Shard Rule Reminders

[Admin Acacia]

I would like to ask you all, when you have a bit of spare time, to look back over the Shard Basic section of the forums.   We have a lot of basic information located there, including player rules.

One section you will find there has to do with Naming Your Character. http://www.sylvanheart.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=897.msg6933#msg6933
To quote a paragraph from this:

Please do NOT name your characters after TV shows, Movie characters, Comic Book characters, no L33t names, d00d type names, or names that would be insulting to other players.   CheVyMaN will quickly have his name changed to Bob.  Superman will rapidly become Bob.   IownzJu, will get a free ticket to being Bob. 

We are getting names falling outside the acceptable limits.  Players will be told to rename them, till then, we may have a lot of Bobs running around.

Another section found within the Shard Basics is...Rules
http://www.sylvanheart.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=96.0     
You can never refresh these matters in your mind often enough.  They aren't horrible rules, I don't think they are unreasonable ones, either.

In the past few days we are having issues with this section of the rules.

*Macroing is allowed 24/7 as long as you are in a private area.

*Macros must be quiet - no saying pointless things, or making NPCs constantly chatter.

*AFK Macroing is defined as any macroing where you are not paying attention to the game screen - this includes reading or posting in the forum.
All AFK Macros must have an 8-10second gap between actions.  Players will on occasion be asked to respond by GMs if they appear to be macroing.  Non-responsive players will be jailed and disconnected.

*Resources must not be macro harvested when AFK. This includes ore, wood, wool, yarn, cloth, fishing and crops. If you are detected in this activity you will be jailed the 1st and 2nd time for increasing amounts of jail rock. If you are caught again, you most likely will be banned.

*There is no need to macro skills on a ship. We've had people running noisy macros where they are constantly changing directions, working an 8x8 (which doesn't work here anyway) or whatever.

*Do not use the [afk command and stand in a public place, such as our Meadow. That is annoying. Go out on the beach and snooze.

*Respect the Staff and Players. No harassing, no name calling, no cursing, luring MOBs, impersonating staff or players, no griefing of any kind. Period. This applies to the forums as well. If you enjoy flaming others for fun or profit, go somewhere else.

Rememberwe do have auto jail running for curse words, this is a family shard.   If you want to tell someone to STFU, be prepared to mine some jail rock for it.

This is a shard full of great players and great staff.  Sometimes we all need a bit of a refresher course.