[Gabe]

Ok Ok since we all know people don't read squat such as motd, guidelines, rules, etc let's just bring back the old idea of shoving the rules into peoples faces when they load in, but this time shove the guidelines in peoples faces instead. This way they cannot complain. I started it. :) But on a serious note, so I don't get in trouble for shitposting, it should be updated to be more detailed like the one ph has. While few might read it, it still serves as a detailed purpose of what is expected of donors and what will happen to them if they don't comply with the rules. Someone could ask Dink to link the guidelines on the store page description of donor when someone is about to buy donor. If they don't read it even though it is easily accessible, then it is their fault.

[lacer]

I never thought I would see the day where we are actually considering rewriting the donor guidelines to tell a playerbase of mostly adults that they shouldn't do bad things with their powers

[Loon]

These powers should only be used if

• The target is someone you know and is in on the joke. You will be punished if they do not want to be a target
  
• There is a legitimate reason to use your powers (ex. All staff are alive while someone is screaming in spectator)
  

I actually think that's pretty strong and clear. If you're being an idiot (i.e. slurs or spamming) and you get gagged by anyone regardless of if it's a donor or not, and you ungag/unmute yourself early - that's not a legitimate reason to use your powers. If you didn't get legitimately gagged/muted, then that wouldn't count no?

[Jammin]

-snip-

The donor guidelines SHOULD be linked to them when they are on the paying page to buy Donor.

If they were, it wasn't obvious, and I may have missed it. I paid via PayPal, so it could be easily accessible via the credit card section.

These powers should only be used if

• The target is someone you know and is in on the joke. You will be punished if they do not want to be a target
  
• There is a legitimate reason to use your powers (ex. All staff are alive while someone is screaming in spectator)
  

I actually think that's pretty strong and clear. If you're being an idiot (i.e. slurs or spamming) and you get gagged by anyone regardless of if it's a donor or not, and you ungag/unmute yourself early - that's not a legitimate reason to use your powers. If you didn't get legitimately gagged/muted, then that wouldn't count no?

I agree but the 13 YO with mom's credit card may not be as comprehensive of this particular concept than an adult player. I feel that if a staff member has a particular line they can point to in the guidelines, it could make for less arguments when enforcing (probably not, but one can hope)
My opinion is spelling out a few clarifications couldn't hurt things.

I had a situation recently where two players were RDMing every round, and a staff member was online, but was AFK. I didn't want to donor-abuse, so I let them continue until the staff member was moved to spec automatically. At that point I kicked the naughties.

I would recommend the following changes be made, to help clarify a donor's role in certain situations

Disciplinary Commands: 



[*]These powers should only be used if

• The target is someone you know and is in on the joke. You will be punished if they do not want to be a target.
  
• There is a legitimate reason to use your powers (ex. CHANGE TO: someone is screaming or using slurs)
  
• ADD: Staff are unable to handle the issue (ex. no staff online/are AFK or incident happening in spectator while staff alive)
  

[*]!gag - !gag <player name> 

• mutes the players microphone
  
• !ungag to remove
  
• ADD: Do not ungag yourself (or another player) when a staff member or donor does the gag (except for joke gags)
  

[*]!mute - !mute <playername>

• stops player from typing in chat (does not affect radio binds or asay/psay)
  
• !unmute to remove
  
• ADD: Do not unmute yourself (or another player) when a staff member or donor does the mute (except for joke mutes)
  

[*]!kick- !kick <playername> <reason>

• Don't kick people unless they are MassRDMing. or they are consistently RDMing.
  
• kicks player from server
  
• Add: Only kick people if staff are not online or are AFK
  

• Utility Commands:
• Used for game function
  
• !vote - !vote <vote name/question><option 1><option 2> etc
  • starts a server vote
    
  • see Guidelines above
    
  • SUGGESTION: Frankly, an example of how to use the vote function may be helpful for noobs like me. But guideline wise this is clear enough
    
• Fun Commands: 
  • !queue
    
    • queues a song for the end of the round
      
    • must have a url that ends in .mp3
      
    • DO NOT queue songs that are too loud, overly racist, bigotrist, or play any +18 plus content (ie: moaning, audio from porn, etc...)
      
    • ADD: Donor is responsible for the music they queue. If another player asks to have a song queued, play it before queueing to ensure it follows the guidelines.
      
• To run a command on yourself either type !command <fullname> or command ^