GAME RULES

## **Section 1. Introduction**

1.1 Every player has to study the rules of the ‘Time to be a Hero’ project independently. Any definition of the rules found on other websites may be incorrect.

1.2 All violations performed using multi accounts are found out, in certain cases – banned at the system level, and get prosecuted as violations of a particularly grave nature. It’s in player’s own interests to monitor closely and independently all their characters’ actions.

1.3 Refusal to provide information on a character in the cases requiring that, authorizes the Administration to act towards the character according to the internal instructions.

1.4 Game administration can amend contents of any section without prior notification.

## **Section 2. Sign up**

2.1 It’s forbidden to register a character with a game name or personal data containing:

* obscene language;
* disguised obscene language;
* insults and expressions openly or circumstantially offending other players;
* drug advertising and advocacy;

- racism advertising and advocacy;

* religious or political advertising and advocacy;

- names which are unacceptable in terms of common morale and ethics;

* explicit sexual subtext;
* assonance with names of military, and political criminals, terrorists, serial killers;
* advertising;
* names and acronyms of other projects.

2.2 Signing up and managing more than one character is allowed, but doesn’t provide any game advantages. It’s in player’s best interest to provide correct and most complete data upon registering all their characters (further referred to as ‘mults’).

## **Section 3. Player interaction Forbidden:**

3.1 Communication and expressions in any language other than English in the common chat/ in the Forum.

3.2 Any flood and/or spam hindering players’ normal communications (using caps lock, multiple repetitive messages or expressions, emoticon flood, etc.).

3.3 Drug advertising and advocacy, racism advertising and advocacy, religious or political advertising and advocacy, as well as spreading any other materials which directly or indirectly violate laws of Russian Federation, or threat national security.

3.4 Obscene language (included disguised use), insults and expressions that directly or indirectly offend other players, their relatives, characters; disguised expressions which have subtext that can be considered offensive or obscene; quoting messages containing the aforementioned violations, except for using quotes in a complaint.

3.5 Sexual harassment and sex-related talk.

3.6 Threats of physical violence and/or murder in real life.

3.7 Discussing and mentioning any other online game projects, as well as distributing links to websites lying outside timetobehero.com domain.

3.8 Illegal commercial activity; purchase/sale offers on items and services from ‘Time to be a Hero’ project, as well as other projects, for real money; purchase/sale offers on items and services from the real world for real money or services in ‘Time to be a Hero’ or other games; ‘Time to be a Hero’ and other games’ character gift/purchase/sale offers. Barter offers of any kind, surpassing ‘Time to be a Hero’ project, including fixed fights. Proposition of actions affecting fight outcome or loss with financial or any other aims. Violation provoking.

3.9 In-game crossover (except communication under the current regulations) between characters which are constantly or occasionally being played with using the same computer/ip address, battles and trade operations between them are forbidden. Signing up using a referral link a character, which would permanently or occasionally be played with using the same computer/ip address.

3.10 Requests for non-repayable financial transfer, item gifting (mendicancy).

3.11 Transferring character password or character control to a third party. Managing someone else’s character. Unsanctioned access to someone else’s character.

3.12 Getting passwords from other players by any means.

## **Section 4. Violations against the Administration, its representatives and the project Forbidden:**

4.1 Any public appeals to changing or cancelling any part of “Time to be a Hero’ project rules, except for discussions in Your opinions and propositions section.

4.2 Provoking the Administration, its representatives to a conflict or violation of internal regulations.

4.3 Withholding information that is deemed necessary from the Administration or its representatives. Circumvention and/or deliberate provision of false information to the Administration representatives. Hindering the Administration representatives’ work.

4.4 Circumvention and/or deliberate provision of false information to other players, pretending to be a moderator or the Administration representative.

4.5 Attempts to bribe the Administration representative, coercing them to unfolding sensitive data or breaking a law. Attempts to gain access to sensitive or secret information. Here and onwards the term ‘secret information’ means data inaccessible to players, aimed at moderators or administration, internal game scripts, players’ personal data.

4.6 Public appeals to changing the Administrative staff or their representatives.

## **Section 5. Other violations Forbidden:**

5.1 Sabotage.

5.2 DoS-attacks, attempts to hack servers or ‘Time to be a Hero’ project software.

5.3 Utilizing ‘Time to be a Hero’ project software errors or withholding information of them.

5.4 Program code modification.

5.5 Hacking, stealing characters, as well as threatening to perform such actions.

5.6 Using bots, clickers, or any other software not provided by ‘Time to be a Hero’ project.

## **Section 6. Filing an appeal**

6.1Moderator’s decision concerning a player who has violated the rules can be challenged after determining the punishment in accordance with the existing procedures.

6.2 Challenging a punishment is performed after filing an appeal using ‘Error?’ button – ‘Ask a question’.

6.3 To prove player’s innocence, the Administration is authorized to request scans of documents, chat screenshots, and other types of proof.