Lineage 2 Bartz |

Rules

1. Staff Members

1.1. Disrespectful attitude towards any of the Staff Members is forbidden; 
Punishment: ban ranging from a simple kick to permanent and IP ban in extreme cases

1.2. Any threats made to a Staff Member are forbidden; 
Punishment: account deletion and IP ban in extreme cases

1.3. You must stop any hostile actions against other players when a GM appears near you, especially if your hostility is aimed at the person(s) who called the GM; 
Punishment: ban for 3 days

1.4. It is forbidden to lie to Staff Members; 
Punishment: ban ranging from 1 week to 1 month

Staff members means all Administrators (Admins) and Game Masters (GMs).
These rules apply anywhere, including in the game, on the irc server (channels and private messages), on the forums and in e-mails sent to us.

2. 3rd party software

2.1. The following programs are forbidden:
2.1.1. any 3rd party software used to increase the speed of the application;
2.1.2. any 3rd party software (also known as bots and clickers) used for automation of anything in the game, such as killing monsters, collecting drops, auto-targeting monsters, healing, buffing etc; 
Punishment: account deletion and IP ban

2.2. Using someone else's account, even with permission is forbidden; 
Punishment: NO GM ASSISTANCE, this includes cases of account theft, technical problems or any other information you'd want to know.

3. Bugs and exploits

3.1. It is forbidden to use exploits; 
Punishment: minimum ban for 7 days

3.2. If you find a bug you must immediately contact us with as much information as possible, either on the designated forum, by e-mail, private by message on IRC or by private message on the forums;

3.3. If you find an exploit you must immediately contact us with as much information as possible, either by e-mail, by private message on IRC or by private message on the forum;

3.4. It is forbidden to publicly speak about an exploit; 
Punishment: ban ranging from 1 week to permanent and IP ban in extreme cases

Bug - application error which might prevent some feature to function or make it function in a way it was not intended.
Exploit - a bug that can be used to gain an advantage, such as blocked monsters, item duplication etc.

4. Chatting and names

4.1. It is forbidden to use bad words (swear), in any form (abbreviated, symbols, full text); 
Punishment: chat ban for 1-3 days, or account ban from 3 days to 1 month in extreme cases

4.2. It is forbidden to insult other players - rasism, chauvinism, ethnocentrism, any other form of disrespect towards a player is not welcome here; 
Punishment: same as 4.1

4.3. It is forbidden to use bad words, in any form in character names, clan names or titles; 
Punishment: account deletion

4.4. It is forbidden to use any of the following words in character names: GM, Admin and the names of the current and previous Staff Members; 
Punishment: account deletion.

4.5. It is forbidden to beg for adena or items; 
Punishment: chat ban for 1 day
4.6 It is forbidden to use real-life threats (i.e. threaten someone to harm them IRL). Remember, this is a game; 
Punishment: ban ranging from 3 days to one month and account deletion in extreme cases

5. Trading

5.1. It is forbidden to start a shop near a NPC, especially Gate Keepers and Warehouse Managers such as Taurin in Giran. 
Punishment: shop ban from 1 to 3 days

5.2. It is forbidden to trick someone else and steal their items and/or adena (also called scamming); 
Punishment: ban for 1 month to permanent, if it is an account only made for scamming

5.3. It is forbidden to make any transactions with real money; 
Punishment: account deletion, IP ban and notification of the Police (WARNING: you might get a criminal record!)

5.4. It is forbidden to give away or sell your account, even for adena; 
Punishment: account deletion, IP ban and if real money were involved, a notification to the Police, no future gm & admin service

6. Griefing

6.1. It is forbidden to PK in low level areas with a high level character (eg. Execution Ground, Ruins of Despair, any low-level area with monsters of lvl 56 or lower, if player's level is 52 or lower). 
Punishment: ban ranging from 1 week to 1 month

6.3. PK in other situations is allowed

6.4. KS is allowed

PK - Player Killing, killing other player's characters.
KS - Kill Stealing, stealing the drop from a monster someone else killed, when you are not in the same party

7. IRC

7.1. You are required to connect to the IRC server and join the official channel before you log in the game; Remember, technical issues and complaints are answered faster on irc than on the forum; 
Punishment: lack of extra services and live chat with GMs

8. Events

8.1. It is forbidden to enter an event zone (usually an arena) unless the event organizer invites you; 
Punishment: ranging from kick to 1 week ban and possible restriction to participating at any other event

8.2. Any unwanted intervention at an event is forbidden; 
Punishment: ranging from kick to 1 week ban and possible restriction to participating at any other event