Rules

Be sure to check back every now and again, as these rules can change without any warning. Ignorance to the rules is no excuse, if found guilty for a punishable offense you WILL be punished.

1. Macroing

Macroing is defined as, but not limited to, the act of gaining a skill without willfully being seated at your computer screen. Should you chose to utilize a program to assist you in gaining your skills it is in your best interest to remain viewing the Ultima Online© screen. If you are unresponsive in game a staff member or an agent of staff will wait for five minutes, after such time has expired you will be brought to a jail cell and penalized. 

1.2 Punishments

Punishments for Macroing will be as followed:

• 1st Offense: 1 Day Jail,
• 2nd Offense: 2 Day Jail + 50% Skill Removal,
• 3rd Offense: 5 Day Jail + 100% Skill Removal,
• 4th Offense: 7 Day Jail + 100% Skill Removal,
• 5th Offense: Ban.

1.3 Definitions

• Agent of Staff – For example, the macro check gump. The time this gump remains on the screen will count towards your five minutes.
• Apparent Macroed Skill – If the skill being macroed is not apparent, then it will be upto the GM in question.

NOTE: The staff of Neverlands recognizes that sudden life events do occur, but in saying that we will continue to jail account left un-attended despite the situation put forward by the player. Also, although Neverlands does utilize an auto log-out system, it can not be relied upon 100% to log you out as lag can interrupt the five minute time period. If you’re going to leave your computer (For a washroom break, smoke, etc.) log out.

2. Spreading Hate/Foul Language/Discriminatory Behavior

Racism is defined as, but not limited to:
The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.

Discrimination is defined as, but not limited to:
Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice: racial discrimination; discrimination against foreigners, discrimination against those of different sex and/or sexual orientation.

Profanity is defined as, but not limited to:
Abusive, vulgar, or irreverent language.

Neverlands does not condone or tolerate the use of profanity, racism, discrimination or the spreading of hatred of any kind.

2.1 Punishment

For doing so will be decided on a case by case basis, by the attending staff member. The situation, as well as a person’s personal history on Neverlands will be taken into account when deciding the proper course of action.

3 House Looting

House looting is defined as, the act of willfully removing items from ones house in which you do not reside; this act is no longer considered illegal on Neverlands as of November 5^th 2009.  However; gaining entry to a house via a BUG (whether the intention is to loot the house or not) will fall under BUG EXPLOITING, and will be dealt with harshly.

In order to avoid losing items in your household: limit access, utilize your secures and chests, and do not let unwanted individuals follow you inside.

3.1 Items & Skills Lost Due To Bugs

As stated previously it is difficult for staff to replace items/skills.  NL has taken a BLANKET approach to this, and has decided to follow in the foot steps of other MMORPGS.  Although each case will be handled on a case-by-case basis; staff will NOT be replacing items on the whole. As always the purpose of reporting a bug is for staff to correct it.  If you fail to report it out of anger, spite, you only run the risk of succumbing to it again.

4 Trapping

Trapping is defined but not limited to the act of confining or undesirable circumstance from which escape or relief is impossible.  Should you trap someone, effectively ruining their gameplay, you will be subject to the punishment sey by the presiding staff member. 

· The houses that have been added by staff members cannot be opened from the inside. Should you follow an opponent into the house, it is not an obligation for him to let you out, and if he kills you it is not trapping. Utilizing the houses that do not open from the inside for the sole purpose of trapping another player (i.e. having people waiting inside to quickly kill them, or gating people inside) is illegal as it is a direct contradiction of this rule.

5 Res-Killing

Res-killing is defined as, but not limited to, the constant killing of a victim for no reward.  As of December 21st 2009, Res-Killing has been decriminalized and is no longer illegal.  In saying this, however, there is still a fine line of what will be tolerated and what is outright harassment.

6 Bug Abuse

Abusing or exploiting bugs will result in a permanent ban from the shard. If you find, or hear about, any bug, contact and Administrator immediately (Email or PM on IRC), if we find out that you knew and did not report it, or worse, used it, and did not report it, you will be banned – if you tell us right away, your doing a service for the shard, we don’t ask for much in playing our free server, but we do ask this.

What exactly constitutes bug abuse:

If we could write down every bug we would. It covers such a large area that doing so is impossible. Use your common sense; if you think it might be illegal, it probably will be. Abuse ranges from extreme acts against other players/ the shard or for any personal gains that would not be possible under normal playing conditions. Other bugs would include having runes to places you shouldn’t- such as the Nexus, Newbie Dungeon or the top of Brit Bank, finding abnormal ways into peoples houses using a combination of spells and items or any other method is also classed as abuse. These are just a couple of examples to give you a basic idea. Any use of programs such as Speed Hack or Auto Looting which give you an unfair advantage over other players will result in an account ban. Injection is extremely disliked by staff and any use of it is classed as abuse, and will be a bannable offence. NO excuses for bug abuse or the use of Speed Hack will be accepted.

As a final note we are aware of people having abnormal stats recently. If anyone is caught with abnormal stats or skills they will be punished severely. It is up to you to ensure your stats and skills do not exceed their default maximum. Having abnormal stats or skills does constitute bug abuse, and you should contact staff immediately.

7 Illegal Items/Illegal Use of Items

7.1 Illegal Items

Any items that you cannot acquire through normal play are illegal. This includes any tourney equipment and items that are Blessed (newbied) but shouldn’t be. If we find you in possession of such items they will be deleted immediately and you will be jailed on a case by case basis.

7.2 Illegal Use of Items/NPCs

Items within Neverlands have a specific use, using them for other means which give you an advantage over other players is illegal. This includes items which are placed outside and on the doorstep of your house. If you are unsure of its placement, ask a member of Staff.

7.2.1 Examples

NPCs generated from flyers are intended in no way to be sparred with, they are invulnerable, do little damage and provide a constant source of gain, attempting to spar with such an npc is illegal and will lead to jail time.

Player vendors/NPCs/Items holding open doors for PVP purposes are illegal for the reason that they are in no way related to PVP and cause the door script to loop in a manner that causes lag.

NOTE: Not all problematic items can be listed here, however if you want to know if something is illegal or not, ASK, so you don’t get into trouble by not knowing. Ignorance is not an excuse.

8 Naming

8.1 Player Naming

Your character name can in no way be offensive, it must follow our offensive language and behavior rule. You may also not use the names of staff members. Neverlands staff realizes that players often chose similar names but we chose not to interfere in the naming of players. If someone has taken your name, or a name similar to yours you can kindly ask them to change it, but staff will never change names by force.

If you dislike your characters name, it can be changed at the stage of ‘The Very Young’ which is under the age of 1200 minutes.

8.2 Guild Names

Guild names must coincide with our offensive language rules, but must also not include names or titles such as [Gamemaster] or [Seer] etc.

9 Multiple IPs on One Account

All users of more than one account on a single IP address need to inform staff as soon as possible. You MUST register even if you have informed staff in the past. All accounts registered will be checked ingame by staff and anyone found not to meet our tests will be refused dual accounts.

Please inform us when registering the following details:

• Account name
• User real name in full
• Relationship to each other
• Failing to register will result in all accounts being banned and IP blocked. We will check ALL ip access and unregistered multi accounts may be banned.

10 Area Rules

10.1 Newbie Dungeon and Nexus

Under no circumstance is there to be any sort of player versus player action, stealing, or casting of area spells that may be harmful to other people. Failure to comply will result in a jailing, the time will be decided by the presiding staff member

10.2 House Placement

• No houses are to be placed within guarded areas
• No houses are to be placed blocking public roads, or pathways.
• No houses are to be placed which block other player’s access to places such as mining areas and dungeons.
• No houses are to be placed on farmlands.

If a house is in an illegal area, a dated warning sign will be placed. Failure to remove the house by the given date will result in the loss of the house and all items within it. No compensation will be handed out for any loss due to this.

10.3 Player Vendors

• Player vendors must be located directly on or by the house graphic.
• Player vendors must not block entrance to the house or be placed in order to hold the house door open.
• Player vendors must not be placed by someone’s house without their express permission.
• Player vendors must not, under any circumstances, be used to transport items or money from one place to another.
• Player vendors must not be put on horses.
• Player vendors are not to be used in a way of ‘guarding’ for pvp.

Any player vendor found that goes against these rules will be killed. NO compensation will be given.

10.4 Event Areas

Any area being used for an event/quest is considered off limits to the players until specified by the Gamemaster holding the event. Should you mark a rune in such areas you will have the rune confiscated and possibly lead to jail. Also, areas such as roofs that are no accessible directly are also off limits, once again runes will be confiscated and you could face jail time should you persist.

11 PVP Guidelines

Except for the areas mentioned above, PVP is allowed anywhere on the world map. However there are a few guidelines. If you are in a guild, and in the middle of a guild war, should you quit in the middle of the battle you will be punished as you have caused the person to become grey and possibly gain a murder count or get guarded. Also, there is no holding of doors for PVP purposes, it causes the door script to loop which is a common form of lag.

12 Events

Events are a privilege put together by one of Neverlands staff, and often take quite a long time to set up. Purposly disobeying the rules, or attempting to ruin the event can lead to a jailing as you have wasted the Gamemasters time and effort to put on a great event. The time spent in jail will vary depending on the staff member.

13 Bartering

The barter system was implemented as a way to extend the market among players. It may be used ONLY to buy and sell items. You may not attach any messages or speech to your barter. Should you be caught doing so you will be banned from the barter system for a time decided by the staff member. If what you said what vulgar or goes against our rules on behavior you will also find yourself in jail.

Disclaimer: Neverland’s staff realizes that events may occur within game that cannot be 100% interpreted by these rules. In any case it is up to the residing staff member to make a decision based on the facts of the case. Their decision, although not expressed on this site, should be respected and accepted. Neverlands staff will also attempt to maintain these rules as new ingame situations occur that need to be addressed, check back every so often as ignorance is not an excuse.