MUME Rules

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ACTIONS, TRIGGERS

An 'action' (or a 'trigger') is allowing a client to automatically react to game output and perform some task whose purpose is to send a command back to the game. It is irrelevant here if the command is immediatly sent back by the client or if the user has to press some key to validate it (i.e., auto binding keys).

Since actions grant a computer-enhanced reaction time, their use is forbidden in contexts where they might provide an advantage on other players.

Actions are tolerated when they do not depend directly or indirectly upon another player event (Personal actions), but are illegal otherwise (External actions).

Thus actions whose purpose is to, eat or drink, ride a mount that just threw you off while exploring, open a door closed by a zone reset or a mobile, loot a fallen mobile, would all be legal, but track or attack an opponent, open/close a door someone just closed/opened or you bumped into because an opponent made you flee, loot a fallen opponent, ride a mount that just threw you off while chasing an opponent, etc, would not.

If you find the above rule too complicated to understand, you can stick to the following principle that includes the rule: disable actions in PK.

Rule created on Dec 21 2000, Manwë. Last modified, Sep. 5 2004, Manwë.

Furthermore, it is illegal to trigger other people's actions on purpose by the use of emotes, says, etc. See news 2001.

See also: rules robot and help secure actions.

Justice Post 35: All actions in a PK SITUATION, which ENHANCE a player's tactical advantage over another player are illegal. If you are in doubt, DISABLE all actions in PK situations.

Generated on Fri Aug 21 17:50:11 2020

What is MUME?

MUME, Multi-Users in Middle-earth, is a multiplayer text-based online game based upon J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth during the epic wars of the late Third Age between the forces of the Dark Lord and the armies of the Free peoples. MUME is completely at no cost and has been continuously running, expanded, and remastered by a community of volunteers since 1991.

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