Roliana.com Forum Rules and Guidelines
Regarding Spam
Unlike many online forums, we do not allow spam posts in order to gain gold. Any of the following may be considered spam and is at risk for deletion:
Regarding Spam
Short replies: One-three word posts, especially those that do not add on or pertain to the thread's conversation. Posts in more leniently structured threads (such as an Hangout or Quest thread) may be short, if they are part of an conversation. Please include more than just "haha. that's funny", but things such as "How are you?" are fine.
Off-topic posts: Any post in a thread that does not pertain to the originally intended topic or discussion.
Topic-less threads: Threads that do not have a general theme or topic. This includes unstructured chat threads, themed chat threads in an area other than Hangouts, or pointless threads that do not give users anything to talk about.
Advertising: Threads, posts, or links created solely for the purpose of promoting another website, business, etc.
Cut-and-paste posts: Repeated posting of a single message or other block of text, such as welcome messages, good luck messages, or any other text that you or another user has posted before.
Plagiarism: Posting any text that was not originally composed by yourself. If you would like to share something such as an article, story, poem, etc., please post a link, or use quote tags and cite the source. This includes things such as chain emails - Don't think we haven't seen them before!
Double-posting: Posting more than once in succession in the same thread. Exceptions to this rules are as follows:
Bringing up a thread such as a user run shop or quest onto the front page, after it has fallen onto the second or further page.
Setting up a thread that is organized in multiple posts, such as a user-run shop, quest, charity, etc.
Accidental double posts that occur within conversations with multiple people will most likely not be penalized, but please try to avoid this.
Repeat Topics: Please do not create threads of topics that are already being discussed. There is no need to have multiple threads discussing a topic at one time.
Trades and Scamming
As our trades system is not currently in operating condition, users are expected to exchange items using the donation system, available via the inventory. Use trades at your own risks.
Because of the amount of time involved and the limited number of administrators able to deal with trade problems, do not expect all lost trades to be reimbursed. Misspelled usernames, missent trades, and item loans all are user mistakes and may not be dealt with. Please be careful and double check before sending items or money to another user! If you expect you've been scammed by another user, please contact a moderator. Scamming can be considered deliberately misleading another user for personal gain. Please remember to do your own research before purchasing items from another user; ignorance on your own half does not mean the other person is a scammer!
Off-site trading: Do not attempt to trade your Roliana currency or items for off-site or real world currency or items.
Begging: Not only is begging annoying, but it is against our rules. Feel free to make an organized quest, or politely make your way to our Charity forums.
Item Reimbursements
Should you accidentally buy or sell an item from any of our item shops, you will not be reimbursed. This includes uncommon items such as those from our 'Spin the Wheel' game or those that can be bought from the Ancient Temple via platinum.
Disturbing the Peace
Harassment: Please remember to treat others the way you would like to be treated. Treat other users kindly, in both the forums and private messages. Even if they "started it" or have a view conflicting your own, do not flame (attack) other members. If you have a problem with another user harassing you, please contact a moderator rather than fighting back and making the problem worse.
Drama: Keep your drama out of the forums! If you have some sort of issue with another user, do not let the world know by talking about them (even if you don't name names) badly about them in public, or intentionally giving them a bad name. Please work out personal disputes off of the site or in private message.
Publicly Criticizing the Site: While we openly welcome your comments and criticism, please do not do so in a scathing or attacking way. Remember that we are not able to cater to every person's wishes, and be patient, as we are constantly working on the site in order to improve and grow! If you have a problem with a staff member, contact an administrator for help. Please keep personal disputes out of the forums, just as we expect you to do with any other user.
Other Rules and Etiquette
Post Decorations: Please do not use more than three BBCodes (forum coding) for your standard post format. This rule applies to your standard posting style, that is, the format you use to post your typical posts throughout the forums. This does not include the odd code used every now and then for adding links, pictures or other supplemental items that may come up during the course of conversation. If you wish to beautify an organized thread such as a user-shop, quest, or hangout, feel free to use multiple codes to give your thread a "layout" within the first few posts. Additional text, images, symbols, or anything that serves only as an adornment to your posts is also prohibited.
Adult Content:Adult pictures and cybering (role-playing sexual acts) are not tolerated. This can lead to you being banned without warning. Explicit adult subjects are also disallowed from the forums. If you wish to discuss sexuality, relationships, etc., please do so in a non-explicit way in either the Life Issues or Extended Chat forums.
Age Requirement: Any users found out to be under the age of 13 will be banned without warning.
Petitions: Please do not create petitions in order to persuade us to agree to your suggestions. We are always working off of user input, so if you have a suggestion, feel free to post it in the "How are we doing?" forum.
Grammar:While we do not expect anyone to have perfect grammar and spelling, please do not speak in 1337 speak or litter your posts with excessive chat speak. Try to type out your words rather than abbreviating them all --- you'll earn more gold from the longer words!
Mules and Multiple Accounts per IP:You are allowed to create and use one additional account. You are free to play games, post, and trade items and gold between both accounts. However, because of people creating more than one addition account and blaming it on siblings, friends, etc., if you share an IP address with any other users other than your own two accounts, you may not exchange items or money between them. You are not allowed to use your Referral link to create your mule account. Any abuse of the rules on either account may lead to a ban of both accounts.
Referrals:Do not spam your personal referral link on other websites, and do not register any accounts on your IP to your referral link. Do not have friends create multiple accounts on your referral link. Gold from deleted referrals due to abuse will be removed; or accounts will be banned without question for signing up too many fake accounts.
Swearing:Please limit your use of profanity. Occasional swear words are allowed, when and where appropriate, but do not use them excessively, such as having a significant amount of swears in one post, or the use of swears frequently in the forums.
Exploiting Glitches:In the event that a glitch occurs, users may not abuse this for personal profit. Users found exploiting glitches may be banned. Users may not tamper with the site, their account, or others' accounts using means of hacking.
Illegal Activities:Please do not create threads asking for pirated copies of games, music, or any other material that is being illegally distributed.
Proxies:Use of a proxy to attempt to avoid a ban, work around an IP ban, use more than the allotted number of mules, etc. is prohibited.
Variations in Rules:Remember to read each forum's set of rules, if applicable. Some forums have additional rules, or may be moderated more leniently or strictly. Also remember that, as the site grows, more rules may be added and current rules may be changed. In the event that your account is penalized for reasons other than those currently listed in these rules, any decisions made by the Administrators are final. If a situation such as this occurs the site staff will all discuss the matter in private, and the final decision will be made based on the view-points expressed in the discussion.
Reporting Violations
In order to report a broken rule, site glitch, etc., first understand what each branch of our forum staff deals with.
Moderators have the following abilities:
- Locking, deleting, editing, and moving threads or posts.
- Viewing the IP address of posts
- Viewing the accounts linked to a certain IP
- Warning and Banning individual users
- Activating accounts
- Editing account information such as username, email, password, etc.
- Changing/removing polls.
- Stickying threads
- Splitting Threads
- Settling basic user disputes
Most reports should be sent to a moderator, but if you have a problem to report that is not listed in the above list, please contact an Administrator.
If reporting a glitch, feel free to post in the "Help Me" forum, UNLESS the glitch is potentially dangerous or may be abused by other users, in which case contact an administrator rather than posting in public for everyone to see and potentially abuse.
How to report:
When reporting, please include ALL of the following information:
- The user being reported
- Links to the offending post(s)
- What exactly are you reporting? (What rule is being broken?)
- Screenshots of Private Messages, if applicable.
Please try to include the word "Report" in the title of the private message. Do not report things that do not need to be reported! Unless a user is obviously breaking a rule, do not send a message unless you can prove that staff interference is necessary.
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