What are Terms of Service and Rules
of Conduct?
The E&B Rules of Conduct (ROC) and the
EA Terms of Service (TOS) are the collection of rules that
each player must agree to in order to play Earth & Beyond™.
These rules are in place to help ensure that everyone playing
Earth & Beyond™ has a rich, rewarding and fun time every time
they play. These are also the rules our customer service staff
will enforce when players are behaving badly or when arbitration
over a problem is required.
While the TOS rules apply to all EA players, the ROC are written
specifically for Earth & Beyond™ and deal mostly with in-game
behavior. Every player should be familiar with these rules. More
detailed information regarding some rules may be found in our
knowledge base.
Earth & Beyond Service Rules of
Conduct
While you are a member of the Earth &
Beyond Service, you must abide the following rules. IF YOU BREAK
ANY OF THESE RULES, YOUR EARTH & BEYOND ACCOUNT, AND YOUR RIGHT
TO USE THE EARTH & BEYOND SERVICE, MAY BE TERMINATED OR
SUSPENDED IMMEDIATELY BY ELECTRONIC ARTS ("EA"). IF YOUR ACCOUNT
IS SUSPENDED OR TERMINATED YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO A REFUND
OF ANY AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU TO USE THE EARTH & BEYOND SERVICE AND
YOU WILL FORFEIT ALL OF YOUR UNUSED ACCESS TIME.
General Rules
1) You may not harass, threaten, embarrass, stalk, or cause
distress, unwanted attention, or discomfort to another player.
2) You may not use any offensive, sexually explicit, harmful,
threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene,
hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable
remarks.
3) You may not impersonate EA Customer Support or any other
employee of EA.
4) You may not violate any local, state, national or
international law or regulation while playing Earth & Beyond.
You may not use the game service to engage in illegal activity.
5) With the exception of in game sales of in game items, you may
not market, promote or advertise anything, or make any other
form of solicitation (including pyramid schemes and chain
letters) on the Earth & Beyond Service or any Earth & Beyond Web
Sites.
6) You may not modify any part of the Earth & Beyond Website
that EA does not give you permission to modify.
7) You may not arrange for the exchange or transfer of any
pirated software or other contraband while you are on the Earth
& Beyond Service or Website.
8) You may not organize or form any groups based on slanderous
or hate philosophies. These include, but are not limited to,
groups formed against race, religion, and sexual orientation.
9) You may not use the Earth & Beyond Service or Website for
activities other than activities permitted in the game universe
or events associated with Earth & Beyond.
10) You may not post or communicate any player's real world
personal information within the Earth & Beyond Service, Web
Pages, or Bulletin boards.
11) You may not give false information or intentionally hide any
information that is required by the Earth & Beyond Service.
12) You will follow the instructions of authorized personnel
while in Earth & Beyond or on the Official Earth & Beyond
Forums.
13) You will not upload or transmit on the Earth & Beyond
Service or Websites any copyrighted content unless you have the
express written permission of the copyright holder.
14) You will not attempt to interfere with, hack into, or
decipher any transmissions to or from the servers running the
Earth & Beyond Service.
15) You will not exploit any bug in the Earth & Beyond product
or Online Service. You will not intentionally use any bug found
within Earth & Beyond, whether or not it grants an unfair
advantage. You will not communicate the existence of any such
bug (either directly or through public posting) to any other
user of the Earth & Beyond Service. You will report any such
exploit using Bug or Exploit Reporting methods described by the
Earth & Beyond Service.
16) You will not create, use, play, or provide any emulator or
other site where Earth & Beyond may be played and you will not
post or distribute any utilities, emulators or other software
related to Earth & Beyond without the express written consent of
EA. You will not attempt to play Earth & Beyond on any service
that is not controlled or authorized by EA.
17) You will not do anything that interferes with the ability of
other Earth & Beyond users to enjoy playing the game in
accordance with its rules or that increases the expense or
difficulty of EA in maintaining the Earth & Beyond Service for
the enjoyment of all of its users.
18) You will not share your account password with anyone.
19) You will use the Earth & Beyond petitioning system in
accordance with the Petition policy. You will not intentionally
submit misinformation through the petition system.
20) Scamming is illegal. You will not engage in activity to
mislead another player while using game trade functions or other
in game functionality. Violations include, but are not limited
to, promising one thing and then providing another as part of a
trade. Though 'scamming' might seem to fall within the 'role
play' aspect of some MMORPG/PSW games, it is not acceptable in
Earth & Beyond.
21) You will not intentionally accept an item that has been
hacked or otherwise manipulated outside of designed game
mechanics from anyone inside or outside the game world. The
Earth & Beyond team has the right to confiscate any such illegal
items, even if a player had no prior knowledge of the item's
origin, and no reparations will be made.
22) You will not taunt or otherwise encourage other players to
violate any Terms of Service or game rules.
23) You will not allow another player to taunt you into
violating any Terms of Service or game rules.
24) You will not use partial masking in order to use
inappropriate words that would otherwise be in violation of the
rules. [Note: If we can tell what word you are trying to mask,
and the word is in violation of the rules, then the partially
masked word is in violation of the rules. Hint: Try using
cartoon speak when you really want to say something naughty. "I
am &^%^$% lost!" This is an example of complete masking and is
acceptable.]
Naming Policy
Names in Earth & Beyond are subject to
the same rules and guidelines as other forms of in game official
website communication. EA has the right to change character,
ship and guild names that do not conform to the guidelines. If
EA changes a name for a violation of the naming policy, no
reimbursements will be given. In addition to the aforementioned
general rules, these following rules apply to any in game name
that is user defined including, but not limited to, guild and
ship names.
The following types of names are unacceptable:
1) Vile, profane, rude or racist names including swear words,
anatomical references, racial slurs in whole or in part and
homonyms for these words in whole or in part.
2) Combinations of names that produce an offensive result.
3) Copyrighted or trademarked names of products, characters,
services or concepts.
4) Proper names from Earth & Beyond. This also includes any name
of any Non-Player Character.
5) Names of current or former Customer Support Representatives
or employees of EA, or names that are similar enough to these to
cause confusion.
6) Names chosen with the intent of harming the reputation of a
player, Customer Service Representative or employee of EA.
7) Names containing titles within them, such as but not limited
to: The, Lord, Lady, Master, King, General, Governor, Father,
Captain, Admiral, etc.
8) Names that contain sentences, phrases or more than two words.
9) Names where the combination of the first, last, guild or ship
name form a phrase that violates another rule. (This includes
names that may appear offensive when combined with in-game
titles or awards.)
10) Names based on a real life or historical figures that others
might find offensive, including infamous criminals, world
leaders or organizations.
11) Names that include numbers, punctuation, spaces or other
special characters.
Naming Exceptions:
Guild and ship names may contain "The" and may contain multiple
words.
EA is committed to making the Earth & Beyond experience as
enjoyable as possible to our users. As a Massively Multi-Player
game, Earth & Beyond will host thousands of users within the
game universe. Although EA cannot be responsible for the actions
of our users, we will not condone actions that do not comply
with the Rules of Conduct or actions that violate the general
spirit of game play. Players that violate game rules or Rules of
Conduct may be subject to the temporary suspension of their
account and/or services as well as permanent banning from not
only Earth & Beyond but also all other EA Worlds Channel
services.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU AGREE TO THESE RULES AND WILL ABIDE BY
THEM.
YOU FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD.
YOU FURTHER AGREE THAT THESE RULES WILL APPLY TO ANYONE THAT YOU
ALLOW TO USE YOUR EARTH & BEYOND ACCOUNT OR USER ID AND THAT YOU
ARE PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES (INCLUDING
TERMINATION OF YOUR ACCOUNT) THAT MAY RESULT IF ANY SUCH PERSON
BREAKS THESE RULES.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF YOUR ACCOUNT AND YOUR RIGHT TO USE THE
EARTH & BEYOND SERVICE IS TERMINATED OR SUSPENDED BY EA FOR ANY
REASON, YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO A REFUND OF ANY FEES PAID BY
YOU FOR USE OF THE EARTH & BEYOND ONLINE SERVICE AND YOU WILL
FORFEIT ANY UNUSED ACCESS TIME THAT YOU HAVE REMAINING AT THE
TIME OF TERMINATION.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN ORDER TO HELP MAKE EARTH & BEYOND A GOOD
EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE, EA MAY OCCASIONALLY FIND IT NECESSARY
TO MAKE CHANGES TO, OR RESET CERTAIN PARAMETERS OF, AN ONGOING
WORLD IN ORDER TO BRING IT BACK INTO BALANCE. THESE CHANGES OR
RESETS MAY AFFECT THE CHARACTERS UNDER YOUR CONTROL AND MAY
CAUSE YOU SETBACKS WITHIN THE GAME UNIVERSE.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO USE NUMERIC CODES,
GLOBAL UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS (GUIDS), COOKIES OR OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC COMPUTERS THAT ACCESS THE EARTH &
BEYOND ONLINE SERVICE. COMPUTER IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY MAY
ALSO BE USED TO ENFORCE THE EARTH & BEYOND TERMS OF SERVICE AND
RULES OF CONDUCT.
THESE RULES MAY BE CHANGED, AND NEW RULES MAY BE ADDED AT ANY
TIME. YOU AGREE TO CHECK THE EARTH & BEYOND WEBSITE FROM TIME TO
TIME TO REVIEW ANY RULE CHANGE THAT EA MAY HAVE MADE.
YOU AGREE YOU HAVE READ CAREFULLY AND UNDERSTAND THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE EARTH & BEYOND
LICENSE AGREEMENT. |
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