UPDATED Rules Of The Game. UPDATED

June 15, 20242 yr

Earth & Beyond Service Rules of Conduct

While you are a member of the Earth & Beyond Service, you must abide by the following rules.

IF YOU BREAK ANY OF THESE RULES, YOUR EARTH & BEYOND ACCOUNT, AND YOUR RIGHT TO USE THE EARTH & BEYOND SERVICE, MAY BE TERMINATED OR SUSPENDED IMMEDIATELY BY ELECTRONIC ARTS ("EA") OR the NET-7.ORG. IF YOUR ACCOUNT IS SUSPENDED OR TERMINATED YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO A REFUND OF ANY AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU TO USE THE EARTH & BEYOND SERVICE AND YOU WILL FORFEIT ALL OF YOUR UNUSED ACCESS TIME.

General Rules

1) You may not harass, threaten, embarrass, stalk, or cause distress, unwanted attention, or discomfort to another player.

2) You may not use any offensive, sexually explicit, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable remarks.

3) You may not impersonate EA or Net-7 Customer Support or any other employee of EA or Net-7.org.

4) You may not violate any local, state, national or international law or regulation while playing Earth & Beyond. You may not use the game service to engage in illegal activity.

5) With the exception of in game sales of in game items, you may not market, promote or advertise anything, or make any other form of solicitation (including pyramid schemes and chain letters) on the Earth & Beyond Service or any Earth & Beyond Web Sites.

6) You may not modify any part of the Earth & Beyond Website that EA or Net-7.org does not give you permission to modify.

7) You may not arrange for the exchange or transfer of any pirated software or other contraband while you are on the Earth & Beyond Service or Website.

8). You may not organize or form any groups based on slanderous or hate philosophies. These include, but are not limited to, groups formed against race, religion, and sexual orientation.

9) You may not use the Earth & Beyond Service or Website for activities other than activities permitted in the game universe or events associated with Earth & Beyond.

10) You may not post or communicate any player's real world personal information within the Earth & Beyond Service, Web Pages, or Bulletin boards.

11) You may not give false information or intentionally hide any information that is required by the Earth & Beyond Service.

12) You will follow the instructions of authorized personnel while in Earth & Beyond Net-7 forums and website.

13) You will not upload or transmit on the Earth & Beyond Service or Websites any copyrighted content unless you have the express written permission of the copyright holder.

14) You will not attempt to interfere with, hack into, or decipher any transmissions to or from the servers running the Earth & Beyond Service.

15) You will not exploit any bug in the Earth & Beyond product or Online Service. You will not intentionally use any bug found within Earth & Beyond, whether or not it grants an unfair advantage. You will not communicate the existence of any such bug (either directly or through public posting) to any other user of the Earth & Beyond Service. You will report any such exploit using Bug or Exploit Reporting methods described by the Earth & Beyond Service.

16) You will not create, use, play, or provide any emulator or other site where Earth & Beyond may be played and you will not post or distribute any utilities, emulators or other software related to Earth & Beyond without the express written consent of EA. You will not attempt to play Earth & Beyond on any service that is not controlled or authorized by EA.

17) You will not do anything that interferes with the ability of other Earth & Beyond users to enjoy playing the game in accordance with its rules or that increases the expense or difficulty of EA or Net-7.org in maintaining the Earth & Beyond Service for the enjoyment of all of its users.

18) You will not share your account login or password with anyone.

19) You will use the Earth & Beyond petitioning system in accordance with the Petition policy. You will not intentionally submit Misinformation through the petition system.

20) Scamming is illegal. You will not engage in activity to mislead another player while using game trade functions or other in game functionality. Violations include, but are not limited to, promising one thing and then providing another as part of a trade. Though 'scamming' might seem to fall within the 'role play' aspect of some MMORPG/PSW games, it is not acceptable in Earth & Beyond.

21) You will not intentionally accept an item that has been hacked or otherwise manipulated outside of designed game mechanics from anyone inside or outside the game world. The Earth & Beyond team has the right to confiscate any such illegal items, even if a player had no prior knowledge of the item's origin, and no reparations will be made.

22) you Will not share or cause your account Sign in to be shared in any way, this may result in a Permanant banning from the game

23) You will not taunt or otherwise encourage other players to violate any Terms of Service or game rules.

24) You will not allow another player to taunt you into violating any Terms of Service or game rules.

25) You will not use partial masking in order to use inappropriate words that would otherwise be in violation of the rules. [Note: If we can tell what word you are trying to mask, and the word is in violation of the rules, then the partially masked word is in violation of the rules. Hint: Try using cartoon speak when you really want to say something naughty. "I am &^%^$% lost!" This is an example of complete masking and is acceptable.]

Naming Policy

Names in Earth & Beyond are subject to the same rules and guidelines as other forms of in game official website communication. EA or NEt-7.org Staff has the right to change character, ship and guild names that do not conform to the guidelines. If Net-7 changes a name for a violation of the naming policy, no reimbursements will be given. In addition to the aforementioned general rules, these following rules apply to any in game name that is user defined including, but not limited to, guild and ship names.

The following types of names are unacceptable:

1) Vile, profane, rude or racist names including swear words, anatomical references, racial slurs in whole or in part and homonyms for these words in whole or in part.

2) Combinations of names that produce an offensive result.

3) Copyrighted or trademarked names of products, characters, services or concepts.

4) Proper names from Earth & Beyond. This also includes any name of any Non-Player Character.

5) Names of current or former Customer Support Representatives or employees of EA or Net-7, or names that are similar enough to these to cause confusion.

6) Names chosen with the intent of harming the reputation of a player, Customer Service Representative or employee of EA or Net-7.

7) a).Names containing titles within them, such as but not limited to: The, Lord, Lady, Master, King, General, Governor, Father, Captain, Admiral, including those that represent any other military ranks, including abbreviations. etc.

b). Names with the word Bimbo, Whore, Slut, Hoe, or any names with sexual or considered a sexual Slur .

8. Names that contain sentences, phrases or more than two words.

9) Names where the combination of the first, last, guild or ship name form a phrase that violates another rule. (This includes names that may appear offensive when combined with in-game titles or awards.)

10) Names based on a real life persons or historical figures that others might find offensive, including infamous criminals, world leaders or organizations.

11) Names that include numbers, punctuation, spaces or other special characters.

12) Using names that mimic names of banned players as well as sharing your account details will result in the banning of those accounts.

Naming Exceptions: Guild and ship names may contain "The" and may contain multiple words.

EA and Net-7 is committed to making the Earth & Beyond experience as enjoyable as possible to our users. As a Massively Multi-Player game, Earth & Beyond will host thousands of users within the game universe. Although EA or Net-7 cannot be responsible for the actions of our users, we will not condone actions that do not comply with the Rules of Conduct or actions that violate the general spirit of game play. Players that violate game rules or Rules of Conduct may be subject to the temporary suspension of their account and/or services as well as permanent banning from not only Earth & Beyond but also all other EA Worlds Channel services and Net-7 Services.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU AGREE TO THESE RULES AND WILL ABIDE BY THEM.

YOU FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST 13 YEARS OLD.

YOU FURTHER AGREE THAT THESE RULES WILL APPLY TO ANYONE THAT YOU ALLOW TO USE YOUR EARTH & BEYOND ACCOUNT OR USER ID AND THAT YOU ARE PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES (INCLUDING TERMINATION OF YOUR ACCOUNT) THAT MAY RESULT IF ANY SUCH PERSON BREAKS THESE RULES.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF YOUR ACCOUNT AND YOUR RIGHT TO USE THE EARTH & BEYOND SERVICE IS TERMINATED OR SUSPENDED BY EA FOR ANY REASON, YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO A REFUND OF ANY FEES PAID BY YOU FOR USE OF
THE EARTH & BEYOND ONLINE SERVICE AND YOU WILL FORFEIT ANY UNUSED ACCESS TIME THAT YOU HAVE REMAINING AT THE TIME OF TERMINATION.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN ORDER TO HELP MAKE EARTH & BEYOND A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE, EA/Net-7.org MAY OCCASIONALLY FIND IT NECESSARY TO MAKE CHANGES TO, OR RESET CERTAIN PARAMETERS OF, AN ONGOING WORLD IN ORDER
TO BRING IT BACK INTO BALANCE. THESE CHANGES OR RESETS MAY AFFECT THE CHARACTERS UNDER YOUR CONTROL AND MAY CAUSE YOU SETBACKS WITHIN THE GAME UNIVERSE.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EA/NET-7.org RESERVES THE RIGHT TO USE NUMERIC CODES, GLOBAL UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS (GUIDS), COOKIES OR OTHER TECHNOLOGIES IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC COMPUTERS THAT ACCESS THE EARTH & BEYOND
ONLINE SERVICE. COMPUTER IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY MAY ALSO BE USED TO ENFORCE THE EARTH & BEYOND TERMS OF SERVICE AND RULES OF CONDUCT.

THESE RULES MAY BE CHANGED, AND NEW RULES MAY BE ADDED AT ANYTIME. YOU AGREE TO CHECK THE EARTH & BEYOND/NEt-7/EnB Emulator WEBSITE FROM TIME TO TIME TO REVIEW ANY RULE CHANGE THAT EA MAY HAVE MADE.

YOU AGREE YOU HAVE READ CAREFULLY AND UNDERSTAND THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE EARTH & BEYOND LICENSE AGREEMENT.

This is the in the Starting Procedures of the game that you must agree When starting the game