1. Summary
2. Game policies exist to promote and encourage welfare of server growth. By visiting or interacting any of our website, games, or any other entity protected by our platform, You constitute and agree to whole policy without hesitation. If you do not agree, You are to immediately cease using our services, Including removal of software/tools installed on your devices. The game policy outlined are guidelines to be used by everyone includding, players, game masters, moderators, and any other entites.

Categories of prohibited activities

1. Cheating
2. Cheating is the most common prohibited activity, Due to it's high turn out rate from committing cheating and benefits by cheating. Cheating is act of dishonestly by performing actions that is otherwise not usual or intended, Gaining unfair advantage over others.
3. Botting
4. A character is botting when it's operator (owner) is not controlling or performing the executions in real time. Botting is not only limited to third party or packet editors, but also actions that exhibits performance impossibly done if operator is not signaling or paying attention to character. Your character and account are always accountable, irregardless if your account was accessed by someone else, including unauthorized login. Some of (but not limited to) botting examples includes: Auto Hot Key or similar macro-script, Mouse-Click repeater, placing object on keyboard or mouse or mouse/keyboard actions done by external such as mechanic machine that repeates clicks, network packet modifications to re-send packets or recording packets to replay actions.
   
   There is very fine line of between botting and playing, in general if players are concerned about becoming victim of botting policy violation, they should not perform or bot-first then ask-questions, but rather, verify first. Frequently, if you are not sure such action deem botting, it is most likely botting. With exceptions to auto-cast and auto-attack, both which, are integral and sponsored by game. They are not botting as they have timer limitations and cannot be carelessly left. It is not against the rules to be non-responsive when you are logged in your character, and being non-responsive during auto-cast/attack is not illegal, as they would expire itself but if you are resuming auto-attack/casting even after expiration occur and deem non-responsive in between two periods, then otherwise you would be botting. Your character may perform actions such as wood-chopping indefinitely without being mandated to be responsive, however be mindful if your character is moving, changing target, or entering/exiting game whilst being non-responsive means you are botting.
   
   In case of botting, if the system fails to challenge and/or remove botter, GM(GameMaster) may step in and intervene, including but not limited to diagnose and perform challenge to verify legitimacy. Exact conditions or challenges performed are not disclosed to protect and ensure challenge remains authenticity. Players who deem to be botter should perform the captacha challenge presented by system otherwise you risk yourself and your accounts/characters to investigation.
5. Bug Exploit/Maniuplation
6. Bug exploit happens when players notice a loop hole and purposeful re-occur bug for player's profit. Bugs are when game behavior is different than what is originally developed and accepted. If players gain unexpected amount of gold/items/exp/valuations, Players should make immediately appropriate report. When a bug is identified, We will make our best attempts to contain the spillage, however if players are deem abusing or already gained personal advantage correction actions may be required to protect server's welfare. In cases of where emergency, we may suspend, forfeit, and/or disable components or accounts.
7. Hacking
8. Game hacking is equivalent to penetrating our services and performing unauthorized actions with intentions of destruction or disruption. We take all hacking activity seriously and you should not perform or attempt any hacking on any of our platform service or third party services on our platform. Game hacking is subject to suspension and forfeit where deem necessary, legal actions may be required if slander is conspicuous.
9. Harassment
10. Harassment by online is very frequent and sensitive topic, We do not tolerate harassment by all means. Harassment is when you are making other one or more uncomfortable, Players should feel safe and peaceful when using our services. Harassment is not limited to chatting, but also applicable to voice chat, game play, announcements, personal statements, and others. Players are encouraged to practice and employ the ignore/block features to minimize harassment. Players may turn off chat channels in-game, ignore certain forum users, or avoid interacting such people. When deem excessive we may intervene and take appropriate actions against concerning players.
11. Spamming
12. Spamming on any parts on our platform including third party such as YouTube, Facebook, or any other officially sponsored sites by us is prohibited. Players should not repeat similar message too many times, As there may be such system exists to control flow however it is not always adequate at preventing spamming. Players should refrain from using letter-characters that break or cause malformation any part of our platform, Those players who try to disrupt or endanger operation from running smoothly may experience suspension or appropriate disciplinary.
13. Threating
14. Threats made against any other players are strictly prohibited, including staffs and group of people. Not limited to swearing, insults, defamation, or slanders. Players should refrain chasing, following, and/or stalking other players if they feel uncomfortable. Players should refrain from making real-life threats, as they may be legally liable.
15. Adult-Content
16. We have well-diverse of players demographic as our platform is open to everyone on Internet, Some content can be sensitive to players. We do not encourage or permit adult content, and any discussion or remarks about adult contents should be avoided. Adult content is not only about human nudity but as well, gore, personal details, content deem sensitive against certain players, or illegal activity under law.
17. Social Engineering
18. Social Engineering alone can be eventful to many aspects as they influence certain people, Players must be extremely cautious when it comes to interacting with other players (socializing) and understand some people may engineer their socializing to bend into your trust. Social engineering are constructed dialog and behavior between players or groups.
19. Impersonating
20. Naturally players feel safe and comfortable when they are nearby or chatting to a staff, however some players will pretend or trick players into thinking they are staff when they are only a player. There are many ways to identify which members are staff or players, There is no one perfect way, but frequently when impersonator engages a player, they will first use methods or techniques to confuse players including faking or cleverly tailored names or badges to make players think they are speaking/dealing with a official staff. Those impersonator are sometime sloppy or opposite, very professional, it can be quite convincing however there are ways to verify legitimacy, In games all staffs have golden symbol reciting "GM" above their characters, and in website and forum all staffs have badge of "Staff" below the avatar/username. impersonator rely on element of surprise and false promises to successful extract the necessary information from players.
21. Scamming
22. Players may be asked to engage in risky transactions such as multiple trades or services which cannot be fail-safe, Those activity are not illegal but albeit carry great risk due to high profits for scammers. Players should avoid and never engage into risky exchanges, and stick to norm methods including stalls, trading, and/or system-sponsored activities. Players should never share or lend their items, fairies, or any items with valuations, if you decide to trade or share it will be treated as forever lost. Players should remember, even with some of oldest friends or real life friends can still change, as humans perspectives evolve over times, what deem never possible or wrong can become possible and no longer wrong for people. Never share, lend, trust, anybody but yourself.
23. Bad Intentions
24. Role of social engineering can be reincorporate beyond than just mere simple actions but in greater scheme such as arranging battles, feeding misinformation to create distraction from real event. Some people take pride and enjoy into engineering players from their very own friends, to encourage and orchestration actions for engineer's benefit. All players should be mindful of other players and above of all take everything in moderation.
25. Personal Trading
26. Personal trading is event of where one or more people engage activity that would mean giving up on account security, Those activity are strictly prohibited. Under no reason, including staffs, should ever ask or request your password just as you are legally responsible of maintain your account security. If you share your account and caught, you are equally guilty for any inconveniences or trouble within. Players must understand that if you enter other players account, and if they get banned you will be too banned as some disciplinary require more than single account dealing and system will automatically link those activity based on sharing accounts. For your own protection you should never enter anybody else account just as you should never allow anybody enter your account as if they get banned you will be too banned because that person has entered your account and a single entity is created.
27. Account Sharing
28. Account sharing when you either unauthorized or authorized someone else than yourself to enter and consume your account's privileges and details. Account sharing is not limited to sharing usernames/passwords but as well email, or any other personal details. Players should also note that, if you allow someone else to play on your account even though they do not know your username/password as you might have logged into account before switching chair with other person, is equally same as account sharing. All the actions and executions at all of time must be yourself.
29. Account Trading
30. Account trading is very dangerous activity as it involves many people and valuable components, Players place their-self and their assets in great risk in delight of hoping commence some trades. Truthfully most of those trades are dealt with scammers, even if you succeed at first, your account will be always forever never the same as the new or previous account holder can steal it back. Further more, if you sell one account and consider yourself to be no longer of account holder, yet when account gets involved with disciplinary your other accounts are still as liability bound.
31. Character Trading
32. Character trading is coherently to account trading as they are bound to one account forever, same rules applies from account trading. You may not share, borrow, lend, pilot, tour, or any form of trading with anybody else. Your character is not to be engaged into any trading activity for any reason whatsoever. There is no exceptions or special permits to character trading.
33. Items Trading
34. Items trading are also prohibited, they too carry great risks to both side of party, as usually involved with real world currency, requiring some off-site activity before proceeding to trade. If you are required to trade items for something else that you cannot place or trade within the trade dialog, it is most likely a risk and players should not perform trades.
35. Service Trading
36. Service trading constitutes same risks when you engage offline trading to later perform promised services in-game. Players should know most scammers rely on off-line actions to scam because they are invisible and can always easily disappear in offline trading. All service trading for real world currency is always prohibited. Players should not try to engage, as attempt to engage into service trading constitutes policy breaking.
37. Selling Rum Barrels & Rum
38. For security reasons, We prohibit players to sell Rum or Rum Barrels directly. Due to high fraudulence and scamming associated with selling/buying rum, Players are expected to purchase item mall for own personal use. You may purchase the items and sell them in-game for gold or other services, however when you purchase any items, it must be first intentions of personal-consume. Most common scam situation involves when player tries to sell rum points, a player will be asked to what purchase in item mall, the player will ask you to purchase non-common item such as unfavorable apparel set, once you've obliged the request and bought the package with your rum, expecting to commence the trade with buyer, only to find out the buyer is refusing to buy. What exact reasoning varies, but most of time players can be sinister and waste your rum. For this reason, we disallow players to advertise or broadcast/post message or message that appears to contain intentions to sell rum, as the seller would be met with miserable experience and expect refund or disciplinary by staffs of Pirate King Online. We do not get involved with players trades, and we do not by means capacity yet to enforce fair-play to this degree.
39. Accident Losses
40. Accident losses focus on events that are not bad-intentions but leave undesirable playing experience. As much it pains and hurts us to see players lose something precious or made jarring mistake, it is still ultimately up to players be vigilant. Our staffs cannot refund, reverse, reimburse, credit, or similar replacement for following events.
41. Stalls
42. Either when you are selling or buying with player stalls, you must be cautious with the prices established on the said items. It is very common known that some players may accidentally miss a digit making the item much undervalued or overvalued. Some players may even place a stall that's full of same item but with one of them has leading extra zero, making it seem almost as if you are buying all of the items at same price. Same situation can be said for sellers who rush setting up their stall with same items and mis-typed not enough zeros making it effectively very cheap. It is player and player's whole responsibility to carefully inspect every item prior to sell/buy. Staffs will not reverse actions, or even "shut down" your stall if glaring mistake is spotted.
43. Sold Items (NPC)
44. Many players are typically expected to sell their looting to NPC however because due to negligence often users will rush drag-and-drop almost all items in inventory, including sometime valuable items like a fairy. Users are encouraged to not spam sell, and instead you can carefully organize your inventory so the said required item to sell is not near to valuable items at all. Bank your precious items and you can be more confidence that you will not drag-and-drop a valuable item to NPC. Please note that most of valuable item have "confirmation" dialog required, if you recklessly spam enter key, you will most likely experience losses. It is player and player's whole responsibility to carefully determine correct item being sold. Staffs will not reverse such selling, or return the items by spawning replacement.

Disciplinary Guideline

1. Minor Infraction
2. Minor Infraction will be given to players who have made first mistake, as long they don't endanger anyone else or the server itself immediately.
3. First Offense
4. A temporary mute or ban may be given if the player is found to be uncooperative as generally when a minor infraction occures the staff will point out the prohibited actions, and players do not cease activies, staff may be required to place a mute or ban.
5. Second Offense
6. Second minor infraction occures when a player is knowingly commiting prohibited activity. Staff at their discretion can decide appropirate actions, with primary goal to rehabilitate player into better person, including one-to-one support. Further mute and/or ban may be required.
7. Third Offense
8. Subsequent infractions are subject to severity displicnary, With possibility of extended ban and/or mute. Staff will make review and confront players to understand why player have kept making repeated infractions. Staffs may take unorthodox actions in promote server's welfare against player. Players must understand that subsequent infractions means subject to major infraction.
9. Major Infraction
10. A major infraction occures when a activity has already damaged or to-be damaged server's welfare. Staffs at this point will take every necessary proprietary actions against to player or players. Major infractions are events where players' action creates illegal disruptive or upset other players experience. In order to protect server's welfare, Staffs may temporarily or permanetly disable access to characters, game accounts, and forum account.
11. Rights