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Offense List

Last updated on Dec 15, 2023

  1. Offensive or Vulgar Language

    • Crude or off putting language which may cause others to feel uncomfortable

  2. Hate Speech / Discriminatory Language

    • Using direct or indirect language (including, using racial, ethnic, religious or other slurs), or engaging in any conduct that promotes, encourages or facilitates discrimination, denigration, objectification, harassment or violence based on any of the following: Gender, race, color, nationality, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, religion, creed, belief, political or trade union affiliation, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, physical or mental disability, medical condition, gender identity, gender reassignment, or any other basis protected by applicable law

  3. Bullying / Threatening / Harassment

    • Targeted or directed language and behavior which intended to intimidate or hurt others

  4. Sexual Harassment

    • Can be directed at any person, regardless of their gender, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation

    • Can include, but not limited to: Using direct or indirect language, or any form of communication or conduct, that is sexual in nature

    • Using direct or indirect language, or any other form of communication or conduct, that insults, demeans, or promotes violence towards someone because of their gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or for any other reason

    • Linking to websites or images that are sexual in nature or offensive to a person

    • Making jokes or comments of a sexual nature toward any person or group

  5. Spamming

    • Repeated user inputs of any type meant to disrupt communication, gameplay or operations

  6. Violence / Threats of Violence / Self-Destructive Behavior

    • Threatening or attempting violence towards anyone for any reason at any time, including, but not limited to, using weapons to threaten, intimidate or harm others

    • Referring to violence in any capacity, whether directly or indirectly

    • Threatening or attempting to self-harm

  7. IP Flooding

    • Performing a DoS (Denial of Service) attack that aims to disrupt the normal function of a device and prohibit it from sending requests or processing information

  8. Buying / Selling Gamercraft Property

    • Includes but not limited to accounts, teams, etc

  9. Hijacking Gamercraft Accounts

    • Hacking other players accounts

  10. Unauthorized Sharing of Private Information / Invasion of Privacy

    • Invading privacy of others

    • Requesting any personal information from players including name, email address, phone number, physical address, billing information, financial information, passwords, codes for digital content, or any other information that could identify an individual

    • Sharing content that may reveal personal information about individuals

  11. Inappropriate Account Names / Team Names / Profile Pictures / Team Pictures / Banners / Descriptions / Club Tags / Clan Tags

    • Customization of names must be appropriate

    • No Offensive or Vulgar Language

    • No Hate Speech / Discriminatory Language

    • No harassing or threatening account personalization

    • Crude or off putting images which may cause others to feel uncomfortable

  12. Regional Rule Violation

    • Playing tournaments from a banned state, country or region

  13. Evading a Ban

    • Playing while evading an active ban

  14. Rank Violation

    • Playing in tournaments outside of a specified rank and intended

  15. Account Sharing

    • Multiple users having access and / or playing on a single account

  16. Tournament Non-Attendance

    • Repeatedly joining tournaments and failure to show up

  17. Exploiting / Glitches / Hacks

    • Using a glitch/exploit or any method of getting an unfair advantage

  18. Smurfing

    • Using a secondary account as a disguise to play against less proficient opponents

  19. Griefing

    • Ruining the gaming experience of another player, either involuntarily or on purpose

    • Deliberately irritating and harassing players within the game

    • Using aspects of the game in unintended ways to annoy other players

  20. Feeding

    • Being killed repeatedly to assist the opposing team

  21. Throwing

    • Deliberately sabotage your team's ability to win by intentionally playing poorly or engaging in such actions which will ensure a loss

  22. Smurfing Accomplice

    • Participation or intention of participation in a tournament knowingly with a smurfer

  23. Fraud / Fake Proof

    • Creating and using fake proof as an attempt to receive a win and / or advantage

    • Fake proof of other violation

  24. Impersonation

    • The act of attempting to deceive someone by pretending that you are another person

    • Using somebody else's ID to claim rewards

  25. Payment Fraud

    • Making unauthorized charges on a payment method that is not your own

  26. Referral Exploitation

    • Misuse of the referral system for one own’s benefit

  27. Elo Sitting / Rank Manipulation

    • Intentionally losing or forfeiting matches to maintain or decrease your rank