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1 Purpose of ROE
1.1 The purpose of
the Rules of Engagement (hereafter referred
to as "ROE"), is to ensure that
everyone has an enjoyable stay on our servers.
2. Scope
2.1 The ROE applies
to all registered SGS game members, as well
as any visitors from inside or outside the
Republic of South Africa.
2.2 The ROE extends
to all SGS game servers.
2.3 Specifically
excluded from scope are things like IRC,
external voice communication applications,
chat programs and personal email communication.
2.4 The rules set
out below should be adhered to at all times.
3 Public Admins
3.1 We have recruited
a number of Public Admins that are responsible
for enforcing the ROE on our servers. Our
Admins are all respected members in the
community and by playing on our servers
YOU the player agree to treat them with
RESPECT. The admins have been requested
to play with their default NICK's, but this
is not required.
3.2
Admins are responsible for keeping the servers
clean of abusive users and for tasks like
changing maps and adding more time to the
games been played.
3.3 Admins have the
right to enforce the terms of the ROE, which
include the right to BAN
you if you have broken any part of our ROE in their sole discretion. No
prior warning is required.
3.4 Players aiding
abusive users to cause chaos will also be
punished.
3.5 Abusing behaviour
towards our Admins will NOT be tolorated.
If you feel that you have been treated unfairly,
you may lodge an appeal with the Gamemaster
who will review the matter. The Gamesmaster
is empowered to confirm, amend or overrule
the decision of any Admin (including a more
serious punishment) and the decision of
the Gamesmaster is final and binding.
3.6 Impersonating
an Admin is a bannable offence.
4. Applications
The following types
of applications have been proven to give
players an advantage. Players found using such applications to aid fellow gamers will be banned for cheating.
4.1 hlirc
4.2 Roger Wilco
4.3 Teamspeak
4.4 Teamsound
4.5 Ventrilo
4.6 Skype
4.7
Any other voice over IP application
5
Cheating
5.1 Cheating in ANY
form will result in an instant ban from
the SGS servers there is no warning and
there ares no second chance's.
5.2 We reserve the
right to scan you for cheats. Whenever cheaters
are caught via an automated system, or by
solid telltales shown to an observing admin
or reported to our Ban Master the cheater(s)
will be removed.
5.3 Cheating is any
unlawful measure that gives a player an
unfair advantage over others.
5.4 Disabling/exploiting/bypassing
game attributes such as a smoke-removal
hack, using the cloak-pack or shield pack
bugs to "stack" attributes
5.5 Ghosting (a dead
player using the camera to assist a live
player via voice over IP, telephone, across
a room, etc)
5.6 Other such influential
advantages that give the player an unfair
advantage, therefore effectively handicapping
the other players on the server.
5.7 Players who are
unsure if their activities constitute an
unfair advantage, should consult the Gamesmaster.
5.8 You will not
exploit any bug in the game’s products
or to gain unfair advantage in the game.
5.9 Stats boosting
in games is regarded as cheating and players
caught boosting their stats will be banned.
6 Unsportsmanlike
Behaviour
6.1 You may not use
any offensive or sexually explicit language
in chat or voice mode.
6.2
Derogatory language and slander involving
race, gender, sexual preference, religion
or creed, including negative use of otherwise
harmless words
is not tolerated. This policy is enforced
across the board. If a bigot feels the need
to express his views on our server, they
are creating a hostile environment for our
other players. We do not feel the need to
provide free servers to hate-mongers.
6.3 Offensive and
pornographic sprays may not be used.
6.4 Offensive nicks
used in-game will not be tolorated. The
use of someone elses nick is also not allowed.
If you think you are using another persons
nick, please confirm this in the online
stats before continuing to use the nick.
This rule also applies to CLAN TAG'S.
6.5 Players that
deliberately hinder their team will be removed.
However, a player that is intentionally
(and sadistically) disabling their own team
goes against the idea of the 'serious gamer',
and is therefore not welcome on our servers.
You may report such incidents to our Ban
Master for action.
6.6
Team killing, (Tk'ing) is also a major act
of immaturity. Once or twice on accident
is forgivable. But team killing intentionally
for revenge or for fun, is an immature act
and is not tolerated. You may report such
incidents to our Ban Master for action.
6.7 You may not use
any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive,
harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene,
hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise
objectionable language toward any other
player. You may report such incidents to
our Ban Master for action.
6.8 You may not harass,
threaten, embarrass or cause distress, unwanted
attention or discomfort to another player.
This includes imature actions like Teabagging.
You may report such incidents to our Ban
Master for action.
6.9 A little healthy
trash-talk is fine and appropriate to gaming,
just as it is to almost any other sporting
event. However, prolonged and unsolicited
harassment may be grounds for removal. In
the event that a player feels the need to
continually harass another gamer, they will
be requested to cease immediately. If they
continue, they may be removed. You may report
such incidents to our Ban Master for action.
6.10 You may not
post or communicate any player's real world
personal information. You may report such
incidents to our Ban Master for action.
6.11 You may not
accuse others of cheating, if you feel that
someone is cheating please report it to
the Ban Master.
6.12 Spoonerisms
may not be used in ingame chat as well as
part of your player name ingame. Spoonerisms
are words or phrases in which letters or
syllables get swapped.
6.13 SGS reserves
the right to deny service to any people
or persons that they deem are reckless,
causing damage, or disrupting the use of
the game servers for other people.
7 General Rules
7.1 You may not arrange
for the exchange or transfer of any pirated
software or other contraband while you are
on our servers or these Services.
7.2 You may not violate
any local, state, national or international
law or regulation.
7.3 You may not market,
promote or advertise anything, or make any
other form of solicitation (including pyramid
schemes and chain letters) on any of our
services. This extends to usage of url's
as or part of nicknames used within the
game. If you are sponsored you may only
use the company name as a reference and
not the complete url of that company. For
example (CLAN)Joe - www.telkom.co.za
may not be used the correct usage should
be (CLAN)Joe - Telkom.
8 Reporting Infringements
8.1 If you find players
breaking any of our rules you can report
them to the Ban Master via the following
email address banned@games.saix.net.
Please include the relevant evidence as
well as the offenders details (nickname
and or Game id), Game, Server, Date and
Time the incedent took place on.
9 Ban Policy
Anyone found breaking
any part of our ROE will be removed from
our service. We reserve the right to not
only ban you off one game but all others
as well depending on the seriousness of
the offence commited. This also includes
banning of all game id's (STEAMID, GUID,
CD-KEY, CD-HASH etc..) that may be owned
by the abusive players as well as IP addresses.
1st offence = 1 month
(if an appology is sent to the Ban Master
banned@games.saix.net
the ban period may be reduced to 1 week)
2nd offence = 3 months
3rd offence = 6 months
4th offence = permenant
All cheating offences will result in a permenant ban from our service.
BY
USING OUR SERVICE YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU
AGREE TO THESE RULES AND WILL ABIDE BY THEM.
YOU FURTHER AGREE
THAT THESE RULES WILL APPLY TO ANYONE THAT
USE's YOUR SGS ACCOUNT, GAME
ID OR EVEN YOUR COMPUTER AND THAT YOU ARE
PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES
(INCLUDING TERMINATION OF YOUR ACCOUNT)
THAT MAY RESULT IF ANY SUCH PERSON BREAKS
THESE RULES.
THESE
RULES MAY BE CHANGED AND NEW RULES MAY BE
ADDED AT ANYTIME. YOU AGREE TO CHECK THE
SGS WEB SITE FROM TIME TO TIME TO REVIEW
ANY RULE CHANGES THAT SGS MAY HAVE MADE.
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