Let's try again.

Given all the issues we recently had with people going off-topic and the suspensions and bans that resulted, TV.com staff and moderators do not want clubs involving mostly... off-topic discussion. If you want to create a thread to discuss a particular character, create the thread and discuss the character. Off-topic posts within those threads will be moderated accordingly.

Off-topic discussion should go to the one off-topic thread that the forum is permitted.

If folks want to have private clubs, or further off-topic discussion with friends, that is what blogs are for. Use your personal sig line, put a link in it to the blog where it's hosted.

All relevant unpinned and unapproved club threads have been locked. No TOS violations have been handed out for off-topic posting in the Avatar forum because of this. Attempts to create new clubs will be moderated accordingly.

TV.com appreciates that members of a community want to have a chance to get together and chat about non-Avatar stuff as friends. That's why we provide an off-topic lounge and personal blogs. Excessive off-topic threads clutter up the forum and make it difficult for actual discussion of the show to occur. They also lead to fighting, rivalry, and excessive bumping as each club tries to make sure their thread stays near the top.

The same applies to games. There is a set limit of four games per forum, to prevent clutter and excessive bumping. All but the four most popular games have been moved to the TV Show Fun & Games forum. Creation of new games will be treated as any other TOS violation.