¶ Strike System
¶ Overview
The Strike System is responsible for ensuring Damage Inc remains a professional, enjoyable and safe gaming community for players. If a member commits an infraction, they will receive a "Strike"; which appears as a warning on their profiles and comes with "Active Warning Points". After a period of time, the "Active Warning Points" will expire and reset back to zero, however the strike remains permanently on the member's record. Obtaining too many "Active Warning Points" in a short period of time will result in being blacklisted from Damage Inc.
¶ Issuing & Period of Validity
Strikes can only be issued by Officers who hold the moderator license, and no later than 7 days of the strike issuing officer becoming aware of the misconduct. Given the sensitivity around issuing strikes and their effect on members, care must be taken by officers when issuing.
- Due to the complexity and depth of investigation required for strikes at the highest level, the Leader, the Chancellor and any VP strikes that requires the involvement or approval of the VP Order Leader are exempt from the 7 day rule.
¶ When preparing a strike, an Officer must:
- Double check their Strike write-up to ensure accuracy and correctness (it is negligence to write an incorrect strike - we don't want anyone caught in the crossfire of poor judgment)
- Remove any emotion of feelings from the Strike - just be to the point and logical with the write-up
- Include all the evidence in the Strike (it is negligence to withhold any evidence or to say "PM me for evidence")
- Ensure the correct Strike is selected
¶ Example of where to enter Strike Details:
¶ Scrutiny & Evidence
Officers issuing Strikes should scrutinize the quality evidence provided, and attempt to get evidence from multiple sources. The more sources are included, the stronger the Strike is and less likely it will be successfully appealed.
Tampering or falsifying evidence is an extremely egregious offense, and will result in a blacklist for any member, irrespective of rank or position.
¶ Witnesses:
In the event that an Officer witnessed misconduct in a non-written form (eg. Discord Voice or in-game), they may still strike the member using a witness statement. Officers should seek to get as many witness statements from different members to include in the strike, as this will make the strike less likely to be successfully appealed. However their own statement alone is enough to issue a strike.
¶ Witness Statements:
Witness Statements are simple 2-4 sentence paragraphs by a witness explaining the "who/what/when/where/why" of witnessed misconduct that occurred. There is no specified format. The Striking Officer will screenshot this witness statement to include in the strike as evidence.
¶ Recording Evidence
Recording conversations without the consent of the person recorded is not permissible by U.S. law. Thus, recordings without consent are not supported as evidence for strikes.
¶ List of Strikes
Note on Issuing Authority: Anyone in LT may issue any strike listed below if the situation calls for it.
*NB = Non-Behaviourable, NB-A = Non-Behavioural-Appealable, B = Behavioural, B-A Behavioural-Appealable
¶ Spamming
Authority:
- Leader
- Chancellor
- VP
Weight: 1 Points
Class: NB-A
Active Period: 30 Days
Creating or sharing a mass quantity of content in a short time frame that is meaningless, unsolicited information, or pasted responses to multiple threads.
Example: Posting the same message across multiple threads in quick succession.
¶ Event Host Negligence
Authority:
- Leader
- Chancellor
- VP
Weight: 1 Points
Class: NB-A
Active Period: 60 Days
Failure to fulfill baseline responsibilities expected as an event host, causing description or inconvenience to potential attendees.
Example: Failing to show to host a scheduled event.
¶ Public Nuisance
Authority:
- Leader
- Chancellor
- VP
- House Leader
- House Vice
- Division Leader (S)
- Division Leader
- Division Vice
- Team Leader (S)
Weight: 2 Points
Class: B-A
Active Period: 60 Days
Minor and non-malicious levels of trolling or annoying behavior, with intent to disrupt, annoy or aggravate other members of DI. Includes unauthorized use of soundboards in voice channels, joining DND channels without permission and interrupting or disrupting event hosts or officers from executing their responsibilities.
Example: Being intentionally disruptive in a voice channel.
¶ Failing to comply with orders
Authority:
- Leader
- Chancellor
- VP
- House Leader
- House Vice
- Division Leader (S)
- Division Leader
- Division Vice
- Team Leader (S)
- Order Leaders
- Order Vices
Weight: 2 Points
Class: NB-A
Active Period: 60 Days
Failure to fulfill the tasks, responsibilities or orders by a specific deadline that you have been issued by a ranking officer.
Example: Not meeting pre-determined goals, failing to complete assignments set forth by your Chain of Command.
¶ Inappropriate Content
Authority:
- Leader
- Chancellor
- VP
Weight: 2 Points
Class: NB-A
Active Period: 60 Days
Creating or sharing content that is crude, discriminatory, self harm/suicidal, overly religious or overly sexual in nature, or encouraging illegal activity on any of DI's platforms.
Example: Posting explicit images on DI’s platforms, account selling services, things that go against gaming TOS.
¶ Lack of Integrity
Authority:
- Leader
- Chancellor
- VP
- House Leader
- House Vice
- Division Leader (S)
- Division Leader
- Division Vice
- Team Leader (S)
- Order Leaders
- Order Vices
Weight: 3 Points
Class: B-A
Active Period: 60 Days
Actions, plans or intent to behave dishonestly, dishonorably, lie, cheat, take shortcuts or exploit loopholes to gain an unfair advantage. Includes lying to an officer when questioned or exploiting DI's systems and processes.
Example: Creating additional accounts in DI.
¶ Negligence in Leadership
Authority:
- Leader
- Chancellor
- VP
- House Leader
- House Vice
- Division Leader (S)
- Division Leader
- Division Vice
- Team Leader (S)
- Order Leaders
- Order Vices
Weight: 3 Points
Class: NB-A
Active Period: 60 Days
Neglecting leadership duties due to laziness, ignorance or other circumstances remotely within control.
Example: Neglecting duties as an officer for reasons within your control.
¶ Malicious Trolling
Authority:
- Leader
- Chancellor
- VP
- House Leader
- House Vice
- Division Leader (S)
- Division Leader
- Division Vice (S)
- Division Vice
Weight: 4 Points
Class: B-A
Active Period: 90 Days
Engaging in hurtful trolling, bullying or exclusionary behaviour with a disregard to the feelings of the recipient. This includes continuing to poke fun at a member, especially after they/others express discomfort, making memes/jokes at another person's expense on any platform/locale.
Example: Persistent, targeted toxicity toward another person, even as a "joke". Flaming for in-game performance during an event. Posting memes/jokes on the image gallery that pokes fun at a specific person/group.
¶ Causing Reputation Damage
Authority:
- Leader
- Chancellor
- VP
- House Leader
- House Vice
- Division Leader (S)
Weight: 4 Points
Class: NB-A
Active Period: 90 Days
Actions which has or may cause reputation damage to DI. Includes creating content/comments that are unauthorized promises of something DI will do, provide or gain; getting DI banned from any server or failing to fulfill authorized promises made by DI (eg. not handing out a promised reward after a tournament).
Example: Using unallowed language in recruiting messages.
¶ Inciting Unrest
Authority:
- Leader
- Chancellor
- VP
- House Leader
- House Vice
- Division Leader (S)
Weight: 5 Points
Class: B-A
Active Period: 90 Days
Spreading misinformation, harmful rumours or creating unnecessary drama to undermine community harmony, create distrust in DI's culture/structure or undermine its leadership.
Example: Publicising a complaint in a way that creates discord and upset, causing a large number of issues over private grievances, spreading false, harmful rumours about DI members and officers in a way that undermines trust within the community.
¶ Lack of Leadership Qualities *Officers Only*
Authority:
- Leader
- Chancellor
- VP
- House Leader
- House Vice
- Division Leader (S)
- Division Leader
- Order Leaders
Weight: 5 Points
Class: B-A
Active Period: 90 Days
Failure to lead by example by neglecting to uphold the Officer's code or behaving in any way that is considered unprofessional. Or failing to demonstrate minimum leadership qualities through exceptional, repeated poor performance and demonstrating to be unqualified for the assigned duties/position by showing no improvement over time. This includes the refusal of following through with responsibilities and lack of communication of issues.
Examples: Leaving a position without sufficient notice or regard for the unit, failure to communicate appropriately with chain of command to a degree that causes significant harm (for instance, the deterioration of a unit under an officer's care), undermining or circumventing chain of command, repeated negligence in position after multiple verbal or written warnings.
¶ Lack of Leadership Integrity *Officers Only*
Authority:
- Leader
- Chancellor
- VP
- House Leader
- House Vice
- Division Leader (S)
- Division Leader
- Order Leaders
Weight: 5 Points
Class: B-A
Active Period: 90 Days
Actions, plans or intent to behave dishonestly, dishonorably, lie, cheat, take shortcuts, exploit loopholes to gain an unfair advantage. Includes lying to a ranking officer when questioned or exploiting DI's systems and processes. Also includes using your position to manipulate, sabotage or influence an outcome that is not in DI's best interests or harmful to members and other officers. As an Officer, you are held to a higher standard than a member.
Example: Sharing privileged information and anything not accessible to someone outside your position, abusing officer powers for exploitation or influencing potential officers to decline their offer.
¶ Division Killer
Authority:
- Leader
- Chancellor
- VP
Weight: 6 Points
Class: NB-NA
Active Period: 90 Days
Fine: 25000 REP
Failure to fulfill responsibilities as a leader due to laziness, incompetence or any circumstance that is within a leader's control which indirectly or directly causes a division to collapse or get close to collapse. This strike is unappealable.
Example: Failing to care for a Division to point of its dissolution or taking over a compliant Division and leaving it non-compliant.
¶ Unprofessional Conduct
Authority:
- Leader
- Chancellor
- VP
- House Leader
- House Vice
- Division Leader (S)
- Order Leaders
Weight: 7 Points
Class: B-A
Active Period: 90 Days
Fine: 5000 REP
Conduct or actions deemed highly offensive, harmful or unprofessional with intent to cause harm, insult, demean or induce pain with the potential to cause reputation damage against DI. Includes unwanted sexual advances or sexual harassment, flaming towards or trash talking other members, displaying high levels of toxicity and undesirable conduct on any platform, medium or locality.
Example: Giving unwanted sexual advances, being extremely offensive towards someone else for the sole purpose of making them feel lower.
¶ Unprofessional Conduct *Officers Only*
Authority:
- Leader
- Chancellor
- VP
- House Leader
- House Vice
- Division Leader (S)
- Order Leaders
Weight: 9 Points
Class: B-A
Active Period: 90 Days
Fine: 5000 REP
Conduct or actions deemed highly offensive, harmful or unprofessional with intent to cause harm, insult, demean or induce pain with the potential to cause reputation damage against DI. Includes unwanted sexual advances or sexual harassment, flaming towards or trash talking other members, displaying high levels of toxicity and undesirable conduct on any platform, medium or locality. As an Officer, you are held to a higher standard than other members, and are expected to act with grace, maturity and professionalism at all times.
Example: Giving unwanted sexual advances, being extremely offensive towards someone else for the sole purpose of making them feel lower, while in a position of power.
¶ Inciting Hatred
Authority:
- Leader
- Chancellor
- VP
- House Leader
- House Vice
- Division Leader (S)
- Division Leader
- Division Vice (S)
- Division Vice
Weight: 12 Points
Class: B-A
Active Period: 180 Days
Promoting or engaging in discrimination on the basis of race, gender, religion or sexuality or any other parts of a person's identity. Engaging in offensive / harmful behaviour with the potential of causing reputation damage or serious negative on members and non-members alike on any platform, medium or locality.
Example: Using any racist/sexist/homophobic or otherwise discriminatory remarks that belittles a person or a group of people based on their appearance, sexuality or any other part of their individuality.
¶ Blacklist
Authority:
- Leader
- Chancellor
- VP
- House Leader
- House Vice
- Division Leader (S)
- Division Leader
- Division Vice (S)
- Division Vice
Weight: 12 Points
Class: B-A
Active Period: 180 Days
Fine: 25,000
Actions, plans or intent considered hostile against DI, its leadership or its members with the intent to discredit, disrupt, cause harm to, or defame, either via verbal or written communication, on any platform, medium or locality. Includes any form of membership or association with communities led by blacklisted/banned former members or behavior seen as unfit for the community (read more here). Engaging in or attempting to engage in any illegal activity will also result in a blacklist.
Example: Creating or joining a hostile Discord community, joining DI under a new account as a formerly blacklisted member.