Rules Regarding:
The punishments in parenthesis are suggested punishments for breaking the rules.
Deliberately accessing game mechanics or other
people's accounts without prior consent.
A.) Hacking of Accounts: Giving
or using 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 be judged as hacking. (IP Ban and
Deletion)
B.) Hacking of the Game: Any threats to or deliberately trying
to access game code without permission from the Owner. (IP Ban and Deletion).
C.) Bug Abuse: Abusing bugs will be treated as a serious offence. This
includes intentionally loopholing around the game code. If you find a bug or
glitch that can be profited from, do not 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. 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. (30 days/ Deletion)
D.) Loss of Items Due to Unauthorized Access: Lost items will only be
returned provided the items can be tracked.
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Account Ownership:
The account owner is responsible for their
account at all times. This means if your friends/family/pet crocodile logged
into your account and causes trouble you will be held responsible for whatever
Game, Chat, or Message board Rules they break.
A.) Sharing: Player
accounts are the sole property of an individual player and cannot be shared with
any other player or individuals. (Deletion)
B.) Baby-sitting: Babysitting someone else's account is no longer allowed. If you are away from the game and wish to conserve daily energy etc. it is advised to use energy tokens (syphons are converted into energy tokens).
As per 21/07/2010 this rule has been suspended until management deems syphon prices reasonable enough again.
This means that babysitting is once again allowed, under the following conditions:
Allowed are: Use of energy, Use of Wraithblade Touches, Use of Mining attempts, Voting for AP, Buying from Pawn Shop, Fishing and/or farming.
NOT Allowed, are: Market transactions (including placing Greedy Market listings), Clan donations or withdrawals, Sends (of any kind) to other players, Chatting or posting on MBs.
Staff MUST be informed of the babysitting in advance; simply imail the staff mailbox with the ID of both accounts involved, aswell as startdate and (estimated) enddate.
Babysitting is limited to a maximum of 21 consecutive days (Management reserves the right to alter this maximum in specific cases)
Upon reinstatement of the no babysitting rule there will be at least a one month 'heads-up' time so people have the time to make other arrangements.
C.) Account Selling: You may not at any time trade
or sell your account with another player. (40 days/Deletion)
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Player Conduct:
Players are expected to conduct themselves in
a mature manner and to read and understand the Terms of Service, Game Rules,
Chat Rules, and Message Board Rules.
A.) Vulgar Names: Vulgar or indecent
names will not be allowed on ED. If you have been asked to change your name by a
staff member, please do so. Refusing to change your name and causing Staff to
change your name for you will result in a jailing. (5 days)
B.)
Impersonation: Do not impersonate other players without their permission and do
not change names or how it appears to anything having to do with staff or imail
players telling them you are staff. Moderator Trainees and up are considered
staff members. (15 days)
C.) Promoting other games/URLs: Promoting other
games to include asking for coding assistance while in Eternal Duel will not be
tolerated. If you promote them through imail then it becomes a general game
offence. Inappropriate links or images sent through Imail, Chat, 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 are allowed. (30
Days)
D.) Signature Images: Signature images or personal phrases may not
contain URLs that lead to other games, pornography or illegal material
(including copyrighted
media). Images used may not contain illustrations of adult material,
including pornography and gore or excessive graphical violence. Images or
phrases breaching this rule will be removed and repeated failure to follow the
rule will lead to a jail term. A warning may not always be issued first,
depending on the severity of the offense.
E.) Loopholes: Do not try to
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. (Depending on loopholed rule)
F.) Leaked information: Do not in any way share or use staff only information that has been leaked, accidentally or intentionally. If you obtain any information you suspect you shouldn't have, contact a Vice Manager immediately. Players are required to report leaks and anyone found knowing something they shouldn't without reporting it will be held responsible and jailed. Duration of sentence will depend on severity of offense aswell as intentionality and cooperation. Any substantive proof you can provide of a leaker will benefit you in way of reducing your sentence. (5+ days up to a maximum of permanent jailing)
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Account Interactions:
Interactions between accounts are monitored
closely especially when accounts appear on the same IP. We are aware that
oftentimes there is more than one person on any given IP who play Eternal Duel.
At no time is a player allowed to own more than one account. If you have more
than one account or you are sharing an IP with other players immediately notify
an Admin/Vice Manager/Manager so that the other account(s) can be deleted or
verified as being a Shared IP Account.
A.) Multi: Any account not
verified as being a Shared IP Account will be considered a
Multi. Any transactions between the Main account and the Multi accounts will be
subtracted from the Main account. The Multi accounts will then be deleted and
the Main account Jailed. (30 Days Plus deletion)
B.) Same IP Trading:
Accounts on the same IP are not allowed to trade at any time. If you are unsure if what you are doing falls under this rule, contact management ASAP to get a review and find out if you are cleared to trade or not. Players who trade
between accounts on the same IP will have the funds removed and both accounts
jailed. (30 Days)
C.) Middlemen: Using a middleman of any form (other
players, markets, clans) to get around the Same IP Trading/Multi rules will
result the removal of funds from the game, possible fines, and all parties
jailed. (30 Days)
D.) Mass One Way Transactions: Transactions
pre-dominantly conducted between Player A to Player B in which normally only
Player B gains from the transactions. In cases such as this, the funds will be
removed from the game and both accounts jailed. (30 Days)
E.) Multi to get
around Ban/Jailing: Do not make another account to circumvent any sort of
banning or jailing. If you feel the need to make a complaint use the proper
channels which in this case is the EDSC or by directly imailing a Vice Manager
or Manager. Every time you make an account to get around a banning or jailing
you will be jailed for an additional 5 days. (5 days per occurrence)
F.)
Multiple Accounts on same IP: Players may not be in the same clan owned by
another player on their IP. Donations will be considered same IP trading and
dealt with accordingly
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Player to Player Social Interactions:
We understand that not all people can at all
times get along with each other. However, this is a game to be enjoyed by all
players who log in. As such, all players have the right to enjoy the game
without fear of harassment or prejudice.
A.) Harassment: Game staff
determines 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. 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. (10 Days)
B.) Flooding: Intentionally spamming or flooding the
message boards, chat rooms, or other communication venues such as a player's
inboxes will result in a 5 day jail term. Spamming of inboxes includes any form
of producing a mass amount of messages i.e. sending small amounts of any item
repeatedly, custom news messages, or the same or similar imail repeatedly. (5+
days)
C.) Slutting: Do not pay other players to suicide against you. (5
days)
D.) Encouraging Others to Break Rules: Intentionally encouraging
or asking other players to break the rules will be met with the same punishment
as the rule that was asked to be broken. Note: This also applies to Chat and MB
rules. (Determined by the rule broken)
E.) 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. (15
days)
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Player to Player Business Transactions
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A major part of the game involves dealing with
other players in business transactions. Be aware that there are times when
players overstretch themselves or make mistakes.
A.) Ripping: Taking
gold from a player and not providing what you offered is illegal. Any player
caught doing this will have the trade either voided or completed and the
offender jailed. (15 Days)
B.) Bad Trades: Trades must meet the
agreement made in chat, imail, or the Message Boards. For items sent/received
are more then what was agreed on in chat or imail, whoever receives the extra
funds must refund the other player right away. For any funds ACCIDENTLY 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. Deals made in chat are considered binding once one player
fulfills their end of the trade. (15 Days)
C.) Clan Staff Selling: Clan
staff position selling is strongly discouraged and will not be
enforced.
D.) Loan Defaulting: 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; loans cannot for any reason be transferred to another player), 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. (NOTE: since imails are deleted
after 30 days, it is advised to save your loan conditions via the [SAVE]
function in imails if the duration of the loan is longer than this period.) Jail duration will depend on the amount of gold owed, or the comparable value of any items or commodities based on market value at the time of default (made payments will be reduced from the total). Attempting to circumvent the amount thresholds in any way may result in an extended sentence (0-2 billion = 15 Days, 2-5 billion = 30 Days, 5-10 billion = 45 days, 10-15 billion =- 60 days, and 15 extra days for every 5 billion over 15 billion, (ie. 15-20 billion = 75 days, 20-25 billion = 90 days, etc. )
E.) Gambling: Any wagers made on out of game events like sports
and other competitions will not be enforced.
F.) 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. (40 days)
G.) 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. Do not
take advantage of people by trying to charge people for it. (10 days)
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Clan Ownership:
A.) 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.
Any player who steals from a clan will be punished severely. (5+ days + fine)
B.) Multiple Clan Ownership: All players on Eternal Duel may own only at
most one clan on Eternal Duel. Any players caught using a second clan in any way
will be jailed. This includes one clan funneling items to another clan. Selling
or trading a second clan is also illegal, as is selling a clan for a friend.
(20+ Days, excess clans deleted)
C.) Leaderless Clans: Any clan without
a leader set will be deleted. The clan will not be given to the co-leader. If a
clan is set for deletion all current members of the leaderless clan will be
given the opportunity to purchase and branded equipment they have in their
possession.
D.) Clan Banner: Clan banners and images may not contain
URLs that lead to other games, pornography or illegal material (including
copywrighted media). Images used may not contain illustrations of adult
material, including pornography and gore or excessive graphical violence. Images
or phrases breaching this rule will be removed and repeated failure to follow
the rule will lead to a jail term. A warning may not always be issued first,
depending on the severity of the offense. (30 days)
E.) Clan Mine
Freezing: Players that own a clan will have the mine of that clan frozen for the
duration of their jail time if they are jailed for having ill-gotten gains (bug
abuse, ripping, multi, out of game trading, loan default).
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Player to Staff Interactions
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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 are 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).
A.) 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. (10 Days)
B.)
Conduct: Since Staff are players all rules apply to them as well as they must
follow all rules.
C.) Admin Begging: Do not ask Admins or Managers for
currency, items or information not available to all players; feel free to ask
for help, though. (10 days)
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APPENDIX
Players have had questions regarding
illumination of certain laws, boundaries, and scenarios, and here are the
answers:
Mine Lockouts: Clan mines will be locked for the duration of any jailing a clan owner may receive; making it impossible for the mine to be used at that time.
Staff Obligations to Players: Staff 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 two business days. (Please note: requests should not be
made to upper game management directly, as you are not going to get "better
help" by asking the Managers or Vice Managers.)
Repeat Offenders: Harsher punishments/deletions may be issued to repeat
offenders at staff’s discretion.
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.
Ignorance: Although ignorance in itself is not an offense, it will not be accepted as an excuse for breaking any actual rules. Meaning all players are expected to be aware of the Rules
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