AirRivals

§ 1 Name entry

• Player, shop and brigade names that contain abusive, racist, extreme right-wing, vulgar and/or sexual wordings as well as other phrases which may come across as rude are strictly forbidden.
  
• Using a name (similar to one) belonging to an AirRivals team member is forbidden.
  
• Reporting: Ticket with an attached unedited screenshot (max. 1 week old).
  
• Sanctions: (Depending on the severity) name change ~ 30 day ban.
  

§ 2 Behaviour

• The threatening and extorting of other players is forbidden. This also includes real life threats directed towards other players, members of the AirRivals team and Gameforge employees. This rule applies to all chats as well as speaker messages.
  
• Advertising any game or version of this game other than those published by GameForge is strictly forbidden.
  
• Reporting: Ticket with an attached unedited screenshot (max. 1 week old).
  
• Sanctions: (Depending on the severity) verbal warning ~ permanent ban.
  

§ 2a Buying/Selling shops

• Shops may not be set up in the area marked red here. Shops are to be downstairs at all times.
  
• Reporting: Ticket with an attached unedited screenshot (max. 1 week old).
  
• Sanctions: (Depending on the frequency) verbal warning ~ 30 day ban.
  

§ 3 Ingame chat

• Every ingame chat (including speaker messages) is to be in English, with the exception of formation chat, brigade chat, chat rooms and private messages.
  
• Text content that contains vulgar or offensive language is not permitted, this also goes for “/ment” and speaker messages.
  
• Reporting: Ticket with an attached unedited screenshot (max. 1 week old).
  
• Sanctions: (Depending on the severity) verbal warning ~ 30 day ban. (Note that real life threats can be punished with a permanent ban)
  

§ 3a Spam

• Spamming is defined as the repeated sending of a message in short time frames in any chat, and is forbidden.
  
• Publishing links or information that are unrelated to AirRivals is not permitted.
  
• It is not permitted to ask about cheats or similar programmes or to post advertisement for said cheats.
  
• Misuse of leader chats is also categorized under spam.
  
• Reporting: Ticket with an attached unedited screenshot (max. 1 week old).
  
• Sanctions: (Depending on the frequency) verbal warning ~ 30 day ban. (This includes the possibility of getting muted)
  

§ 3b Letters

• The spamming of letters by nation leaders is not permitted. Spamming is defined as the repeated sending of letters in a small amount of time without meaningful content.
  
• Sending letters with any of the following content is prohibited: Insults, racism, drug-related content, extreme right-wing content and slogans and pornography.
  
• Reporting: Ticket with an attached unedited screenshot (max. 1 week old).
  
• Sanctions: (Depending on the frequency) verbal warning ~ 30 day ban.
  

§ 3c Chat macros

• The use of all chat related macros is forbidden with the exception of the built in macro function for trade chat.
  
• Reporting: Ticket with an attached unedited screenshot (max. 1 week old).
  
• Sanctions: (Depending on the frequency) verbal warning ~ 30 day ban. (This includes the possibility of getting muted)
  

§ 4 Bugs

• Using a bug to your advantage is prohibited. A list of known and unfixed bugs can be found here.
  
• “Meatshielding” a Strategic Point and/or Base War Protectors and Central Progress Devices is considered a bug. It is forbidden to stop or use a slow engine (0 m/s engine) within the circumference of the base of the Strategic Point (image). Different sanctions apply: verbal warning and/or kick (first offense), 1 day ban (second offense), 3 day ban (third offense), 7 day ban (fourth and up offense). Ordering a meatshield as a leader is considered the same as meatshielding; leaders doing so face the same punishments as the meatshielders themselves.
  
• Reporting: Ticket with an attached unedited screenshot (max. 1 week old).
  
• Sanctions: (Depending on the frequency) verbal warning ~ 30 day ban. (May be extended to a permanent ban depending on severity)
  

§ 5 Cheating

• Manipulating the client in any way is forbidden, with the exception of visual modifications to enhance aesthetics. Players modify their clients at their own risk.
  
• The use of software that has been created for AirRivals but has not been released or endorsed by Gameforge4D is not permitted.
  
• Manipulating, hacking or decrypting data coming from or going to the AirRivals servers is strictly forbidden.
• Reporting: Ticket with attached video footage (max. 1 week old).
• Sanctions: Permanent ban.

§ 5a Third-party programmes

• The use of third-party programmes (CheatEngine, macros, etc.) is strictly forbidden. This includes software that allows players to simulate and/or remotely control certain movements or actions of their gears.
  
• Using sandboxie or a similar piece of software in order to work around client instances allowing one to have two or more gears connected from the same computer is not permitted.
  
• Reporting: Ticket with attached video footage (max. 1 week old).
  
• Sanctions: (Depending on the severity) 7 day ban ~ permanent ban (this applies to the use of third-party programmes).
  

§ 6 Account data

• Users are allowed to use one valid e-mail address per IP, with a maximum of two accounts registered to said e-mail address. This gives the users the possibility to have one of each geartype.
  
• Further accounts and/or e-mail addresses on the same IP are not permitted as stated in the the terms and conditions in paragraph 5.1.
  

§ 6a Sale of accounts/items

• You may:
  
  • Exchange items for other items (this includes tradable credit items)
    
  • Exchange items for SPI
• You may not:
  
  • Exchange accounts for real money
    
  • Exchange accounts for credits
    
  • Exchange accounts for SPI
    
  • Exchange accounts for items
    
  • Exchange items for real money
    
  • Exchange items for credits
• Advertising the selling of an account and/or items for real money, credits, SPI or credits within the game or any Gameforge related internet page is prohibited.
• Reporting: Ticket with an attached unedited screenshot (max. 1 week old).
• Sanctions: 1 year ban.

§ 6b Account/item sharing, exchanging and gifting

• Lost weapons/armours/other items as a result of someone carelessly lending out said items will not be supported unless unedited screenshots of the conversation are provided by means of a ticket.
  
• Sharing of account information is done at the user’s own risk. If something happens to an account that was shared with others, the game team will not be able to be held responsible and no support will be given.
  

§ 7 Multi-account

• During events where rewards are given out in a specific map (Strategic Points, Advanced Bases, certain GM events) users are allowed to have one gear in said map; any other gears should either be in town or logged off.
  
• During events where rewards are given out throughout a map chain and/or the entire server (Mothership Wars) users are allowed to have one gear online; any other accounts should be logged off.
  
• Accounts made solely for the purpose of reward stacking (e.g. for a login event) are an exception to the rule and will immediately be banned indefinitely.
  
• The use of a secondary gear (including but not limited to M-Gears) to gain an advantage (Raging Buffs, Heals, Call of Hero, Full Recovery, Purify, Scan) during PvP is forbidden.
  
• The use of secondary gears outside of PvP is permitted. The moment the user gets attacked the activity turns into PvP (even if the user ignores the attack), thus making the previous rule applicable.
  
• AFK buffing is not allowed. If you are a M-Gear and you want to provide heals and buffs to people pvping in your form, you should be active and moving around.
  
• Accounts made for the purpose of talking to the opposite nation should be logged off during any form of an event. Regular behaviour rules (paragraph 2) apply here.
  
• It is permitted to have gears on opposing nations to play on both, but during events such as Base Wars only one of these accounts may be logged - so no switching during the event. Logging a gear on the opposing nation to clear a grind spot is strictly forbidden at all times.
  
• Reporting: Ticket with attached video footage or unedited screenshot (max. 1 week old).
  
• Sanctions: 7 day ban (first offense), 30 day ban (second offense), 180 day ban (third offense), 360 day ban (fourth offense), permanent ban (fifth and final offense).
  

§ 8 Events

• During an event the instructions of the team member(s) in question are to be followed.
  
• Camping during an event is not permitted and may result in cancellation of the event as a whole.
  
• Reporting: Ticket with an attached unedited screenshot (max. 1 week old).
  
• Sanctions: (Depending on the severity) verbal warning ~ 7 day ban (this includes removal from the event).
  

§ 9 AirRivals Team

• The instructions of the AirRivals game team are to be obeyed at all times.
  
• Attempting to circumvent a decision made by a GM or Mod, e.g. by going to another GM or Mod with the same problem is strictly forbidden.
  
• Reporting: Ticket with an attached unedited screenshot (max. 1 week old).
  
• Sanctions: (Depending on the severity) verbal warning ~ 7 day ban.
  
• Team members operate under a different nickname to hide their true identity. It is forbidden to ask them about their true identity and/or spread rumours and/or reveal a team member’s true identity. Doing so will be regarded as a heavy staff insult and will be punished appropriately (see paragraph 2).
  

§ 10 Notes

• The AirRivals team reserves the right to change these rules at any given time without prior notice.
  
• These rules do not replace the terms & conditions, but rather expand on them.
  
• As part of the terms & conditions, the AirRivals team reserves the right to turn off access to the online game service and/or other services associated with it for an unlimited amount of time in instances of infringement of the above-mentioned game rules.
  

20-03-2013:

• Rule revamp posted.
  
• Added Base War Protectors and Central Progress Devices to the objects one is not allowed to "meatshield".
  

30-03-2013:

• Rule regarding third party programs slightly altered.
  

The following is a list of all disallowed bugs and glitches, which can and will be revised as new ones are found until they are fixed by the developers.



1) It is possible to move through barriers meant to stop players from passing through to a certain area until the barrier has been destroyed. These include the Gates in Coronado and Mesos Floor, and in some instances the protectors. It is considered bug abuse to use various methods to get through these barriers without killing them first.


2) You are not allowed to park within solid objects that make you unable to be targeted. This includes but is not limited landing on an object to pass through the object (SPs, prog base, redline base, etc.) and hiding within map holes such as the stalactites in Bach Mountain Chain.


3) It is possible to fly outside of the Pandea A/B Point tunnels and Den A/B tunnels, and other tunnels, and either fire missiles or bomb the tunnels. If you find yourself out of the normal fighting area, you must return back inside the tunnels or dome. If unable to do so, crash yourself or town yourself. Attacking users while outside the normal battle area here or flying outside the normal battle area is considered bug abuse.


4) Similar to 3, it is possible for a landed gear to fall through the floor of the tunnels in certain locations. If this occurs you must take off to return to the normal battle area.


5) You are not allowed to log off in a mother ship reward map (Eopi/HKH) in order to keep the reward after your nation loses access to the map.


6) There is a method to extend the camera view past distances you would normally be able to obtain by zooming out with the mouse scroll wheel. The extreme glitching of the camera views is not allowed, people found abusing this bug to create "instant locks" in a radius around themselves can be punished. NOTE: This is not in reference to minimum range siege that A-Gears can perform, which only requires minimal camera zoom out to achieve, and which is also completely allowed.


7) It is possible to glitch the game while tabbing out. This can cause the following issues:

1. Your gear can be locked on to, but cannot be damaged.
   
2. Your gear vanishes and cannot be seen by players, but is still in the map and in-game.
   
3. Your gear can be seen but not locked while alive and casting skills.

If you are found using this bug on a regular basis there will be consequences.


8) Flying in town is not permitted, as this creates additional lag may cause crashes for other players. If you are somehow glitched so that you are flying in town, logging off, and flying through the warp gate to Stones Ruins or Reynard Beach will fix this.


9) Causing the bishops to get stuck in the ATUM warp so that they cannot damage you is not permitted.



This list may be modified at anytime to show changes to the status of these bugs/glitches (repaired bugs, e.g.).