Difference between revisions of "Game Rules"

Revision as of 09:13, 19 January 2010

Only One Account!

• One person may not ever use more than one account. Players may not train another player’s account. Swapping accounts will not be allowed.
• Any violation of the above will be treated as a case of multiple accounts and will result in the following punishments:
• Main Account (to be decided by Staff) – 5 days or more, depending on the situation.
• All Other Accounts – 365 days. These accounts will be deleted.

Illegal Transfers

• No two (or more) players who have shared an ip address at any time may exchange funds, buy or sell items in the market, or battle each other. Even if you are not on the same computer later on, it is still illegal.
• Any violation of the above will be treated as a case of illegal transfers and will result in Jail time for all parties from 1-100 days, depending on the amount and size of the transfers.
• Note: 100 day jailings are for severe cases of illegal transfers. These sentences must be reviewed by a Minister or Governor to decide on the correct level of punishment. If this is the case, your sentence will state that you need to wait for someone other than your jailer.

Push Accounts

• Creating accounts for the sole benefit of another Player or keeping inactive accounts active for that purpose are not allowed.
• Accounts that are used only to benefit other Players will be jailed, along with the Player gaining the benefits.

Communication

• Excessive cursing or flaming (insulting for the sake of insulting) will not be tolerated in any in game communication (Message Boards, Mails, or Chat).
• Spamming of the Message Boards, or any player’s News or Mails is not allowed.
• You may not beg for game funds via Mails or on the Message Boards.
• Prejudice comments are not welcome on Hobowars. Prejudice includes, but is not limited to: racism, sexism, ageism, and any other comments based upon the sex, race, religion, or creed of a group or individual. If you have opinions that could be regarded by Staff to be prejudices, please keep them to yourself while interacting with others in the game.
• In addition, racist names will not be allowed (i.e. naming your hobo niggersmustdie)
• One-character names are also not allowed.
• Message Board signatures may not be more than ten lines. The judgment of how many lines a signature is will be made by Staff, so please keep in mind that not all players use the same monitor resolution when making your signature. Additionally, please do not make any line of your signature long enough to stretch the screen of other players.
• No pornography. Hobowars is for players age 13 and older and therefore may not have pornography. If there is any question in your mind about the acceptability of a comment, picture, or link, just don’t post it.
• Violation of the above (with the exception of racist hobo names and pornography) will be punished by a Message Board Ban.
• Racist hobo names and pornography will be punished by Jail time to be determined by Staff based on severity of the offense.

Scams

• No impersonating Staff or other players. This includes telling players you are Staff.
• No scamming other players. If you say you will do something, you best be prepared to do it.
• NOTE :*If you donate something to a gang, it belongs to the gang owner, and if you wish to leave the gang, or you're kicked it will not be considered scamming. Please use your best judgment before donating to anyone.
• The above offenses are punishable by Jail time to be decided by staff based on the severity of the offense.

Selling Property/Affiliate Links

• In-game Property may not be sold for real life money or funds in another game. This includes selling money, points, donations, accounts, or anything else that is transferable in Hobowars. Additionally, you may not pay for items transferred in another game with Hobowars funds.
• Players may not make posts that offer to pay other players for clicking a link to any other site, or going to another site and performing some action. Players may still advertise other games or websites on the Fun and Games forum, but only without offers of compensation.
• Violations of these rules may be punished by a Jail sentence (Selling Property), or a Message Board Ban (Affiliate Links).

Glitches/Bugs

• Any player found exploiting a game glitch/bug will be punished with Jail time.

Macros/Refreshers

A macro is a program that plays part or all of the game for you. A refresher is a program (most often an add-in to your web browser) that reloads a webpage at set intervals. Hobowars rewards players for their time spent on the game. Use of these programs gives players an unfair advantage and is strictly forbidden on all levels.

• The Anti-Macro Protection Page is designed to prevent players from using a macro. If you fail to follow the directions on the Page, you will be jailed by the System for two days.
• Players caught using a macro will be jailed and eventually deleted. Players caught using a refresher will be jailed for a minimum of 2 days.

Staff

• Donation issues (anything involving a DP) should be sent to Andy. No other Staff member has the capacity to fix donation error and your mail will most likely be ignored and deleted.
• Message board/chat issues are handled by Secretaries.
• All other issues (i.e. multis, scams, etc.) are handled by the Minister and Vice Ministers.
• Donators are encouraged to post all non-donation related issues on the Staff Contact Forum before using the in-game mail system. All staff regularly reads the Forum and issues can be resolved by the right person in a timely manner. Non-donators should be careful to send mail to the correct level Staff member as listed above.
• Any problems with a member of Staff should be posted on the Staff Contact Forum.
• Any problems regarding a particular Message Board Ban or Jailing is to be resolved with the staff member that issued it. Other Staff will direct you to the punishing Staff member if you try to involve them. If you feel you have been mistreated by a specific Staff member, see the above paragraph.

Quitting

• A Player who decides to quit Hobowars is not permitted to give away their in-game items (money, points, tokens, etc.).
• Any player who receives items from a quitting player should return those items to either the quitting Player or the game Minister.
• Game Staff will not delete accounts upon request. If you wish to stop playing, simply log out and your account will be deleted for inactivity. Abandoning one account to begin a new one is not permitted until after the original account has been deleted.

Hobonames

• Must be EASILY clickable and more than 2 characters long
• Should not impersonate a staff member either by name or title
• Should not be prejudiced against religion, race, creed etc. there are a lot of dormant citizens with prejudiced names but since they don't come into regular game play we tend to leave them to be deleted. if you come across an offensive name on an active hobo then please report it on staff contact and staff will sort it.

Referral Links

• Personal referral links are not allowed on the mbs. generic links to games etc can be posted on Shipper's sticky games thread on non-hobo.
• You can post personal referral links in your hobo name, sig, journal and gang board This means NO my minicity or My brute advertisements on the boards. Same goes for Rick Rolls or any variation of them.

Personal Advertising

• You cannot advertise sluts/rapes or weapon/token/points/gang sales etc on the mbs
• You can advertise them in your hoboname, sig, journal and gang board

MB Posts and Threads

• Post in english on the mbs so that threads can be moderated
• Don't type your entire post in UPPER CASE as its very wearing on the eye
• Don't just post a quote from another hobo if you've nothing to add to it
• Don't chit chat in the stickied threads, please keep them on topic
• Don't post something that a banned or jailed person told you to post
• Please do not bump old threads :*an old thread is anything that's been dormant for 4 days or more and is likely to be on page 2 of a forum or above. similarly do not 'ghost bump' a thread by posting and then deleting.
• If a thread has been locked or deleted, do not re-create it
• Please post your thread on the appropriate board and not on GD because you think more people will read it
• Keep posts on topic. threads that go off topic get locked
• Don't create multiple threads on the same topic, or create variations on a similar theme
• Please don't double post. if you have more to add, then edit your first post. if you double or triple your post by accident then please delete the multiples
• Never, ever post about Bernard's Mansion, or any of the items within it, either specifically or in code
• Don't post rik rolls including embedded video rolls
• Don't post the word 'Nigger' or any variation thereof
• Don't post spam that contributes nothing but a +1 to your post count. examples of +1s are, but are not limited to:

• • +1 or any variation
  • Yes'd or any variation
  • No'd
  • Great Idea
  • Terrible Idea
  • In before lock or any variation IE inb4lock etc.
  • In before Deletion or any variation
  • Ban'd, Banned etc.
  • Oh RLY?, Ya RLY
  • srsli
  • LOL , LMAO, ROFL
  • WAT, WUT,
  • Owned, PWNT etc
  • amirite?
  • FIRST (first post)
  • Hai
  • Bai
  • tl;dr
  • "Read the tutorial"

• Also just posting a smiley post will be at the admins' discretion as to whether or not its a +1 spam.

• NOTE, The +1 rules are in place for habitual spam and it is left to the discretion of the secs to determine what is, or is not, spam. Anyone posting the above risks receivng a MB ban. Additionally, failure to adhere to staff requests or warnings will also result in punitive action.

New Player Help

• the NP board is a safe place for noobs to ask silly questions and to keep them off the other boards. if you are posting on the NPB then you must not flame the noobs (no matter how irritating they are), give out duff information or post general chit chat. we have plenty of other boards for that sort of thing.

Staff Contact/Jail Board

• staff never delete your posts from these boards :*but if the boards are busy, your posts often get bumped to the second page. if you think your thread has been missed, you can bump it back to the first page.

MB Bans

• MB Bans are progressive. if you frequently get mb banned then expect the number of days you are banned for to rise.

Pr0n

• what is considered porn is of course subjective, but piccies of nips and bits are right out, and that includes cartoons and drawings. sex toys, poo, cruelty and violence are also likely to be bannable. if in any doubt, please check with staff on staff contact before posting or better still, don't post it at all. porn posters receive a minimum 7 days jail term.

Chat

The Hobowars Chat room has similar rules to the public MBs, namely:

• Post in English so that chat can be moderated
• Do not post in continuous CAPS LOCK as it's tiring on the eye
• Be respectful to fellow players - racist and other offensive comments will earn you a chat ban
• Heed warnings from chat moderators - if they ask you not to do something then stop doing it immediately or expect a chat ban
• Referral links, porn links, rick rolls (or any other type of roll) etc are not allowed and will earn you a chat ban
• Begging is not allowed in chat and neither are noob questions encouraged - please ask gameplay questions on the New Player Help board
• Spamming the chat room will also earn you a chat ban

Remember that usage of the chat room is a privilege and is not a necessary part of gameplay - therefore people that break chat rules will receive a lengthy ban at staff discretion. Please also remember that chat bans can be given retrospectively from screenshots if no chat moderators are present at the time of the offence.

Poker Chat

• Much like chat; Begging for funds, negotiating slut/rape deals, spamming and repetitive consistent abuse will not be tolerated.
• Unlike chat; There is no Poker 'ban' at present. Players who breach these rules should expect to be jailed instead and not MB banned.