GUILD WARS MARK SYSTEM

queen · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:30 pm Post subject: GUILD WARS MARK SYSTEM

Guild Wars Conduct Breaches & Outcomes

The whole reason for having a Rules of Conduct is to make sure that the game world is a pleasant place to be. If you've read the Rules, you will note that they are simply common sense guidelines for appropriate behavior. They contain restrictions on bad language and in-game behavior, and on inappropriate names that may be rude, crude, or socially unacceptable. They contain protections for you, so your privacy is maintained, and for us, as developer and publisher of Guild Wars, so that the integrity of the game is preserved.

The rules are all pretty basic: Don't swear or spam or break any laws. Don't use a name or guild acronym that would offend someone; don't harass other players. Don't link to pornography or advertise in the game. Don't buy or sell in-game items for real-world cash or buy or sell accounts or access keys for in-game or real-world currency. Report hacks and exploits and do not use them yourself; play Guild Wars on the Guild Wars servers, and so forth.

So what happens when someone breaks the Rules of Conduct? In the interests of keeping things pleasant of the majority of players, we've set up a system to deal with lapses in behavior. We think the system is fair, balanced, and reasonable. Those who fail to observe the Rules of Conduct will have an administrative "mark" placed on their Guild Wars account. Each mark will suspend the player's account for a given period of time. The period of account suspension will rise with each subsequent mark against the player's account.

Account marks expire after a period of time. Therefore, a player can clear his/her account of marks, and remove the risk of lengthy suspension, simply by obeying the Rules of Conduct.

Disciplinary Process

Basic Details

Some account actions come as the result of staff member observations; others came as the results of player report. All player reports are fully investigated.

We will take action and place account marks only after careful consideration and a review of all available facts.

Account marks apply to the full account, rather than an individual character within the account.

We do not issue warnings; the first mark, with its temporary account suspension, is considered a form of warning, and should be accepted as such by the player.

We will not contact you externally (via email) to inform you of disciplinary action on your account. Instead, you will receive an in-game message that alerts you that your account has been rendered inaccessible. That alert will provide as specific a reason as we are able to give for the account mark, as well as the duration of the temporary account suspension.

Those who report a possible rules infraction by another player will not be informed of the outcome of our investigation; for privacy reasons, disciplinary actions will be a confidential matter between our staff and the affected player.

The suspension periods are designed to be effective and fair. The first mark results in a relatively brief suspension; players who slip up once in a great while will not suffer dire consequences. The suspension periods do scale up, though, in order to better handle those players who are in regular breach of the Rules of Conduct. For them, the account marks can add up to weeks of suspension.

A Guild Wars account will be terminated in instances of severe abuse of the Rules of Conduct or the User Agreement.Account terminations are permanent.

Infraction Types

There are two kinds of infractions: Naming infractions and in-game (behavior) infractions:

Naming Infractions

For unacceptable character names, a mark will be placed against the account and the character will be blocked. This means that the character and all the inventory items and attainments associated with it will be inaccessible until the character has been renamed. The account will also receive a mark, and therefore will be inaccessible for whatever period of time is called for within the escalating suspension system.

For unacceptable guild names, a mark will be placed against the guild creator's account. The guild will be reset to "0" on the Guild Ladder and will be unable to issue challenges; the only option will be to dissolve the guild. There is no option for renaming a guild at this time.

In-game Infractions

The following will result in an account mark (suspension) or an account termination, depending upon the severity of the matter:

Inappropriate in-game behavior – such as obscene, offensive, or racist talk or behavior, abuse of another player, or harassment.

o Selling or buying a Guild Wars account, in-game item, or gold for real-world currency; selling a Guild Wars account for in-game currency; aiding others in such transactions, or advertising the intent to commit such acts.

Selling services of any kind—including such things as "runs" through portions of the game—for real-world currency.

Repeating in-game chat to an excessive degree ("spamming").

In-game linking to inappropriate sites, including those offering bots, macros, or other third-party programs, or those selling or buying accounts, items, or in-game gold.

Taking advantage of another player ("scamming") in order to take his/her items or account.

Accessing another player's account in order to take or delete characters or items.

Abusing game exploits.

Advertising cheats, hacks, and exploits

Using, developing, releasing or promoting a "bot" program

Infractions result in one of two types of account actions: Either the account earns a disciplinary flag, or "mark," or the account is terminated. Marks accumulate over time, and having a number of marks can result in a lengthy account suspension. Marks also expire over time, and this process allows a player to clear his or her record if no further marks are placed on the account. For infractions that earn an account termination, the termination is applied to the account as a whole and renders the player permanently unable to play on that account. Warnings are never given for either kind of account action.

Appeals

Depending on the type of infraction there may or may not be an appeals process for the player.

In-Game Behavior:

For marks that are the result of inappropriate in-game behavior, no appeal will be accepted.

Players who err only occasionally will find that the system is designed to handle infractions in a fair and reasonable manner. The early levels of account marks result in relatively brief suspensions, and it is only persistent bad behavior that results in lengthy suspensions.

Players who run up a large number of account marks will have received warning by the very escalation of the suspension periods. Each mark is more serious than the one before it; marks accumulate or "stack" and can result in a lengthy account suspension. It is not in our best interest to engage in a debate about suspensions with those who are frequently in breach of the Rules of Conduct.

Name Blocking

In instances where the player feels that a character or guild name has been improperly blocked, the player may submit an appeal. Keep in mind that only a small percentage of character or guild name blocks will be reversed; history shows that most reviews confirm the initial name block.

Staff will be unable to enter into a dialogue about such blocks or account marks, but will inform the player if the block has been upheld or removed after a review by senior staff.

Permanent Account Terminations

Obviously, we do not terminate the accounts of Guild Wars players without cause. We exercise careful judgment in every case of an account termination, and we will use the mark system instead of outright account termination if that seems sufficient to address the misbehavior. However, we will review breaches of the Rules of Conduct and the User Agreement with close attention to the most flagrant forms of rules abuse. In instances like these, particularly when we perceive a risk of substantial real or potential harm to the Guild Wars community or to the game's stability, an account can and will be permanently terminated.
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queen · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject: RULES OF CONDUCT

Guild Wars Rules of Conduct

The following rules govern basic interaction within the Guild Wars game and the Guild Wars websites. Please be aware that failure to comply with these rules of conduct may result in the termination of your Guild Wars game account according to the Guild Wars User Agreement.

In addition to these rules of conduct, explicit rules affecting your account may be found in the Guild Wars User Agreement.

While playing Guild Wars, you must respect the rights of others and their rights to play and enjoy the game. To this end, you may not defraud, harass, threaten, or cause distress and/or unwanted attention to other players.

You may not post or communicate any player's real world information (name, address, account name, etc.) through the Guild Wars game or on the official Guild Wars website.

You may not use sexually explicit, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, or racially or ethnically offensive language.

You may not post or link to any sexually explicit, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, or racially or ethnically offensive imagery or content.

When communicating in Guild Wars using Global Chat (including, without limitation, server wide chat and use of the whisper command), you may not spam, flood, or make duplicate posts. For more information, please see the User Agreement section 4 (j).

You may not impersonate any employee of ArenaNet Inc., NC Interactive, Inc., NCsoft Corporation or their affiliates.

You may not violate any local, state, national, or international laws or regulations.

You may not market, promote, advertise, or solicit within the Guild Wars game or on the official Guild Wars websites.

You may not modify any part of the Guild Wars Client, Server, or any part of the official Guild Wars websites.

You may not advertise the intent to or commit the act of buying, selling, trading, sharing, or transferring access to any Guild Wars account for real-world cash or for in-game gold or items.

You may not advertise the intent to or commit the act of buying or selling gold or items for cash.

You may not offer in-game services for real-world cash.

You may not arrange for the exchange or transfer of any pirated or illegal software while using the Guild Wars game or website.

You will follow the instructions of authorized personnel while in Guild Wars or on the official Guild Wars website.

You may not organize nor be a member of any pledges or groups within Guild Wars that are based on or espouse any racist, sexist, anti-religious, anti-ethnic, anti-gay, or other hate mongering philosophies.

You may not provide false information or intentionally hide any information when registering for your Guild Wars account.

You may not upload or transmit on Guild Wars or the official Guild Wars websites any copyrighted or trademarked content to which you do not own all rights without the express written permission of the author or the copyright or trademark holder.

You will not attempt to interfere with, hack into, or decipher any transmissions to or from the servers running Guild Wars.

You will not exploit any bug in Guild Wars and you will not communicate the existence of any such exploitable bug (bugs that grant the user unnatural or unintended benefits) either directly or through public posting, to any other user of Guild Wars. Bugs should be promptly reported via "Ask a Question" at http://support.guildwars.com.

You will not attempt to play Guild Wars on any server that is not controlled or authorized by NC Interactive or its designees.

You will not create, use, or provide any server emulator or other site where Guild Wars may be played, and you will not post or distribute any utilities, emulators or other software tools related to Guild Wars without the express written permission of NC Interactive, NCsoft Europe, or NCsoft Corporation.

You may not use any third-party program (such as a "bot") in order to automate gameplay functions, including playing, chatting, interacting, or gathering gold or items within Guild Wars. You may not assist, relay, or store gold or items for other players who are using these processes.

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queen · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:45 pm Post subject: USER AGREEMENT

Guild Wars: User Agreement
Last Modified October 2006

1. TERMS OF AGREEMENT

(a) Terms of Agreement. NC Interactive, Inc. and ArenaNet Inc. (collectively, "NC Interactive") offer to allow you to play its multi-player online computer games "Guild Wars," Guild Wars Factions and/or Guild Wars Nightfall, as applicable (individually and collectively, the "Game(s)") conditioned on your agreement to all of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement and your compliance with the posted Rules of Conduct.

Your use of the Game(s) constitutes your agreement to all such terms and conditions and your agreement to comply with the Rules of Conduct. To confirm your agreement, you must click on the "I Accept" button at the end of this Agreement. If you do not so agree, you must click on the "I Decline" button at the end of this Agreement, in which case you reject the offered terms of use and will not be permitted to play the Game(s).

If you have any questions regarding these terms and conditions or the Rules of Conduct, please contact NC Interactive customer service by visiting the support section of our web site, currently at the following link: http://support.guildwars.com.

(b) Amendments. NC Interactive may amend this Agreement or modify the Rules of Conduct at any time in its sole discretion on our web site via (a) the amended Agreement, currently at http://www.guildwars.com/support/legal/termsofuse.php or (b) the modified Rules of Conduct, currently at http://www.guildwars.com/legal/rulesofconduct.php. Amendments to the Agreement and/or modifications to the Rules of Conduct will be effective immediately upon posting. When logging onto the Service (as defined below) you will be asked to confirm your acceptance to any such revised terms and conditions. You agree to check this Agreement and the Rules of Conduct periodically so you will be familiar with their content as amended or modified from time to time. If you do not agree to the revised terms and conditions, you should contact NC Interactive immediately to discuss closure of your Account (also defined below).

2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE

NC Interactive offers the Game(s) as a subscription-free on-line fantasy role-playing game service with fee-based releases of new Game(s) content (the "Campaigns") and additional features including, without limitation, character slots and skill packs ("Additional Features") (the "Service") accessible through our web site, currently at http://www.guildwars.com (the "Web Site"). NC Interactive reserves the right to change the URL address of the Web Site at any time.

To use the Service, you will need to install software which NC Interactive makes available from the Web Site via download or which you have purchased from a retailer, including but not limited to all and any items accompanying the software, such as user manuals and access key (the "Software"). Anyone desiring to use the Service is required to establish an account with NC Interactive or create an account by using the registration system provided when launching the Game(s) (the "Account"). NC Interactive does not provide Internet access, and you are responsible for all fees associated with your Internet connection.

The Web Site is an active part of the Service and any use of the website is governed by the same terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Rules of Conduct.

3. LICENSE TO USE

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, NC Interactive grants to you, for your personal use only, a non-exclusive, revocable, nontransferable (except as permitted in Section 4(a)) license to use the Service, and a non-exclusive, revocable, nontransferable (except as permitted in Section 4(a)) license to use the Software in connection with the Service, without charge except for new Campaigns and Additional Features which will be charged on a prepaid basis according to Section 5.

You may not (a) sublicense, rent, lease, loan or otherwise transfer the Software or the Service (or any part thereof), including without limitation access keys; (b) modify, adapt, reverse engineer or decompile the Software, or otherwise attempt to derive source code from the Software; (c) create any derivative works in respect of the Software or the Service; or (d) otherwise use the Software or the Service except as expressly provided in this Agreement. You should keep your access key in a safe place and not share it with anyone else. The access key can be used only once. Title to the Software, and all rights with respect to the Software and Service not specifically granted under this Agreement, including without limitation all rights of reproduction, modification, distribution, display, disassembly and decompilation and all copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret and other proprietary rights and interests are reserved to NC Interactive.

4. ACCOUNT

(a) Eligibility. Accounts are available only to adult individuals 18 years of age or older. If you are less than 18 years of age and wish to use the Service, your parent(s) or guardian(s) must complete the registration process, open an Account in their name(s) and accept full responsibility for all obligations under this Agreement. Those who have completed these steps and who maintain their Account in good standing are sometimes referred to in this Agreement as "Members."

By accepting the terms of use in the Agreement, Members represent that you are an adult 18 years of age or older. Only one person may use an Account. The registered user of an Account may use the Account or may choose instead to permit a minor child of the registered user to use the Account. You are liable for all activities conducted through your Account, and parents or guardians are liable for all activities of their minor child conducted through the Account.

(b) Master Accounts and Game Accounts. To use the Service, you must first create a Game(s) account either by creating a master account on the PlayNC service ("Master Account") or a game-specific sub-account for the Game(s) or using the registration system provided when launching the game ("Game Account"). Master Accounts on the PlayNC service are free and can be created at www.plaync.com. A Game Account is subject to specific fees as per section 5 (see Campaign and Additional Feature Purchases).

You must choose an account name to identify yourself to NC Interactive staff (your "Account ID") on both the Master Account ("PlayNC account") as well as the Game Account. You may not select as your Account ID the name of another person, or a name which violates any third party's trademark right, copyright, or other proprietary right, or which may mislead other players to believe you to be an employee of NC Interactive or its affiliated companies, or which NC Interactive deems in its sole discretion to be vulgar or otherwise offensive. NC Interactive reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to (1) delete or alter any Account ID or (2) terminate any license granted herein, for any reason whatsoever, including, without limitation, any suspected or actual infringement of any trademark or trade name right, copyright, or other proprietary right. You have sole liability for all activities conducted through your Account or under your Account ID.

(c) Rights to Use Accounts. By agreeing to the User Agreement you agree that you do not own either the Master Account or Game Account (collectively, the "Account") you use to access the service, the characters created on the Account and that NC Interactive stores on NC Interactive servers, the items stored on these servers, or any other data from which the servers and accounts are comprised. The Account you create is needed to login to the service as per section 4(b) and the fee that you pay is to access new Campaigns or acquire Additional Features.

(d) Character Name. In order to use the service, you must create a character and choose a name for your character to identify your character to other Members (your "Character Name"). You may not select as your Character Name the name of another person, or a name which violates any third party's trademark right, copyright, or other proprietary right, or which may mislead other players to believe you to be an employee of NC Interactive or its affiliated companies, or which NC Interactive deems at its sole discretion to be vulgar or otherwise offensive. NC Interactive reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to (1) delete or alter any Character Name or (2) terminate any license granted herein, for any reason whatsoever, including, without limitation, any suspected or actual infringement of any trademark or trade name right, copyright, or other proprietary right.

(e) Guild Names. While accessing the service, it is possible to name your Guild. You may not give a name to a Guild that is the name/description/title of another person, or a name/description/title which violates any third party's trademark right, copyright, or other proprietary right, or which may mislead other players to believe you to be an employee of NC Interactive or its affiliated companies, or which NC Interactive deems at its sole discretion to be vulgar or otherwise offensive. NC Interactive reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to (1) delete or alter any name given to a Guild or (2) terminate any license granted herein, for any reason whatsoever, including, without limitation, any suspected or actual infringement of any trademark or trade name right, copyright, or other proprietary right.

(f) Passwords. At the time your Account is opened, you must select a password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and you are responsible for any harm resulting from your disclosure or allowing the disclosure of your password or from use by any person of your password to gain access to your Account and Account ID. At no time should you respond to an online request for a password. NC Interactive will never ask for your password offline or online, except that you will be required to enter your password as part of the log-on process.

(g) Registration Obligations. You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Service's registration form ("Registration Data") and maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or NC Interactive has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, NC Interactive has the right to suspend or terminate your Account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service.

(h) Former Members. Members whose Accounts have been terminated by NC Interactive may not access the Service in any manner or for any reason, including through any other Account, without the express written permission of NC Interactive. Accounts accessed by Former Members are subject to immediate termination. NC Interactive reserves the right to use any means necessary, including those in section 4(i) to identify and remove Former Members.

(i) Related Accounts. If NC Interactive terminates an Account, NC Interactive may terminate any other Accounts that share the same member name, phone number, email address, postal address, Internet Protocol address, or credit card number with the terminated Account.

(j) In the Game(s), characters have the privilege of sending server wide messages called "Chat Messages." With this privilege comes a high level of responsibility on the part of the user. Due to the fact that this communication channel has the ability to impact every player on the server, NC Interactive will not tolerate any inappropriate behavior of any sort in this chat channel. This includes but is not limited to: inappropriate language of any sort or any attempt to escape the profanity filter, inappropriate or vulgar content of any sort, repeated "spamming," or "flooding" of the chat messages channel, or any other conduct determined to be inappropriate by NC Interactive Support, in its sole discretion. Any violation of this term or rules of conduct may, in the sole discretion of NC Interactive, lead to the temporary removal of the character's ability to communicate, the account being suspended for a set period of time, or lead to permanent account closure.

5. CAMPAIGN AND ADDITIONAL FEATURE PURCHASES

(a) Our fees and billing procedures are published in the registration section of the Web Site, which are incorporated herein by this reference. All fees are stated in U.S. Dollars. WHILE YOU CAN CONTINUE TO PLAY THE GAME(S), AS APPLICABLE, ONCE YOU HAVE PURCHASED THE ORIGINAL GAME, AS APPLICABLE, WITHOUT HAVING TO PURCHASE ANY ADDITIONAL CAMPAIGNS OR ADDITIONAL FEATURES, IF YOU CHOOSE TO PURCHASE A NEW CAMPAIGN AND/OR ADDITIONAL FEATURES, IT IS PAYABLE IN ADVANCE AND IS NOT REFUNDABLE IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INTERRUPTION OR UNAVAILABILITY OF SERVICE (SEE ALSO SECTION 10 BELOW). If you purchase the Campaign and/or Additional Features online using a credit card, we will automatically charge you through your chosen payment method for the applicable new Campaign and/or Additional Features purchases, plus any applicable taxes we are required to collect, where you authorize us to do so. All new Campaign and Additional Features purchases are payable in advance. YOU ARE FULLY LIABLE FOR ALL CHARGES TO YOUR ACCOUNT. You represent to NC Interactive that you are the authorized account holder or an authorized user of the chosen method of payment used to pay for a new Campaign and/or Additional Features purchase. You agree to promptly notify NC Interactive of any changes to your account number, its expiration date and/or your billing address, and you agree to promptly notify NC Interactive if your account expires or is cancelled for any reason.

(b) YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY ATTEMPT TO MAKE ANY CHARGE BACK OR OTHERWISE RECLAIM OR OBTAIN A REFUND OF OR A CREDIT AGAINST ANY FEES PAID WITHOUT FIRST CLOSING YOUR GAME ACCOUNT OR HAVING OBTAINED NC INTERACTIVE'S PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT TO SUCH REFUND SHALL ENTITLE NC INTERACTIVE TO DEACTIVATE YOUR GAME ACCOUNT UNLESS AND/OR UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE FEES ARE REPAID OR A CREDIT OR REFUND IS AGREED WITH NC INTERACTIVE. DEACTIVATION WILL INCLUDE, NOT ONLY THE NEW CAMPAIGN AND/OR ADDITIONAL FEATURES IN RELATION TO WHICH THE RECHARGE, REFUND OR CREDIT WAS OBTAINED, BUT ALSO ALL ACCESS TO THE SERVICE INCLUDING PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED CAMPAIGNS AND/OR ADDITIONAL FEATURES. YOU FURTHER AGREE THAT THE NEW CAMPAIGNS AND/OR ADDITIONAL FEATURES FORM PART OF THE SERVICE AND ARE DELIVERED 'UNSEALED' AUTOMATICALLY UPON RECEIPT OF THE FEES AND THEREFORE YOU HAVE NO CANCELLATION RIGHTS (SAVE FOR A WILFULL ERROR OR FAULT WITH THE NEW CAMPAIGNS AND/OR ADDITIONAL FEATURES WHICH IS REPORTED IMMEDIATELY TO NC INTERACTIVE).

(c) NC Interactive reserves the right to alter the fees payable for new Campaigns and/or Additional Features or introduce alternative fee structures for the Service. Any alteration to the purchase price will be posted on the Web Site at least 30 days prior to such alteration taking effect. If you do not agree to any such alteration, you should not purchase the new Campaign and/or Additional Features and/or you should terminate your Account prior to the date on which the alteration takes effect, otherwise the revised amount will automatically be debited to your Account.

6. CONTENT AND MEMBER CONDUCT

(a) Content. You acknowledge that by using the Software and the Service you will have access to graphics, sound effects, music, animation-style video, content, layout, design, files, data, characters (and items and attributes associated with characters), game objects and text (collectively, "Game Content"). NC Interactive does not pre-screen Game Content as a matter of policy. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT NC INTERACTIVE HAS THE RIGHT, BUT NOT THE OBLIGATION, TO REMOVE ANY CONTENT (INCLUDING YOURS) IN WHOLE OR IN PART AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON OR NO REASON, WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE AND WITH NO LIABILITY OF ANY KIND.

(b) Rights in Content. You acknowledge that NC Interactive and its related Game Content Providers have rights in their respective Game Content under copyright and other applicable laws, and that you accept full responsibility and liability for your use of any Game Content in violation of any such rights. NC Interactive and its related Game Content Providers grant to Members the right to use the Game Content for noncommercial, personal purposes, including in connection with creating noncommercial fan fiction or fan web sites regarding the same. However, you acknowledge and agree that you shall not reproduce, prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, publicly perform, or transmit any Game Content for commercial uses without first obtaining the express written consent of NC Interactive.

For clarification purposes only, "derivative works based upon" Game Content are works which are substantially similar, both in ideas and expression, to the Game Content. Similarity of ideas in the Game Content and derivative works concern similarities between things such as plot, theme, mood, setting, appearance, and character traits. Similarity of expression concerns the total concept and feel of the Game Content and the derivative works. Thus, if a work created by a Member or someone other than NC Interactive (or its related Game Content Providers) is likely to bring to mind the Game Content, then it is likely that such work is a derivative work of the Game Content, and as such may not be used for commercial purposes.

(c) Member Content. Members can upload to and create content on our servers in various forms, such as in selections you make and characters and items you create for the Game(s), and in bulletin boards and similar user-to-user areas ("Member Content"). By submitting Member Content to or creating Member Content on any area of the Service, you acknowledge and agree that such Member Content is the sole property of NC Interactive. To the extent that NC Interactive cannot claim exclusive rights in Member Content by operation of law, you hereby grant (or you warrant that the owner of such Member Content has expressly granted) to NC Interactive and its related Game Content Providers a non-exclusive, universal, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicenseable right to exercise all rights of any kind or nature associated with such Member Content, and all ancillary and subsidiary rights thereto, in any languages and media now known or not currently known. You shall indemnify and hold NC Interactive harmless from and against any claims by third parties that your Member Content infringes upon, violates or misappropriates any of their intellectual property or proprietary rights.

(d) Member Conduct. You agree not to use the Service to:

(i) take any action or upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any content that infringes or violates any third party rights;

(ii) impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, an NC Interactive employee, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;

(iii) take any action or upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any content that violates any law or regulation;

(iv) take any action or upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any content as determined by NC Interactive at its sole discretion that is harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; or contains any viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information;

(v) take any action or upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any content that would violate any right or duty under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);

(vi) upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation;

(vii) interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;

(viii) attempt to gain access to any other user's Account or password; or

(ix) "stalk" or otherwise harass another member.

You agree that NC Interactive may take whatever steps it deems necessary to abridge, or prevent behavior of any sort on the Service in its sole discretion, without notice to you.

7. OFFICIAL SERVICE

The Game(s) is designed for official play only as offered through the Service by NC Interactive at the Web Site and not through any other means. You further agree not to access, create or provide any other means through which Game(s) may be played by others, as through server emulators. You agree not to use any hardware or software, including but not limited to third party tools, or any other method of support which may in any way influence or advantage your use of the Service which is not authorized by NC Interactive, including but not limited to the use of 'bots' and/or any other method by which the Service may be played automatically without human input. You acknowledge that you do not have the right to create, publish, distribute, create derivative works from or use any software programs, utilities, applications, emulators or tools derived from or created for the Game(s), except that you may use the Software to the extent expressly permitted by this Agreement. You may not take any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure. You may not sell or auction any Game(s) accounts, characters, items, coin or copyrighted material, nor may you assist others in doing so.

8. PRIVACY

Our privacy policy, which covers the usage and protection of your personal information, is published on the Web Site, currently at http://www.guildwars.com/privacy.html and is incorporated herein by this reference.

9. PARENTAL GUIDANCE

While NC Interactive may choose to monitor and take action upon inappropriate game play, chat or links to the Service, it is possible that at any time there may be language or other material accessible on or through the Service that may be inappropriate for children or offensive to some users of any age. NC Interactive cannot ensure that other players will not provide Content or access to Content that parents or guardians may find inappropriate or that any user may find objectionable. NC Interactive does not as a matter of policy pre-screen the content of the materials or communications transmitted by each player.

NC Interactive reserves the right to enforce any or all of these rules at its sole discretion.

10. INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE

(a) NC Interactive reserves the right to interrupt the Service from time to time on a regularly scheduled basis or otherwise with or without prior notice in order to perform maintenance. You agree that NC Interactive will not be liable for any interruption of the Service, delay or failure to perform resulting from any causes whatsoever.

(b) You acknowledge that the Service may be interrupted for reasons beyond the control of NC Interactive, and NC Interactive cannot guarantee that you will be able to access the Service or your Account whenever you may wish to do so. NC Interactive shall not be liable for any interruption of the Service, delay or failure to perform resulting from any causes whatsoever.

(c) NC Interactive has the right at any time for any reason or no reason to change and/or eliminate any aspect(s) of the Service as it sees fit in its sole discretion.

(d) NC Interactive shall not be obligated to refund all or any portion of any Account fee (if any), Campaign or Additional Feature fee by reason of any interruption of the Service by reason of any of the circumstances described in paragraph (a) or (b).

11. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

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Silver Quex · officer Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 333

OK, i think we get it with all the big letters and pretty colors, follow the rules got it
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Dishin · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:17 pm Post subject:

Did someone break the rules?
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queen · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:50 pm Post subject:

No one broke the rules...GW'ss just tightening them......so i saw fit to post them.....

the MArk system is interesting in that if something that you do is seen to be the guilds fault......they can close down my guild....or at any rate.....leave me w/ a membership of 0.

i would be very sorry to see that happen......ever....
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Brainless Soldier · Joined: 28 Apr 2007 Posts: 31 Location: not sure

So a whole guild can be shut down based on the actions of a couple members? It does make some sense that A-net would make this so, since it would make each members actions truly reflect on the guild.
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Dishin · Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:53 am Post subject:

Well our guild is so fare very polite. I havnt seen anything "bad" from anyone.
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Wandering Nick · Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:43 pm Post subject: Wow

I don't suppose that you typed that whole thing...Did you copy and paste that....That's a whole lot of typing! :shock:

queen · Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:23 pm Post subject:

Silver Quex · officer Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 333

wow, i dont want that to happen!!!! :shock:
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queen · Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:12 am Post subject:

No one does...that's why i POSTED it....
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Silver Quex · officer Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 333

gottcha, hmm im still wondering....when will u post the thing "If this guild will move on into GW2" ???
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queen · Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:50 am Post subject:

you post it........I'm still in denial........
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Silver Quex · officer Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 333

ok, gosh dont atack me, im just askin cause im wondering.......if not, oh well....what should i do, make a poll?? and ask for ppl opinions??
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