Common Sense and Courtesy
From Anphillia
Your Fun
This server is first and foremost about having fun, but also it is about not having fun at the expense of others. Before doing something that you have the faintest notion "might not be so fun after all" for someone else, send them a tell and ask them how they feel about it - I don't care if they're the "enemy" they should damn well be your friend out of character. I know I can't make everyone friends, and I sure wont try to, but no matter what reason you have to dislike something, you still treat them with common coutesy and respect. If others are infrigning on your rights - be it now-and-again, or to the point that you feel he/she/they do it everytime they see you, let us know! If you let others walk all over it, only harbor ill feelings against them, and then let it show in inapropriate places (public forum for instance, actually - only place for complaints about the others are in a polite PM to a DM Team member!). Bottom line: Make sure everyone has fun, not just yourself!
DM's
We're here! Make use of us, I know we can be a busy lot, but we want more than anything to help people have fun (which is the reason every one of us became a DM in the first place, because that's pretty much the DM "job description" summed down to one line). We can't be everywhere at once, and you should all realize that, but then, some people still feel like they need to make snide remarks about DM presence at the time being. If you're in some spot of trouble and can't get out (anywhere from being stuck in a map glitch, to being bullied by other playes), get a hold of a DM. Or, log out and get a hold of a DM. Furthermore, if you're going to do something that could lead to trouble, try and catch a DM to come over-see events (Gone PvPing, Cross-Faction RP etc.). Deliberatly waiting till no DM is online is on to do something usually indicates that some rule is being broken. Bottom line: Don't do stuff you don't want a DM catch you doing!
"That Jerk Over There.."
If you witness some commiting some act of asshatting, get screenshots, write a small pm and send it to a DM. If someone is infringing on your fun, acting OOC all the time, exploiting game mechanics, etc. etc. LET US KNOW. We sure wont ban some dude because one player sends us a PM and says he's acting OOC alot. But if we recieve fifteen complaints from different people about the same player - you do the math. If you're unhappy with something, let us know, but in a calm and mature fashion! Don't go posting it publicly, or splurting it out to a DM on the public IRC channel, that's not where it belongs, an email, PM or tell conversation with a DM, is, however (PM preferred by most DMs I'm sure). Be mature about it - I don't want no PMs going "lololool this Elvorfirith duud is teh suck because he r always hitting me, lol b4n h!m!1". While I don't think most of you would send a PM like this, a few of you just might send something similar.
"Hi, just wanted to let you know that the character "Elvorfirith", account "LolGriefer", think it's funny to repeatedly know my character on the ground for no other reason than the fact that he can, it has been going on for X amount of time now, and it's taking the fun out of the server for me, could you please do something? Thank you in advance PoorSod *screenshots attached*"
Is more what I'm looking for, and for the love of god, this can't be stressed enough get screenshots!, if someone is harrrasing you, abusing things, or just get screenshots to show you have done everything by the book, screenshots always help.
If you're playing here to have fun - power to you, but make sure everyone else is having fun to. If you can't "be arsed to do that" they I think you have the wrong server, try looking under the action category, and don't let the door hit you on the way out.
If something or someone is troubling you, let us know in a calm and mature fashion in a PM - you're certainly not doing the server any favours by keeping quiet about it and bottling up rescentment for fellow players.
If you're in doubt about something (rule related or otherwise), get ahold of a DM, if you can't and time is pressing, try to ask some people what they would do in a tell. But if you still are not sure what to do, in some instances it will just be a good idea to walk away and try whatever you wanted to do at a later point in time after you talked it over with a DM. (The above relates to just about everything really, while you don't have to ask permission to go and PvP - if you realize there's only one target stop and consider how you'd feel if you were in his/her shoes. If people take any of what I've written to heart, he/she might just return the favour at a later date - giving us a better server as a result.
In closing I'd like to say, if you feel you are being singled out in this post, or want to whine that "I have no right to talk to you like this". Don't bother, because if you feel singled out you're indeed imature enough to not be able to recongise a general annoucement to the playerbase for what it is. If you still want to complain about me, I'm sure you can send a PM to any other DM and state your 2 cents, but keep it out of this post, keep it out of the board and keep it to yourself!
