VortexdataNET Policies

Teamspeak Policies and Guidelines

Last modified: April 25th, 2020

Validity of these rules

  1. The following policies apply to our Teamspeak 3 Server service and all of its components.
  2. By using our service, users deem to have accepted these conditions.
  3. Violating any policies may result in a punishment by the administration or staff.
  4. We reserve the right to change these terms and conditions at any time without prior notice.
  5. Ignorance does not protect against punishment.

Punishments / Consequences

  1. As a basic principle, punishments are only imposed in suitable harshness and with appropriate reason.
  2. If a user finds that his punishment is unjustified, they have to right to raise a complain by submitting it to [email protected]. With appropriate reasoning, the punishment can be reversed by our staff.
  3. Punishments, or Violation Entries, are tied to a users Vortexdata ID (or VID for short). If a client, which is not linked to a VID, accumulates Violation Entries, they are still being stored and counted. If this account gets linked to a VID at a later date, the stored violations are being transfered to the linked VID.
  4. Every Violation Entry has a score ranging from 1 - 100. If the total score of all Violation Entries tied to an account are equal or higher than 100, the account gets suspended / terminated. You can read more about this system here.
  5. Any new violations will revoke all group rights from an account.

Tone of speech and writing

Radicalism [#TSW01]

Radicalism, no matter if right or left wing, is strictly prohibited.

  • Score: 50
  • Sanctions: 30 Day Suspension

Advertisements [#TSW02]

Advertisements for products, companies, social media or other are strictly prohibited. We are not an advertisement platform, and we want to keep it that way.

  • Score: 20
  • Sanctions: 3 Day Suspension

Doxxing [#TSW03]

Spreading confidential / private information (e.g. users' private data) is forbidden.

  • Score: 80
  • Sanctions: 90 Day Suspension

Abuse of Language [#TSW04]

Disrespectful behavior, insults, abuses, threats and bullying are forbidden.

  • Score: 70
  • Sanctions: 60 Day Suspension

Racism and Sexism [#TSW05]

All racist, sexist and pornographic statements (as well as nicknames, channel names, links, avatars and messages) are prohibited in any way and will not be tolerated.

  • Score: 60
  • Sanctions: 60 Day Suspension

Panhandling for Group Rights [#TSW06]

All racist, sexist and pornographic statements (as well as nicknames, channel names, links, avatars and messages) are prohibited in any way and will not be tolerated.

  • Score: 10
  • Sanctions: 6 Hour Suspension

Impersonation [#TSW07]

The faking of persons, groups and / or enterprises is strictly forbidden, partially for legal reasons.

  • Score: 40
  • Sanctions: 14 Day Suspension

Client Modifications

The administration team cannot be held liable for problems which are caused by modification of the Teamspeak client. Support cannot be provided either. Problems regarding mods should be taken to the appropriate category in the Teamspeak forums.

Soundboard Abuse [#CM01]

If every member of a channel agrees to the use of soundboards, they are allowed to be used. An abuse, eg. playing load music, is not tolerated.

  • Score: 15
  • Sanctions: 4 Hour Suspension

Anti-Move [#CM02]

The use of Anti-Move plugins is not allowed.

  • Score: 10
  • Sanctions: 1 Day Suspension

Voice Changers [#CM03]

The use of voice altering software is prohibited.

  • Score: 20
  • Sanctions: 3 Day Suspension

Miscellaneous

Muting Staff Members [#OTH01]

You are not allowed to mute staff members. Staff members are not allowed to mute each other.

  • Score: 5
  • Sanctions: 2 Hour Suspension

Bug Exploitation [#OTH02]

The exploitation of TS³ bugs or Teamspeak Query Plugin Framework features is strictly prohibited.

  • Score: 40
  • Sanctions: 30 Day Suspension

Voice Recordings [#OTH03]

It is strictly forbidden to create recordings of any kind of users in a channel if they do not agree. This constitutes a criminal offense (violation of the confidentiality of the word) and can be legally prosecuted.

  • Score: 80
  • Sanctions: 60 Day Suspension

Connection Manipulation [#OTH04]

Manipulation of the connection to the server is forbidden.

  • Score: 50
  • Sanctions: 10 Day Suspension

Scamming and Phishing [#OTH05]

Scamming and phishing are forbidden.

  • Score: 100
  • Sanctions: Permanent Suspension

Giveaways & Sale of goods [#OTH05]

Giving away / selling / raffling anything is forbidden.

  • Score: 50
  • Sanctions: 14 Day Suspension