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Hello and Welcome to The Conquer Online Forums. All players of Conquer Online are welcomed to socialize with each other to post about in game events, future patches and features released by TQ and other matters relative to the Conquer Online game.The Conquer Online Forums are meant for only discussions about the Conquer Online game except for the Off-Topic section. Other TQ games are also accepted however keep in mind that those games have their own individual forum. All other game threads which are not TQ supported shall be moved to off topic for chat purposes only. No links to other games are permitted, even if in Off-Topic section. It is considered advertising and determent to this forum's purposes of being for ConquerOnline. The General Rules for the Entire Forum/Subforum

• Harassment and/or cyber bullying will not be tolerated. When flaming/harassment turns into stalking, it becomes a crime in violation of the law. As such all measure will be taken to enforce the cessation of all such behaviors.
• There is a no tolerance policy for any kind of racism or prejudice. This includes, but it is not limited to, race, religion, gender and sexual orientation. All such posts will be removed without notice, and are subject to infraction or possible immediate banning of forum accounts. Realize that the forum is like the game, International and accepts posters worldwide from various races. While we grant all posters freedom to express their opinions freely, basic respect for each other is expected
• Post threads in the most relevant section for your topic. The Conquer Online Forums consists of different sections for organization of information such as tips and hints, new player information, suggestions, reporting cheats etc. Please post in the most appropriate section. Take note of the section specific rules posted by the Admins/Super/Moderators.
• Respect other chitchat's communities. You are allowed to post in any server's chit-chat, as long as you are respectful of the members of that server. Going in solely to spam, flame and/or bump old threads for post count, or to try to start "spam wars" between servers is not allowed. Doing this will result in a temporary ban. Further infractions will result in a permanent ban.
• Having a Moderator on "Ignore" is not allowed. You will be asked to remove them from your ignore list if they were added before their modship. If they are not removed, a warning will be given and your account may be banned after 3 warnings.
• Posting of "real life" pictures of others requires consent. Posting of "real life" pictures of other people without his/her general consent or the authorization of that specific person is not acceptable and any material regarding that individual will be deleted/removed for the strict protection of that individual. Please request permission from that individual to post a picture. If you do NOT obtain permission and post without consent, you run the risk of having your Forum Account banned. For those pictures that contain a group of people, it may be allowed. Anyone who formally sends a complaint and a request for their picture to be removed may send a PM to any Moderator.
• Posting "real life" pictures of yourself is permitted and encouraged in the real life photo threads on each server. However, this is a 13+ game forum, and as such pictures of a suggestive nature, containing nudity, anything of a graphic disturbing nature, or pictures containing drug use and/or paraphernalia will be removed or deleted without notice or explanation.
• Posting of another posters "real life" private information will result in an immediate ban of your account. This information includes but not limited to: emails, home address, telephone contacts, character account info or passwords. Please respect the privacy of other posters and players.
• Re-Editing a Mod's edit is not allowed. There is a specific reason why your post, signature or avatar was edited, and ignoring that Moderator’s warnings will result in a ban. (See Warnings)
• Do not impersonate Admins/Super/Moderators. You are allowed to have a "Custom Title" on the Conquer Online forums. You are not allowed to put anything in there saying you are a TQ Staff member or Moderator. This includes bypassing the filter in place (ie. Mod, Moclerator, Adm!n, TQ Adm!n etc.) or any other combination that could be mistaken for Moderator. This is blatantly misleading people, and can result in your account being banned. You have been warned.
• All other trading or transfers, including, but not limited to, trading of Account ID, Account Names, and all out-of-game transfers, are strictly prohibited as stated within TQ's Term of Service. Any forms of trading an account will lead to the immediate ban of the account without warning. Trading of game items or in game money between Players on the same server is permitted. ANY AND ALL PROHIBITED CONDUCT MAY RESULT IN IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OF THE ACCOUNTS INVOLVED IN SUCH TRADING.
• Items for Real-Life Money, DB codes, or similar on another server (inter-server trades of accounts) is not allowed. Failing to comply with this rule will result in your account being banned. Selling Accounts, by any means, will result in your account being banned. It should be noted that account trading and purchasing will be taken seriously and any mentions in signature, post, threads, location and other public means of a desire to purchase or sell an account if/when brought to the attention of a Moderator, will result in an immediate banning of your account.
• No promoting hack/cheat/private server sites on the forum.
• Do not inquire about bug exploits, hacks, cheats, and/or bots. Posting links and/or screenshots will result in an immediate ban of your account and possible in-game actions may be taken. Posting of modified clients (file editing) or asking what steps need to be taken to modify something in your Client is not allowed unless brought up in a discussion thread by a member of TQ.
• Private servers are illegal and should not be mentioned nor inquired about on the ConquerOnline forums. Posting links and/or information related to private servers will result in the immediate banning of your forum account. (This includes posting screenshots from privates servers as well).
• The maximum number of clients TQ allows run per computer is two. Running any more than two clients per machine is considered to be multi-clienting, and is therefore illegal. Posting screenshots and/or information regarding any form of multi-clients may result in the immediate banning of your forum account.
• Spam, complaining, harassing, or anything of that sort will not be tolerated in the Help forums, FAQ/Bugs or Newcomer's sections. These sections are designed to aid, not hinder. Please respect the nature of these forum sections.
• The Conquer Online Forums are meant for only discussions about the Conquer Online game expect for the Off-Topic section. Other TQ games are also accepted however keep in mind that those games have their own individual forum. All other game threads which are not TQ supported shall be moved to off topic.
• Do not provide links to sites that support or contain pirated software, music or other downloads. TQ does not support such activities and any post or thread containing such a link will be removed and the account banned.
• Do not create threads asking questions or help from the GM's. The GMs do not handle account issues publicly. All threads ignoring this rule will be closed or deleted. If you have a case you would like to report then file your issues here: Live Help Desk or TQ Customer Service Center
• Threads with Light spamming and slight Off Topic posts will be tolerated, but there is a limit. Threads consisting of just “+1“; "o rly?"; or any other nonsense replies will be deleted. Polite conversations that go slightly off topic within a thread will be allowed, but if continued too long, or if flaming/insulting results the thread will closed. We want you to have fun, but we also want to keep the forums readable to new members. Do not create threads solely to increase post count, or celebrate it, they will be closed or most likely deleted.
• Do not have extremely long signatures or location information. These inhibit the readability of the forums. A Moderator will request you shorten your signature or remove the location information if it hinders forum usage for others. Refusing to comply with the Moderator's request may result in the temporary or permanent ban of your forum account.
• The forum has a profanity filter in place and bypassing this filter is not allowed, however light swearing such as "crap" will be tolerated to a point. (example of bypassing: if "stupid" is a filtered word, writing it as "$tupid" "stup!d" or the likes, or using broken code is bypassing.) All bypasses of the swear filter are infractable offenses, and if it continues after you have been infracted the poster will be reported for a ban. (See Warnings at the bottom of the post.) You are also NOT allowed to teach others how to bypass. Teaching others how to bypass will result in your account being banned WITHOUT warning.
• Posting of pornographic material is prohibited and will result in your account being banned. Furthermore, any content that is unlawful or displays acts of illegal conduct is subject to be removed immediately with/without warning (Moderator's discretion) and may result in a ban. Inappropriate content may include, but not limited to, the use of drugs, illegal drugs, pornographic content, under-age drinking, mistreatment of animals or humans, unauthorized posting of copyrighted or posting of people's pictures without their approval or consent, and use of vulgar words, images or expressions. This is a 13+ forum, not an 18+ forum. Moderators will use their best judgment to make a decision on what material is deemed inappropriate. Please respect the younger members of our community.
• No personal arguments or conversations will be tolerated. This means two people dominating a thread with personal conversations that cannot include another forum member, or arguments following the same format. This also includes threads made personally addressed to a specific poster to gain their attention or insult them. The Private Message (PM) function is provided for personal conversations, so please use it.
• Keep the name calling and flaming to a minimum. An opinion is fine, but there is a limit.
• Harassment or belittling others will not be tolerated. Posts and/or threads will be edited, deleted and closed if necessary. Private Messages are not mediated by the Moderators due to the inability of the Moderator to verify the authenticity of the Private Message. If you are being harassed by someone via Private Messages, you are advised to place the harasser on ignore by using your Buddy/Ignore list
• Making fun of poor English speakers will not be tolerated. Please respect each other even if you may not be able to understand them. Insults and jeering of poor English speakers will be removed. Realize that not all forum members speak English fluently.
• Do not use the report button to submit false reports. Users who see any of the above material, can use the “report a post” icon under each forum accounts post however it should be noted that those who file false reports will be warned for their actions on two separate incidents prior to their first red infraction and eventually banned after further infractions. (See warnings)
• An ACCURATE English translation must be provided when posting in other languages. TQ and the Moderator staff realize that not everyone speaks English fluently and we do allow threads for posters who speak different languages to converse with each other in their native language. It also should be noted that an ACCURATE English translation must be provided as the thread is also bound to the rules of the forum. Failure to provide an accurate translation can result in your thread being deleted or closed. Also note that non-English posts in an English threads should also have a English translation provided. TQ Digital offers many of their games in other languages and countries. If you feel more comfortable speaking another language, we invite you to join any of the following: Arabic Conquer Online Arabic forum French Conquer Online French Forums Spanish Conquer Online Spanish Forums Chinese Conquer Online Chinese Forums

About the Moderators Moderators are NOT Gms and have nothing to do with ingame issues. Please address ingame issues to any of the following links: Live Help Desk & TQ Customer Service Center The Moderators will enforce the rules of the section, sometimes without warning. If a Moderator closes, edits, deletes, merges or moves a thread or post, they are not required to leave a reason why. Some Moderators will, some Moderators won't. If you have a problem with any change a Moderator made, and you wish to have a Moderator explain it to you, use the forum’s Private Messaging (PM) function. If a Moderator doesn't reply to your PM, or is unnecessarily rude or unkind, then make a thread politely asking for an explanation or PM the sections Regional Moderator. Do NOT resort to flaming and/or harassing any member of the Admin/Super/Moderator team or a member of the Conquer Online staff. The offending threads/posts may be infracted/warned, closed or reported for a ban. To find a list of the Forum's current Admins/Super/Moderator, click on the link: View Forum Leaders Format for Warnings These rules are subject to change without notice and will be updated regularly. We realize that different situations require different rules. The moderators are asked to use their best judgment if there isn't a rule listed for certain situations:

• If you break rules, you may get a "yellow card" infraction, which is a friendly warning not to repeat said offenses (or any others for that matter).
• If you do not listen you will get a "red card" infraction, which will give you 34 points toward your banning. At 100 points you will be banned.
• Some very serious offenses such as posting pornography and listing private servers will give you an instant 100 points and you will be banned immediately.

We want you all to have fun and enjoy yourselves while chatting with each other, but these rules are in place for a reason. It is expected that you follow the rules and give each person the respect they deserve. If at any time you have any questions, you are welcome to PM any member of the Moderator staff.