The heart of Damage Inc is the forums, and whilst moderation is quite relaxed on the forums there are still certain standards in place to ensure forums remain a great part of our culture.
There are three types of spam:
- Content on the forum must add to the conversation or topic. This can be of any level including: emoji or images to express a reaction; comments based on previous contributions; jokes; memes; etc. Content that does not add to the forum (for example a pasted response to multiple threads and replies that show no effort was taken to read and understand the context and content of the thread) is considered spam and will be penalized.
- Topics out of place in a forum should be moved to its respective sub forum. Effort should be taken to put topics in the right sub forum and to make sure the respective topic does not already exist.
Effort should also be taken to ensure you are not creating a topic that has already been created. Use the search function before creating a topic to see if any similar topics have already been created. If they have reply to them instead of creating a new topic. Duplicate topics will be merged by VP and will be penalized.
- Malicious Content is strictly forbidden. The use of bots, or posting of URLs that cause or threaten to cause damage to another user or the forum will result in severe penalties and removal from the community.
Creating any content that involve the following subjects on ANY of DI's platforms (incl Forums/Discord etc) are not allowed and will incur penalties:
- Any content that is racial/discriminatory in nature
- Self harm/suicide
- Religion
- Any content that is overly sexual in nature
- Politics
- Illicit Drugs
- Any content that is deemed to undermine the authority or competence of leadership, officers or the community
- Any content about illegal activities
Each Member is allowed only one account in DI. Multiple accounts will result in a Lack of Integrity (or Officer Integrity) strike.
Discord is critical for the conduct of everyday community operations, events and meetings and as such also has standards to ensure the platform is pleasant for everyone.
- DND stands for "Do not Disturb". Never enter a DND channel unless you are invited to do so before joining.
- Having continuous erroneous/disturbing voice activation, or if someone other than the member is using their Discord, they are eligible to be removed from the channel/server and issued a temporary ban. Repeat offenses will incur more severe penalties
- Generally speaking, soundboards are not permitted in MOST channels. Entering random channels and spamming with soundboards will incur penalties. If you need to use soundboards, create a temporary channel and place "Soundboards OK" in the channel name so members joining the channel are aware.
DI Members are allowed to have external voice servers for their competitive teams
- These servers are only allowed for the management of one competitive team per server.
- They are not allowed for a separate competitive organisation for multiple competitive teams.
- They are not allowed for non competitive teams or other purposes.
DI Members are expected to use the DI Private Discord server to conduct DI operations, host & attend events, or socialize with other members of DI.
It is strictly forbidden to create/be in an unauthorized voice server for use with DI members, for example:
- Creating/Being in an unauthorized Team/Game (consisting mainly of current OR former DI members) voice server
- Creating/Being in a social or personal voice server where the majority of participants are current OR former DI members
Failing to comply will result in a non-reversible permanent blacklist from Damage Inc.
These actions seriously harm DI's unity and activity, and undermines the ability for Officers to uphold the rules and security of DI which protects our members from toxic blacklisted members.
Exception: It is OK to be in large game/reddit etc related servers where current or former DI members do not make up the majority of participants (eg. OverwatchLFG).
If in doubt about a server you are in, ask an officer of Order of the Vetus Praesidio.
If there is a feature you would like to add to our Official Private Discord to help make your life easier, or improve your experience with our servers, please contact a member of our DevOps team.
- Don't be rude or offensive.
- Sending weblinks to non DI domains is not allowed.
- No spamming.
- Don't advertise other communities or discord servers.
- Don't spam or harass our staff.
- Treat everyone with respect.
- A Staff member / Moderator's word is final. No arguing.
- Do not impersonate an officer or one of the official bots.
- Don't be rude or offensive.
- Sending weblinks on this server is not allowed.
- No spamming.
- Don't advertise other communities or discord servers, and keep all team advertisement and recruitment to the dedicated channels.
- Don't spam or harass our staff.
- Treat everyone with respect.
- A Staff member / Moderator's word is final. No arguing.
- Don't attempt to impersonate any of the staff members.
How our members behave in-game impacts Damage Inc's reputation, performance and perception from others, both inside and outside of DI. It is therefore important we behave in a manner which is respectable and professional.
Penalties will be issued for:
- Throwing matches or neglecting responsibilities in a game
- Deliberately carrying out actions to harm team progress in a game
- Being toxic towards others in-game (including to the public/non-DI members)
Severe Penalties will be issued for:
- Hacking or cheating in any way, in a multiplayer game that has anti-cheat software (eg. VAC)
- Engaging in any trade scamming or phishing on Steam, any other Game Client or in-game
Remember that your actions reflect on DI and as such it is expected you will consistently present yourself in a professional manner. We will not hesitate to blacklist a malicious or toxic member from the community.
DI does not, nor will it approve of inappropriate relationships between an adult and someone below the age of 18, regardless of what local laws dictate, as each of them have sub-articles within as well as exploitative clauses. We are an international community with members from various countries and cultures with different laws on this sensitive topic, hence why 18 + is the universally approved standard across the world.
The following are hard enforced DI wide rules for everyone over the age of 18, regardless of the position you are in.
- Dating/ e-dating someone below the age of 18 is not allowed.
- Inappropriate sexual advances to someone below the age of 18 is not allowed.
- Requesting or sending images of a sexual nature to or from someone below the age of 18 is not allowed.
- If you are found doing any of the above your membership will be immediately terminated and you will be Blacklisted.
Being in a Position of responsibility in DI means you accept that your actions and behavior will be held to higher standards than members. Things members may get away with may deemed extremely unacceptable for Staff, as a result of having to set an example for our members to follow.
It is unacceptable for Staff to accumulate strikes, as it shows a very poor level of judgment on behalf of that Staff.
It is unacceptable for Staff to:
- Be in another gaming related org/clan/team/community
- For L3+ and up to have any kind of relationship that is more than friends with members who are in their chain of command and/or fail to report any DI relationships to their Chain of Command
- Not uphold Damage Inc's rules, report or handle breaches of Damage Inc's rules
- Failure to abide by these standards will result in a "Lack of Leadership Qualities" Strike, demotion and Promotion Cooldown.
Public recruiting is only allowed if there is no mention of the following:
- the DI name in any form
- “Clan”
- “Clan recruiting”
These measures are to prevent damage to our reputation.
It is strictly prohibited for any staff member to dissuade or influence another member's decision regarding the acceptance of official positions within Damage Inc. Engaging in such behavior will result in a “Lack of Leadership Integrity” strike. Counter-offering a position of equal or higher rank is permitted, but offering a position that is lower in rank, or a position that is yet to exist, or will not exist within the next 30 days, does not qualify as a valid counter offer.