Cardea operates a policy against Bullying, cruel, sadistic and
harrasing activities. This section details our current stance,
and is subject to change as required.
Bullying & Combat
There can be little doubt that one of the most exciting, heartpounding
experiences to be had in Cardea is that of personal combat. Such
combat can set your adrenalin rushing as easily as many of the
finest action games, and the one on one aspect of battle is truly
intense.
Sometimes, in the middle of all this, its easy to forget that
your opponent is another player as well. Just like you. When you
win, someone else loses, and vice versa. With every victory comes
elation and with each defeat comes a measure of despair.
Both of these circumstances can lead to repeated attacks, ambushes,
challenges and battles between players, and when this becomes
unwanted by one of the participants, it can easily descend into
the realms of bullying.
As a guideline, you should only ever send an enemy to walk the
halls once in a given period. Further, it is considered sportsmanlike
to not attack again unless provoked, or further attacked yourself.
This holds especially true if the battle proved little in the way
of challenge.
When seeking an opponent for battle, you should always be sure
to consult your Peers and LittleWho lists (Peers and LW commands)
to decide which other players would make suitable challenges.
Repeated and regular slayings of any given player by any other player
or group of players is not the way forward. Think before you wade in
and make someones life a misery.
NB - The slaying of LittleWhos, without VERY good cause, will
draw the attention of the Gods, who will punish regular
transgressors. Such punishment is never retrospective,
is not negotiable, and is based solely on a Gods or
administrators observations, and never upon complaints
made by players after the fact. Such complaints are
often investigated when repeatedly reported.
Harrasment
The verbal harrasment of other players is not permitted, and 'spamming'
(repeatedly acting to cause swathes of text to appear on anothers
display) is particularly frowned upon.
Abusive language, OOC advertising of other games or products,
sexual harrasment or public defamtion of Cardea are all forbidden
activities.
NB - Refusal to interact with other players because you are 'OOC'
is not encouraged in any way. This guideline does not apply to
developers, who are often engaged in working on Cardea using the
dynamic authoring tools.
