UnovaRPG Rule Book

These are the Rules for #UnovaRPG and all related Sub-Channels.
1. No Spamming: Do not spam. This means typing random keys and smashing your enter button. We get it, you can use a keyboard. This causes a lot of disruption for those who are chatting and is found to be very annoying.

2. No flooding: Do not flood. Sending more than 4 messages in the space of 3 seconds is considered flooding. Try to keep your sentence in 1 line.

3. Always be approrpiate: Swearing is prohibited in our channels. There are kids who join these channels and should not be seeing such foul language. Would you want your kid coming online to see swears? If you would, it doesn’t matter, don’t do it. This includes psuedo-swearing. This also means no talking about sexual related things, having inappropriate nicknames, etc.

4. No arguing: Do not needlessly argue with users. If it is a debate it is a different matter. Arguing with others disrupts the experience of others and can be considered annoying. Try to avoid arguments with staff regarding kicks, bans or anything in relation to that. One of the owners will check it and it will be sorted.

5. No Using Excessive Caps: Using excessive amounts of caps in your messages is not allowed. SENDING A MESSAGE LIKE THIS IN THE CHATROOM WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED AS YOU WILL GET KICKED FOR IT. You may use caps for things like ‘LOL’, ‘LMFAO, ‘XD’, etc. Keep it to a minimum.

6. NO SCAMMING: Scamming other users will NOT be tolerated at all. Whether you scam them of their ICs, Pokemon, Accounts, it doesn’t matter. You will get an instant ban from all UnovaRPG channels if you’re caught attempting to scam, and you will get an akick (auto kick and ban as soon as you join) and it may be a very long time before that gets removed, if it gets removed at all. Doing trades in pm is done at your own risk. Don’t allow yourself to get scammed. Scamming can also lead to a ban from the UnovaRPGNet IRC Network entirely. Attempted scamming is treated the same as successfully scamming another user.

7. Language: #UnovaRPG is an English ONLY channel. #UnovaRPG-ES is a Spanish channel. #RP and #Trade are multi-lingual and any language can be used there. #UnovaRPG-es may soon be changed to an international channel where any language other than English can be spoken there.

8. Roleplaying: All Role-Playing goes in #RP, in PM, or in some other channel, NOT in any of the other #UnovaRPG channels. Keep your roleplays appropriate in the public Roleplaying channel. Roleplaying may also be done in other, non #UnovaRPG Channels.

9. Impersonation: Do not impersonate other users or staff. This means pretending to be them. This also includes backseat moderating. If you’re not a member of staff, don’t pretend to be one. If you can see someone breaking rules and a member of staff has not dealt with it, give them a light and friendly warning that they will be dealt with. If it continues, leave it for the operators to deal with when one is active. Asking for operator won’t get you it either, if we need any we’ll mention it.

10. Ban-evasions: Do not evade your bans. If you have been banned, you have been banned for a reason. Complete the ban and do not do anything that will allow you to re-join the channels. Complete it and you will be allowed back without any trouble. If you continue to evade your bans, you willl be making life harder for yourself. Also, there are certain text bans set on the channel to prevent the chatting from disruptions, don’t evade them. They are there for a reason. (For example, saying tr@ding instead of trading in #UnovaRPG)

11. Common Sense Rule: Use Common Sense! Attempting to find loopholes in the rules won’t work. Doing so in bad faith can get you banned. If you’re not sure if you can say or do something, you probably can’t. Ask an Op if you’re not sure.

12. Be nice to everyone: Being nice will always get you places. Being horrible to others will get you places, but they are places you would not want to be in. Don’t be rude or disrespectful towards others as it will bring up arguments.

13. Do NOT Ask for Op/Rank: Asking for Operator or other Channel Rank will NOT get you the rank you requested. It will also annoy any staff members currently online, and will get you banned. So don’t do it. If we’re looking to make someone staff, WE will contact THEM.

14. Do NOT Recruit for Teams in the Chat: General discussion about teams in the game is okay, however asking people to join your team is NOT ALLOWED. If in doubt, ask a Chat Room Moderator. If a Chat Moderator tells you to stop talking about teams, STOP TALKING ABOUT TEAMS!

BAN INFORMATION:
If you get banned by the Channel Bot, don’t panic! The first time you’re banned is only temporary, for 2 hours. If you do it again, or you ban evade, it will be increased. If a Staff Member bans you, you’ll be banned for a duration of time set by the Staff Member. If you would like to appeal your ban, contact Magiobiwan at magiobiwan@unovarpgnet.net via e-mail and RESPECTFULLY explain the issue at hand. Please include the nickname you were using at the time of the ban, the approximate time/date of the ban (and your local timezone), and which channel you were banned from. He will respond to you when he has time.
Usually you’ll get a warning/kick before you’re banned, HOWEVER staff may choose to skip that level if your behavior warrants it.

OTHER NOTES:
Anything can be spoken about in #UnovaRPG as long as it’s appropriate. It is a channel for general talk, as well as the actual game itself.

Automated Bot Bans are lifted after 2 hours. If the bot automatically banned you and you haven’t been unbanned after 2 hours, mention it to a member of staff and they will check and deal with it appropriately. You will only be banned from the channel where you break the rule in. However, scamming attempts may lead to a Network-wide ban, preventing you from joining any channels on the Chat Room.

If you’re a regular user and a member of staff catches you breaking rules, you may be kicked/banned without warning. As regular users you should know what is right and what is wrong. You will be lucky to get a warning.

If you think you have been kick/banned or have seen someone get kicked/banned by a staff member for a reason that is not deemed approrpiate, let Lucario/Marcus know. He will deal with it.

If you are a user that continues to get banned, regardless of what rule you are breaking, you may be added to the auto-join kick and ban list.

You should not be banned for things that happened in PM/other channels unless it’s an attempt to scam. If a member of staff has banned you for personal reasons let an owner or admin know and they will consider your appeal.
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Live Battle Zone Rules

Your rival must have a validated account (with a verified email address). If not we won't count your battle on your score.

- If you end a battle against the same rival up to two minutes after the previous one, it won't be counted.

- Up to three wins against the same rival per tournament is counted.

Live Battle Zone Rules
- Lost battles may reduce your score in some cases. Also, you may get higher score after a particular battle (for example, if you won against a powerful rival trainer).

- Every time you leave three battles (consecutive or non consecutive) without finish them your score will be reduced.

Important: any kind of manipulation to artificially increase your score WON'T be tolerated, and we may remove all your score and / or ban you from Pokemon Online Battles.
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Private Message Rules

Please, don't send SPAM or "strange offers" to other users.

Don't reveal your personal or login information to other players. Our staff will NEVER ask for your password. If you've received a message from someone claiming to be from the UnovaRPG staff and asks for your password, ignore it and send us an email. If you want to denounce abuses in your account, write us at info@unovarpg.com (don't forget to mention your username in your email).

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About UnovaRPG Pokemon online game

First off we would like to clarify that UnovaRPG IS NOT an official Nintendo's game. There are two students behind this and some contributors. But we're not affiliated with Nintendo nor any Pokemon rights owner in any way. We have only one ads banner that we use to pay the server, we don't ask for money and donations here, this website is completely free.

Why we created this? just because we love Pokemon and we're PHP programmers. We love the original games (and we spent hours of our life playing them) so we decided to try with a Pokemon website that simulates the Pokemon mechanic algorithms.

UnovaRPG is a free Pokemon online game, built with PHP/Javascript/Ajax. Basically every player can catch, fight and evolve their Pokemon. Also, the free online game allows online battles between players. We haven't too much to say here. If you'd like to know more about the game funcionality, just go to the Getting Started section.

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Terms and Conditions

Important Legal Information

We are in no way affiliated with Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, Creatures Inc. or Game Freak . No copyright or trademark infringement is intended. Pokémon, all Pokémon names, and related names used are copyright: Gamefreak, Nintendo of America, Nintendo of Japan, Creatures and it's respective owners.

We do not accept donations and we don't sell items or special features. Registration and navigation is completely free. This is only a fan-site.

We encourage you to buy the Pokemon Video Games. They should be easily available at your country's Amazon or Ebay if not at any local stores.

Legal information about the project.

Terms and Conditions

Limit of Liability

User agrees that the use of the UnovaRPG's services is entirely at User's own risk. UnovaRPG's services are provided on an "as is" basis without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, constructive, or statutory, including, without limitation, any implied warranties of merchantability, non-infringement or fitness for a particular purpose.

UnovaRPG makes no guarantee of availability of service and reserves the right to change, withdraw, suspend, or discontinue any functionality or feature of the UnovaRPG's services. In no event shall UnovaRPG be liable for any damages, including, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of the use of or inability to use the UnovaRPG's services or any content thereon. This disclaimer applies, without limitation, to any damages or injury, whether for breach of contract, tort, or otherwise, caused by any failure of performance; error; omission; interruption; deletion; defect; delay in operation or transmission; computer virus; file corruption; communication-line failure; network or system outage; or theft, destruction, unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of any record.

User agrees to indemnify and hold UnovaRPG harmless from any loss, liability, claims, damages and expenses, including attorneys fees, arising from or related to the content, use, or deletion of User's Files or use of any other feature or service. This expressly includes:
- User's responsibility for any and all liability arising from the violation or infringement of proprietary rights or copyrights.
- Any defamatory or unlawful material contained within User's Files.

To ensure the privacy of kids, we do not collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. Only a user name that they have chosen and information related to the game (such as Pokémon they have, badges earned, etc) is available to other members.

Any personal information provided to UnovaRPG will not be sold or given out.

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Privacy Policy:

The privacy of our visitors to pkindigo.com is important to us.

At pkindigo.com, we recognize that privacy of your personal information is important. Here is information on what types of personal information we receive and collect when you use and visit pkindigo.com, and how we safeguard your information.  We never sell your personal information to third parties.

Log Files
As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files.  The information in the log files include  your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider, such as AOL or Shaw Cable), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox), the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site.

Cookies and Web Beacons
We do use cookies to store information, such as your personal preferences when you visit our site.  This could include only showing you a popup once in your visit, or the ability to login to some of our features, such as forums.

We also use third party advertisements on pkindigo.com to support our site.  Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information including your IP address, your ISP , the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed.  This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing New York real estate ads to someone in New York, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites).

DoubleClick DART cookies
We also may use DART cookings for ad serving through Google’s DoubleClick, which places a cookie on your computer when you are browsing the web and visit a site using DoubleClick advertising (including some Google AdSense advertisements).  This cookie is used to serve ads specific to you and your interests (”interest based targeting”).  The ads served will be targeted based on your previous browsing history (For example, if you have been viewing sites about visiting Las Vegas, you may see Las Vegas hotel advertisements when viewing a non-related site, such as on a site about hockey).  DART uses “non personally identifiable information”.  It does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, telephone number, social security numbers, bank account numbers or credit card numbers.  You can opt-out of this ad serving on all sites using this advertising by visiting http://www.doubleclick.com/privacy/dart_adserving.aspx

You can chose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security.  However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites.  This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.

Deleting cookies does not mean you are permanently opted out of any advertising program.  Unless you have settings that disallow cookies, the next time you visit a site running the advertisements, a new cookie will be added.

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 Q. I haven't been playing for a while and now I can't access my account

A. We're sorry, but if you didn't log in at least ONCE on the last 365 days, our filter have deleted your account.
This is because we don't have servers enough to keep your account forever if you don't use it.
However, if this happened to you please sign up again (with the same or different username) and contact us. We'll help you to recover your items and Pokémon.

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Q. I can't activate my account. I've received an invalid code!

A. Sometimes our servers reach a traffic peak and you will get this message. However YOUR ACCOUNT WAS VALIDATED. So do not pay attention to this message and login using your username and password at the following URL:

http://www.unovarpg.com/login.php

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Q. When I signup, it says that my email was already used. But I've never registered on your game before...

A. When you're submitting the signup form, you can accidentally click more than once on the "Register" button. If so, you'll get this message, so just search for the confirmation email in your inbox and complete the registration process. If you didn't receive the confirmation email, just wait a couple hours and try to login.

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Q. How can I delete my account?

A. If you don't want to play UnovaRPG (Pokemon Indigo) anymore and you want to delete your account for any reason, just don't login for 45 days and our filters will delete your account automatically.

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