The 'No Bully' rule while Dueling, or Slaughtering other players while they are online:
- Multi-node BBS gaming is an exciting thing. One of the things this allows us to do is battle other players live. However, LORD does not necessarily give everyone a fair chance. Sometimes a 'bully' will lurk around waiting for a less powerful player to come on and ruthlessly slaughter them, thus ending their turn for the day. Well, it is kind of exciting. However, there are a few guide lines I will mention. Failure to abide by these can result in many bad things for you.
- You are only allowed to initiate a 'Duel' with players of the same level or higher than yourself. If you want to battle someone on a level lower than yourself, you must first message them and ask them to initiate the battle. Though I can not restrict the ability to violate this policy in the game, if it is reported to us through the forums, I can track the activity and take appropriate action.
- If you are on the same level or higher than someone and you see they are either online, or they come online while you are playing and you do not want to battle them, send them a message right away to let them know. If they battle you anyway, report it to us in a private message on the forums.

Irritating other players:
- This is not acceptable. If someone asks you not to message or write to them, DO NOT message or write to them! If you feel someone is harassing you, whether it be through private messages or public announcements, report it and I will be happy to review the situation.

Cheating:
- Though Legend of the Red Dragon itself is fairly free of bugs which allow a player to captialize on to achieve higher rankings than his or her foes, IGM's (LORD Add-ons also known as Other Places) can sometimes give a player more than they deserve. Sometimes this is through regular use, sometimes it is through unintended use. Personally, I think the possibility of being able to cheat makes the game exciting. However, if anyone feels other players have found a cheat which is ruining the game for everyone, please report it and I will remove or fix the IGM in question.

Attempting to hack the system:
- Please do! Seriously, go nuts! I believe I have resolved all of the security issues which come along with running applications such as LORD under modern environments along with web and telnet servers. However, if you find any holes, and I encourage you to try, please do the responsible thing and report them. Although if your a thrill seeker you can also format my hard drive. Feel free! The system will be back up within a few hours from a recent backup image.


Wednesday, 27-Aug-2008 23:19:26 PDT