Slavehack Rules Act (2010, Last Updated 06/04/2010)

Section 1 - No Real Hacking!

• Do NOT attempt to hack, attack or damage any aspect of the Slavehack game, servers or chats
• You may NOT hack any player accounts
• Serious action will be taken against real hack attempts and may result in real life action
• If you have suspicions of any real hacking taking place, please speak to a Slavehack staff member immediately

Section 2 - Game Bugs

• Never exploit any potential bugs, as this will give you an unfair advantage over other players
• Please report any bugs / exploits to Slavehack staff -immediately-, including any details of the bug you can think of, and how you think it happened, so that we can get it cleaned up ASAP
• If you have received word of a bug on Slavehack, do NOT attempt to test it yourself, please refer to to the first rule of this section

Section 3 - Unacceptable Behaviour

• Keep the game clean - You shouldn't act agressively towards any player or member of staff under any circumstances.
  This is a game for all ages, and whilst the odd cuss may be tolerated, excessive abuse that crosses the line may result in action against you

Section 4 - Player Accounts

• You may only own / use 1 (ONE) account. (one account per person)
• Under no circumstances can you access another account
• You are held responsible for another person using your account with or without your permission. (Remember that 4a does not allow you to use and share an account)
• Keep your account password secure. Do not give the password to another person.
• You may not use another person's account without accessing it (ie, asking someone to create an account then give you their IP address)

Section 5 - Forum Rules

• The Slavehack forums are English-only (this does not apply to group forums)
• Be sure to use the appropriate category when posting
• Do not spam the forum with pointless topics / posts
• Don't post portions of the riddle trail
• No in-game bank account numbers can be posted on the forums

Section 6 - Harrassing Staff

• You may not harrass any members of the Slavehack staff for any reason
• By deliberately harrassing a member of staff, you accept their chosen form of punishment should they decide to ignore you.

Section 7 - 'Offenders and Sentencing'

• If you break any section of the Slavehack Rules Act (where applicable), you will be subject to action on your account from the Slavehack staff
• Any action is at the discretion of the Slavehack staff, though appeals may be made via tickets
• Zero tolerance will be given to repeat offenders, even if no prior action was taken.
  If you continue to break Slavehack rules, expect to receive increasingly harsher punishments
• Persistent rule breaking can result in you being banned from the game in its entirety, meaning you can never play again

Section 10 - No External Trading of In-Game Assets

• Under no circumstances may you sell or trade your account and/or game items in any form

Section 11 - Impersonation

• Do not make an account name similar to that of another player.
• You are not allowed to impersonate any member of Slavehack staff

Section 12 - Bots, Scripts and External Programs

• You are not allowed to use a bot or any other similar program that in any way interacts with Slavehack that hasn't been authorised by Slavehack staff
• This includes any utilities which may allow you to semi-play the game, i.e. leave the it to run by itself
• You are not allowed to change the Slavehack game's user interface, except using provided in-game themes
• You are not allowed to create / aid in the creation of a bot and / or things that may give you an unfair advantage over other players.
• If you wish to create an application that interacts with Slavehack for a legitimate purpose, please contact staff and you may be granted API access
• Browser scripts (ie, Greasemonkey) that interact with Slavehack may not be used under any circumstances

Section 13 - Donations

• Donations to Slavehack should be done out of your own free will, you should never be forced to donate. If someone forces you to donate, report it to the Slavehack staff.
• If you donate to Slave Hack, use your own money/credit card. Only use someone else's money/credit card if he/she has given you approval.
• You will be punished for donating using the money of someone else without their approval. Fraudulent credit cards can be easily tracked.
• All donations are considered final, there are no refunds.

Section 14 - Play at Own Risk!

• You play at your own risk: Slavehack's staff can not be held responsible for any (real life) damage done!
• You must watch your own health: Do not play too long!

Section 15 - Unfair Advantages

• You may not create any unfair advantages; Essentially, don't slave inactive accounts nor those who don't mind you slaving them. You may not slave accounts of your friends, and you may not let friends slave your account.

Section 16 - Social Engineering

• 'Social Engineering' towards the Slavehack staff or any persons related to the staff is not allowed, you will be punished in-game and it may result in 'real life' action.