    5. Spamming and trolling is not allowed. This includes using the forum, ball reviews, instant messaging, discussion channels, review ratings, and private message systems to spam other members.
    6. Please wait a reasonable amount of time before bumping posts -- at least 24 hours.
    7. We also do not allow posts or links to sites that are sexual in nature or violate our community standards. The BallReviews.com team shall be the sole arbitrator of what does and what does not violate community standards.
    8. Discussion of illegal activities such as software and music piracy and other intellectual property violations are not allowed.
    9. Each member is allowed one login account. While some leniency may be shown toward users desiring to post on behalf of a company as well as personally, this is at our discretion. Any use of multiple accounts outside of this specific use case is grounds for immediate ban of all accounts.
    10. While we are quite happy to have constructive comparative conversations about competitor's websites, we will not tolerate blatant adverts or the sort of 'ooh look, yet another bulletin board' threads. Bashing other boards will also not be tolerated.
    11. We reserve the right to remove offensive posts without notice.
    12. Any offensive photo or video that is posted will result in the immediate account ban without notice.
    13. Doxing other users (broadcasting their personal information) or threats to do so are not allowed whether the information is accurate or not.
    14. While these rules cover most common situations, we cannot anticipate everything. Consequently ,we reserve the right to take any actions we deem appropriate to ensure this site is not disrupted or abused in any way.


  10. What are the penalties for breaking rules?
    • The penalties for breaking the rules can include, but are not limited to, warning, temporary ban, and/or permanent ban. Penalties are decided by our moderators.


  11. How do I report a Rule violation in the Forums or Ball Reviews?
    • Make sure you are logged onto the website with your Username and Password. When viewing the issue, click the "Report to moderator" link on the post.


  12. How do I block a User?
    • Make sure you are logged onto the website with your Username and Password. Click here to access your ignore list and add the username of the person you want to ignore.


  13. What does blocking a user do?
    • When you block a user, you will no longer see any posts from this user while logged onto the site. They will not be able to contact you.
    • Blocking a user also helps us in identifying potential problem users.