Rules

##### ***Staff Harassment***

* [Personal attacks on any staff(including group chat), including but not limited to, Admins, Game Moderators, and Story Runners. Including any and all temporary or interning staff. This includes bashing the sim or the game.]
* Penalty for first offense: 1 Warning issued. May lose group chat privilege.
* Penalty for serious and/or 1st prior offense: 1 Warning issued. 1 Week ban.
* Penalty for serious and/or 2nd prior offense: 1 Warning issued. Permanent ban.

##### ***General Harassment***

* [Attacks on any person or group(including group chat), including but not limited to, homophobia, racism, sexism, death threats, and other forms of excessive abuse]
* Penalty for first offense: 1 Warning issued. May lose group chat privilege.
* Penalty for serious and/or 1st prior offense: 1 Warning issued. 1 Week ban.
* Penalty for serious and/or 2nd prior offense: 1 Warning issued. Permanent ban.

## **Game related**

### **Cheating:**

#### **Infractions within this area:**

##### ***Illegal Movement Enhancers***

* [Use of any and all objects, scripts, HUD, weapons, or anything listed or not listed here that moves the avatar in any way, shape, or form.]
* [Maverick Wars official items, and those with registered, active hash codes are exempt from this rule.]
* Penalty for non-serious and/or first offense: 1 Correction issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or prior offense: 1 Warning issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or 1st prior offense: 1 Warning issued, in-game currency/resource removal including but not limited to a total stat wipe.
* Penalty for serious and/or 2nd prior offense: 1 Warning issued, in-game currency/resource removal including but not limited to a total stat wipe, potential ban from Maverick Wars.

##### ***Illegal Shielding***

* [Use of any and all objects, scripts, HUD, weapons, or anything listed or not listed here that blocks, hinders, slows, or otherwise interferes with any enemy, weapon or other object related to the game.]
* [Maverick Wars official items, and those with registered, active hash codes are exempt from this rule.]
* Penalty for non-serious and/or first offense: 1 Correction issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or prior offense: 1 Warning issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or 1st prior offense: 1 Warning issued, in-game currency/resource removal including but not limited to a total stat wipe.
* Penalty for serious and/or 2nd prior offense: 1 Warning issued, in-game currency/resource removal including but not limited to a total stat wipe, potential ban from Maverick Wars.

##### ***Illegal Weaponry***

* [Use of any and all objects, scripts, HUD, weapons or anything listed or not listed here that produces weapon-like effects, rez's objects, projectiles or creatures in any way, shape, or form.]
* [Maverick Wars official items, and those with registered, active hash codes are exempt from this rule.]
* Penalty for non-serious and/or first offense: 1 Correction issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or prior offense: 1 Warning issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or 1st prior offense: 1 Warning issued, in-game currency/resource removal including but not limited to a total stat wipe.
* Penalty for serious and/or 2nd prior offense: 1 Warning issued, in-game currency/resource removal including but not limited to a total stat wipe, potential ban from Maverick Wars.

##### ***Exploitation***

* [Use of any and all objects, scripts, HUD, weapons or anything listed or not listed here that produces resources, bypasses intended effects, area restrictions, or death.]
* [Maverick Wars official items, and those with registered, active hash codes are exempt from this rule.]
* Penalty for non-serious and/or first offense: 1 Correction issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or prior offense: 1 Warning issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or 1st prior offense: 1 Warning issued, in-game currency/resource removal including but not limited to a total stat wipe.
* Penalty for serious and/or 2nd prior offense: 1 Warning issued, in-game currency/resource removal including but not limited to a total stat wipe, potential ban from Maverick Wars.

## **Role-play related**

### **Spam:**

#### **Infractions within this area:**

##### **Gratuitous OOC**

* [Heavy or extended OOC chat in local channel during a nearby Role-play or while participating in one. Please move OOC chat to group chat or IMs.]
* Penalty for non-serious and/or first offense: 1 Correction issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or prior offense: 1 Warning issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or 1st prior offense: 1 Warning issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or 2nd prior offense: 1 Warning issued. 1 Week ban from Role-play.
* Penalty for serious and/or 3rd prior offense: 1 Warning issued. 1 Month ban from Role-play.
* [In the event continuous offenses are accrued on this infraction, 1 month will be added to the ban each time.]

### **General:**

#### **Infractions within this area:**

##### **Role-playing an unapproved character**

* [Role-playing an unapproved character. Story Runners are exempt from this provided they are running their own arc, or are helping another Story Runner with their arc. Prior permission is not automatically given, ever, you must ask the other Story Runner every single time.]
* Penalty for non-serious and/or first offense: 1 Correction issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or prior offense: 1 Warning issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or 1st prior offense: 1 Warning issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or 2nd prior offense: 1 Warning issued. 1 Week ban from Role-play.
* Penalty for serious and/or 3rd prior offense: 1 Warning issued. 1 Month ban from Role-play.
* [In the event continuous offenses are accrued on this infraction, 1 month will be added to the ban each time.]

##### **Excessive God-Modding**

* [Repeated, intentional or serious issues regarding God-Modding. Having to bring an arc to a halt repeatedly to make you stop God-Modding and re-write your post is unacceptable.]
* Penalty for non-serious and/or first offense: 1 Correction issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or prior offense: 1 Warning issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or 1st prior offense: 1 Warning issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or 2nd prior offense: 1 Warning issued. 1 Week ban from Role-play.
* Penalty for serious and/or 3rd prior offense: 1 Warning issued. 1 Month ban from Role-play.
* [In the event continuous offenses are accrued on this infraction, 1 month will be added to the ban each time.]

##### **Excessive Meta-Gaming**

* [Repeated, intentional or serious issues regarding Meta-Gaming. Having to bring an arc to a halt repeatedly to make you stop Meta-Gaming and re-write your post is unacceptable.]
* Penalty for non-serious and/or first offense: 1 Correction issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or prior offense: 1 Warning issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or 1st prior offense: 1 Warning issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or 2nd prior offense: 1 Warning issued. 1 Week ban from Role-play.
* Penalty for serious and/or 3rd prior offense: 1 Warning issued. 1 Month ban from Role-play.
* [In the event continuous offenses are accrued on this infraction, 1 month will be added to the ban each time.]

### Some extra info:

* "THE RP TIMELINE OF THE SIM IS AFTER THE EVENTS OF MEGAMAN X3, BUT BEFORE THE EVENTS OF X4. X AND ZERO ARE UNAVAILABLE BECAUSE DURING THIS TIME, THEY WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE ERASURE INCIDENT OF MEGAMAN X-TREME 2, WHICH TAKES PLACE DURING THIS TIMELINE."
	+ Characters Unavailable Due to this Event:
		- Mega Man X
		- Zero
		- Iris
		- Midi
		- Techno
		- Zain
		- Geemel
		- Vile
		- Gareth
		- Berkana
		- Sigma

## **Staff-specific**(yes, we have to follow rules too.)

### **Inappropriate behavior:**

##### **Inappropriate sim representation**

* [Acting in a way that shows staff of the sim in a poor light, including but not limited to, breaking any rules, arguing with other staff in public, showing dis-respect for other staff, sim patrons, or anything of the like.]
* Penalty for first offense: 1 Warning issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or 1st prior offense: Removal from staff position, potential ban.

##### **Violation of conduct**

* [Disregarding anything Administration has handed down. Story Runners blocking Role-play of an approved character. ETC.]
* Penalty for first offense: Removal of staff position, potential ban.

##### **Staff power abuse (Role-play)**

* [Abusing the position of authority given by the staff position. (Such as making someone re-write multiple posts for God-modding just because you don't like them or their character.)]
* Penalty for first offense: 1 Warning issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or 1st prior offense: Removal from staff position, potential ban.

##### **Staff power abuse (Game related)**

* [Abusing the position of authority given by the staff position. (Such as repeatedly reporting a player for cheating infractions just because you don't like them.)]
* Penalty for first offense: 1 Warning issued.
* Penalty for serious and/or 1st prior offense: Removal from staff position, potential ban.

## **Staff and powers**

This is so everyone, including the public, knows exactly what each staffer can and cannot do.

### ***Admins - Supreme Authority***

#### **They have the power to:**

* ***Anything.** What an admin says goes.*

### ***GM (Game Moderator) - Maverick Wars Game System assistants***

#### **The do not have the power to:**

* Issue infractions related to Role-play.
* Make new rules.
* Change old rules.

### ***Story Runner - Role Play arc runners***

#### **They have the power to:**

* Issue infractions related to Role-play.
* Approve Character Profiles for use in role-play, even for role-play in another Story Runner's arc.
* Reject another Story Runner's changes to their story arcs.
* Reject another Story Runner's help running their story arcs.
* Stop an arc and make you re-write a post they have determined to contain Meta-gaming or God-modding.

#### **They do not have the power to:**

* Ban or disallow a player from role-playing without **Admin** clearance.
* Make new rules.
* Change old rules.