EA Games Verbal Harassment Policy (abridged) wrote: If you petition in game with a complaint of harassment you are going to be presented with two harassment category choices; Verbal and Physical. This article will attempt to clarify for you what is considered valid verbal harassment.
Behavior that is dependent on circumstance and how you attempt to resolve the situation include most other verbal harassment situations such as name calling. Before you submit a complaint be sure you understand what constitutes harassment and that you have followed these steps:
Please note that profanity itself is not prohibited, as Ultima Online is a teen rated game by the Entertainment Software Rating Board. However, this does not permit a player to harass another player with profanity.
- You have asked the player to "please stop", and they have continued to repeat the offending behavior.
- You have tried to remove yourself from the situation, for example, by recalling away or moving several screens.
- You have done nothing to instigate or further encourage the harassment.
- You have added the player to your ignore list, which is located in your UO options, under Filter Options.
- Your account information is up to date, including a current email address.
EA Games Physical Harassment Policy wrote: We'd rather not go into the specifics of all the actions we consider physical harassment, but we do want to make it clear that it is not okay to ruin the fun of UO for other players, specifically when that is the intent behind your actions. It is important to realize and accept that everyone plays this game differently, and everyone has different expectations from the game and from the other players. Ultima Online is a social setting, and as such, we expect our players to treat one another with the same respect and dignity they would use in any other social situation.
If your sole purpose and intent in any action is to continually upset, aggravate, or otherwise annoy another player, you may be a "grief player." Using game mechanics to cause grief to others can also be seen as exploitation, and will be treated accordingly by game staff.
If someone is using grief tactics against you, please report it to a Game Master using the Help button on your paperdoll. Once the Help menu appears, choose the Harassment option, and enter the exact name of the other player, and a brief description of his actions. For example: Jody keeps luring these poison ele's to us and hiding. Clearly luring!
The following are NOT considered physical harassment:
Before you submit a harassment complaint, be sure you understand what constitutes harassment and that you have followed these steps:
- Res killing
- Stealing or kill stealing
- Legal player killing, such as takes place in guild and faction wars
- Refusal to take turns at spawn points
- Refusal to resurrect another player
- Blocking a recall location
- Area Peacing
- You have asked the player to "please stop" (and then they have continued to repeat the offending behavior).
- You have tried to remove yourself from the situation, for example, by recalling away or moving several screens.
- You have done nothing to instigate or further encourage the harassment.
- You have added the player to your ignore list, which is located in your UO options, under Filter Options.
- Your account information is up to date (including a current email address).