Forum Rules

We reserve the right to evaluate each incident on a case by case basis. The action we take may be more lenient or more severe depending on the case.

Racial/Ethnic, Major Religions/Religious Figures, National
This category includes both explicit and masked language on posts, signatures, avatars, nicknames and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:
* Promote racial/ethnic hatred/national hatred
* Are recognized as a racial/ethnic slur/national slurs
* Allude to a symbol of racial/ethnic hatred/national hatred
* Negatively portray major religions or religious figures

Illegal Drugs or Activities
This category includes both explicit and masked language on posts, signatures, avatars, nicknames and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:
* Reference to abusing illegal drugs
* Reference to performing illegal activities

Extreme Sexuality/Sexual Preference/Violence/Obscene/Vulgar
This category includes explicit language or images on posts, signatures, avatars, nicknames and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:
* Refer to extreme and/or violent sexual acts
* Refer to extremely violent real life actions
* Pornography
* Insultingly refer to any aspect of sexual preference pertaining to themselves or other players
* Are an inappropriate reference to human anatomy or bodily functions
* Are pornographic in nature

Inappropriate language
This category includes both explicit and masked language on posts, signatures, avatars, nicknames and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:
* Are a mildly inappropriate reference to human anatomy or bodily functions
* Are otherwise considered objectionable
* Bypass the profanity filter


Real Life Threats
This category includes both explicit and masked language on posts, signatures, avatars, nicknames and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:
* Refer to violence in any capacity that is not directly related to the game world

Impersonating a Staff member
This category includes:
* Passing yourself off as a Staff member to post false information
* Making a forum name close to that of a staff member.

Account
This category includes both advertising your account or item for sale or trade, or advertising that you are looking for an account or characters to purchase through:
* Forum posts
* Linking to eBay


Posting Cheats, Hacks, Trojan Horses, or Malicious Programs

This category includes:
* Posting links to cheats, hacks, or malicious viruses / programs


Harassment or Defamatory

This category includes both explicit and masked language on posts, signatures, avatars, nicknames and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:
* Insultingly refer to other characters, players, staff members, or groups of people
* Result in ongoing harassment to other characters, players, staff members, or groups of people


Harassment takes many forms, and is not necessarily limited to the type of language used, but the intent. Repeatedly targeting a specific player with harassment can lead to more severe action.

Spamming and Trolling
This category includes:
* Excessively communicating the same phrase, similar phrases, or pure gibberish
* Creating threads for the sole purpose of causing unrest on the forums
* Causing disturbances in forum threads, such as picking fights, posting provocative remarks, making off topic posts that ruin the thread, insulting other posters
* Making non-constructive posts
* Abusing the Reported Post feature by sending false alarms or nonsensical messages
* Numbering a thread, IBTL, TLDR, or any other fad statements

Creating Duplicate Threads
This category includes:
* Creating threads about other existing IGG games
* Creating a separate thread about existing IGG games for further discussion in more than one forum


Plagiarism
This category includes posting and creating topics aiming for your own benefit by using:
* Copying articles, guides, screenshots from external sources without providing credits to the original author.


Advertising
This category includes advertisement of:
* Any non-beneficial, non- ALO related businesses, organizations, or websites


Discussing Disciplinary Actions
This category includes:
* Creating posts or threads to discuss disciplinary actions taken against a player, including chat logs and email correspondence between a player and a staff member
* Creating posts or threads to discuss disciplinary actions taken against a character or account on the forums

Circumventing a Suspension/Ban
This category includes:
* Posting on another account to do baleful deed
* Having someone post on your behalf
* creating new account after old account banned