General Rules and Guidelines

To keep the Service a compliant, fun, fair and safe gaming environment for everyone, you may not engage in any of the following behavior:

Post, transmit, promote, or distribute Content that is illegal or promote or encourage any illegal activity including hacking, cracking or distribution of counterfeit software. (See also "Mod, Hack and Cheat Prohibitions" below).

Upload or attempt to distribute files that contain viruses, corrupted data, or malicious software.

Harass, threaten, embarrass, or do anything to another player that is unwanted. This includes posting insulting, offensive, or abusive comments about players, repeatedly sending unwanted messages, attacking a player based on race, sexual orientation, religion, heritage, etc. Hate speech is not tolerated. (See also “Harassment Policy” below.)

Create character names or otherwise transmit or facilitate distribution of Content that is harmful, abusive, racially or ethnically offensive, vulgar, sexually explicit, defamatory, infringing, invasive of personal privacy or publicity rights, or objectionable in a reasonable person's view. (Also see “Naming Policy” below.)

“Trolling,” which we define as posts or threads that knowingly lead to overly strong, negative, and emotional responses for mere shock value, is not allowed on the Service. Accounts created with the sole intent to “troll” will be immediately and permanently suspended. Constant personal attacks are also considered trolling. (See also “Forum Guidelines” below.)

Register an alternate account for the purpose of disobeying the rules to avoid punishment of your main account. Alternate accounts created for this purpose will receive permanent bans.

Register an alternate account to post when your main account is banned. These alternate accounts will be permanently suspended and may necessitate other moderation actions.

Impersonate another person (including celebrities), indicate falsely that you are an EA or BioWare employee or a representative of EA or BioWare, or attempt to mislead users by indicating that you represent EA or BioWare or any of EA’s partners or affiliates.

Post messages for any purpose other than personal communication, including without limitation advertising or promotional messaging, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or other commercial activities.

Post or communicate any player’s real-world personal information within the Service or through any Site or any Service bulletin board.

Attempt to get a password, other account information, or other private information from a Member or any other player on the Service. Remember: BioWare we employees will NEVER ask for your password. Do not give your password, reminder words, or billing information out to anyone.

Buy, sell, transfer or auction (or host or facilitate the ability to allow others to buy, sell or auction) , or offer to transfer, sell or auction, or buy or accept any offer to transfer, sell or auction, any game Account or game Content, including (without limitation) game characters, character attributes, items, objects, currency, credits or copyrighted material, or any other intellectual property owned or controlled by the Services, or its our licensors, without first obtaining our express written permission, nor may you encourage or induce any other player to participate in such prohibited transaction(s).

Use or distribute “auto” software programs, “macro” software programs or other “cheat utility” software program or applications.

Improperly use in-game support or complaint buttons or make false reports to Service staff members, including the SWTOR CS.

Modify any part of the Service that the Service does not specifically authorize you to modify.

Attempt to interfere with, hack into or decipher any transmissions to or from the servers running the Service.

Exploit any bug in the Service to gain unfair advantage in the game and/or communicate the existence of any such bug (either directly or through the public posting) to any other user of the Service.

Attempt to play the Service on or through any platform that is not controlled or authorized by EA.

Participate in any online service that provides online features or game play for Star Wars: The Old Republic that is not authorized by EA or any of EA's partners or affiliates.

Do anything that interferes with the ability of other Service users to enjoy playing Star Wars: The Old Republic and using the Service in accordance with its rules, or that materially increases the expense or difficulty of EA in maintaining the Service for the enjoyment of all its users.

You may not give false information or intentionally hide any information when registering for your Star Wars: The Old Republic Account.

You will not upload or transmit in Star Wars: The Old Republic, or on the official Forums or any and all official websites, any copyrighted content that you do not own all rights to, unless you have the express written permission of the author or copyright holder.

Forum accounts are non-transferable. Registered users are responsible for any actions that take place on their accounts or private messaging systems.

Do not repost copyright and/or press material in its entirety from other sources. Quotations from things such as news articles are fine, provided it is cited and (if possible) linked to.