Punishment Tags

This page is a quick-reference legend for the shorthand tags used in staff reasons and punishment notes.

Severity / Category Reference

Minor violations are more of an annoyance than a true issue.

Typical use: Warnings and short mutes.

Moderate violations make chat uncomfortable or disruptive.

Typical use: Escalating mute path.

Major violations are disruptive, divisive, or harmful.

Typical use: Longer mutes or bans.

Reserved for extreme, predatory, or zero-tolerance categories.

Typical use: Severe bans and immediate escalation.

Persistent pattern handling for repeated bickering, bullying, drama, and harassment.

Typical use: Softmutes, separations, repeated drama cases.

Escalation bucket for persistent repeat offenders.

Typical use: Used after repeated [PPPP] behavior.

Movement and cheating discipline bucket.

Typical use: Cheats, x-ray, macros.

Major gameplay crime bucket.

Typical use: Griefing, stealing, dishonest acquisition.

Major automation or exploitation bucket.

Typical use: Duping and botting.

Cases that do not fit neatly elsewhere.

Typical use: Lag machines and other case-by-case server harm.

Use the exact reason string shown in the rule pages where available.
Delete harmful public messages immediately when the rule calls for it.
Escalate to higher-ups for [MAJ], [ILL], hacked-client duping, and similar severe cases.
Stay objective. Do not argue with players in chat while enforcing.
Use /softmute and /separate for the persistent chat disruption cases described in the chat rules page.