Offensive nickname, profile, guildname, base name, etc.. (light)
Posting coordinates in profile, advertising other games.
Use of auto-refresh, tools to fast open pages or that cause massive number of page views.
Penalties:
1st offence - Warning
2nd offence - 1 day fine
3rd offence - 1 day suspension (+1 day fine)
4th offence - 2 day suspension (+2 days fine)
5th offence - Banned
Heavy offences:
Offensive messages (heavy)
Offensive nickname, profile, guildname, base name, etc.. (heavy)
Illegal transfer of credits [+all credits transferred removed]
Illegal script usage.
Penalties:
1st offence – 2 days fine
2nd offence - 2 days suspension (+2 days fine)
3rd offence - Banned
Direct ban offences:
Account sharing.
Multi accounting.
Quitting player allowing an easy occupation of bases or giving fleet as debris, or any other way giving credits. (This rule refers to the quitting player, not the receiver player, the receiver can get a credits transfer penalty if he/she also violated the game terms)
Try to hack or gaining entry into another users account.
Try to hack or to affect the game server’s performance.
Exploit of a bug or sharing with other players.
Offending the game staff.
Real life threats.
Others:
Fines are according to the player's economy. 1 day fine will be the player's economy x 24.
The penalties only accumulate in the same category. For example a player that sends an offensive message (light) receives a warning, if he/she use an auto-refresh he receives another warning, and not 1 day fine.
The Light offences are clear after 6 months regarding cumulative effects. Likewise, Heavy offences are clear after 2 year regarding cumulative effects. Direct Bans offences are never cleared.
New accounts that are created or accounts that are kept active just to violate the game rules, can be banned directly.
Upgrades are non-refundable if your account is suspended/banned for violation of the Terms of Use.
In serious cases, for example hacking game accounts, or the game servers, or causing problems to the game servers, the accounts of that player can be banned in all servers, the IP banned and the case reported to the authorities.
This penalties table is just a guideline, and the game operators can pond aggravations and softness to each case. Also this penalties table doesn’t refer all cases of the game terms violation, just the most common.