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The following is a list of the current rules we ask that you follow while playing Nodeka. Should you have any questions, or disputes regarding these rules, feel free to email a Nodeka staff member, whose e-mail addresses can be found in 'help email'. Mortal Rules: 1. Character selling and trading is illegal on Nodeka. Any characters caught
attempting to sell or trade their character will be zapped. Any
characters found later to have purchased a character from another player
will be zapped. As passwords can never be changed, character
buying is a serious risk to the buyer as the seller will always know the
original password. Short answer: don't do it.
Exchanging in-game platinum for an in-game donation is perfectly legal.
If you are buying a donation from another character, ensure you donate to
Nodeka under the character's name to steer clear of any potential
punishment. If a player is caught buying a donation from another player
and paying that player to his or her personal account, both players will
be punished. Buying a donation from another player is fair game. However, donations
are the life-blood of Nodeka and circumventing donations entirely from
Nodeka is hurtful to all of Nodeka and cannot be allowed if Nodeka is to
stay afloat. As such, any trading of in-game Nodeka goods (platinum, equipment,
etc.) for non-game goods (US dollars, computer equipment, plane tickets,
etc.) is illegal. Both the buyer and seller of these situations will be
punished accordingly. Trying to work around this rule by both parties agreeing the transfers are
"gifts" is simply a way to cheat the system and is flagged as selling
in-game goods for non-game goods. 2. No spam: meaning, repeating the same message over and over again through
public (or private) channels, putting away equipment, multiple player
killing, etc. For the most part, spam is incredibly annoying and
distracting. If you persist in spamming Nodeka, consider yourself lucky
if you only get a warning. 3. No advertising for other MUDs on Nodeka. In addition, we ask that you
respect other MUDs and not globally advertise for Nodeka on them. If you
wish to tell your friends about Nodeka on other MUDs, please do it
through private channels. 4. No multi-playing: Nodeka prevents this internally. However, if you play
from a network with only one IP address and can validate this, you may
be allowed to have multiple characters log in from that address. This
priviledge is given in a per basis fashion. 5. No botting. See help bot for more information on this topic. Botting
characters are dealt with automatically by Nodeka. 6. Bug Abuse: if you discover a bug, it is very important that you report it
immediately. If you do not, and are caught abusing the bug, you will be
punished most severely, ranging anywhere from freezing to deletion of
your character. 7. Nodeka aids: the Nodeka aids (immortals, guards, mentors) work very hard
keeping Nodeka together and growing for you. As such, they are to be
treated with courtesy and respect. If you treat a Nodeka aid poorly, you
can expect the same treatment to be returned to you. 8. Players which have not been logged in for more than six months may be
deleted. Although we generally try to give at least 12 months inactive
time before deleting old characters, our minimum time for deleting unused
characters is six months. It is your responsibility to keep your
characters active. There will be no reimbursements for characters lost
due to inactivity. 9. No misleading players over the newbie channel who ask questions over the
newbie channel. This rule applies specifically to the newbie channel, and
no other channels.
If you reply to a newbie channel question over the newbie channel in a
misleading manner, you can be punished. The severity of punishment is in
direct relation to the level of misdirection which the player who
responded to the newbie channel question offers. 10. Racial or sexual slurs on Nodeka will not be tolerated and it is requested
that you use good judgement when using global channels. The Nodeka aids,
however, will not censor comments aside from slurs listed above. If a
slur of one of the types above is made, you will be dealt with as the
Nodeka aid feels is appropriate. Note: the one exception to this rule is the flame channel. The flame
channel is in place for players to speak, without any fear of
punishment. Anything said on the flame channel is allowed, with
the exception of spamming the channel. As such, no player will be
punished for anything they say on the flame channel. 11. < guards > and < mentors > have deemed themselves as third party arbiters. These characters can be trusted sources of handling item sales and
anything related to Nodeka where an unbiased third party is needed. An
example of an arbitrator's name is as follows:
< mentor > Eru If an arbiter does not follow through on any arbitration, a complete log
should be sent to one of the Nodeka staff members and that arbiter will
be permanently deleted and site-banned from Nodeka. Both parties involved
in the failed arbitration will be reverted back to their original status
before the arbitration. Only guards and mentors whose names show up in the "who" list in colored
brackets should be used as third party arbiters. Examples of such players
are seen below: < mentor > Eru
< guard > Klosus Any players caught impersonating a guard or mentor will be punished, up
to character deletion. 12. Do not give out answers to quest riddles over global channels. If you
wish to give someone a hint to a riddle or an answer to a riddle, please
do so via a private message (tell). However, it is strongly suggested you
do not give out answers to quest riddles in any form (via public or
private communication). 13. Do not intentionally try to abuse player's clients. While we do not
protect players who may be abused by their client due to their own lack
of knowledge on how to use their client, we will punish players who are
actively trying to abuse players' clients in very obvious and/or
malicious ways. Examples are: using any form of communication to trigger client
responses (e.g. rem all, drop all, quit). using player set strings (such as clan hall room names
or descriptions, player names or descriptions, etc.) to
trigger client responses. The punishment for intentional and malicious client abuse will be
determined by the severity of action. Furthermore, the player(s) who are
abused may or may not be reimbursed for their loss. Each case will be
handled individually. Note: if the players who are abusing clients are
doing so in an intentional and extremely malicious way, the punishment
will be extremely severe (e.g. character zap and permanent site-ban). Please keep in mind that you are responsible for your client's behavior
at all times. However, certain abuses such as clan hall room names and
descriptions cannot be overcome by clients and would require special
Nodeka code which would break the consistent theme of the game. Therefore
these client abuses must be corrected by the clan hall creators.
Players failing to correct client abuse after being notifying of the
behavior (malicious or not) will also be punished. If a client abuse
occurs which is accidental and benign, the player will be requested to
correct the behavior and may be released without punishment. However, if
the players refuses to correct the client abuse, he or she will be dealt
with as if the client abuse was malicious. Rule set updated February 11 2008 - Rules are correct at time of posting but are subject to change and update.
Use 'help rules' ingame to check for changes, and inform me if this article is not up to date. Thank you,
Serenity
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