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All players are required to know the rules before you sign a game. If you don't and break one, and later state that you "didn't know", better reason to have worse punishment. Note that when you receive 100% that your account will be permanently banned. Rules are liable to be changed as needed.
***You may only have 1 account for DcL. If you have a sibling/roomate or Lan with friends, then you should talk to Ice.Mage regarding the situation or you could be banned for multi. People should also refrain from sharing accounts or using different accoutns for observing***
These rules apply to any games hosted with DcL bots, as well as can apply to DcL channel and site.
Hosting - Creators are not allowed to use -kick in-game. Usage will result in demotion and unable to create games.
- All modes/hero bans need to be made clear before a game is created. This means hero bans need to be in the mode. [Default create mode = rd : Default challenge mode = cm :
- Host are responsible for making sure teams are correct before starting a game. This may result to permanent/ temporary lost of host access.
- Do not excessively create/abort games, sign/out games, or hold up channel. [Examples of what can lead to warns/demotion: aborting a game with full people, doing create/abort multiple times or for no valid reason, abusing forbid/limit/mode(abusing could me forbidding multitudes of people to where game takes long time to full, or doing mode that enough people sign for)]
- All Captains games will require the two captains to be in the Blue and Pink slot before the game start. The host is responsible for this (use -swap). No other person is allowed to be in those slots!
-When a game is confirmed, all players must enter the game with the appropriate name, if the person tries to spoof a different name, it can result in a permanent ban from DCL.
Forfeit
- Forfeit is allowed. After 35 minutes (1v1 - 1 FF, 2v2 - 2 FF, 3v3 - 2 FF, 4v4 - 3 FF, 5v5 - 3FF) When enough teammates have typed "FF" or "Forfeit" in ALL Chat, you may leave and the opposing team will get the win. [Vote comes from team with disadvatage]
-Before 35 minutes (1v1 - 1 FF, 2v2 - 2 FF, 3v3 - 2 FF, 4v4 - 4 FF, 5v5 – 4 FF) When enough teammates have typed "FF" or "Forfeit" in ALL Chat, you may leave and the opposing team will get the win. [Vote comes from team with disadvatage]
> All FF requests must be made within 1 minute of each other or they will be nulled.
- Your team may Forfeit a game if you are down by 2 players (not end draw). In these situations, post a complaint on the mod panel to get your xp loss nullified (with replay and give details). They can continue to play game out if they choose to. Doing so will null the chance to get the xp refund.
Leavers
- Leaving a game will result in a -leaver by a mod/players. All leavers result in a time-ban after being reviewed by a mod. Suspicious drops can also be reviewed for being considered a leaver. Any drops closed to the 10 min period will be especially looked at, this is why flaming or saying anything that makes you look bad isn't recommended.
- Leaver items can only be used on a leaver or team sold. If items are sold, hero cannot be used. If the leaver is used and results to a game change, then the game will be overturned.
- Getting kicked by the use of "-kickafk" will count as a leave. The Severity of the AFK will range from 15% warns, a -leaver, and/or a time-ban. Frequently going afk for small periods will also be considered going AFK as a whole, because it can be game ruining as well.
Remake
- Remake or Game Cancellation is allowed only within the first 10 minutes of the game if a player disconnected/leaves. All rm games should be ap (same people to same hero/lane/build) if hero picks were completed in previous game, otherwise do rd again. If a game can be remade, it should be.
-If a person drops during picks and already has picked, then teams are to finish picks and rm with ap. Otherwise it is rm with a different pool.
-End drawing games before they should or when they don't need to be can result in warns. No "end drawing" before 3 min. Doing so will result in warns.
- If a game is going be remade due to afk miss pick, or picking banned hero, the game shouldn't be remade till hero picks are finished if can be. This means, if issue doesn't mess up rest of picks, then finish picking hero’s and remake game after. If it’s a miss pick of sorts, then it can be remade ap with that person having to pick from who was left in the previous pool of hero’s.
- No randoming hero picks if there are banned heros in the pool.
- All votes or decisions concerning remake or end draw, need to be done within 2 min of incident. After 2 min, it is considered closed and cannot be used for complaining or voted again other way. This is only for incidents that occur after 3 minutes and before 10.
- If host messes up mode, then the game should be remade instantly. If host messes up twice, then he might get a permanent/ temporary loss of host privileges.
- Anything concerning voting, all objections/votes need to be said within 2 min of incident or they can't be used later as excuse.
-For server splits, as long as there are 4 players on each team game must be played out. Except in the case of 5v3. Host is noted. Anyone who leaves or disconnects will be dropped and/or time-banned.
>Any player can ask for a pause, and there must be a warn before and after pause. If mode is no pauses then this rule is voided.
Game Rules
Item restrictions. (per team)
- 1 Refresher
- 2 Guinsoos
- 2 Dagon
- 3 Force staffs
- 3 Arcane boots
- Sharing Control and Items
No item pooling. All consumable items can be shared though they cannot be sold if another player bought. Bottle can be shared to use charges though can not be kept permanently. Gem is liable to be shared freely.
- Banned modes are apid,em,wtf,om(unless 2v2),sc,sp,dm(unless its ardm). For cm/cd modes in create games, highest rated players on teams are captains.
- In ARDM games, must be atleast 35 lives (12 lives for 2v2) (21 for 3v3)
- All towers outside of the bases are back-doorable. Any buildings inside the bases require one of your allied creeps to have entered the base before you attack it. (This does not include controllable creeps from heroes like Chen). Backdooring can result in warns/timeban up to game result changing.
- Players may not enter through an opening that a creep has not entered. If the creeps entered mid, then a player may not enter any other lane unless creeps from that lane are present inside the base. Resulting in this maybe warns/timeban/ and may be considered game changing.
BEHAVIOR
- Intentional game ruining, like item destroying from allies will be permanently banned.
- Verbally stating that you will be intentionally feeding or not trying will be bannable.
-If player is throwing before ten minutes, game can be drawed and the resulting person who was throwing may result in permanent ban. A post in the forums is needed with replay.
- Racism, Badtalking, or Flaming will be delt by via warns/timeban by a moderator and should not be brought into channel after game. The amount of warns is to the moderator's discretion. If you flame back, do not use the excuse "he/she started it", because flaming back will be considered flaming, period. Appealing any of this should not be done in channel or by flaming in whispers toward staff saying they are wrong.
- Spamming, Excessive use of caps, or other forms of unnecessary messaging is liable for warns/time ban. And removal of hosting privileges.
Discipline
- All appeals must be made on the panel for a moderator/admin to review. [Use Mod Panel]
- Misreporting games will result in warns. This applies for both game results and reporting no-show/drop/leaver. Mods will do -noshow/-drop/-leaver when needed so do not spam it.
- Drawing games when they should be remakes or because players want other players is considered misreporting as well. This can result in either warns/demotion/timeban.
- Intentional noshows are considered a -leaver. And may result in timeban also.
Hacking
- Using hacks will result in a permanent ban.
- Creep blocking is allowed so long as the other new spawn doesn't pass it. Exploit of obvious extreme cases of bugs will result in permanent ban.
Observing
- Observers are allowed in games created in DcL. However, dropping or leaving even if you are an obs is the same as if you are a player. Though, players will need a mod to add penalties for this because the person wasn't actually in the game.
- Observer must not talk in all chat if asked not to and just observe the game.
- In order to obs, player must be a valid(not currently banned) player and if any of the players inside the game disagree, their must be a vote of a total of three players for either side to not want obs. If three vote to no obs, then it is the hosts duty to remove obs.
- These same rules do not apply to moderators/admins. Staff members may observe games at will. If unsure, stats them, whisper -mods/smods/jmods or w.e position they are to make sure, or talk to them on vent to see if they have tag there, though do not kick before knowing they aren't staff.
- Failure to follow these rules by the host will result in a demotion. (This could be temporary or permanent)
Vent
- Vent is strongly encouraged but should be used right. This means that people should not be in the same vent channel if on opposite teams. However, it is possible to be on vent with people from opposite teams but it requires that the let other players in the game know about it. If anyone objects to this, people need to split up vent channels or it can be considered hacking/game ruining. Mods are excluded from this rule.
Other
- The use of multiple accounts is prohibited. This means do not make accounts for other people or do not make new accounts because you want to have a name change as well.
- Screenshots requests (for mh) are required to post on the forums in the "Screenshots" section. ( Both the requester and the accused must post. Failure will result in an automatic permanent ban). Screenshots must be posted within 15-20min of initial request. Do not abuse asking for ss's. DO NOT EDIT YOUR SCREENSHOT IN ANY WAY!
The way to post for ss must be done without pausing game.
-whoami and time is optional now.
-Must be selecting a hero and centered, that does not belong to you or is shared (sentinel or scourge is ok, if no hero is present)
-Must provide replay
-Not enough requirements met: case is ignored
-Warn: 5-50 Warning, based on what requirements are met
-Blacklist if player is indeed map hacking
- Do not excessive complain about bot hosting. When people drop, it's usually their fault. FYI, tcp-socket error means either "drop or pp" for most cases and don't forget also, you guys have the option to host lc or bot.
- A 2 minute pause is allowed BEFORE picks and not during picks. Teams have a 5 min pause they can use as well, but all puases after picks need warning and reason said in "all chat" and can't be unpuase until time limit is done or person who pause is ready along with everyone else. Pause abuse is warnable for both people who pause and unpause. Any pauses must have reason stated before pause and must make sure others are ready before unpausing. Pauses can only be unpaused by the person who paused unless the pause didn't have reason or 5 min have passed. This is voided if no pauses is in mode.
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*AFK*
If you go afk for more than a total interval of ten minutes throughout game, you can be leavered and time-banned. Every side does have five minutes worth of pause, but that is if pauses are not banned. If there are no pauses permitted, then a person does have up to two minutes of afk. Anything after that will be held against them and may result in warns and/or time-ban.
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Standards
-Noshow - [warns] : First noshow will have no offense. Second noshow will result in two day timeban. Third noshow will result in three day timeban. Fourth noshow will result in five day timeban. Fifth noshow will result in permanent timeban. Unless the player donates to servers.
-Drop - [warns] : timebans will occur after three drops. GPROXY WILL BE MANDATORY. If not then you will have the possibility of permanent ban based on the amount of drops. Unless the player donates to servers.
-Leaver - [warns/timeban/permban] : First offense of leaver will be 7 day timeban. Second offense of leaver will be 14 day timeban. Third offense will result in permanent timeban. Unless the player donates to servers.
-Item destroying – If intentional Item destroying occurs. The player doing the fault will be permanently banned. Appeal can be posted, but will be decided based on mods thoughts.
-Flaming - (to other players): If mod sees this happening, it can result in warns. If continued it can result in timeban. (to staff): If flaming mod, player will be asked once to stop. If still continued, the player will be warned AND timebanned based on the mod at hand.
-Picking banned heros – Picking banned hero’s randoming or purposely will result in 20 warns. A player must not random if banned hero’s are in pool.
-spamming - (in game): verbal warning, warns, timebans (in channel): verbal warning, warns, timebans
-Misreporting games – Will result in warns from 10 – 20.
-holding up channel - verbal warning, warns, losing access
FORUM RULES
-A player can post limitless appeals as long as they do not get out of hand with pointless appeals. Posts that appeal for leavers, multies, or misreports may only be posted ONCE.
-Mods will attend to players posts in a timely manner.
-Players who post unnecessary posts, will get warned 1-3 points based on number of posts.
-Players who flame on forums will get warned 2-4 points based on the post.
-Staff complaints can be viewed by Admins. If an admin is being issued a complaint then another admin must view the complaint.
-No mods or admins can close their own complaints on their own unless reviewed by other mods
This post has been edited by Ice.Mage: 20 January 2011 - 06:39 PM
Reason for edit: updates
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