OTP Gaming Rules & Regulations.
Rules & Regulations (These rules apply to all OTP Gaming services)
1. Harassment, Flaming, and Inappropriate Content.
OTP houses people coming from all different backgrounds, religions, beliefs, sexual orientations and more inside our community. With that, it is imperative we provide a safe space providing equal treatment throughout the community. OTP staff will not tolerate the harassment, belittling, defaming, demeaning, disrespectful and or any personal attacks towards any person or persons.
First offenders of this rule will receive a 24-hour mute, a second offense will result in in a 48-hour mute, followed by a 7-day mute. Users caught violating this rule a fourth time will receive a permanent mute on OTP services.
Messages sent through the yell system, general & clan chat, and Discord that staff members deem to fit the aforementioned description are subject to the punishments above.
Account names are monitored by the staff closely as well, choosing a username deemed offensive or disrespectful to any group a people will result in a permanent ban of said account.
Any sort of hate speech is strictly forbidden here on OTP, if you are caught discriminating against any group or person at any time, you will be removed from the OTP Gaming services immediately.
2. Spamming
Spamming is not permitted on any OTP Gaming service, spam causes nothing but chaos throughout the chat channels in game and discord. We expect our members to respect each other enough not to flood our screens with useless spam.
First offenders of this rule will receive a 24-hour mute, a second offense will result in in a 48-hour mute, followed by a 7-day mute. Users caught violating this rule a fourth time will receive a permanent mute on said account from OTP services with the staff having the discretion to deal an IP-mute to the user..
Users allocated a shorter yell time via donating are not excused from this rule!
Spamming the chat in order to beg for items will not be tolerated.
Auto-Typers are permitted inside the public chat (NOT YELL CHAT) in order to buy and sell items manually but must be on a 20 second interval between chats.
2(a). Clan Channel
Any irrelevant or NSFW content in official OTP clan chats is strictly forbidden. These chats are for community related conversations.
First offenders of this rule will receive a warning, a second offense will result in in a 24-hour mute, followed by a permanent mute.
Luring is not permitted through any official OTP clan chats.
First offenders of this rule will receive a 24-hour ban, a second offense will result in in a 72-hour ban, followed by a permanent account ban.
Advertising in official OTP clan chats is strictly prohibited.
First offenders of this rule will receive a warning, a second offense will result in in a 14-hour mute, followed by a permanent mute.
2(b). Yell Channel
Flaming, harassment, and trolling is strictly prohibited in the yell channel.
First offenders of this rule will receive a warning, a second offense will result in in a 24-hour mute, followed by a permanent mute.
You may advertise groups for world events, and other community based events but remember spamming the channel is against the rules.
Luring is not permitted through the OTP yell channel.
First offenders of this rule will receive a 24-hour ban, a second offense will result in in a 72-hour ban, followed by a permanent account ban.
OTP is primarily a English speaking community lets keep the language in the yell and official clan chats to English only.
First offenders of this rule will receive a 24-hour ban, a second offense will result in in a 72-hour ban, followed by a permanent account ban.
3. Advertising
Advertisement of any kind on OTP Gaming services is strictly prohibited unless explicitly told by ownership. This includes but is not limited to RSPS’s, RSPS community’s and other RSPS content outside of OTP content. Failure to comply with this rule will result in the immediate removal from our services with no chance to appeal this punishment.
3(a). Advertising on other communities
Advertisement of any kind on OTP Gaming services is strictly prohibited unless explicitly told by ownership. This includes but is not limited to RSPS’s, RSPS community’s and other RSPS content outside of OTP content. Failure to comply with this rule will result in the immediate removal from our services with no chance to appeal this punishment.
4. Hacking, Phishing, and Threatening Content.
Any form of hacking is strictly prohibited
Any member caught hacking in any degree you will be permanently removed from OTP Gaming services.
Threatening to DDoS, DOX, or harm another community member will not be tolerated whatsoever.
First offenders of this rule will receive a 24-hour mute, a second offense will result in in a 72-hour mute. Users caught violating this rule a third time will receive a permanent mute on said account from OTP services with the staff having the discretion to deal an IP-mute to the user permanently.
Threatening to harm OTP in any way will not be tolerated.
If you are caught doing so you will be permanently removed from OTP Gaming services.
5. Real World Trading
The act of using OTP content for real world trading will not be tolerated.
Users found partaking in RWT will have their account wiped and banned from OTP permanently. If you are caught a second time you will receive a IP-Ban from our services.
6. Account Sharing & Multi Logging
OTP permits players to login to up to four accounts simultaneously, but we do not permit players to utilize this luxury to gain significant advantages amongst your peers.
First offenders of this rule will receive a 24-hour ban, a second offense will result in in a 72-hour ban, followed by a permanent account ban.
Multi-logging in the wilderness is permitted solely if your accounts are in separate regions performing separate tasks. Failure to comply means you are subject to the punishments above. We will use our discretion to handle any rule breaks as we see fit.
7. Third-Party Software
Use of third-party software to provide an advantage over your peers will not be tolerated.
First offenders of this rule will receive a 24-hour ban, a second offense will result in in a 72-hour ban, followed by a permanent account ban.
7(a). VPN Voting
Use of continuous IP changing to abuse the voting reward system in any fashion tolerated.
First offenders of this rule will receive a 24-hour ban plus vote wipe, a second offense will result in in a permanent account ban, followed by a IP-ban.
8. Bug Abuse
Users found abusing a bug and or glitch in the OTP system to gain advantage over other players in any way will not be tolerated. Players are expected to report bugs and or glitches immediately after being found.
First offenders of this rule will receive a permanent account ban, a second offense will result in a IP-ban.
9. Gambling/Scamming
Scamming will not be tolerated on OTP, if you are found guilty of scamming you will be IP-Banned from our servers immediately.
Refunds in gambling will only be provided in the event a user has sufficient proof of a glitch in the system, and or a scam has taken place.
Only OTP Staff Members are considered OFFICIAL Middle-Men.
10. PvP
Luring
Luring is mostly allowed in the OTP wilderness with a few exceptions.
Players can not attempt to lure members to the wilderness via the Yell or Official OTP Clan channels.
Attempting to lure OTP Staff members to the wilderness on the basis of needing help only to kill them will not be tolerated.
First offenders of this rule will receive a 24-hour ban, a second offense will result in in a 1-Week ban, followed by a permanent account ban.
PJing/Rushing
PJing/Rushing is allowed, if you are constantly reported with sufficient evidence for unnecessary harassment of a player in the wilderness the staff has the discretion to handle it.
First offenders of this rule will receive a 14-hour jail, a second offense will result in in a 24-hour ban, followed by a permanent account ban.
Farming
Farming non-legit kills will not be tolerated.
First offenders of this rule will receive a 24-hour ban as well as a PKP point and ticket wipe, a second offense will result in in a 1-Week ban and account wipe, followed by a permanent account ban.
OTP will not be held responsible for the loss of items due to disconnections inside the wilderness, this are is considered dangerous so enter at your own risk!
11. Evasion of Punishments
Users caught avoiding a punishment will be dealt will promptly. Punishments are given to keep order on OTP, failure to comply with your given sanctions will result in severe punishment. Users are entitled to file an appeal through the website or discord.
First offenders of this rule will receive a permanent account ban or an IP-Ban, depending on the severity of the situation.
12. Impersonations
Impersonations of anyone on the OTP Staff Team will not be tolerated.
Impersonating any entertainment figure associated with OTP or not will not be tolerated.
Opening clan chats to supplement official OTP clan chats will not be tolerated.
First offenders of this rule will receive a permanent ban, a second offense will result in in a IP-ban.