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The Rules.

Only a few, but they count. Break them and you get a penalty from a fixed catalogue, in the game and on Discord. No stress: if you play normally, you won't notice any of this.

The monkey, wearing reading glasses, sternly studies a bitten rule book.

Everywhere

  1. Rule 1: Don't be a jerk.

    No insults, no threats, no harassment. Zero tolerance for racism, hate speech and incitement against origin, religion, gender, sexuality or disability, for glorifying Nazism, including such names and symbols, and for posting private data. Applies in the game, on Discord and in voice chat.

  2. Rule 2: German or English.

    Both work in chat and on Discord. Other languages in private only, please.

  3. Rule 3: No spam, no ads.

    No invites to other servers, no advertising for others, no message floods.

  4. Rule 4: Keep it clean.

    No sexual, brutal or disturbing content. Names, profile pictures and status texts count too.

  5. Rule 5: One monkey, one account.

    One Steam account per player, with at most two characters on it (second character allowed right away). Both share bank, claims and limits, only one can be online at a time. Any further accounts to get around limits or sit out penalties are forbidden. Penalties apply to both characters.

  6. Rule 6: The team has the final say.

    Settle disputes via ticket, not in public. Admin decisions stand, and you can appeal via ticket too.

In the game

  1. Rule 7: PvE means PvE.

    No attacks on other players, not even through the back door: no luring hordes onto others, no traps for fellow players. The only exception is the PvP zone, marked in red on the map. If you go in there, you know what you signed up for.

  2. Rule 8: Hands off other people's stuff.

    Other people's claims, vehicles and crates are off limits, even if you somehow get in.

  3. Rule 9: No cheats, no mod tricks.

    No hacks, no modified game clients, no unauthorised mods, no helper tools. Use anything like that and you're out for good.

  4. Rule 10: Don't bend the game mechanics.

    Bugs, exploits, hoarding, farming loot with tricks: if it feels like cheating, it is. Report bugs on Discord in #bug-meldungen.

  5. Rule 11: Claims live on being lived in.

    How much you can claim depends on your playtime. If nobody from your claim has been there for 14 days, it gets locked. You then have 3 days to open a ticket, and the team gives it back to you with everything inside. After that the area is reset and everything in it is gone. If you release your claim yourself, everything in it is gone at the next restart, no grace period. Away for longer? Open a ticket beforehand and the team will mark you as away. Cars expire after 7 days without logging in. You can see the countdown in your account.

On Discord

  1. Rule 12: Right channel, right topic.

    Looking for a group in #gruppensuche, trading in #handel, problems via ticket.

  2. Rule 13: Ping with brains.

    Don't ping the team for no reason and don't spam people via DM.

🎥 Streaming and recording are explicitly welcome. If you stream and want to support us, open a ticket.

And if you break them?

We're here to play, not to punish. Everyone messes up or loses it sometimes. That's why there are steps, and old strikes expire.

Minor

For example: Losing it in chat, spam, wrong channel, pinging, arguing in public.

  1. 1st timeNote
  2. 2nd timeWarning
  3. 3rd timeTimeout 1 day
  4. 4th time and afterBan 1 day

Moderate

For example: Targeted insults, entering someone else's claim, luring a horde, exploiting a small bug, hoarding.

  1. 1st timeWarning
  2. 2nd timeBan 1 day
  3. 3rd timeBan 3 days
  4. 4th time and afterBan 7 days

Serious

For example: Griefing that causes damage, theft, killing players, exploits with a big advantage, racism or hate speech, extra accounts to get around penalties.

  1. 1st timeBan 3 days
  2. 2nd timeBan 7 days
  3. 3rd timeBan 30 days
  4. 4th time and afterBan, length decided by the team

Permanent

For example: Cheats, hacks, unauthorised mods, obvious troll accounts made only to wreck things.

  1. Permanent ban

Staying human

  • Old strikes expire. Counted per severity. Once your last penalty has ended, go 14 days without a new penalty of that severity and you start again at step 1.
  • Owning up counts. If you admit you messed up or make it right, you can get off one step lighter.
  • Appeal via ticket. Someone else from the team decides on it, not the person who penalised you.
  • Permanent only for 🔴. Everything else is temporary.
  • Where it happens, it counts. Minor and moderate stuff gets penalised where it happened: in the game or on Discord. From 🟠 on, the ban applies in the game and on Discord.
  • Transparent. Timeouts and bans are posted on Discord in #strafen. Your own penalties and when they expire are in your account.

Questions about the rules? Ask on Discord.