Rift Labs Studios - Punishment Guidelines
- Ensure required proof is ready: screenshot, message link, ID, confession, list of witnesses, deletion log if possible.
- For personal offenses, open a ticket and block the offender.
- For general rule violations, open a ticket and ping moderation team.
- For serious offenses (e.g. racial slurs, server raid), use @Discord Moderation in public.
- Use the administration ticket system following standard reporting procedures.
- For Supervisors or above, DM the Studio Director (Maroj).
- Prepare minimum of two witnesses and multiple screenshots.
- False reporting = Tier 3 trolling.
- All necessary evidence has already been gathered.
- Confession reduces punishment significantly.
- You may defend yourself, but further rule violations add charges.
- All appeals must go through the ticket system.
- Attempts to bribe or manipulate result in appeal being void and made inappealable.
- Appeals may take up to 2 weeks.
- Criminal or non-appealable punishments are final.
Tier 1: Minor disruption or misuse.
Punishment: Verbal warning, optional 15-min timeout.
Tier 2: Misuse of internal systems, escalated trolling.
Punishment: 1-6h mute, formal warning.
Tier 3: Malicious behavior or impersonation.
Punishment: 1–30 day suspension or permanent ban, 1–2 strikes.
Tier 1: Minor belittling or pestering.
Punishment: 1–6h mute, formal warning.
Tier 2: Offensive attacks or bullying.
Punishment: 1–7 day mute or suspension, 1–2 strikes.
Tier 3: Threats, discrimination, or sustained harassment.
Punishment: Indefinite suspension or permanent ban.
Tier 1: Borderline content or memes.
Punishment: Delete + 10–60min timeout.
Tier 2: Suggestive or repeated offensive content.
Punishment: Delete + 1h to 7-day timeout, optional strike.
Tier 3: Explicit or illegal material.
Punishment: Permanent ban or indefinite suspension.
Tier 1: Alt accounts, minor leaks.
Punishment: Verbal warning, 1 strike.
Tier 2: Doxing, phishing, restricted access breaches.
Punishment: 1–365 day suspension, 2 strikes.
Tier 3: Malware, hacking, data theft.
Punishment: Permanent ban or indefinite suspension.
Strikes: 1–4 level system; each strike is permanent but appealable.
- 2 Strikes = 60min timeout
- 3 Strikes = 1-week timeout
- 4 Strikes = kick + message deletion + strike reset
Timeouts: Temporary mute (text/voice/game).
Warnings: Verbal or text-based logs. Stackable.
Bans: Platform/game removal; temporary or permanent.
Kicks: Forced removal from a group/chat/game.
Permanent Punishments: For serious offenses; may be appealable.
- Falsified evidence results in same punishment as defendant.
- Victim absence = pending status for provided evidence.