PUBLIC CHANNELS RULES

Description

1. Public channels (shout, yell, dream) are for game-related subjects only.

Usage of these channels for debates about real-life subjects (including, but not limited to: other games and websites, sports, the amount of lag on the Internet, and most current events) is expressly forbidden. This kind of talk disrupts roleplaying players and hurts the fantasy environment of the game. This also includes using public channels to spout song lyrics and nonsense words.

1. Do not use the public channels to bash or otherwise berate a character.

Players who willingly participate in abrasive situations should expect their complaints to be reviewed less stringently than others who are innocently attacked.

1. Profane or abusive language is not tolerated on any of the public

channels of the game. This includes "masking" the words by inserting, deleting or substituting characters, spaces, etc. Many people in Materia Magica attempt to roleplay, and activities such as the ones outlined above can disturb the sense of immersion that these type of gamers crave.

1. Do not use color codes to send excessively brilliant multicolored and

inverse colored messages over public channels, use them in your player descriptions, or titles. Use of color codes within the game is a privilege and can be revoked. The Administrators and Immortals will make the determination of intent to annoy.