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Rules for SCUM

First the rules that only apply in SCUM, then the rules for all servers. By joining you accept both.

Rules on the SCUM server

No cheating: Hacks, scripts or exploiting bugs = permanent ban. Playing with cheaters carries the same penalty.
No offline raiding: Do not raid a base while its whole squad is offline. The server protects it on its own once every member has been offline for 30 minutes, for up to 24 hours. Finding a gap in that protection and using it still breaks this rule.
No alliances: No cooperation or peace pacts between different squads. No gifting gear to other squads to strengthen them. Trading is allowed.
No building at POIs: No bases in or right next to bunkers, towns, airfields, military areas and trader outposts. Those places belong to everyone.
Do not block roads: No structures on roads, bridges or access routes to loot locations.
No bases in rocks or through bugs: No building inside rocks, under the map or in spots that can only be reached through a game bug or cannot be raided.
Chat: English/German only. No insults, no advertising.

Tip: Never log out on the death screen, or SCUM deletes your character. Respawn first, then leave.

The general rules apply on top of these: conduct, support channel and enforcement. Questions in the Discord.

Respect: No insults, no toxic behaviour, no harassment, in game or on Discord.
No hate speech: Racism, sexism or homophobia lead to an immediate permanent ban. There is no warning for this.
Content: No NSFW content, no gore, no illegal links, not even as sign art or base decoration.
Advertising: No advertising for other servers or platforms.
Language: German or English, so the team can follow along.

No cheating: Hacks, scripts and exploiting bugs are banned on every server. Playing alongside cheaters is treated the same way.
No dupes: Duplicating items is a ban, without a warning.
No ban evasion: A ban applies to the person, not the account. Alternate accounts are banned too.
No exploiting server bugs: Report any bug you find. Exploit one and you lose access.
No stream sniping: Using someone's live stream to learn their position, base or gear is treated the same as cheating. Watching is fine, hunting along is not.

No public call-outs: Do not accuse anyone in chat. It settles nothing and disturbs everyone else.
Open a ticket: Report incidents in the #support channel on Discord. That is the only route that gets handled.
Include evidence: Without proof there is nothing to check.
- Cheating or teaming: a video clip (Medal, YouTube) and the combat log.
- Chat incidents: unedited screenshots.
- In-game bugs: a short description, the location and a clip if possible.

Sequence: warning → kick → ban. For cheating, dupes and hate speech the warning is skipped.
Who decides: depending on severity, admins may mute, kick or ban.
Appeals: Team decisions are final. If you think one is wrong, open a ticket instead of arguing in public chat.

These rules can change. Changes are announced on Discord.