I’ve updated the rules on the wiki to reflect recent questions and events.
Upon death you should submit a post to the thread informing the community of the character’s death and immediately delete the character. Inventory may be transferred to a non-HARDCORE character prior to deletion. Should you wish to create a new character for the HARDCORE competition, you must select a different name than the one used previously.
Participation in Societies, to include tasks requiring the direct involvement of other characters is permitted, as is the use of both HARDCORE and Non-HARDCORE characters to complete said tasks. MAing the required participants is not permitted.
Please let me know if you have any questions/comments/concerns over the new or already existing rules.
I have also created the Lnet Chat HARDCORE. Type ;tune HARDCORE or ;Chat on HARDCORE to make use of it.
The HARDCORE competition has its own folder on the Official Forums! http://forums.play.net/forums/GemStone IV/Hunting and Combat/Hardcore Mode/view/1