Serious question about the rules of online poker

Is it against the rules/bad ettiquite on Full Tilt to play non heads up ring games/sng's at the same table as a personal real life friend?

not against the rules unless ur colluding

ty I just figured they may have banned it completely to avoid any collusion which seems awful really, i hope they have some way to catch ppl who do cheat because i hsouldn't have to feel paranoind about losing all my BR just to have a game with a friend

We sometimes have a Loyaler game on Full Tilt for the long-serving members of Cardschat. The players know each other very well through the forums, and many of us have also met each other in real life.

FT have no objection to that. The things which are objectionable are soft-playing or chip-dumping to a friend, or colluding. If you play tough against your friend and make every effort to beat him, just as you would any other opponent, it is highly unlikely that any questions will be asked.

I was in a final table of a horse freeroll with a really good friend of mine. I ended up 2nd, he finished 3rd lol. I wanted to get him out lol cos I know he is a decent player and I got him good with quad jacks against his paired ace in holdem.