Terms Of Service/Agreement [MUST READ]

Subject: Terms Of Service/Agreement [MUST READ] Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:38 am

1.Exploiting bugs

Exploiting any bugs in the game or website to gain an advantage or put others at a disadvantage
E.g. Duplicating items

Punishment:
Account/IP ban

Exploiting in game bugs such as Ghosting (also known as the Shadow Bug) to gain an advantage or put others at a disadvantage

Punishment:
1st Offense = 7 Day Account Ban
2nd Offense = Permanent Account Ban

How to report:
Frequent scans of item identification serial numbers and game logs will draw attention to show up offenders. However, if you have information, please pass it on to a GM as soon as possible including suitable screenshots if necessary for investigation.

2. Impersonating staff

Attempting to mislead people into thinking you are a GM or any member of staff

Punishment:
Account/IP ban

How to report:
Pass on any and all information to a GM as soon as possible including suitable screenshots if necessary for investigation.

3. Hacking / threatening to hack / unlawful activities

Gaining unauthorised access to restricted areas of the server;
Gaining unauthorised access to another player’s game account, personal details, account details;
Using this game as a means of conducting unlawful activities
This covers a wide variety of possible crimes including hacking, phishing, using keyloggers, scamming.

Punishment:
IP ban, we may also feel the need to contact the authorities.

How to report:
Pass on any and all information to a GM as soon as possible including suitable screenshots if necessary for investigation. If you have discovered items missing or a password changed on your account, please send in all relevant details. You must include account name and a date range that the offence could have taken place in. The more recent the offence, the more likely we are to be able to help. You may or may not have your items returned when the offender is caught.

DON’T BE A VICTIM, KEEP YOUR PASSWORD SECURE!

4. Harassment

Harassing another player or member of staff, repeated abusive behaviour to a particular individual, repeated PKing of an individual to an extreme degree.

Punishment:
This may range from a warning to an IP ban depending on severity and prior offences at the GM's discretion.

How to report:
Pass on any and all information to a GM as soon as possible including suitable screenshots if necessary for investigation.

5. Abusive behaviour or language

Includes general insults and profanities towards other players, members of staff or the game as a whole; acts or language of religious intolerance, racism and all prejudice; threats of violence.

Punishment:
This may range from a warning to an IP ban depending on severity and prior offences at the GM's discretion.

How to report:
Pass on any and all information to a GM as soon as possible including suitable screenshots if necessary for investigation.

6. Advertising

Using the any part of the game, site, forums or community to advertise other websites, games and servers, products or services

Punishment:
IP ban

How to report:
Pass on any and all information to a GM as soon as possible including suitable screenshots if necessary for investigation.

7. Account sharing

Sharing your game account with another individual; this is the case for the lifetime of the account, it does not matter if the account is not currently in use by its owner.

Punishment:
Warning, Account suspension, account ban

How to report:
Pass on any and all information to a GM as soon as possible including suitable screenshots if necessary for investigation.

8. Abuse of game files

Use of 3rd party programs to alter the game or altering any game files without permission; this would include any trainers, memory hackers, editing of textures etc.
Using the game files for anything other than their intended use; this includes taking our client files for use on another server, trying to use client files other than the ones available from this website on this server.

Punishment:
Account/IP ban

How to report:
Pass on any and all information to a GM as soon as possible including suitable screenshots if necessary for investigation.

9. Disrupting events

We try to run events regularly; however it is very difficult if there is a large gathering of people and some or all are being disruptive. When a GM is trying to make an announcement or give instructions during an event, you must remain quiet. Keep conversations to private messages (whispers). This is common courtesy.

Punishment:
Disconnection

10. Spamming

Flooding the game or Forum with comments or other text unnecessarily

Punishment:
Warning, Disconnection, Forum ban

How to report:
Pass on any and all information to a GM as soon as possible including suitable screenshots if necessary for investigation.

NB:

A “suspension” is a temporary exclusion, whereas a “Ban” is a permanent exclusion.
All punishments within reason are up to the GM's discretion up to and including IP banning for any offence.
When multiple rules have been broken, this will be taken into consideration and the punishment may be greater than that of the individual offences.
The player’s record of past offences will also be taken into consideration; all characters on the same account will be recorded together; i.e. a first offence on one character will mean the next offence on any character is treated as a second offence.

HOW TO REPORT RULE BREAKERS WITH SCREENSHOTS

It is important that you take appropriate screenshots. This means the maximum conversation log must be visible and legible while keeping the actual screen content partly visible.
Press F4 until the conversation window takes up the full height of the screen and alter the transparency of this window so that the writing is clear and legible, but not so that the window is fully opaque.
Screenshots where very little of the conversation window is shown may be deemed inadmissible as evidence and dismissed.

Thanks,

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