Rules
This world is run
by sets of laws which are made to protect players from each other
as well as Immortals to some extent. They are based mostly on common
sense to ensure balance within the game. It is true that any player's
presence here is a privilege, not a right, however, we do not want
this to feel like a dictatorship. Although Immortals are responsible
for enforcing laws, it is possible to talk to any Immortal of level
112 or higher level if you disagree with a decision which has been
made.
You may be asked
to send a log of the encounter, but that depends on the circumstances.
Spam
No, we are not talking
about a luncheon meat here. Spam is the repeated use of a phrase,
command, or channel that causes screen scroll for others. Not only
is spam considered rude, but excessive screen scroll can interfere
with the game play of anyone seeing it (not to mention combat situations).
The game will also tell you to PUT A LID ON IT and force-quit you
after the 20th repeat of a single command.
It is also considered
spam to use the same phrase over several different channels.
The use of all-caps
can also be considered spam.Only use capitals to add emphasis to
key words in a sentence. Moving a large number of items into and
out of a container in a crowded, non-store room is considered spam.
Using multiple characters to chat the same message at the same time
is considered spam. Making charmed mobs or pets to cause screen
scroll through movement or orders is considered spam. ANYTHING that
causes excessive or irritating screen scroll can be considered spam.
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Profanity
Profanity is not
permitted on any public channel, which is a channel seen by those
other than yourself and the person to whom you are speaking, with
the exception of the War channel (explained below). If you use profanity
in a private conversation and the other party asks you to stop,
please respect their wishes. These rules apply to your title as
well.
Our definition
of Profanity:
Profanity consists
of any and all language which is considered "FCC indecent." The
language we allow is basically what you might hear on network "primetime
TV" or in the evening news. If you have any doubt about a word,
don't use it or ask an immortal if its ok.
If you are extremely
angry and feel like screaming a blue streak, please take it to the
"war" channel. This is the only channel where profanity will be
allowed, to an extent. If this is abused, use of channels will be
restricted. If you don't like profanity, even occasionally, please
turn off your war channel
If any level of Immortal
asks you to desist on a subject, or to move the subject to an appropriate
channel, do so immediately. Continuing on a subject or channel after
you are requested to stop may result in your character losing its
access to channels through silencing.
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Flaming
Arguing with or flaming
Immortals on channels *will* get you silenced or worse, including
deletion or a siteban as well if you push the matter. Regardless
of level, the decision of an Immortal stands. If you do not like
the judgement, appeal to a higher level in a note or personally.
DO NOT take it onto the public channels. DO NOT accuse an Immortal
of anything over the public channels. Talk to that Immortal personally,
or talk to a higher level Immortal. Improper behavior will not be
treated lightly.
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Multi-Playing
Multi-playing is
NOT permitted on Escape from Armonia. You are allowed to have multiple
characters, but they cannot interact, help, hinder, etc.. each other
in any way, shape, or form.
Let me clarify:
- You cannot have
two of your characters logged on at the same time.
- You cannot pass
equipment from one of your characters to another.
- You cannot cast
spells on one of your characters with another of your chars.
- You cannot "soften
up" monsters with one of your characters to help another.
- You cannot leave
piles of eq lying around for your other chars to pick up.
- You cannot give
eq/money/whatever to another person's character and have them
give it to another of your characters.
- If you "share"
a character with someone else, that character counts as belonging
to both of you for the purpose of multiplaying.
There are no exceptions
to these rules. There are no loopholes in these rules. They are
not subject to interpretation, bending or fiat. There will be no
multiplaying here. Punishment can include but is not limited to
level/eq loss, deletion and site banning. Punishment will be handed
out as quickly as possible, with or without prior warning.
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Player
Killing
All characters over
level 5 and 18 years old are eligible to fight with other characters.This
is known as pkilling.The following rules apply for now when players
get into fights with each other:
- You are not allowed
to attack a player you cannot group with at the time.
- You are allowed
to take 3 pieces of equipment from the corpse of any player you
successfully kill, if you can.
- If more than
one person is involved in the death of another player, they are
still allowed to take only 3 pieces TOTAL of gear off the corpse.
- A player who
has been killed in a pfight, may not be attacked for at least
5 minutes after it occurred. Any people this player attacks, may
defend themselves however.
- You are not allowed
to move the corpse of the person you killed without his/her permission.
In fact, anyone messing with another players corpse without the
owner's permission will be dealt with severely. This rule is designed
to allow players a fair chance to go get their own corpses if
they do die.
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Murder
We allow player killing
to some extent in this realm.You are allowed to attack another player
if he or she is within range to group with you.You will not be allowed
to attack any character whose character is neither 18 years of age
or at least level 5, and you will not be allowed to attack any other
players if you do not meet at least one of the above criteria.
Pkilling in groups
is legal, as is pkilling link-dead or afk players, HOWEVER, such
behavior is generally frowned upon by most other players and such
actions may earn you unwanted attention and/or a unfavorable reputation
amongst others, but that is your concern not ours.
You are NOT allowed
to be killed or kill any other players for at least five minutes
after your last kill or death by pkilling.This serves two purposes,
first it gives everyone involved a little down time to lower their
blood pressure, and secondly it protects players from being targeted
repeatedly before they have a chance to recover.
Player killing is
meant to be a role-play assisting option, and is NOT designed for
players to harass or torment each other out of character.If such
behavior comes to the attention of any administrating immortal,
there can and will be severe consequences.
If you think that
someone is pkilling you unreasonably or is able to do so by abusing
a bug, then post a note to immortal about it, but please do not
waste other players' time and screen space griping to them when
they can do nothing about it directly.
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Sharing
Characters
Character sharing
is a bad idea. Your characters are your own characters, and no one
else's. It is advised not to share your characters with other people
due to possible accusation of multiplaying. Any characters you own,
are not allowed to be in the game at the same time together. If
this is unclear see Multiplaying. Whoever owns the password, owns
the character.
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Cheating
Cheating is a very
serious offense and subjects all characters involved to a
slay, purge (loss of all equipment), freeze, balzhur (destruction
of all equipment and public demotion to level 2), deny or even a
site ban.
What is considered
cheating?
- exploiting (intentionally
using) a bug to gain equipment or gold
- intentionally
causing the system to crash
- intentionally
duplicating equipment or gold
- knowingly accepting
illegal equipment (see above) from others
- attempting to
duplicate equipment or gold -- * even if not successful*
- using or making
profit from equipment that was accidentally duplicated
- using gold that
was accidentally duplicated
- knowingly accepting
unnecessary immortal aid. Immortal aid is only considered necessary
if a bug is somehow detrimentally involved.
Cheating hurts the
game, and every player in the game. Protect yourself and report
any bugs you find, and inform the Immortals if you have strong cause
to believe someone is engaged in any of the above.
If you find you have
accidentally duplicated an item, turn the item over immediately
to an Immortal or drop and sacrifice the item.
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Stores
or shop owners
Shopkeepers are fair
game for any player to try to fight, however, they are generally
bigger than other characters their level. Be warned that it might
not be a good idea to pick a fight with a shopkeeper.
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Kill
Stakes
The first player
to attack a mob has the rights to the kill. Others should not get
involved without being requested to do so. Those receiving aid are
under no obligation to reward their benefactors. Monopolization
of a mob and its repops will not be tolerated. Any disputes brought
to the attention of an Immortal for resolution will be handled according
the the Immortal's discretion. All such decisions are final
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Harassment
Harassment is giving
a person unwanted attention, whether you perceive it as negative
or positive attention. If a person is made to be uncomfortable by
your attention or comments, you are harassing that person. If a
person asks you to desist in talking to them or performing socials
on them, and you do not stop, you are harassing that person. If
you act in an intimate manner to a character, without their permission,
you are harassing that person.
No form of harassment
is tolerated in the Realms. We especially frown upon unwanted comments
or actions with a sexual nature or explicit content. If you do not
have an intimate relationship with the person, whether in real life
or within the Realms, you should refrain from using suggestive actions
and/or comments.
As far as pkill vs
harassment is concerned, normal attacking is not considered harassment
if it is a legal attack in terms of the pkill laws. Spam killing
is obviously harassment and will result in similar consequences
as anything else described here. See LAWS PKILL for further clerification
on this point.
Another not so obvious
form of harassment is any form of advertising. If a character finds
it necassary in any way to use public channels to advertise basically
anything, especially other muds, this will likely end up in SEVERE
punishment. And YES, sending a tell to every player in the game
is equivalent to using ooc, chat, or any other public channel.
If you are caught
harassing another player in any way, you can be silenced, helled,
frozen, denied, and/or site banned. Harassing another player is
a serious violation of the rules and will not be permitted. If you
choose to harass an immortal, you will simply be deleted.
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Charm
Do not bring aggressive
mobs into or near a hometown, as when their charm wears off (either
naturally or by attack) their aggressive nature will return. See
'help charm' for more.
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Assist
It is illegal to
pass equipment to players you cannot group with.
It is illegal to
give or sell equipment to other players if it has a cost of 0. (You
can examine equipment to see if it is valuable or not. If it is
not valuable do not give/sell it to other players. If all else fails
you can always ask any immortal if what you are about to do is legal
BEFORE you do it.)
It is illegal to
sell equipment for less than what a shopkeeper would pay you for
it to other players you cannot group with. (Use the value command
and the higher value listed, or identify it to find out the true
value of the item in question. When in doubt, simply do not bother
to give/sell it, let the other person earn it for themselves.)
If one sells equipment
to another player, you must collect money at that time. They must
have enough money to buy it when purchasing the equipment.
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These laws exist
to force players to earn their equipment in one manner or another.
This keeps the game fair for all of us. Failure to obey the rules
can result in the loss of equipment or perhaps more serious penalties
for multiple offenses. Be sure to read the laws from within the
mud to look for any changes that may yet not be updated here.
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