- **Respect fellow server members.** Do not do things like harass, unconstructively flame, or provoke others. Don't start/import drama either!
- **Don't discriminate.** This means no hate speech, but also no slurs, hate symbols, or discriminatory humor.
- **Don't post NSFW content** - text as well as images/videos. (If it's fine as a map background, it'll be fine here.)
- **Don't spam**, especially in [important channels, like #scheduling].
- **Don't randomly ping staff roles.** Only ping for important/urgent matters (e.g. missing ref).
- **English only!** Except, of course, in [channels for other languages, like #international or #french].
- **Don't discuss sensitive topics.** It can start heated fights fast, needlessly upset people, and sometimes make us look bad.
- **Rename yourself to your osu! username.**

Violations may result in:
- :yellow_square: a timeout up to 24 hours or a warning
- :orange_square: a timeout of between 1 and 7 days
- :red_square: a ban or longer timeout, including an indefinite timeout
- :no_entry_sign: disqualification from the tournament or a reprimand.

DM [an admin] if you have any questions (including about rule violations) or things to report.
The rules may be revised at any point. If you want more details, [those can be found here](<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1orob5sxonaZBCtGfnDRYjqeru2tSlu_H5lHSYAZ_rNI>).

1. Warning
2. Warning (final)
3. 1 minute timeout
4. 3 minute timeout
5. 10 minute timeout
6. 20 minute timeout
7. 60 minute timeout

1. Minor penalties can be reviewed by a mod for a non-heat of the moment opinion - There doesn't need to be a full administration-team level appeal for minor penalties not affecting tournament play, but sometimes, moderators make fast decisions to remove content and penalise the offender instead of considering the penalty precisely. This is necessary in many cases, but allowing moderators to think twice about a decision after the heat of the moment will make their penalties fairer and more consistent.
2. Major penalties can be appealed to the whole administration team for consensus - Any penalty that affects tournament play, or is otherwise significant, has enough gravity to need most admins to agree on the specific penalties. (In officially supported tournaments, it is highly encouraged to send a report to the tournament committee if a penalty significant to tournament play is imposed. Only in severe cases of misconduct should these types of penalties be handed out.)
   Notice that the participant doesn't know which moderator penalised them. This is in order to prevent the moderator from being attacked, but also has the effect that the participant may ask a different moderator for review. This second opinion from an uninvolved moderator allows for independent, thoroughly-considered decisions.
3. Participants likely to reoffend can be timed out indefinitely - Some server members/participants may be repeat offenders or deemed likely to reoffend based on the circumstances (e.g. politically inflammatory posts made out of genuine ideological fervour), but haven't done anything severe enough to warrant disqualification. In these cases, an indefinite timeout may be imposed to prevent offences on tournament platforms. A reprimand may be imposed as a penalty alongside these.
   These may be appealed after a minimum time set by the administration if the participant feels the conditions are no longer met.
4. Players that deserve a penalty, but not disqualification, can be reprimanded - A reprimand is, as stated in the document, a global final warning. It is a mix of a yellow card and a suspended disqualification. If a participant repeatedly violates behaviour rules, for example, they can be reprimanded so they know one more offence will result in disqualification.
   If there is a tournament integrity violation (e.g. a player being able to see the pool early) that other team members are aware of, but did not report, the players that did not benefit from it may be reprimanded instead of disqualified.
   (In officially supported tournaments, however, any violations of competitive integrity should always be reported to the Tournament Committee for guidance on what actions to take.)

1. Give most participants simplified rules while giving details to those who want them. Those who need or want details may read the detailed document, but most people won't need to since the short rules in the Discord server are enough as they cover most rules, just with less details. Most people are used to similar rules across badged tournament platforms, and will follow the rules as intended since they treat them as implicitly present anyway. Since most participants never have moderation actions taken against them, they will not need to know the specific punishments or procedure for appealing.
2. Be transparent about the rules without binding the administration. This is done by specifying the rules and potential penalties, but not the connections between them, since this may lead to people abusing the specified tolerance. This does not apply to rules which result in an immediate disqualification/ban if violated, since these have no tolerance to be abused.
3. Make the moderation process fair, but also simple. The appeals process shouldn't be abusable, but at the same time, the moderation process should feel fair and measured, and participants should have a safety net if a moderator/admin misjudges something.
4. Give moderators a wide range of tools proportional in almost all situations. Fine-grained options ensure participants are not punished too harshly or mildly.
5. Remove and clearly oppose severe offenders. The feeling of good moderation and opposition to bad behaviours is important to participants, and to the Tournament Committee. Lacking moderation may also make other participants more likely to take the risk of misbehaving, as they feel they can get away with it.
6. Reform less serious offenders. For minor/accidental offences, it's unlikely that a participant needs to be banned/disqualified, and most people will dislike this as they find it excessive. Unfair disqualifications may even risk a tournament's badge. Reform-based moderation retains participants that should be retained, and may even make them misbehave less in other events.