.DT General Rules $MUDNAME$ concepts help General Rules .SH The Rules .SP 5 5 The rules of $MUDNAME$ exist to make $MUDNAME$ a fair and fun environment for everyone. .EP .SP 5 5 It is every player's responsibility to be aware of the rules. Ignorance of the rules will not be considered an excuse for breaking them. If you are not sure about any of the rules, ask a creator for advice. .EP .SP 5 5 The spirit of the rules is important on $MUDNAME$ -- more important than the letter of the rules! If you find a way to circumvent a rule, to technically not break it, while still going against the spirit of the rule, you are still judged to have broken the rule. Similarly, if you engage in activities that are unfair or which may spoil someone else's enjoyment of the mud, you will find you have run afoul of the rules regardless of the 'letter of the law'. .EP .SH Passwords .SP 5 5 Passwords are your responsibility. You will be held accountable for all the actions of your player characters no matter who is in control of them, so make sure your password is kept secret. Allowing other people to log in as your character (or logging in using someone elses character) is strictly forbidden. If you forget your password an Administrator will only reset it and send the new one to the email address listed in your finger information. If there is no valid email address there your password cannot be reset. .EP .SH Multiplaying .SP 5 5 You may have more than one character, but they must not be logged in at the same time. Having more than one character logged in to $MUDNAME$ at the same time is referred to as multiplaying and is not allowed. You may not use one of your characters to assist the other character in any way. This includes mailing items between your characters. The penalty for multiplaying can be banishment. .EP .SH Robot Scripts .SP 5 5 The use of robot scripts is not allowed on $MUDNAME$. As well as using scripting clients, this includes using aliases and triggers to create repetitive loops of commands. Basically, anything that lets you perform a repetitive action without requiring you to be at your computer will be considered a robot script. The penalty for using a robot script file is having all your skills reduced to zero. .EP .SH Use of Triggers .SP 5 5 Triggers may be used if they do not affect game play. Triggers that would give a player using them an advantage over another player who does not use them are not permitted. Examples of triggers that are not allowed are ones which would allow the player to automatically follow, lose, or attack opponents without actually typing the commands to do so. Triggers used for doing things like automatically greeting people are allowed. .EP .SH Bug Abuse .SP 5 5 Occasionally, unintentionally beneficial bugs arise in the game code. These bugs should be reported and should not be taken advantage of. If you suspect that a game feature is allowing you to advance your character too quickly by allowing you to gain large amounts of experience points, skills, money or equipment, you should report it directly to a creator at the first available opportunity. This includes bugs that allow you to generate large numbers of non-player characters. The penalty for abusing bugs is often banishment. .EP .SH Quest Solutions .SP 5 5 Giving out quest solutions in whole or part is cheating. Information related to quests must not be discussed over chat channels. If a player is stuck while doing a quest assisting with a hint is acceptable but giving specifics on how to solve the quest will be punished severely. For further information see 'help quests'. .EP .SH Losing your link .SP 5 5 Intentionally losing your link to avoid death in combat, or to prevent similar undesirable game features, is not allowed. Players who do this will be punished accordingly. .EP .SH Language .SP 5 5 Profane language over public channels is not allowed. What consists profane language is at the discretion of the creators. If you find yourself disagreeing with what is considered profane language, feel free to mail admin with your complaint, though it is rare that such a decision is reversed. .EP .SH Creator/Player Interaction .SP 5 5 You are required to be courteous to, and cooperative with, creators -- they are not paid employees but volunteers here to enjoy themselves just as much as you are. Lying to a creator will be punished severely. It is against the rules to receive money, items, experience, skill or stat adjustments from creators unless this is to remedy the effects of a game error. You must report such activities to an admin. The exception to this rule are items which are classed as 'Liaison Toys'. .EP .SH Liaison/Player Interaction .SP 5 5 While liaisons are here to help, they are often very busy, and if a liaisons cannot immediately handle your request then wait. If a liaison tells you that they cannot help with a certain problem, do not push them. .EP .SH Harassment .SP 5 5 Harassment of any kind (including sexual and racial) is grounds for immediate banishment. Do not verbally abuse other players. Do not attempt to interfere with another player's access to the game. Do not spread malicious rumours or lies about other players. .EP .SH Punishments .SP 5 5 Punishments are many and varied. Basically, if you are in violation of a rule, you can attract any punishment deemed neccesary. Whining or complaining about your punishment can attract further punishment. These rules are in place to protect the players who do not break the rules, and the creators who work long hours to provide this entertainment to you. The only options you have if you feel a punishment is overly harsh or un-deserved is to mail the lords of liaison, or if this fails, to mail the admin with your complaint. Reversal of an existing punishment is, however, rare, especially at admin level. .EP .SH Rights .SP 5 5 For your rights, please see the "help rights" file. These rights are considered inviolate, and are enforced at the admin level. .EP .SH See Also .SP 5 5 harassment, multiplechars, quests, rights .EP
