Game rules of Dreamland

Our goal is to maintain a fun and interesting game atmosphere. We want to give all players the opportunity and freedom to enjoy the game and the community. But freedom does not mean enjoying yourself at the expense of insulting or humiliating others. That is why these rules exist.

Violation of any of these rules may be grounds for punishing your character (up to and including deletion). Compliance with the rules is overseen by the Immortals. Ignorance of the rules does not exempt you from responsibility for breaking them.

• Any disrespect toward players and the Immortals of the Dreamworld, or toward the World itself, is entirely unacceptable. This world bans profanity and outright abuse directed at anyone or anything. It is forbidden to threaten or insult players on the basis of racial or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and so on. You should also refrain from settling disputes between players in public channels.

• It is strictly forbidden to exploit bugs found in the program. If you have found a mistake or bug -- report it to the Gods and do not use it. It is dishonest and can disrupt the game for other players -- especially bugs that cause the World to crash. Those guilty of exploiting bugs will be severely punished.

• The Immortals deserve respect -- they are here to maintain the game atmosphere. For example, do not ask an invisible Immortal who he or she is, and certainly do not repeat a question or request multiple times -- the Immortals may be busy at that moment. To reach one of the Gods quickly, use external channels, for example Telegram or Discord.

• Be careful with titles and descriptions. Titles and descriptions that insult players or Immortals are strictly forbidden. It is also better to avoid titles that are provocative or inconsistent with your race, level, or class. Read the help ? description and ? title -- there is a lot of useful advice there.

• Multiplaying is forbidden (having more than one character in the world simultaneously), and especially having one of your characters assist another in any form, including casting and help with money or items -- directly, via other players, or any other way. The punishment for this is prison, a ban, or character deletion. Remember to type the exit command with one character before logging into the world with another. Also forbidden are "storage characters" for limits -- such characters will be immediately deleted and their owners punished. Nobody likes cheaters and hoarders.

Among other ways of detecting multiplaying, the Gods look at IP addresses. That is, if someone "handed you a character" and you logged into it from the same IP address as another character -- you will both be punished for multiplaying. Do not hand characters over to others.

• Botting is not forbidden, but it is certainly not encouraged. All manner of things can happen to characters left unattended on automatic triggers or scripts, and their safety is not guaranteed.

• The languages of communication accepted in our world are Ukrainian and Russian. English is permitted, but keep in mind that not all players will understand it. Try not to use transliteration (writing Cyrillic text in Latin letters), as screen readers do not handle it well.

• Spamming is forbidden, especially in public channels and notes. It disrupts other players. This also applies to settling disputes between players in any form and to heavy floods on topics unrelated to the game.

• Sexual harassment is forbidden in any form. If your partner has not given prior consent to the use of certain emotes or socials, especially provocative or intimate ones, it is better not to use them. Also, do not immediately use socials on other players when you do not know what they do -- you can end up in a very unpleasant situation. First study 'help <social name>'.

• These rules also apply to out-of-game communication channels, for example Telegram and Discord -- in those channels spam, flooding, extreme disrespect, profanity, and insults are likewise forbidden. The line between friendly ribbing and deliberate trolling -- hopefully you can find it yourself. In those channels the rule of OOC (out of character) applies -- meaning you may not insult anyone on the basis of roleplay, clan diplomacy, or other purely in-game factors.

• If the Immortals have punished your character and you are TRULY certain that a mistake has been made -- write to dreamland.mud@gmail.com

• Changes to the rules may be made by the Immortals without additional warning or notice. Our apologies.

These rules are simple, logical, and clearly enough worded. If you are caught breaking them -- you WILL be punished. The Immortals themselves decide on the appropriateness and severity of the punishment.