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1. No Foul, Degrading, or Racist Remarks allowed
2. No Griefing
3. No Inappropriate or Disrespectful Sprays, Names or Avatars are Allowed
4. No Cheating, Cheat Scripts, Barrier Jumping, Map Exploits or Hacks Of ANY Kind
5. No names, sprays or avatars that advocate or oppose a political figure, political stance, religion or nation
6. No Arguing with or Impersonating an Admin
7. Do Not Disrupt The Server In Any Way
8. Support the Admins And Other Community Members
9. Use Only One Name While Gaming Here
10. DO NOT PESTER ADMINS
Everyone in the clan should recognize this list. Especially since everyone has signed off that they read it before ever putting on their =(e)= tag. There's a lot more to being an =(e)= than just these 10 rules though.
=(e)='s are our first line of defense on the servers. There are a lot of you out there and we encourage you to help out your fellow clan members even if they are higher ranked. However, helping out doesn't necessarily mean warning people who break the rules or arguing with trouble-makers. If there is an admin in the server please leave all warnings up to them. If you feel that something has been missed then feel free to make use of the admin chat option (u@) in order to alert an admin.
If there's an eGO in the game with you (s)he's in charge. If there's an eG on the server then it's their responsibility to communicate in admin chat BEFORE taking action in a situation. The eG's and eGO's already know about this though since they go through admin school when they get the big G. For all you =(e)='s out there we're going to go over some simple training so ya'll know what to do incase you're alone on a server.
Admins have the ability to use Admin Chat to chat between other admins and also to warn players when needed. So, just because you don't see the admins responding to issues doesn't mean they are ignoring it. A lot happens behind the scenes on a server that the public and =(e)='s don't necessarily realize.
Do...
...Try to keep clan members on every server
...Keep servers full
...Always wear your tag when playing on eGO servers
...Recruit new members
...Handle potential problems quickly
...Remain on the lookout for known hacker clans ("myg0t" "enhancedaim.com")
Do Not...
...Be afraid to enforce the rules
...Be afraid to warn or report other eGO members
...Be afraid to ask for help if you need it. In fact, we encourage this.
...Use key binds for language, spam, or recruiting.
...Ever advertise eGO on non-eGO servers
...Ever contradict an admin in open chat. As soon as you do this you not only demean the clan but you can cause greater mayhem than whoever was being disciplined. Take it up via a private means (PM, Email).
...Nudity
All sprays and avatar icons used on eGO servers should be PG-13 rated. No nudity is allowed. Girls in bikinis and other similar things are acceptable, because anyone can see them on television. Classical artwork depicting nudity is acceptable provided that the icon doesn't specifically call attention to the nudity. (Michelangelo’s David is fine... as long as it's not a close-up of the crotch. Grade-school children are taken to exhibits that contain these paintings and statues - everyone is familiar and accepting of them.)
...F10 'Jokes' (By default, F10 is a hotkey to quit the game.)
This kind of malicious humor is simply not tolerated on eGO servers. Users making these kinds of "jokes" should be warned and then kicked. Examples of this are a spray that says "Press F10 for Radar", or players responding to a new player asking questions by saying "Press F10". As with any other offensive spray, admins should attempt to remove or cover them.
...Swearing
This question is asked more often than anything else. TF2 has no swear filter, so the answer is not as simple as "if it passes the filter its fine". The general rule is that if you wouldn't say it in front of your grandmother or a child, then it's not appropriate on our servers. For instance, "damn", and "hell" are perfectly acceptable. Some words are acceptable in one form and not in others. "Ass", for example; there are many ways that this is fine. "smart ass", "jack ass", etc. Clearly, "asshole" is not.
Take into consideration the emotion behind a statement - things like "kiss my ass" are frequently not acceptable, even though the word "ass" isn't a problem, unless it is clearly said in good fun. We frequently say that if it passes television standards it's acceptable. It's a good point to start your thought process, but it's not always true; "Bitch" will pass many television standards, but it's clearly not acceptable on our servers to call someone a "bitch" or "son of a bitch".
If you need a player banned you can either visit ventrilo and find an admin, find someone through Steam Groups, or fill out a ban report just like the admin do. If you dot your i's and cross your t's we shouldn't have a problem banning someone. Make sure you check the contest a ban thread periodically incase there is an argument concerning your earlier request. Sometimes it happens, but usually the proof is in your favor. Easiest way to find someone's steam ID is look them up on the stats page.
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