Depending on severity, breaking any of the following rules may result in being banned from the ingame chats and forums or even immediate and permanent account deletion without any compensation (so please make sure you do not end up on the Moderative Actions List):

ACCOUNT CREATION

• Multiple Accounts
  You are allowed to have exactly ONE account, no exceptions. Each account may contain multiple characters; one character per universe. Only one session (character) may be played at a time.
  Logging in from the same computer with two or more accounts is considered multi-accounting. Discussing possibilities to get around this or actually trying to do so is considered cheating and will result in your account being deleted.
  See the Frequently Asked Questions: Identified Accounts on additional information about this rule.
  
  
• Account-sitting and Account-sharing
  Managing or using any Pardus-account other than your own is strictly forbidden under any circumstances (including taking over an account).
  
  
• Inappropriate Character Names
  Names containing insulting, racist, sexist or offensive language, and names which are designed to mimic administrators, moderators, or other falsified official positions are not permitted.
  Further, names containing parts of sentences (e.g. "Hello Bob"), nonsensical combinations of letters (e.g. "Asadafsdasdf") or invalid formattings (e.g. "Thegreatdoomman", "IVIichael", "JEFF CAPSO", "cOoLgUy"), names that obviously do not describe a person (e.g. "Christmastree", "Computer Network"), names of real life celebrities (e.g. "Elvis Presley"), names that refer to real countries (e.g. "Indian Fighter"), names that do not start with an uppercase letter are not appropriate.
  

Characters will automatically be removed after half a year of inactivity in the regular game.
Characters will automatically be removed after four weeks of inactivity in the tutorial.
Accounts will automatically be removed after one year of inactivity.
Accounts and characters with Premium status are exempt from automatic deletion.


All of the following destructive or disruptive behaviour will not be tolerated:
(OOC: Out of Character | RL: Real Life)



BEHAVIOUR

• Language
  Participation in abusive, defamatory, sexist, racist or profane language; disparaging any religion, race, nation, gender, age group, or sexual orientation.
  
  
• English
  The official language of Pardus is English. Please refrain from using any other languages in the forums, chat rooms (excluding alliance chats and help chat), or any other public area of Pardus unless explicitly allowed.
  
  
• Spamming, Trolling, Flaming
  Spamming: Sending or posting numerous and/or unwanted and disruptive amounts of messages; smiley-only and one-word posts in the Pardus forums.
  Trolling: Stirring up trouble to incite disruption. (This does not refer to in-character gameplay styles such as piracy.)
  Flaming: Making insulting criticisms or remarks to incite anger.
  
  
• Impersonation
  Impersonation of officials or official positions, including, but not limited to, Pardus developers, administrators, super-moderators and moderators.
  
  
• Contempt
  Deception or threatening of administrators, super-moderators or moderators, as listed on the Team Page, or refusing to comply with moderative instructions or actions. Administrators, super-moderators and moderators were assigned by Bayer & Szell OG and given power to stop destructive behavior in the game or on the official website, including penalizing or deleting characters or accounts. Moderative instructions given by an administrator, super-moderator or moderator are to be carried out without delay.
  If you have an irresolvable problem with a moderator, a super-moderator is to be consulted; for an irresolvable problem with a super-moderator, an administrator is to be consulted.
  
  
• Harassment
  Harassment of another player, including OOC threats and persisting with unwanted OOC contact via private messages, chat or message boards after being asked to stop. Any harassing material that might be construed as stalking may be made available to law-enforcement officials.
  
  
• Privacy
  Posting, transmitting, offering or solicitation of personal identifying RL information about a third party. This includes but is not limited to: real life name, telephone number, email address, physical address or any other private information.
  
  
• Slander
  OOC: Spreading destructive, untrue or untenable accusations or gossip and slander about Pardus, players, moderators and/or administrators.
  
  
• RL-content in RP-entities
  Statements or expressions of political, religious, or similar content referring to modern reality are to be refrained from in role-playing entities (such as starbase names, building messages, ship names, etc.) and in all forums except the Off Topic Forum.
  
  
• Inappropriate Roleplaying
  Disrupting RP conversations with inappropriate behavior, such as using OOC terms like "APs" or "game"; not roleplaying as your Pardus character in designated RP areas; references to RL events.
  
  
• 'X-rated' content
  Posting or transmission of any material not suitable for underage persons, including sexually explicit, illegal, indecent or obscene images, material or links. Pardus is a game for all ages and should be safely playable by everybody.
  
  
• Association
  Creating or belonging to any alliances or groups in Pardus that either advocate or condemn any race, creed, nation, gender, age group or sexual orientation.
  
  
• Illegal Activities
  Participation in illegal activities. You may not violate any applicable local, provincial, national or international laws or regulations in connection with your use of Pardus or any other services provided by Bayer & Szell OG. Any kind of illegal activities may be reported to law-enforcement officials and may result in legal consequences.
  
  

CHEATING & ABUSE

• Exploitation
  Exploiting obvious errors of the game (bugs that grant the user unintended benefits) or communicating the existence of any exploits publicly or privately to any other Pardus users. If you find an error you must report it immediately through the bug report form ingame under Messages → Report Bug.
  
  
• Hacking and Phishing
  Trying to steal other players' account data by any means, as well as using, distributing, or posting, transmitting, offering, or solicitation of another player's account data. Bayer & Szell OG will never ask for your password.
  Posting or transmission of any virus, Trojan, worm file, or any other destructive piece of software.
  Posting or transmission of unauthorized advertisements, promotions, or copyrighted material.
  
  
• Scripting
  Use or distribution of automated scripts or other software that simulate premium features or accesses the Pardus servers for any reason outside of normal game play. This includes scripts, browsers and extensions that actively and constantly refresh a page on the Pardus servers. Any and all software, excluding browsers, which does access the Pardus servers for reasons of normal game play has to be approved by an administrator.
  
  
• Trade between universes
  Offering or accepting Pardus objects or services in a universe in exchange for Pardus objects or services in a different universe. Examples of Pardus objects include credits, resources or starbases. Examples of in-game services include killing another player or destroying another player's building.
  
  
• Real Money Trade
  Offering or accepting Pardus objects or in-game services in exchange for real money or Premium Accounts. Examples of Pardus objects include credits, resources or starbases. Examples of in-game services include killing another player or destroying another player's building.
  
  
• Instigation & Collaboration
  Inciting, manipulating, encouraging, assisting or conspiring with others to violate any of the Pardus Rules.
  

An attempt by any individual(s) to damage Pardus or interfere in any way with the operation of Pardus or Pardus servers is a violation of criminal and civil laws. If such an attack is made, or assistance for such an attack provided, Bayer & Szell OG will seek damages from the involved individual(s) to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Though we have done our best to explain the rules in detail, this list is not all-inclusive and there will always be situations that will need to be handled on an individual basis. In such cases consideration shall be given to the severity and intent of the action(s) in question.
Members of the Pardus Team, including administrators, super-moderators and moderators, have the sole right and final judgment of how to interpret and apply these rules and guidelines to any specific circumstances and/or situations, including proper punishment or exception.


Rule violations can be reported using the rule violation form ingame under Messages → Report Rule Violation.

For questions about these rules see the Rules FAQ.

The game rules may be changed at any time. All changes will be announced in the Announcements forum. All users are required to review the Announcements forum at regular intervals to keep themselves informed about any changes.