These rules are expected to be followed at all times. Failure to do so will result in an appropriate punishment. Our current rule set is subject to change, we expect you to keep yourself up to date.
0 - Actions not covered by the rules:
-0.1: These rules can't include every specific situation. Act with common sense and do not try to trick the system. Rules will be updated to face as many situations as possible.
-0.2: Suspicious situations will be judged at the discretion of the staff.
-0.3: Decisions by staffers are definitive. Trying to contact another staffer to get a different treatment will result in an augment of the ban duration.
-0.4: Changes in rules are not retroactive. If someone broke a rule before it was added the user won't be punished.
1 - In game Behavior:
-1.1: Respect other players! Insulting, trolling and derogatory comments are strictly forbidden (3days -> 5days -> 7 days -> 14 days -> 30 days). Note: The ban history is cleared after 90 days without receiving any account chat ban.
-1.2: You may not scam. Scamming includes any attemps to deceive users for your own advantage.
-1.3: You may not spam. Spamming includes messages which make no sense, the same message over and over again, typing in all capital letters, begging, or any other messages which may disrupt another player's experience.
-1.4: You may not encourage other players to break any rules set by 4Classic. If you do so, you will be as punishable as the player that broke the rules.
-1.5: You may not discuss hacks, bugs or any other harmful topic in any of 4Classic's platforms.
-1.6: Lending items to another player is at your own risk! Under no circumstances will your items be recovered.
-1.7: Disruption or breaking the rules of special GM's events will lead to a punishment. Trolling isn't allowed either.
-1.8 You cannot use second PCs or set up methods with your friends to generate automated and semi-automated AP farming methods.
-1.8.1: The farming of items or rewards (e.g. online boxes) in non-peaceful areas using a second computer or account is prohibited.
In case of a rule violation, your account will be suspended for up to 30 days and all related items will be deleted.
-1.8.2: Simultaneously farming items or rewards (e.g. boxes) in battle modes, using a secondary device or by any other means is prohibited.
In case of a rule violation, your account will get banned for up to 30 days and all associated items will be deleted and your ranking values can get reduced by up to 50%
2 - Game Accounts:
-2.1: The 4Classic staff will never ask for your data (passwords and secure codes). Account names can be asked ONLY to simplify finding tickets or any problem related with the account's character.
-2.2: You may own as many accounts as you like, but they must not be used together to exploit any game mechanics.
-2.3: Account sharing is allowed - at your own risk!
Note: It is generally possible that your own account may be assigned to others as a "secondary account" due to account sharing, which may result in corresponding penalties and sanctions imposed on your own account as well.
-2.4: Item loss caused by another person accessing your account will only be recovered in certain cases
-2.4.1: If there is clear evidence that it was a deliberate act, the culprit may be subject to an account suspension.
-2.5: Trading is only allowed via 4Classic channels such as the forum, our discord server and in-game. This also includes offering. Any traffic over other platforms is prohibited.
-2.6: You are responsible of the security of your accounts. We encourage you to never use the same data you use on 4Classic on any other platform. If you do, do it at your own risk.
-2.7: Trading 4Classic accounts is not allowed. You can't trade your account for anything.
-2.8: Losing access to the registered account e-mail is equivalent to losing access to the game account or recovery function. However, you can request an e-mail change, as long as at least the PC with which you have been using the account is still the same. In ANY other case, the staff WON'T recover your account nor change any sensible data such as e-mail address/password.
-2.8.1: If you have ever violated rule 16, a change of the e-mail is generally excluded.
3 - Punishments:
-3.1: Warning: You may receive a warning about your wrongdoing.
-3.2: Account ban: You may receive a definite or an indefinite account ban.
-3.3: Spending money will not earn you privileges. Everyone is judged by the same standards. Asking for exceptions will increase the ban duration up to 30 days.
-3.4: Bans can only be discussed via tickets. However you can discuss ONLY about YOUR bans. Asking for reasons outside tickets is not allowed.
-3.5: You cannot ask explanations on behalf of other users. Only the punished person is allowed to.
-3.6: You may appeal for a ban only via tickets. Every ban is different and we reserve the right to decide wether or not to unban an account.
-3.7: Every punishment is given due to a video/screenshot evidence.
-3.8: If a player's account is banned and the same player gets a ban on a second account regardless of the reasons, the ban duration of the first banned account will be increased.
-3.9: Account chat ban: You may receive a definite or an indefinite account wide chat ban.
-3.10: Should you violate our rules with a so-called "twink" or "second account", we reserve the right to ban the "main account" as well. The ban duration of the main account will be determined based on previous violations
Note: It is generally possible that your own account may be assigned to others as a "secondary account" due to account sharing, which may result in corresponding penalties and sanctions imposed on your own account as well.
-3.11: If you are continuously stacking up an extraordinary high number of bans (independent of the reason) you can be punished with a harsher sentence up to a permanent restriction to your account or computer.
-3.12: Trade restriction: You may receive a definite or an indefinite account wide trade restriction.
-3.13: A proven false statement or lie after receiving a penalty in order to mitigate the penalty may result in an extension of the punishment and possible termination of the ticket conversation.
4 - Hacking & Bug Abusing:
-4.0: In case of a violation of rule 4.1 or 4.10 we reserve the right to block future accounts permanently without giving reasons, if no permission to create a new account from [TM]Arrow, [GA]Daveey or [GA]Odin is given.
-4.1: Hacking is strictly forbidden and hackers will be permanently banned.
-4.2: Abusing bugs or glitches is not allowed. Game-breaking bugs have to be reported immediately. Hiding game-breaking bugs will lead to a permanent ban.
-4.2.1: Using bugs, unintended mechanics or exploits to gain an advantage for yourself or others is prohibited.
-4.3: Any client-modification is strictly forbidden. This includes gameguard bypasses, package sending tools etc.
-4.4: You may not use any mechanic that involves afk-lvling. (Exception of in-game Experience Chocolate).
-4.5: You may not use any mechanic that involve afk-farming.
-4.6: It is forbidden to intentionally interrupt the game connection by any means to gain any kind of advantage or with the intent to disrupt players' experience.
-4.7: The use and abuse of any bug or cheat, will be severely punished, especially if used during PvP.
-4.8: Using Bots or Macro for farming will lead to bans (7 days first offense, 30 second offense) and all related items will be deleted.
-4.8.1: Using macros or bots for the RPS (Rock, Paper, Scissors) system is forbidden (7 days first offense, 30 second offense and all related items will be deleted). In severe cases, a permanent ban may be imposed.
-4.10: Using account lists to access other accounts is prohibited and will be punished with a permanent ban and/or PC ban. The attempt is punishable.
-4.11: It is forbidden to use tools or techniques to change certain computer values to hide your identity. This also includes the use of another PC. Harsher punishment will be made if those methods circumvent active in-game restrictions. (VPN services excluded)
-4.11.1: The use of virtual machines or any other form of virtualization environment to access 4Classic is strictly prohibited. The attempt is punishable. Harsher punishment will be made if those methods circumvent active in-game restrictions.
5 - Character Names:
-5.1: Names for advertising purposes are not permitted.
-5.2: Offensive names are not allowed (this includes names that fall into: racist, sexist, religious, political or generally offending types).
-5.3: Using a nickname similar to staffer's names is severely prohibited.
-5.4 You can submit a request to make a character name available again. The character must be older than 90 days and it must not be level 90. The level requirement does not count for banned characters.
6 - Guild Rules:
-6.1: Do not create guilds containing offensive themes (Sex, Porn, Racism, Religion etc.).
-6.2: You may ask for a guild leader change via ticket if the current leader is banned and agrees with the change.
-6.3: You can submit a request to transfer inactive guilds. A guild is considered inactive if the account of the guild leader and both deputies have been offline for at least 180 days and the guild has less than ten level 90 characters
-6.4: Abusing your rights as deputy guild master, i.e. actions taken without the guild master's consent, including but not limited to stealing guild credits by using mercenaries or kicking out all members, are forbidden and may be punished with an account ban as well as a reversal of the possible theft (through compensation as necessary)
-6.5: Guilds from different countries shall not engage in any form of collusion for their own benefit or to the detriment of others. Such actions include, but are not limited to, sharing confidential information, coordinating actions to manipulate the outcome of TW/CW or forming agreements to restrict competition.
7 - Tournament Rules:
-7.1: Only the PC, that has registered for the tournament is allowed to play, which is enforced by an in-game system. The system prevents other users to log into your account during the tournament phase. Circumventing the system or violating this rule can be punished with up to a permanent PC ban.
-7.2: Registering multiple characters on one single tournament will lead to a ban (duration depends on daily or monthly)
-7.3: Using bugs or non-intended mechanics during tournaments will lead to harsher bans.
-7.3.1: Logging out of a tournament with the intention of resetting the cooldowns is prohibited. Violations will be punished with a temporary ban up to 7 days.
-7.4: It is prohibited to register more than one character for each concurrent tournament, which implies that you are allowed to register only one character in the solo tournament, one in the falkenhain and one in the leya's knight tournament.
-7.5: If you have registered for the daily tournaments (solo/grp), you are obliged to participate or register group members.
-7.6: If you have registered for the monthly tournaments (solo/grp), you are obliged to participate* or register group members. This rule applies only when the maximum number of available slots has been exceeded.
*You have to play in the spirit of the tournament. Attempts to circumvent this rule in any way will at least be equally punished. In the event of a violation during an ongoing tournament, we also reserve the right to immediately disqualify all involved players. (Warning -> exclusion from the next monthly tournaments -> exclusion from the next 3 monthly tournaments). The warning expires after one year without further violations of tournament rules.
-7.6.1: Intentionally allowing someone to win in the monthly tournaments is strictly prohibited. Collusion or manipulation to grant victory is a violation of fair play and the tournament's spirit. Violations will be punished with a tournament ban (exclusion from the next 3 monthly tournaments -> exclusion from the next 5 monthly tournaments)
-7.7: Selling tournament slots for real world money or goods are forbidden. The attempt is punishable. Anticipated penalties include but are not limited to exclusion from future tournaments.
8 - Reporting Players:
-8.1: Do not modify your evidence (Screenshots or Video)!
-8.2: You may not name-shame. You are not allowed to accuse someone in the public. This will result in a punishment to you too.
-8.3: Reporting players in the forum is strictly forbidden. Reports can be done ONLY via tickets.
-8.4: Make it clear who you are reporting! If you send a long video, please specify the time of the misbehavior and the name of the character.
-8.4.1: All screenshots must be sent to us in full screen mode. Otherwise, the 4Classic Team may refuse to process the ticket.
-8.5: Reports without screenshots or videos will be ignored.
-8.6: Reporting a player will not give you the right to know if the reported user will be banned or not.
9 - 4Classic Staff:
-9.1: Do not pretend to be a staff member.
-9.2: Staff members have a tag in front of their name (I.e. [TGM], [GM]).
-9.3: Staffers will never contact you to get your data. You can get contacted only via tickets or via in-game chats if you write in Administrator's chat.
-9.4: Impersonating staffers will lead to a 30days/permanent ban.
-9.4.1: It is forbidden to pretend to be friends with a team member to threaten other players.
Violations will be punished with a 14 days ban.
-9.5: Staffers are not allowed to ask you any sensible data.
-9.6: Staffers are subject to internal rules that are managed by TM or GA. Those rules, are not public.
-9.7: Instructions and orders from team members must be followed. If a team member tells you to do OR not do something, the player must follow that instruction immediately. Failure to do so may result in an account ban of up to 7 days. In case of doubt about the legitimacy of an order, please report it to the Team Manager. However, the order is to be obeyed until verified by the Team Manager.
10 - Staff support:
-10.1: The staffers are not allowed to play favorites. This includes giving away items or gold to only a selected group of players.
-10.1.1: It is forbidden to make claims that GMs favor certain players or give items to certain players. Violations will be punished with up to a permanent ban.
-10.2: Trading with a staffer is not allowed.
-10.3: The staffers are authorized to provide explanations only and exclusively to the user who has received the sanction (only via ticket). However, the user will not be able to get logs/screenshots of the evidence to protect reporter's privacy.
-10.4: Staffers, like every other player is subject to the same rules.
-10.5: Staffers ALWAYS provide screenshots and videos in every ban reason. Implying that staffers ban without proofs, will increase your ban duration.
-10.6: If you do not agree with your ban, you must contact us within 7 days via ticket, otherwise your complaint will be ignored.
-10.7: If a user is not satisfied with an answer from a team member, he can ask for a review by a higher ranking team member. If the second answer is the same as the first one, it is not possible to ask for another review.
Note: The Team Manager is the highest position that can be escalated to.
-10.8: Generally, all tickets must be written in English. Exceptions can only be made in urgent cases.
11 - Others:
-11.1: It is strictly prohibited to gain honor and bonus points by trading kills with the opposite faction. Both accounts will be punished without further ado.
-11.2: Players intentionally using low-level characters in PvP zones with the purpose of trolling others can be subject to penalties. The deliberate use of underleveled characters that create a negative gameplay experience for others is strictly prohibited and can result in a temporary account suspension.
12 - War modes
(The ban history is cleared after 90 days without receiving any battlemode ban)
-12.1: Going AFK or leaving a battle mode is strictly prohibited. Ban duration: 1 day -> 3 days -> 5 days -> 7 days
-12.2: Players are prohibited from engaging in griefing or intentionally sabotaging their own team. Every player is expected to contribute positively to team dynamics and work towards the common objective. Any deliberate actions that harm team cohesion or hinder the overall progress of the team are strictly forbidden. Ban duration: 3 days -> 5 days -> 7 days -> 14 days
-12.3: Intentional teaming up between players or other teams in ways that the Game does not presuppose in each game mode is considered an unacceptable behavior and penalties will be imposed(5 days -> 7 days -> 14 days -> 30 days ). Additional penalties, such as reduction of credits & honour, may be imposed for serious or repeated violations. In the case of when you have received advantages by creating a team with a user who continuously or intentionally uses unauthorized programs or unintended game mechanics, measures may be taken against you, as you are considered a member of an abnormal team
-12.4: It is forbidden to intentionally interrupt the game connection by any means to gain any kind of advantage or with the intent to disrupt players' experience.
-12.5: It's prohibited to disproportionately focus your in-game actions, strategies, or resources solely on a single player or team to the extent that it creates a one-sided disfavor for that player or team. This includes, but is not limited to continuous harassment, one-sided engagements, or making all gameplay decisions based on undermining a particular player's or teams experience.
13 - Notes:
-13.1: This is a private server and thus all donations are used for the upkeep of the server.
-13.2: By creating an account on the forum and/or in the game you automatically accept our rules.
-13.3: Like law, our rules don't admit ignorance. If you don't read the rules it's at your own risk.
14 - Donations:
-14.1: There is no way to refund donations on our donation system. If you open a Dispute on paypal, we reserve the right to ban you permanently from the system.
-14.2: 4Classic does not have to "reward" donors with the virtual currency "moonstones" or other items.
-14.3: If there is a problem with our donation system, please report it immediately to the ticket system.
-14.4: Please contact our support if any issues occur.
-14.5: Exploiting any mechanics to trick the donation system will lead to a permanent ban of all your accounts.
15 - Legal Note:
You have no ownership or other property interest in any of the Virtual Goods you unlock, regardless of whether you acquired access to those Virtual Goods using Moonstones. Virtual Goods have no monetary value. You can’t redeem them for cash. You can’t obtain any refunds for purchasing Moonstones or Virtual Goods, except as expressly permitted by us.
We have the right to delete, alter, move, remove, or transfer any and all Game Content—including Virtual Goods—in whole or in part, at any time and for any reason or no reason, with or without notice to you, and with no liability of any kind to you.
16 - Real World Trading:
-16.1: Account selling is not allowed. It is considered as real world trading. Same goes for trading items for other private/official server items.
-16.2 Real world trading items is not allowed either. Both buying and selling is equally punished with a permanent trade restriction of all your accounts.
Note:After 60 days, you can apply once for an unban request, but all illegal gold or items will be removed
-16.3: You can appeal for Real World Trading bans only showing proofs of your innocence.
-16.4: Any kind of proofs will be judged by staffers. Proofs include: discord chats, whatsapp messages, videos, teamspeak recordings, facebook and in-game messages. This doesn't mean that any proof will be valid for a ban. Proofs will be judged extremely cautiously by us.
-16.5: Faking real world trading proofs will lead to a permanent ban of all your accounts.
-16.6: After being banned once for Real World Trading, getting banned again for the same reason could also lead to a PC trade ban. In addition, further restrictions can be imposed on an account or PC. We reserve the right to apply PC-bans in severe cases (this includes but is not limited to: middlemans or persons that operate on RWT as a business model)