Alter Aeon Rules of Conduct

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Section 1  - Newbie Areas
 1.1  - Introduction
 1.2  - Thou shalt not kill newbie trainers, shopkeepers, or quest mobs
 1.3  - Thou shalt not screw with mobs in newbie zones
 1.4  - Thou shalt not screw with items in newbie zones
 1.5  - Thou shalt not screw with newbies in general

Section 2  - Multiplaying
 2.1  - Thou shalt not multiplay.  Ever.
 2.2  - You may swap equipment to a mule or alt.
 2.3  - All characters in an account are multis.
 2.4  - Idling multis are still considered multis.
 2.5  - Linkdead multis are still considered multis.
 2.6  - You may not summon a multi to allow it to get a waypoint.
 2.7  - You may not cast spells on or pk with a multi.
 2.8  - Properly constructed lottery bots may be eligible for an exception.
 2.9  - Seriously.  Don't multiplay.

Section 3  - Bots and Botting
 3.1  - Introduction
 3.2  - Don't encourage others to bot
 3.3  - You must not run bots in groups
 3.4  - Informational - group autohealers are illegal
 3.5  - You must not allow remote control triggers
 3.6  - You must not bot in any newbie zones below level 30
 3.7  - You must not bot in public places, recalls, or cities
 3.8  - Bots must always yield in resource conflicts
 3.9  - Your bot must not log in on its own
 3.10 - Your bot must not spam commands
 3.11 - Your bot must properly cope with unexpected events
 3.12 - Lotto bots - special rules
 3.13 - Informational - Command spamming is botting
 3.14 - Informational - If the game thinks you're a bot, you're a bot

Section 4  - Scams and Character Sharing
 4.1  - Introduction
 4.2  - Thou shalt not share passwords or characters
 4.3  - Thou shalt not log in other player's characters
 4.4  - Thou shalt not steal passwords or run password scams
 4.5  - Thou shalt not phish or grossly defraud other players
 4.6  - Thou shalt not run financial scams
 4.7  - Thou shalt not beg for credits, gold, or money
 4.8  - Thou shalt not be gullible
 4.9  - Thou shalt not use Alter Aeon as a medium to commit crimes

Section 5  - Social Interaction and Conduct
 5.1  - Introduction
 5.2  - Informational - censorship
 5.3  - Informational - private channels
 5.4  - Thou shalt follow the rules of private and public channels
 5.5  - Channel disclaimers do not override public moderation
 5.6  - Thou shalt not spam
 5.7  - Thou shalt not be a dumbass when dealing with gods
 5.8  - Thou shalt not impersonate or misrepresent gods or builders
 5.9  - Guideline - don't give out your own personal information
 5.10 - Thou shalt not give out the personal information of other players
 5.11 - Guidelines - Sale of goods or services via Alter Aeon's communication systems
 5.12 - Thou shalt not publicly advertise age-restricted items or activities

Section 6  - Harassment
 6.1  - Introduction
 6.2  - What is harassment?
 6.3  - What is not harassment?
 6.4  - Thou shalt not distribute real-life information about people
 6.5  - Real-life information:  You are responsible for your own identity
 6.6  - Thou shalt not threaten real-life harm to anyone
 6.7  - Thou shalt not attempt to impersonate others
 6.8  - Thou shalt not slander others
 6.9  - Thou shalt respect ignore
 6.10 - Harassment - the victim has obligations too!
 6.11 - Offline harassment matters too
 6.12 - Informational:  harassment of world builders and admin
 6.13 - Exceptions for player killing

Section 7  - Annoyance and Griefing
 7.1  - Introduction
 7.2  - Informational - just because you can, doesn't mean you should
 7.3  - Thou shalt not screw with recall sites
 7.4  - Thou shalt not cast annoyance spells
 7.5  - Thou shalt not dispel other players without consent
 7.6  - Thou shalt not summon other players without their consent
 7.7  - Thou shalt not pick up other players without their consent
 7.8  - Thou shalt not intentionally foul other player's triggers
 7.9  - Thou shalt not have stupid triggers
 7.10 - Special mention - tensor inventory spam
 7.11 - Thou shalt not in general grief other players

Section 8  - Player Corpses and Eq
 8.1  - Introduction
 8.2  - Thou shalt not mess with the corpses of other players
 8.3  - Thou shalt not loot the corpses of other players
 8.4  - Thou shalt not separate equipment from its rightful owner

Section 9  - Player Killing
 9.1  - Introduction
 9.2  - Thou shalt not attempt to kill other players except in pk
 9.3  - Thou shalt not harass people who don't want to PK with you
 9.4  - Incidental player kills with intent are still illegal
 9.5  - Recall sites and waypoints are sacrosanct if flagged nocombat

Section 10 - Pets
10.1  - Thou shalt respect the pets of other players
10.2  - Thou shalt clean up after and pay attention to thy pets

Section 11 - Player Accounts
11.1  - Informational
11.2  - One person, one account
11.3  - Try to stay below a hundred characters
11.4  - Informational - character and account sales

Section 12 - In-Game Resource Conflicts
12.1  - Introduction
12.2  - Informational - just because you can, doesn't mean you should
12.3  - On the newbie islands, high levels shall yield to newbies
12.4  - Thou shalt not kill steal
12.5  - Thou shalt not loot equipment
12.6  - Bots must always yield in a resource conflict

Section 13 - Rules During Special Events
13.1  - Introduction
13.2  - Informational - bug reporting convention
13.3  - Informational - bug/exploit reporting
13.4  - Thou shalt not be a dumbass when dealing with gods
13.5  - High level characters should avoid newbie areas
13.6  - Stay out of unopened event areas
13.7  - Thou shalt not in general grief other players
13.8  - Just because you can, doesn't mean you should!

Section 14 - Miscellaneous Major Rules
14.1  - Introduction
14.2  - Thou shalt report Eloquence crash bugs immediately
14.3  - Thou shalt not DoS (Denial of Service) other players
14.4  - Thou shalt not fake logs or system messages
14.5  - Informational - fake logs and slander
14.6  - Informational - duplicating equipment
14.7  - Thou shalt not multiplay.  Ever.
14.8  - Thou shalt not explore unopened zones

Section 15 - Penalties, Clarifications, and Other Information
15.1  - Introduction
15.2  - You are responsible, not your character
15.3  - Informational - penalties
15.4  - Informational - bug/exploit reporting
15.5  - Informational - teleport
15.6  - Informational - storage characters

Section 16 - Extra Rules For Global Channel Moderators
16.1  - Informational - Moderation Guiding Principles
16.2  - Moderators Should Not Moderate If Involved
16.3  - Moderators Should Be Invisible
16.4  - Moderators Should Consider Being Invisible To Other Moderators
16.5  - Moderators Should Vote, Not Argue
16.6  - Informational - Dentin Is Arbiter And Has Logs

Section 17 - Extra Rules For Gods, Admin, and Builders
17.1  - Informational - Builders and Gods follow rules too
17.2  - Informational - discourage Mush-Z modification
17.3  - Informational - Mush-Z is for Alter Aeon only
17.4  - Builders shall not be logged in at the same time as their mortals
17.5  - The mortals of a Pantheon god must not worship that god
17.6  - Builders and Gods shall not distribute game information to mortals
17.7  - Gods and Builders shall not distribute game information about mortals
17.8  - Low level builders shall not transfer mortals or playtest areas

Section 18 - Globally Destructive Behavior
18.1  - Thou shalt not be socially destructive
18.2  - Informational - "socially destructive" really is last resort
18.3  - Informational - what is a "Hate Machine"?
18.4  - Informational - we hate the "socially destructive" rule too