Disciplinary Code "Destiny Sphere" of 23.06.2012.
Chapter 1. Tasks and Principles of the Disciplinary Code "Destiny Sphere"
Article 1. Disciplinary Legislation "Destiny Sphere"
1. Disciplinary Legislation "Destiny Sphere" consists of this Code and amendments to this Code. New game rules that provide for disciplinary liability are subject to inclusion in this Code.
2. This Code may be amended only by a decision of the Administration.
Article 2. Tasks of the Disciplinary Code "Destiny Sphere"
1. The tasks of this Code are: to protect the rights and freedoms of the player, game property, public order and public safety "Destiny Sphere", to ensure the security of the game community, and to prevent violations of the game world rules "Destiny Sphere".
2. To carry out these tasks, this Code establishes the grounds and principles of disciplinary liability, defines which acts are considered punishable, and establishes measures of liability for violations of the game world rules "Destiny Sphere".
Article 3. Principle of Legality
1. A violation, as well as its punishability, are determined by this Code and its appended documents.
2. If necessary, amendments and changes are made to this Code in accordance with Article 1, paragraph 2.
Article 4. Principle of Guilt
A player is subject to disciplinary liability only for those acts (Violations) for which liability is directly provided for by this Code.
Article 5. Principle of Fairness
1. Punishment and other disciplinary measures applied to a player who has committed a Violation of the game world rules "Destiny Sphere" must be fair, i.e., correspond to the nature and degree of public danger of the Violation, the circumstances of its commission, and the identity of the offender.
2. No one may be held disciplinarily liable twice for the same Violation.
Article 6. Principle of Humanism
1. Disciplinary Legislation "Destiny Sphere" ensures the safety of law-abiding players.
2. Punishment and other disciplinary measures applied to a player who has committed a Violation cannot aim to humiliate human dignity.
Article 7. Grounds for Disciplinary Liability
The grounds for disciplinary liability are the commission of an act containing all the elements of a Violation provided for by this Code.
Chapter 2. Temporal and Spatial Application of Game World Rules "Destiny Sphere"
Article 8. Temporal Application of Game World Rules "Destiny Sphere"
1. A violation and the punishment for it are determined by the game world rules "Destiny Sphere" that were in effect at the time of the commission of that Violation.
2. The time of commission of a Violation is recognized as the time of commission of the offense, regardless of the time of occurrence of the consequences.
Article 9. Application of Game World Rules "Destiny Sphere" to Players.
A player who has committed a Violation is subject to disciplinary liability under this Code. Any participant of "Destiny Sphere" is subject to disciplinary liability.
Chapter 3. Concept and Types of Violations
Article 10. Concept of Violation
A Violation is recognized as an act committed intentionally or unintentionally, prohibited by this Code.
Article 11. Categories of Violations
1. Depending on the nature and degree of the offense provided for by this Code, violations are divided into minor violations, medium-severity violations, serious violations, and particularly serious violations.
2. In case of special circumstances of a Violation and subsequent investigation, punishment not corresponding to the category of the Violation may be imposed.
3. Cases of acts that lead to a player's violation of the current legislation of the country under whose jurisdiction the firm's activities fall DestinySphere GmbH, are not within the competence of the Disciplinary Department and are mandatorily transferred to the Administration DestinySphere GmbH for subsequent legal action against these acts and the persons who committed them.
Article 12. Repeated Violations
1. Repeated Violations are recognized as the commission of two or more Violations provided for by the same article or part of an article of this Code
2. A violation is not considered committed repeatedly if the player was released from disciplinary liability for a previously committed violation in the manner prescribed by this Code.
3. In cases where repeated violations are provided for by this Code as a circumstance leading to a stricter punishment, violations committed by the player are qualified under the corresponding part of the article of this Code providing for punishment for repeated violations.
Chapter 4. Guilt
Article 13. Forms of Guilt
1. A player who has committed an act intentionally or negligently is recognized as guilty of a Violation.
2. Ignorance of this Code, as well as other game rules, does not exempt from liability for the committed Violation
Chapter 5. Concept and Purposes of Punishment. Types of Punishment
Article 14. Concept and Purposes of Punishment
1. Punishment is a coercive measure or a set of coercive measures, assigned and executed by the Administration, by members of the DV based on the materials and circumstances of the case.
2. Punishment is applied to a player found guilty of committing a Violation and serves the purpose of preventing new violations.
Article 15. Types of Punishment
The types of punishment are:
1. Warning;
2. Fine;
3. Account ban on the forum;
4. Account ban in the game;
5. Account deletion.
Article 16. Warning
A warning is a punishment assigned for minor Violations or assigned in conjunction with other punishments for more significant Violations. The form of a warning is a moderator's comment in the player's message, a personal message via email or forum.
Article 17. Fine
1. A fine is the confiscation of game resources, assigned within the limits provided for by the internal appendix to this Code;
2. The amount of the fine is determined by the joint decision of the Head of the DV (Deputy Head of the DV) and one of the DV members;
3. In case of evasion of fine payment, it may be forcibly collected or replaced by other types of punishment;
Article 18. Forum Account Ban
1. A forum account ban (partial or full) is a prohibition for the player to access the forum or specific parts of the forum.
2. The duration of the forum account ban, as well as the forum sections to which access should be prohibited, are determined by the decision of the Head of the moderator corps or an authorized employee, made based on the materials of the case.
Article 19. Game Account Ban
1. A game account ban is a prohibition of access to the game space for a certain period.
2. The duration of the ban is determined by the decision of the Disciplinary Department, made based on the materials of the case.
3. An indefinite game ban differs from account deletion in that it implies the possibility of an appeal by the offender in the established manner.
4. Account deletion, assigned for particularly serious violations, is the highest measure of punishment for a player and does not imply the possibility of appeal.
Chapter 6. Imposition of Punishment
Article 20. General Grounds for Imposing Punishment
1. A person found to have committed a Violation is subject to fair punishment based on investigation materials, taking into account the provisions of this Code. A stricter type of punishment, among those provided for the committed Violation, is imposed only if a less strict type of punishment cannot ensure the achievement of the punishment's goals.
2. A more or less strict punishment than that provided for by the relevant articles of this Code for the committed Violation may be imposed for a combination of Violations and in connection with special circumstances revealed during the investigation, as well as in cases of recidivism.
3. When imposing punishment, the nature and degree of the Violation, the identity of the offender, including circumstances mitigating or aggravating the punishment, as well as the impact of the imposed punishment on the possible correction of the offender and on other people dependent on the offender, are taken into account.
4. A stricter punishment may be applied in conjunction with a less strict punishment to ensure greater fairness and correspondence to the Violation.
Article 21. Aggravating Circumstances
1. Aggravating circumstances are recognized as:
a) repeated Violations;
b) the occurrence of serious consequences as a result of the commission of a Violation;
c) the commission of a Violation motivated by national, racial, religious hatred or enmity, out of revenge for lawful actions of others, as well as in order to conceal another Violation or facilitate its commission;
d) the use of bugs, unstable or incorrect operation of an account or forums in a Violation.
Article 22. Calculation of Punishment Periods
1. Ban periods are calculated in hours. The count begins from the moment the ban is actually activated and lasts until 00:01 day of the month following the one in which the ban period ends.
Chapter 7. Release from Disciplinary Liability.
Article 23. Release from Disciplinary Liability due to Active Repentance
A player who commits a minor Violation for the first time may be released from disciplinary liability if, after committing the Violation, they voluntarily reported their misconduct, contributed to the disclosure of the Violation, compensated for the damage caused, or otherwise made amends for the harm caused by the Violation.
Article 24. Release from Disciplinary Liability due to Reconciliation with the Victim
A player who commits a minor Violation for the first time may be released from disciplinary liability if they have reconciled with the victim and compensated for the harm caused to the victim.
Article 25. Release from Disciplinary Liability due to Change in Circumstances
A player who commits a minor or medium-severity Violation for the first time may be released from disciplinary liability if it is established that due to a change in circumstances, this player or the act committed by them is no longer socially dangerous.
Chapter 8. Removal of Punishment.
Article 26. Removal of Punishment
1. Removal of Punishment may be carried out by decision of the Administration or the DV. The decision is made in each specific case and for each specific player individually.
Chapter 9. Liability for Violations.
Article 27. Minor Violations
1. Violation of communication norms in publicly accessible information areas related to "Destiny Sphere".
1.1 Flood, flame, off-topic, spam in the forum, double posting or overquoting.
- warning. If there is a warning for a similar violation – forum account ban for 24 hours.
- forum account ban for 24 hours;
1.2 Spam in in-game mail.
- game account ban for 24 hours;
1.3 Violation of norms regarding signatures and avatars in the forum.
- forced removal of violating elements.
- exclusion of the ability to set a signature and avatar.
*see paragraph 5 of the forum rules
1.4 Publishing non-anonymized logs.
- warning. If there is a warning for a similar violation – forum account ban for 24 hours.
- game account ban for 24 hours;
Exception: Publishing full logs is allowed in the subforums of the game worlds "Logovnitsa".
1.5 Editing/deleting one's own messages to distort/hide their original meaning:
- warning. If there is a warning for a similar violation – forum account ban for 24 hours.
- game account ban for 24 hours.
1.6 Excessive use of graphics (font size/color) in forum messages:
- warning. If there is a warning for a similar violation – forum account ban for 24 hours.
- game account ban for 24 hours.
1.7 Creating a topic with a title that does not correspond to the topic's meaning. Example: "AAAA!", "Help", "Important", "Error", etc.
- warning. If there is a warning for a similar violation – forum account ban for 24 hours.
- game account ban for 24 hours.
1.8 Bumping a topic more than 1 times a day:
- warning. If there is a warning for a similar violation – forum account ban for 24 hours.
- game account ban for 24 hours.
Article 28. Medium-Severity Violations.
1. Violation of communication norms in publicly accessible information areas related to "Destiny Sphere".
1.1 Use of profanity in forum messages, use of profanity in game messages.
- warning. If there is a warning for a similar violation – forum account ban for 24 hours.
- game or forum account ban (depending on where the violation occurred) for 24 hours;
- indefinite game and forum account ban for repeated recidivism;
1.2 Insulting a player without using profanity.
- game or forum account ban (depending on where the violation occurred) for 24 hours;
- indefinite game and forum account ban for repeated recidivism;
1.3 Insulting a player using profanity.
- game or forum account ban (depending on where the violation occurred) for 48 hours;
- indefinite game and forum account ban for repeated recidivism;
1.4 Use of profanity in account and comb names.
- game account ban.
- possible unban of the account, provided that the offender renames the objects whose names contained profanity.
* rename account names and combs, can be done through the "paid services" menu.
1.5 Use of veiled expressions if they have a double meaning and can be interpreted as obscene (Replacing letters in words with dots, spaces, and other special characters (*, #, $ , and similar). Use of graphics (e.g., an image)
- depending on how the violation was assessed, the punishment according to paragraphs 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 of Article 28 is applied;
1.6 Unsubstantiated public accusation of multi-accounting/sitting/spam.
- warning. If there is a warning for a similar violation – forum account ban for 24 hours.
- forum account ban for 24 hours;
1.7 Extortion or threats based on multi-accounting/sitting/spam.
- forum account ban for 24 hours;
1.8 Public discussion of the actions of a forum moderator.
- warning. If there is a warning for a similar violation – forum account ban for 24 hours.
- forum account ban for 24 hours.
Exception: sections specifically agreed upon by the Keepers or project developers.
1.9 Use of offensive derivatives of names of any organizations or associations in the project.
- warning. If there is a warning for a similar violation – forum account ban for 24 hours.
- forum account ban for 24 hours;
1.10 Publishing personal correspondence without the consent of all participants in ICQ, MSN Messenger, irc, letters e-mail, in-game mail, PM (private messages) on the forum, as well as any other similar means of communication.
- forum account ban for 48 hours;
1.11 Creating a New topic as a continuation of a topic previously closed by a project employee.
- forum account ban for 24 hours;
2. Unacceptable actions in the gameplay process. (Committing actions technically feasible in the game but prohibited by the Administration.)
2.1 Violation of account sitting rules.
- game account ban for a period of 72 hours
- indefinite game account ban.
*see account sitting rules.
* in special cases determined by the Disciplinary Department, in addition to a game ban, the offender may be fined.
3. Use of "Destiny Sphere" project resources for the purpose of obtaining material benefits for oneself or others, or for any other non-game purposes without special permission from the Administration.
3.1. Advertising web resources on open project forums that are not related to "Destiny Sphere" periodic game publications, Administration resources, or DV resources, Alliance websites, and individual game-related sites "Destiny Sphere" on the Internet.
- forum or game account ban (depending on where the violation occurred) for a period of 24 hours;
The "Antisphere" project is an exception.
Article 29. Serious Violations
1. Violation of communication norms in publicly accessible information areas related to "Destiny Sphere".
1.1. Statements of a racist, nationalist, extremist nature, propaganda/advertising/praise of any narcotic substances/preparations:
- game or forum account ban (depending on where the violation occurred) from 72 hours
- indefinite game and forum ban;
1.2. Use and distribution of graphics and information that violate generally accepted moral and ethical norms:
- game or forum account ban (depending on where the violation occurred) from 72 hours
- indefinite game and forum ban;
1.3. Insulting employees of the Disciplinary Department, Moderation in subforums where they are responsible:
- game or forum account ban (depending on where the violation occurred) from 72 hours
- indefinite game and forum ban;
2. Unacceptable actions in the gameplay process. (Committing actions technically feasible in the game but prohibited by the Administration.)
2.1. Exploiting errors and shortcomings in the software or interface part of the game to gain advantages of any kind.
- account ban for a period determined by the Administration's decision;
3. Use of "Destiny Sphere" project resources for the purpose of obtaining material benefits for oneself or others, or for any other non-game purposes without special permission from the Administration.
3.1 Sale (purchase) or attempted sale (purchase) of project game resources for any out-of-game resources (real or virtual currency, including currency of other internet projects, other out-of-game assets).
- indefinite game and forum account ban;
3.2 Advertising resources that may be considered competing or unrelated to alliance websites, periodic game publications, the game, Administration resources, or DV resources, located on the Internet, as well as in other computer networks.
- indefinite game and forum account ban.
Exception: Information about competing resources is allowed for publication in the "Antisphere" project section.
4. Use and distribution of software applications for the game not approved by the Administration.
4.1 Use and distribution of software applications not approved by the Administration Delete due to absence: (item 4.1 of this article), the use of which leads to gaining an advantage of any kind:
- indefinite game and forum account ban.
5. Gaining access to any accounts other than the player's main account.
5.1. Registration of two or more accounts by one player (in the forum or game).
- indefinite ban of all involved accounts in the game and forum
*With voluntary cooperation (informing the Administration about additional accounts, etc.), the offender's main account, by decision of the DV, may be returned to the owner.
5.2 Taking an additional account for permanent use, while having one's own account. Transferring an account for permanent use to someone, without the knowledge and consent of the project administration.
- indefinite ban of all involved accounts in the game and forum
5.3 Purchase or sale of resources, units, artifacts without the owner's consent (a special case of account sitting):
- account ban for a period determined by the DV's decision;
* in special cases determined by the Disciplinary Department, in addition to a game ban, the offender may be fined.
6. Use and distribution of software products or posting any kind of malicious links that can damage the software of forum users.
- forum and game account ban for a period determined individually;
Article 30. Particularly Serious Violations
1. Violation of communication norms in publicly accessible information areas related to "Destiny Sphere".
1.1. Threats of "real" money, physical violence:
- game or forum account ban (depending on where the violation occurred) for an indefinite period.
2. Use and distribution of software products that can be used in "Destiny Sphere" but are not approved by the Administration.
2.1 Use or distribution of software products, the use of which may lead to damage to the software or physical integrity of the project.
- deletion of the offender's account in the forum and game;
- the offender may be held liable outside the scope of this Disciplinary Code;
2.2 Hacking/unauthorized access to another player's account or computer
- deletion of the offender's account in the forum and game;
- the offender may be held liable outside the scope of this Disciplinary Code;
3. Gaining access to any accounts other than the player's main account.
3.1 Gaining access to any game account other than the player's main account, without the consent of the owner of the other account:
- deletion of the offender's account
4. Sabotaging the activities of the DV.
4.1 Perjury, providing false information during a DV investigation, falsification of evidence (screenshots, etc.), providing false personal data upon request.
- each case is considered separately;
4.2 Receiving or giving a bribe to a DV employee, members of the moderator staff, as well as attempting to bribe in any virtual, game currency, currency of any country, securities, bonds, as well as game resources:
- each case is considered separately;
4.3 Pressuring DV employees during an investigation:
- each case is considered separately;
5. Insulting administration employees and developers in the technical support subforums.
5.1. Personal insults to project employees when addressing technical issues or discussing such issues:
- forum account ban for 720 hours;
- indefinite forum account ban;
- indefinite game account ban.
Chapter 10. Appeal and Pardon
Article 31. Right to Appeal.
A person found guilty, when assigned a punishment, may file an appeal to the Head of the Disciplinary Department. The procedure for considering appeals is determined by the internal instructions of the DV.
Article 32. Right to Pardon
Chapter 11. Special Right
Article 32. Rights of Administration.
1. The Administration has the right to take any actions in the game and forum space, independently determining their expediency. Including limiting, changing, or completely suspending the operation of these rules.
Chapter 12. Definitions
Article 33. Definitions
Flood – Low-content information, or information of a personal nature. Messages containing only smileys or messages like "respect" also fall into this category.
Offtopic - discussion of issues that have no relation to the topic or the subject of the section.
Flame - open settling of scores.
Spam – repeated repetition of the same topics/messages, or topics/messages similar in meaning, or messages that do not carry semantic load.
Double posting - writing two or more messages in a row within the same time frame
Overquoting - excessive abuse of the tag [quote]. The user should only quote the part to which they are responding.
Addendum No. 1
Principle of Warnings, Blocks, and Fines
In cases where signs of violations of the sitting rules or playing from one computer/IP-address are established, act according to the warning/blocking scheme and the fine removal scheme.
If the data allows for an accusation of multi-accounting, then, bypassing the warning/blocking scheme, impose a premium ban on game accounts with premium, and without premium – a regular block of the game account. Then, proceed according to the fine removal scheme.
Warning/Blocking Scheme
1 – warning.
2 – repeated warning.
3 – if there was no response to the warnings, then a block for a very long term (a year or more), if the player responded to the warnings, then a temporary block (for 1 days, for 3, for a week…).
3a – in the first case (when the player does not respond to warnings), act according to the fine removal plan.
Fine Removal Scheme
On the first catch – a temporary block of the game account, without imposing a fine.
On the second catch – a block of the game account with a fine of 25% of resources.
On the third catch – a block of the game account with a fine of 50% of resources and 25% of troops.
On the fourth catch – a block of the game account with a fine of 75% of resources and 50% of troops.
On the fifth catch – a block of the game account with a fine of 100% of resources and 75% of troops.
On the sixth catch – a block of the game account with a fine of 100% of resources and 100% of troops.
Note:
The order of catches depends on data from the general case database, or from the inspector's personal database. Everything is at the discretion of the inspector of this game world.
The amount of the fine is not strictly fixed and is only recommendatory. The violator may request a reduction in the percentage of the fine imposed on him. A subsequent fine, upon re-catch, cannot be less than or equal to the previous one.
In special cases, with the approval of the head of the DV and/or an administration representative involved in making a decision on a specific case, a fine significantly exceeding the established norms may be imposed.
Addendum No. 2
Rules of Communication in the In-Game Chat
The chat is prohibited:
1.1 Any actions that violate the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation
1.2 Swearing, profanity, "darkness". "Mild" swear words are permissible if the color of the message requires it, but they should not be abused. The limits of what is permissible are determined by the chat moderators.
min ban 15 min - maximum - 2 hours, in case of repeated violation, ban in the game 24 hours
1.3 Insults to participants. Respect the opinions of your opponents, even if they absolutely do not coincide with your own.
min ban 15 min - maximum - 2 hours, in case of repeated violation, ban in the game 24 hours
1.4 Intentional incitement to quarrel. The determination of the degree of difference between unintentional and intentional remains at the discretion of the chat moderators
min ban 15 min - maximum - 2 hours, in case of repeated violation, ban in the game 24 hours
1.5 Threats against other participants, regardless of the origin of their occurrence.
min ban 15 min - maximum - 2 hours, in case of repeated violation, ban in the game 24 hours, in case of relapse - account deactivation
1.6 Inciting racial, religious, inter-ethnic, etc. hatred. and the use of nicknames similar to well-known tyrants.
ban in the game 48 hours, in case of relapse - account deactivation
1.7 The use of words phonetically, in writing, or in translation, closely resembling profanity.
min ban 15 min - maximum - 2 hours, in case of repeated violation, ban in the game 24 hours
1.8 Using nicknames similar to administration nicknames, or with the addition of any symbols.
min ban 15 min - maximum - 2 hours, in case of repeated violation, ban in the game from 24 to 72 hours
1.9 Discussing the actions of operators on the channel
min ban 15 min - maximum - 2 hours, in case of repeated violation, ban in the game from 24 to 72 hours
1.10 Advertising, especially advertising of other online games.
min ban 4 hours - maximum ban - indefinite ban on the channel, in case of repeated violation, ban in the game 72 hours, in case of relapse - account deactivation
1.11 Insulting the project administration, developers, the Disciplinary Department, moderation, or channel (chat) operator
min ban 4 hours - maximum ban - indefinite ban on the channel, in case of repeated violation, ban in the game 72 hours, in case of relapse - account deactivation
The game chat does not welcome:
2.1 Obvious flood
2.2 Excessive quoting
2.3 Spam
2.4 Intentional misleading of participants
2.5 Any messages with explicit sexual undertones.
ban 15 minutes, repeated violations - up to 2 hours
Addendum No. 3
Signature and Avatar
1. The signature should not be intrusive or carry advertising/political or other messages that may offend other players. Maximum 6 lines.
2. Banners in the signature can be a maximum size of 470x80 pixels and 45 KB. The number of banners in the signature is not limited, however, the total size of all banners should not exceed 45 KB.
3. Avatar images can be a maximum of 100x100 pixels and 30 KB. Absolutely forbidden are images of racist, vulgar, sexual, or any other content prohibited by these rules.
This code came into force from the moment of its publication on 26 June 2012 year
