- Be nice to people. Respect people. Don't be rude or mean to people. This include any racist comments or jokes.
- Follow US laws (PBO is based in the US). Keep the game as PG as possible (Drugs included), minors also play the game, don't distribute pirated material, and don't slander others.
- No cheating. Don't exploit bugs to gain an unfair advantage, report them in the forums immediately.
- Don't abuse PvP system (by intentionally losing against yourself or a friend in a ladder match, by timerstalling, etc).
- Don't impersonate staff if you're not. Punishment will be severe.
- Do not spam, flame, or troll. This includes advertising, raiding, asking questions with one-word answers in the lobby, and flooding the chat
- English only, unless specified otherwise.
- We reserve the right to tell you to stop discussing moderator decisions if you become unreasonable or belligerent.
- Usernames may not be derogatory or insulting in nature, to an individual or group (insulting yourself is okay as long as it's not too serious) nor may the reference sexual activity.
- Advertising of other pokemon related games should be avoided, for obvious reasons.
- Usage of Third party programs such as Macros/Auto Clickers/Auto Keyboard and other Cheats are strictly prohibited, also refrain from speaking about them. If you want to play with a controller, please use software that does not contain macro capability, such as Xpadder.
If game detects any such tool even running in background, its an autmatic and non-reversible ban. DO NOT RUN THESE PROGRAMS WHILE PBO IS RUNNING.
- Joking in fine as long as it doesn't offend others.
- Sexual references in chat other than crew/private is prohibited.
- Harassing others is prohibited.
- No more than 1 account per IP, if found exploiting bugs or loopholes via multi-accounts, all the accounts with that ip will be banned. (If you have brothers or sisters or other members playing, please speak with moderator or admin over discord or in game)
- Spoiling quests on global chat is prohibited. If you want to help others in solving a quest, please use private/crew chat. Giving solutions on global chat will result in a mute. (Please note that guiding others in the right direction is still allowed especially if you are guiding a new player)
- Buying/Selling pokemon involving IRL money is strictly prohibited, any players found engaging into such trasnactions will get severely punished and account will be deleted.
- Using multiple accounts to abuse trade house limits is prohibited and will lead to permanent ban.
- Calling other people by insulting names will lead to a mute and an eventual ban.
- Stalling battles during Crew Wars is strictly prohibited, if found the entire crew will be held responsible and will be wiped of tokens and deleted. If you need to go away from keyboard then you must exit the game, otherwise it will be considered stall.
Caution when using external software such as the Stat Calculator provided from users of the community, they might be compromised and hide a keylogger, PBO Staff will take no responsibility for your account if something happens to it, use at your own risk.
You're free to say what you want in private or your crew tab other than rule(s) #10 - #11.
People breaking these rules will get either warned or punished severely according to the rule they broke.
Cheating results to certain ban, you're free to appeal the ban, don't expect too much without a really good explanation or proof of justification.
