Milking/Pushing rule full details

[Captain Jack]

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Arranging Battles is Prohibited


Our long experience in game administration, has shown us that cheaters will try to bypass this rule to their own benefit. Therefore we have created a more detailed entry for this rule for everyone to be aware of what is allowed and what is not.

Your help in catching such cheaters is requested. You may report anyone you suspect of violating this rule at http://s2.piratesglory.com/index.php?page=contact (Use webmaster@evdaimon.com if you are banned, to protest).
Report FaQ can be found here

Before giving details, we would like to share our experience with you. The main violators of this rule, constitute to less than 1% of the playerbase. The rest don't really need to read this. Just play your game normally. Sometimes, it might be as low as 1 violator per 1000 players. The common trait of the violators is that they are uncompetitive players that manage to be competitive by taking severe advantage of other players or accounts they create alone.

Once such a player is detected, he will be banned permanently, at most cases with no warning before hand. We will not wait till such a player has conducted a major violation. We will not accept nurturing by anyone while taking decisions on this rule violation but generally you should expect the harshest of penalties as such a violation breaks down the competitive spirit of the game.

Here is a common list of when a milking/pushing rule violation occurs:

Someone...
-Uses multiple accounts.
-Utilizes friends that want to retire.
-Utilizes friends that want to play for him.
-Constantly takes advantage of his friends.

As you can see, unless this is a danger manipulation case or an arrangement to pass voodoo curses through the player market, we will rate whether or not you have violated this case taking in mind your character stature.

This is important because it is normal (for example) for an advanced player to allow a guild mate / friend to commandeer one of his ships. In the same time, if this is done by a smaller player (or even worse, a newcomer) in favour of an advanced player, this is blatant milking.

You can expect us biased against you if you are an advanced player. One violation is not regarded as one violation; it will be regarded like you have been doing this for a long time and you were caught now. This is why the penalties will be really harsh.

Generally, we do not want such players in our game so we will not be reserving our penalties at all.

Do expect to lose your character in most cases where a violation occurs.
If you don't want to risk it, don't violate this rule.

If you are reporting a milking violation, keep your judgment to yourself and in private. Also, read this. We have no need for any nurturing and common practices like 10 people reporting the same violation will not change any judgment. We will investigate and judge on the action itself and not the popularity it has gotten.

You may not contact us asking if a particular action constitutes a milking violation. If you have to ask, then most probably YES, it does.

[Captain Jack]

Some Common FaQ about Milking/Pushing

-What MILKING is?

Think of an account that acts like a COW. It provides wealth and then one or more accounts MILK this wealth. This is called MILKING and this is not allowed, no matter who the account owner is.

-What PUSHING is?

Pushing is when one or more accounts either through MILKING or through constant aid feed a much stronger account than them. This is prohibited.

-Am I allowed to arrange a battle with a friend?
No you are not. Danger manipulation in general is prohibited, this includes battles setup in order to get rid of it or even complete a mission easier.

-Am I allowed to setup a trade with a friend through the market?
No you are not. The market auctions must always remain anonymous. Auction arrangements are prohibited.

-Am I allowed to gift one of my ships ?
Only through Commandeer card in the case you want to help a newcomer or a friend in need or during a trade.

-Are there any regulations for trading with commandeer card?
No. You are free to do whichever trades you want following the base rule that each account must be played to its full benefit.

-May I aid someone by voodoo?
As long as there are no multiplaying suspicions, you are free to cast as many voodoo you want. Keep in mind that solely doing this towards a specific player(s) or maintaining your account only for this purpose, falls into the milking/pushing rule and it is prohibited. If an account is considerably weaker than yours, you may aid it as much as you want, even if you are marked as multi-accounts in same pc, but it cannot happen the other way around.

[Captain Jack]

For violations that are consider unimportant by administration (we will be the judges of the severity), the following penalties apply:

Standard penalty: Reversal of any gains/danger to a worse state than before.

Examples:
-If you helped your friend lose 40 danger, then he will get it double back and you will get the same as well.
-If you gained 5millions from the total case,you will have 10 millions removed.
-If you gained a few credits or cards through an inside deal, since we do not give credit penalties, we will count it as a double offense as shown below.

Extra penalties:
1st offense: 5 Ambush cards to best fleet, 3 FoJ and up to 5 millions from buried treasure.
2nd offense: 10 Ambush cards to best fleet, 3 FoJ and up to 10 millions from buried treasure.
3rd offense: All offensive enchantments, multiple (5 to 50) Booty Master, Official List of Demands, Assasin, Time Spiral, Call Leviathan, Sabotage cards. Up to 50 Ambush cards to best fleet and up to 100 Millions from buried treasure.
4rth Offense: Permanent ban.

We will record all offenses from now on. Extra penalties might be handed according to case. In case the account is destroyed or not strong enough (ie, no ships, no buried treasure,no officers, etc) it may be banned permanently from 1st offense. Players that are found to encourage milking actions will see their characters banned permanently.

For cases which we judge as severe, permanent bans will be issued instead.