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Rules have been updated
We've been spending some time updating the rules to better match our growing network's needs. I will be posting the full rule changelog below. Please as always leave feedback and suggestions for any rules that we might have missed. These rules go live at 11:59 EDT June 24, 2016 (a little under 3 hours from post). A lot of the new rules have been spoken rules but now they are documented and official.

In other news, I will be posting the official staff tree and staff/admin responsibilities hopefully during this weekend so players can understand more clearly how the staff works.

Link to new rules - https://www.badlion.net/wiki/rules
Link to old rules - https://www.badlion.net/wiki/old-rules

New Rules
  • Communication Rule #3 - Do not encourage or trick people into leaving a server or a team to open up slots.
  • Account Rule #2 - Any names with Badlion in them will not be allowed to log into the network. We will not allow your account to bypass this restriction.
  • Account Rule #3 - Do not log into the network with offensive/inappropriate skins or capes. If it breaks a network rule, you will be banned.
  • Account Rule #4 - The stealing of ID's from other services and connecting them through Badlion (discord, plugdj, ts, etc) will result in the removal of your account from the network.
  • Account Rule #5 - Account sharing of any kind will result in the removal of the shared account from the network. Players who excessively share accounts could end up having their main account banned and their IP banned from the network.
  • Other Network Rule #4 - IP bans are not allowed to be evaded. Logging into accounts while IP banned may result in the accounts becoming banned.
  • Other Network Rule #6 - The use of VPNs or any other identity masking tools will result in any account that uses them being removed from the network.
  • Other Network Rule #7 - Direct association in any way with a blacklisted player may lead to you getting banned. Full list of rules and players can be found here
  • Arena Rule #8 - Excessive kiting (running) in a 1v1 for the purpose of stalemating a match is punishable by a kick. You are allowed to kite out debuffs, allowed to kite to regen, and allowed to kite for short period of times for strategic reasons. Kiting for excessive amounts of time (5+ minutes) for the purpose of ruining gameplay experience and/or forcing a stalemate is not allowed. Excessive rulebreakers could face rating resets and bans.
  • Factions and UHC rule sets have been updated to the current versions found in game.
  • Minigames Rule #1 - If the server is marked as a dedicated FFA, teaming will result in punishment.
  • Minigames Rule #2 - If the server is marked as a dedicated team server, going above that team limit will result in punishment.

Removed Rules
  • Old Rule #3 "Excessive use of insulting or derogatory terms will be dealt with according to the severity of the case." has been removed due to being redundant.
  • Old Rule #29 "Direct association with an IP banned/blacklisted player may lead to you getting banned. Examples include, but not limited to: Publicly advertising or promoting in benefit of the banned player, assisting banned player in harming Badlion or its community in any way, etc. The final decision/enforcement of this rule is left at only the Owners' decision." has been removed due to a total rework of the philosophy of this rule.

Changed wording
  • Old Rule #4 has been reworded to "Any form of DDoS, Dox, harassment, blackmail, or extortion - including threatening of said actions (sarcastically or NOT) will result in a perma ban from all network servers. This can also apply to other forms of communication external to the Badlion services only at an administrator's decision." and is now located at Communication Rule #1
  • Old Rule #7 has been reworded to "Be respectful to all players, staff, and administrators." and is now located at Communication Rule #4
  • Old Rule #8 has been reworded to "Do not spam chat/forums with nonsense. This includes spamming known + famous player names, random letters and words, repeating messages in a short time, etc." and is now located at Communication Rule #5
  • Old Rule #14 has been reworded to "Abusing staff commands (including but not limited to /report, /helpop, etc) can result in punishment. This includes using it to yell at staff or disrespect them." and is now located at Communication Rule #7
  • Old Rule #15 has been reworded to "Be sportsmanlike in all chats. If you cannot be a good sport, do not type in chat." and is now located at Communication Rule #8
  • Old Rule #18 has been reworded to "Ban/mute evasion or alting that causes disruptive behavior on the network could result in a continuous blanket mute and/or ban up to a blacklisting. Please note that if you evade, it can make your main account's ability to be unbanned/muted incredibly more difficult." and is now located at Other Network Rule #3
  • Old Rule #20 has been reworded to "Sending any inappropriate links will be dealt with accordingly. (This includes but is not limited to: pornographic links, screamers, or any other form of adult content)." and is now located at Communication Rule #11
  • Old Rule #21 has been reworded to "Names with derogatory/racist/inappropriate/impersonating/obnoxious terms in them are subject to ban. If the name breaks any network rules they will also be subject to a ban. These names may be unbanned when they are changed to something more appropriate." and is now located at Account Rule #1
  • Old Rule #23 has been reworded to "Death threats or Suicide Encouragement such as "go kill yourself" or "drink bleach" will result in a severe punishment." and is now located at Communication Rule #12
  • Old Rule #25 has been reworded to "Discussion of punishments you are not directly involved in the public sections of the network without administration permission are prohibited and will be closed immediately. Repeated breaking of the rules will result in removal from the network. General rule discussion is still allowed as long as it's not centered on a single case of a punished person." and is now located at Communication Rule #14
  • Old Rule #26 has been reworded to "Questioning of GCheat and other anti-hack plugins in the public sections of the network is forbidden. General questions and complaints should be handled in ban appeals section and/or private messaging to the correct administrator. Posting videos and/or complaints of other people in relation to our anti-cheat solutions will result in removal from the network." and is now located at Communication Rule #15
  • Old Rule #28 has been reworded to "Any form of a legal threat will be taken very seriously. You will be banned on the server and website immediately and will require an actual lawyer to fight for your unban. You might be IP banned, blanket banned, and/or blacklisted as well. Do not make a legal threat unless you are ready to back it up." and is now located at Other Network Rule #9

Simply changed location
  • Old Rule #1 has been moved to Gameplay Rule #1
  • Old Rule #2 has been moved to Gameplay Rule #2
  • Old Rule #5 has been moved to Gameplay Rule #4
  • Old Rule #6 has been moved to Communication Rule #2
  • Old Rule #9 has been moved to Other Network Rule #2
  • Old Rule #10 is now in the header of the ruleset
  • Old Rule #11 has been moved to Gameplay Rule #3
  • Old Rule #12 has been moved to Communication Rule #6
  • Old Rule #13 has been moved to Other Network Rule #1
  • Old Rule #16 has been moved to Communication Rule #9
  • Old Rule #17 has been moved to Communication Rule #10
  • Old Rule #19 has been moved to Other Network Rule #5
  • Old Rule #22 has been moved to Other Network Rule #8
  • Old Rule #24 has been moved to Gameplay Rule #6
  • Old Rule #27 has been moved to Communication Rule #13
  • Old Rule #30 has been moved to Gameplay Rule #5

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RIP SHARING ACCOUNTS WHAT
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Love the new rules, good job Archy :)
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Looks more cleaned up, I like.
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Thanks for the update on the rules, I'll be sure to reinforce them.
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xNiiNJAx wrote

Looks more cleaned up, I like.
I love.
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Archybot wrote

  • Account Rule #5 - Account sharing of any kind will result in the removal of the shared account from the network. Players who excessively share accounts could end up having their main account banned and their IP banned from the network.

  • omgyes
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    Idk how to word this sharing accounts thing
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    No sharing accounts? RIP 3/5 of the community and global leaderboards?
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    >Account Rule #5 - Account sharing of any kind will result in the removal of the shared account from the network. Players who excessively share accounts could end up having their main account banned and their IP banned from the network.

    This is going to be harder to enforce than manual ban evasion
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    SporkHandles wrote

    why can't we share accounts, I understand UHC but what about for Arena


    Several reasons for Arena, but the main 2 are:
    1. Sharing accounts on Arena undermines the competitive nature of a rating system
    2. I'm so sick of hearing "but x was on my account" as an excuse.
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    Morsinius wrote

    >Account Rule #5 - Account sharing of any kind will result in the removal of the shared account from the network. Players who excessively share accounts could end up having their main account banned and their IP banned from the network.

    This is going to be harder to enforce than manual ban evasion


    Actually no, it's super easy to enforce in UHC, and I'm going to be making some automatic systems that will stop about 95% of it automatically in S13.
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    Archybot wrote

    SporkHandles wrote...



    Several reasons, but the main 2 are:
    1. Sharing accounts on Arena undermines the competitive nature of a rating system
    2. I'm so sick of hearing "but x was on my account" as an excuse.


    But for me I don't share accounts to get higher, I share so that my relatives can play with me, would that be illegal?
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    SporkHandles wrote

    Archybot wrote...



    But for me I don't share accounts to get higher, I share so that my relatives can play with me, would that be illegal?


    The rule is mostly aimed at people who are doing it for an advantage. To us, that'll look like you just logging in from different locations in the same city.

    The fact is, in most online games account sharing is not allowed, but they only enforce it when an advantage is being given typically, which is what we plan on for the most part.
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    Looking forward to reinforcing these new rules! Thanks for the update Archy!
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    RIP Koala and I's UHC god stats acc
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    NO MORE ACCOUNT SHARING???


    ALL HEIL ARCHY
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    -snip-
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    Archybot wrote

    SporkHandles wrote...



    The rule is mostly aimed at people who are doing it for an advantage. To us, that'll look like you just logging in from different locations in the same city.

    The fact is, in most online games account sharing is not allowed, but they only enforce it when an advantage is being given typically, which is what we plan on for the most part.


    Ok so I'm leaning towards it being legal for what I'm doing?
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    SporkHandles wrote

    Archybot wrote...



    Ok so I'm leaning towards it being legal for what I'm doing?


    At a legal standpoint, typically game companies allow sharing of accounts within an actual family
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