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GarnetGaming Community Guidelines

Disclaimer: It is your responsibility to read and abide by our community's rules. 

Failure to do so may result in a punishment. It is also assumed that all members of the community are able to exercise a reasonable amount of common sense. 

It is forbidden to loophole these rules. You will still be punished accordingly. Additionally, these rules are up to interpretation by staff and are subject to change.
 

Below you will find a list of all Community Guidelines, these are rules that do not vary depending on environment and must be followed regardless of setting:

1. Members of the Community are expected to act reasonable, exude common sense/rationale, and be respectful. Breeding, allowing, or being toxic in any capacity is not allowed, you may be removed from the community in its entirety.
   1. Toxic, Unwelcomed, or Irrational behavior may include, but not limited, to the following: DDoS/DoS (or threats to do so), 3rd Party Cheats (using and distributing), Doxxing (or threats to do so), etc
2. Racial, Homophobic, Xenophobic, or other derogatory slurs are not tolerated, you may be Muted, Kicked, or Banned.
3. While interacting with Staff remain respectful at all times, they are there to help you/guide you. These are individuals who volunteer their time, they are not paid.
4. Impersonation of any kind, including but not limited to: Staff, Battalion Command, Community Officials, other members, etc is not tolerated.
5. Spamming whether by voice, action, chat, or otherwise is forbidden.
6. "Ask Policy" - Any member who is unsure of any aspect about the server is expected to ask, we have a wonderful basis of Community Members and Staff who will be able to assist you. Not knowing about a policy, rule, or guideline is not a valid defense.
7. No member is allowed to advertise Streams, other Communities, Discords, etc on any of our platforms without consent from the Community Management or the respective server's Management Team - this includes DMing invites; also known as “poaching”.
8. Staff Decisions are final, all members have the "right" or ability to appeal any ban. Denied appeals are final adjudications of staff actions and the result must be obeyed, any attempt to circumnavigate/bypass a ban/punishment (such as Ban Evasion, Leaving to Avoid Punishment (LTAP), etc) is not tolerated and may result in a more severe punishment or a prohibition from the ability to appeal in the future.

All members are expected to abide by the community guidelines and other rules, GarnetGaming Staff reserve the right to interpret and/or change the rules at any point in time.

Forum Rules

• The language spoken within the forums is strictly English (foreign languages can only be used in PMs)
• All content posted must be PG, gore and pornographic material is strictly forbidden
• Members of the community must respect one another at all times, even at times with conflicting interests.
  • Hostile behavior is strictly forbidden
  • Do not harass other users of the community, or otherwise post content that would induce drama.
  • Forum reactions must be used in a constructive manner, IE: agreeing with a suggestion
• Do not share links associated with other gaming communities (safe links are associated with Steam).
• The trade of personal information is strictly forbidden outside of PMs (social media/phone numbers)
• Do not use misleading titles (titles that would provoke attention to your thread) outside of Shitpost Central
• Use your common sense when appropriating your posts/responses. 
• Post content in the correct thread - content posted in incorrect sections consistently may lead to punishment
• Messages shorter than 20 characters may or may not be considered 'Spam'
• Commenting on threads that were last active more than 1 week ago is considered 'Necroposting'
• Do not spam (spamming is the repeat of an action that would distrupt one's experience on our forums (IE: Forum PMs/ Replies/Reactions)
• Do not impersonate other users or create multiple aliases (1 account per IP)
• Do not post repeatedly for the sole purpose of bumping up your post count (if over 50% of your contributions are found on The Playground, your post count will be halved)
• Reputation Farming, or trading reputation with another member of the community may result in the resetting of both your post count and reputation.
• Do not Backseat Moderate (IE: quoting somebody to let them know they had broken a rule/will be banned) simply use the report feature.
• Do not loophole the rules or otherwise find gaps in the rules as to justify inappropriate behavior

Ban Appeal/Suggestion/Report Rules

• When responding to a report/appeal thread you must be directly involved to the situation, or have relevant information that could sway the final decision
  • Ideally introduce your response with a +1 or -1, otherwise, simply state the piece of information you feel may be helpful to the appeal
• You may not argue another user's response/rating, however, you may post constructive criticism in your post to the opposing views as to convey them to edit their own post.
• Lying or fabricating information will result in a permanent ban. IE: use of photoshop for screenshots, or fake logs.