~B ~1 RULES ~B The following is a basic guidline of what you should not be doing. This is still a work in progress; therefore, make sure that you read the rules from time to time. Now that the rules are posted, the Mod team will be less tolerant towards individuals who break the rules. ~B~1~PRules/Guidelines ~2----------------------------------------------- ~2The following is a list of common offenses that moderators watch for. This is not a perfectly concise list, moderators will use their best judgment from case to case. It is recommended that you learn these rules, for moderators, super moderators, and sysops expect you to abide by these rules/regulations while playing the game. Thank You. ~41. Inappropriate names, squad names, or team names. ~2This includes, but is not limited to: Racist names, obscene names, and any material a game moderator, super moderator, or sysop deems inappropriate. ~42. Flooding/spamming. ~2Flooding is defined as (but not limited to) multiple lines of text a person types in order to cover something said up, (moving it out of view of the default sized chatbox,) forcing disconnection to avoid death, or a "joke" to log off. This shall be determined by the moderator, super moderator or sysop at the time of incident. Spam is defined as (but not limited to) 2 or more lines of text directly after the first line of text of the same message, or group of messages (pertaining to macros.) ~43. Intentional charges to obtain flags with excessively high lag/latency (a.k.a. lag-flagging). ~2This includes, but is not limited to: flagging while your lag info is above the legal limit. Please use the ?lag command to determine your latency. If you are found to be above the legal limit, you may be locked in spec until your connection becomes stable (This limit is 400ms ping, and 6% Packet Loss (5% Ploss for flagging, 6% Ploss for staying in game.) ~B If you are intentionally lag flagging, you will be banned for a period of time~B ~B Please do not download files or use file sharing programs (Bit-Torrent, KazAA, Ares, Soulseek etc.) while in the game ~B ~44. No Public Spec Information. ~2 If you are in Spec mode, you are a Spectator. Please do not disrupt a game in progress by revealing the coordinates of people, bases, or flags ~45. Statistics Padding (a.k.a Stat-Padding). ~2This Includes, but is not limited to: feeding (or receiving) kills to someone in order to increase their bounty, better their kills to death ratio, experience, giving away a 30k bounty (or any value bounty) to another player before leaving the game, and repeated deaths to collect helmets (your own or not). ~46. Excessive derogatory behavior. ~2This is ultimately up to the present moderator, super moderator, or sysop to decide what is/ is not derogatory, but examples include, and are not limited to: ANY Racism, Anti-Religious remarks denouncing a player based on their race/religion, excessive vulgarity, drawing pornography in the chatbox, and spelling vulgar words/ pictures on the map with walls. ~47. Using a non-flag terrain to force an unowned flag drop, such as switching to spectator mode to drop a flag being carried. ~48. Impersonating a game moderator, super moderator, or sysop for ANY reason. ~49. Impersonating a player in order to cause a bad reputation for that player. (This is Different than Rule 11) ~410. Intentionally leaving an arena/game with the intent to avoid a lock/silence/ban. ~411. Intentionally damaging friendly turrets/structures or teammates on your team (this is considered team-sabotage/ Team Killing ["TKing"]). ~412. Repeatedly summoning people without permission (a.k.a. random-summoning). ~413. Intentionally misleading players in/out of spectator mode or out of the arena/game for ANY reason. ~2This includes, but is not limited to: telling someone that typing "?go faster" actually makes your player faster, or telling people that pressing F12 will give you something or make something cool happen. ~B This rule will be strictly enforced ~B ~414. Promoting other infantry servers ~415. Using a hack, trainer, exploit, cheating and/or abusing bugs. ~2This includes, but is not limited to, using the "Speed Hack," "Pfilter," using "dummy" player accounts or other players to intentionally augment scores and bounty (A.k.a Statistic Padding), using a RR CANISTER or map bugs to fire THROUGH* a wall, using map bugs (such as misplaced vision blocks) to conceal flags, and placing flags in the elevator areas. *Through meaning the canister physically goes through the wall and then detonates on the other side, this does NOT mean splash damage. ~416. Using a secondary account to spectate players ingame to assist in finding them on the map. An example would be to use a "dummy" account to watch someone with a bounty so you could hunt them easier. ~417. ANY activity a game moderator, super moderator, or sysop determines is inappropriate. ~4Punishments ------------------- ~2Punishments for violations may include, but is not limited to, any combination of the following: Wiping of character Deduction of money Deduction of experience Deduction of equipment ~2Being silenced A temporary zone ban A temporary game ban A permanent zone ban A permanent account ban Being locked in spectator mode Being warned Any other action a moderator/super moderator/sysop deems appropriate **Note that moderators need not give you a warni~2ng before issuing a ban if they deem it unnecessary. **Note that moderators are here to help make the game a better place. Harassing mods for any reason is not tolerated