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Code of Conduct

Welcome to the Level-Up! Community Forums!

Welcome to the Level-Up! forums where you and the rest of the Level-Up! community may discuss, share tips, ask game related questions or role-play.

Because we want to keep this forum clean, orderly and enjoyable to the community as much as possible, all members are required to read and follow the forum guidelines and policies. Failure to do so won’t excuse you from penalties.
The guidelines and rules listed below explain what behavior is expected of you and what behavior you can expect from other community members. Note that the following guidelines are not exhaustive, and may not address all manner of offensive behavior. As such, the forum moderators shall have full discretion to address any behavior that they feel is inappropriate. Your access to these forums is a “privilege,” and not a “right.” Level-Up! Inc. reserves the right to suspend your access to these forums at any time for reasons that include, but are not necessarily limited to, your failure to abide by these guidelines.

Forum Rules
Listed below are prohibited on the boards and are subject to temporary or permanent suspension of forum account depending on the severity of the offense.



RACIAL/ETHNIC

This includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

  • Promote racial/ethnic hatred

  • Are recognized as a racial/ethnic slur

  • Allude to a symbol of racial/ethnic hatred

If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:

  • Be temporarily banned from the Level-Up! forums

  • Be given a final warning, any further Code of Conduct violations may result in permanent ban from the forums

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ACCOUNT TRADING / REAL-MONEY TRADING (RMT)

This includes both advertising your account, characters or items for sale or trade, or advertising that you are looking for an account, characters or items to purchase through:

  • Forum posts

  • Linking to non-Level-Up! websites

  • Listing you have something for trade and then offering your contact information

If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:

  • Be given a final warning, any further Code of Conduct violations may result in a permanent ban from the forums

  • Be permanently banned from the Level-Up! forums

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EXTREME SEXUALITY/VIOLENCE

This includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

  • Refer to extreme and/or violent sexual acts

  • Refer to extremely violent real life actions

  • Pornography

If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:

  • Be permanently banned from the Level-Up! forums

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REAL-LIFE THREATS

This includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

  • Refer to violence in any capacity that is not directly related to the game

If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:

  • Be temporarily banned from the Level-Up! forums

  • Be given a final warning, any further Code of Conduct violations may result in a permanent ban from the forums

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DISTRIBUTION OF REAL-LIFE PERSONAL INFORMATION

This includes:

  • Releasing any real-life information about other players or Level-Up! employees

If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:

  • Be permanently banned from the Level-Up! forums

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SEXUAL PREFERENCE

This includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

  • Insultingly refer to any aspect of sexual preference pertaining to themselves or other players

If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:

  • Be temporarily banned from the forums

  • Be given a final warning, any further Code of Conduct violations may result in a permanent ban from the forums

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POSTING CHEATS, HACKS, TROJAN HORSES, OR MALICIOUS PROGRAMS

This includes:

  • Posting links to cheats, hacks, or malicious viruses / programs

  • If you would like to report information regarding cheats or hacks to Level-Up!, send it through http://support.levelupgames.ph. Do NOT post it to the forums.

If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:

  • Be permanently banned from the Level-Up! forums

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IMPERSONATING A LEVEL-UP! EMPLOYEE

This includes:

  • Passing yourself off as a Level-Up! employee to post false information

If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:

  • Be given a final warning, any further Code of Conduct violations may result in a permanent ban from the forums

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POSTING UNRELEASED CONTENT / HACKING DATA FILES

This includes language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

  • Show unreleased in-game items, equipment, or areas that have been unlocked by hacking into client data files

  • Show the results of hacking or any tampering of the game’s files

  • Discuss, or display any data not available through normal game play

If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:

  • Be permanently banned from the Level-Up! forums

While these repercussions may seem harsh, we feel very strongly that this behavior has no place on the Level-Up! forums due to its extremely offensive and inappropriate nature.

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OBSCENE/VULGAR

This includes both clear and masked language in posts, signatures, and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

  • Are an inappropriate reference to human anatomy or bodily functions

  • Are pornographic in nature

If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:

  • Be given a temporary ban from the Level-Up! forums, depending upon severity

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INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE

This includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

  • Are a mildly inappropriate reference to human anatomy or bodily functions

  • Are otherwise considered objectionable

  • Bypass the Mature Language filter

If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:

  • Be given a temporary ban from the Level-Up! forums, depending upon severity

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HARASSING OR DEFAMATORY

This includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

  • Insultingly refer to other characters, players, Level-Up! employees, or groups of people

  • Result in ongoing harassment to other characters, players, Level-Up! employees, or groups of people

If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:

  • Be given a temporary ban from the Level-Up! forums, depending upon severity

Harassment takes many forms, and is not necessarily limited to the type of language used, but the intent. Repeatedly targeting a specific player with harassment can lead to more severe action. The idea behind this is to prevent any one player from consistently being uncomfortable in the Level-Up! forums.

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MAJOR RELIGIONS OR RELIGIOUS FIGURES

This includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

  • Negatively portray major religions or religious figures

If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:

  • Be given a temporary ban from the Level-Up! forums, depending upon severity

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NATIONAL

This includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

  • Promote national hatred

  • Are recognized as national slurs

  • Allude to symbols of national hatred

If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:

  • Be given a temporary ban from the Level-Up! forums, depending upon severity

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ILLEGAL DRUGS OR ACTIVITIES

This includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

  • Reference to abusing illegal drugs

  • Reference to performing illegal activities

If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:

  • Be given a temporary ban from the Level-Up! forums, depending upon severity

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SPAMMING AND TROLLING

This includes:

  • Excessively communicating the same phrase, similar phrases, or pure gibberish

  • Creating threads for the sole purpose of causing unrest on the forums

  • Causing disturbances in forum threads, such as picking fights, making off topic posts that ruin the thread, insulting other posters

  • Making non-constructive posts

  • Abusing the Report Post feature by sending false alarms or nonsensical messages

  • Numbering a thread, TLDR, or any other fad statements

If a player is found to have been spamming or trolling, he/she will:

  • Be given a temporary or permanent ban from the Level-Up! forums, depending upon severity

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CREATING DUPLICATE THREADS

This includes:

  • Creating threads about existing topics

  • Creating a separate thread about an existing topic for further discussion in more than one forum

If a player is found to have been creating duplicate threads, he/she will:

  • Be given a temporary ban from the Level-Up! forums, depending upon severity

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CROSS LINKING THREADS

This includes:

  • Linking to threads from other forums

  • Creating threads with the sole purpose of linking another post

If a player is found to have been cross linking threads, he/she will:

  • Be given a temporary ban from the Level-Up! forums

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ADVERTISING

This includes advertisement of:

  • Any non-beneficial, non Level-Up! related businesses, organizations, or websites

If a player is found to have been advertising, he/she will:

  • Be given a temporary ban from the Level-Up! forums, depending upon severity

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DISCUSSING DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS

This includes:

  • Creating posts or threads to discuss disciplinary actions taken against a player.

  • Creating posts or threads to discuss disciplinary actions taken against a character or account on the forums

If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:

  • Be given a temporary ban from the Level-Up! forums, depending upon severity

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CIRCUMVENTING A SUSPENSION/BAN

This includes:

  • Posting on another account

  • Having someone post on your behalf

If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:

  • Be permanently banned from posting on the Level-Up! forums

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IMPORTANT

  • Repeatedly violating any area of the Level-Up! Terms of service or Forum Code of Conduct, including the areas detailed above, will often result in permanent banishment from the forums.

  • This policy is not dialect and language-restrictive. Language that falls under this policy will always be subject to the repercussions listed, whether it is inappropriate in English, Tagalog or any other dialect or language.


The bottom line is that we want levelupgames.ph to be a fun and safe environment for all players. In posting on these forums, you will encounter thousands of other players who share different experiences and come from vastly different backgrounds. While certain language or dialects and images may not be offensive to you, consider the fact that that same language and images may have a completely different effect on someone else. We’ve done everything we can to give you great games but now it’s up to you, the players, to breathe life into these worlds.