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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 WESTWOOD STUDIOS OR
EA.com. 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, EA.com or Westwood Studios Customer Support nor any other
   employee of EA, EA.com or Westwood Studios.

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 Westwood Studios
   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 playerÆs real world personal information within the
    Earth & Beyond Service, WebPages 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
    or on the Official Earth & Beyond Forums.

13) You will not upload or transmit on the Earth & Beyond Service or Websites any
    copyrighted content unless you have 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 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 Westwood Studios.

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.com and Westwood Studios in maintaining the Earth & Beyond
    Service for the enjoyment of all of its users.

18) You will not share your account 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) You will not engage in activity to mislead another player while using game trade
    functions. Promising one thing and then providing another as part of a trade constitutes a
    violation of this rule. Though æscammingÆ might seem to fall within the ærole
    playÆ aspect of some MMP/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 itemÆs origin, and no reparations will be made.

22) You will not taunt or otherwise encourage other players to violate any TOS or game rules.

23) You will not allow another player to taunt you into violating any TOS or game rules.

24) 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

Character names in Earth & Beyond are subject to the same rules and guidelines as
other forms of in game of official website communication. Westwood Studios have the right to
change character names that do not conform to the guidelines.  If Westwood Studios 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, corporation 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 NPC.

5) Names of Customer Support Representatives or employees of EA, EA.com or Westwood Studios.

6) Names chosen with the intent of harming the reputation of a player, Customer Service
   Representative or employee of EA, EA.com or Westwood Studios.

7) Names containing titles within them, such as but not limited to: The, Lord, Lady, Master,
   King, General, Governor, Father, Captain, Admiral, etc..

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.

10) Names based on a real life 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.


Westwood Studios and EA are committed to making the Earth & Beyond experience as
enjoyable as possible to our users. As a Massive Multi-Player game, Earth & Beyond
will host thousands of users within the game universe. Although Westwood Studios and EA 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.


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

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, EA.COM OR
WESTWOOD STUDIOS FOR ANY REASON, YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO A REFUND
OF ANY FEES PAID BY YOU FOR USE OF THE EARTH & BEYOND 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, WESTWOOD STUDIOS 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 WESTWOOD STUDIOS AND EA.com RESERVE 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 SERVICE. COMPUTER IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
MAY ALSO BE USED TO ENFORCE THE EARTH & BEYOND TERMS OF
SERVICE AND RULES OF CONTACT.

THESE RULES MAY BE CHANGED, AND NEW RULES MAY BE ADDED AT ANY
TIME. YOU AGREE TO CHECK THE EARTH & BEYOND WEBSITE FROM TIME
TO TIME TO REVIEW ANY RULE CHANGE THAT WESTWOOD MAY HAVE MADE.

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