Banning Policy

The Funky Station banning policy tries to encompass most things that players would do in the game. However, admins may invoke the Golden Rule of "All Admin Rulings Are Final" if there is a rule-break that does not fit neatly in this category.

There are special circumstances involving a de-whitelist, and are only given out for 3-day or longer game bans, or for 1 week or longer role bans. The process to get re-whitelisted is explained below.

These rules are ultimately created to ensure the best possible player experience. Rules may change if the admin team finds that a certain rule or set of rules actively hinders the player experience.

Terms used in the tables below:

• GB : Game Ban; a ban from playing on all Funky servers for the allotted duration or appeal-only. The player is not allowed to join via other accounts or changing IP addresses, which will be punished with a heavier punishment.
• RB : Role Ban; a ban from playing a specific role on all Funky servers, usually spanning an entire Department. The player is allowed to play other roles.

Non-grouping offenses

These offenses are either very minor or cannot be sorted nicely into other groups.

Grouping Category	Offense	First Offense	Second Offense	Third Offense	Fourth Offense
Non-grouping	Harassing staff (e.g. doxxing)	Indef GB
Non-grouping	Slurs, excluding R-slur and variants	Indef GB
Non-grouping	R-slur and variants	W	Appeal GB
Non-grouping	Usage of "gay" as a pejorative	W	Appeal GB
Non-grouping	Bigotry/discrimination	Indef GB
Non-grouping	ERP	Indef GB
Non-grouping	Sexual content	W - 3d GB	7d GB	Indef GB
Non-grouping	Metacommunications	W - 7d GB (ask first, especially if new)	Indef GB
Non-grouping	Ban Evasion	Voucher Ban	If after an accepted voucher ban, permanent ban. Otherwise, extend voucher ban to 6 months from evasion attempt.
Non-grouping	NITRP (No Intent to Roleplay)	Warning	De-whitelist
Non-grouping	Multi-keying	Indef GB
Non-grouping	OOC Toxicity	W - 12h GB	3d - 7d GB	Indef GB
Non-grouping	Ahelp misuse / abuse	W - 12hr GB	W - 3d GB	3d - 7.5d GB
Non-grouping	Threats to ahelp	W - 12hr GB	12hr - 3d GB	7d - 7.5d GB
Non-grouping	Under 16	Indef GB
Non-grouping	Bad character name	W	1d - 3d GB	7d - 7.5d GB

Language offenses

Offenses that involve speaking a different language other than English on Funky Station servers.

Grouping Category	Offense	First Offense	Second Offense	Third Offense	Fourth Offense
Language	Non-english chat	W	W - 12hr GB	3d GB	7d - 7.5d GB
Language	Solely non-english chat	W	Indef GB

Exploit offenses

Using cheat clients, or otherwise taking advantage of bugs that give you an unfair advantage.

Grouping Category	Offense	First Offense	Second Offense	Third Offense	Fourth Offense
Exploits	Bugs/exploits	W - 7d GB	12hr - 7d GB	3d - 15d GB	7d - 15d GB
Exploits	Use of macros	W	W - 12hr GB	3d GB	7d - 7.5d GB

Metagaming offenses

Using information in a round that was obtained unfairly (for example, using info gathered as a ghost).

Grouping Category	Offense	First Offense	Second Offense	Third Offense	Fourth Offense
Metagaming	IC in OOC / LOOC abuse	W	W - 12hr GB	3d GB	7d - 7.5d GB
Metagaming	Powergaming	W - 12hr GB	12hr - 3d GB	3d - 7.5d GB
Metagaming	Using info from death	12hr - 2d GB	3d GB	7d - 7.5d GB
Metagaming	Using info from past life	12hr - 2d GB	3d GB	7d - 7.5d GB
Metagaming	Metagaming	W - 12hr GB	12hr - 3d GB	3d - 7d GB

Familiar offenses

These are offenses that pertain to a player specifically playing a familiar role, like Remilia.

Grouping Category	Offense	First Offense	Second Offense	Third Offense	Fourth Offense
Familiars	Familiar griefing master	12hr GB	3d GB	7d - 7.5d GB
Familiars	Unreasonable failure to obey orders	W	12hr GB	3d GB	7d - 7.5d GB

AI Law offenses

Offenses that pertain to silicon players.

Grouping Category	Offense	First Offense	Second Offense	Third Offense	Fourth Offense
AI Laws	Major failure to follow silicon laws	W - 5d RB	3d - 7.5d RB	Indef RB
AI Laws	Minor failure to follow silicon laws	W	W - 5d RB	3d - 7.5d RB	Indef RB

Immersion offenses

Offenses that involve breaking the immersion of other players (for example, using emote chat to talk as a mime).

Grouping Category	Offense	First Offense	Second Offense	Third Offense	Fourth Offense
Immersion	Text speak	W	W	W - 12hr GB	W - 12hr GB
Immersion	OOC terms IC (not including teaching, however encourage LOOC use)	W	W - 12hr GB	12hr - 3d GB	3d - 7.5d GB
Immersion	Bypassing chat restrictions	W	W - 12hr GB	12hr - 3d GB	3d - 7.5d GB
Immersion	Irresponsible antag play	W - 12hr GB	1d - 3d GB	3d - 7d GB
Immersion	Abusing /suicide	W - 12hr GB	12hr - 3d GB	3d - 7d GB

Griefing offenses

Offenses that pertain to a player playing with no intent to roleplay or to explicitly troll other people.

Grouping Category	Offense	First Offense	Second Offense	Third Offense	Fourth Offense
Griefing	End-Of-Round Grief (EORG)	W-1d GB	3d GB	7d GB
Griefing	Damage/disruption to arrivals/arrivals shuttle	12hr - 3d GB	3d - 7d GB	7d - 15d GB
Griefing	Round stalling	W - 12hr GB	12hr - 3d GB	3d - 7d GB	7d - 7.5d GB
Griefing	Antagonist team sabotage	12hr - 3d GB	3d - Indef GB	7d - Indef GB
Griefing	Early massive station sabotage (as antagonist)	W - 12hr GB	12hr - 3d GB	7d - 7.5d GB
Griefing	Unreasonable failure to follow an order from a team leader	W - 5d RB	3d - 7d RB	Indef RB
Griefing	Harassing a player/role/department with no IC conflict	W - 12hr GB	12hr - 3d GB	7d - 7.5d GB
Griefing	Abandoning a Command role	W - 7d RB	3d - 7d RB	Indef RB
Griefing	Antag rolling	12hr - 3d GB	3d - 7d GB	7d - 7.5d GB

Out of Character offenses

Offenses that involve a character performing or advocating for actions that would not make sense in the context of the game or their characters' motivations. Characters with outrageous backstories are not an exception.

Grouping Category	Offense	First Offense	Second Offense	Third Offense	Fourth Offense
Out of Character	Over-escalation	W - 12hr GB	12hr - 3d GB	7d - 7.5d GB
Out of Character	Over-escalation in the form of station sabotage	3d GB	7d GB	14d - 15d GB
Out of Character	Cooperating with known antags	W - 12hr GB	3d GB	7d - 7.5d GB

Competence offenses

Offenses that pertain to a certain role not knowing what to do in a situation or doing/authorizing things that someone in that position in real life wouldn't do. Classic example would be a Research Director authorizing the activation of a Stationwide Destruction artifact.

We specify OOC in both the unreasonable incompetence in role offense and abuse of a position of authority because there are scenarios where a command member or other member of a fairly important department could abuse their authority to gain an advantage that is not properly based in-character.

OOC Clarification

We specify OOC in both the unreasonable incompetence in role offense and abuse of a position of authority because there are scenarios where a command member or other member of a fairly important department could abuse their authority to gain an advantage that is not properly based in-character.

Grouping Category	Offense	First Offense	Second Offense	Third Offense	Fourth Offense
Competence	OOC unreasonable incompetence in role	W - 7d RB	7d - 15d RB	Indef RB
Competence	OOC abuse of a position of authority	3d - 7d RB	7d - 15d RB	Indef RB
Competence	Taking actions a reasonable person would view as to be to the detriment of the station as security/command	3d - 7d RB	7d - 15d RB	Indef RB
Competence	Unreasonable failure of security/command to follow space law¹	3d - 7d RB	7d - 15d RB	Indef RB

Additional Clarification

¹Space Law is to be used as a guideline similar to this policy, however if something is egregious enough (like a 20 minute timer for trespassing) it is justification for OOC admin intervention.

Modifiers

Valid Rule Clarification No more than a warning should be given to a player that justifies the offense with a reasonably cited active rule clarification, even if it is not up to date with current rules.

Self report

Reduce to warning. Applies to any offense where the player reports themselves as long as the offense was unlikely to be identified otherwise.

New player

If there is no prior warning for the same issue, and if the minimum suggestion is not an indefinite ban, reduce to warning at admin discretion and instruct to read the rules.

Caught before round effects

If there are no earlier similar issues, any issue caught before it affects the round and other players can be reduced to a warning at admin discretion.

Admin intervention

Any reduction, including to nothing, may be applied for any offense which is plausibly the result of admin intervention.

Repeat game bans

A multiplier equal to 1 plus the number of game bans in the last 6 months which resulted from offenses from other grouping categories.

Metagrudging

2x multiplier if the offense is the result of metagrudging by the offender.

Prior indefinite ban

7d can be added to the total game ban length if the player has had any prior indefinite ban in the last 6 months. Excluding bans used only for contact and ones where they were found to be not at fault.

Round removal

2x multiplier for any offense which results in someone being permanently removed from a round, including an attempt to do so and actions likely to result in permanent round removal.

Lying in ahelp

24h + 3x multiplier if the offender maliciously lies in the ahelp. You should be certain that they have lied. The multiplier is applied after the 24h addition is made.

Offender is Command/Security

Apply a roleban that is twice the length of the ban.

Intentional rule breaking

Indefinite ban. Includes any rule breaking where the player intentionally breaks a rule knowing they are breaking a rule, knowing they will get banned, or claims to not care if they get banned. Any reasonably clear rule violation can be presumed to be intentional if the player was told to read the rules in the last 12 hours.

Role specific

Any issue that is likely to be prevented by a role ban should include a role ban if a game ban is applied. The role ban can be applied in addition to or as an alternative to the suggested game ban. Game ban suggestions can be converted to role ban suggestion times by doubling the time.

Ban request/demand

Any player who demands or requests a ban can be banned indefinitely.

EORG

End-of-Round Grief (EORG) is classified, generally, as being needlessly violent or acting out-of-character once the round has literally or functionally ended, to the detriment of other players' enjoyment or immersion. To list specifics, instances of EORG can include the following:

• Random deathmatch (usually abbrieviated as RDM)

• Violence that was not mentioned in an ahelp prior to engaging in it. For instance, if you had an ongoing grudge with another character during the round, you should ahelp for permission before escalating it to End-of-Round violence, otherwise we will deem it as EORG.¹

• Destruction, deconstruction, or gross defacing of any CentComm assets, or of the Evacuation shuttle. This includes using an RCD or tools to tear down walls or spam the light fixtures, or using any kind of explosives at CentComm or on the shuttle.

• Any form of incredibly bothersome behavior, especially of which one could reasonably deem as uncharacteristic of how you have been roleplaying up until then. This means, for instance, you should not slip security as they're taking a prisoner to the CentComm brig, and you should not be stun-batoning people without reason.

Centcomm is a place for people to destress, roleplay, and talk about the shift. While you do not have to engage in this, it is expected that you allow others to.

Note that this rule does not apply to round-ending or rule-skirting antagonists such as: Zombies, Space Dragons and their carps, and ASCENDED Heretics.

¹Attacking someone at CentComm because they were your kill objective, or because you found out they killed your friend through the post-game results screen, will still be seen as EORG.

De-whitelist

As of April 24, 2025, Players who have not re-submitted their whitelist request with the updated template are liable to face a de-whitelisting if a rule infraction were to occur.

De-whitelisting is an action that Game Admins can take against players who break a rule(s) that totals a punishment exceeding a 3 Day Gameban, or a 1 Week Roleban.

A de-whitelist requires the player to create a new whitelist request complying to the new format in our Discord or Forum.

Players who have already been whitelisted in accordance with the new format are not subject to this policy and will not be de-whitelisted under these conditions.

Leaving during an Ahelp

Indefinite appeal ban