Table of Contents
- Definitions
- Legal Compliance
- Overall Policy Rules
- Discord / Communications Server Rules
- Roleplay Conduct Rules
- In-Game Rules
- Location-Specific Guidelines
- Factions Guidelines
- Permanent Death Rules
- Metagaming
Definitions
- Primary Servers are defined as the discussion forums, ROBLOX groups, and communications platforms moderated by the Attack on Titan: Universe staff for the main Attack on Titan: Universe group, the Trainee Corps group, the Scouting Legion group, the Stationary Guard group, and the Military Police group.
- Secondary Servers are defined as the any discussion forums, ROBLOX groups, and other communications platforms created or used for any purpose(s) related to the Attack on Titan: Universe community, including those made for detachments, bloodlines, factions, general in- and out-of-lore organizations, and social groups with a primary or secondary purpose of discussion with a membership consisting of a plurality of other Attack on Titan: Universe members.
- Player versus player actions, abbreviated to PvP, refers to any action taken by a player against a target that results in the target losing over 10% of their maximum health.
- Aggressive actions, Provocation, and Provocatory acts refer to any action taken by an individual or group with the intent to or effect of threatening or intimidating another individual or group. These actions include, but are not limited to equipping melee weapons towards targets, pointing ranged weapons in the approximate direction of other players, and moving towards players while armed, as well as verbal threats and damaging individuals for under 10% of their maximum health.
- Self-defense refers to any action, including player versus player actions, that the target of a provocatory act takes against the instigator.
- Nonparticipant Staff refers to any member of the Attack on Titan: Universe staff team without a lore character and not participating in Permanent Death events.
Legal Compliance
- AoT:U will take any and all actions necessary to comply with United States federal law, the state laws of Washington State, and all relevant rulings under the King County Superior Court, the Washington State Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
- AoT:U will take any and all actions necessary to comply with the ROBLOX Terms of Service and Discord Terms of Service. This includes reversing in-lore actions and levying disciplinary actions on players for any conduct in Primary Servers, Secondary Servers and the game that could affect Attack on Titan: Universe’s compliance with the ROBLOX Terms of Service and Discord Terms of Service.
- Retroactive intepretations of these rules shall be applied where necessary to ensure full compliance at all times.
Overall Policy Rules
- The overall statute of limitations on punishment for standard offenses is twelve weeks. Staff members may not begin investigations into specific rules violations more than four weeks after the date that they happened. However, ongoing investigations and probes may deliver punishments more than four weeks after the initial time of action, so long as they were started less than four weeks after. This does not apply to cases of metagaming.
- There is no statute of limitations on punishment for offenses in regards to metagaming.
- The Game Owner, Head Administrator, Deputy Head Administrator(s) and Head Administrator may create extraordinary exceptions to the statute of limitations as needed.
- The usage of alternate accounts, on Discord, ROBLOX, Primary Servers, or Secondary Servers, is prohibited in Attack on Titan: Universe unless explicitly approved by a staff member at or above the rank of Administrator.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant permanent global ban on the alternate account and a doubling of the original sentence to be re-served in full if dodging previous punishment. If not dodging previous punishments, global ban between seven and twenty-one days on the main account. Staff members reserve the discretion to enact permanent bans as needed. - The Binding Ruleset shall be applied to any and all content posted on Primary Servers and Secondary Servers, as well as any discussion forum involving at least two parties each consisting of one or more people possessing membership in a Primary Server or a Secondary Server as decided on a case-by-case basis by Attack on Titan: Universe staff members for matters related to the Attack on Titan: Universe community and for special circumstances.
- Any disciplinary action issued by the Attack on Titan: Universe staff team that also includes a ban from all Primary Servers for over seven (7) days will also automatically result in the instant in-lore death of associated characters. Exceptions may be provided by the Attack on Titan: Universe staff team on a case-by-case basis.
- The Game Creator may take extraordinary actions on a case-by-case basis to protect the integrity and well-being of the Attack on Titan: Universe community.
Discord / Communications Server Rules
General Rules
- Please use common sense. There may be circumstances where disciplinary action may be taken for violations of community standards not explicitly stated here.
- Please do not use sexually explicit or in general, inappropriate profile pictures.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant server ban in the case of raiders, otherwise one verbal warning followed by a server ban until the profile picture is changed if warning is not adhered to. - The staff team reserves the right to edit and delete posts, as it is fit in order to maintain a friendly and welcoming environment. If you have any questions about disciplinary actions taken or policies in general, please ask individual staff members in their Private Messages.
- The Veteran role is only given to players who have participated in Attack on Titan: Universe for over two years and have maintained consistent friendly relations towards the group as a whole. Visual proof of in-game or Discord screenshots must be provided to a staff member to receive this role.
- It is disallowed to suspend ROBLOX group membership of all Primary Servers while possessing a continuously active lore character for over forty-eight (48) hours.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant in-lore death of lore character. Bloodlines, movements, and other generalized groups may elect to appoint an individual of their choosing to replace the dead character.
Text Rules
- We require the members of the community treat each other respectfully. Debates and open discussion are certainly welcome, but we do not allow personal attacks. When a member of the community tells you to stop, please do so.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant server ban in the case of raiders, one verbal warning followed by progressive mute lengths, starting from 30 minutes. A ban starting from one day should be applied starting from the third offense. - The excess use of offensive language, and the general use of discriminatory hate speech is prohibited.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant server ban in the case of raiders, otherwise one verbal warning followed by progressive mute lengths, starting from 2 hours. A ban starting from one day should be applied starting from the third offense. Severe violations of this rule as determined by staff, especially when used against other players without consent, should apply accelerated punishments: one verbal warning followed by global bans starting from three days. - Overt inflammatory language that creates a clear and present danger to the speaker or other community members is not tolerated.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant server ban in the case of raiders, otherwise immediate global ban starting from seven days. Upper-level bans, including permanent bans may be considered depending on the severity of the offense. - To help facilitate understanding and discussion, we highly recommend the use of the English language on public servers.
- Please do not use any @mentions, especially towards roles or groups unless you are authorized to do so.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant server ban in the case of raiders, otherwise one verbal warning followed by progressive server bans, starting from three days. A general community ban starting from seven days should be applied starting from the third offense. - Please do not put sexually explicit, illegal or otherwise inappropriate content in any Primary Servers or where a plurality of chat participants have expressed that they do not want the offending content posted.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant server ban in the case of raiders, otherwise one verbal warning followed by progressive mute lengths, starting from 2 hours. A server ban starting from three days should be applied starting from the third offense. - Advertising, scamming, phishing, piracy and other illegal actions are disallowed.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant server ban in the case of raiders, otherwise one verbal warning followed by progressive server bans, starting from three days. A permanent ban should be considered starting from the third offense. - Specialized channels should be used for certain subject matters, such as spoilers channels for discussions about the Attack on Titan franchise.
Disciplinary guidelines: Two verbal warnings followed by progressive mute lengths, starting from 30 minutes. Progressive server mutes starting from 2 hours should be considered starting from the third offense. - Harassment, defined as the repeated, aggressive and explicitly unwanted application of social pressure against any individuals or groups in the Attack on Titan: Universe community is prohibited.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant server ban in the case of raiders, otherwise one verbal warning followed by progressive server bans, starting from three days. A permanent ban should be considered starting from the third offense. - The Attack on Titan: Universe staff team reserves the right to terminate any conversations about subjects of significant controversy, including but not limited to politics of any level, certain historical events, religion, sexual harassment and assault, self-harm, and fringe theories at any time as needed to maintain an orderly and welcoming discussion environment.
Disciplinary guidelines: One verbal warning followed by progressive mute lengths, starting from 90 minutes. Progressive server mutes starting from 4 hours should be considered starting from the second offense. - Advertising, or the act of promoting other products or services, is prohibited unless otherwise sanctioned by the Attack on Titan: Universe staff team.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant ban in case of raiders, otherwise one verbal warning followed by progressive mute lengths, starting from 4 hours. Progressive server mutes starting from 72 hours should be considered starting from the third offense.
Voice Rules
- Please do not make annoying, loud, or disruptive sounds in Voice Channels.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant server ban in the case of raiders, otherwise one verbal warning followed by progressive mutes starting from one hour. Server bans should be considered starting from the third offense. - Please do not interrupt others while they are speaking.
- Please remain respectful to each other while in Voice Chat.
Disciplinary guidelines: See guidelines for Text Rule 1. - If there is a lot of background noise in your immediate area, please use Push to Talk.
Roleplay Conduct Rules
- The ability to change the rank of a player to or from the ranks of Initiate to Head Trainee Instructor in the Trainee Corps group is restricted to Trainee Instructors of the Trainee Corps, as well as Attack on Titan: Universe staff team members for disciplinary purposes.
Disciplinary guidelines: Appropriate, case-by-case reversal of all relevant actions. In-lore death of perpetrators and beneficiaries on first offense, followed by a global ban of over fourteen days on second offense. Permanent bans should be considered starting from the third offense. - No external influence shall be allowed in any roleplay decision-making. External influences include, but are not limited to potential romantic relations, the out-of-lore status of being friends or enemies, and out-of-lore financial incentives.
Disciplinary guidelines: Appropriate, case-by-case reversal of all relevant actions. In-lore death of perpetrators and beneficiaries on first offense, followed by a global ban of over seven days on second offense. Permanent bans should be considered starting from the third offense.- The above rule shall explicitly prohibit free-ranking, which is defined as the act of changing the rank of other individuals based on external influences.
Disciplinary guidelines: Appropriate, case-by-case reversal of all relevant actions. In-lore death of perpetrators and beneficiaries on first offense, followed by a global ban of over fourteen days on second offense. Permanent bans should be considered starting from the third offense.
- The above rule shall explicitly prohibit free-ranking, which is defined as the act of changing the rank of other individuals based on external influences.
- The usage of three-dimensional maneuvering gear within Permanent Death events is restricted to individuals who have graduated from the Trainee Corps. The Attack on Titan: Universe staff team reserves the right to create exceptions based off of extenuating lore circumstances.
Disciplinary guidelines: Appropriate, case-by-case reversal of all in-lore actions. Immediate in-lore death on first offense, followed by a global ban of over seven days on second offense. Permanent bans should be considered starting from the third offense.
In-Game Rules
- Glitching through walls in any way to enter a restricted area is prohibited. This provision explicitly applies to any location that has weapons, within or possessing access to the Jail, or any area that has three-dimensional maneuvering gear.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant in-game ban in the case of raiders or civilians, otherwise one verbal warning followed by in-game bans, starting from five days. Permanent bans should be considered starting from the third offense. - The use of hacks and other illicit third-party programs in Attack on Titan: Universe games is not allowed.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant in-game ban in the case of raiders or civilians, otherwise in-game bans starting from forty-five days. Permanent bans should be strongly considered starting from the first offense. - Spawning in large amounts of items (especially Lanterns) in the form of item bags on the ground is disallowed.
Disciplinary guidelines: One verbal warning followed by in-game bans, starting from three days. Permanent bans should be considered starting from the third offense. - Any acts implicitly or explicitly detrimental to the gameplay experience taken with deliberate intent, commonly known as “trolling”, is disallowed.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant in-game ban in the case of raiders or civilians, otherwise one verbal warning followed by in-game bans, starting from three days. Permanent bans should be considered starting from the second offense. - Leaving the server deliberately in order to avoid arrest or detainment is disallowed.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant in-game ban in the case of raiders or civilians, otherwise one verbal warning followed by in-game bans, starting from five days. Permanent bans should be considered starting from the second offense. - Erotic role-play and any conduct with intentional, deliberate sexual denotations or connotations is not allowed.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant in-game ban in the case of raiders or civilians, otherwise in-game ban from twenty-eight to forty-five days. Permanent bans should be considered starting from the second offense. - All players are required to fully cooperate with members of the Attack on Titan: Universe staff team when required for any purpose involving disciplinary investigations of or into other players.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant in-game ban in the case of raiders or civilians, otherwise global ban from fourteen to forty-five days. Permanent bans should be considered starting from the third offense. - Killing, hand-cuffing or otherwise impairing players with a legal forcefield is disallowed.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant in-game ban in the case of raiders or civilians, otherwise one verbal warning followed by in-game bans, starting from five days. Permanent bans should be considered starting from the third offense. - “Spawn-camping”, or the act of waiting at a spawn location for a player in order to kill, hand-cuff or otherwise impair their gameplay is not allowed.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant in-game ban in the case of raiders or civilians, otherwise one verbal warning followed by in-game bans, starting from five days. Permanent bans should be considered starting from the third offense. - Metagaming in any capacity is strictly prohibited. Learn more about metagaming in the Metagaming section.
Disciplinary guidelines: Please see details under Metagaming section. - Community members that are not Nonparticipant Staff are disallowed in a Permanent Death event from wearing clothes or behaving in a way that damages the immersive atmosphere of said events.
Disciplinary guidelines: Appropriate, case-by-case reversal of all in-lore actions. Immediate in-lore death on first offense, followed by a global ban of over seven days on second offense. Permanent bans should be considered starting from the third offense.
Location-Specific Guidelines
Trainee Camp
- It is disallowed to interrupt any trainings or events hosted by the Trainee Corps – including Cadet trainings – while they are active in the Trainee Camp.
Ceremonial Stage
- It is not allowed to interrupt any event or ceremony that takes place at the Ceremonial Stage, especially the graduation of Cadets from the Trainee Corps. Permanent Death events, and the actions that take place within them are exempt from this rule.
King's Courtroom
- It is not allowed to interrupt any event or ceremony that takes place at the King’s Courtroom, such as interrupting proceedings (i.e. trials). Permanent Death events, and the actions that take place within them are exempt from this rule.
Factions Guidelines
The Factions Rules under the Binding Ruleset take precedence.
The current Factions Overseer is LeonardEdgar.
- All Faction communications servers must follow global Attack on Titan: Universe Community Server rules, as specified in the Discord / Communications Server Rules section of the Binding Ruleset.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant faction deletion as well as global bans between three and seven days for complicit leaders if malicious. If not malicious, two written warnings before faction deletion and global bans between three and seven days for complicit leaders. These Disciplinary Guidelines are overriden by appropriate metagaming statutes if relevant. - Faction operations must abide by in-lore/out-of-lore rules in regards to not metagaming, and operate wholly within realistic bounds and capabilities as decided upon by the staff team and the Factions Overseer.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant faction deletion as well as global bans between seven and twenty-one days for complicit leaders if malicious. If not malicious, two written warnings before faction deletion and global bans between three and seven days for complicit leaders. These Disciplinary Guidelines are overriden by appropriate metagaming statutes if relevant. - In the event that a faction is shut down or there the owner changes, the Factions Overseer must be informed by the faction leader of relevant changes within 24 hours.
Disciplinary guidelines: Instant faction deletion as well as global bans between three and seven days for complicit leaders if malicious. If not malicious, one written warning before faction deletion. - If a Faction falls below five (5) members, it will be provided with a 24-hour notice by a Designated Administrator or the Factions Overseer before being deleted. Once deleted, the faction must wait three (3) days before attempting to re-officialize with sufficient members. This rule does not apply to Bloodlines.
- Players who have died in a permanent death event cannot rejoin, work for, associate with or otherwise support or oppose the goals of any factions they were a member of for seven (7) days after any character death. This rule does not apply to Royal Military factions, and cases will be individually decided on by AoT:U Staff.
Disciplinary guidelines: Global bans between five and fourteen days for complicit leaders if malicious. If not malicious, three written warnings and character wipe for offending players before faction deletion. - Faction ownership is transferrable upon owner death or resignation in any manner that does not conflict with other rules laid out in the Binding Ruleset.
- Players can only join bloodline factions once, and if their character is under 14 days old in real-world terms. Players may not join a second bloodline as a “full-blooded” member if they have left their first one.
Disciplinary guidelines: Global bans between three and seven days for complicit leaders if malicious. If not malicious, three written warnings and character wipe for offending players before faction deletion. - Players cannot join any bloodline faction of in-lore significance (including but not limited to bloodlines with claims to nobility or the monarchy) more than once in the duration of a single lore. In disputed cases, the standard of in-lore significance shall be determined by a majority vote of the Head Administrator, Deputy Head Administrator(s), and Head Moderator or the executive decision of the Game Owner.
Disciplinary guidelines: Global bans between five and fourteen days for complicit leaders if malicious. If not malicious, membership reversal for first and second-time offending players before faction deletion. - Bloodline factions of in-lore significance (including but not limited to bloodlines with claims to nobility or the monarchy) may not have more than ten blood-related members at any given time. In disputed cases, the standard of in-lore significance and exceptions given for appropriate circumstances shall be determined by a majority vote of the Head Administrator, Deputy Head Administrator(s), and Head Moderator or the executive decision of the Game Owner.
- Affected factions with over 10 blood-related members at the time of rule implementation on 30 March 2020 will not be forced to remove family members, but will not be able to add additional members until there are fewer than 10 blood-related members in said bloodline.
Disciplinary guidelines: Global bans between five and fourteen days for complicit leaders if malicious. If not malicious, membership reversal for first and second-time offending players before faction deletion.
Permanent Death Rules
The Permanent Death Rules under the Binding Ruleset take precedence.
- PvP is universally disallowed at the start of all permanent death events. Unless stated by staff to participant members through a message, banner, or other equitable communication, provocation shall also be disallowed at the start of all permanent death events. These restrictions are automatically removed ten seconds after the start of said event, or when Nonparticipant Staff send an announcement in the form of a message or banner declaring PvP to be allowed, whichever occurs sooner. The restrictions set in this rule shall collectively be referred to as the Blanket Prohibition.
- Plans to conduct PvP approved by Nonparticipant Staff prior to the start of a permanent death event may be executed immediately after the end of the Blanket Prohibition.
- Players committing Provocation, and targets conducting Self-defense in response to Provocation are allowed after the end of the Blanket Prohibition. PvP for initiators committing Provocation are allowed if the target responds by conducting Self-defense actions that qualify as PvP.
- Random-killing, defined as the act of conducting PvP against a target not sanctioned by other PvP rules and not protecting against other individuals committing random-killing is prohibited.
Disciplinary guidelines: Treat under Metagaming guidelines if malicious. If not malicious, one written warning followed by progressive bans starting from five days, as well as appropriate reversal of all in-lore actions. Invalid PvP deaths, defined as those violating aforementioned PvP rules shall be treated as voidable actions subject to the review of out-of-lore nonparticipant lore-team members. For the purposes of voids, recordings and other valid actions shall be counted as valid evidence to levy the fairest possible judgements. - Evidence for voids should be only sent to members of the staff team.
Disciplinary guidelines: Treat under Metagaming guidelines if malicious. If not malicious, one written warning followed by progressive bans starting from three days, as well as appropriate reversal of all in-lore actions stemming from the informational breach. - Void evidence must be wholly legitimate and taken entirely within the duration of the permanent death event. Falsifying or otherwise faking void evidence will be treated as perjury.
Disciplinary guidelines: Global bans starting from twenty-one to forty-five days on the first offense. Subsequent offenses should be under consideration for a permanent ban. - Players who need to leave during a permanent death event must let a the hosting staff member know of their departure before leaving.
Disciplinary guidelines: If malicious, global ban between seven and fourteen days, with subsequent offenses starting from the third offense being under consideration for a permanent ban. If not malicious, one written warning before potential in-lore consequences like being set to ‘Missing in Action’ status based on appropriate circumstances as decided on by staff team on a case-by-case basis. - Usage of illegal tools (items obtained not in an in-lore capacity, like stolen guns) is not allowed.
Disciplinary guidelines: If malicious, global ban between fourteen and twenty-one days, with subsequent offenses being under consideration for a permanent ban. If not malicious, one written warning before progressive global bans from five days with full reversal of in-lore consequences and confiscation of tools. - When fighting another player, you cannot hand-cuff them if they are actively resisting you with force.
Disciplinary guidelines: If malicious, global ban between five and fourteen days, with subsequent offenses being under consideration for a permanent ban. If not malicious, one written warning before progressive global bans from three days with appropriate reversal of in-lore consequences. - Guns (other than AP) cannot be used when grappling with the 3DMG.
Disciplinary guidelines: If malicious, global ban between five and fourteen days, with subsequent offenses being under consideration for a permanent ban. If not malicious, one written warning before progressive global bans from three days with appropriate reversal of in-lore consequences. - Intentional killing other players must be pre-approved by the staff team during a permanent death event unless otherwise stated. Failure to do so will be punished as random-killing.
Disciplinary guidelines: If malicious, global ban between seven and fourteen days, with subsequent offenses being under consideration for a permanent ban. If not malicious, one written warning before progressive global bans from three days with appropriate reversal of in-lore consequences. - Players cannot be killed or damaged for the first five seconds of an event.
Disciplinary guidelines: Appropriate reversal of all actions on first offense, subsequent offenses should be considered for progressive global bans starting from three days. - Permanent death events held between the times of midnight to 6am Eastern Standard Time on Sundays to Thursdays are restricted:
- Flash events are not permitted during this time
- Events held during this time may only be held in a single map – map transfers are prohibited
- Events must only involve the members and interests of a single faction or group, OR ALL involved members and factions consent to the time arranged
These restrictions can be overridden by the explicit approval of the Game Owner for extraordinary circumstances.
No commands may be used by active, in-lore participants of a permanent death event which would confer any advantage or disadvantage (including, but not limited to practical and informational) to any other individuals or groups in a permanent death events. Exceptions shall be made for Royal Military faction members using the /pm command to speak with their individual teams, communications between two people with characters within fifty (50) studs of each other, directly messaging staff for specific, operations-related event issues. Nonparticipant staff members in permanent death events may also provide individual exemptions to specific individuals on a case-by-case basis determined on need.
Disciplinary guidelines: If malicious, global bans starting from seven days, otherwise appropriate reversal of all actions on first offense, subsequent offenses should be considered for progressive global bans starting from three days.It is disallowed for in-lore participants of a permanent death event to communicate with other in-lore participants in any Attack on Titan: Universe permanent death event through two-way one-on-one communications systems including but not limited to Discord Direct Messages.
Disciplinary guidelines: If malicious, global bans starting from fourteen days and prosecuted under Metagaming section, otherwise appropriate reversal of all actions on first offense, subsequent offenses should be considered for progressive global bans starting from seven days.
Metagaming
Metagaming is the deliberate violation of informational security in a player-created storyline. This violation focuses specifically on the illicit transfer and use of information between multiple players. Metagaming mainly occurs when a player obtains external knowledge (information your lore character does not know, which was obtained through illicit private channels or other means) into the game environment or uses said information, obtained within the game environment, to go beyond the natural limits set by the game and distribute information past their realistic capability to.
Illicit information can be spread through any means of communication. Known as the “lore-everywhere” clause, any method of communicating illegal information can be prosecuted as metagaming. This includes means of communication including, but not limited to DMs (Direct Messages), private group chats, and other servers, private or otherwise.
This information can be portrayed through various means such as text, pictures, and videos. The transmission of screenshots, videos, or other multimedia content from in-game during a permanent death event or of concepts related to lore is considered as an act of metagaming. Cases of metagaming can be as simple as learning the perpetrator of a murder from the person killed to a video of a crime being committed in-game under Permanent Death circumstances being uploaded and used as evidence in an in-game court.
One explicit rule that stems from the concept of metagaming is “dead-men-tell-no-tales”. This regulation explicitly states that if you die in a Permanent Death event, information your character learned is considered to be lost. Because of this, the knowledge that you transmit or reuse from any previously dead characters would be considered as an act of metagaming, because your new character after death would not have the knowledge of the one that died. As a corollary to this regulation, information gained in said permanent death events can only be transmitted if you survive the event in question.
In addition to simply transferring information illicitly, metagaming can also involve external, third-party factors. External relationships, like potential romantic relations, or simply the status of being friends or enemies cannot impact your decisionmaking in regards to in-lore AoT:U actions. It is also not allowed to exchange any financial or monetary favors in exchange for in-lore actions or information.
Disciplinary guidelines:
- First-time violations of external-relationship related metagaming should be punished with a general ban between fourteen and forty-five days for prime actors (defined as those proactively actively seeking to metagame) and seven to twenty-one days for accomplices. Permanent bans should be considered starting at the second offense.
Metagaming carries serious consequences and penalties for offenders. All players are required to cooperate with staff members investigating for metagaming under any circumstances. Harboring witnesses or information about those who metagame is also grounds for being punished under metagaming restrictions. Staff have full discretion for the nature and duration of violating this principle, but permanent bans and bans of over thirty days are not uncommon.
Disciplinary guidelines:
- First-time violations of dead-men-tell-no-tales should be punished with a general ban between seven and fourteen days, with progressive time increases up to forty-five days. Permanent bans should be considered starting at the second offense.
- Those orchestrating larger conspiracies involving organized metagaming between one or more persons should be punished with a general ban between twenty-one and forty-five days, with a permanent ban under consideration on the first offense.
- Accomplices to metagaming should be punished with progressive general bans between three and twenty-one days based on involvement and participation, with permanent bans under consideration starting from the third offense.
- Harboring information from staff or otherwise not disclosing information about potential metagaming or metagamers should be punished with progressive general bans between seven and twenty-one days, with permanent bans under consideration starting from the second offense.
It’s also important to note here that spreading false information is not a violation of metagaming principles. The act of spreading false information is not in violation of metagaming so long as those spreading the information are doing so explicitly with the intent to misinform or otherwise deceive others.
Voice chats present a uniquely imminent danger for metagaming to occur. In order for the staff team to accurately verify that information was communicated through voice channels, both parties (speaker and recipient) must honestly confirm to staff if requested of them saying information in order for it to be counted as valid in the context of lore.
An exemption to default metagaming provisions is applied in online videos: it is legal to post any video that does not contain highly private events in a Permanent Death setting online. We encourage that video content creators be given a free hand when spreading the word about Attack on Titan: Universe events. However, said videos cannot be used as proof or justification for future events.