Editing Game rules

== General game rules (Ingame 10-11-2024) ==

=== Rule 1: No chat Abuse ===
''Don't misuse the chat. Hopefully this is common sense, but just in case here is a non-exhaustive list:''

* Nothing illegal.
* Nothing offensive or toxic or threatening.
* Nothing inflammatory (messages likely to make other players angry).
* Nothing infringing 3rd party rights.
* Nothing adult only.
* No automated chat.
* No swearing.
* No harassment or bullying.
* No advertising (except you CAN advertise in-game trades, i.e. trading in-game
* Items/currency for other in-game items).
* No scamming (deceiving other players for your own gain, or to maliciously harm them).
* No sharing of personal information or passwords.
* No asking others for personal information or passwords.
* No spamming (posting nonsense, or the same thing over and over again).

=== Rule 2: No Cheating ===

* No deliberate bug abuse.
* No macroing (using 3rd party software to control/play the game automatically).
* No real world trading (trading in-game items/currency for real world gain).
* No using or creating 3rd-party Brighter Shores clients.
* No using or creating a modified version of the Brighter Shores client.
* No using or creating 3rd-party Brighter Shores servers.
* No account sharing (more than one person using the same account, including lending the  account to someone else to level up for you).

=== Rule 3: No billing abuse ===

* No fraud.
* No trying to reverse payments, except as described at <nowiki>https://www.brightershores.com/refunds.html</nowiki>
* No account sharing (more than one person using the same account).

=== Rule 4: No hacking ===

* No unauthorized access of our servers or networks.
* No reverse engineering or modifying our software.
* No attacking our servers or networks (denial of service, etc...).
* No trying to access other peoples' accounts.
* No intercepting, modifying or impeding the communications between our client and our servers.
* No other disruption or interference with our service.

== '''Penalties & Appeals''' ==
If you break the rules then the penalty will depend on the nature and severity of the offense, but can include any combination of:

* Your account or characters being suspended or permanently disabled. 
* Your privacy settings being locked at maximum (which will prevent various interactions with other players).
* Your chat being suspended or permanently disabled.
* Segregation from other players.
* A daily playtime limit being imposed.
* Access to the free version of the game being removed.
* Disqualification from the leaderboards.
* Trading with other players being disabled.
* Disqualification from the PvP leagues.
* Being required to rename your character.
* Removal of in-game XP or items or currency, etc...
* Real world consequences (police, lawyers, etc...).


If you feel a penalty has been issued in error you may appeal it in-game as follows:

# Open the settings interface.
# Click on the 'View Violations' button.
# Click on the row you wish to appeal.
# Click on the 'OPEN APPEAL' button, and fill in the form.