2017 Revised code of conduct

So you're new to the forums? Cool! The War Robots 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.

Forum Do's

• 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)
• Consider contributing to the Wiki
• If you have privileges, please use them correctly.
• HAVE FUN!

In order to maintain a positive, helpful spirit, there are some actions that are deemed off-limits. 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.

Forum Don'ts

• Bigotry, including (but not limited to) racism, sexism, religion, xenophobia and homophobia
• Linking/posting ?popcorn?ography
  
• 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)
• 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
  
• Explaining how to tank within the game
  
• Promotion of tanking
  

   
Disciplinary Process

The disciplinary process is as follows:

First Strike: A first offense will get a simple warning, either in-thread or via PM. This warning falls off after 30 consecutive days of good behavior. 

Second Strike: Reoffend for any reason in that 30-day period, and the poster will be given a one-week ban to cool off. 

Third Strike: Reoffending within a 30-day period upon returning from a one-week ban, will see a permanent ban imposed. 

Additional Guidelines

First, we’re moving matchmaker/ditching/tanking threads to 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.

Second, we’re requiring “inflammatory topics” to be posted in the Rants section. This includes clubbing, matchmaking, and tanking/ditching discussions. 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.

Third, we will be a little more active about rules enforcement and forum curation than we have in the past. Frankly speaking, 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.

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.

This is the current list of Forum rules and guidelines. All previous versions are now obsolete.