Filesoup is still and has always been a community all about BitTorrent and file-sharing. We're aiming to help, educate and create a nice place to meet and talk file-sharing, as well as loads of other subjects and topics of interest. Membership is absolutely free and registration will only take a few moments to complete. As with each forum, there are a few things that we would like you to know right from the start, please take a moment to read through this!

New Users
Please make a few posts and get involved in the Community section of our site, by simply making a few posts and actively participating in our Community, you will be able to do more and enter sections where Guests and New Users without any posts have no access.

By active participation, we do not mean making lots of posts to increase your post-count just for the sake of it, posts like that will just be removed. Instead, please contribute something helpful and/or useful to our Community, when you do, you'll be promoted to the status level of Member. It isn't the number of posts which gets you noticed and promoted, it's the quality and the content of your posts rather than the quantity of posts that matters

Example... Participate: be one of a group of people actively doing something worthwhile.

The more you participate and become involved in our Community, the more features and facilities you will be able to see and use on our site!

Please read the pinned topics in the respective forum before posting. Yes, it might seem like a waste of time, but they contain the stuff you need to know to make yours and other users experience of Filesoup a pleasant one. Also, the Search function is your friend! And - there are a few links at the very top of all the pages that you might want to look into! Please remember, read the pinned topics! If you don't know what they are, these are the threads at the very top of each and every forum

We do not allow members to have multiple accounts posting from the same IP address. If you are already a member and someone else at your IP address wishes to become a member too, please contact an Admin to explain your particular situation before registering the new account.

If you are in need of Technical Advice, please check out the FAQ area and/or head for the Technical & Help sections of the forum. Please be descriptive in your heading, it works like an alarm for those who might know something about it, seeing immediately what the thread is about. And - remember the pinned topics!

The Community section of the forum needs no particular introduction, the index is pretty clear on where to go with what! So browse around, click on the add reply button and enjoy! Please remember to keep everything you post, what we like to call work friendly, this means no nudity whatsoever, so everything you post whether it is text or images (outside of the RLD sections), would be deemed safe to be viewed in a work environment such as an office for instance.

Take a moment to familiarise yourself with the My Assistant link at the top, as well as the My Controls feature. You'll also notice that we have an internal message system, so if a flag turns up, it's not an ad, it's a personal message from a fellow forum member. You can always tell if you've received a note at the top right, so don't worry if you accidentally closed down the window with the message. Don't forget to check out our Shoutbox

People who actively post at Filesoup have the pleasure of first becoming a Member. If you do post and become an active participating member you could become a Contributor and if you've participated a lot on the site, you can become a Contributor+, these groups have access to other forum sections and extra board features! Once you have been around for a while, you could even have a shot at becoming a VIP! The different colours of the names displayed of people online means: Admin, Global Moderator, Forum Moderator, sVIP, these are our users who are especially appreciated and trusted because of their work and input over a long period of time. VIP, Contributor+, Contributor, Community Leader (Owners & Staff from other sites), Member, who are able to display an avatar, have a signature and change details in their profile pages as well as a lot more features and facilities, the rest of the users are in basic black, User who only have access to just the basic part of our Community.

Avatars and images, these are the rules: Your avatar must be no bigger than 200x200 pixels in size whether it is linked to or uploaded from your computer, but sizes smaller than that work too and not be larger than 120 kB. In order to edit animated gif's go here where you can find loads of useful info. To avoid having your avatar stretched to the 200x200 measure, fill in the "height" and "width" box, with the actual measurements of your avatar.

The maximum size of pictures is 640x480 pixels in size, whether it is linked to or uploaded from your computer. The maximum width for signature pictures is 640 pixels, whether it is linked to or uploaded from your computer, a height of no more than 300 pixels and no more than 300 kB in total please! ...signatures can be a picture, some text or a combination of both.

Very Important We do not allow any RapidShare, Megaupload or other such direct download site links on our site. No Advertising (unless prior authorisation has been obtained from an Admin). No Referral links, links to advertising sites, get rich quick schemes and other similar such scams are not permitted anywhere on Filesoup ...this includes links in users signatures too! ...The only thing you could earn for failing to comply with this rule is a warning! Please DO NOT post or request Keygens, Serial Numbers or cracks etc. Do not post any torrents or links to software from Microsoft.

Please register with a valid non free email address to use our site and all of its facilities

Finally - and this is most important of all - enjoy yourself! We sure do!

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