Harmless? [H?]

Harmless?
Rules and Regs

ABOUT US:

We are an alliance of mature strategy players and new players. Sharing a long and colorful history, Harmless? members value solidarity through kinship and mutual respect. Where possible, we happily extend these values beyond our borders. He who would speak, speak well and be heard. He who would act, act well or face correction.

Harmless is the oldest alliance in Illyriad.   During the first few years of this game, Harmless was a military alliance that ranked Number One for many years.   Harmless is now a peaceful alliance and with the merger of Toothless into Harmless, will pursue peace by means to any conflict.  

Please note Harmless follows the ten square rule, please do not move a city within ten squares of a Harmless member's city.    Please respect our kills or NPC armies around our cities.   

RECRUITMENT:

Harmless members are active, alert, well-spoken, cooperative, and supportive.  We are currently closed to new members.

POLICIES:

Harmless adheres to the de-facto standard 10-square rule.  To avoid unnecessary conflicts, players who wish to move their cities or settle new ones within 10 squares of an existing Harmless city should contact the owner of the existing city and Starry or KillerPoodle prior to initiating the move.   At no time should a player hunt or harvest on sovereign squares of another player without their permission, in fact, we prefer our members to follow the 10 square rule when it comes to hunting and harvesting around other players unless permission by the player has been obtained.

Harmless holds a "minimal ties" policy with regard to inter-alliance treaties.  We assume friendly relations with all alliances.   NAPs are given when needed, confederations only in case of a player relocation and with the approval of both alliances.  Alliances wishing to forge friendly relationships with us are welcome to request an Embassy with representatives from their leadership and members alike.  Silent diplomatic offers shall be silently ignored.

All players in Illyriad are welcomed to join us in the Embassy at our external forums, http://diggik.com/forum.  After signing up an account there using the exact same username as in-game, contact Starry for account authorization and appropriate access based on alliance membership. 

DIPLOMACY:

As an alliance, Harmless seeks to be fair and reasonable in all its dealings wherever possible and to foster goodwill with any who would do the same.

We will, however, protect any member of Harmless that is attacked without provocation (diplo attacks are viewed as the same as an attack with an army) or has not tried to resolve issues through diplomatic means.  If you have a grievance against Harmless or some of its members, please first attempt a direct resolution through communication. It is our sincere hope that doing so shall bring the most amicable and timely resolution possible. If no satisfactory resolution is forthcoming, further options are available:  if you are a member of an alliance, reaching us through your alliance representative on our Embassy is preferred.  If you are a lone player or Embassy access is not an option for you, you may instead speak directly with one of our Diplomats/Directors:
 

Starry
Killer Poodle.

We shall endeavor to hear and fairly mediate any disputes as we are able. 

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Before you apply to Harmless? please read our rules:

Rules and Regs

Basic Rules
1.   Initiates must be active in the game, if you have real life issues, please contact a staff member.  
2.   Only farm inactives. (inactives are allianceless players who have been inactive for 60 days or more)
3.   Use of diplomatic operations against players who have not wronged or slighted you in any way is very strongly discouraged. If you get caught spying, scouting, thieving, etc., you may be required to pay compensation or you may be booted from the alliance.
4.   Always pursue communication (first directly, then through diplomatic channels) first when attempting to resolve conflicts or restore equilibrium against ambivalent parties.  Contact Starry if further assistance is required.
   If you are attacked/burglarized and you want alliance help to deal with it, post the Initiates forum, there is a topic setup for this purpose.  Notify Starry.
   For other matters, first communicate directly with the aggressor, maintaining a civil and respectful tone.
   If negotiations fail, seek redress through the aggressor's diplomatic channels. Failing that (or if direct communications prove hostile, you may leave the issue in a Harmless Director's hands.

Not-So-Basic Rules
Account Administration
1.   Harmless is no longer a military alliance, however, all members are expected to have defensive/offensive troops in their cities.    Harmless does participate, as an alliance, in Dev and Kodabear hosted tournaments, Initiates are expected to participate actively in these alliance events.
2.   Sitters: For security reasons, account sitters should be limited to Harmless alliance members only.
3.   Members are required to complete census reports as they are requested.
4.   We expect our members to be active if real life impacts the time you can spend on the game, please contact an Initiate Coordinator or if you are a full member, a Director.

Land Claims (the 10-square rule)
1.   Do not settle or relocate towns within 10 squares of another player's towns without permission.
2.   Where the player is inactive, not in an alliance and an adequate attempt has been made, permission is not required, however, please make all attempts to contact the player before a move.  
3.   Where the player is inactive but belongs to an alliance, permission from an alliance representative is still required.
4.   You may reserve up to 10 squares radius around your own cities, and all players are expected to acquire your permission before settling within that radius.
5.   You may grant players permission to settle closer to your cities at your own discretion.
6.   Players who settle inside that radius without your permission are subject to reprisal up to and including forced removal of that city.  Contact a Director immediately.
7.   Occupying armies or long-distance sovereignty claims shall be considered equivalent to a declaration of intent to settle or relocate to a location. Such claims should be respected--for a reasonable and not prolonged duration--as if a city were already present and rights are granted on a first-come, first-serve basis.

City Claims
1.   All cities of inactive players within an alliance (ours or another) are considered the property of the alliance. Capturing such cities requires permission from the alliance's leadership.
2.   Occupying armies outside any inactive city shall be treated as a claim upon that city provided the capture occurs within a reasonable time frame.
3.   If multiple armies arrive to claim a city, first rights go to the first party to arrive.
4.   If an alliance-owned army arrives before the account is expelled from that alliance, the alliance enjoys an uninterrupted claim. Other armies arriving earlier do not count.
5.   Battles between opposing claim armies arriving on the same square by chance shall (normally) not be considered acts of aggression.
6.   When capturing an inactive city, always record your intent on the City Move/Settle Claim Thread, first checking that no one else in the alliance has lodged a claim.


Spying, Attacking, Burglarizing Policy
1.   We're interested in seeing the server grow and thrive. Griefing noobs that are actually playing doesn't fit with that.
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Cliffnotes (good for reference, but do familiarize yourself with the full rules): 

Don't start trouble
Be active in the alliance
Obey the 10-square settling/relocation rule.
Get caught making trouble and it'll cost you.
All alliance business is conducted on our forums, you must join our forums if you are a member.  

To all non-Harmless players, please do not hunt, park an army or poach kills within ten squares of any Harmless member's city.    We will respect the same for other Non-H players.   Diplo attacks on any H member's city are considered military attacks and will be treated accordingly.

Membership to Harmless? is closed