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Rules and Regulations
Omicron and Tauri both reserve the right to punish any member as they see fit throughout the entirety of Alora.
Bans are not issued upon request.
Staff discretion applies to all the rules listed below.
In-game Rules
1. Flaming, Disrespect, Harassment, and Inappropriate Content
Within Alora, we seat a culturally diverse community. Communities contain different races, beliefs, ethics, sexual orientations, etc. It is vital that we preserve and protect each culture and that we ensure equality throughout Alora as a whole. The denigration or defamation of a member will not be tolerated. First offenders will receive a 24-hour mute, followed by a 48-hour mute, increasing to a 7-day mute, a 14-day mute, and finally, a permanent mute.
• a. The use of inappropriate, slanderous, and/or disrespectful language towards another’s race, belief system, mental health, ethics, or sexual orientation to personally attack an individual or group will not be tolerated. Although we have an effective ignore system, we expect our members to be courteous towards one another.
• b. Content that is publicized via world yell, public chat, or clan chat that is deemed inappropriate, demeaning, or disrespectful per a staff member’s discretion is not permitted and will correspond with the punishments stated above.
• c. Account names containing inappropriate, slanderous, and/or disrespectful language towards another's race, belief system, ethics, or sexual orientation are not tolerated. Failure to comply with this will result in a permanent ban of the account.
• d. Any form of griefing in an attempt to troll or purposely disrupt another player's activities will not be tolerated. This rule will be enforced through the staff's discretion. Failure to comply with this will result in a 1-hour jail, followed by a 5-hour jail, increasing to a 24-hour ban, and finally, a permanent ban. Please note that any reports of grief that do not include video evidence will be declined.
• e. Harassment will be defined as anything that can be considered targeted to a specific group or person. This rule is enforced through the staff's discretion. Punishments will correspond with the ones stated above. Further action may be taken if it's deemed a group activity or the users involved represent a group. *This applies to the entirety of Alora including forums.
2. Advertising
Advertisement of another RSPS related community is strictly prohibited. Failure to comply will result in an immediate removal from the community with no chance of appeal.
• a. Widespread, ordinary links (eg. YouTube, RuneLocus, Rune-Server, TopG) are acceptable and will oftentimes be permitted, granted one does not take advantage of this exception.
• b. Discussing other active servers in-game and/or on the forums is strictly forbidden. You may discuss any RSPS that is not online. Members who wish to advertise a link that is not related to RSPS or was not one of the common links aforementioned may send a link to an administrator and await a response containing approval before publicizing their desired link.
• c. Direct advertisement will not be tolerated on Alora. (eg. "Come fight me on Alora, they have a better combat system!"). First offenders will receive a 24-hour mute, followed by a 48-hour mute, increasing to a 7-day mute, and finally, a permanent mute.
• d. Alora has a filter in place to avoid discussion that is harmful to Alora as a whole. Any attempt to get around this system will result in a 48-hour mute, followed by a 7-day mute, and finally, a permanent mute. In addition, any attempt to get around the filter in order to sway other players to donate/switch to another active server will be punished more severely with a 7-day IP-mute, followed by a permanent ban, with the end result being a permanent removal from the community.
• e. Whilst we value our clans, we will not tolerate blatant advertising/discussion of other servers, either in their clan chats or, their discord. Our priority here, is to communicate our concerns & work with clans to combat this. If needed &, as a last resort, we will resort to punishments.
3. Spamming
Spamming on Alora is not allowed, as it causes disarray throughout the server. We aim to maintain a cordial, pleasant atmosphere on Alora. We expect our members to be respectful of one another. Failure to comply with this rule will result in a 24-hour mute, followed by a 48-hour mute, and finally, a permanent mute. If excessive enough, the wrongdoer can be given an IP-Mute, and, finally, a permanent ban will be put into effect if deemed necessary. If the content of the spam contains terribly inappropriate, derogatory, or offensive text, the wrongdoer will receive the latter.
• a. If a member acquires a donor status that has a fairly short yell cool-down timer, that does not give them the right to abuse it under any circumstances.
• b. An auto-typer is allowed via public chat to buy or sell items. However, one must have at least 15-second intervals between each message with or without an auto-typer.
• c. Excessive begging for personal gain will not be tolerated on Alora.
• d. Advertising videos, Youtube channels, Or Alora related content will fall under the 5 minute "World yell" timer listed below.
4. Misleading Links, Hacking, and Threats
Misleading links are taken extremely seriously. We expect all links to follow the guidelines (see rule 2) and open up to whatever the link was rightfully advertising. Failure to comply with this rule will result in permanent removal from the community.
Any form of hacking will result in permanent removal from the community.
Threats that will put a member’s livelihood, security, personal information, and reputation at risk will result in permanent removal from the community.
• a. Threatening to DDoS a member of the community will not be tolerated, whether you are joking or not. Players found doing this will be punished. First offenders will receive a 72-hour mute, followed by a 1-week IP-mute, and ultimately the player will be MAC/IP banned on their 3rd offense. Aside from the threats, players found to be actually DDoSing another member of the Alora community will receive a complete removal from the community immediately with no chance of appeal.
- Here on Alora, we offer many methods of security by insisting our players use unique passwords and constantly reminding players to enable 2FA. This being said, our Staff Team works hard to keep our players' accounts secure, but it is ultimately up to the player to ensure that security with the tools we have available. Hacked accounts that do not have 2FA enabled are NOT ELIGIBLE for a refund.
• b. Threats against Alora as a whole will not be tolerated. When you threaten Alora you are also threatening every single member of our community, and thus will be held responsible for threats against each and every player. Those who threaten to DDoS Alora will receive a permanent removal from the community with no chance of appeal.
5. Punishment Evasion
Punishments that are assigned to members are given to further better Alora as a community and maintain a stable, fair, and efficient environment. With that being said, those who evade will not be dealt with lightly; if a member feels as if they were wrongly punished, they can go about it the right way by appealing and constructively stating their case. If one evades, it will result in a ban or an IP-Ban, depending on the magnitude of the situation.
• a. Giving a user that is evading a ban money and/or items is considered encouraging others to break the rules. Refer to rule #10.
6. Real World Trading
The act of purchasing/selling goods or services (accounts, real-life items, RSGP, Microsoft points, riot points, other private server items for Alora items, etc.) will not be tolerated. This rule further effaces hacks, scams, etc. We will not be held responsible for a scam or hacking. Failure to comply will result in the seller being permanently banned with a complete bank wipe, followed with an IP-ban the second time around. As for the buyer, a 72-hour ban with a complete bank wipe will be arranged, granted it was the first offense. The second offense will result in a 7-day ban with a complete bank wipe, and, lastly, a permanent ban.
• a. Purchasing or selling any Alora account, or donor status is not permitted on the server or forums. First offenders will receive a permanent ban with no chance of appeal; the second offense will result in an IP-ban.
Disclaimer: The attempt or conspiracy to real-world trade will be punished the same as if the user had committed the act(s) in question.
7. Account Sharing
An account should be actively used by the owner only. This goes for all types of accounts whether it is a level 3 scout for the wilderness, a shared account people used to Teleblock other players, or an account you would share with a friend. Account sharing in an effort to progress another user's account or achievements will be punished with a 48-hour ban, followed by a permanent ban for both parties. For example, if you need items off your friend's account you may log in and take them. But you aren't allowed to go train fishing for him.
• a. Any attempt to give an account away will not be tolerated on Alora. Offenders will receive a permanent ban on the account being given away.
• b. Any form of account services (ex. Inferno Cape service, XP gained/PVMing/PKing in exchange for something) is strictly prohibited and will result in a permanent ban for the service provider, and a 7-day ban for the service purchaser, along with a wipe of the item(s) received from the service.
8. Third-Party Software
Applying the use of third-party software that allows a member to have an (any) unfair advantage whatsoever will result in a 24-hour ban, followed by a 48-hour ban, with an ending result of a permanent ban. We strive to maintain an honorable environment where fairness flourishes and hard-earned achievements are commended. This includes auto-clickers, auto-typers, AHK.
• a. The use of botting clients/scripts/ghost mouse are forbidden and will result in an IP-ban as well as permanent bans on all owned accounts.
9. Multi-Logging
Multi-logging is not against the rules of Alora, as we do allow players to be logged into multiple accounts at once (maximum of 5 connections at any one time). However, we do not allow multi-logging to gain an extreme advantage over other users. We are striving to maintain an environment in which no player has an exponential advantage over other players. First offenders will receive a warning, Second offenders will receive a 24-hour ban, Third offenders will receive a 48-hour ban and bank wipe if deemed necessary, followed up with a permanent ban, and finally, an IP-ban
• a. Playing on multiple accounts at once while participating in the same skill, boss, minigame, or activity outside of the wilderness is allowed up to 3 accounts at a time. Anything that exceeds that will be deemed a violation and the appropriate punishment will be handed to all accounts involved.
• b. Multi-logging in the wilderness is allowed if you have no interaction between any of your accounts. If you have one account skilling in the resource area, and another account killing people in the Revenant Caves this is OK. It is not OK, for example, to skill in the resource area and kill other players there on your alternate account or have multiple accounts participating in the same skill, boss, minigame, or activity. It is also not allowed to use a second account to protect your accounts in the wilderness. Scouts are also allowed to an extent, as long as they do not allow an unfair advantage over other players in the Wilderness. Firstly, scouts must be Level 3 combat and have ABSOLUTELY NO ITEMS equipped or in their inventory. Secondly, for example, if you bring a scout to Chaos Elemental to see who is there BEFORE teleporting there, this is okay. It is not okay, however, to plant a scout outside of the Rev Caves entrance while you kill Revs so that you can see when PKers are coming. Scout must leave before the main account can teleport to this location. This rule also applies to the use of the second account to assist yourself with bossing or skilling in the wilderness.
10. Encouraging Others to Break Rules
Members that are somehow encouraging others to break a rule whether or not the enticed member understands that specific rule will receive a 24-48 hour mute or 24-hour ban, depending on the extremity or severity of the rule.
• a. Giving a user that is evading a ban money and/or items is considered encouraging others to break the rules and the first offense will result in a 7-day ban followed with a permanent ban for the second offense.
11. Bug Abuse
Abuse of a bug or glitch that allows a member to somehow have an advantage over another member or the server itself is not tolerated. We strive to better Alora each and every day. In doing so, we ask all members to report any bugs or glitches as soon as they are found; if tampered with after, a permanent ban will be issued.
• a. Boss manipulation (safe spotting) is the flagrant act of maneuvering a boss into a position where it cannot properly perform its functions and/or mechanics. The usage of safe spot methods not available on Oldschool Runescape will not be tolerated on Alora. Wrongdoers will serve one hour in jail, followed by 5 hours in jail, with the ending result being a permanent ban.
12. Gambling/Scams/Refunds (Disconnects, Donations, etc.)
• a. Scammers will be punished severely with a permanent ban on their first offense, followed up by an IP-ban on their second offense. Scammed members will not be refunded because we provide effective methods to avoid being scammed, such as using a middleman (server support, moderator, administrator, etc.). Please note that we do not accept photo-reports of members being scammed. One must provide video evidence, or it will not be handled.
• b. Disconnections will not be refunded.
• c. Donations will only be refunded if the player has not been given their items or position (forums, server) after 72 hours; otherwise, a refund is not required. Items that have been claimed through our donation system will not be refunded.
• d. Reset of the server and/or forums will be refunded if the player has posted valid proof of their purchase in 'Donations' board; otherwise, a refund is not required.
- Gamble scams will be refunded if the user has proper proof as stated above.
- Changing agreed-upon rules or switching weapons (Staff of the dead + spec in a DDS fight) in a duel is considered scamming regardless of who wins the duel.
• e. Glitch refunds will only be refunded if the member has enough proof and has proof of containing the items prior to the occurrence of the glitch. Note that if Omicron does not see the proof as satisfactory, it can be declined and a refund will not be issued.
• f. The only people who are allowed to be Middle-Manning are Staff Members. Anyone else caught doing so will be punished as follows: first offense will result in a warning and wipe of wealth gained from the incident, second offense will result in a 24-hour ban and wipe of wealth gained from the incident, followed by a permanent ban and bank wipe and then a IP-ban.
• h. Custom donations made for other players are non-refundable under any circumstances, and refunding the payment without permission will result in a permanent MAC/IP ban across all accounts.
13. Player versus Player (PvP)
Alora is not held responsible for members who have lost, disconnected, etc., while in the wilderness. The wilderness, or 'No man's land', if you will, for the most part, has no restrictions; hence why it can be referred to as 'No man's land'. However, we do have a few rules:
• a. PvP-Farming: Designed as a system to reward PKers, any attempts to abuse this through arranged/paid-for kills will be punished - on a case by case basis. The first offense will receive a 7-day ban & wipe of the estimated wealth gained, the second offense will result in a permanent ban & any further transgressions will result in an IP-ban. Note: We reserve the right to change the severity of our given punishments based on the severity of a case.
• b. Luring is allowed for the most part. The few exceptions to this rule are members cannot attempt to lure via world yell or servers clan chats such as Alora and Help. Attempting to lure staff by asking for help whilst in the wilderness or anything else that involves blatant deception will result in a ban. The first offense will result in a 24-hour ban followed up by a 72-hour ban with the ending result being a 7-day ban + bank wipe.
• c. Attacking another player while you only have 1 item or essentially no valuable risk with the intent to negatively affect another player's experience in the wilderness is against the rules and will not be tolerated, However if you recieve pkp from a kill, we do not deem the offence as 1 iteming or no valuable risk therefor the rule is not in effect.. (ex. Using a ZGS and constantly returning to a specific area or person and harassing the player.) This rule is applied to the entirety of PvP across Alora.
However, certain areas of PvP will follow specific rules. While in Edgeville and ::edgepvp, the act of griefing fights will not be allowed. (ex. Walking over players constantly or placing items such as cannons down.)
Pjing/Rushing is allowed; But if reported with sufficient evidence of being an ongoing issue and considered harassment, it will be dealt with by staff discretion.
First offenders will receive a 5-hour jail followed by a 24-hour ban, increasing to a 7-day ban, and finally, a permanent ban.
• d. X-Logging from the server will result in a 24-hour ban, then a 48-hour ban, and finally, a permanent ban, as doing this causes an unfair advantage for other members of the community.
14. World Yell
Members may use world yell to advertise clan chats & group activities. This should be done at a minimum interval of every 5 minutes for the same clan. First offenders will receive a warning, followed by 24-hour yell mute, with the ending result being a 48-hour mute.
• a. Closed Clan Chats must provide a [;;topic xxxxxx] for their sign-up page to ensure people understand how to join the clan chat & which requirements there are.
• b. Flaming, flame-baiting, false-advertisement and trolling via world yell will not be tolerated. The act of doing so will be punishable by a 12-hour yell mute, followed by a 24-hour yell mute, 48-hour yell mute, 7-day yell mute, 14-day yell mute and finally, a permanent yell-mute. Further punishment may result subject to Rule 1, at the staff team's discretion.
• c. Luring members over the world yell is prohibited and can result in the revoking of the wrongdoer's access to world yell temporarily or indefinitely, depending on the severity of the text.
• d. Advertising videos or content related to Alora is allowed with a yell timer of 5 minutes+, if this is below 5 minutes you will be warned at first, the second time it will result in a 24-hour yell-mute followed by a 48-hour yell-mute with the ending result being a 7-day yell-mute.
• e. AFK yelling is only allowed when it is 10+ minutes each yell, if this is below 10 minutes you'll be kicked at first with a warning upon logging in. The second offense will result in a 24-hour yell-mute with the ending result being a permanent yell-mute.
• f. Anything that can be seen as intentional spam in yell is a mutable offense. "Ree" is no longer an instant mute, however, if you are to spam yell chat with it, you will be punished. The first offense will result in a 1-hour yell-mute followed up by a 24-hour yell-mute with the ending result being a 7-day yell-mute.
• g. Alora is primarily based out of the United States and Canada. This being said, the only language that should be used on the World Yell or in the Alora CC is English. The use of any other language will result in a 1-hour yell-mute, followed by a 24-hour mute, a 48-hour mute, a 7-day mute, and finally, a permanent mute.
15. Clan Chats
• a. Members may not converse about any extraneous topics while in the Alora/Help clan chats. Wrongdoers will receive a warning, followed by a temporary kick, increasing to a 24-hour mute, with an ending result of a permanent mute.
• b. Members are not permitted to advertise personal clan chats or threads while in other clan chats. Failure to comply will result in a warning, then a 1-hour mute followed up by a 24-hour mute with the ending result being a 7-day mute.
• c. Members cannot attempt to lure via world yell or the Alora/Help clan chats (see rule 14). The first offense will result in a 24-hour ban followed up by a 72-hour ban with the ending result being a 7-day ban + bank wipe.
• d. Anything that can be seen as an intentional disturbance inside clan chats is a bannable offense. The first offense will result in a 1-hour ban followed up by a 24-hour ban with the ending result being a 7-day ban.
16. Invading Other Communities
Invading other communities will result in the permanent removal from the entirety of Alora with no chance of appeal. Here on Alora, we are firm advocates of displaying perpetual, irrefutable integrity. We have the utmost respect for each and every RSPS community and only wish them well.
17. VPN Voting
Any use of excessively changing your IP-address to vote will not be tolerated whatsoever on Alora.
We strive to maintain an honorable environment. Anything that brings an unfair advantage will not be tolerated (see rule 8). VPN voting goes against many of the Top-lists terms of service, which can result in the termination of Alora from the Top-lists. Those who fail to comply with this rule will first receive a 24-hour ban with a vote book wipe (*), followed by a 48-hour ban with a vote book wipe (*) issued to all accounts involved, followed by a permanent ban, and finally, an IP-ban.
• a. Manipulating the voting system to obtain excessive amounts of vote books will result in the punishments above.
• Vote book wipe (*): A vote book wipe consists of any vote books on your account, as well as the approximate wealth gained from the sale of vote books obtained by VPN voting, being wiped.
18. Impersonation
• a. Impersonating an Alora staff member is strictly prohibited.
• b. Impersonating anyone for entertainment or fraud is strictly prohibited.
• c. Impersonating any of the server accounts is strictly prohibited. (Alora/Help)
Players that fail to comply with this rule will be permanently banned. Based on the severity of the incident, repeat offenders will be IP-banned. Staff discretion will be used.
19. Disclaimer on Evidence
• a. All images or videos must be submitted within a 30 day period of the offense to be valid, preferably same day.
The staff team reserves the right to assess the evidence that does not fall within this time period individually and at their discretion.
• b. Act of creating false evidence against a player will result in a permanent ban for the player making the report.
Forum Rules
1. Inappropriate Language
Within Alora, we seat a culturally diverse community. Communities contain different races, beliefs, ethics, sexual orientations, etc. It is vital that we preserve and protect each culture and that we ensure equality throughout Alora as a whole. The denigration of a member will not be tolerated.
• a . Topics, posts, inbox messages, etc., that are conducted at a single member, or group, to either defame them of their reputation will result in infractions or a ban from the forums.
• b. Alora's community is based out of the United States and Canada. As such, the only language that should be used on the forums is English. The use of any other language will result in an infraction as well as the removal of the post.
2. Inappropriate Content
Pornographic material, including discussion and media, is not allowed on the forums. This includes material such as half-naked women, men, and media of such inappropriate acts. This also includes text-based material in our threads, posts, avatars, profile page. Failure to comply will result in a permanent removal from the entire community.
Inappropriate content that provides and/or promotes media of drug use, foul behavior, or other forms of content that are deemed inappropriate will be removed and punishment will be in order, depending on the severity of the content publicized.
3. Advertising
Advertisement of another RSPS related community is strictly prohibited. Failure to comply will result in an immediate removal from the community with no chance of appeal.
• a. Widespread, ordinary links (eg. YouTube, RuneLocus, Rune-Server, TopG) are acceptable and will oftentimes be permitted, granted one does not take advantage of this exception.
• b. Discussing other active servers in-game and/or on the forums is strictly forbidden. Members who wish to advertise a link that is not related to RSPS or was not one of the common links aforementioned may send a link to an administrator and await a response containing approval before publicizing their desired link.
4. Spamming
• a. Posts that consist of one word (e.g. posting "support" on a suggestion thread) are considered spam and will be deleted off of the thread along with the wrongdoer receiving a warning or an infraction. This rule does not apply to the Spam section or the Red Carpet section.
• b. Posting in the correct section and board is required at all times. Failure to do so results in an infraction.
• c. Gravedigging is the act of posting on an inactive thread (the last post being 14 days or older). Unless a member is posting relevant, useful information regarding the topic at hand, then it is considered spam and an infraction will be in order along with the removal of the post. Members are permitted to comment on older threads only in the suggestions section if given a detailed response. Otherwise, they will be punished accordingly.
• d. Trolling is not permitted on the forums. This applies to any portion of Alora.
• e. Posting in the marketplace section without meaningfully contributing to the thread will result in an infraction.
5. Misleading Links, Hacking, and Threats
Misleading links are taken extremely seriously. We expect all links to follow the guidelines (see rule 3) and open up to whatever the link was rightfully advertising. Failure to comply with this rule will result in the permanent removal from the community.
Any form of hacking will result in permanent removal from the community.
Threats that will put a member’s livelihood, security, personal information, and reputation at risk will result in the permanent removal from the community.
6. Backseat Moderation
Backseat moderation is not tolerated because it causes an unneeded uproar throughout members and oftentimes, a large portion of the community. Staff members have been assigned their role(s) for a reason. Those who have any need whatsoever, we strongly encourage you to report it to a staff member so it can be dealt with in an efficient manner.
7. Encouraging Others to Break Rules
Members that are somehow encouraging others to break a rule whether or not the enticed member understands that specific rule will receive a mute or ban, depending on the extremity or severity of the rule.
8. Influencing Polls
Asking people to vote for a certain option on a poll is strictly prohibited; this will result in the nullification of your vote on that poll, as well as receiving an infraction.
9. Reputation Boosting
Reputation advancement is intended for content that is found useful and/or helpful towards another member. If a member asks another member to do something that involves reputation by bribing, threatening, asking, etc., then that is classified as reputation boosting. If caught, the wrongdoer's like-count and reputation rating will be reset. If done a second time, it will result in a permanent ban.
• a. This rule does NOT apply to staff hosted events.
10. Shoutbox
The shoutbox is implemented for the use of general purposes without having to post on the forums. Although it is a great convenience, it is not an entitlement. It can be revoked if used wrongly.
• a. Flaming another member in the shoutbox will result in a temporary mute.
• b. Flooding the shoutbox is prohibited. The wrongdoer will be banned from it for at least 24 hours, depending on how excessive it was.
• c. Staff impersonation is not tolerated on the shoutbox. Failure to comply will result in a permanent ban from the community altogether.
• d. Advertisement is a permanent ban entirely with no chance of appeal.
11. False Accusations
The act of making false accusations towards another member of the community is prohibited. This includes but is not limited to, falsifying evidence, libel, etc. This is subject to evidence submitted in an appeal, personal messages, yell, etc. to defame or falsely accuse a user in any section of the game/forums. The act of doing so will result in a permanent ban or permanent removal from the community, depending on the magnitude of the offense.
Terms of Service Agreement
By being on the forums and server, you understand that you are responsible for your own actions. You understand that the rules stated above will be enforced at all times, and the administration reserves the right to alter any of the statements above as they see fit. We have the authority to do what we want with your account, as it is our property and you are merely playing on it. You understand that when a rule is broken, your account will be dealt with accordingly and as fairly as possible.
You hereby agree that by registering on these forums, you know that your contract with Alora.io also correlates to the server and any service that is owned by us. You understand that because Alora is associated with US and Netherlands that both the Electronic Signatures in Global and International Commerce Act (ESGICA) and Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council laws are in effect within this community and failure to follow these rules will result in permanent removal from the community.
Edited by Tauri, 09 May 2024 - 01:29 PM.
Updated 9. Multi-Logging.
