Minimum System
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Power Mac G3
- Mac OS 8.5 with NetSprocket 1.7
- 800x600 resolution
- 60MB free RAM
- 56K Modem
Recommended System
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Power Mac G4 (600MHZ or faster)
- Mac OS X
- 1024x768 resolution
- 70MB free RAM
- Cable/DSL or faster
Oberin is a work in progress. The game does have bugs and parts are not complete. Please read that sentence at least two more times and be sure you fully understand it before playing.
Because Oberin is constantly improving and growing, frequent downloads might be required.
At times we may restrict new character creations. Oberin is a free game running on a free server. We don't want to exclude anyone, but please understand that there is a limit to how many players our server can handle.
We don't have a super fast high bandwidth connection. Sometimes the game will be laggy. If it makes you feel better, you are free to complain about the lagginess, but please understand that we can't do anything about it.
The server will not be available 24/7. Sometimes it will go down unexpectedly. We can't always notify players about server problems.
We can't guarantee that your character will survive all game updates.
Oberin is an open community project. It is where it is today because of the valuable help, suggestions, and ideas of the players. We always invite suggestions, ideas, and constructive criticism. Excessive whining and insults tend to get ignored.
We get a lot of email. We read all of them, but due to the volume we can't always respond to every one of them.
Please read and memorize all of the above beta notes. Once online, a developer might appear at any time and ask you to recite them verbatim. Failure to do so will result in being struck down with a deadly lightning bolt. You have been warned!
Once online, you can summon a Counselor by typing "/help". Counselors are experienced players and volunteers who can help you get started and answer any questions that you might have about the game. While counselors are frequently online, we can't guarantee that one will be available to help you 24 hours a day.
Your character
name will not be visible to other players until it is approved.
You character
name will not be approved if it does not meet the following standards:
- use a proper
name that fits the period.
- no curse words or anything crude, vulgar, offensive,
etc.
- no names that don't fit the setting such as "masta blasta", "eLiTe",
"zero cool", "the dude", etc.
- no sentences
or statements.
- no titles such st, dr, sir, lord, lady, king, queen, prince, etc.
- no ranks such as lieutenant, commander, captain
- nothing that might make someone think you are an Oberin official like putting
GM in the name
- no names of animals or monsters
Updated Sunday 09/07/2005 07:20 PM EST
OBERIN TERMS
OF SERVICE
While you are a member of the Oberin service, you must
abide by the following rules.
IF YOU BREAK ANY OF THESE RULES, YOUR OBERIN ACCOUNT, AND YOUR RIGHT TO USE THE OBERIN SERVICE, MAY BE TERMINATED IMMEDIATELY. THE RULES ARE:
1) You may not harass,
threaten, embarrass or cause distress, unwanted attention or discomfort to
another player. This includes unwanted following, chasing, stalking, etc. You
must leave
a player alone if they ask you to do so.
2) You may not use any offensive or sexually explicit language.
3) You may not use any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing,
defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, racially, ethnically, religiously, or
otherwise objectionable
language toward any other player. And any other words or actions which offend,
inflame, upset or humiliate.
4) You may not organize any guilds or groups that are based on, or espouse,
any racist, sexist, anti-religious, anti-ethnic, anti-gay, or other hate-mongering
philosophy.
5) You may not obstruct another player's movement such as by standing in a
doorway, or blocking their escape from danger.
6) You may not falsify your email address which is required at the time you
create a character.
7) You may not exploit any bug in the Oberin product or service to gain unfair
advantage in the game and you will not communicate the existence of any such
bug (either directly or through public posting) to any other user. You must
inform the administration of any such bug you discover.
8) You may not allow another person to use your account.
9) You may not have more than one character logged on at a time.
10) You may not "macro" your characters while not attending the game.
This is called unattended macroing. Unattended macroing means being away from
your Oberin session or away from your computer while your character repeats a
series of actions for any length of time. If your character is performing a skill
or action you must respond to a GM when confronted, if you are found to be "macroing" the
penalty will be severe.
11) You may not cheat in any way listed or not listed here. You may not use any artificial means to advance your character. You may not attempt to bypass the way the game is intended to be played.
12) You may not use loopholes in the TOS. You may not do things that, though not specifically listed here, obviously conflict with natural gameplay of Oberin.
13) You may not do anything else that interferes with the ability of other
Oberin users to enjoy playing the game, or that increases the expense or difficulty
of maintaining the Oberin service for the enjoyment of all its users.
14) "Hacking" or "cracking" the
client or modifying the Oberin Client, Oberin Server, and subsidiary files in any way, to bypass
normal game functions,
is not allowed.
Those found doing so will be banned immediately.
15) If for any reason you are in disagreement or conflict between players or GM's (Game Masters), Oberin GM's have the final word in all matters.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU AGREE TO THESE RULES AND WILL ABIDE BY THEM. IN ORDER TO HELP MAKE OBERIN A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE, IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO MAKE CHANGES TO, OR RESET CERTAIN PARAMETERS OF, AN ON-GOING WORLD IN ORDER TO BRING IT BACK INTO BALANCE. THESE CHANGES OR RESETS MAY AFFECT CHARACTERS UNDER YOUR CONTROL AND MAY CAUSE YOU SETBACKS WITHIN THE GAME WORLD. THESE RULES MAY BE CHANGED, AND NEW RULES MAY BE ADDED, AT ANY TIME. YOU AGREE TO CHECK THE OBERIN WEB SITE FROM TIME TO TIME TO REVIEW ANY RULE CHANGES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN MADE.