Notice: These rules can be changed, edited, and added to at any time.
It is your responsibility to keep updated with them.
§1 Accounts
I Account-Sharing
Account-sharing is not allowed. The account must be played by one individual only.
II Multi-Accounting
Every player is entitled for a single account at a time per Gladiatus Server. multiple accounts of the same individual will be blocked. Accounts for the sole purpose of increasing victim count and booty/gold also fall under this regulation. If several users are accessing the game using the same network IP (e.g. school, company, group house etc), the respective players are required to report such actions in the relevant server related subforum of the Reports Section of this board found here. Failure to declare such actions can result in an ingame ban.
Special care should be taken to ensure no more common account settings are being used, when the IP already is identical to multiple accounts. An identical IP alone is not a common reason to be blocked. Attacking the same targets together with a player on same IP can result in a ban as well as an attack on a player having the same IP as the attacker.
Note: Players on the same IP may not attack the same targets within 5 hours of each other. This includes during guild wars. Players on the same IP also are prohibited from selling items between the accounts as well as attacking accounts with the same IP.The ban length for commiting these offensives will be the same as those of standard bashing.
III Account Exchange
Any given account is related to the person to which the fixed eMail-adress belongs to. If users exchange accounts without the assistance of a game operator, no complaints or requests will be processed unless these originate from the fixed mail addresses with in the given accounts. Also there will be no backups or account rescues when the account exchange takes place without a game operator.
Game operators can not only exchange two accounts easily, they can ensure security (from fraud).
§2 Bug-Using
Exploiting errors, misbehaviors or bugs in the programming of Gladiatus and usage of such to one's own advantage - so called bug-using - is not allowed. Every player is required to report found bugs immediately. Exploiting bugs to gain advantage in the game-play may be blocked from 1 day to indefinite time depending on the severity of the exploitation of a bug. The same applies to a player refusing to report a found bug.
Adding special characters to character names can be punished as bug-using as it can be judged as an attempt to evade scans / attacks.
§3 Interference With Game Technology
Installations and methods that cause excessive internet traffic to the server or can be used to impair normal gameplay should be omitted. In particular, automatic or semi-automatic scripts capable of interacting with the game database or issuing game commands, are prohibited and usage or installation of such result in an immediate and permanent ban form the entire game.
We reserve the right to claim damage in the amount of the caused damage plus coverage for administrative expenses.
§4 Extortion
Extortions and threats that relate to a players "real life" (physical, as compared to "virtual live" on the net) can cause limited or unlimited blockage of the respective account the threats or extortions were sent. Such blockage would also cover access to the Gladiatus Forum.
§5 Bashing
I Standard Bashing
More than 5 attacks on a single player within any 24 hour period is defined as bashing and thus not allowed.
II Level Bashing
Players may only attack arena targets within the level allowance as per table below.
However, players may attack any and as many opponents as you like outside this level allowancetwice in any 24hr period.
Level 1-20 +/- 10 levels
Level 21-40 +/- 11 levels
Level 41-60 +/- 12 levels
Level 61-80 +/- 13 levels
Level 81-100 +/- 14 levels
Level 101-150 +/- 15 levels
Level 151-200 +/- 20 levels
*Note - Attacks made/received in the "Circus Turma" do NOT count towards any type of bashing. Only attacks made/received in the "Arena" count towards bashing.
§6 Account Sitting
Account sitting may take place under the following conditions. Failure to read these rules before agreeing to/declaring an account- sit could result in a warning
You are obligated to inform your server's GO about sitting and agree that you have read and understood the rules.
The account may only be sat for 5 days from the 1st login of the account sitter
After the account sitting, neither the account nor the account sitter may participate in account sitting for next 3 weeks
Once per year it is permitted for an account to be sat for a period of up to 14 continuous days. However if the account-sitting is arranged for only 10 days, it still qualifies for your once a year sitting allowance.
People who are sitting accounts in the same guild which is in the midst of a guild war need to announce to both guilds that the account being sat will not be included in the war until the account sitting is over.
DO NOT
- Attack the same target or targets (enemy player) using both accounts This means you may NOT
attack the same player(s) with both accounts. - Participate in any activity that will benefit one account at the detriment of the other. This includes, but is not limited to:
1) attacking the same enemy player to gain better ranks in the arena
2) selling overpriced items from one account and buying with another
3) Use the gold of the account being sitted for any gain to the account that is sitting.
4) Change any account settings - this includes usernames, passwords or registered account emails.
The above rules in relation to account sitting supersede all other rules with regards to attacks made.
§7 Language
The official language ingame is english.
All messages, user profiles, guild describtions etc. have to be in english.
Otherwise the gameadministration is allowed to censore these describtions and ban the current user.
§8 Withdraw
Actions done by a game operator responsible for a given Gladiatus Server can only be reversed by another game operator if the game admin agrees.
§9 Refund
1. If a player faces disadvantages caused by programming errors or other misbehaviors or errors by the Gladiatus team, he is not generally entitled for any refunding or resurrection of the accounts state before the occurrence of the disadvantage (e.g. backup).
2. Should a player try to circumvent a decision or its implications issued by a game operator by contacting another game operator about the same matter, the player maybe excluded from further game play (Exception: Intervention by contacting the super game operator).
§10 Exclusion From The Game
Any breach of these rules may lead to blocking the account or exclusion from the game. Depending on the severity of the offending action the punishment can be extended to all Gladiatus servers and possibly further service provided by Gladiatus such as the official Gladiatus forum or the related IRC channels. Members of the Gladiatus team agree to fully present the offending action according to the best of their knowledge and their beliefs.
§11 General Operating Conditions
Players which can't agree to the general operating conditions of Gladiatus due to their nationality, age or other reasons, are presented with the standard operating conditions using the internal interpretations of the rules as an addition. This way no legal binding of the player to the general operating conditions is established, however an equal position for all players is attained regarding the judgment of issues. The game is english and the language is english as well. If a player receives a non-english ingame message and complains about it the person who sent the message might get banned.
§12 Change to Game Rules
Game rules will generally not change, but due to changes ingame as the game develops, the Gladiatus team reserves the right to change the game rules as needed.