Each player agrees to the Terms and Conditions, the Privacy Policy and the ingame rules of Battleknight.co.uk with his registration. Every violation of the rules can cause a temporary ban or an exclusion from the game. Depending on the rule violation, an exclusion from the game on all servers can be extended by a game administrator to all offers connected to Gameforge. In case of inappropriate behaviour game exclusion can also be extended to the forum or to IRC. The team is obligated to handle all cases of rule violation in all conscience.

I. Account:
Every player is allowed to play in one account per server. The account will be assigned to the holder of the entered e-mail address.

II. Account sharing:
Each account is entitled to be played by a single player at a time, account sitting being the only exception.

III. Account sitting:
A responsible Operator of the respective server must be informed at least one day before the sitting takes place. The sitting has to conform to the following requirements:

1) An account may only be sat for a maximum period of 14 continuous days. (GameOperators permission needs to be obtained in cases where a time extension is needed)
2) Only one account per person and server can be sitted at the same time. Sitter and sitted account can play on the same server.
3) A sitter may not sit an account that was sat within the previous 7 days . Exceptions can be made by the judgement of the responsible Game Operator.
4) A sitter is not allowed to change/delete any player related data like e-mail address and password, or change/delete any account characteristics.
5) Changes to an order via a sitted account or a resignation from an order or an order change is not permitted.
6) Using the merchant is permitted. In case of a mistaken investment or loss of items during a sitting, the owner of the account cannot claim a refund.

IV. Long-term vacation:
In the case of a long absence from the game, the user is allowed to choose a player, to login once a month, to prevent the account from being deleted. The long-term vacation needs to be reported to an Operator and can last 3 continuous months.

V. Multiusing:
According to the rules a player will be excluded from the game , if he controls more then one single account per server. Multiaccounts will be banned without warning. If two or more accounts are usually, occasionally, or permanently being played from the same network, (university networks, schools,...) a GameOperator must be notified, without exception.

VI. Account exchange
Account Exchanges within a single server must be done with the assistance of a GameOperator.

No complaints will be processed in cases where the players does not change his e-mail address after inter server exchanges or free accounts give-aways. Note that the only complaints considered will be the ones that come from the owner of a given account's permanent e-mail address.

Once a given account changes its owner, 28 days must pass before it changes ownership again. After a new owner takes over a given account he should change the e-mail address within the first 12 hours after the account switches owners.

VII. Bugusing
Exploitation and utilisation of bugs and/or programming errors is prohibited. If a user detects a bug, he is obliged to inform the responsible Gameoperator immediately. The exploitation of a bug may cause an immediate ban by the Gameteam. Bugusing in terms of error replication can only be allowed with the admission of an Operator.

VIII. Scripting
Using a program as an interface between the player and his game is prohibited. Any other form of automatically generated information generated for a group of player's advantage with malicious intentions is forbidden as well. Tools can be tolerated by the administration.

IX. Real-life threats:
Expressing the intention of finding a person (user, team member or representatives of Gameforge) and inflict harm on them is strictly forbidden within the game, the board and all official IRC channels.

X. Spam
Any situation intended to hinder a player's overview by any method is forbidden. The demand of a player, for instance to discontinue writing ingame-messages, should be respected. Circular letters within an order are not affected by this rule.

XI. Report- button abuse:
To abuse the report button in order to interfere with the work of the Game team, is forbidden. The report-button can be used in cases of rule violation via private ingame messages. Once reported, a message should not be reported again, to assure the prevention of misunderstandings.

XII. Content:
Content in profiles, names, messages, news, order names, order profiles or order messages, which violates the human dignity of a person, or violates a law, and the call to violate human dignity or laws, can be censored respectively. Users will be blocked for a period of time or permanently.
You are not allowed to use names of team members, to simulate being part of the team, or to threaten an other user with sanctions of the team.

XIII. Language:
English is the official language on all servers of Battleknight.co.uk. Using other languages in ingame-messages, order-messages or other parts of the game, will be censored and may cause a permanent ban.

XIV. Abuse of the rules and their additions:
Any form, way and any attempt to get personal profit unfairly by abusing ingame rules or the decisions of a team member is forbidden.

XV. Terms and Conditions:
The terms and conditions will be supplemented by these rules and must be observed.

XVI. Final Clause:
Remaining parts of the document will be unaffected in their content and validity, if sections or individual formulations of this text are not correct, invalid or incomplete.

Especially pay attention to:

- Screenshots won't be accepted as an evidence to prove or disprove a rule violation.

- The responsible Gameoperator of the respective server should be messaged via e-mail or a secured ticket-system only, with the entered email address, to ensure that the data of the account owner will be handled confidentially.

- Measures of an Operator taken towards a user, can't be lifted by any other Operator without consulting the responsible GO.

- Bypassing a decision made by a GameOperator by contacting another part of the team, may lead to a ban. Complaints are excluded from this.