Revision as of 10:16, 27 March 2018

Read this carefully.

“You” refers to any user (player). “We” refers to the Corporation for Inter-World Tourism and Adventuring (CIWTA) and our staff and volunteers.

Terms of Service

You can Play

This game is here to be enjoyed. In order for everyone to enjoy it, however, we must all follow the rules.

If you do not follow the rules, you must not play.

This includes the Tootsville online game, and all its supporting services: the Wiki, Tootsbook, and all other services that we operate.

Parental Supervision

You must sign in with an external account. Currently, this must be a Google Account.

It is a violation of their (and our) Terms of Service to register a Google Account to someone under the age of 13, without parental supervision.

A parent or guardian may sign in their child, and the child may have their own game character.

Parents are responsible for monitoring their child's online interactions.

Consequences

If you do not abide by these rules, there may be consequences.

We may use technology to block your access to the game.
If you do something illegal, we may report crimes to law enforcement agencies, or sue you in civil court.
We can take any action necessary to protect our players, their enjoyment of the game, or other things that belong to us or are used by us, such as computer systems and software.

What is allowed

You can play this game if you abide by the rules of the game and these Terms of Service.

You can make certain fair use of our copyrighted materials and free (libre) and open source software. See: FOSS

Common Community Standards

These rules are summarized as: Be Nice

No Illegal Activities — You must not use our services to perform, promote, or encourage anyone to do anything that is illegal.
- No Child Exploitation — We have ZERO tolerance for exploiting or abusing children or young people. We will forward any case we discover to law enforcement.
No Hate Speech — You must not create or share content, or talk in a way, that encourages violence or discrimination against any group of people. This includes offensive speech about people of a certain religion, sex, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, romantic orientation, physical disability, or mental disability (among other things).
- You many not promote any organization who does so.
- No Harassment, Bullying, nor Threats
No Impersonation of other people.
- No sharing other people's personal or confidential information
No Gambling for real-world winnings (eg: goods, services, or money).
No Spam — You may not send unwanted promotions for a commercial, political, nor non-profit organization.

We will apply our own judgment in deciding if they have been violated.

Contextual Standards

All players must be aware of the Diamond ◆ symbol next to children's character names, and the names of players who are sensitive to certain discussions.

What may be appropriate to discuss among your friends may not be appropriate to discuss with everyone. Discussions of alcohol, religion, smoking, sex, and other topics may be offensive to some players and inappropriate with children.

Take care to not discuss these topics around players who are children or who have said that they do not want to hear these things.

Adult Discussions in Adult Areas Only — There are specific areas in the game which are clearly marked as being Adults Only areas. Outside of these areas:
- No Sexual Discussion
- No Discussion of Violence
- No Discussion of Smoking, Alcohol, or Drug Use
- No Obscenity or Profanity
- Even in adult areas, No Extreme Obscenities, and No Wanton/Gratuitous Violence.

No Cheating

If you intentionally modify the game software or data, interfere with communications, or otherwise take actions to bypass the game's rules and coding, you are committing a crime, not to mention spoiling the fun for everyone. Don't do it.

We have final say.

Sorry, but we have to say it. Ultimately, this is our game, and if someone finds a way to misbehave that we didn't think of, we have the right to "tell you to leave."

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+<big> Read this carefully. </big>
-Terms of Service
+“You” refers to any user (player). “We” refers to the Corporation for Inter-World Tourism and Adventuring ([[CIWTA]]) and our staff and volunteers.
-Read this carefully.
-You can Play
-This game is here to be enjoyed. In order for everyone to enjoy it, however, we must present certain rules.
+= Terms of Service =
-Parental Supervision
-You must sign in with a Google Account. It is a violation of both Google's, and our, Terms of Service to register a Google Account to someone under the age of 13.
+== You can Play ==
-However, a parent or guardian may sign in a child with their own character.
+This game is here to be enjoyed. In order for everyone to enjoy it, however, we must all follow the rules.
-Parents are responsible for monitoring their child's online interactions.
+If you do not follow the rules, you must not play.
-Consequences
-If you do not abide by these rules, there may be consequences.
+This includes the Tootsville online game, and all its supporting services: the Wiki, Tootsbook, and all other services that we operate.
+== Parental Supervision ==
+You must sign in with an external account. Currently, this must be a Google Account.
+It is a violation of their (and our) Terms of Service to register a Google Account to someone under the age of 13, without parental supervision.
+A parent or guardian ''may'' sign in their child, and the child may have their own game character.
-    We may use technology to block your access to the game.
+Parents are '''responsible''' for monitoring their child's online interactions.
-    We may take legal action to redress any illegal actions you have taken, such as reporting crimes to law enforcement agencies, or taking action in civil court.
-What is allowed
+== Consequences ==
-You can play this game if you abide by the rules of the game and these Terms of Service.
+If you do not abide by these rules, there may be consequences.
-You can make certain fair use of our copyrighted materials and free (libre) and open source software.
+* We may use technology to block your access to the game.
-Non-bullying speech
+* If you do something illegal, we may report crimes to law enforcement agencies, or sue you in civil court.
+* We can take any action necessary to protect our players, their enjoyment of the game, or other things that belong to us or are used by us, such as computer systems and software.
-We understand that you may say certain things "in fun" that could be taken out of context as hate speech. While we have very strong feelings about hate speech and bullying, we are not going to be "silly" about it.
+== What is allowed ==
-Common Community Standards
-We follow Google's lead in what is considered to be appropriate material for our games as a whole.
+You can play this game if you abide by the rules of the game and these Terms of Service.
-Contextual Standards
-All players should be aware that the Diamond ◆ symbol appears next to children's character names.
+You can make certain fair use of our copyrighted materials and free (libre) and open source software. See: [[FOSS]]
-Be aware that what may be appropriate to discuss among your friends may not be appropriate to discuss with everyone. Discussions of alcohol, religion, smoking, sex, and other topics may be offensive to some players.
+== Common Community Standards ==
-Please take reasonable care to not discuss these topics around players who are children or who have said that they do not want to hear these things.
+These rules are summarized as: <big>Be Nice</big>
-What is NOT allowed
-No Advertising
-Advertising for events, organizations, or anything else is usually not allowed.
+* '''No Illegal Activities''' — You must not use our services to perform, promote, or encourage anyone to do anything that is illegal.
-Don't Cheat.
+** '''No Child Exploitation''' — We have ZERO tolerance for exploiting or abusing children or young people. We ''will'' forward any case we discover to law enforcement.
+* '''No Hate Speech''' — You must not create or share content, or talk in a way, that encourages violence or discrimination against any group of people. This includes offensive speech about people of a certain religion, sex, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, romantic orientation, physical disability, or mental disability (among other things).
+** You many not promote any organization who does so.
+** '''No Harassment, Bullying, nor Threats'''
+* '''No Impersonation''' of other people.
+** '''No sharing other people's personal or confidential information'''
+* '''No Gambling''' for real-world winnings (eg: goods, services, or money).
+* '''No Spam''' — You may not send unwanted promotions for a commercial, political, nor non-profit organization.
-If you intentionally modify the game software or data, interfere with communications with the servers, or otherwise take actions to bypass the game's rules and coding, you are committing a crime, not to mention spoiling the fun for everyone. Don't do it.
+We will apply our own judgment in deciding if they have been violated.
-Don't be Mean.
-Bullying, hate speech, and generally anti-social actions taken in the game itself, or in related communications (messaging, forums, and so forth) are not allowed.
+=== Contextual Standards ===
-This includes any speech that is designed to hurt someone's feelings or cause them distress, including threats or intimidation. (We will use our own discretion in judging where this "crosses the line" into bullying from being "just joshing".)
+All players must be aware of the Diamond ◆ symbol next to children's character names, and the names of players who are sensitive to certain discussions.
-Specifically, we will take particularly harsh actions against anyone who targets another person or group of people based upon their religion, sex, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, romantic orientation, physical disability, or mental disability (among other things).
+What may be appropriate to discuss among your friends may ''not'' be appropriate to discuss with everyone. Discussions of alcohol, religion, smoking, sex, and other topics may be offensive to some players and inappropriate with children.
-Here are some explanation of bullying.
+Take care to not discuss these topics around players who are children or who have said that they do not want to hear these things.
-This also explicity includes the use of "epithets" that insult a group of people, such as racial slurs.
+* '''Adult Discussions in Adult Areas Only''' — There are specific areas in the game which are clearly marked as being [[Adults Only]] areas. Outside of these areas:
+** '''No Sexual Discussion'''
+** '''No Discussion of Violence'''
+** '''No Discussion of Smoking, Alcohol, or Drug Use'''
+** '''No Obscenity or Profanity'''
+** Even ''in'' adult areas, '''No Extreme Obscenities,''' and '''No Wanton/Gratuitous Violence'''.
-It's hard to tell if you're kidding, so please use some common sense. For example, some groups use words among themself, which (when used by outsiders) are offensive. We can't tell online if you're using those words that way, so please just don't use them. (This includes the use of "N—r" among Black Americans, and "F—t" by some queer people. Just don't do it, OK?)
+=== No Cheating ===
-Human Rights
-Sometimes, you might want to speak about politics, in the world at large, or in your region. Most of the time, we have no problem with you expressing your views or even mentioning which candidate(s) you support.
+If you intentionally modify the game software or data, interfere with communications, or otherwise take actions to bypass the game's rules and coding, you are committing a crime, not to mention spoiling the fun for everyone. Don't do it.
-However, there is a limit. We may not permit promoting political movements, parties, or politicians who are engaged in attempting to undermine Universal Human Rights from any person or group. This includes pro-racism, religious intolerance, or "homophobia." This includes any political party or movement that would be considered a Hate Group, a terrorist organization, or just mean.
+== We have final say. ==
-We have final say.
 Sorry, but we have to say it. Ultimately, this is our game, and if someone finds a way to misbehave that we didn't think of, we have the right to "tell you to leave."

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