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=== Rule 1: No chat Abuse ===
The '''game rules''' [[interface]] informs players about the rules that the players must follow.
''Don't misuse the chat. Hopefully this is common sense, but just in case here is a non-exhaustive list:''
 
It can be opened through the [[settings]] and [[chat agreement]] interfaces, and players must confirm to have read and agree to them through the [[agreement]] interface to continue with a [[player character]] creation.
 
==General game rules==
=== Rule 1: No chat Abuse abuse===
''Don't misuse the chat. Hopefully this is common sense, but just in case here is a non-exhaustive list:''
 
* Nothing illegal.
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* 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).
* 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.
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* No spamming (posting nonsense, or the same thing over and over again).
 
=== Rule 2: No Cheating cheating===
 
* No deliberate bug abuse.
* No macroing (using 3rd party software to control/play the game automatically).
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* 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).
* No logging in on multiple accounts simultaneously (multiboxing).
 
=== Rule 3: No billing abuse ===
 
=== 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.
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* 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:
 
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* 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.
 
==Transcript==
{{HasTranscript}}
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:No chat abuse 10-11-2024.png|Rule 1: No chat abuse
File:No cheating 10-11-2024.png|Rule 2: No cheating
File:No billing abuse 10-11-2024.png|Rule 3: No billing abuse
File:No hacking rule 10-11-2024.png|Rule 4: No hacking
File:Penalties and appeals 10 11 2024.png|Penalties & Appels
</gallery>
 
==Update history==
{{Update history|
* {{Update list|update=2024-11-12|date=12 November 2024}}
** Rule to disallow multiboxing was added.
* {{Update list|update=2024-11-06|date=6 November 2024}}
** The game rules interface was included in the first public early-access release of the game.
}}
 
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