Proper punishment times and reasons.

[Ironfish1]

02/15/2024

 

Staff Tips

Modified

Keep your ban reasons clean professional. No personal comments from yourself or quotes from the banned player is allowed. Any context surrounding the ban is fine.

Good example of a ban message: "MNLR | FailRP | Kept interfering in raids as sewer lord". Bad example of a ban message: "ARDM, learn how to aim shitter" 

 

RDM

Modified

Accidental: Verbal warning would be given unless it could have obviously been avoided. 
Intentional: Verbal/Warning or a 1 hour -3 day ban. Punishment is at your discretion. Remember, education>punishment.

• If the player is RDMing for false reasons and is asked to stop (ex: Revolution is over but still killing CP) the ban should result in a Verbal/Warn or a 1 hour - 24-hour ban depending on the player's attitude
• If the player killed the person for "Revenge RDM" because they are angry they lost then it should result in a warn or 1 hour - 3-day ban depending on the player's attitude and punishment history
• If the player killed the person for no reason but to just kill them, a 3-day ban should be issued for "No Intention to RP" If the player RDM'd someone and has multiple recent warns(i.e: three RDM warns within 2 weeks) then a 3 day ban can be issued for "IRDM | NITRP"

Mass RDM: Intentional or not can default to a one week ban. Use your best judgement here. As a staff member you have final say in punishment, there is no minimum time for any mass ban, if it was an accident you can verbal, or even give a 1 hour ban. (ex: Someone forgets to advert PD raid and kills 3+ players, you can then verbal for fail raiding instead of banning for MRDM)
Mass RDM w/ NITRP: Will default up to a one week ban (ex: Someone joins, instantly goes bounty hunter to shoot everyone on the street and LTAP when they are jailed)

 

NLR

Modified

NLR exists. Consider the risk / loss if someone breaks NLR

Single NLR: Verbal or warn. Repeat offender probably deserves a warn.

Intentional NLR: NLR involving a raid is more serious and can result in either a warn or 1 hour - 3 day ban. 
Mass NLR: Intentional NLR or NLR involving a raid is more serious and can result in either a warn or ban. Use your best judgement on this, mass anything can result in a 7 day ban.

 

RDA

Modified

Accidental: Usually A verbal warning would be given unless it could have obviously been avoided. In this case usually an apology is all that's needed + a refund if necessary.
Intentional: But with a false reason, then a warning or a CP ban should be given.
Intentional: With no reason then the ban should result in a warning up to a 6 hour - 3-day ban. Intentionally RDA'ing would result in a punishment of a warning/cp ban, up to a 1 hour - 3 day ban.

• If the cop arrested someone for being RDMed earlier, the ban should be 6 hour - 24 hours depending on the attitude of the player Verbal/Warn or CP ban the player.
• If the cop arrested someone due to some personal grudge against the user, the ban should be 6 hour - 24 hours depending on the attitude of the player Warn/1 hour - 3 day ban or 3 hour cp ban.
• If the cop arrested someone for absolutely no reason, the ban should be 24 hours at a minimum

Mass RDA: Intentional or not can lead to one week ban.

Acceptable CP Ban lengths: 15-30 minutes - 1 hour - 3 hour - 6 hour. For the six hour ban, use this for serious offenses in which you would rather use a lesser punishment, or have them educated. For example: A cop arrests 7 people but apologizes or has a good attitude in the sit, you can then 6 hour cp ban instead of the normal 7 day MRDA ban.

 

FTC

Removed FTC entirely

Not listening to a staff member / continues to cause issues / not helping staff resolve their issue 1-day - 3-day ban depending on the player attitude
Running away from a sit / not listening 1-day ban - 3-day ban depending on the player attitude

Notes: With FTC being removed I would like to remind all the staff reading this changelog that you can include context in ban reasons. The only thing not allowed in ban messages are personal comments. An example of something allowed in a ban message: "MNLR, kept interfering in raids as sewer lord after being verbaled", an example of a ban message still NOT allowed "MNLR, bro is missing brain cells, I told him not to go back and now he's banned..."

 

Edited February 15, 2024 by Ironfish1
Format

[Rubik]

Add:

Abuse of voteban / votekick

[Rubik]

April 1st changelog

• changed punishment guidelines regarding alting while banned

If a player is caught alting to avoid punishment, the proper punishment is to double the original ban time (up to 6mo) and apply it to both the main and alt account. Alting while not banned is allowed, however punishments on the alt will be given to the main as well.

[Rubik]

April 16th Changelog

Updated the punishment guidelines for Exploiting/Cheating.

 

These changes add reference to the bug bounty program and how to responsibly disclose exploits. This update also changes the punishment guidelines for bans in the Exploiting/Cheating category to include longer ban times (up to and including permanently) for some anti-cheat bans, severe exploits which go undisclosed, and repeat offenses.

[Rubik]

September 7th Changelog

• Updated punishment guidelines for abuse of the vote ban/kick/mute system

Abuse of the system leads to a negative experience for players. The punishments for abusing the system have been increased. Stricter requirements to use the system are in place that take into account playtime and reputation

[Blue.]

October 31st changelog


It is considered LTAP if you leave immediately after breaking a rule or leaving while in a sit.
Keep in mind someone leaving does not automatically equal LTAP, only put it if they obviously were trying to avoid being in trouble.

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It is only considered LTAP if you leave during a sit. If someone leaves before a sit - punish with what you have proof on, but do not include LTAP into the ban.
 

[Blue.]

December 9th changelog


If a player is caught alting to avoid punishment, the proper punishment is to double the original ban time (up to 6mo) and apply it to both the main and alt account. Alting while not banned is allowed, however punishments on the alt will be given to the main as well.

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Alting to avoid getting punished on your main, or using alts to cause any drama/problems for the community/staff team will result in said alts being permanently banned with no chance of appeal. These permanent bans require Admin approval beforehand. Any normal punishment given to an alt will also be given to the main - minus the permanent ban for causing issues.

Alting while banned will result in a permanent ban for the alt and the main accounts punishment doubled up to 6mo (or more in rare/extreme circumstances.)
 

Edited December 10, 2025 by Blue.

[Blacnova]

December 23rd, 2025

 

Modified:

Player Toxicity

Pedophile accusations

(First offense) warn - 1 week ban depending on situation    --->    warn - 2 week ban depending on the situation

(Second offense) 2 week ban no chance of appeal    --->   1 month ban with no chance of appeal

(Third offense) Permaban 

[Blacnova]

February 22nd, 2026

Modified:
Player Toxicity

Vulgar language, Racism, or inappropriate / sexual comments in OOC or used constantly around other players should result in a warn first, if it continues then a 1 hour - 3 day ban depending on continued offenses

Racism / Vulgar language in OOC should result in a Gigamute for 30 minutes (Along with adding a note on their profile) first then a 1 - 3-day ban depending on continued offenses/previous history

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Racism / Vulgar / Sexual language in OOC should result in a verbal OR gigamute for 30 minutes (along with adding a note on their profile) OR warn first depending on staff discretion, followed by a 1 - 3-day ban depending on continued offenses/previous history

[Blue.]

March 1st Changelog

Added to Staff Tips:
 

• Make sure you do not continue sits/staff situations for light offenses if the person making the sit is doing it out of spite or revenge, or just trying to mess with/troll the reported person(s). We are not weapons to be used to get people in trouble. Do not play those games with people, and do not let yourself be used for beef, trolling, or revenge.

 

• Light Offenses are generally anything not listed under Serious Offenses, though there are exceptions as needed based on staff discretion of the situation.

 

 

• Serious Offenses are Mass Offenses(3+)/Exploiting/Cheating/Extreme Toxicity/Racism/Homophobia/Transphobia/Antisemitism/Scamming/FDA in a raid/Repeated Priors/Player Toxicity/Illegal Threats or Discussions or Accusations/NLR if it can not be handled in RP or in game/Staff Rule Breaks/Other things that  can hold harsh consequences. 

 

• Before claiming a sit or responding to a report, ask yourself if the situation is going to warrant any actual punishment. Just because a sit or report is made doesn't mean something MUST be done about it. If the sit is not for a serious offense, or the offender doesn't have a lot of priors or recent priors, then just note it down and end the sit. If a report does not follow the guidelines for reporting in our Forum Rules section of the Rules, then it should be denied.

 

Edited March 2 by Blue.