o Respect Each Other
Harassing and/or threatening other players is completely out of the question. Personal attacks on other users, racist, hurtful comments and offensive language directed at other community members will not be tolerated in any way. You are expected to be polite to others at all times and settle conflicts between yourselves in a mature manner. If there is a real problem going on between yourself and another/other users that cannot be solved by simply blocking them, it should be taken up by one of the Community Moderators.
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o Use Appropriate Language and Behaviour
"Shadow Skies" has an age limit of 12+. Cursing and sexual content (pornography) isn't allowed, none what so ever. If our moderators see a curse word or something dirty inside the game, you'll be banned for 5 hours. If continued, ban expands until perm.
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o Respect the Staff and Their Decisions
The rules have to be enforced somehow, and our Moderators have to do this job to the best of their ability. They work hard making the game a better place for everyone, and as such if they ask you to do something, you are expected to do it without question. Disrespecting a Moderator or Administrator's decisions and/or actions is out of the question - if a Moderator has believes there is a problem, they are at their complete discretion to do so. That having been said, if you truly feel a Moderator or Administrator has done (or not done) something that you completely and utterly disagree with, then please file a report with evidence explaining so to myself.
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o Discussing Bans and Reports
Please do not discuss bans and reports in public. If you have an issue regarding your own or someone's banning, please take it up in a private message with one of the Community Moderators or myself. Seeking attention over bans will not make it any better for yourself.
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o Usernames and Character Names
If someone is found to have an offensive or otherwise inappropriate username or character name, action will be taken and your account will be removed.
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o Do Not Abuse the Chat
The chats are an important, shared space for everyone in the game. We ask that you do not spam the chat in any way, including caps spam, text spam and movie spam. Constant "Trolling" and encouraging others to break the rules is also a punishable offense. If you cause havoc or unnecessary drama within the chats, Moderators are at liberty to warn/kick and ban you at their discretion.
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o Territory Claiming
Please don't claim parts of the public map(s) for yourself or your group. They are meant for everyone and we expect users to be mature in this regard.
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o Altering Game Files
Do NOT alter any of the files or codes for the game that might affect the maps and/or gameplay. Giving you an advantage or not, the files should remain intact unless you are given a permission to change them. If you are caught doing this you will most likely face a longer ban.
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o Impersonation
Anyone caught impersonating a Staff member, even if just by creating a username that is similar/could be confused with a Staff member's can be found guilty for a serious offense. Impersonation is not a trivial matter and you can be permanently kicked from the "Shadow Skies" community.
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o Mini-Modding
"Minimod: A regular member that takes it upon themselves to push rules and tell everybody how to conduct themselves instead of leaving it up to the mods, usually in an attempt to become a real moderator themselves."
Please don't minimod. Let the Moderators do their jobs - if you witness something that is against the rules, simply report it to one of the Staff and move along quietly. If you would like to apply for a Moderator position, this isn't the way to go about it - refer to the Administration boards.
