Chat rules (no ontology)

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Revision as of 15:14, 5 April 2017

This page will detail the rules and guidelines on our IRC and Discord chatrooms, to ensure a proper and enjoyable experience of all users, be they simple spectators or active players. We assume that you are already familiar with the basics of using IRC.

General rules

• #0: The staff reserves itself the right to moderate the channel as they see fit to enforce the rules on this page. By entering our IRC channels and/or our Discord server, you are agreeing to abide by those rules by default.

• #1: Don't be a dick.

• #2: You are considered to have a right to free speech and free opinion and that you are free to express it while on our channels, no matter the topic, though we wish to remind that sensitive topics (including but not limited to, religion, theology, politics, news events, laws and regulations, etc.) may be a source of unpleasantness, drama, and/or flaming. The only rule and requirement is to remain civil. No exceptions, no ifs, no buts, no matter the stance or the opinion.

• #3: Respect the other users regardless of position or importance. Joking and shitposting is fine as long as you make it clear it's a joke or a shitpost, as per Poe's Law. DO NOT be caught doing any of the following: Trolling, bashing/flaming, insulting, personal attacks, unwarranted criticism, or anything the staff may construe as disrespectful in general.

• #4: It is absolutely forbidden to abuse our services for unsolicited behavior. Please respect the StormBit Terms of Service and the Discord Terms of Service. We also have a zero-tolerance policy on ban evasion, reputation slandering, commercial or religious solicitation, and other similar behavior.

• #5: Each of our channels have a specific purpose; please keep relevant activity on their respective channels:
  • #MazeWorld (IRC) is bridged to #the_mazes (Discord). To be exclusively used for playing MazeWorld, and nothing more, including when no sessions are ongoing. No OOC conversations are allowed on #MazeWorld.
  • #MzWBeta (IRC) is bridged to #chat (Discord). General-purpose, out-of-character chat channel. Anything goes here, except for posting NSFW content (see rule 6)
  • #MzWBotspam (IRC) is bridged to #botspam (Discord). The purpose of this channel is to allow people to make heavy use of bot commands without disturbing or cutting into discussion in other channels.
  • #MzWGamma (IRC) is bridged to #club380 (Discord). NSFW chatroom, which exists to keep NSFW out of the main channels. #club380 is restricted from view on Discord to anyone without NSFW. Unauthorized users connecting to #MzWGamma on IRC will be kicked. If you wish to access the NSFW channel, you must request permission from staff, who reserves itself the right to ask for a proof of your age.

• #6: Due to the way Discord works, please do not post NSFW pictures or links. Please use #MzWGamma (IRC) or #club380 (Discord) if you wish to post NSFW links.

• #7: Please keep it reasonable and do not abuse MazeBot commands. If you wish to spam MazeBot commands, please use #MzWBotspam (IRC) or #botspam (Discord).

Consequences

In increasing order of gravity, staff may see fit to do any of the following to inform an infringing user that they are breaking the rules:

• Warning
• Muting (Discord)
• Kicking
• Temporary banning
• Permanent banning

See also

• Chat bots for how to use the bots.