A Forum Notice

[Aislinn]

Hello all

As you all have seen by now, the forums have turned into a complete spam/flame fest and are unenjoyable by most. Because of this, we almost lost our forums, and nobody can blame anybody for thinking they are a waste of time and space.

In light of this, Roja and Entropy have made us forum administrators to take over these forums and make them right. Make no mistakes, the situation here will change. No longer will we tolerate what has gone on in the past. We will be strict, we will apply the rules fairly, and will be as prompt as humanly possible to correct anything that needs it. We expect you all to read the forum rules, and the specific rules for each section. If you do not follow the rules, your posts will be removed/deleted. If you break any rules that call for banning, you will be banned. Be warned now, "xyz did it in the past" won't cut it anymore.

Any questions, please feel free to pm any of us either ingame or here in forums.

Sincerely,

Aislinn, Soldus, and Placid

 

Rules as of April 17, 2005

 

Welcome to the Eternal Lands forums!

 

These forums are here for the members of the Eternal Lands community to take part in chats, discussions, developments, to give ideas and suggestions on the game, to meet new friends, and overall make Eternal Lands a pleasant place to be.

 

The forums are given to the community free of charge as a priveledge to use, as is the game itself, so we ask that you do not abuse this priveledge and in joining these forums that you will abide by the rules listed here:

 

General

 

1. Use Appropriate language

Do not use language which is sexually explicit, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive. This includes both clear and implied language, images, or links to websites with such content.

 

2. No Harassment

Harassment is not necessarily limited to the type of language used, but the intent.  This includes both clear and implied language that refers to violence in any capacity that is not directly related to the game world.  This further includes the distribution, release or discussion of any real-life, personal, or private information about other players, moderators or volunteers of Eternal Lands.  Repeatedly targeting a specific player or persons with harassment will lead to severe action.

 

3. No Hate Groups

Do not organize nor be a part of any guilds or groups within Eternal Lands or their forums that are based on or advocate any racist, sexist, anti-religious, anti-ethnic, anti-gay or other hatemongering philosophies.

 

4. Respect Others

You must respect the rights of others and their rights to enjoy this game and the forums.  In order to show proper respect, you may not defraud, harass, threaten, insult, name call, or cause distress and / or unwanted attention to other members,  moderators, volunteers, or developers.  Do not patronize people as they become acquainted with the environment and make beginners’ mistakes.

 

Posting

 

5. Posts should be constructive in nature. 

Back up your statements / claims.  If quoting, make sure to quote all relevant and necessary text, and if appropriate, provide a link to the originating source. Do not make posts or threads that are solely intended to incite controversy, provoke anger, insult people, present misinformation, and / or concerning personal issues with other members.

 

6. Use Proper Titles

Use a relevant, specific and descriptive subject for any thread you create.  “Good idea†and “Look at this†are not examples of good titles.  Moderators retain the right to edit the titles to more accurately describe the content within.

 

7. Stay on topic.

When posting a new thread, make sure it fits into the topic or category of the forum.  When replying to a post, make sure to stay on the topic of the thread you’re posting in.  Do not post across several categories or in the first available forum.

 

8. Use Constructive Criticism

Do not insult the developers or implementations of the game. When a new addition is made to the game and you find something wrong with it, then phrase your words in a thoughtful and meaningful way that people will be willing to respond to. Back your ideas or opinions up by facts or good, well thought out suggestions.

 

9. Sell and Trade at your own risk.

Eternal Lands will not be held responsible for any transactions made in game or on the forums dealing with real monetary currency or in game money or items. No selling of character accounts is to be made in any forum or in game public chat or channels.

 

10. Do not give out your password.

Once you give your password out to anyone, even for the purpose of character sharing, you relinquish all rights to that character.  Eternal Lands is not responsible for the return of your character or account, or for the actions of your character once you have disclosed your password.

 

11. No Flaming or Trolling.

Do not verbally attack or provoke others into fights or post for the sole purpose of causing unrest or dissent and stirring up trouble.  Do not use immature name-calling and do not take personal conflicts onto the forums in public.

 

12. No Spamming. 

Spamming is excessively communicating the same post, phrase, similar phrases, or posting without any real content.  Do not post for the sole purpose of increasing your post count (i.e. popularity contests, post bumping, cross posting).

 

13. No Linking to inappropriate websites.

Do not post links to sexually explicit, obscene, or vulgar sites, these sites would be considered "X rated". If the site contains questionable material, something that would be considered "R rated", then you must give a warning in your post concerning it. No linking to websites that would contain content in violation of any forum or game rules stated here.

 

14. No improper advertising.

Do not market, promote, advertise or solicit within the Eternal Lands Forums any non-Eternal Lands related business, organizations or websites.

 

15. No Impersonations

Do not impersonate or pass yourself off as an Eternal Lands owner, developer, moderator, or in-game players.  This includes creating similar variances upon names in order to deceive, misrepresent or post false information to others.

 

16. Exploiting

Do not exploit any bug in Eternal Lands or on the Eternal Lands Forums and do not communicate the existence of any such exploitable bug (bugs that grant the user unnatural or unintended benefits) either directly or through public posting.  This information should be immediately communicated to the Eternal Lands' owners privately.

 

17. Do not post or discuss links to cheats, illegal clients, hacks or malicious viruses / programs.

When modifying the Eternal Lands client you must abide to the license given, and may not distribute copies of illegally made clients.

 

18. Hacking

Do not attempt to interfere with or hack into any transmissions to or from the servers. Do not attempt to hack into someone else's account.

 

19. Macro, Automate.

Do not use illegal automated programs, scripts and computers.  The use of any illegal automated program or system, devices, computers or scripts is strictly prohibited and may result in criminal liability under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Section 1030 of the United States Code.  Violators will be prosecuted to the full extend of applicable law and may also be liable for the punitive damage.

 

20. Do not violate any local, state, national or international laws or regulations.

 

21. Copyright Infringement

Do not upload or transmit copyrighted material that you do not own all rights to without the express written permission of the copyright holder. 

 

22. Skirting Punishments

Do not attempt to create additional accounts if you have been banned or suspended.  Seeking loopholes to punishments can result in permanent bans from both the Eternal Lands Forums and game.

 

 

 

Forum Names, Signatures and Avatars

 

23. No bad names.

Illegal names can and will be locked no matter how much time you have spent on the forums.  Furthermore, no names allowed whose intention is to belittle the conditions of others or impersonate anyone or are in any way obscene, vulgar, or profane.

 

24. Signatures & Avatars

Keep signatures limited to FOUR lines of text and images no larger than 100 pixels high. What can and cannot be included in signatures and images follows the same rules and regulations as anything else posted in these forums.

 

 

 

Forum Moderation

 

25. Moderation is never a topic for public discussion. 

Issues and questions regarding forum policies and procedures should be addressed to the game administrators(namely Roja or Entropy) or the specific moderator via private message or email. Issues and problems concerning other forum or game moderators should also be addressed privately with Entropy or Roja. All private messages will remain classified unless otherwise agreed upon. Public threads on these issues will be removed.

 

26. Locked threads.

If a topic is closed or removed do not, under any circumstances, re-post the same topic or material.  If you have any questions as to why a thread was closed or removed please contact the moderator via private message.  Do not create a new thread on a topic if there is currently a thread on that topic already.

 

 

 

All rules here may be subject to change or addition at any given time.

 

The moderators of Eternal Lands have the authority to use their discretion and common sense on a case by case basis on moderating these forums and punishments for violating any of these rules.

 

Repeatedly violating any area of the Eternal Lands Terms of Use or Forum Code of Conduct, including the areas detailed above, will often result in permanent banishment from the forums and game.