MUME Rules
REIMBURSEMENT POLICY
Here are some examples of former policies as guidelines when you want one of
the Valar to intercede on your behalf. You should find that if a ruling exists
which matches your situation then that ruling will stand.
1. Crash, Lost Gear after Mobdeath
Scenario: X died and was about to go retrieve the corpse when the game
crashed. Thus all the equipment X had was erased. X seeks
reimbursement.
Verdict: No reimbursement.
Reason: As X is technically dead, the idea of someone looting their own
corpse is not very healthy. Consider yourself lucky if you perform
the feat.
Subset: X loots the corpse and then the game crashes before
your character saves. Thus the gear is gone when X returns.
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2. Crash, Looted enemy corpse and lost gear
Scenario: X loots or attempts to loot gear from a dead mobile or enemy Y. Game crashes before equipment saves. Verdict: No reimbursement. Reason: The player who looted could have been killed 1 minute later by someone willing to return the gear. Its impossible to say what would happen if there had not been a crash, so we don't speculate. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. Pkill, Loss of Alignment by X
Scenario: Good race player X pkills good race player Y. X loses alignment
and then suffers for his evilness.
Verdict: No action.
Reason: X should know what they are doing. Pkill makes you evil, fast.
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4. Pkill, Loss of Alignment by Z
Scenario: Good race player X kills good race player or good mob Y. Z who is
grouped with X, also loses alignment, even though Z took no part
in the pkill and was opposed to it.
Verdict: Restoration of Z's alignment if it was significant. Removal of exp
gained by Z. This only happens if Z did not have time to ungroup.
Reason: To some extent, Z was an innocent bystander who could not react in
time and so should not be penalised.
Subset: X pkills Z, causing the loss of alignment. Verdict as above.
This is a bug.
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5. Regeneration of a Zone leading to Death
Scenario: While exploring a Zone, it regenerates, the mobiles subsequently killing X (eg. locked in a room with large group of aggressive mobs). Verdict: No Reimbursement. Reason: Since these can be predicted, they are avoidable. Subset: If it can be shown that an immortal was to blame for the regeneration (eg. it regenned 4 mins after the last regen) then a full reimbursement will be shown. HOWEVER, don't assume this is the case unless you have evidence! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. Server crashes, Player dies
Scenario: One of the servers to MUME stops transmitting. The character of the player dies. Verdict: No reimbursement. Reason: How you connect to the game is outside the control of MUME. Subset: Any of a wide variety: site from where you play dies, transatlantic link nonresponsive, sudden lag, your mum picks up the phone etc. All same verdict. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7. MUME host server unreachable,
Scenario: The site on which MUME runs becomes unreachable from the outside world. An imp cannot connect to rent everyone. Verdict: Reimbursement of exp, tps, age. Reimbursement of some eq is possible, but not guaranteed. Reason: In this case, MUME and its host are synonymous and so is not treated the same way as server crash.Note: if the game can be crashed or everyone rented or the rent-cost disabled later, then this scenario does not apply.
8. Immortal wizkills X,
Scenario: An immortal kills X without just cause. Verdict: Reimbursement. Reason: Immortals are forbidden to interfere in the running of the game in this manner. Subset: The player of the immortal had a grudge against X. Same as above. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------NOTE: The above are guidelines, and we choose to ignore them in exceptional circumstances. However, NEVER ever assume that this means you should ask in a hopeless situation on the off chance. If you have any doubts, assume we will not change matters.
| See also: | RULES REIMBURSEMENT |
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