In following is a listing of violations of game law, and the resulting punishments. If the felonious player holds multiple accounts, all accounts may be subjected to the same punishment. (That is to say the offender is a person behind any given number of accounts, not just a particular account) Some offences may result in temporary suspension of posting privileges, the jail terms are reserved for repeated offenders. Game staff reserves the right to interpret these laws in certain situations to maintain the spirit of said laws.
Hacking - Do not deliberately access another person's account without their prior consent. This also includes giving any links, or sites that cause people to do things within their account.
Logging into, or using another person's account without permission will result in deletion of any or all of the offender's accounts.
To clarify the account sharing issue - you cannot share an account with another person. You may "baby-sit" or "Take Care of" someone's account, but you may not use another person's account as your own for a prolonged period of time nor use it to help fund your account. This rule is in place in the event that a situation may arise where two people claim ownership over an account.
*To take care of one's account, please imail an admin about it along with an explanation*
Punishment: Indefinate Jail Time and/or Deletion
Bug Abuse - If you find a bug or glitch that can be profited from, please report it to a Manager or Vice-Manager.
Bug Abuse results in cheating which will not be tolerated. Depending on severity, game bug abuse will result in anywhere from a
30 day jail term to account deletion. Bugs, loopholes, security flaws, or any inconsistencies in the game should be immediately reported to one of the Game Developers (usually Managers) with an Imail description Including: What you were doing when the said issue happened, and the result of the issue.
Punishment: 30 Days / Deletion
Ripping/Bad Trades/Clan Staff Selling - Taking money from another player and then not providing what you offered is illegal. Ripping, bad trading, and clan staff selling will not be tolerated under any circumstances.
Be warned.
Punishment: 10 Days
MB Ignorance & Chat Ignorance - DO NOT break any of the Message Board Rules(Rules & Punihsments found
here). DO NOT break any of the Chat Room(s) rules(Rules & Punishments found
here). Also note, Spamming of any sort of external links to other games or sites WILL NOT be tolerated and may involve an indefinite ban.
Punishment: Depending on the rules and its severity.
Impersonation/Inappropriate Names - Do not impersonate staff, or change your name to anything involving staff or is inappropriate for the game. (This also applies to weapons, armors, and clan names). This also includes and is not limited to I-Mailing players and claiming you are a staff member.
Punishment: 15 Days Jail
Admin Begging - Do not ask Managers or Admins for currency, items, or Game Secrets, asking for help is always welcome, and do remember that the
Help Files often contain the answers to your questions
Punishment: 5 Days Jail
Gem Farmers - A gem farmer is a player who is playing DSRPG II for the main intention of farming gems for another player or clan.
Punishment: 5 Day Jail for both parties involved
Multi - Do not make more than one account. If you did that before you read this, mail an Admin requesting to delete your other accounts.
One account per user. All of the accounts must not do any illegal transactions nor break any of the rules mentioned above. If more then one member uses your computer, you must make yourself sure that you do not seem like a multi by not doing any transactions with each other. For example, having your brother send you his gold everyday is an example of a multi.
Do not trade if both accounts are on the same ip
Persons found to have multiple accounts will have those accounts removed from the game, any assets/stats earned from or as a result of these accounts will be removed, and their main account jailed for
30 days.
Punishment: 30 Days Jail + Deletion
Slutting/Suiciding/Reviving - Do not 'slut', suicide, or revive. This includes; Suiciding on a player, then reviving, then suiciding again; Or Killing another player, reviving him/her then killing again.
To Clarify a little; This also includes killing someone who is reviving in the City to perform actions in there. Anymore than 2 ATTACKS per hour on one person can be classed as a version of Slutting.
Punishment: Fine, then 15 Days Jail for repeat offenders
Buying/Selling of Respect points - Respect points were made to be earned, not bought, so it's against the rules of this game to Sell AND/OR buy them.
Punishment: 7 Days Jail
Mentor System - The Mentor/Apprentice System is there for experienced players to help out newer players. For Newer Players; While this rule holds no Jailable term, it is recommended, if a player is your mentor, and does not help you out with the game it is a recommendation that you find another mentor who will then help you out.
NOTE: ANY posting in Chat or Message boards, as per their seperate rules, will lead to a warning at first, and on a second breach of rules, will amount to a fine in Gold for those who post on the Message Boards OR if the rule was breached in chat, a chat ban will be in place.
All excessive attempts to spam MB or Chat, will eventually end up in a Jail Term
Punishment: To be Considered on a Case by Case Basis
Game Secret Plotting - Game Secrets are not to be posted in public places, it is against the Game Rules to talk about Co Ordinates to new area's, quests and other locations, or the farm's Crop Ripening age in Chat, on Message Boards or via in-game mail.
Punishment: To Be Considered on a Case to Case Basis
External Trading - Do not trade currency, items, or characters in this game for something out-of-game. You may not give your character to anyone. Doing so defeats the purpose of the game. If you are caught doing so, your punishment is up to Managers/Admins. Do not attempt to do this. Be Warned...
Punishment: 30+ Days Jail
Flooding - Intentionally spamming or flooding of message boards, chat rooms, or other communication venues will result in a
5 day jail term. Excessive Flooding/Spamming results in a more severe punishment.
Punishment: 5+ Days Jail + MB Fine/Chat Ban
Player Harassment - Game staff determine when a communication crosses the line into abusive. This is not to say everyone must play nice because this is a combat competitive game after all. The harassment law
only applies to continued and targeted harassment of a particular person, not the sporadic insult. The following language assumes a staff member has deemed the interaction as continued harassment. Public harassment of fellow players will result in a
10 day jail term. In general, private communications are just that, private, and not subject to decency or harassment laws. Players are encouraged to use the provided privacy tools to stop harassment. With that said, persons who attempt to undermine the privacy tools will also get their
10 days in jail.
Punishment: 10 Days in Jail
Staff Harassment/Slander - Any complaints against staff will be offered in a clear, courteous manner, free of profanity and overflowing in wit and charm. Slanderous/personal attacks/profane communications against staff members will not be tolerated, and will result in the offending remarks removed.
Punishment: 10 Days in Jail
Account Babysitting Limit - One player may not babysit anymore then two accounts at a time. 'Babysitting' an account is when you go inactive for a period of time and get another player to log into your account and Kill monsters or train your stats (basically using your energy so it does not cap), That player is now babysitting your account. In addition to this, You are not allowed to Let any player outside of DSRPGII babysit your account, talk in chat, or kill other players while playing on an account you are babysitting.
Punishment: 2 Days in Jail
Appendix A:
Players have had questions regarding illumination of certain laws, boundaries, and scenarios, here are the answers:
Staff obligations to players
Staff are obligated to respond to, and, if possible, assist any requests made. Official conduit between players and staff by Imail is fine. Players can expect a reply to their queries within 2 business days. (Please note requests should not be made to upper game management directly, you're not going to get "better help" by going around the Managers or Vice Managers.)
Responsibility
The account owner is responsible for their account at all times. This means if your friends/family/pet goat logs into your account and causes trouble, you will be held responsible. Keep your username and password secure, as you would for any other site or the pin number for your house or credit card.
Player-Staff interaction
Both players and staff are expected to coexist in a polite and respectful environment. This applies to
professional interaction only, as there are instances when the staff member is acting in the capacity of a player, and not an administrator. This is not to say a staff member may become abusive and claim they were acting in a player capacity, but it does mean a staff member need not be stoic at all times. They're volunteers, and need to relax or get into arguments too. This should never be the case in professional settings (i.e. Customer Service requests).
Repeat offenders
Harsher punishments/deletions may occur for repeat offenders.
Loss of items due to unauthorized access/"hacking"
Lost items will only be returned to clans, provided the items can be tracked.