Welcome, toon fan! These rules keep our community awesome, fair, and fun for everyone. Please read them before uploading or participating. Have fun, and happy hunting!

1. Seed every download for 72 hours [STRICT]

This is our most important rule. Every torrent you download must be seeded for a total of 3 full days (72 hours).

• The 72 hours must be reached within 10 days of finishing the download.
• Seeding time adds up: it doesn't have to be 72 hours in a row. Stopping and starting again is fine.
• If you stop before 72 hours, the torrent appears on your Hit & Run page as a Hit & Run (H&R). It is removed automatically once you reach 72 hours.
• Reaching a 1:1 ratio on a torrent clears its H&R right away.
• You can also clear an H&R with a H&R Cleanup Token from the Bonus Shop.
• Don't delete, move, or rename the files until you've reached 72 hours. If you do, your client can't seed them.
• Uploaders: please keep seeding your own uploads until at least 3 other members have a complete copy.

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2. Keep it family-friendly [STRICT]

RetroToon World celebrates cartoons for all ages. Sexually explicit content of any kind is strictly forbidden. This includes:

• Pornography, hentai, and animated sexual content
• Fan edits, parodies, or "uncut" releases that add sexual material
• Explicit images anywhere on the site: torrent descriptions, screenshots, avatars, signatures, forum posts, comments, and messages
• Links to sites with any of the above

Shows made for older audiences are allowed as long as they aren't sexually explicit. If you're unsure, ask staff before uploading.

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3. Animation only

Allowed:

• Classic and modern cartoons, animated series and shorts
• Animated feature films
• Anime
• Stop-motion, claymation, puppet animation, and CGI animation
• Animation extras: pilots, bumpers, intros, documentaries about animation

Not allowed:

• Live-action films and series, including live-action remakes of cartoons
• Music albums, games, software, e-books, and comics
• Anything unrelated to animation

Live-action/animation hybrids are judged one by one. Ask staff if you're unsure. Content that doesn't belong here will be removed without warning.

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4. Upload standards

Fill in every field accurately:

• Title: Show/Movie Name (Year) + season/episode, e.g. DuckTales (1987) S01E01-E65
• Resolution and source: e.g. 480p DVD, 1080p Blu-ray, WEB-DL
• Audio language(s) and subtitle language(s)
• Episode list for packs, with any missing episodes clearly noted
• Description: a short summary, plus MediaInfo or screenshots when you can

Packaging rules:

• No RAR, ZIP, or password-protected archives. Upload the video files directly.
• No executables (.exe, .bat, .scr, .lnk), installers, or "codec packs".
• No ads, website names, or URLs in file names or descriptions.
• No incomplete or fake files. Everything in the torrent must be what the title says.
• Use clear folder and file names. Avoid names like video1.mkv.

Badly tagged uploads may be edited by staff. Misleading uploads will be removed, and repeat offenders can lose upload rights.

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5. No duplicates

• Search before you upload. Exact duplicates (same content, same source, same quality, same language) will be removed.
• Alternative versions are welcome when they're clearly different, such as another audio language, a better source (Blu-ray vs. VHS), a higher resolution, or an uncut or restored version.
• Say what's different in the title and description, e.g. (Spanish Dub) or (Remastered 1080p).
• A clearly better release may replace an older one. Staff decide when a torrent is replaced.

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6. Your account

• One account per person. Duplicate accounts are banned, along with the original.
• Don't share, sell, trade, or give away accounts or invites.
• You are responsible for the people you invite. If your invitees break the rules, your invite rights may be affected too.
• Keep your email address up to date. We strongly recommend turning on two-factor authentication.
• Accounts with no login for 90 days get reminder emails and are then paused. Logging in within 180 days reactivates a paused account.

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7. Tracker & client rules

• Your .torrent files and passkey are personal. Never share them or upload our torrents to other sites.
• Use a well-known, unmodified BitTorrent client. Don't change the private flag, and don't turn on DHT or PEX for our torrents.
• Faking stats in any way is cheating and means an immediate ban: ratio cheaters, modified clients, reporting false upload or download amounts.
• Seedboxes and VPNs are allowed, but you are still responsible for everything your account does.

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8. Be kind in the comments, forums, and chat

Treat every member like a Saturday morning pal.

• No insults, harassment, hate speech, threats, or trolling.
• No spam, flooding, or off-topic bumping.
• Don't beg for invites, upload credit, bonus points, or specific uploads (use Requests instead).
• Don't advertise other trackers or websites.
• Never post another member's personal information.
• Constructive feedback on encodes and uploads is welcome. Personal attacks are not.

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9. Report problems, don't ignore them

Found a broken torrent, a mislabeled file, a duplicate, rule-breaking content, or something suspicious? Hit the Report button. Don't argue about it in the comments. Staff rely on your eagle eyes to keep the library clean. False or malicious reports are a rule break too.

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10. Respect the staff

Moderators and admins are volunteers who keep the lights on.

• Follow their guidance and respect their decisions.
• If you disagree, raise it politely through Contact Staff or the forums.
• Public drama, callouts, or pretending to be staff will not be tolerated.

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11. Enforcement

Depending on how serious it is, breaking a rule can lead to:

1. A friendly reminder or edit by staff
2. An official warning
3. Loss of privileges (uploading, downloading, invites, forums)
4. A temporary or permanent ban

Rules marked [STRICT] can skip straight to a ban. Staff may act on things these rules don't list when they harm the site or community.