Last Updated: August 5, 2008

As part of Saga-Edition.com‘s commitment to make this website a great place to meet and interact with other gamers around the world, members and guests of Saga-Edition.com agree to abide by our Terms of Service. You are responsible for knowing and abiding by these conduct rules to ensure that everyone feels welcome.

All aspects of Saga-Edition.com are subject to these Terms of Service (often referred to as "the ToS"). This includes, without limitation, account names, group names, profile content, blog content and comments, chat and forum activity, and e-mail or private messages to staff and other members.

Violation of the Terms of Service is grounds for account(s) termination. Termination includes you forfeiting all privileges associated with your account(s) and being no longer permitted use of our online services or tools in any way. Saga-Edition.com moderators are the final judges of whether a member's behavior qualifies as inappropriate or a disruption.

These Terms of Service are subject to change at any time at the administration's sole discretion.

1. Choose your account names carefully. Screen names that are deemed offensive may be modified or deactivated without notice. For example:
   • Names of offensive or notorious persons, controversial political figures, references to cultural tragedies or of significant religious or occult meaning
   • Names containing profanity, obscene slang, graphic anatomical references, racial, ethnic, sexist, or religious slurs
   • Names with word combinations that produce an offensive result
   • Names of or references to illicit substances or drug-related paraphernalia
   • Names with the intent or effect of harming the reputation of another
   • Names that impersonate the representation of a specific business or website, including any business or website you may operate or represent
   Misspellings, phonetic, and alternative spellings of prohibited names are subject to modification or deactivation. Variations of a deactivated screen name, as may be evidenced by your declarations under a new screen name that you are "really" the deactivated name, may also be deactivated and the account holder may have his or her account terminated.
2. Do not use, post, distribute or link to obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit, graphically or gratuitously violent, derogatory, demeaning, malicious, defamatory, abusive, offensive, hateful or discriminatory language or content. This includes "masking" language by using alternative characters/spelling/spacing to get around profanity filters or claims of profanity filter "testing."
3. Do not harass, bully, threaten, harm or cause discomfort for other persons, including any other members. For example:
   • Use hate speech or racial, ethnic, sexist, homophobic or religious slurs
   • Harass a specific person (repeated flaming, personal attacks or posting their private information)
   • Troll or bait the community in general with inflammatory statements, such as ones designed to elicit a negative response from the community
   • Post or otherwise disclose any personal or private information of another person, or any confidential information pertaining to a business, without consent
   • Do not promote, plan, glorify or engage in any illegal activity or otherwise make available content that would encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense. These topics include crimes relating to drugs, drug paraphernalia, rape, solicitation of a minor, computer hacking, and copyright violation.
4. Do not disrupt chat, forums, blog comments or other communication channels. For example:
   • Spam through repeated posts, or off-topic content by word or intent to forums or comments (including repeated "bumping")
   • Make off-topic posts or chat or trades in the wrong forums or chat rooms (casual chat or roleplay in rooms or forums not designated for these types of activities)
   • Advertise or promote a business or commercial website outside of the designated areas

Explanation of Disciplinary Escalation and Procedures

If a member of this site has demonstrated he or she cannot follow the Terms of Use, then the member may lose access to ALL of his or her accounts and all associated privileges and screen names.

Moderators issue formal warnings, by post, private message or email when a member has made a Terms of Service infraction. Depending on the severity of the infraction, moderators may issue a warning, timed suspension or termination of the account.

A general outline of penalties follows. However, this is only a guideline used by moderators, and especially heinous or determined violations of the Terms of Service may require further action than that outlined below. By the same token, inadvertant violations may recieve only a soft warning. All disciplinary action is soley at the discretion of the moderator.

• Account Name Violation: Temporary deactivation pending review and modification.
• Inappropriate Content: Removal of post. Loss of XP.
• Baiting and Harassment: Removal of post. Temporary ban.
• Disruption/Off-Topic: Removal of post.
• Repeated Offenses: Short term "Bozo". Bozos can post, but their posts appear only to themselves.