Can I get a ban for sending a link in Tibia?

Question

Can I get a ban for sending a link in the game? If I send link to screenshot posted on imgur on chat can I get banned for that?

Answer 1

Posting links to other websites is generally not forbidden under any of the Tibia Rules: https://www.tibia.com/support/?subtopic=tibiarules This means you are allowed to share a link to a screenshot or a site you like.

However, sometimes posting a link can violate specific Tibia Rules, for example:

• Posting hacklinks violates rule 5b - https://www.tibia.com/support/?subtopic=tibiarules&rule=5b
• Posting someone's Facebook profile without their consent violates rule 2f - https://www.tibia.com/support/?subtopic=tibiarules&rule=2f
• Posting links to a webshop violates rule 2c - https://www.tibia.com/support/?subtopic=tibiarules&rule=2c

So not every link is allowed in-game.

Here's an official news post that talks about the rule change back in 2010:

"In the game and on the boards, the posting of links to other websites will be basically allowed, given that the links do not violate another Tibia Rule. In other words, you may then link to your favourite video on YouTube, to your Twitter account, to your Facebook profile etc. However, hack links, links to websites that sell Tibia gold or links that clearly advertise other products, for example, will still be forbidden."

Source: https://www.tibia.com/news/?subtopic=newsarchive&id=1539&fbegind=29&fbeginm=4&fbeginy=2002&fendd=29&fendm=5&fendy=2020&flist=11111111

Answer 2

In this particular case I think you won't have any problem.

On the other hand on Imgur you can upload different photos... so if we are talking about links - we have to consider it not only basing on kind of website but also on content. In general - yes, it is possible to get a ban for sending a link in game, but only in case when content of the link contains content which is against Tibia Rules.

https://www.tibia.com/support/?subtopic=tibiarules

Your links can not contain:

• advertisements of products not related with Tibia,
• advertisements of selling Tibia Coins for real money,
• advertisements of selling your character for real money,
• screenshots shows that you use unofficial software,
• screenshots/info presenting how to abuse game bugs,
• supporting rule violation,
• information that you're a member of cipsoft (very often hackers used to write as CMs),
• hacklinks,
• false information about Cipsoft,
• inappropriate content - drugs, racist or sexual related,
• violating law.

The last point may be understood in many different ways, because against the law is for example:

- sharing someone's personal data without permission - not only Facebook profile, but address, private photos, phone number etc.

- advertising false passports (to be honest I haven't seen it via Tibian chat, but it is quite common that bots makes some advertisements on different Fansite's forums, so maybe it happens also in Tibia)