Rules

I. General Terms

1. Registration
The game “Khanwars” is a free web-based game. The registration is completely free and the only condition for the players is to agree to the rules.

2. Accounts
Every person has the right to have only 1 account in one playing World.

3. Game, Forum
The forum with a web address: forum.khanwars.com is an official body of the game “Khanwars”. All assaults there are considered breaking the current rules and can lead to punishments there as wel as in the game.

ІІ. Restrictions and Penalties

1. Multiaccounting

1.1 Multiaccounting takes place when one user makes more than one registration. This is absolutely forbidden and will be penalized without warning - the sanction is deleting all of the user’s accounts. Penalty applies to all accounts, no matter if they are with 0 points or developed.

1.2 Players that use the same computer/IP address must inform an administrator right after their registration through support.hanovete.com or the game’s forum. Players that have not informed the administration that they will play from ONE computer/IP address, shall be considered in violation of the rules and be penalized. When playing from one computer/IP address, players do not have the rights to:

Send resources to other accounts from the same computer.
Help in any way the other accounts from the same computer.
Participate in mutual actions with other accounts from the same computer against a third party.
Log on to more than one account at a time from the same computer.
Send any kind of marches between them (except for espionage and patrol)*.

*Exceptions are made if the march never reaches the target (it gets called back before they get to their destination).

1.3 These actions between 2 or more accounts are also considered multiaccounting:

Sending resources to a castle, from where it can be taken over by one or more attacks;
Constant attacks with a smaller army with the objective of creating field for Gathering by the castle under attack.
Creating additional accounts to spy with the objective to save the main account from training quickwalkers.
Taking resources through multiple accounts with the objective to finally get them to the main one.

These are just a few examples of what is considered multiaccounting.

2. Babysitting

Babysitting is entering into an account from another IP by another person that has an account or one that does not, no matter the duration and reasons for it. EVERY login and EVERY IP, session and information from the browser are to be taped (which is not in violation of the law). According to these rules, babysitting is forbidden and shall be penalized in the following ways:

2.1 At first assault, user's accounts will be blocked for 48 hours without being available for attacks. During this time they are obliged to contact the administration and explain their actions.

2.2. At a second assault, user's accounts will be blocked for 5 days and will be available for attacks.

2.3. At a third assault, users’ accounts will be blocked permanently and will be available for attacks.

2.4 When accounts are being transferred /no matter if exchanged or given for free/, the new owner is obliged to change the user-name of the account and it is recommended that the e-mail is being changed as well. The player who gets the account is obliged to find a new owner for their old one or to set it up in vacation mode until the account has been deleted for inactivity. Every entering into the old account by that user after taking over a new one is considered multiaccounting and will be punished. The users that take part in this type of exchanges are responsible for their own actions and the administration is not obliged to resolve the problems that could appear later.

2.5 Selling accounts is forbidden in the game. Exchange of coins for resources is also forbidden.

3. Bugs and Breaches of System

Bug is considered a weakness or mistake in the game’s script, which allows a player to improve their conditions in a forbidden-by-the-game’s-rules way and/or in a way that prevents the game’s servers or staff and/or the software from doing what they are supposed to do.

3.1 If a player finds a bug in the game, they are obliged to inform the administration. The user is to be punished if s/he does not report the bug to the administration and is using it.

3.2 If a player uses a reported but not-yet-fixed bug, their army is to be reduced by half.

3.3 If a player finds a way to breach the system's defences and to intentionally cause problems in the work of the system, their account will be deleted.

The administration keeps its right to claim damages, according to the size of caused damage and the administration expenses.

4. Bots

Bots are considered (automatic) scripts in all forms that simulate activity in an account (except for the automated scripts in the game). Using bots in any way is absolutely forbidden and will be punished in the following ways: when there is proof that a user uses a bot, the user’s right to enter his account is permanently annulled until the end of the round. Game’s staff are obliged to keep track of the accounts' activity. The administration keeps its right to punish a player with activity which is more than 20 hours a day for 4 or more consecutive days.

5. Blackmail and Insults

All kinds of blackmail, insults or threats (physical, not virtual), that are send to players can lead to the temporary or permanent blocking of the account of the player that sent them. The administration can also decide to ban the user from the forum, the IRC server of the game and or the channels.

5.1 At the first assault the user’s account will be blocked for 5 to 24 hours without being available for attacks.

5.2 At he second assault the user’s account will be blocked for 5 days without being available for attacks.

5.3 At a third assault the users’ accounts will be blocked permanently and will be available for attacks.

The administration keeps its right to not follow the order of the punishment and if the assaults are severe to directly pass to worse punishments.

6. Penalties

Apart from the assaults mentioned in points 1 - 6 of these rules, the following actions are also being penalized:

6.1 Trying to put a member of the game’s staff under pressure with the objective of getting privileges in the game.

6.2 Trying in any way to get confidential information of another player, like his/her password or different kinds of codes that are supposed to be inaccessible. Publication of battle or espionage reports without the agreement of both sides is also penalized.

6.3 Bending the rules for playing from 1 computer/IP by using software for hiding user's IP address, public proxy servers etc.

6.4 Uncensored and insulting nicknames and IRC server idents.

6.5 Uncensored and insulting nicknames and avatars in the forum.

6.6 Insults or threats to the game’s staff or other players, no matter the time, place and mode. The game’s staff reserves the right to act at their own discretion without having to explain to any 3rd/external party.

6.7 Insults or threats to a user from a member of staff. Sanctions apply to every single player, no matter what their contributing status is.

6.8 Posting hidden links.

The game’s staff reserves the right to apply the following sanctions without informing the player about that.

Penalties are:

Temporary ban of the IRC channel
Permanent ban of the IRC channel
Temporary restriction on posting messages in the game’s forum
Permanent restriction on posting messages in the game’s forum
Temporary ban from the game’s forum
Permanent ban from the game’s forum
Temporary restriction on posting messages in the game
Permanent resctriction on posting messages in the game
Temporary ban from the game without the account’s castle(s) being available for attacks
Temporary ban from the game with the account’s castle(s) being available for attacks
Permanent ban from the game with the account’s castle(s) being available for attacks
Deletion of user’s account
If proof of multiaccounting/babysitting is found - deactivating all accounts involved in violation activity
Ban from the machines in relation to the game.

"Proof" in this context means that staff unanimously considers it a violation. Staff is not obliged to give explanations about their decision.

Remark: questions about blocked accounts or banned access , are to be sent to support.hanovete.com or to be posted in the game’s forum. Insulting language or multiple requests for comments after such one has already been received, will not be tolerated.

7. Advertising

All kinds of unauthorized adverts are forbidden (in clan information, castles or nicknames), no matter if they are in text form or in form of a banner, link, image, avatar, etc.

8. Battles Aimed at Artificially Raising Player's Experience.

Battles, aimed at artificially raising player's experience (such battles are analyzed by administrators or programmers), will result in a ban, regardless of the reasons. Players will be penalized without prior warning, even without allowed attacks against them.

ІІІ. Reporting

1. Player's reporting

Reporting of any kind of violation by a player is done in the game’s forum or on the following address:
http://xs-software.com/contacts.php

If a report proves to be fake, made with the objective of punishing an enemy, the player that has posted the report is to be penalized.

2. Reporting of Staff Members

If (a) player(s) has any doubts about the work of a staff member, they can request a thorough check on that member. Such a request is to be posted publicly in the game’s forum. If proved guilty, the staff member is to be penalized by blocking all kinds of access to the game and by removing him/her from the game’s staff.

*Reports will be taken into consideration only if written in an educated manner.

ІV. Appendices

1. Reviewing of Administration Decisions

The actions of a moderator can be cancelled only by the latter or by an administrator.

2. Compensations

2.1. If a player is a victim of a game or staff error, he is to receive a compensation.

2.2. If a player tries to ignore a moderator's decision by asking another moderator, the player shall be removed from the game. An exception is made if the player contacts an administrator.

3. Objections

Every unfounded objection of the game’s rules can lead to one of the above-mentioned sanctions or a ban from the game. Depending on the level of violation, the penalty can spread not only across the “Khanwars” game but throughout other services, including the game forum and IRC server. The Khanwars’s staff agrees to sanction these types of action in the best possible way.

4. Undescribed cases

The game’s administrators reserve the right to sanction at their own discretion in case a player has violated the rules or the fair game play, in a way that hasn’t been described in these rules.

V. Game Team (Staff)

It is FORBIDDEN for any of the game’s staff to play the game itself, no matter the nickname. It is FORBIDDEN for game’s staff to enter users’ accounts. The only exception is if the member of staff has control only in the forum. The staff :

is not responsible for any damages (no matter if connected to the game in any way) to the user as a result for their participating in the game.
is not responsible for any problems with the machines that support the game or the game as such.
reserves the right to compensate players that have suffered from staff actions.
reserves the right to make corrections in the game and all its aspects without warning.
reserves the right to change these rules with prior warning to players, by sending out a message within the game or in the forum.
reserves the right to block the access to the game, when necessary. That applies both to the planned support checks and for accidents.

VI. Contacts

The only official form to contact the game’s staff is on this web page: http://xs-software.com/contacts.php.You can also use the game’s forum: http://forum.khanwars.com/ .

VII. Forum

General Terms:

The forum is a formal body of the “Khanwars” game.

No one is obliged to express their opinion to any conversation topic, including moderators and administrators. The participation in the game’s forum is completely voluntary and no user is obliged to do what another one has requested. The information in “Khanwars” is given, not required.

1. Posting a New Topic

1.1 The title of the new topic should be as descriptive as possible and with reference to the part of the forum where it is posted. “Descriptive” means more key words, not whole sentences.

1.2 Double-entry Topic: When a user is about to post a new topic he is obliged to look up in “search” to check if there wasn’t already the same or at least a similar topic. “Crossposting” (posting the same or similar topic more than once) is penalized according to point 7.

1.3 Topic-related issues: When a new topic is being posted, the user that posts it is obliged to see if the topic of the whole forum part is connected to the particular topic s/he wants to post. In every topic section of the forum there could be particular restrictions (usually displayed on top of the section as “Important Topic”).

1.4 Topic author: Every user that creates a new topic becomes its author. The author is obliged to define the limits/frames within which the discussion is going to be led in the first post of the topic. It could be a simple question, a phrase that defines the main problems of the topic, etc. An author can contact the forum’s staff through a personal message (or by clicking the button “report”) and to request the removal or change of a posted answer in their topic on the basis that it is not related to the topic. Staff will check if the request is objective and do what they find best.

2. Posting an Answer

Before posting a new answer you are obliged to check if it is in relation to the topic. Distorting the topic will not only be penalized by deletion but will also restrict your access to the forum.

3. Language and Manners

Discussions shouls be held in an orderly and respectful manner. Arguing in a rude manner is forbidden and will be severely penalized. Unethical, rude and ironic attitude will not be tolerated, will be deleted and sanctions will be applied. Sexist and/or racist posts are completely forbidden. User should not repeat a previous opinion because that would be considered flooding and an attempt to silence the discussion by screaming. This is also to be penalized. The overuse of emote icons, pictures, colouring, bolds and increasing the size of letters will not be tolerated.

4. Adverts/Propaganda

It is expressly forbidden to post insulting comments about and object/subject/group, an intentional advertising of a product/service, searches for help in exchange for money or searching/offering/distribution of illegal information about a group/company/person.

5. Images

5.1 Vulgarism/eroticism/violence/racism - images with these notions are forbidden.

5.2 Avatar/ Mood - should be in accordance with point 5.1 and not more than 120 pixels of height. The mood has to be orderly and not violating the rules for bolds or colouring.

6. Staff Actions in Case of Forum Rule Being Violated:

Every violator of the rules can be sanctioned by deletion or change of a topic, a post or a part of a post, without warning. Violators will be sent a personal message from staff which will automatically increase their warning level (warn %), and then they will be denied their users rights for a period of time or will be dealt with in another manner based on the decision of the forum’s staff and administration.

Every user is obliged to follow the rules upon completion of their registration. Of course, the forum is voluntary so the forum’s staff considers that any user who has a registration is familiar with the rules and accepts the obligation to observe them.

8. Information about Restrictions Caused by Violation of Forum’s Rules.

Every user that has been sanctioned has the right to contact a member of staff (via a personal message) and find out the reason why they were penalized. Staff is not obliged to explain their actions and motives - this is possible, but discretionary.

7.Section Proposals

Before you make a new proposal check if it has not already been made. Just as in the other sections, here describing titles are required. The better style your proposal has, the better the chance for it to get attention. The proposal should be accompanied with a questionnaire with grammatically correct and simple possible answers. If the other player answers negatively to your proposal, then it will automatically be refused. If approved by players, then the game’s staff will comment on it and it could appear in the next restart. If your proposal is approved by a player, it will appear with 100% certainty in the next restart. If any proposals do not follow the rules, then they will be blocked and deleted.

VIII. Users

By registering an account Users state that they have read these rules and agreed with its content, agreed to follow the rules and to bear the sanctions if the staff decides they are necessary. They oblige themselves to regularly check for changes in the rules. Not being aware of the rules does not excuse those who have broken them. Users take responsibility for their personal information and are not to present it to any members of staff – current or previous. If such has been revealed the game’s staff is not responsible.

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