Staff Punishment Guide

All staff are to look to this guide for guidance on the processes of punishing players for breaking any rule(s).

1. Interpretation
   1. It is ultimately up to you, the staff member, on how to punish players according to the rules as well as how to interpret the meaning of those rules. Be careful with what you say and or do as a staff member as your word in relation to punishment and these rules is final.
2. Punishment Guide
   1. The following is a general guide staff may use to base their punishments off of.

Punishment Guide

	Verbal Warn	Warn	Mute	Kick	Ban 1d- 6m	Ban 6m+	Perm Ban
Respect	First Instance 1/2	Repeated Instance 1/2	Further Instance 1/2		Light Instances 3/4	Moderate Instances 3/4/5	Repeated or Heavy Instances 3/4/5
Chat	First Instance 1/3/4/5	Repeated Instance 1/3/4/5	Further Instance 1/3/4/5, First Instance 2		Ignoring warnings and repeating instances of 1/2/3/4/5.
Lag	First Instance 1/2	Repeated Instance 1/2			Further Instance 1/2
Fair Play	Light instance 1/2/3	Moderate or repeated instance 1/2/3		Instances of 1/2/3	Heavy and further repeated instances of 1/2/3/4/5	Constant Instances of 1/2/3/4/5	Perm ban alt 6, instances of 7.
Real World Topics	First Instance 1/2	Repeated Instance 1/2	Further Instance 1/2		Repeated Instance After Warning 1/2, 3

1. Appeals
   1. In the case that a player sees their punishment unfit they may try to appeal it through official methods, it is up to the sole discretion of Administrators, Senior Administrators, the Moderation Manager, and the Founders to vote and accept or deny this.
2. Documentation
   1. All punishments shall be documented in the “notes” channel with a thread for the player, the thread shall include their discord user ID and their minecraft username.