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Your account and yours alone
You are allowed to create only one account per person. Sharing an account or
trading accounts is not allowed. Logging in to another person's account
for any reason is not allowed, even with their permission. Taking over
control of an account created by another person is not allowed. Hacking in
to an account (including guessing passwords) is forbidden.
If your company goes bankrupt, you may make another account after the bankrupt one is deleted.
Use of other programs
The use of any program or script that logs in to your
account is prohibited. Only a person present at the computer is permitted
to access the account. No use of any program that operates in any way
through your account is permitted. Programs or methods that access the
game code, database, or server in any way other than normal gameplay are
forbidden.
Web sites that contain, store, or make available any game
data from cities, companies, or alliances are forbidden. Programs that are
completely separate from the game, such as spreadsheets, word processors, or
programs that you write yourself for your own use only are
permitted. (they must not access the server or your account).
Appropriate language
No use of obscenity, vulgarity, racial or ethnic remarks, or sexually oriented
language is permitted. Please remember that people of all ages, genders,
and origins play this game. This rule applies to messages, forum posts,
planet names, solar system names and headers, and any other public or private
communication related to the game. The Administration is the sole judge of
what constitutes unacceptable language.
Privacy
Any use of this game for any purpose of obtaining personal information about
another person is prohibited.
Misuse
Exploiting any bug in this game is prohibited. Deliberately attempting to
gain advantage by using any bug or exploit, or any other means that is clearly
not intended as a part of the game is prohibited.
Penalties
Anyone found to be violating any of the Game Rules will
have their account deleted without mercy. Cheating in any way is
unacceptable behavior and will be eliminated as soon as it is discovered.
Remember, we do not have to prove you are cheating; we only
have to be completely convinced of it. The Administration is the sole and
final judge of what constitutes cheating and there is no appeal.
Hacking into the account of another person or gaining
access to the game code, database, or server by any means will be treated as an
illegal action, and may be subject to additional civil or criminal penalties.
Code of Behavior
Game philosophy
The Administration of this game believes that everyone is entitled to enjoy a
pleasant and civil gaming environment, free of cheating, obscenity, or other
forms of nastiness. We ask that everyone remember there are people of all
ages and origins playing, and that you do or say nothing that would be offensive
to them.
People who play games do it to enjoy their free time.
We want to see everyone have a good time and lots of fun, in the context of
strong and fair competition. To this end, the Administration expects all
players to be honest, friendly, and honorable, as well as good competitors.
Remember, there are no enemies in this game, only opponents.
Game behavior
This game is a competition. Everyone is entitled
to try their best to win or to achieve their personal goals in the game.
Deliberately and repeatedly targeting a player for no reason other than
hindering his ability to play or to enjoy the game is forbidden.
We all welcome and encourage new players. The game is
designed so that new players have time to learn the game and the chance to
survive while they learn. Helping new players, answering their questions,
and teaching them good play techniques and good attitudes will be much
appreciated.
Family members or friends are welcome to play this game from the same computer.
However, the game administration will be watching for people
playing more than one account, so in order to avoid suspicion of game rule
violations, each person must take great care to play their account
totally independently from the others.
Any evidence of using one account to improve another will be deemed evidence of a
multiple account and will result in all the accounts being deleted.
Supporting the game
A game like this is not free to operate. It is supported by advertising
and by the players who enjoy it enough to keep it around. We want to keep
the game free for those who cannot afford to pay for it, but that means we ask
those who can help financially support it to do so.
Clicking on advertising, paying the small fee for an
ad-free account, or simply donating however much or little you can afford, will
all help to keep this game alive and well. Thanks for your support!
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