CODE OF CONDUCT 6.8.18 (o) 5.2020 (rev)

Welcome to the unofficial War Robots forum!  This forum is for everyone to contribute to, share information, learn new things, and to be active in the community!  Be nice to other members of the community and remember that not everyone has the same play style and ultimately War Robots is about having fun.

We expect you to:

• Be nice to others, both old and new.
• Respect the fact that people have differing opinions and can amiably exchange them.
• Use common sense (if you think something you're about to post might be objectionable, it probably is)
• If you have privileges, please use them correctly.
• HAVE FUN!

In order to maintain a positive, helpful spirit, there are some actions that we will not tolerate.

These include:

• Bigotry, including (but not limited to) racism, sexism, religion, xenophobia and homophobia
• Linking/posting of sexually explicit content
• Linking to a malicious link
• Introducing/discussing politics and/or religion
• Trolling
• Harassment, including (but not limited to) excessive use/misuse of the Report Post feature
• Spamming
• Flaming
• Sockpuppeting for malicious reasons ("sockpuppeting" is the practice of setting up additional Forum accounts).  It can also be interpreted as constantly changing display names and pretending to be someone else.
  
• Impolite or excessive Minimodding (mini-modding is defined as acting like a forum administrator or moderator when you are not one, rules lawyering, etc)
• Excessive rudeness/insulting behavior
• Excessive thread derailment
• Threatening behavior
• Excessive profanity/working around the profanity filter
• Editing of the quotes of other users without permission and for malicious reasons
• Clan poaching (such as when one clan tries to steal one or more members of another clan)
• Persisting even after admins and mods have issued a cease and desist
• Spreading of false information regarding gameplay
• Posting information that can be used to cheat, hack, or exploit the game in ways other than the intent of the designers
• Cheating or hacking (disconnecting also counts)
• Vandalism of wiki pages
• Abuse of administration time (including but not limited to bogus threats of legal action, excessive thread creation in the wrong subforum, Constitutional arguments, and Freedom of Information requests. These are volunteers, folks.)
• Deletion of proof of transgressions of forum rules
• Sales of any digital content is not permitted
• Support of tanking -- Explaining how to tank, promotion of tanking activity
• Meaningful discussion about or promotion of drug use.
  

***While we recognize that rules enforcement is ultimately the responsibility of the administration team, we do ask that posters make use of the Report Post feature rather than retaliating or engaging directly with offensive behavior.***


Disciplinary Process

Although we have a disciplinary process, in some circumstances we may bypass the flow listed below to address the most urgent or egregious issues immediately.

The typical disciplinary process is as follows:

• First Strike: A first offense will receive a warning, either in the form of a PM or a warning status.
  
• Second Strike: Reoffend for any reason and the poster will be given a one-week ban to cool off.
• Third Strike: Reoffending upon returning from a one-week ban, will see a permanent ban imposed.

Additional Guidelines

Matchmaker/ditching/tanking complaints need to be posted in the Rants section. They’re available for debate- civil or (within moderation) uncivil. Not a whole lot different from the status quo, so those concerned with the liberty of speaking their mind do have an outlet- while those who prefer to avoid that sort of thing can still enjoy the forums.

Also, we require “inflammatory topics” to be posted in the Rants section. This includes clubbing, matchmaking, and tanking/ditching complaints. Threads that bend to these topics or are hijacked may end up in Rants, or see the hijacked part moved and the original thread remain, at admin’s discretion.

We will continue to be active about rules enforcement and forum curation than we have in the past. Having a score of threads all essentially about the same topic is not unlike noise pollution, and drowns out some of the forum’s utility. We've stepped up our vigilance for merging like threads. This way everyone still gets to have their say, even if it does get moved to an ongoing conversation. If this continues to be an issue, disciplinary action may be handed out and threads deleted.

The overall aim of these rules and guidelines is to make a forum that everyone can take something from, and feels welcome to contribute to. We don’t want to be heavy-handed, but rather steer things onto the right course. This is a great community, and we want to help keep it so. As always, we on the administration team understand that this place is nothing without all of you, and we appreciate your understanding and support.

Since this forum originally came from the War Robots Wiki, we still think fondly of what that site does. If you enjoy evaluating how the mechs and weaponry function, please consider contributing to the wiki.



Revision Notes
0 - New version: Numerous updates to the previous Code of Conduct
1 - Update: Added drug use to list of negatives.