~*~ Here are the rules and guidelines of the Charity/Quests/Lotto! ~*~
No. 1: Entering contests with mules or own account is not permitted. If proven that a creator has entered a contest with a mule account, it is considered a scam. The creator will be banned along with the mule that was used to enter the contest. And obviously, if the creator joins his/her contest, it is also considered as scam.
No. 2: Refunding is required if the contest closes. If you decide to close your contest/lotto before the previously set end date you are required to refund the full amount to participants. This does not mean that the creator needs to refund if a contestant decides to quit. It is up to the creator to decide if he or she will refund when a contestant want to quit the contest. But you must state beforehand if you are refunding or not.
No. 3: If you want to start a lottery where the prize is, for example Fairy Wings, you must have the Fairy Wings. Giving the excuse that you will buy the item when you've enough gold from buying tickets, is prohibited because of scam risks.
- Prizes paid in gold only are still okay. Example: You create a lottery with 50,000 gold in 1st prize, but do not have that much on you at the time, and intend to use the ticket sale to pay the winner is okay.
No. 4: Creator of contest must present which method he or she uses to pick the winner(s). Lotteries must also have a way to randomly pick the winner, for example www.randomizer.org or the user of the roll dice post feature. You are not required to use either of these particular methods, so long as the method is random.
No. 5: You can have your prizes in wrapped giftboxes, but if you have promised that the contents of the wrapped giftbox is a certain item or value, then it must contain that certain item or be of that value. If not, it is considered as scamming which is a bannable offense.
No. 6: Highest donator contests are NOT permitted! Creating these types of contests will result in a warning and possible banning from the guild.
No. 7: Advertising or begging is not permitted in any threads in this forum unless the thread owner has explicitily stated users are free to do so in their thread. If you find users advertising or begging in threads that do not say they can do so, please report this to a moderator.
No. 8: Please do NOT PM users to ask them if they would like to join your lottery/contest. This will be treated as spam since it is advertisement. It's unwanted PMs and if someone report it to a moderator, you will receive a warning/ban for spamming. Advertising for your lotto is only permitted in the Chatterbox and done so anywhere else will be treated/warned for spam.
No. 9: It is fine to request that if a trade is sent with gold for entry that it is somehow labeled so that you know what it is for (in case you are running multiple auctions/charities/lotteries). However, refusing the person's entry and instead taking the trade as a donation because it is not labeled a particular way is not allowed, as it is exploiting users to gain gold. If a trade has mistakingly been taken as a donation and the user claims it was for the entry you must enter them or return the gold. There are no exceptions.
No. 1: Entering contests with mules or own account is not permitted. If proven that a creator has entered a contest with a mule account, it is considered a scam. The creator will be banned along with the mule that was used to enter the contest. And obviously, if the creator joins his/her contest, it is also considered as scam.
No. 2: Refunding is required if the contest closes. If you decide to close your contest/lotto before the previously set end date you are required to refund the full amount to participants. This does not mean that the creator needs to refund if a contestant decides to quit. It is up to the creator to decide if he or she will refund when a contestant want to quit the contest. But you must state beforehand if you are refunding or not.
No. 3: If you want to start a lottery where the prize is, for example Fairy Wings, you must have the Fairy Wings. Giving the excuse that you will buy the item when you've enough gold from buying tickets, is prohibited because of scam risks.
- Prizes paid in gold only are still okay. Example: You create a lottery with 50,000 gold in 1st prize, but do not have that much on you at the time, and intend to use the ticket sale to pay the winner is okay.
No. 4: Creator of contest must present which method he or she uses to pick the winner(s). Lotteries must also have a way to randomly pick the winner, for example www.randomizer.org or the user of the roll dice post feature. You are not required to use either of these particular methods, so long as the method is random.
No. 5: You can have your prizes in wrapped giftboxes, but if you have promised that the contents of the wrapped giftbox is a certain item or value, then it must contain that certain item or be of that value. If not, it is considered as scamming which is a bannable offense.
No. 6: Highest donator contests are NOT permitted! Creating these types of contests will result in a warning and possible banning from the guild.
No. 7: Advertising or begging is not permitted in any threads in this forum unless the thread owner has explicitily stated users are free to do so in their thread. If you find users advertising or begging in threads that do not say they can do so, please report this to a moderator.
No. 8: Please do NOT PM users to ask them if they would like to join your lottery/contest. This will be treated as spam since it is advertisement. It's unwanted PMs and if someone report it to a moderator, you will receive a warning/ban for spamming. Advertising for your lotto is only permitted in the Chatterbox and done so anywhere else will be treated/warned for spam.
No. 9: It is fine to request that if a trade is sent with gold for entry that it is somehow labeled so that you know what it is for (in case you are running multiple auctions/charities/lotteries). However, refusing the person's entry and instead taking the trade as a donation because it is not labeled a particular way is not allowed, as it is exploiting users to gain gold. If a trade has mistakingly been taken as a donation and the user claims it was for the entry you must enter them or return the gold. There are no exceptions.
