Code of Conduct
The guidelines and rules listed below explain what behavior is expected of you and what behavior you can expect from other
community members. Note that the following guidelines are not exhaustive, and may not address all manner of offensive behavior.
As such, the forum moderators shall have full discretion to address any behavior that they feel is inappropriate. Also, suspension or
banishment from the game will always result in the same in regard to forum access. Your access to the forum is a ‘privilege’, and
not a ‘right’. Big Picture Games reserves the right to suspend your access to these forums at any time for reasons that include,
but are not necessarily limited to, your failure to abide by these guidelines.
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 than
those listed under each category:
Racial / Ethnic
This category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:
Be given a temporary ban from the forums, depending upon severity
While these repercussions may seem harsh, we feel very strongly that this behavior has no place on the forums due to its extremely offensive and inappropriate nature.
Inappropriate Language
This category includes language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:
- Promote racial/ethnic hatred
- Are recognized as a racial/ethnic slur
- Allude to a symbol of racial/ethnic hatred
- temporarily banned from the forums
- Be given a final warning, after which any further Code of Conduct violations may result in a permanent ban from the forums
- Forum posts
- Linking to eBay or other online marketplaces
- Listing you have something for trade and then offering your contact information
- Be given a final warning, after which any further Code of Conduct violations may result in a permanent ban from the forums
- Be permanently banned from the forums
- Refer to extreme and/or violent sexual acts
- Refer to extremely violent real life actions
- Pornography
- Be permanently banned from the forums
- Refer to violence in any capacity that is not directly related to the game world
- Be temporarily banned from the forums
- Be given a final warning, after which any further Code of Conduct violations may result in a permanent ban from the forums
- Releasing any real-life information about other players or Big Picture Games employees
- Be permanently banned from the forums
- Insultingly refer to any aspect of sexual orientation or gender pertaining to themselves or other players
- Be temporarily banned from the forums
- Be given a final warning, after which any further Code of Conduct violations may result in a permanent ban from the forums
- Posting links to cheats, hacks, or malicious viruses / programs
- If you would like to report information regarding cheats or hacks to Big Picture Games, send it to support@bpgstudios.com. Do not post it to the forums.
- Be permanently banned from the forums
- Passing yourself off as a Big Picture Games employee to post false information
- Be given a final warning, after which any further Code of Conduct violations may result in a permanent ban from the forums
- Are an inappropriate reference to human anatomy or bodily functions
- Are pornographic in nature
- Are a mildly inappropriate reference to human anatomy or bodily functions
- Are otherwise considered objectionable
- Be given a temporary ban from the forums, depending upon severity
- Insultingly refer to other characters, players, Big Picture Games employees, or groups of people
- Result in ongoing harassment to other characters, players, Big Picture Games employees, or groups of people
- Be given a temporary ban from the forums, depending upon severity
- Negatively portray major religions or religious figures
- Be given a temporary ban from the forums, depending upon severity
- Promote national hatred
- Are recognized as national slurs
- Allude to symbols of national hatred
- Be given a temporary ban from the forums, depending upon severity
- Reference to abusing illegal drugs
- Reference to performing illegal activities
- Be given a temporary ban from the forums, depending upon severity
- 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, 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
- Be given a temporary or permanent ban from the forums, depending upon severity
- Creating threads about existing topics
- Creating a separate thread about an existing topic for further discussion in more than one forum
- Be given a temporary ban from the forums, depending upon severity
- Creating posts or threads to discuss disciplinary actions taken against a player, including chat logs and email correspondence between a player and a Big Picture studios employee (BPG Staff)
- Creating posts or threads to discuss disciplinary actions taken against a character or account on the forums
- Be given a temporary ban from the forums, depending upon severity
- Submit a Support Ticket
- Open ticket with overseer bot on discord
- Posting on another account
- Having someone post on your behalf
- Be permanently banned from posting on the forums