Rules

Last Updated: December 24 2009

General Rules

Multiple Accounts

No more than one account is allowed per user. Creating new accounts to receive reference credits, transfer money, items, pretend to be someone else, etc. will not be tolerated. Any other account created by a user after the first one will be considered a multiple account (also called "multi") and will be banned permanently. In addition, the main account of that user will receive a warning/ban according with the infraction. If the user does not stop after those warnings/bans his IP will also be banned. Creating a new account in order to contact staff to question a ban is also no excuse. If you share the same connection with other players being it siblings, friends, public computers, etc. you should warn a staff member so that they can add it to your records and avoid bans. You should also keep in mind to not make any kind of transfer (money, items, etc.) between the same IP, otherwise you will be questioned about it and possible bans can be applied.
Offence 1: Banned for 30 days.
Offence 2: Banned for 300 days.

Violation of Account Ownership

An account may have only one owner. Any attempt to sell, give away or actually access other user's account will be considered a violation of account ownership and so forth bans will be applied to both the original owner and the one who accessed it. Creating an account in City Struggle is a permanent commitment meaning no other accounts may be created by that user later under any circumstances (even if the player wishes to start from fresh).
Offence 1: Banned for 30 days.
Offence 2: Banned for 300 days.

Hacking

Is considered hacking any attempt of gaining unauthorized access to another user's account, restricted parts of the game itself, use continuous connections, software's like auto-refreshers, macros, bots, etc. or any other action that affects the game in his normal way of work. This also includes trying to discover other's passwords. Hacking will not be tolerated in the slightest way and immediate bans will be applied in more serious cases.
Offence 1: Banned for 300 days.

Game Bugs

Any user found using a game feature or addition in a way it was not intended to be used will be banned and have any advantages taken away. Any bug or error in the game must be reported through the bug reports or to a staff member in order for it to be fixed as soon as possible.
Offence 1: Banned for 7 days.
Offence 2: Banned for 30 days.
Offence 3: Banned for 300 days.

Scamming

It is considered scamming when you make a promise that you later do not fulfill. This happens when a player does not complete his/her part of an agreement made through CS's official ways of communication (private mail, forums, chat, etc.). Agreements made outside of CS cannot be confirmed by staff and so for are not reviewed. Please note that there is a scam proof trading system that has been coded for your benefit. Since that trading system is only complete once both parts accept it this is also considered another form of contract. Therefore, when both parts accept that trade staff can no longer intervene.
Offence 1: Warned.
Offence 2: Banned for 3 days.
Offence 3: Banned for 7 days.

Abuse of Reporting System

The reporting system is put in place to help and assure the good moderation of the game, By creating fake reports you are not only putting other player's reputation at stake unfairly but also wasting staff members time and so forth prejudicing the good maintenance of the game. Spamming the reporting system with fake reports will result in a warning and after that a ban so always be sure about a report when submitting it.
Offence 1: Warned.
Offence 2: Banned for 3 days.
Offence 3: Banned for 7 days.
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Mail Rules

Swearing/Racism/Sexism

Sending offensive mails to other users will not be tolerated as it is of the games interest that every user enjoys their time in it without feeling offended or discriminated in any way.
Offence 1: Warned.
Offence 2: Mail Banned for 3 days.
Offence 3: Mail Banned for 7 days.

Harassment

Harassing a user through mail is a very serious offence. Harassment is but not limited to: personal threats, repeatable name calling, repeatable slander, continuous mailing in order to achieve something, etc.. If you continue to mail a user for the purpose of including any unpleasant mails then this is harassment.
Offence 1: Warned.
Offence 2: Mail Banned for 3 days.
Offence 3: Mail Banned for 7 days.

Spamming

Spamming is repeatedly sending another user mails with equal or similar content and no contribution to a conversation. Our users have a right to use their mailbox effectively. It should not be filled with useless mail that they have no interest in.
Offence 1: Warned.
Offence 2: Mail Banned for 3 days.
Offence 3: Mail Banned for 7 days.

Advertising

As a user of City Struggle you are not allowed to use the private mail system as a channel to mass advertise other games or websites, A user found doing so may see his mailing ability blocked in order to stop that action.
Offence 1: Warned.
Offence 2: Mail Banned for 3 days.
Offence 3: Mail Banned for 7 days.
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Forum Rules

Spamming/Double Posting

It is considered spamming to create consecutive posts with equal or similar content resulting in useless forum space occupied. Double post is the act of posting two replies/threads one after the other. If you forgot to add something on your previous post simply use the edit button. Or if you wish to eliminate it edit it expressing that request and/or contact a staff member to delete your post. Players should also take in consideration to not post too much posts in a small period of time or to not make a topic a conversation between only two persons.
Offence 1: Warned.
Offence 2: Forum Banned for 7 days.
Offence 3: Forum Banned for 15 days.

Swearing/Racism/Sexism

Swearing is described as using profanity directed towards another user. The use of bad language on forums will be tolerated at a very minimum so if you are not sure if some term or form of expression you would use breaks this rule then do not use it. Also, any form of racism/sexism used against someone's race, sex or even religion are inappropriate and unacceptable and will be punished.
Offence 1: Warned.
Offence 2: Forum Banned for 7 days.
Offence 3: Forum Banned for 15 days.

Going Off Topic

To create a structured forum environment, the topic creator decides what the topic is about. As a result you must follow along the same guidelines as the topic. Going off topic creates unnecessary spam and destroys the purpose of the forums.
Offence 1: Warned.
Offence 2: Warned.
Offence 3: Forum Banned for 5 days.

Bumping

Bumping is the act of making a new post in a thread to bring her to the top of the forum page making it more notorious. While a "bump" is usually a reply with no real content meaning it is very similar to spam it will be tolerated in some cases like gang threads, trading offers, suggestions, etc. and never more than once per hour to avoid spamming. Any user/post breaking this rule will be reported for excessive bumping.
Offence 1: Warned.
Offence 2: Warned.
Offence 3: Forum Banned for 5 days.

Advertising

While referring to other games in the forums will be accepted, publishing addresses, links or attempt in any way to lead other players into other games will be considered advertisement and therefore warned and eliminated. This includes advertisements to Pay Per click sites and any other referral sites.
Offence 1: Warned.
Offence 2: Forum Banned for 5 days.
Offence 3: Forum Banned for 10 days.

Impersonating Staff

It is illegal to impersonate a staff member in any way at the forums by trying to scare or threat another user in order to get him banned. Only assigned staff members have the permission and right to give warnings or bans to users. Therefore any non staff member found pretending to do that will be breaking this rule.
Offence 1: Warned.
Offence 2: Forum Banned for 5 days.
Offence 3: Forum Banned for 10 days.

Forum Signatures

To be considerate about others, your forum signature cannot exceed 600 pixel width and 200 pixel height. If after warned you insist to not remove or change your signature you will be forum banned and your signature removed
Offence 1: Warned.
Offence 2: Forum Banned for 5 days.
Offence 3: Forum Banned for 10 days.
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