Policy Reports Helpfile

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======================================================================Other: policy reports======================================================================Syntax:Sometimes, you'll want to report something on buffymud, be it cheating,abuse, or just some behaviour you don't like.  It's policy for the Immortalsto investigate whenever there is a report of cheating or abuse.  Immortalswill then do one of two things:1) Uncover the cheater and prosecute.2) Uncover that there was no cheating and explain to the plaintiff.Unfortunately, it is also possible that the Immortal will suspect cheatingbut be unable to prove it for certain.  It's policy on Buffymud not toprosecute a player without positive proof. If you make a report and don't hear back for more than a week or so, feelfree to nag us and we'll let you know what's going on with it.  That said,here are some simple rules you should follow to make things run smoothly. a) Be polite, simple, and to the point.  Don't rant or threaten or makesnide comments. b) Stick to the issue.  I can't count the number of four paragraph postsI've read that could have been one sentence.  I don't care about anythingother than the ACTUAL issue. c) Don't assume anything.  If you think an immortal is helping their alt,you should post about it, but don't say 'this person is helping their alt,'because if it turns out that they're not alts, it hurts your case.  Juststick to 'this imm helped this char.'d) Do not ever let someone know they've been reported, or post your reportpublicly.  We can't prosecute someone based on nothing but another player'sword.  So if someone is abusing bugs, multiplaying, or botting, and you tellus, then tell them you've told us, they're very likely to stop before we caninvestigate and catch the offense. e) Don't confuse people and issues. If someone is ruining your gameby repeatedly pking you, they're not the problem, the system that allowssomeone to legally ruin your game is the problem. And it's the systemyou should be complaining about, feel free to use the player to illustrateyour problem, but unless they're breaking rules, or abusing bugs or somesuch, a complaint about them is not going to be given much merit.----------------------------------------------------------------------
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