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help > rules
Welcome to Tsunami. This mud, like most others has a set
of rules that it asks it's players to follow. These rules
can not cover ALL of the guidelines, so use your common sense.
If you see that something is not in the rules, but you think it
is something that should be, DON'T LOOK AT IT AS A LOOPHOLE! Look
at it as an additional guideline. The admins here ( level 1000 and up )
do not have the time to write a complete rules file that covers every
little rule that will ever exist. If we did, you would probably not
read it anyway... So, in closing, please use your common sense..
I don't want to hear anyone say, "It wasn't in the rules, so I figured
I could do that." If it seems illegal to you, then it is.
If you can not follow these rules, then please mail an admin, and
have your character removed from the game.
CHEATING:
I for one see cheating as a very serious offense. I will not
go light on cheaters. Here is a list of things that I would
consider cheating... Like I have said before, just because
something is not listed here, does not mean it is legal.
-> If you find a bug in the game, do not abuse it. Inform an admins, or the
god, and they will take care of the bug. If you are caught using a bug,
to your advantage, or to another players advantage/disadvantage, action
will be taken against you.
-> If you hear of, or see someone cheating, tell us. If you keep it hidden,
you are as much at fault as the person who actually did the cheating,
and action will be taken accordingly.
-> If a wizard offers to help you in any way, please report him to me,
or another admin. If it was an admin who offered, report it to
a god. If you accept the help, then you are as much at fault
as the wizard.
-> DO NOT give out any info about the quests. Many of you know the quests,
but if someone asks you, don't give out the solutions, or even hints.
Hopefully, there will be some new quests coming soon, so everyone will
have to start fresh. If any info is given out, both parties will be
at fault. If neither you or another player have done a certain quest
before, then you are welcome to join together to solve it, as long
as neither party has any prior knowlege of the quest. The downfall
to this, is only one player will get credit for the quest.
-> Only one character allowed on at a time. Being linkdead counts as being
on. One, all, or some of your characters can be removed if you are
caught with more than one on at the same time. The only exception to
this are administrators. An Admin can have his Admin on, and one
other character on.
-> DO NOT play another player's character, or let someone else play
yours. Both parties would be dealt with in this case.
-> If you dealt with a wizard over a problem, and didn't like the response,
don't try shopping around to other wizards until you get a better response.
If for some reason you need to talk to another wizard about the same
problem, be sure to tell the other wizard about your dealings with the
first wizard.
CLIENTS:
I know this falls under cheating, but it is important enough to
have it's own section.
-> You may use a client for highlighting. That's about it. Most
clients let you set aliases from within the client itself. This
is allowed, but these aliases may not work on triggers (a trigger
is an alias that goes off whenever a certain thing happens.. for
example, every time you see '* died' it would 'eat corpse' 'get
all'. THIS IS NOT ALLOWED). Bots are also illegal.
-> Macros (anything that lets you send multiple commands at one
time) are also illegal for use in wars. Pking, the other player v player
interaction, uses the same rule set.
-> Also, no matter what you call it, if something allows you to gain
experience while you are not at the terminal, it is illegal.
MULTIPLE CHARACTERS:
-> You may have 30 player characters to start with. If and when you become
a wizard, your other characters will be temporarily removed. These
characters will be returned to you when you complete an area, and have it
opened. When you reach level 1000, you will be given the right to have
another character and you may have your wizard and one player on at the
same time. If and when you reach arch or higher, you may have
unlimited characters. This is so the arches can even out the classes.
-> If an admin ( level 1000 or above ) asks you for the names of all your
characters, you must tell him.
PLAYER KILLING:
Player killing is legal here on Tsunami. But there are limits.
-> If a non-player killer(pkoff) is killed by a player
killer(pk on) and the killer is of higher level than the pk off
target, it is illegal. It doesn't matter HOW you killed him
or her, if you did something that directly resulted in the death of a
person pk off and lower level and you are pk on, then what you
did was illegal.
This includes:
=> Summoning to aggressive monsters.
=> Using charmed monsters, familiars, zombies, angels etc...
=> Anti-player gun and/or the Catapult.
=> Hastur-related polymorph crap.
=> Summoning to areas with aggressive monsters.
-> See 'help pk' for futher rules on who may attack whom.
-> If you know of someone breaking the above rule, then please tell us.
-> If you are pk off, and you attack, steal or do anything aggressive to
another player you become pk on for 5 minutes. During this
5 minutes, you can be killed by a pker within 5 levels of your level.
Don't say we didn't warn you. :)
-> All players up to level 5 are 'under the protection from the gods'. This
means you can not be killed. If you attack, steal from, or are otherwise
aggressive to another player, this protection will be permenantly lifted.
-> Summoning to aggressive monsters is ILLEGAL. Under no circumstances, can
you summon another player to an aggressive monster on the mud. This does
not hold true for wars. This does however include summoning to Aggressive
zones, where the first room a person moves into they die.
COMMUNICATIONS:
There are several means on Tsunami of communicating with
other players on the game. These can easily be abused.
Some forms of communication that are unacceptable:
- *excessive* use of profanity on public forums
channels. This includes shouts and class conversations.
Shouting an occasional 'FUCK!" when you die is ok, its
when that becomes "You cock-sucking little asshole!
I'm gonna come rip your dick off of you you prick!"
that it becomes a -TAD- out of line, and will be dealt
with by the punishment rules laid out.
- Impersonating or attempting to impersonate a wizard is
confusing to players and is not allowed.
- Repeat messages for sole use to be annoying, or to
distract a player for a short time is forbidden.
Anyone caught doing this will be dealt with accordingly
by the outlined punishments.
- Not everyone playing has high-speed connections, so
to make the game fun for all, a limit of 4 lines for
shouts will be enforced. Anything more will be
considered 'spam', and will be dealt with accordingly.
- Any form of harassment is considered illegal. This
includes, but is not limited to repeatedly attempting
to communicate with someone who has made it clear that
such communications are unwelcome.
NOTE: Inappropriate use of the emergency channel WILL
result in banishment of your character for at least
a week.
WARS:
Every so often, there is a war on Tsunami. The mud will be shut
down, and will re-open with the war loaded. The same rules apply
during wars, so don't tell us that you 'thought that was allowed in
wars'.
WIZARDS:
When someone has gotten the required experience and solved the required
quests, they may become a wizard. To do so, go to the explorers
guild, and type 'advance'. This does not make you a wizard, but it
tells us that you have finished all the required things needed to
become one, and you would like to be a wizard. You will then be made
a wizard, if everything is in check.
CRASHES:
If the game crashes, we apologize. We will not reimbursed anyone for
lost equipment, or lost money. Just remember, everyone who was on is
in the same boat. If we see that the game is about to crash, we will
give as much warning to the players as we can.
PUNISHMENT:
-> If someone breaks one of the rules specifically written here, or
in one of the other rules files, there will be no warning given.
-> If someone breaks a rule that is not specifically written here, or
in one of the other rules files, but the rule is common sense, and
a retarded chimp would know not to do it, then no warning is given.
-> If a player or wizard does something that is debatable, whether or not
it is legal, then the admins will discuss it, and handle it appropiatly.
A general outline of the possible punishments:
1st offense - Experience/Money penalties
2nd offense - Temporary banishment
3rd offense - Not-so-temporary banishment
4th offense - Permanent removal of ALL of your characters
Like I have stated, this is not etched in stone.... This is only a possible
outline of what can happen if you are caught cheating. Each case will be
dealt with separately.
If everyone abides by these rules, everyone can have a fun time playing,
and killing here on Tsunami. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
NOW GO HAVE FUN!
===---Cowl---===
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