Hello dear members,
we are changing ingame rules a bit.
Changes are
bold red, you can compare them to
the current rules.
These are gonna be implemented soon.
Here you can ask any questions or post suggestions.
Ingame Rules
0. General codex: a: Evading ban is forbidden and
may lead to PERMABAN on all detected accounts that player currently use.
b: Using more than 1 account is
ALLOWED, unless player breaks rule
0a.
c: Backdoor is
ALLOWED.
d: Sharing an account is forbidden.
Account owner is responsible for his account regardless who uses it. e: Player cannot be forced to use
!ff,
!rmk,
!votekick,
!yes or
!no commands, even if majority of players want it.
f: Player shall
report cases involving racial, nationality, and religious intolerance.
g:
Saving the game is forbidden.
Note: All decisions are
mainly rendered by Moderators and can vary from those from 'Table of Sanctions'.
Note: Admins'
(not moderators') words are always
indisputable Note: Admin
(not moderator) is
above the rules.
1. Player must not spam: a: Writing same text repeatedly in short duration (flooding) is not allowed.
b: Excessive usage of 'minimap signals' may be considered as spam.
Note: You are advised to use
!ignore command against spammer whenever possible.
Note: You can turn
on/off minimap signals using ingame commands:
/showminimapsignals and
/hideminimapsignals.
2. Player must not insult: a: Noob, Retard, Idiot, are
not considered as insult.
b: Common swears are
not considered as insult (eg. motherf...cker, f...cking, etc.) also in native language.
c: Insults which contains family members may be considered as "
family related flame".
Note: You are advised to use
!ignore command against spammer whenever possible.
Note: This also applies for insults via whisper.
Note: Provoking other players may lead to ban.3. Player must not leave the game: LagAbuse.com uses a Autoban system. You will be auto banned in the following situations.
a: Leaving the game
b: Unplugging or Disconnecting (it may increase autoban duration)
c: Game is considered a draw and autoban is switched off in the following situations:
- 4vs5 in the first 5 minutes
- 3vs5 in the first 15 minutes
Note: If a game 3vs5 after 15 minutes autoban will be switched off, but
stats will be recorded!
Note: You are strongly advised to check
!autoban command in order to check whether you can safely leave.
Note: Every time player leaves the game before end, he may
lose PSR points even when
!autoban is off.
4. Player must not be Away From Keyboard for longer than 120 seconds in single instance: a: Player shall join lobby with at least
1hour of free time.
Note: Duration of AFK is
not obligatory and it may vary depend of situation.
5. Player must not use any kind of cheats/bugs:- Abusing bot bug or inner DotA game bug will be considered as cheat.
- Abusing GProxy ability to reconnect by unplugging.
- Game ends when Tree/Throne falls or when all players from one team have left the game or forfeit by !ff command. Fountain farming while no enemies playing, may be considered as exploit situation in order to cheat player statistics.
- Pretending bot announcement is not allowed.
6. Player must not abuse Share Control given to him: a: Player is
allowed to use leaver in the game, but is
forbidden to feed an opponent with him on purpose.
b: Selling leaver's items for
own profit (hero-sell instead team-sell) is not allowed.
c: Destroying , hiding, stealing items, that belong to an ally is not allowed.
d: Using shared allied hero skills isn't allowed.
e: Moving shared allied hero isn't allowed.
Note:
Own profit selling sanctions are applied
only when reported by own teammate.
Note: Player is allowed to takeover leaver's items when none of teammates complain, or majority of teammates agrees.
Note: Unsharing after upgrading courier by other player isn't bannable.
Note: Unsharing while other player has items in courier isn't bannable. Player can use "Pickup all items" to get items back.
7. Player must not ruin the game by: a: Intentional Feeding
b: Sabotaging Teammates:
- by telling position on the map to the opponent,
- by using hero skills on purpose to sabotage eg. Toss, Fissure, Sprout, Bloodrage, Disruption, Decrepify, Astral Imprisonment, Recall, Nether Swap, Cold Embrace etc.
c: Mass-selling, hiding, destroying own items.
d: Exposing own or ally items (couriers aswell) for the enemy on purpose.
e: Refusing to play DotA is team game, avoiding team fights, pushes, defending and similar in order to lose may be considered as refusing to play. 8. Player must not abuse bot commands: a: Any player can use
!votekick command against other player,
only if he breaks at least one of the
rules above.
- starting a !votekick and vote !yes against player who didn't break any of these rules, is not allowed.
- !votekick against self is allowed.
Note: Sanctions apply
ONLY when innocent player was !votekicked.
9. Player must not have inappropriate nickname: a: Nicknames containing
insults are not allowed.
b: Nicknames containing
swears are not allowed (also in other languages than
English).
c: Nicknames involving
national, religion intolerance, racism are not allowed.
Note: Be aware that some nicknames may be taken as offensive, even if user think different.
Table of sanctions
| 1st time | 2nd time | 3rd time | 4th time |
Spamming |
2 days ban 1 warn |
5 days ban 3 warns |
7 days ban 5 warns |
Permanently ---------- |
Saving game |
1 day ban 1 warn |
5 days ban 3 warns |
10 days ban 5 warns |
30 days ban 10 warns |
Insulting |
2-5 days ban 1-3 warns |
5-10 days ban 3-5 warns |
7-14 days ban 4-8 warns |
Permanently ---------- |
Family related flame |
3 days ban - Permanently 2-4 warns |
7 days ban - Permanently 5-7 warns |
14 days ban - Permanently 5-10 warns |
Permanently ---------- |
National/Religion intolerance, Racism |
5 days ban - Permanently 3-10 warns |
Permanently ---------- |
---------- ---------- |
---------- ---------- |
Leaving (autoban) |
1 day ban ---------- |
2 days ban ---------- |
3 days ban ---------- |
4 days ban ---------- |
Unplugging |
5 days ban 3 warns |
14 days ban 5 warns |
30 days ban 10 warns |
Permanently ---------- |
Afking |
3 days ban 1 warn |
5-7 days ban 3 warns |
10-14 days ban 5 warns |
14-30 days ban 10 warns |
Cheating |
14 days ban - Permanently 5-10 warns |
Permanently ---------- |
---------- ---------- |
---------- ---------- |
Inappropriate nickname |
Permanently ---------- |
---------- ---------- |
---------- ---------- |
---------- ---------- |
Shared control abuse |
3-5 days ban 3 warns |
10-14 days ban 3-7 warns |
Permanently ---------- |
---------- ---------- |
Game Ruining |
2-7 days ban 1-3 warns |
5-14 days ban 3-7 warns |
10 days ban - Permanently 5-10 warns |
----------
|
Command abuse |
2-3 days ban 1-3 warns |
3-10 days ban 3-7 warns |
10-30 days ban 5-10 warns |
Permanently ---------- |
Evading ban |
Double current ban 3 warns |
Permanently ---------- |
---------- ---------- |
---------- ---------- |
Note:
Number of warns determine volume of offence.
Warn is visible for everyone on stats page.
Warns are permanent.
Having warns leads to troubles with unban requests, and may affect final Moderator decision.