1. Hacking
   Do not deliberately access another person's account without their prior consent. This also includes giving any links or sites that cause people to do things within their account without their knowledge or consent. Logging into or using another person's account without express permission will result in deletion of any/all of the offender's accounts. To clarify the account sharing issue, you cannot share an account with another person. You may "baby-sit" or "take care of" someone's account, but you may not use another person's account as your own for a prolonged period of time. This rule is mainly in place to deal with situations where two people claim ownership over an account.
   Punishment: Deletion / IP Ban
   
   
2. Player vs Player
   PKing (Player Killing) is a big and overall important aspect of any game.
   Even though it is a big part of the game, it can be abused. This is in place to make players feel less victimised and more able to enjoy the game without the constant showering of PK's.
   Now, you may only attack and kill a player EIGHT times during a 24 hour period and only ONCE an hour. The 24 Hours starts at the Game Reset, and Ends at the next Reset [Game Time 00:00:00 - 00:00:00])
   Note: Punishments will be based on complaints received. Killing one user more than eight times in the course of 24 hours may or may not result in a formal complaint against the player. However, if a complaint is issued on a player, staff will try to sort the issue out.
   Punishment: First: Warning, Second: 3 days in jail, Third: 5 days in jail.


3. Selling Game Information
   Exchanging information for any kind of currency, whether game currency or real currency, is strictly prohibited. All game information is free and readily available for those who seek it, barring game secrets and quest information. Don't take advantage of people by trying to charge people for it.
   Punishment: 10 days in Jail


4. Slutting Do not battle in any type of business fashion. For example, do not pay a player to suicide against you multiple times.
   Punishment: 5 days in Jail


5. Blackmail
   Do not threaten or demand payment from any other player in order to persuade them to act in a manner they otherwise would not have. This includes threatening to report rule breakers unless they pay you, threatening to attack players and/or clans unless they pay you, threatening to attack players unless they join your clan , etc. Do not blackmail players into telling you game secrets either such as "If you tell me where the city is I'll stop being at war with your clan" etc.
   Punishment: 15 days in Jail


6. Bug Abuse
   If you find a bug or glitch that can be profited from, don't let us find out that you took advantage of it.
   Depending on severity, game bug abuse will result in anywhere from a 30 Day jail term to account deletion. Bugs, loopholes, security flaws, or any inconsistencies in the game should be immediately reported in the appropriate thread on the message boards or, if the subject in question is too sensitive for the message boards, you should contact one of the Game Developers (usually Managers or coders) with a detailed imail description.
   Punishment: 30 Days/Deletion


7. Ripping/Bad Trades/Clan Staff Selling/Loans Agreements
   - Taking payment from another player and then not providing what you offered is illegal.
   - Clan staff position selling can not and will not be enforced. (Game staff recommends against this kind of action. You have been warned.)
   - Should a player default on a loan and the loan conditions be proven (best done with an imail from the borrower to the loaner agreeing to the conditions set), or you can use the loans board on the message boards. The defaulter will have the funds + any agreed interest removed from them and the loaner will have the funds returned to them (interest will not be paid back to the loaner). This will only be done when the full time period of the loan has expired.
   # Imails get cleared after they reach 10 days. (20 for donators), so it is recommanded you save the contract.
   ## If a trade is made, and the items sent/received are more than what was agreed on in chat or imail, whoever receives the extra funds must refund the other player right away. If any funds are accidentally sent from one player to another that were not part of any deal made in chat or imail or on the message boards, it is up to the receiver to make a moral decision to return the funds. Also, gambling on out of game events like sports and other competitions will not be enforced under this rule.
   Punishment: 15 Days


8. MB Ignorance, Chat Ignorance
   Do not break the rules of any message board. Do not break the rules of the chat room(s).
   Punishment: According to Individual Rules


9. Vulgar Names
   Vulgar or indecent names will not be allowed in the game. If you have been asked to change your name by a staff member, please do so.
   Punishment: 5 days


10. Impersonation
    Do not change names or how it appears to anything having to do with staff or imail players telling them you're staff. Chat Monitor Trainees and up are considered staff members. This rule also counts as telling staff what to do/how to act, etc. It is not needed in any fashion, if you have a real solid complaint go through the right channels.
    Punishment: 15 days


11. Admin Begging
    Do not ask Admin or Managers for currency or items, including asking for game secrets; feel free to ask for help, though. Anyone asking staff (or anyone else) about game secrets will be jailed.
    Punishment: 10 days


12. Multi
    Do not make more than one account. If you did that before you read this, imail an admin requesting them to delete your other account(s). One Account per user and only 5 accounts per IP Address/Computer Terminal. This is more than enough for a large family. No accounts on the same IP Address/Computer Terminal may trade with one another. If more than one member uses your computer, you must make sure yourself that you do not seem like a multi. Having your brother sending you his gold everyday isn't really having separate accounts. Using a clan or a "middle man" to try to hide your tracks and/or go around blocks that prevent multi trading can and will be used as evidence to persecute you under this rule. Persons found to have multiple accounts will have those accounts removed from the game and any assets/stats earned from or as a result of these accounts will be removed, and their main account will be jailed for 30 days. Furthermore, anyone caught making new accounts while chat banned or jailed will find their sentence extended by 5 days for a first offence, 10 days for a second, etc. Also, any player wishing to start over will not be allowed keep any of your current items or gold. Giving items to another player to only receive them back will be considered Multi'ing, and you will be punished as such.
    NOTE: If you're found out to have a multi (Someone on your IP) in your clan, you can be jailed, or have your clan taken away.
    Punishment: 30 Days + Deletion


13. Same IP Trading
    This is now a separate rule for clarification. As stated above in the multi rule about other accounts using the same computer. Put simply, if you share the same computer/IP address on a regular basis, DO NOT TRADE OR SEND ITEMS to one another. Even if you are proven to be different people, it is unbalancing and unfair. Furthermore, should you share an IP with someone, but do not intend to do so again, you must wait at LEAST a period of 45 days since the last time you shared the IP, all trades and sends are logged as well as your IP history so we will know. Any intermittent "on and off" the same IP will be taken as the accounts involved, no matter if proven to be owned by more than one person to be sharing the same IP as such any trades or sends between them will be punishable by this rule. For punishments, the same as the "Multi" rule is used where it comes to removal of goods and so on.
    You are also NOT allowed to have someone on the same IP in the same clan as you if you are owner of said clan, as it can pass funds between accounts via the clan.
    Punishment: 30 Days + Possible Deletion or Removal of gains


14. Mass One-way Transactions
    Many people have access to two or more PCs, thus we cannot count on IPs to help us catch all players using more than one account to cheat on this game. So, anyone caught sending massive (multiple) amounts of gems, gold, and/or mythril will be considered to be a multi, and will be treated as such. This includes using a clan or a middle man as a means of transferring these funds. Both accounts will be jailed, and all funds removed from the game. If you wish to explain your transactions, use the Help Centre to get in contact with a staff member.
    Punishment: 30 Days


15. Promoting other games/URLs/Coding Assistance
    -Promoting other games via imail/MB's is forbidden. This includes asking for coding assistance and will not be tolerated.
    -Inappropriate links or images sent through Imail,MB's or set as your phrase or represented in another form is considered a breach of this rule. URLs not leading to other games/porn/illegal material via imail is allowed.
    Punishment: 30 Days


16. Clan Banner/Signature Images
    Any image used for your clan or Signature with a URL leading to another game will be considered advertising. The image will be removed and you will be punished according to the advertising rule (This includes phrases).
    Punishment: 30 Days


17. Clan Ownership
    All equipment and currency contained within clans, for example, branded weapons and armour, gems, and gold, is considered the property of the clan owner. Co-Owners may only use these items for the tasks they have been given permission to use them for. A Co-Owner who steals from a clan will be punished severely. Any clan without a leader set will be deleted. The clan will not be given to the co-leader.
    Punishment:5 days


18. Multiple Clan Ownership
    All players may own only at most one clan. Any players caught using a second clan in any way will be jailed. Selling or trading a second clan is also illegal, as is selling a clan for a friend.
    Punishment: 20 days jail, excess clans deleted


19. External Trading
    Do not trade currency, items, or characters in this game for something out- of-game. You may not give your character to anybody. Doing so defeats the purpose of the game. If you are caught doing so, your punishment is up to Admins.
    Punishment: 40 Days/Deletion


20. Flooding
    Intentionally spamming communication venues such as a player's inbox will result in a 5 day jail term. Spamming of inboxes includes any form of producing a mass amount of messages ie sending small amounts of any item repeatedly, custom news messages, market buys/sales (repeatedly buying/selling small amounts of an item to flood someones hut) or the same or similar imail repeatedly.
    Punishment: 5 + days


21. Player Harassment
    Game staff determine when communication crosses the line and becomes abusive. This is not to say everyone must play nice; this is a combat/competitive game after all. The harassment law only applies to continued and targeted harassment of a particular person, not sporadic insults.
    The following language assumes a staff member has deemed the interaction as continued harassment:
    Public harassment of fellow players will result in a 10 day jail term, if it happened in chat you'll be subject to the chat rule punishements (see chat rules), however after you've committed the offence for a 3rd time and still continue, you become subject to this rule. In general, private communications are just that, private, and not subject to decency or harassment laws. Players are encouraged to use the provided privacy tools to stop harassment. With that said, persons who attempt to undermine the privacy tools will also get 10 days in jail.By this I mean, if you decide to mail everyone down- talking another player so they can abuse them with the information, you'll suffer the punishment. With loopholing on top of it.
    Derogatory comments regarding other countries/races will not be allowed, nor will comments regarding stereotypes about those countries/races.
    Punishment: 10 days


22. Staff Harassment/Slander
    Any complaints against staff will be offered in a clear, courteous manner, free of profanity and overflowing in wit and charm. Slanderous/personal attacks/profane communications against staff members will not be tolerated, and will result in the offending remarks being removed and a 10 day jail sentence for the offender.
    Punishment: 10 Days


23. Market Abuse
    All items within the markets are to be within the set item prices guidelines. Any player found to be going over or under the prices deliberately will be seen as breaking this rule and will be subject to jailing.
    -Outpost Mini game: Using the Platinum market to "safeguard" your platinum from being stolen in the game, is not allowed. If you are caught, you'll be punished under this rule.
    Punishment:5 day jail term, repeat offenders will be given 5 days +5 per extra offence


24. Account Sharing
    All accounts in this game are to be played by a SINGLE person, this means no getting on your friends'/family members' account outside of the allowed babysitting. Anyone caught out to be using another player's account to chat or play the game in any fashion shall be dealt with appropriately.
    Punishment:Deletion of shared account. In a case of owning your own account and using another, your account will be deleted, the other shall get a 30 day jail term.

Appendix
Players have had questions regarding illumination of certain laws, boundaries, and scenarios, and here are the answers:

Staff Obligations to Players
Staff members are obligated to respond to, and, if possible, assist in any requests made. Official conduct between players and staff by imail is fine. Players can expect a reply to their queries within 2 business days. (Please note: requests should not be made to upper game management directly, as you're not going to get "better help" by asking the Managers or Vice Managers.)

Responsibility
The account owner is responsible for their account at all times. This means if your friends/family/pet crocodile logs into your account and causes trouble, you will be held responsible. Keep your username and password secure as you would for any other site or the pin number for your home alarm system or cash card.

Player-Staff Interaction
Both players and staff are expected to co-exist in a polite and respectful environment. This applies to professional interaction only as there are instances when the staff member is acting in the capacity of a player and not an administrator. This is not to say a staff member may become abusive and claim they were acting in a player capacity, but it does mean a staff member need not be stoic at all times. They're volunteers, and need/have the right to relax/get into arguments, too. This should never be the case in professional settings, though (i.e. Customer Service requests).

Repeat Offenders
Harsher punishments/deletions may occur for repeat offenders. To CLARIFY, multiple GAME rule breaks will result in longer jailtime than specified/ permajail/ in bad cases, server IP ban. Multiple CHAT rule breaks will be handled in the manner of increased chat ban time, or in some cases a permanent ban from chat. NOTE: The ONLY way any chat offences will become jail-able is when it involves hacking and only someone of authority may ever authorize such a jailing.

Loss of Items Due to Unauthorized Access
Lost items will only be returned to clans, provided the items can be tracked.

Wrongful Accusations
If you feel you have been unfairly jailed, chat banned, or any other form of punishment, imail upper management (Managers and Vice Managers) a formal complaint. You may also submit a formal complaint through the support centre.

Babysitting
Report all babysitting to a staff member. With date of start and planned end.
When babysitting another players account you may not do the following:
-Chat on their account
-Put up or remove/edit market listings
-PvP.
-Use the casino.
We would also prefer it if you stuck to fishing/clan mining/job centre and pawnshop buys. But understand that not everyone has a huge energy bank so will permit energy use on NPCs/training.
Note: Babysitting an account for a prolonged period of time may be investigated and you may be asked to stop if it appears that you are just playing two accounts..

Loopholes
Do not try and use/exploit loopholes in the rules. Doing so will result in you receiving punishment as stated in the rule you attempted to use a loophole with. Repeated attempts of trying to use loopholes to get around rules will result in an extended punishment as according to the rules. This includes any use of other accounts to circumvent any bans or jailings, the person doesn't have to be using said other account but if the account used is being used in a manner to communicate in game outside of the boundaries of the banned/jailed accounts sentence then the account being used is subject to the original term of said ban/jailing as well.

Encouragement of rule breaking
It WILL NOT be tolerated for a player to encourage others to break rules or unwittingly use them in attempts to break rules such as same IP trading via a middleman. Any such actions taken to try and get around rules in this fashion or to get others to break rules, and you will be jailed/banned as if breaking said rule that was encouraged to be broken.

No Complaining, bi**hing, moaning about what coders do and don't do
Complaining, bi**hing, moaning about what a coder does will NOT be tolerated anymore. First offence is a warn, second offence is a day in jail, third offence is 5 days. Coders are here to make the game better, even though some changes seem like they don't. They are NOT here to hear you bi**h how you dislike what they add. If you have anything negative to say, at least bring it up nicely - not full on bi**h and moaning from the get go.
This also applies to all staff regardless of Rank
NOTE:Any more than 3 offences is at Game Managements Discretion Meaning you can get a perma jail if you keep it up