*** Golden Rule - Use Common Sense! *** Note: If you want staff to take action for any offense you see a player commit, you must collect evidence of the rule being broken. This can be with pictures (Gyazo, light shot, ect) or with a video. Please do not spam staff if you don't have proof of an offense. Note: All punishments listed for rules are only guidelines and punishments will vary depending on the severity of the situation. Note: All "Permanent" punishments will be permanent and players may appealed after 6 months. Chat Related Offenses Breaking any of these rules over yell will result in a worse punishment. Soliciting others into breaking a rule (may it be provoking or blackmailing) is illegal and will result in a temporary or permanent mute depending on the situation. Excessive Profanity GrinderScape prohibits players from using Excessive Profanity. Excessive Profanity is a chat related offense that uses obscene swear words to belittle a player. Casual swearing is fine but not allowed to be directed towards a player. Punishment: Warn - Temporary mute - Temporary ban - Temporary IP mute - Permanent IP mute Advertising Other Private Servers (RSPS) GrinderScape prohibits players from advertising any other Runescape Private Servers (RSPS). This includes In-Game invites, Discord invites, Private Message invites. A warning will only be given out if we determine it is an unintentional discussion. Punishment: Warn - Permanent IP ban In-Game Staff / Forum Staff / OMM Impersonation GrinderScape prohibits players from impersonating In-Game Staff Members, Forums Staff Members, and Official Middleman (OMM). This includes identical or similar names for harmful intentions, jokes, obtain free items/gp, attention seeking, ect. Punishment: Warn - Temporary ban - Permanent IP ban Cyber-Bullying GrinderScape prohibits players from Cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is classified as the use of electronic communication to bully another person typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening manner. Punishment: Temporary IP mute - Temporary IP ban - Permanent IP ban Discrimination GrinderScape prohibits players from Discriminating any players. Discrimination includes Age, Disability, Sexual orientation, Religion, National origin, Race, Color, and or Sex. Punishment: Temporary IP mute - Temporary IP ban - Permanent IP ban Spamming GrinderScape prohibits players from Spamming (chat flooding). Spamming classifies as sending the same or a slightly modified message in a short period of time. This includes Clan chat, Private message, Yell, and General chat. Punishment: Warn - Warn - Temporary mute - Temporary IP mute Disrespecting In-Game Staff / Forum Staff / OMM GrinderScape prohibits players from Disrespecting any Staff Member(s) and or Official middlemen (OMM). Disrespecting is classified as showing lack of respect for a certain action taken. This includes any punishment(s) a Staff Member or Middleman may take against your account. Punishment: Warn - Temporary mute - Temporary ban - Temporary IP ban - Permanent IP ban Inappropriate Usernames Usernames for Grinderscape must not be offensive, racist, obscene, hurtful, unlawful or otherwise inappropriate. (I.e anything relative to sexual activities, illegal activities, or provocative to any other party.) If we find out that you are using an inappropriate username, you have the possibility to change your name. Otherwise your account will be permanently banned, with the possibility to transfer your items to a new account. Punishment: Permanent ban Persuasion of rule breaking GrinderScape prohibits players from telling other players to break the rules. This includes In-game rules, Forum rules, and Clan Channel rules. Punishment: Temporary jail - Temporary ban - Temporary IP ban - Permanent IP ban Action Related Offenses Breaking any of these rules over yell will result in a worse punishment. Soliciting others into breaking a rule (may it be provoking or blackmailing) is illegal and will result in a temporary or permanent ban depending on the situation. Donation Dispute GrinderScape prohibits players from disputing any and all In-game donations. Donation dispute is classified as trying to refund your money after you have donated (::donate). Punishment : Super ban Duplication of Items GrinderScape prohibits players from Duplicating items. Duplication is classified as the action or process of duplicating something. This includes Items & Currency. Players are required to report this bug immediately to our bug section. Punishment: Temporary IP ban with an Investigation - Permanent IP ban Broadcast GrinderScape prohibits players from going against the In-game Broadcast. This includes off limit bosses, mini games, trades, ect. Punishment: Warn - Temporary jail - Temporary ban - Temporary IP ban Bug Abusing GrinderScape prohibits players from bug abusing. Bug abusing is classified as the act of finding a glitch or bug in-game by accident or intentionally and exploiting it for an unfair advantage. Grinderscape also prohibits players from withholding bugs from Grinderscape Staff Members. Punishment: Temporary ban - Temporary IP ban - Permanent IP ban Account Sharing & Giving away accounts GrinderScape prohibits players from sharing and or giving away their account(s). This includes Bank pins, Emails, Passwords, and other sensitive information. Both main accounts sharing the alternate account will receive a 4 week IP ban. The shared account will be permanently banned forever. Punishment: Permanent ban - Permanent IP ban Scamming GrinderScape prohibits players from Scamming. Scamming is classified as deceptive scheme or trick used to cheat someone our of something, especially money. This includes Dice location, Duel location, and Game of chance. NOTE: Loaning items out is at your own risk. The Grinderscape Staff Team does not take any responsibility and are not required to help retrieve any items. Punishment: Temporary jail - Temporary ban - Temporary IP ban Drop Parties & Giveaways GrinderScape prohibits players from doing Drop parties or Giveaway events that exceed 20 Billion GP (20B) or more. This rule is based on the price list and not street price. Players who wish to do a drop party or giveaway event must have staff approval. Punishment: Permanent ban - Permanent IP ban Auto-Clickers/Macroing GrinderScape prohibits player from using any type of Auto-clicker or Macro. An Auto-clicker / Macro is classified as a software or macro that can be used to automate clicking. They can be triggered to generate input that was recorded or generated from various settings. Punishment: Warn - Temporary jail - Permanent IP ban Evading Punishments GrinderScape prohibits players from evading their punishment(s). Evading punishment is classified as making alternate accounts just to continue to cause trouble & or players using a VPN to change their IP address to get out of the punishment. Punishment: Temporary IP ban - Permanent IP ban Harassment GrinderScape prohibits players from Harassing other players. Harassment is classified as behavior that demeans, humiliates, and embarrasses a person. This includes Verbal harassments, Written harassments, Visual harassment. Punishment: Warn - Temporary ban - Temporary IP ban - Permanent IP ban Bypassing Gambling Systems GrinderScape prohibits player from Bypassing our Gambling system. Bypassing the Gambling system is classified as avoiding the 10% currency tax we have installed. Any and all unstakable items must be accompanied by a Middleman or Staff Member. Punishment: Warn - Temporary jail - Temporary ban - Permanent ban Multi-log Player Killing (Pking) GrinderScape prohibits players from Multi-logging PKing. Multi-logging Player Killing (PKing) is classified as 2 accounts with the same IP address attacking 1 player. This includes killing your alternate accounts as well. Punishment: Warn - Temporary jail - Temp IP ban - Permanent IP ban Mullti-log Bossing GrinderScape prohibits players from Multi-logging any boss. Multi-log bossing is classified as 2 accounts with the same IP address attacking the same boss. A player is allowed to kill the same boss only if they pay for different instances ( 10M ). Punishment: Warning - Temporary jail - Temporary IP ban - Permanent IP ban Multi-logging inside the Mini-Game (::tourny) GrinderScape prohibits players from Multi-logging inside the minigame. Multi-logging inside the minigame is classified as 2 accounts with the same IP address participating in the tournament. Punishment: Warning - Temporary jail - Temporary IP ban - Permanent IP ban Staying afk in minigames GrinderScape prohibits players from staying afk inside the minigame due to giving people free kills and boosting their own points. Punishment: Warning - Temporary jail - Temporary ban - Permanent ban Wilderness Boosting GrinderScape prohibits players from Boosting inside the Wilderness. Wilderness boosting is classified as killing another player just to improve your Kill/ Death ratio, Complete achievements, Gain bloodmoney, and more. Skilling in wilderness is at your own risk, which means players may kill you as many times as they want. Punishment: Warning - Temporary jail - Temporary ban - Temporary IP ban - Permanent IP ban Achievement Boosting GrinderScape prohibits players from boosting achievements. Achievement boosting is classified as creating multiple accounts to complete achievements for your own profit. Punishment: Warn (Boosted items emptied from main account and alts get banned) - Temporary IP ban - Permanent IP ban Vote boosting Grinderscape prohibits players to vote on multiple accounts within 12 hours. Boosting is classified as redeeming votes on multiple accounts within 12 hours to get extra voting tickets and xp boosts. Breaking this rule will result in removing your voting tickets. Punishment: Warn - Temporary IP ban - Permanent IP ban Falsifying a Report Grinderscape prohibits players from falsifying any and all reports. Falsifying a report is classified as making an official statement to a Staff Member of a rule breaker or a bug that doesn't exist. This includes Bugs, Players, and Staff Members. Punishment: Warn - Temporary Jail - Temporary ban - Temporary IP ban - Permanent IP ban Trade Related Offenses Breaking any of these rules over yell will result in a worse punishment. Soliciting others into breaking a rule (may it be provoking or blackmailing) is illegal and will result in a temporary or permanent ban depending on the situation. Buying & Selling Account(s) GrinderScape prohibits players from Buying & Selling any accounts. Buying & Selling accounts is classified as the exchange of a GrinderScape account and its information for any real-world money, Runescape GP, Bitcoin or any other forms of payment. This includes Bank pins, Emails, Passwords, Usernames, ect. Both the Buyer and the Seller will get the same punishment. Punishment: Permanent ban - Permanent IP ban Buying & Selling Runescape GP GrinderScape allows its players with 24 hours of play time ( ::timeplayed ) to buy RSGP provided a Staff Member or an Official Middleman is used during the transaction. To sell RSGP, you don't need 24 hours of play time. Trades not involving an OMM or a Staff Member is prohibited. Trades that deviate from the set prices guide is prohibited as well. The prices for OSRS gp is 500m GS GP (Grinderscape GP) per 1m OSRS gp. - 200m weekly limit (buy and sell) per IP address for OSRS gp The price for RS3 gp is 100m GS GP (Grinderscape GP) per 1m RS3 gp. - 500m weekly limit (buy and sell) per IP address for RS3 gp. Note: If you re trading items for OSRS/ RS3 gp or vise versa, you must follow the price guide prices and make sure they follow the Runescape gp rates. Members who are blacklisted will not be allowed to buy or sell any rsgp at all. A list of Official Middlemen can be found here. Punishment: Warn -Temporary blacklisted - Permanent blacklisted Real World Trading GrinderScape prohibits players from Real World Trading. Real world trading is considered as Buying or Selling any GrinderScape items/ coins/ accounts for real life currency or any other type of currency. Punishment: Permanent IP ban Trading / Transferring Donations GrinderScape prohibits players from Trading or Transferring GrinderScape donations. Trading Donations is classified as a players donating (::donate) and putting in someone else account username for the exchange of Items or GP. Punishment: Permanent IP ban Note: GrinderScape reserves the right to edit these rules at any time without prior notice. It is the player's duty to read and understand the rules, as they will be held accountable for their actions.