OrionOTS Rules
OrionOTS is an online role-playing game in which thousands of players from all over the world meet everyday. In order to ensure that the game is fun for everyone, OrionOTS staff expects all players to behave in a reasonable and respectful manner. OrionOTS staff reserves the right to stop destructive behaviour in the game or in the official website. Such behaviour includes, but is not limited to, the following offences: 1. Names a) Offensive Name Names that are insulting, racist, sexually related, drug-related, harassing or generally objectionable. b) Invalid Name Format Names that contain parts of sentences (except for guild names), badly formatted words or nonsensical combinations of letters. c) Name Containing Forbidden Advertising Names that advertise brands, products or services of third parties, content which is not related to the game or trades for real money. d) Unsuitable Name Names that express religious or political views or generally do not fit into OrionOTS's medieval fantasy setting. e) Name Supporting Rule Violation Names that support, incite, announce or imply a violation of the OrionOTS Rules. 2. Statements a) Offensive Statement Insulting, racist, sexually related, drug-related, harassing or generally objectionable statements. b) Spamming Excessively repeating identical or similar statements or using badly formatted or nonsensical text. c) Forbidden Advertising Advertising brands, products or services of third parties, content which is not related to the game or trades for real money. d) Off-Topic Public Statement Religious or political public statements or other public statements which are not related to the topic of the used channel or board. e) Violating Language Restriction Non-English statements in boards and channels where the use of English is explicitly required. f) Disclosing Personal Data of Others Disclosing personal data of other people. g) Supporting Rule Violation Statements that support, incite, announce or imply a violation of the OrionOTS Rules. 3. Cheating a) Bug Abuse Exploiting obvious errors of the game. b) Using Unofficial Software to Play Manipulating the official client program or using additional software to play the game. 4. OrionOTS staff a) Pretending to be OrionOTS staff Pretending to be a representative of OrionOTS staff or to have their legitimation or powers. b) Slandering or Agitating against OrionOTS staff Publishing clearly wrong information about or calling a boycott against OrionOTS. c) False Information to OrionOTS staff Intentionally giving wrong or misleading information to OrionOTS staff in reports about rule violations, complaints, bug reports or support requests. 5. Legal Issues a) Account Trading or Sharing Offering account data to other players, accepting other players' account data or allowing other players to use your account. b) Hacking Stealing other players' account or personal data. c) Attacking OrionOTS Server Attacking, disrupting or damaging the operation of OrionOTS server. d) Violating Law or Regulations Violating any applicable law, the OrionOTS Service Agreement or rights of third parties. Violating or attempting to violate the OrionOTS Rules may lead to a temporary suspension of characters and accounts. In severe cases the removal or modification of character skills, attributes and belongings, as well as the permanent removal of characters and accounts without any compensation may be considered. The sanction is based on the seriousness of the rule violation and the previous record of the player. It is determined at the sole discretion of OrionOTS staff and can be imposed without any previous warning. These rules may be changed at any time. All changes will be announced on the OrionOTS website.