Alter Aeon Rules of Conduct
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Section 1 - Newbie Areas
1.1 - Introduction
1.2 - Thou shalt not kill newbie trainers, shopkeepers, or quest mobs
1.3 - Thou shalt not screw with mobs in newbie zones
1.4 - Thou shalt not screw with items in newbie zones
1.5 - Thou shalt not screw with newbies in general
Section 2 - Multiplaying
2.1 - Thou shalt not multiplay. Ever.
2.2 - You may swap equipment to a mule or alt.
2.3 - All characters in an account are multis.
2.4 - Idling multis are still considered multis.
2.5 - Linkdead multis are still considered multis.
2.6 - You may not summon a multi to allow it to get a waypoint.
2.7 - You may not cast spells on or pk with a multi.
2.8 - Properly constructed lottery bots may be eligible for an exception.
2.9 - Seriously. Don't multiplay.
Section 3 - Bots and Botting
3.1 - Introduction
3.2 - Don't encourage others to bot
3.3 - You must not run bots in groups
3.4 - Informational - group autohealers are illegal
3.5 - You must not allow remote control triggers
3.6 - You must not bot in any newbie zones below level 30
3.7 - You must not bot in public places, recalls, or cities
3.8 - Bots must always yield in resource conflicts
3.9 - Your bot must not log in on its own
3.10 - Your bot must not spam commands
3.11 - Your bot must properly cope with unexpected events
3.12 - Lotto bots - special rules
3.13 - Informational - Command spamming is botting
3.14 - Informational - If the game thinks you're a bot, you're a bot
Section 4 - Scams and Character Sharing
4.1 - Introduction
4.2 - Thou shalt not share passwords or characters
4.3 - Thou shalt not log in other player's characters
4.4 - Thou shalt not steal passwords or run password scams
4.5 - Thou shalt not phish or grossly defraud other players
4.6 - Thou shalt not run financial scams
4.7 - Thou shalt not beg for credits, gold, or money
4.8 - Thou shalt not be gullible
4.9 - Thou shalt not use Alter Aeon as a medium to commit crimes
Section 5 - Social Interaction and Conduct
5.1 - Introduction
5.2 - Informational - censorship
5.3 - Informational - private channels
5.4 - Thou shalt follow the rules of private and public channels
5.5 - Channel disclaimers do not override public moderation
5.6 - Thou shalt not spam
5.7 - Thou shalt not be a dumbass when dealing with gods
5.8 - Thou shalt not impersonate or misrepresent gods or builders
5.9 - Guideline - don't give out your own personal information
5.10 - Thou shalt not give out the personal information of other players
5.11 - Guidelines - Sale of goods or services via Alter Aeon's communication systems
5.12 - Thou shalt not publicly advertise age-restricted items or activities
Section 6 - Harassment
6.1 - Introduction
6.2 - What is harassment?
6.3 - What is not harassment?
6.4 - Thou shalt not distribute real-life information about people
6.5 - Real-life information: You are responsible for your own identity
6.6 - Thou shalt not threaten real-life harm to anyone
6.7 - Thou shalt not attempt to impersonate others
6.8 - Thou shalt not slander others
6.9 - Thou shalt respect ignore
6.10 - Harassment - the victim has obligations too!
6.11 - Offline harassment matters too
6.12 - Informational: harassment of world builders and admin
6.13 - Exceptions for player killing
Section 7 - Annoyance and Griefing
7.1 - Introduction
7.2 - Informational - just because you can, doesn't mean you should
7.3 - Thou shalt not screw with recall sites
7.4 - Thou shalt not cast annoyance spells
7.5 - Thou shalt not dispel other players without consent
7.6 - Thou shalt not summon other players without their consent
7.7 - Thou shalt not pick up other players without their consent
7.8 - Thou shalt not intentionally foul other player's triggers
7.9 - Thou shalt not have stupid triggers
7.10 - Special mention - tensor inventory spam
7.11 - Thou shalt not in general grief other players
Section 8 - Player Corpses and Eq
8.1 - Introduction
8.2 - Thou shalt not mess with the corpses of other players
8.3 - Thou shalt not loot the corpses of other players
8.4 - Thou shalt not separate equipment from its rightful owner
Section 9 - Player Killing
9.1 - Introduction
9.2 - Thou shalt not attempt to kill other players except in pk
9.3 - Thou shalt not harass people who don't want to PK with you
9.4 - Incidental player kills with intent are still illegal
9.5 - Recall sites and waypoints are sacrosanct if flagged nocombat
Section 10 - Pets
10.1 - Thou shalt respect the pets of other players
10.2 - Thou shalt clean up after and pay attention to thy pets
Section 11 - Player Accounts
11.1 - Informational
11.2 - One person, one account
11.3 - Try to stay below a hundred characters
11.4 - Informational - character and account sales
Section 12 - In-Game Resource Conflicts
12.1 - Introduction
12.2 - Informational - just because you can, doesn't mean you should
12.3 - On the newbie islands, high levels shall yield to newbies
12.4 - Thou shalt not kill steal
12.5 - Thou shalt not loot equipment
12.6 - Bots must always yield in a resource conflict
Section 13 - Rules During Special Events
13.1 - Introduction
13.2 - Informational - bug reporting convention
13.3 - Informational - bug/exploit reporting
13.4 - Thou shalt not be a dumbass when dealing with gods
13.5 - High level characters should avoid newbie areas
13.6 - Stay out of unopened event areas
13.7 - Thou shalt not in general grief other players
13.8 - Just because you can, doesn't mean you should!
Section 14 - Miscellaneous Major Rules
14.1 - Introduction
14.2 - Thou shalt report Eloquence crash bugs immediately
14.3 - Thou shalt not DoS (Denial of Service) other players
14.4 - Thou shalt not fake logs or system messages
14.5 - Informational - fake logs and slander
14.6 - Informational - duplicating equipment
14.7 - Thou shalt not multiplay. Ever.
14.8 - Thou shalt not explore unopened zones
Section 15 - Penalties, Clarifications, and Other Information
15.1 - Introduction
15.2 - You are responsible, not your character
15.3 - Informational - penalties
15.4 - Informational - bug/exploit reporting
15.5 - Informational - teleport
15.6 - Informational - storage characters
Section 16 - Extra Rules For Global Channel Moderators
16.1 - Informational - Moderation Guiding Principles
16.2 - Moderators Should Not Moderate If Involved
16.3 - Moderators Should Be Invisible
16.4 - Moderators Should Consider Being Invisible To Other Moderators
16.5 - Moderators Should Vote, Not Argue
16.6 - Informational - Dentin Is Arbiter And Has Logs
Section 17 - Extra Rules For Gods, Admin, and Builders
17.1 - Informational - Builders and Gods follow rules too
17.2 - Informational - discourage Mush-Z modification
17.3 - Informational - Mush-Z is for Alter Aeon only
17.4 - Builders shall not be logged in at the same time as their mortals
17.5 - The mortals of a Pantheon god must not worship that god
17.6 - Builders and Gods shall not distribute game information to mortals
17.7 - Gods and Builders shall not distribute game information about mortals
17.8 - Low level builders shall not transfer mortals or playtest areas
Section 18 - Globally Destructive Behavior
18.1 - Thou shalt not be socially destructive
18.2 - Informational - "socially destructive" really is last resort
18.3 - Informational - what is a "Hate Machine"?
18.4 - Informational - we hate the "socially destructive" rule too