Shard Rules, PLEASE READ!!

[Darwin]

I have combined all the older "rules" threads into one all-inclusive thread to attempt for there to be as few questions as possible regarding what is allowed and not.  We are a growing shard, and creative minds that are bent on pushing and bending the limits of the rules have joined us, which is why this reposting and consolidation is necessary.  With that said, staff reserves the right add new rules as new situations arise.

DISCORD:

• Advertising for other shards is not condoned. You are free to talk about other shards, but suggesting that someone else play another shard or obvious advertising is not.
  
• Telling someone to "leave the server" is completely unacceptable and will also not be tolerated in game.
  
• Be respectful towards other players. Repeated targeting and badmouthing of players is unacceptable.
  
• Be respectful toward staff. This shard is totally free of charge and donation rewards. Staff put in their free time to make UO Lost Lands a fun place to play.
  
• If you have an issue with another player, take it up in private message. Do not bicker about it in the main channel.
  
• Nicknames targeted toward harassment or badmouthing another player are not acceptable, this is harassment.
  
• Threatening to "leave the shard" if demands are not met to staff or other players in channel is grounds for instant dismissal from Discord.
  
• Scamming through the public channel in Discord or via a public forum post is not permitted. If ALL negotiations are done in private and public posts are not utilized at all, this is legal (because there is no way to enforce a private message), so in that situation, buyer beware.
  
• Impersonation of other players or staff will result in instant dismissal.
  
• Staff reserve the right to ban idiots.  The decision to kick/ban players from the network is entirely at staff discretion.
  
• Staff do not enforce or investigate anything that is said in a PM between players, unless the person is breaking the impersonation rule.  If you are being harassed in a PM, block the person.
  
• There is a new permissions group to Discord called "Channel Muted", which will be for soft/temporary bans.  People in this group will not be able to speak in the main channel #uolostlands, but will still be able to private message and talk in #uollpvp.  People will be placed in this group when they are being a disruption to the main channel.  There has been a lot of anti social behavior in Discord recently and we'd like to stomp this out as it is entirely unwelcoming to new players.
  
• Ban evasion can result in termination of your in game accounts.
  

SHARD GENERAL RULES:

• Maximum amount of 3 accounts per player. Additional accounts will be banned, unless there is a documented exception.  If you have more than one person playing from your household and want additional accounts, you must talk to staff first, not AFTER you have made the additional accounts.
  
• Unattended macroing is okay. What is not okay, is the unattended gathering of resources.
  
• Unattended gathering of resources in the game is illegal. This includes mining, lumberjacking, sheep shearing, picking cotton and fishing (It is okay to fish unattended from land).  First offense will be a warning, second temporary, third will be a permanent ban.
  
• Players must use the official UO client. Non EA/OSI clients are disallowed.
  
• Houses decay in 14 days if not refreshed.  Boats are on the same timer.
  
• Scripting with any other tool than Razor is illegal.
  
• Carpet Bombing:  If you place enough items in a carpet bomb to cause client crashes, you must clean it up to a manageable level where it will no longer cause a client crash.  When you do this, it causes staff to have to respond and clean up the carpet bomb, which is entirely a waste of our time.  Starting from now, if you fail to follow this rule, your accounts will temporarily banned as punishment. This shard does not make money, the staff here are entirely volunteers doing this in our free time, and we do not have time to deal with matters that can easily be avoided by using common sense.
  
• Real Money Trading, Cross-Shard Trading, and UOLL Policy on it:  This is not condoned. Frankly, I don't care if you do it, but if any scam takes place, you are entirely at fault and we will not get involved at all.  It's against the rules but it will not be actively punished or enforced, the only punishment will be your own folly.  Posting publicly, talking publicly about it in game or in Discord about a real money trade or scam, whether you were the perpetrator or the victim, will result in a ban for YOU.  We don't want to know and do not want to get involved.  Cross shard trading will simply be ignored by staff.
  
• AFK RESOURCE GATHERING:  If you are found to be scripting or AFK harvesting on Lost Lands, the following will happen:
  
  
  1. First Offense is a warning and confiscation of resources. There will be no arguing what resources are valid to take - you are breaking the rules.
     
  2. Second offense will result in a ban time for 24 hours, and confiscation of resources.
     
  3. Continued offenses will either result in extended jail time, temporary bans, and of course confiscation of resources. On the third offense your achievement progress in all harvest related achievements will be wiped, and you will never again be eligible to receive achievement progress in these on any of your accounts.
     

• It is not fair on anyone to AFK resource gather or to raise your skills in a manner Razor is not otherwise capable of. AFK resource harvesting is never okay, regardless of whether you use Razor to do it or not. Time spent policing players who wish to indulge in these activities directly take time away from staff's work on more important things (like bettering the shard, and creating content for you).  UO Lost Lands has a harvest tracking system which allows us to very easily see who is harvesting, how long they have been harvesting, and how many resources they have acquired. If you AFK harvest, you will be caught and it will not take long for you to be caught either. You have been warned and there will be no sympathy for offenders.
  

[Jack]

Rules update 07/20/16

- Discord avatars: keep them family friendly.
- Any form of doxxing is now going to result in indefinite bans from Discord. This includes using other people's real life photos as your avatar. If you are linking someone's picture, social media pictures, or revealing personal information about another player against their will, you are liable for instant dismissal from Discord.

I'm getting really tired of some of the childish behavior in Discord and there is going to be a No More Mr Nice Guy policy. #uolostlands is a place where new players come when they join the server, and frankly some of the stuff that has been going on in there is disgusting. Use your head, use common sense, just because there isn't a rule for something doesn't mean it's a good idea and doesn't mean I'm not going to kick you for being a jackass.