Each player agrees to the Terms and Conditions, the Privacy Policy, and the ingame rules of Battleknight.us with his registration. Every violation of the rules can cause a temporary ban or an exclusion from the game. Depending on the rule violation, an exclusion from the game on all servers can be extended by a Game Administrator to all offers connected to Gameforge. In case of inappropriate behavior game exclusion can also be extended to the forum or to IRC. The team is obligated to handle all cases of rule violation in all conscience.

I. Account:
Every player is allowed to control one account per server. The account will be assigned to the holder of the entered email address.

II. Account sharing:
Each account is entitled to be played by a single player at a time, account sitting being the only exception.

III. Account sitting:
A responsible Operator of the respective server must be informed at least one day before the sitting takes place. The sitting has to conform to the following requirements:

1) An account may only be sat for a maximum period of 14 continuous days. (GameOperators permission needs to be obtained in cases where a time extension is needed)
2) Only one account per person and server can be sat at the same time. Sitter and sat account can play on the same server.
3) A sitter may not sit an account that was sat within the previous 7 days . Exceptions can be made by the judgment of the responsible Game Operator.
4) A sitter is not allowed to change/delete any player related data like email address and password, or change/delete any account characteristics.
5) Changes in an order via a sat account or a resignation from an order change is not permitted.
6) Using the merchant is permitted. In case of a mistaken investment or loss of items during a sitting, the owner of the account has no claim for refund.

IV. Long-term vacation:
In case of a long absence from the game, the user is allowed to choose a player, to login once a month, to prevent the account from deletion. The long-term vacation needs to be reported to an Operator and may last 3 continuous months.

V. Multi using:
According to the rules a player will be excluded from the game , if he controls more then one single account per server. Multi-accounts will be banned without warning. If two or more accounts are usually, occasionally, or permanently being played from the same network, (university networks, schools, etc.) a Game Operator must be notified, without exception.

VI. Account Exchange:
Account Exchanges within a single server must be done with the assistance of a Game Operator.

No complaints will be processed in cases where the players do not change their e-mail addresses after inter server exchanges or free account give-aways. Note that the only complaints considered will be the ones that come from the owner of a given accounts permanent email address.

Once a given account changes its owner, 28 days must pass before it changes ownership again. After a new owner takes over a given account, he/she should change the e-mail address within the first 12 hours after the account switched owners.

VII. Bug Using:
Exploitation and utilization of bugs and/or programming errors is prohibited. If a user detects a bug, he is obliged to inform the responsible Game Operator immediately. The exploitation of a bug may cause an immediate ban by the Game Team. Bug using in terms of error replication may just happen with admission of an Operator.

VIII. Scripting:
Using a program as interface between the player and his/her game is prohibited. Any other form of automatically generated information generated for a group of players advantage with malicious intentions is forbidden as well. Tools can be tolerated by the administration after approval.

IX. Real Life Threats:
To express the intention to glean and suffer a person (user, team member or representatives of the GameForge) is strictly forbidden within the game, the board and all official IRC channels.

X. Spam
Any situation intended to saturate a players interface through any method is forbidden. The demand of a player, for instance to discontinue writing ingame-messages, should be respected. Circular letters within an order are not effected by this rule.

XI. Report Button Abuse:
To abuse the report button in order to interfere with the work of the Game Team, is forbidden. The report-button may be used in cases of rule violation via private ingame messages. Once reported, a message should not be reported again, to assure the prevention of misunderstandings.

XII. Content:
Content in profiles, names, messages, news, order names, order profiles or order messages, which violates the human dignity of a person, or violates a law, and the call to violate human dignity or laws, can be censored respectively users will be locked for a period of time or permanent.
It is not allowed to use names of team members, to simulate being part of the team, or to threat an other user with sanctions of the team.

XIII. Language:
English is the official language on all servers of Battleknight.us . Using other languages in ingame messages, order messages, or other parts of the game, will be censored and may cause a permanent ban.

XIV. Abuse of the Rules and their Additions:
Any form, way and any attempt to get personal profit unfairly by abusing ingame rules or the decisions of a team member is forbidden.

XV. Terms and Conditions:
The terms and conditions will be supplemented by these rules and must be observed.

XVI. Final Clause:
Remaining parts of the document will be unaffected in their content and validity, if sections or individual formulations of this text are not correct, invalid or incomplete.

Especially Pay Attention to:

- Screenshots won't be accepted as an evidence to prove or disprove a rule violation.

- The responsible Game Operator of the respective server should be messaged via e-mail or a secured ticket-system only, with the entered email address, to make sure that the data of the account owner will be handled confidential.

- Sanctions of an Operator towards a user, won't be lifted by an other Operator without consulting the responsible GO.

- Avoiding a decision of a Game Operator by contacting an other part of the team, may lead to a ban. Complaints are excluded.