1. Your
League Play and Ranking System
2. Account
Rules
3. Getting a Match
4.
Opponents
5. Playing Your Matches
6. Not Finishing a
Match
7. Reporting a Match
8. Winnings Wall
Flags
9. Spamming
10. Names
11. Multiple Users
12.
Cheating
13. Abuse
14. Penalty
List
15. Redeeming and
Claims
16. BananaBux
17. Sub
Rules For Partner Games
1. Your League Play and
Rankings System
When you first join a league you
start with zero points and can move up the ranks by winning games.
For each game win, you receive three (3) points. For each loss,
minus one point (-1). The player with the most points has the highest
rank.
Leagues cycle on a monthly basis and are reset on the first
of every month at midnight.
You may only play a member ten (15)
times during a league cycle. You may only partner with a member fifty (50)
times during a league cycle. There is no limit to the number of games you
may play per cycle overall.
Tournament matches count toward league
standings but not against your monthly limit of 15 times against the same
player, or 50 times with the same partner. Example: You play someone 5
times in tournament play and you play the same person 15 times in league
play, for a total of 20 times in the month. All those matches will count
toward the standings.
If two players are tied with points, the
first tiebreaker is the number of wins, and the next tiebreaker is the
winning percentage.
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2. Account
Rules
You must have a valid E-mail
address on record. Most contact will be by e-mail. If we are unable to
contact you via e-mail, you may be suspended.
You cannot share e-mail
addresses with any member. You must have your own e-mail address.
A
player will have no more than one account with the Royal Yahoo Monkeys.
You may also join and create and account with the Jungle Yahoo Monkeys.
Creating multiple accounts on Royal Yahoo will not be tolerated and will
result in being banned from all of MonkeyRoyale. We determine IP Addresses
at registration and they are logged.
Players cannot share
accounts! Only one player per account is allowed. DO NOT share your
password with anyone. If found that more than one person has access to
your account, the account will be permanently suspended.
Your
account will be deleted if you do not have any activity on your Royal
Monkeys on Yahoo account for 90 days in a row (Platinum, Gold, and
Charter Members are exempt - just signing in, is considered "activity").
The system will automatically delete the account and all its information.
We cannot retrieve accounts that have been deleted. We will attempt to
send a reminder email to your registered email address 7 days prior to
deletion. It is YOUR responsibility to maintain your
account.
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3. Getting a
Match
The best way to get a match is
to announce in the lobby and ask for a MONKEY game or Royal game. This
lets everyone know that you are interested in playing with the Royal
Monkeys. All players are to agree which league the match will be reported
in, prior to game start. It will be considered manipulating reports and
cheating, if you wait until the match results are determined, to decide
what league you will report the match in.
You may play the same
person ONLY 10 times in league play each reporting cycle for credit.
Tournaments do not count toward this total. More than 10 times in league
play in a cycle, played between the same two opponents, will not count
towards your statistics or BananaBux account.
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4.
Opponents
You may not report
matches against people that reside in the same household or same location
(such as work). If you are in a tournament and are matched against someone
from the same household or location, please call the TD to the table to
watch and the TD must report the match.
You are not allowed to
partner with people who reside in the same household as you or are in the
same location as you, whether it is in league play or tournament play.
You may not report wins if the game was played from the same
machine or same internet connection.
You may play only ONE game at
a time. This means ONE game at a time regardless of whether it is a
MonkeyRoyale game or not. We have this rule to allow for better play from
both opponents. This rule also means just what it says ONE GAME. You may
not play in another league or tournament match in a different type game.
You may only play in one tournament at a time regardless of the
type of game or whether it is on MonkeyRoyale or not. Ex; you may not play
in a Dominoes tournament and a Backgammon tournament at the same time. ONE
tournament at a time!
You may not harass, abuse or attempt to
change the outcome of any match by forced forfeit or try to cancel a game
because of the fact that you are losing. We ask all players to report this
activity to Royal Monkeys Admin. If we receive multiple complaints against
a user we will investigate and deal with the
situation.
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5. Playing Your
Matches
All games must be
RATED unless it is in a tournament and set in the rules for all matches to
be unrated (such as reverse tournaments). The winner must report the match
and the loser must confirm it. Not confirming a match will result in the
offending player not being allowed to participate in any tournaments until
the match in question has been resolved. You have up to 48 hours to
confirm a match before a Manager gets involved and will report it for you.
If you join a tournament, you
are expected to know how to play the game. Tournaments are not meant as a
training ground to learn a game and are NOT the time to learn how to play.
While Questing can be fun, some games are adversely affected if you do not
know how to play at all. League play and training days are provided in
order to help learn the game. In addition, we do not allow "donating" to
tournaments. If you check in to a tournament, you are expected to play in
that tournament, that means playing to win, to the best of
your ability. The same goes for league play. You are expected to play every game to the best of your ability. We have many incentives, prizes and flags for tourney and league play. For that reason, it is required at all times to actually play these games in full. That also means playing to win, to the best of your ability. Intentionally losing a game, or resigning without playing a game or match in full, does not follow along with the spirit intended for Winnings Wall Flags, league rankings or any prizes and incentives that we offer. Manipulation of player stats in order to receive a Flag, ranking or even simply extra BananaBux is cheating and will be dealt with accordingly.
Any disputed games
will be investigated within 48 hours after the dispute is logged in. A
dispute occurs when both players claim wins or losses for the same game.
Do not be afraid to dispute a game, we investigate all disputes by
checking playing records, when available.
We rely on the good
sportsmanship of all the players to do the right thing and report their
matches.
If there is a dispute to a game due to YAHOO crashing or
any other failure of the system all games during that time will be
considered null and void.
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6. Not Finishing
a Match
Once you start a
match you are responsible for completing it. If you have to leave before
the game is finished for any reason, the game is considered a loss and you
need to promptly report it. There will be no saved games.
Hardware
and reliability is the players' responsibility.
Although it does
not happen often, it is possible that you or your opponent get
disconnected before the match is complete. If this happens, the player who
got disconnected should reconnect in less than 10 minutes to continue the
game. If this happens, the player waiting should immediately send a
message to the player that was disconnected using the Royal Monkeys Forum
messaging system. This will note the time and start the 10-minute clock.
If the player that got disconnected does not get back within 10 minutes,
the player left at the table has every right to force the forfeit and
report the win.
We expect all players to respect the fact that
disconnections do happen and not to jump on taking a win too
quickly.
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7. Reporting a
Match
Report match outcomes
immediately. The winner of the match must make the report. The loser
confirms the loss under Report a League Match.
You may not report
matches against someone from the same household or from the same internet
connection. If you do report, our system will track you and both accounts
could be suspended.
Any match played that is over 48 hours old and
not reported by the winning player within that time, that is disputed by
the losing player, will be ruled null and void.
Most unreported
matches are a case of forgetfulness on the part of your opponent and are
not intentional. The MonkeyRoyale system will put an unresolved match
message on the Report a League Match page of the player that did not
confirm the match. The message will ask for the match to be confirmed and
the player can report the match at that time. If your match has not been
confirmed within 24 hours of the match then an e-mail will be sent to the
person who hasn't confirmed, informing them they have 24 hours to confirm
or the match will be given to the reporting player.
In the event that you
dispute the match, do not confirm the match. The TD Manager will
investigate the matter and determine who gets the win. If there are
special circumstances that the TD Manager needs to be aware of please
e-mail the situation to the Head TD of the league for which the match is
being disputed. That e-mail address can be found in the upper right hand
corner of the league page.
If you do not claim a win, then the
match will never be reported and you will get no credit (Non-winners
cannot make reports, only confirmations). On the other hand, if you lose
the match and do not report, you will be credited with a loss and your
opponent a win.
You should never harass another player, either in
chat, in the lobbies or in a game in an attempt to get them to report. Let
our system work for you.
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8. Winnings Wall
Flags
A large assortment of Flags can be earned
in a variety of different ways. Any Flags that you earn will be displayed
on your own Winnings Wall. Detailed information can be found on the
Winnings Wall page.
- Statistical Flags are earned through tournament play and referring
new members and are broken down into Cycle Flags (completing certain
requirements during any month) and Lifetime Flags (completing certain
requirements over the lifetime of your membership).
- Quest Flags are earned for completing specific requirements for each
Quest.
- Featured Tournament Flags are earned by either playing, or winning
in specific tournaments. The Featured Tournaments schedule can be found
on the Featured Tournament page. The requirements for earning the Flag
for each type of Featured Tournament can be found in the description on
the tournament page.
NOTE: If you are suspended as a
player at any time, all flags are erased from your Winning Wall and you
will start over. Keep it clean and keep it fair. Good luck!!!!
Tournaments that you have
been DQ'd from, will NOT count towards ANY Flags. For Flags that require a
player to "play" in a certain number of tourneys, types of tourneys, or
specific fees, you must actually PLAY in those tourneys. That means
playing to win, to the best of your ability. Intentionally losing a game,
or a DQ for any reason, does not follow along with the spirit intended for
Winnings Wall Flags and will not count towards any Flags. Manipulation of
player stats in order to receive a Flag is cheating and will be dealt with
accordingly. If at any time, the programming is unable to discount a DQ
towards your Flag progress, the Flag will be removed manually.
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Tournament spamming
is considered any sort of advertising of a tournament, no matter the
length. Non-TDs are not permitted to spam for MonkeyRoyale tournaments, in
any room or via Messenger, at any time. In addition, discussions of
tournaments are only allowed in the room the tournament is being held in.
You may spam to recruit members but you may not spam for tournaments. That
is the role of TDs.
When spamming for recruits,
you may only use your own referral code for recruiting new members.
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MonkeyRoyale names
are limited to 24 characters and your MonkeyRoyale name must exactly match
your name in the system you are playing in (capital letters do not
matter). Examples: Your Yahoo ID is JohnDoemonkey@sbcglobal.net.
That is too many letters and would not be able to match a MonkeyRoyale ID.
If your Yahoo ID is JohnDoeMonkey, a MonkeyRoyale ID of johndoemonkey
would be acceptable. You may change your Username by clicking on the
button titled "My Account" located in the left hand column. When the page
opens click on "Change Username" and answer the security
questions.
No offensive names or names that include profanity will
be allowed to remain in MonkeyRoyale. The determination of offensive names
is at MonkeyRoyale's Manager discretion. Using symbols or missing letters
to change the appearance of an offensive name or word is not acceptable.
The determination of an offensive name may also be made by the intended
meaning.
You may only change your user name once every 30 days. If
a mistake is made in changing your name then you may write to
usersupport@monkeyroyale.com to see if you are eligible to have it changed
by our staff. We will do this only once.
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11. Multiple
Users
You must report all
family members, other members of your household, and anyone playing on
MonkeyRoyale at your home. You must report if you share an internet
connection or computer with others, such as at work. You MUST notify us
via the Multiple Users in Same Household registration form located in MY
ACCOUNT.
If you do not do so,
all accounts will be subject to suspension from MonkeyRoyale. This applies
even if it is temporary. If someone visits you, simply add them.
Your accounts will be
put on a special watch list for irregularities in your game play. You are
not allowed to play league play against any member of your household (no
matter where each of you are at the moment) or someone that shares an
internet connection with you. You are not allowed to partner with any
member of your household (no matter where each of you are at the moment)
or someone that shares an internet connection with you. Our security
system crosschecks and alerts management when violations occur.
It
is not allowable for more than one person to use or share the same
account. You are welcome to each participate in the league but you will
have to create separate accounts.
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12.
Cheating
It goes without
saying that we will not tolerate cheating of any kind. This site was
created to make it possible for all people to enjoy the thrill of gaming
in a league environment that is honest and fun.
Cheating of any kind
is forbidden, this includes but is not limited to rule violations, using
modifiable executables, aids such as dictionaries, solving programs, anagrammers or card counters, etc (This list is not inclusive.), reporting false results, harassing an opponent to
cancel a game repeatedly or intentional delay of game. Anything that
distorts true results, gives an unfair advantage through an aid, or affects rankings or flags is cheating and will
not be allowed.
To repeat: Anything
that distorts true results or affects rankings or flags is cheating and
will not be allowed. Swapping wins, purposely losing, and not actually
playing the games are some examples of this. Checking into a tournament
with no intention of actually playing is also a distortion of true results
and unfairly affects rankings. In addition, we ask our members to take the
time to know the basics of the game they are playing. Joining a tournament
without any knowledge of the game, in order to receive a Quest flag, is
not acceptable.
The use of any
communication such as the Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, AOL Messenger and/or
telephone is strictly prohibited during all play and especially during
team games like Spades, Pinochle, Euchre, Bridge etc.
Cheating may result
in a permanent suspension from all of MonkeyRoyale. The severity of the
cheating will determine the suspension length.
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13.
Abuse
If you encounter
another user behaving in an unacceptable manner in lobby on repeated
occasions please report the abuse at abuse@monkeyroyale.com and include a
brief description of the situation. You may also send a screen shot in JPG
form to further give evidence.
Any harassment towards a Tournament
Director or MonkeyRoyale Admin is grounds for an immediate automatic
suspension. We protect our Tournament Directors and Admin at all costs and
will not tolerate unacceptable behavior from the players. On the same
token, we will not tolerate unacceptable behavior from our Directors. Any
such behavior should be reported to the TD Manager of that league and
their e-mail can be found on the league page in the upper right hand
corner.
It is not allowed to harass a player for a match.
There are no formal challenges due to the fact that rankings are
based on win/loss calculations.
We encourage you to try to solve
problems on your own before bringing it to our staff. If you are not able
to resolve a situation please bring it to a staff members attention or
e-mail our support staff.
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14. Penalty
List
3 Day
Suspension from Royal Monkeys on Yahoo:
1) Playing 2 games at one
time. (1st offense)
2) Disruption of a tournament. (1st offense)
3) Abuse or harassment of a fellow Monkey. (1st offense)
4)
Swearing in the lobbies, via Messenger or at the table. (1st offense)
5) Non-TD spamming for tournament in Yahoo lobbies. (1st
offense)
7 Day Suspension from
Royal Monkeys on Yahoo:
1) Abuse of any MonkeyRoyale Admin or TD.
(1st offense)
2) Begging, Borrowing, Harassing other members to get
BananaBux (1st Offense)
3) Abusive email to MonkeyRoyale Admin or TD,
(1st Offense)
4) Playing 2 games at one time. (2nd offense)
5)
Swearing in the lobbies, via Messenger or at the table. (2nd offense)
6) Gambling in individual matches for BananaBux. (1st offense)
7)
Non-TD spamming for tournament in Yahoo lobbies.
8) Any offense in the
previous 6 months and this is your second offense but of a different
nature and does not warrant a higher suspension length than 7
days.
30
Day Suspension from Royal Monkeys on Yahoo:
1) Abuse of any MonkeyRoyale Admin or TD. (2nd offense)
2) Begging, Borrowing, Harassing other members to get BananaBux (2nd
Offense)
3) Gambling in individual matches for BananaBux. (2nd
offense)
Permanent Suspension from Royal Monkeys on Yahoo:
1) Abuse of any MonkeyRoyale Admin or TD. (3rd offense)
2) Any
3rd offense for the same offense.
3) Cheating of any kind.
4)
Creation of more than one account. (Manager Discretion)
