Twelve Forum Culture

As a Newcomer
When you first join Twelve, it can be intimidating - after all, there are thousands of posts and dozens of discussions at any given time. There are also a multitude of different users that hail from a large variety of global locales. If there is one thing Twelvians are good at - it is definitely welcoming new arrivals into the community. There should be no reason to feel overwhelmed or intimidated by the size and heritage of the Twelve Forums. All of the current members would be glad to point you in the right direction and answer any questions you may have.

What you can do as a Newcomer:

 * Sign up and hang back - observing how regular users post and what mannerisms are used.
 * Introduce yourself and interact directly with current users (Recommended!).
 * Focus your posting in a subforum which has your interest and then branch off from there.
 * Participate in our gaming sessions, join G+ Hangouts or chill in our official Ventrilo server.
 * Learn more about Twelve by perusing the articles within this wiki!
 * Draw an MSPaint picture and upload it to our gallery, you will be sure to earn points by doing that.

Major Demographics
Twelve is largely made up of young adults to mature users. Many of the original members joined during their late teens or early adulthood - however, after more than 6 years of operations, the older members have progressively grown and matured with the site itself. Despite the age range, Twelvians have a variety of interests, ranging anywhere from animation, music, television and gaming. There is a place for every Twelvian to discuss whatever takes their fancy.

Social Order
Twelve is unique in the sense that the community is self-policing. Within the forums, there are users of varying seniority and administrative privileges. However, there have been only a handful of times within Twelve's 6 year history where someone has ever needed to "pull rank" on another user. This happens very rarely, and it only occurs when a serious user infraction was committed.

Admittedly, the "Greens" (Global Moderators) and "Reds" (Administrators) typically use their powers to ban spam bots and delete the threads that the spam bots create. This sort of clean-up work makes up the large bulk of what the current moderation team does. Disputes and Trolling is handled by the parties involved, with very little interference from those with administrative powers. Additionally, the community is a zero-sum game where everyone can be made fun of (from the newest rookie to the most senior administrator). This is what gives Twelvians their notorious reputation.

Topics to avoid
The Twelve Forums is a relatively restriction-free zone to discuss a variety of topics. However, due to past incidents, the administrative team would like new users to refrain from opening threads, or openly discussing the following subject(s): Failure to comply will almost certainly result in corrective administrative action.
 * Religion
 * Any posts that contain personal/private details about another user