Rules

1 Bugusing

(The use of the errors in the game)

Exploiting bugs in programming to gain one's own advantage, the so-called Bugusing, is not allowed. Each player is obliged to communicate the bugs found.
Those who take advantage of bugs to their own advantage will be banned, depending on the gravity, at least one day to the definitive ban. The same applies in failing to report Bugs.



2 Account-Sharing

(More persons using the same account)

Sharing is not allowed. Account must be managed only by one person.
Violation of this rule lead to a ban from the game.



3 Multiaccount

(One person owning several accounts)

It is forbidden to create / use more than one account. In case more players use the same IP, they will not (even through third parties) exchange / send resources. Furthemore they are not allowed to attack each other.
If this rule is broken, the account will be banned.



4 Account-Sitting and Account-Exchange



It is not allowed to share the password of your account with other players. This means:
1. Account sitting is not allowed.
2. Account exchange between players must be requested to a Game Admin. If the exchange is approved, a Game Admin will swap the login details between the two accounts. The approval must be agreed by both account owners as well by a GameAdmin. The exchange is final, the two accounts cannot be swap back.
Violation of these rules will be punished according to Rule 2 and 3.



5 Pushing



Pushing means to send resources to another account without evidence of an immediate return of resources. This is only allowed when the account being "pushed" has 50 % less total game score than the account sending the resources, this difference in game score has to last all the time during a two weeks period starting from the time the resources are received, and the amount of resources sent are below 50% of the daily production of the account sending them.
Pushing does not only cover the simple sending of resources, but it has a few EXAMPLES that are also considered:
- intentional accumulation of resources in one (or more) planet(s)
for later retrieval by another account using (multiple) attacks;
- additional means and possibilities where one account gets resources without sending back some.
- creation of account with the only purpouse to push another account.
In-game extortion of resources is not permitted where it violates the pushing rule.
Loaning of resources is not permitted.
The official resources trade rate is: 10:5:1 - 10 Iron to 5 Lutinum to 1 Hydrogen.
It is prohibited to trade with Water.
In a case of resources trades it is allowed to proceed to the return service of the negotiated resources until 48 hours after the beginning of the trade.

6 Bashing



It is considered bashing more than 5 attacks within 24 hours to the same planet. "Espionage" mission is exempt and doesn't count as an attack no matter the amount of units. Attempting to "spy" using the "Attack" mission is considered as a regular attack, even if done with Espionage Probe only. Allies at war are exempt from the Bashing rule, for further information see the War Rules.

7 War



War Declarations are valid if the follow requirments are fullfilled:
- They are directed from an Alliance to an other Alliance (Wars can not be declared to a single player or from a single player) by a message between the Founders
- The War must be aknowledge by a GameAdmin and reported in the War register in [Team] ally description
- If an Alliance wishes to declare the end of the war with a mutual pact or surrender a GameAdmin must be informed.
- Any Player leaving an Alliance at War, will automatically exit the War, and cannot rejoin the same Alliance until the War is ended.
- There must be at least 2 Members in each Alliance at all times for the War to be valid. If at any point there would be less than 2 Members in an Alliance the war would be lost by that alliance.
- Any Player inactive or in vacation mode continuosly for more than 7 days will no longer counted a Member of the Alliance at War.
- If the Founder of an Alliance will be inactive or in vacation mode continuosly for more than 7 days, the war will be lost by that alliance.
During all the War period both Alliances will be excempt of the Bashing Rule, starting from the moment the war will be written in the register by a GameAdmin. The situation of a War does NOT create any exception towards the Pushing Rule. Pushing is not allowed within a War and will be applied as normal.

8 Interfering with game technology

(Scripting)

Installations and methods that cause excessive traffic through the server or which may penalize the normal running of the game, must be omitted. In particular, automatic or semiautomatic scripts that are capable of interacting with the game database or which create game commands are forbidden. Their use leads to an immediate and permanent ban from the whole game. Space4X staff reserves the right to claim damages with an amount equal to the damage caused plus the coverage of administrative expenses.



9 Reimbursement



If a player is disadvantaged due to programming errors or other malfunctions or errors by the Space4X team, is not entitled to refund or reset status before the errors occurred.



10 Ownership



"Game access, resources, ships, or other virtual game objects" are owned by Space4X Team.
All virtual objects in the game are owned by Space4X Team and are only temporarily lent to players.

1. You are not allowed to sell or buy planets or resources, as well as putting it on ebay-type platforms.
2. You can either give up or exchange the account with the consent of the owner and observing rules 5-1.
Failure to comply with the rules leads to ban.



11 Images of planets and alliances



The images of planets and alliances are graphics that players use and can be saved on the server.
These images:
1. can not be pornographic, offensive and racist.
2. and must comply with law and regulations.
Copyright protected images can not be used without the consent of the owner (this is the responsibility of the player) If these rules are broken the images will be removed, if the violation is very heavy the player may be banned.



12 Alliances and pages of alliances



1. Names, TAGs, and Alliance Pages must not be offensive to other players / alliances or be sexually-based neither break the existing laws.
2. Links on the Alliance page must not lead to racist, illegal, pornographic or violent content.
3. Links on the alliance page, can only lead to pages regarding the alliance itself.
4. It is not possible to include advertisement on the page of alliance, in particular to other browser games.
If these rules are not respected, the alliances could be dissolved and the founders banned.



13 In game messages



Messages in the game are the basis for communication between players.
Messages must not contain pornographic, offensive or racist references or other content that goes against the rules.

14 Attacks to game admin accounts



These accounts are the account of the Space4X team and do not participate in the game, but serve to administer it.
These accounts can not be attacked!
Whoever contradicts this rule is banned.



15 Inactivity



The following actions are taken after long term inactivity:

1. Vacation mode will end after 3 months.
2. After 1 year without logging into the account, the personal data (player name, login name, password, email) will be reset and the account moved to the [4SALE] alliance.
3. The accounts in the [4SALE] alliance will develop (only) resources production structures automatically until the account will be re-assigned to a new owner.
4. Any account in the [4SALE] alliance can be exchanged for free to any players upon request to a Game Admin.



16 Other



Alias can not be pornographic, offensive, racist or in any way violate the rules. Also, be careful not to use third-party Alias (Copyright).