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CSC VALUES

  • CSC strives to be a safe and welcoming community and league for players of all kinds to enjoy competitive Counter-Strike.

  • Our players are the heart of the league - while competition may be heated at times, there is a wide line between friendly rivalry and targeted attacks.

  • We will not tolerate bigotry in any way, shape, or form.

  • No matter if directed at another player, team, franchise, or even yourself, we do not allow slurs, racist/ableist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic remarks, intentional misgendering or other hateful speech.

  • We hold ourselves to a standard of respect and inclusivity. By participating in CSC, you agree to uphold these community values and contribute to a positive experience for everyone.

Mod Jurisdiction

  • Mod jurisdiction encompasses any CSC or CSC adjacent server or activity. This includes franchise servers, event servers, and any other server that is branded as being apart of CSC and any actions made within them (Team Pugs, scrims, and other events). GMs are still responsible for the moderation of their franchise discord, but mods will act for strikes when called upon. GMs/Server owners are expected to fully cooperate, should something behind perms be reported.

  • Mod jurisdiction will be in effect for all strikes with the exception of serious strikes. Serious strike guidelines will be enforced if reported, should the infraction occur between members outside of CSC sanctioned area. Serious external rule breaks must be reported within a reasonable timeframe per mod discretion. Punishments for external serious strikes will be halved, but will still count as a strike towards your total. Admins reserve the right to punish players and staff further for serious rule breaks, should it be warranted.

DISCLAIMERS

  • ANY PUNISHMENT DURATION OUTSIDE OF OUTLINED DURATIONS MAY BE APPLIED AT ANY TIME BASED ON THE SITUATION
  • YOU MAY NOT PARTICIPATE IN CSC RELATED EVENTS WHILE SERVING A MUTE
  • MODS ARE FREE TO ADD, REMOVE, OR CHANGE PUNISHMENTS OR THEIR DESCRIPTIONS AT ANY TIME
  • EGREGIOUS BREAKING OF A RULE MAY WARRANT MORE EXTREME PUNISHMENTS, EVEN IF THE OFFENDER HAS NOT YET PROGRESSED TO THAT STEP
  • ANYONE MAY APPEAL THEIR STRIKES TO ARBITERS, WHO WILL REVIEW THE CASE AND DETERMINE IF THE PUNISHMENT WAS JUSTIFIED, SHOULD BE CHANGED, OR SHOULD BE REMOVED

Multiple Strike Aggregation Notes

  • Members who have strikes removed as a result of the forgiveness period, but commit misbehaviors within two weeks of the forgiveness cycle will incur double strikes
  • You may skip punishment steps for multiple rules broken at once, or multiple instances of breaking the same rule at once
  • People that are either not currently playing, or have never played, may be subject to skipping punishment steps (or an early ban) when excessively and repeatedly breaking rules.

Global Notes

  • If a punishment overlaps a match, a punished player may not play. If a match is rescheduled, the player will still not be eligible to play even if the punishment has ended. A player does not need to be suspended for maps to miss eligibility to play.
  • Timeout lengths do not stack, but match suspensions do stack.
  • Anyone who reached Ban status will be placed on Enforced Break while mod committee determines if they actually deserve a ban.
  • Anyone who reaches Ban status and is actively causing problems while on Enforced Break will be banned, then have their situation discussed.
  • After receiving a ban strike, the player will have 72 hours to request an appeal before being removed from the server. If no appeal is requested after the 72 hours, the player can not request one until they have served the minimum banned time set up by arbiters.
  • Any misbehavior that covers multiple categories will count as a strike for each one, and the punishments combined as described above.
  • For the purposes of moderating, a season ends on the last event day, and the next season begins the day after.
  • Punishment steps are by tier. You will receive whatever the punishment is for the step you are at, regardless of which rule is broken. This means you can bounce between different punishment durations.
  • For suspensions during the regular season, one map is equal to one match day.
  • A single map suspension in a Best of 3 match will take place during the map pick of the offending player's team.

GM/Staff Notes

  • CSC Staff (Committee members and GMs/AGMs) will be held to a higher standard than normal members. As pillars of the community, better behavior is expected of them.
  • These steps are general. Any staff member can lose their role for any rule broken if extreme enough, with a unanimous vote from Admins.

New Player Period

  • If a player accrues 4 points (outlined below) within their first 2 weeks in CSC, they will be indefinitely muted and a discussion for ban will take place.
  • A Minor Offense gives 1 point. A Normal Offense gives 2 points. A Serious Offense gives 4 points.
  • The mod committee will have up to, but no longer than two weeks to come to a conclusion; if a decision is not reached then, the member will not be banned and the new player period will have passed going forward.

Strike Removal Period

  • Strike removal is done once every offseason during the week following admin elections. Strikes are removed as follows:
  • Minor Strikes will expire after four months, up to two per four month period.
  • Normal Strikes will expire after six months, up to one per six month period.
  • Majority of Serious Strikes do not expire. The following expire after a 10 month period: 25 & 28. The following expire after a 20 month period: 29 & 30. Up to 1 per period.
  • Staff normal strikes are forgiven once every 8 months. Staff serious strikes do not expire.
  • Any expiration periods may be increased if strikes are consistently received for additional instances of breaking the same rule.