Mostly.Vet Policies

=Policies=

Global Code of Conduct
Applies to all aspects of Mostly.Vet (Discord, In game, website, wiki, etc...)

Professional Language
We use professional, polite, non-disparaging, non-exclusive, non-offensive language

Even with people we disagree with, or who are violating the rules! We will not list every possible curse word or offensive term - if you wouldn't say it at work don't say it here.

Non-exclusion
Disparaging, or othering, any group are grounds for expulsion. This includes homophobia, sexism, ageism, antisemitism, antipolitics, racism, etc, etc.

Non-offense
Don't pick fights, and don't respond to provocation with provocation.

Non-Harm
Threats, or wishing harm to someone, or encouraging them to harm themselves is toxic and grounds for immediate expulsion.

In game behavior
In addition to the global code of conduct.

Cheating
Permanent ban

Map Sharing
Don't share the live map with the other team, or a internet audience. We ask that all streamers use an overlay for live games.

First occurrence : Ask to use overlay Second occurrence: punish Please don't stream map information live, consider using a overlay or a time delayed stream. Mostly.Vet policies disallow live map sharing.

Third : kick/ban Please join us again when you have secured a map overlay. You can let us know when this is in place on the discord.mostly.vet

Tutorial on Doing Map Blocking in OBS

Intentional Team Killing
Temporary ban if ambiguous, permanent ban if unambiguous.

With a exception for command expediency : If command is making a good faith effort to communicate and is ignored, or met with belligerence, and a field execution is the only way to fulfill the command designated mission then the team kill wont be considered against policy. If there is a scarce resource, command is the ultimate arbiter of that resource.

Examples of Valid Team Killing
 * Artillery wont stop firing - and command has given clear orders via command radio OR text chat
 * Someone is stealing a truck/tank against the direct and clear orders of command / SLs (we will follow the rank hierarchy here - Command > SL > Soldier).
 * A rifleman/engineer is taking the first supply truck of the match and refuses to exit on orders of Command or SL
 * A Half-Track is being moved against the orders of command.

Spawn Camping / HQ Camping
Legitimate gameplay, denying a spawn point is a built in game mechanic.

Solo Locked Tank / Recon Squad
Not encouraged - No automatic enforcement.

Leaders must have microphones
Encouraged, no automatic enforcement, up to online admin.

No trolling or creating a bad game experience for the team
Commander wasting resources, throwing airheads in HQ, destroying all spawn points, etc. Flooding radio comms with noise, music, other disruptive behavior.

Permanent ban.

Seeding Rules
In an effort to keep seeding fun and entertaining, we wish to maintain quick gameplay, not frustrate seeders, and prevent the game from ending prematurely.

No Artillery
Automatically enforced trigger on player death, will punish offender.

No Tanks
Automatically enforced trigger on player death, will punish offender.

Middle Point Only
No automation, attacking past the middle sector is grounds for immediate Punishment. Don't destroy spawn points past the middle sector.

Accounts with VAC or other Valve game bans
We don't allow these players on our servers in an abundance of caution since managing a dynamic and ever growing community will be difficult we must take advantage of cataloged bad behavior signals.

However, If the bans are older than 5 years (~1800 days) we currently ignore them in the hope the player has matured and cooled down in the timeframe.

!Admin usage
Any use of !Admin violating the above rules, especially Professionalism, Language, Provocation, and Trolling will also receive the same punishments as above.

Bad Usage

''' !Admin PLAYER is a INSULT '''

would still receive a temporary ban for provocation and language.

Correct usage of !admin would include all needed information in the message to know what is happening.

Unhelpful Usage

''' !admin '''

As an entire message by itself isn't helpful and will be ignored.

Correct Usage

''' !admin PLAYER is disrupting command communication with BAD THING '''

As a message is good because it includes all context and can be actioned quickly.

Minimum Experience for Commander and Spotter
As the most impactful and pivotal roles in the game, we ask that all Commanders and Spotters have in-game experience of level 40. There is automation in place to remind people of this requirement. It is always tough to balance the fun of one person and the impact on the 49 people impacted, so we know this isn't a perfect rule - the intent is that the basic functions of command and spotting happen.

Command : Leadership, communication, coordination

Spotter : Reconnaissance, OP behind the enemy, removal of garrisons

First supply truck must be used for garrisons
Since the opening gameplay shapes the game between a fair fight and a steamroll, it is critical that the first supply truck be used for garrisons. With the current blueberry rush, and people trying to level themselves quickly, often the first supply truck is taken by an engineer to build nodes and the team has no garrisons.

'''The first supply truck MUST build garrisons, unless ordered from command. '''

Violating this rule is a kickable offensive, at the discretion of the online admin.

Punish/kick Message: The first supply truck MUST build garrisons, unless ordered from command. This means if you can't build a garrison (Engineer, Assault, Support, etc) You have no business in the first supply truck. - A message from your friendly SGM Robot

Discord Policies
In addition to the Global Code of Conduct

Free Discussion
Any topics, conversation, off-topic is fine.

Civil Discussion
Messages should be kept on topic. If messages veer off topic they will be removed and a DM sent to the message creator asking them to use the Free Discussion area.

Roles
We will make a role for any group with at least 10 people, which they can use to identify themselves in discord.

Administrative Communications
We represent Mostly.Vet when interacting with our community. We will follow our own code of conduct in our messaging. i.e. When banning someone for abusive and disgusting behavior, our ban message will be professional, factual, non-offensive, and not escalating further conflict.

When are we representing the community vs ourselves as individuals?
We represent the community when using community tools such as
 * Discord moderation powers, rename powers, naming powers.
 * Posting to announcement channels.
 * Using in-game broadcast, welcome, and global messages.
 * When setting ban messages.
 * When we communicate in any system with a Mostly.Vet label attached

We represent ourselves as individuals when using modes of communication available to all people and not attached to a Mostly.Vet title.

Appeals
We are not perfect, we will get things wrong, or we won't understand the full situation. That is why we have the #ban_appeals discord room.

The main things we are looking for in a appeal are:
 * 1) Why wont this bad thing happen again?
 * 2) Can the appellant calmly and rationally explain the situation without resorting to insults/threats?
 * 3) Will the community be better with the appellant involved?

Appeal Form
Have you read https://wiki.mostly.vet/wiki/Mostly.Vet_Policies?

Do you agree to follow the policies while participating in mostly.vet?

Why wont this bad thing happen again?

What is your steam id?

Is there any context we should know about the event? (They insulted me, they fired at me first, etc isn't what we are looking for)

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