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