IS Gaming – Rules of Engagement
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Purpose
The Rules of Engagement for IS Gaming servers have been established to ensure that all gamers have a safe and enjoyable experience on our servers. In general common sense should be your guide so we’re going to try keep it short and sweet so you can get on with the reason you’re here. To game! -
Scope
The IS gaming service includes:
- Game servers : http://www.isgaming.co.za
- Website and forums : http://www.isgaming.co.za/
- IRC Channels : #isgaming on Shadowfire.org
- Voice chat servers : ts.isgaming.co.za
- Community Channels : ISGaming
Therefore the ROE applies to all text, in game names, voice, images and gestures on these services. -
Cheating
IS gaming has a zero tolerance stance on cheating!! Cheaters are removed permanently and there are no excuses or second chances. We make use of anti cheat technology and the keen eye of our game administrators and players. Cheaters will be caught!
If you suspect a player is cheating (or violating the ROE), take a screen shot and record a demo and send it in to gamesmaster@isgaming.co.za. We appreciate all the communities help in assisting us in removing cheaters and ROE violators. -
Interactions with other players
IS Gaming strives to cater for gamers of all kinds, from the first time gamer to the addicts, the casual gamer to the competitive gamer. Players of varying cultures, races, beliefs, genders, and ages will be your team mates or opponents. Treat everyone with respect.
- Discrimination: You may not single out or make a player feel unwelcome based on age, gender, beliefs or perceived skill.
- Harassment: You may not use any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable language toward any other player.
- SPAM: You may not monopolize the voice channels or text channels. When using voice, please set your transmit thresholds reasonably or use push-to-talk as to not continentally transmit. Game actions which trigger speech should be used sparingly. If you wish to have general discussion with a friend, do so on Team Speak or Skype.
- Disruption: You may not disrupt the experience of other gamers. Wounding, damaging, blocking, hindering your team mates deliberately is not allowed.
- Offending others: You may not use language or imagery that is sexually explicit, vulgar or religiously offensive.
- Exploits: You may not exploit any game bugs to gain an unfair advantage
- Circumvention: You may not attempt to circumvent any systems or settings on any of the game services. This includes swear filters, rate enforcement tools, spray blockers, anti cheat and team balancers.
- Impersonation: You may not impersonate an IS game administrator or copy the nickname/alias/team name of another player.
- Accusations of cheating: You may not accuse another player of cheating on the game servers. If you suspect a player is cheating, record a demo, take screenshots of his player ID and the offence and submit it to the games master. gamesmaster@isgaming.co.za
- Unsporting behavior: While some players play to win and others simply play for fun we generally expect players to try completing the game objectives in team games.
- Terminology: Gamers make use of certain terms which may be generally offensive out of context. Please use these terms sparingly. Examples : WTF noob etc.
- Statistics manipulation: Deliberately manipulating the statistics to gain a better score or achievement is not allowed.
- Team Stacking: We know that gamers like to play with their friends and clan mates on their side but stacking a team in such a way that the make it impossible for the other team is frowned upon.
- Ghosting: You may not tell anyone where a player is or what he is doing when you’re spectating dead on public servers. This gives an unfair advantage. It is possible for the admins to see who is sharing an internet connection and suspected ghosters (screen watchers) may be kicked or banned.
- Privacy: You may not disclose any personal information about any other players either in game, IRC or on the forums.
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Game Maturity Ratings
IS Gaming hosts games which have various maturity ratings. This is not an excuse to break the rules of engagement as the acceptable language and behavior rules are applied equally to all games. -
Game specific:
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CSS:
Spawn camping, general camping is always a bone of contention for many players, however this is still legitimate strategy to wear down the opposition or cover teamies rear flank. Verbal or chat based abuse of campers serves no purpose and is a violation of the general ROE rules. -
Team Fortress 2:
Spawn attack: Spawn points in TF2 are protected (by game design) and players cannot simply kill the enemy in spawn. There for camping the enemy spawn is considered a tactical action and is allowed.
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General advise
Although these are not really rules we can enforce please be aware of the following:- Antivirus and antispyware: Install a good antivirus and antispyware application as your account may be compromised by malicious software.
- Account: If you loan your account to your brother or the milkman and it gets banned for some reason the ban will not be lifted because your account is your responsibility.
- Third party tools:Be very careful what third party tools you install on your system. Trainers and cheats even for single player mode may get picked up as cheats and affect your game account.
- Skins and mods: Be very careful when installing skins or mods. Some skin packs may modify game content and gets detected as a cheat.
- Drivers: The latest drivers usually are the best bet for a faster game experience.
- Privacy: Making use of your real name in game is not advisable. Mentioning another player’s real name in game is also not advisable.
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Bans and appeals
IS gaming has appointed volunteer game administrators from the gaming community and may make use of automated systems such as rate enforcers, anti cheat tools, swear filters and logging. Game admins enforce the rules but may at their discretion make a request to which players must comply. Bans may be affected against your player name, unique account ID, IP or MAC address.
There may be no warning or you may simply be kicked.
Swearing / Harassment (Text or Voice)- 1st Offence- 2 Days
- 2nd Offence- 1 Week
- 3rd Offence- 2 Weeks
- 4th Offence- 1 Month
- Every Offence thereafter, 1 Month or longer including permanent ban from ALL IS Gaming Servers.
Accusations or disruption- 1st Offence- 2 Days
- 2nd Offence- 1 Week
- 3rd Offence- 2 Weeks
- 4th Offence- 1 Month
- Every Offence thereafter, 1 Month or longer including permanent ban from ALL IS Gaming Servers.
Exploits- 1st Offence- 2 Days
- 2nd Offence- 1 Week
- 3rd Offence- 2 Weeks
- 4th Offence- 1 Month
- Every Offence thereafter, 1 Month or longer including permanent ban from ALL IS Gaming Servers.
Cheating- 1st Offense – PERMANENT
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Appeals
Players may query their ban or appeal against a ban by contacting the GamesMasters at banned@isgaming.co.za.
The Games Master may change the length of a ban including extending the ban length. The games master’s decision is final. Please use the correct thread on the forums relating to the game in question. Do not start new multiple threads. -
Summary
Most of the rules are common sense and behavior that is generally socially acceptable in real life. With the variety of player profiles always remember that your actions are seen by others. We want everyone to have fun and we want to cater for beginners and professionals alike. -
Disclaimer
IS Gaming reserves the right to change, modify, amend, adapt, discontinue the gaming service or rules of engagement without notice. Furthermore we reserve the right to deny the use of any of the services to anyone at the discretion of the Games Master or appointed representatives.
No personal information will be disclosed to third parties, however our servers may transmit your game ID and game performance data to statistic or authentication servers.
We hope you enjoy your experience on our servers. Good luck and have fun!
IS Admin Team
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