General Rules
Our rules are to be taken as a code of conduct, but it is every GM's responsability to make sure that their colleagues respect them. WebSim Hockey, in almost every case, will not take position in a league conflict but will rather help resolving it by giving tips on how to reach an agreement and an acceptable resolution of the problem.- Rules are mandatory for all GMs
- Ignoring a rule is not an excuse
- Game administrators have the absolute right to determine whether a GM has respected the rules or not
- The method and effectiveness of a penalty for failing to comply with the rules is at the discretion of the game administrators
- GMs that do not respect one of the rules may be excluded from their league through an ejection vote
- The most severe penalty is to ban a GM's account and deny access to the site by blocking his IP address
- Any specific situation that is not included in the basic rules will be handled on a case-by-case basis
- Where there is ambiguity or a difference in rule interpretation, the game administrators reserve the right to make a final decision
It is not allowed:
- to own two teams in the same league
- to connect or attempt to connect to the account of another GM with malicious intentions
- to trade players to another team with intent of giving that team a clear advantage
- to cheat in any way
- to deliberately spoil the game experience of other GMs
- to obtain advantages in the game in exchange for money (virtual or real)
- to influence the outcome of a game in favour of your opponent
- to abuse ambiguous game rules
- to try to obtain information or data that is not already explicitly stated on the website
- to try to steal or sabotage the property of WebSim Sports INC (WebSim Hockey), or to encourage someone else to do so
- to advertise simulated hockey leagues that are not hosted by WebSim Hockey, either through the message system or the site forums
- to pollute the discussion forums or chat by sending several identical messages or by any other means
- to send unwanted emails to other GMs
- to send messages that are insulting, threatening, defamatory, or degrading in the discussion forums, internal messaging, or chat
- to try to gain visibility on a forum topic by using uppercase letters
- to use another language than the one designated for your league in the discussion forums and messaging
- to use a vulgar user name, team name, newspaper, or journalist name
- to use images or text when creating a news article that would be offensive to other users
- to hide any link between two or more GMs in the same league in order to take advantage of this situation
- to try losing games voluntarily by not playing your best players for the purpose of lowering your position in the standings
- to abuse the Commissioner tools to promote your own team or another GM's team
CODE OF CONDUCT FOR AN OPTIMAL GAMING EXPERIENCE:
- Be nice
- Be polite
- Be constructive
- Be humble
- Share knowledge
- Ignore destructive behaviour
- Ignore provocative behaviour
- Focus on the positive parts of the game
- Focus on sharing with positive/constructive GMs
And ignoring someone is easy when sharing with someone else who is constructive.