Rules and Policies
The
Subterranea RPIMUD is a free-to-play Role-Play Intensive Multi-User
Domain that can be played exclusively online. Before you can play
the game you have to register for a player account and then create
a character. The following terms of registration explain the rules
for our registration process and the use of your player account.
By creating an account on our server you are assumed to have read
and agreed to abide by the following rules, policies, and terms
of service.
Prerequisites
for Registration
You
must be at least 13 years of age due to the content present in
the Subterranea RPIMUD. While no part of the game is willfully
profane or sexual in nature, the game does contain an element of
simulated violence. We strive to maintain a PG-13 rating, and as
such, any person under the age of 13 is forbidden from playing
the game. No exceptions.
Multiplaying
The
player account system restricts each player from playing more than
one character at any time. Being in control of two or more characters
at once, at any time, is forbidden. Those found using multiple
player accounts to multiply will be detected by our system and
flagged for investigation. If you are found to be multiplaying,
the characters in quesstion will be deleted without remorse or
compensation.
Role-Playing
The
Subterranea MUD belongs to a special class of MUD known as an RPI,
or Role-Play Intensive MUD. As such, role-playing is a strict requirement
and all players are expected to role-play and remain in-character
at all times when connected to the game. In addition, a measure
of maturity is needed on the part of our players to make sure that
in-character information is not leaked through out-of-character
channels such as Instant Messaging, Discussion Forums, or neighborly
chat. If you do not want to role-play, please select a different
MUD to play as there are many that cater to hack-and-slash or player-versus-player
scenarious. You can find excellent PvP games by visiting our friends
at Edge Entertainment or by browsing the listings on the MUD
Connector.
For
our purposes, role-playing is more than just creating a character
and running around the game world. Your character has a personality,
a history, goals, and ideals. You should act as your character
would act, in a realistic manner that is acceptable to your culture,
race, location, and background. There is ample information available
on this website to learn and understand the theme, concept, and
background of the game. If you are unable to grasp the concept
of role-playing, go pick another MUD, you won't be happy here,
and we don't want you here. If you are an inexperienced role-player,
do not fear, our players and staff are more than willing to help
you become familiar with the game and the art of textual role-playing.
All it takes is the willingness to learn and a little bit of common
sense.
The
following is a partial list of inappropriate play. Doing these
things is cause enough for your character to be removed from play.
We log every keystroke, and while we may not go through the logs
daily, we do go through the logs and punish those who are conducting
themselves inappropriately.
1)
Actions intended purely to advance skills such as running scripts
to continually repeat commands with no regard for the role-play
involved in spending
time practicing your skills.
2)
Conducting yourself in an unrealistic manner such as walking
into
a village and attacking all the villagers who cross your
path, trying to
steal from someone who has already caught you stealing,
practicing your combat skills with no regard for role-play,
et cetera.
3)
Code abuse such as exploiting known bugs to your benefit,
or
not-reporting bugs so that you can continue to take advantage
of them.
4)
Distracting other players from their sense of immersion
with out-of-character
conversation.
5)
Continually petitioning the staff after you have been told
to wait
until someone is available to help you.
6)
Abuse of other players via role-play relating to torture,
rape,
or other sexually explicit crimes. While we don't limit
your role-play,
torture and rape scenes should be stopped immediately upon
the ooc request of any party involved. Sexual role-play
is not permitted.
If you want to go rut, do it with as few descriptive emotes
as possible to conclude the scene.
7)
Using out-of-character information to your advantage, or
leaking
in-character information to those who would have no way
of knowing it through
in-character means.
8)
Quitting the game to avoid in-character confrontations
with other
players or ooc conversations with the staff regarding
your character.
When
inappropriate play is believed to have occured, our staff members
each have full authority to take whatever measures they feel
are appropriate to correct the situation. Violators may get a
scolding, a lecture, or a friendly reminder. Violators may also
have skills or crafts that are being misused removed, skill levels
lowered, objects confiscated, in-character responses made by
staff-controlled mobiles, et cetera. Repeat or overly rude rule-breakers
may have their character removed from the game for a period of
time, or permanently. In the case of anything more than a verbal
warning, violators will receive an e-mail at your
registered e-mail address
explaining why any action against them was taken. In all cases,
the verdict of the punishing staff member is final and appeals
will only be considered if addressed in writing to the staff
e-mail account. Decisions made regarding appeals are final.
Favoritism
Every
online community gets its share of claims that the staff is showing
favoritism toward certain players or groups of players. Our policy
on favoritism is such... It will occur. There will no doubt be
players that we see demonstrating their devotion and love for
the game more than the average player does. They may go above
and beyond in helping new players, or they may simply be outstanding
role-players, or cheeerleaders who really help others get involved
with ongoing plots. They may be overly insightful, helpful, friendly,
or whatever. The point is, these players may be given opportunities
or positions of trust that are not open to every player who joins
the game.
No
member of our staff strives to unbalance the game or neglect
any player who is not standing out amongst the crowd. If you
feel that another player is being treated differently by our
staff then you are, ask yourself why that player is being treated
differently? Rather than becoming angry, you might see that the
player in question is doing positive things to make him or her
stand out. If you start doing those same things, you're bound
to be noticed too. Our best players should be role-models and
examples that the rest of you want to strive to emulate. How
can you make your character stand out?
When
new positions of trust or positions open on our staff,
the job is typically filled in-house rather than searching for
talent
elsewhere.
If
you have
been a great role-player, obeyed our rules, and exceeded our
expectations, you stand just as good a chance of getting that
posittion as our other favorites do. If you are not selected,
it doesn't mean that you won't be next time. If
you feel that you are being overlooked, ask for a player review.
Our staff will make a point to observe you playing the game.
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