Community Rules

Be respectful. Follow these rules to keep the server friendly and safe.

Discord Rules

General server-wide conduct — applies across all text, voice, and DM interactions.

§1. Harassment

A. Racism #

  1. Zero tolerance for slurs of any kind against any race.
  2. No insulting a race or ethnicity.
  3. No implication of negative stereotypes.
  4. No exclusion of a person based on their race.
Punishment Mute or ban depending on severity.

B. Sexism

  1. No insulting a gender or using negative stereotypes.
  2. No exclusion of a person based on their gender.
  3. Please respect people’s preferred pronouns stated in their profile or when asked.
Punishment Mute or ban depending on severity.

C. Homophobia

  1. Zero tolerance of slurs.
  2. No insulting someone for their sexuality.
  3. No implication of negative stereotypes.
  4. No exclusion of a person based on their sexuality.
Punishment Mute or ban depending on severity.

D. Transphobia

  1. Zero tolerance of slurs.
  2. No refusing to use someone's preferred pronouns.
  3. No implication of negative stereotypes.
  4. No exclusion of a person based on their preferred gender.
Punishment Mute or ban depending on severity.

E. Direct Messages

  1. Server rules apply in DMs with another member. Do not harass a member in DMs or private channels.
  2. Reports may be filed for rule-breaking outside of the server.
Punishment Mute or ban depending on severity.

F. Threats

  1. Threatening another user will be treated as action taken. If you threaten to dox, you will be punished as if you doxxed. (Threats refer to stating the intention to harm another person or their belongings.)
  2. Threats of personal harm, harassment, or illegal actions will be dealt with swiftly.
Punishment Kick or ban depending on severity; may be reported to authorities.

G. Rules Application Scope

  1. All rules §1-A through §1-F apply to profile pictures, banners, bios, statuses, pronouns, and any other profile information.

§2. Behavior and Conduct

A. Spamming

  1. Repeatedly sending messages, emojis, mentions, or attachments.
  2. Flooding voice or text channels.
Punishment Warning or mute. Repeats may result in kick or ban.

B. Trolling or Raiding

  1. Provoking arguments or instigating fights (ragebaiting).
  2. Multiple users working together to pseudo-spam.
Punishment Warning or mute. Repeats may result in kick or ban.

C. NSFW & Gore

  1. No content inappropriate for anyone under Discord’s TOS age (13).
  2. Absolutely no gore or shock content.
  3. Zero tolerance for sexual remarks, explicit content, or inappropriate conversations involving minors.
  4. No innuendos or alternate words with NSFW meaning.
Punishment Ban.

D. Advertising

  1. No unsolicited invites, links, or promotions.
  2. Only promote with staff permission.
Punishment Warning or mute.

E. Politics and Religion

  1. No campaigning, promoting, or attempts to influence others.
  2. No political discussions (domestic or foreign).
  3. No radicalistic or Nazi symbols or ideas.
  4. No advertising or recruiting for political or religious beliefs.
  5. Keep War Thunder drama discussions to a minimum.
Punishment Warning or mute.

F. Profile Presentation and Account Legibility

  1. A minimum of 3 Latin characters are required in your nickname.
  2. Nicknames consisting of purely Cyrillic, Kanji or Arabic must be accompanied by a clear, readable Latin transliteration or be mentionable by set discord username.
  3. Special symbols, or repetitive punctuation that causes visual clutter, breaks chat UI scaling, or deliberately mimics system text/moderation tags is strictly forbidden.
  4. Avatars, banners, and status messages must remain completely free of Not-Safe-For-Work (NSFW) content, hate speech, political provocations, or imagery designed to flash or cause visual discomfort.
Punishment Warning followed by a maximum 24 hour notice to comply, failure to comply might result in a nickname change, kick or ban.

G. Rules Application Scope

  1. All rules §2-C and §2-E apply to profile pictures, banners, bios, statuses, pronouns, and other public profile information.

§3. Catch-All Clause and Extra Information

A. Staff Authority

  1. Staff may use reasonable and necessary actions to control situations or handle rule-breaking.
  2. Staff must remain professional and unbiased.
  3. If a staff member mistreats you, make a ticket or DM another staff member.

B. False Reports

  1. Do not file fake or exaggerated reports.
  2. Misuse of reporting makes handling real cases more difficult.
Punishment Mute or temporary ban depending on severity.

C. Appeals

  1. You may appeal punishments through a ticket or by DMing a mod if muted.
  2. Appeal processes may be “unusual” but are not harmful.
  3. Appeals do not guarantee reversal of a decision.

D. Accountability

  1. By being in the server, you agree to the rules — “I didn’t know” is not a valid excuse.
  2. Basic respect and common sense will prevent almost all punishments.
  3. Using alternate accounts to bypass punishments will result in those accounts being banned.
  4. Actions of users in positions of power (Commander, Officer, Deputy, mod/admin) reflect on their squadron as a whole.
  5. Use channels only for their intended purpose.

E. Privacy & Security

  1. Respect privacy — do not ask for or share personal information.
  2. Do not share, sell, or promote the sharing of classified/export-restricted military documents.
  3. Do not impersonate other members or staff.
  4. Do not use the server to promote or sell firearms, knives, or weapons.
  5. Respect boundaries; stop jokes or behaviors if asked.

F. Reporting

  1. If you see a member breaking a rule, report it by pinging staff or using the reports channel.
  2. If you feel unsafe or uncomfortable reporting publicly, use the ticket system or DM staff.
  3. Report rule gray areas or bot exploits to an admin or higher (abuse will be punished).

CB Rules

Rules specific to RUSK Custom Battle lobbies.

§4. RUSK Custom Battle Rules

A. Killing and Revenge Killing

  1. Random killing isn’t allowed in the custom and you are permitted one revenge kill on the person that killed you.
  2. Please do not involve yourself in other people killing each other as they might be friends and are just doing it for fun.
  3. However, as opposed to the previous statement, if you see someone killing a whole number of people in short succession, feel free to kill them.

B. Language

  1. Keep swearing to a minimum and do not use slurs and certainly do not tell someone to kill themselves!
  2. Please also refrain from talking about any sort of politics in the custom.
  3. The same zero tolerance against homophobia, transphobia, sexism and racism policy from our discord also applies to the custom.

C. Peacekeeping

  1. RUSK operates with peacekeepers, meaning there is no reason to call for a mod if there is only a small number of KOS (Kill on Sight) players in the custom.
  2. If you see someone randomkilling and want to have him be KOS, say so in chat and also mention their name in custom-chat or peacekeeper-text.
  3. If the custom is overrun with KOS, use the /mod command to call for a mod to the custom. And while you wait for a mod to log in, pick out a grid square away from both team’s spawns to create a small chill area.

D. Behaviour and Tank Appearance

  1. Do not participate in any NSFW or political actions in the custom (examples could be repeatedly humping or driving back and forth into the back of another tank).
  2. Keep your tanks clean of any NSFW or political decals (ZOV, Swastika, other symbols that are political or NSFW but NOT provided by gaijin themselves).

E. Reporting

  1. If someone has broken our rules, please report them in custom-battle-reports.

F. Peacekeeper Specific Rules

  1. As a part of the server and a keeper of peace, to keep order you can remind people it’s a chill server and not to swear or throw slurs around.
  2. Kill the KOS and keep them in spawn so they can’t or have a harder time killing random people.
  3. Ask for a mod if there are too much KOS to handle.
  4. Create a chill area (grid square(s)) while a mod logs on.
  5. Reminder that mods and peacekeepers are not above the rules.

G. RUSK Squadron

  1. A ban from the custom will also result in a ban from the squadron.

H. Catch-All Clause and Extra Information

  1. §4.A-B are also effective in the custom.
  2. Using spectator mode in the custom can result in a kick as to prevent mass reporting bots.
  3. Throwaway, random, or temp usernames are subject to immediate kick due to the nature of spam accounts becoming kos. Examples of such names are "_28732984" "temp 12021" "dn191dklh02"
  4. RUSK will stay neutral in the event of a fight between squadrons and any members that continue fighting after being asked to stop by a mod will be kicked.