More Rules

The following are the rules established by the Stardust Duel Academy that will be applied to all users on the forums and chatroom at all times.

Rules on offenses and punishments:-

Class 1: Minor Offenses: 1 warning

* Necro-posting (Bumping old threads)
* Posting in a language other than English for the sole purpose of excluding the majority of users
* Spamming (Double posting, irrelevant/meaningless posting, off-topic posting)
* Abuse of Profile privileges (signature, avatar, spamlinking)
* Advertising without permission from Sabbaticus
* Posting game rolls in a non-games post or sub-forum, or any topic/subforum irrelevant to that game.
* Undermining the staff
* NSFW (Not Safe For Work) material
* Making baseless accusations

Class 2: Moderate Offenses: 2 warnings

* Harassment (Trolling, insults, cybering, advertising)
* Evading or attempting to evade bans
* Attempting to find loop holes in the rules with malicious or exploitative intent
* Disruption on either the forums or chatroom (such as ALL CAPS posting)
* Flooding (repeated posts in either the chatroom or forums of the same/similar content)
* Requesting/posting a users real life information (Such as bank card numbers, passport numbers, telephone numbers, home address', etc.)

Class 3: Serious Offenses: 3 warnings or immediate permaban

* Cyber crime (Hacking, threats of hacking or attempts to hack, malware posting, identity theft, etc)
* Copyright infringement (Piracy, plagiarism, off-site links to piracy websites)
* Having more than 1 account per person (This includes deleting accounts)
* Threats of harm or suicide/murder
* Posting pornographic, illegal or serious NSFW material
* Defaming this website
* Using an offensive username
* Hate speech against protected groups
* Astroturfing for malicious means

Exceptions to the rule:

- Taunting of other players in a competitive/fun manner is allowed. However the line is drawn at harassment of other players, with a moderator to determine whether a line has been crossed or not
- Serious cases of rule violations can lead to immediate Permaban even with no prior warnings given
- Multiple violations in a short period of time may be given in verbal warnings instead of written ones
- Double posting are allowed exclusive only to the War subforum for the purposes of record keeping and live updates, however irrelevant/off-topic spam is still considered double posting and will be given a warning.

Warning System:

1st warning - verbal warning, put on record
2nd warning - written warning, put on record
3rd warning - written warning, put on record, disposal of 50% of your DP
4th warning - written warning, put on record, disposal of 100% of your DP, Timed ban determined on the seriousness of the violations
5th warning - Permaban

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Green rules:
The following rules do not apply to any other group with the exception of basic users (Green users) who haven't been or are in the process of being tested to qualify for a dorm placement:

Prohibition in participation in:
* Shadow Arena
* Events
* Tournaments