Elysium MUSH Acceptable Use Policy

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Acceptable Use Policy

Index:

01. Policies
02. Acceptable Use
03. Harassment
04. Objects
05. Character Names
06. Race, Magical Powers, God Power Mode
07. Dress
08. Sexual Activity
09. Public vs. Private
10. Tiny Plots
11. Database
12. Guest Accounts
13. Sanctions

Policies

We've got some policies that are given here in order to make sure that everyone's aware of them. These aren't exhaustive. But cover some common, and important, ground.

Acceptable Use

The MUSH has the following acceptable use policies. Violating these policies makes a player a good candidate for the sanctions listed at the bottom of this page. The admin are the final arbiters of what's a violation. Play nice. :)

Badnesses:

Intentionally trying to damage the MUSH database, server, or site is bad. This will result in @nuking, site-banning, and contacting your sysadmin.
Lying to an admin.
Subverting any MUSHcoded system.
OOC harassment.
Unwelcome public profanity.
Spoofing another player.

The admins think that the AUP is clear enough for players of good faith. And broad enough to give the admin leeway in dealing with players of bad faith. But, here are a few clarifying notes:

This is just a game. Play by the rules, or find a game that has rules you like better.
The admin write, and interpret, these policies. And they are not subject to debate. Appeals should be directed to Hikaru.
We consider an act "unwelcome" if we don't welcome it. Or if other players of good faith are offended, or distressed, by it.
A nice guideline is "Don't Be A TinyJerk" by Claire Benedikt.

Harassment

The admins decide what constitutes harassment. In the interest of a pleasant game for everyone. The following are some guidelines. But NOT a complete list:

Any insult that's directed at a demographic group (ethnicity, bilogical sex, gender, sexual orientation, religion, etc., etc.) is harassment.
Page-bombing, threats, insulting use of profanity, and not leaving someone alone after they ask you to quit paging them or to leave their rooms is harassment.
While "Elysium MUSH" considers itself a "community of players". A very neighborly community. Often leaving our front doors unlocked as a gesture of friendliness. Like in Mayberry, RFD. That doesn't necessarily mean that we want folks barging in all the time. Like Kramer on 'Seinfeld'. You never know what you might be interrupting. So, be careful to ask before entering. Entering private areas after being asked to stay out, or @tel'ing randomly into private areas, is harassment.
Do not ask admin for further clarification, or examples, of this policy. If you're really unsure, talk to an admin. Test the waters at your own risk.
If you receive unwanted pages, or @mails, it is appropriate to either ignore the communications completely or to make a single request that the offender stop trying to contact you. You can also use the 'page' command to contact staff about the offender. See 'help page' for details.
Please realize that if you continue to participate in an inflammatory interaction with the player you feel is harrassing you, you may be viewed as equally harassing them.

Objects

Don't go around peoples' areas, and taking anything that you can pick up. This is not Zork I. Leave that other player's brass lantern alone. Also, don't leave your own objects in public areas when you log off.

Character Names

Your name should probably not have numbers, or special characters other than - or _, in your character's name. And be seen as reasonable in a roleplaying environment. You can change your name by typing "@name me=newname".

Race, Magical Powers, God Power Mode

If you wish to play a character who is non-human, has any powers exceeding human limits, or is a god/goddess ask a staff member for permission first. God/goddess characters, or those with god/goddess heritage, will only be approved if it can be convincingly proven that they in no way counteract the theme of the MUSH. Ease of approval for the rest is typically dependant on, and directly inverse to, how counter-theme the character and abilities are to the theme of the MUSH.

Dress

In general, nudity is accepted everywhere here.

While in any area any nudity can be of whatever sexual, or non-sexual, description you want. Feel free to mention any conditions that portray arousal, or excessive detail. Your description, and any non-DARK items that you are carrying, can have significant societal connotation towards non-normal sexuality if you are in public. Example: bondage collars. If you want to, make it publicly clear to others. Clear as you want.

Sexual Activity

"Elysium MUSH" is a relatively open area sexually. For example: it is considered perfectly normal to see anything/anything displays of affection, and most especially sex, in the main grid. Sexual activities can, and often are, performed in any area. Public acts can be of any variety. If you wish to perform or make reference to anal sex, watersports, bondage etc. then please do so.

Public vs. Private

An area that most players can reach by walking through exits from the Linking Chamber is considered public. All other areas are considered private. For example:

An area whose entrance is @locked is private.
An area accessible only through a portal, or via @tel is private.
An unlocked bedroom in a residence linked to the village is public. So, lock your doors if you wish to engage in private sex.

Public areas are considered public even if no one else is there, because someone could walk in at any time. Also be aware that objects in the room may be puppets that log, or relay, everything they hear.

Tiny Plots

First off, it should be noted that this is not a 100% RP (Roleplaying) MUSH. Some people just come here to socialize. Thus, if you start a TinyPlot (aka pre-planned roleplaying), make sure you get the permission of everyone you include in a storyline. In general, please be responsible, and mature, with your RPing. Also, don't do things such as wearing a belt of dynamite to drag others into your roleplay.

Database

To keep the database size manageable, and good character names available:

Players may be purged if they are inactive for more than three months. Players who do not have a description or other attributes set on themselves, and do not own any items, may be purged after seven days of inactivity. Players who are @set ON-VACATION may be purged after ten months of inactivity.
When players are purged anything they own may be nuked, or chowned, to the MUSH if it's publicly useful.
No more than eleven characters per IP. If you already have eleven characters, and want to make another one, please recycle one of your existing characters instead. You can rewrite your character as well.

To mark one of your existing characters for deletion you must destroy all its objects, and delete all its attributes, by typing the following commands. Do not do this unless you are absolutely sure about deleting your character, and its possessions, as it is not reversible!

@tel #39
s
@link me=#239
@dolist lsearch(me)=
@set #your player number=!safe
@nuke #your player number
@wipe me

Then, don't login to the character for a month, and it will eventually be deleted.

Guest Accounts

You can access the guest accounts by typing 'connect guest'.

Sanctions

These are the general sanctions to which a player who violates the acceptable use policy above is subject:

Verbal warnings from a staff member for minor issues.
A written warning from the staff for major, or repeated minor, problems.
Temporary jailtime. Anywhere from a few days, to a few weeks, depending.
Permanent imprisonment of a character, or characters, unable to learn their lesson from the above.
@sitelock is the last resort for players unable to play nice. Players may petition Liananna at webmistressliananna@fanficparadise.com to be reinstated. Though, if you've reached this point, such is unlikely. Evading a sitelock through changing service providers, or anonymous proxy, is grounds for immediate reinstatement of a sitelock upon admin confirmation.

Other sanctions are also possible, depending on the circumstances.

Leaving From The Mush's Agreement Room

New players who have read these policies, and agree to abide by them now, can leave from the Mush's Agreement Room by typing:

+accept 1

+accept 2

+agree

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