Official TERA Forums Rules

Official TERA Forums
Forum Rules

Please read these rules in full. Ignorance of the rules does not excuse violation of them. Violations may result in temporary suspension from the TERA official forums or permanent closure of the account in question. Participating on the TERA official forums is a privilege granted by En Masse Entertainment, not a right, and may be revoked for a temporary or permanent duration. For more information, please consult our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

1) CONTENT: The following sections outline language, expression, and naming of characters, accounts, or guilds, clear or masked, which is not allowed on the TERA official forums.

A. Race, Ethnicity, Nationality, Religion, and Politics
- Anything that promotes, is recognized as, or alludes to symbols of racial, ethnic, national, religious, or political hatred or slurs.
- Anything related to politics.
- Anything related to religion.

B. Sexuality and Violence
- Anything that promotes, is recognized as, or alludes to symbols of excessively sexual or violent acts.
- Anything that promotes, is recognized as, or alludes to symbols of minors in sexual situations.
- Anything that insults or demeans any aspect of any sexual orientation.
- Anything construed as pornographic.
- Any references to violence occurring outside of TERA.

C. Personal Information and Threats
- Any release of personal information about yourself, other individuals, or En Masse Entertainment employees.
- Any threats, veiled or otherwise, made against yourself, other individuals, or En Masse Entertainment employees.

D. Inappropriate Obscenity, Vulgarity, and Profanity
- Anything construed as referring to human anatomy or bodily functions inappropriately.
- Anything construed as excessively crude or offensive.

E. Illegal Activity
- Any references to illegal activities or illegal drugs.

F. Harassment and Defamatory Statements
- Anything construed as referring to other individuals or En Masse Entertainment employees using any disallowed content or behavior.

G. Discussion of Moderator Action
- Excessive and direct reference to past, present, or future moderator action on the official forums.
- Excessive discussion or debate of the TERA official forums rules.

H. Foreign Languages
- Use of foreign languages to circumvent moderation.

2) BEHAVIOR: The following sections outline actions which are not allowed on the TERA official forums.

A. Disruption
- Any language or actions intended to disturb other individuals.
- Any disruption or exploitation of contests and promotions.
- Disruptive practical jokes on any day other than April 1.

B. Spamming and Post Content
- Excessive repetition of a single phrase, similar phrases, image or images, or incoherent gibberish.
- Excessive use of Caps Lock.
- "First posting".
- Posts with minimal or no content.
- Posts that do not contribute to the overall conversation.
- "Goodbye" threads.
- Threads or posts whose primary purpose is dramatic effect rather than substantive discussion.

C. Advertising
- Any promotion of non-En Masse Entertainment, non-TERA commercial ventures.

D. Scamming
- Acquiring items, currency, or any other in-game possessions from another individual through misinformation, confusion, or fraud.

E. Cheating
- All forms of illegal or unfair gameplay including the use of third-party applications to improve performance.

F. Multiple Accounts and Impersonation
- Creation of multiple accounts by a single individual solely for use on the official forums.
- Creation of multiple accounts for the purpose of evading suspension or account closure.
- Any impersonation of other individuals or En Masse Entertainment, Bluehole Studio, or their partners' employees. Note: All En Masse Entertainment, Bluehole Studio, and partner company representatives are required to have a custom title denoting their position and employer, so you will always be aware of whom is a company representative. This includes falsely quoting moderators or staff members.
- Misrepresentation of En Masse Entertainment, Bluehole Studio, or their partners.

G. Trading In-Game Items or Accounts for Real-World Currency
- Requesting, arranging, or offering the exchange of in-game items or accounts for real-world currency.
- Requesting, arranging, or offering the exchange of real-world currency.

3) MODERATOR PREROGATIVE: Interpretation of the above rules is at the sole discretion of the moderators. Content and behavior outside of these listed rules are also subject to moderator review and action. All decisions made by En Masse Entertainment moderators are final.

4) ACCOUNT CLOSURE: Account closures executed by the En Masse Entertainment moderators are permanent. New accounts made by owners of closed accounts will be summarily closed.

Accounts found to be violating these rules may:
- Be given a warning.
- Be given a final warning where any further violations will result in suspension from the TERA official forums or account closure.
- Be temporarily suspended from the TERA official forums.
- Be permanently closed.

This list of rules will be updated as necessary.
-- Scapes

Formatting and legibility updates.

If you haven't read the forum rules yet, now is a good time!
-- Scapes

Updated May 26, 2010

Updated sections and adds:

2. B. Added following:

- "Goodbye" threads.
- Threads or posts whose primary purpose is dramatic effect rather than substantive conversation.

3. Moderator Prerogative. Added stipulation:

Interpretation of the above rules is at the sole discretion of the moderators.

Updated July 19, 2010

Updated sections and adds:

Notes to 2F regarding employee custom titles
Added Bluehole Studios and partners to clarify misrepresentation statements.

Updated August 31 2010:

Section 2 A - Disruptive practical jokes will result in a ban any day other than April 1.