Respect Other Users

Treat other users with respect. Arguments and disagreements are allowed, but excessive hostility, harassment, or intentionally provoking others is not.

No Harassment

Do not repeatedly target, annoy, insult, threaten, follow, poke, message, or otherwise harass another user.

No Excessive Toxicity

Constant toxicity, aggressive behavior, or intentionally creating a hostile environment is not acceptable.

No Discrimination or Hate Speech

Racism, hate speech, extreme discrimination, or attacks against users based on personal characteristics are prohibited.

No Serious Threats

Do not make serious threats against another user, their property, accounts, devices, or online services.

Use Common Sense

Not every possible situation can be covered by a written rule. Do not intentionally exploit technicalities or loopholes to justify disruptive behavior.

Do Not Disturb Conversations

Do not continuously interrupt, shout over, or deliberately prevent others from having a conversation.

No Microphone Spam

Do not scream, blow into your microphone, repeatedly make loud noises, or intentionally produce disruptive audio.

Control Background Noise

If your microphone causes excessive background noise, echo, static, or feedback, use Push-to-Talk or mute your microphone when necessary.

Keep Audio at a Reasonable Volume

Music, videos, soundboards, and other audio must not be played at an unreasonable or intentionally disruptive volume.

Respect Channel Activities

If a channel is being used for a meeting, game, event, discussion, or other specific activity, do not deliberately disrupt it.

Recording

Do not secretly record or broadcast private conversations where users reasonably expect privacy. Ask for permission when appropriate.

Use Channels Appropriately

Join and use channels for their intended purpose.

Respect Private Channels

Do not repeatedly attempt to enter private or password-protected channels when you have not been invited.

No Channel Switching Spam

Repeatedly joining and leaving channels to annoy users or trigger notifications is prohibited.

Do Not Create Excessive Channels

Do not create unnecessary, duplicate, misleading, or spam channels.

Appropriate Channel Content

Channel names, topics, descriptions, icons, and passwords must follow the server rules.

Channel Ownership Does Not Override Server Rules

Owning or administering a channel does not allow you to ignore the main server rules.

Appropriate Nicknames

Use a reasonably readable and appropriate nickname.

No Staff Impersonation

Do not use names, tags, icons, or descriptions designed to make users believe you are a staff member when you are not.

No User Impersonation

Do not deliberately imitate another user's nickname, identity, avatar, or profile to deceive others.

No Fake Staff Tags

Do not use fake Administrator, Moderator, Owner, Developer, Official, Verified, or similar tags.

No Disruptive Names

Nicknames consisting of excessive symbols, invisible characters, or formatting intended to disrupt the TeamSpeak client may be changed or removed.

Keep Profile Content Appropriate

Avatars, descriptions, badges, and other visible profile content must follow the server rules.

No Pornographic Content

Pornographic or explicitly sexual avatars, images, links, or descriptions are prohibited.

No Extremely Graphic Content

Do not use excessively graphic, disturbing, or shocking material intended to disturb other users.

No Malicious Content

Profiles must not contain phishing links, IP grabbers, malware, exploits, malicious downloads, or similar content.

No Message Spam

Do not flood users or channels with repeated messages, symbols, emojis, links, or unnecessary text.

No Poke Spam

Do not repeatedly poke users, especially after they have asked you to stop.

No Mass Messaging

Do not send unsolicited messages to large numbers of users.

Private Messages Are Still Covered by the Rules

Server rules also apply to private messages sent through the TeamSpeak server.

No Malicious Links

Do not send phishing, tracking, malicious, deceptive, or otherwise harmful links.

Use Music Bots Only Where Allowed

Music bots must only be used in channels where they are permitted.

Do Not Force Music on Others

Do not move music bots into channels where users have not requested them.

Keep Volume Reasonable

Music bots and soundboards must be kept at a reasonable volume.

No Soundboard Spam

Repeated sound effects, extremely loud audio, distorted sounds, or intentionally annoying soundboard usage is prohibited.

No Unapproved TeamSpeak Advertising

Do not advertise other TeamSpeak servers without permission.

Other Communities & Services

Advertising Discord servers, communities, clans, websites, products, businesses, or services may require staff approval.

No Private Message Advertising

Do not send unsolicited advertisements through private messages.

Normal Personal Links

Sharing personal profiles, streams, videos, or similar links naturally during a conversation is generally allowed unless it becomes spam.

Respect User Privacy

Do not publish another user's private or personal information without permission.

No Doxxing

Sharing or threatening to share addresses, phone numbers, IP addresses, private photographs, private accounts, or other sensitive information is prohibited.

No Information Stealing

Do not use phishing, social engineering, malicious links, IP loggers, or similar methods to collect private information from users.

Respect Private Conversations

Do not distribute private conversations, messages, recordings, or sensitive information for the purpose of harassment or humiliation.

No Attacks

DDoS attacks, DoS attacks, flooding, exploitation, or attempts to disrupt server availability are strictly prohibited.

No Exploits

Do not intentionally use TeamSpeak bugs, malformed messages, scripts, plugins, or exploits to crash or negatively affect users or the server.

No Unauthorized Access

Do not attempt to obtain ServerQuery access, administrative permissions, privilege keys, passwords, credentials, or restricted server resources.

Do Not Share Restricted Credentials

Private server credentials, Query accounts, privilege keys, passwords, or tokens must not be shared without authorization.

Report Security Problems

If you discover a vulnerability, report it privately to server management instead of exploiting it.

Do Not Abuse Permissions

Permissions granted to you must only be used for their intended purpose.

Do Not Move Users Without Reason

Do not repeatedly move users between channels without a legitimate reason.

Do Not Kick Users Without Reason

Kick permissions must not be used as a joke, retaliation, or personal punishment.

Do Not Modify Channels Without Permission

Do not delete, rename, password, edit, or otherwise interfere with channels you are not responsible for.

Do Not Grant Unauthorized Groups

Do not give users server groups, permissions, icons, or access they are not authorized to receive.

Follow Reasonable Staff Instructions

If a staff member asks you to stop disruptive behavior or move to an appropriate channel, follow the instruction.

Do Not Argue About Punishments Publicly

If you disagree with a moderation action, use the appropriate support or appeal process instead of disrupting public channels.

No Staff Shopping

Do not repeatedly contact different staff members hoping to receive a different decision after your case has already been handled.

Do Not Waste Staff Time

False reports, fabricated evidence, intentionally misleading complaints, or repeated unnecessary support requests are prohibited.

Staff Must Follow the Rules

Staff members are also expected to follow the server rules and must not abuse their authority.

Report Genuine Problems

Use the appropriate support or reporting system for serious rule violations.

No False Reports

Knowingly making false accusations against another user is prohibited.

Do Not Manipulate Evidence

Screenshots, recordings, logs, or messages submitted as evidence must not be intentionally edited to misrepresent what happened.

Provide Context

Provide enough information for staff to properly understand and investigate a report.

Do Not Evade Punishments

Do not reconnect using another identity, account, VPN, IP address, or device to bypass an active punishment.

Do Not Help Others Evade Bans

Helping another banned user return to the server may result in punishment.

Do Not Abuse Alternate Identities

Alternate TeamSpeak identities must not be used to bypass restrictions, deceive staff, or avoid moderation history.

Unauthorized Bots

Do not connect automated clients, Query bots, music bots, monitoring bots, or scripts where authorization is required.

Bot Owners Are Responsible

Users are responsible for the behavior of bots they operate.

No Automated Spam

Bots must not flood messages, spam pokes, rapidly switch channels, reconnect repeatedly, or unnecessarily load the server.

No Unauthorized Data Collection

Bots must not collect private user information or monitor users beyond what has been authorized.

Content Involving Minors

Sexual content involving minors, solicitation of minors, or requesting or distributing such material is strictly prohibited.

Malicious or Illegal Distribution

Do not distribute malware, stolen accounts, stolen credentials, or other clearly malicious material.

Content Intended to Cause Harm

Content encouraging serious violence, attacks, doxxing, swatting, hacking, or similar harmful activity is prohibited.

Respect Other Languages

Do not harass users simply because they speak another language.

Follow Channel Language Rules

Some channels may require a specific language. Follow the rules of the channel you are using.

Do Not Use Language to Bypass Moderation

Using another language specifically to bypass moderation or deliberately disrupt conversations is prohibited.

Channel Owners May Set Reasonable Rules

Temporary and private channel owners may establish additional reasonable rules for their own channel.

Server Rules Always Apply

Private channel rules cannot override the main TeamSpeak server rules.

Respect Channel Owners

If a channel owner reasonably asks you to leave their private channel, leave without causing unnecessary problems.

Punishments Depend on Severity

Not every violation will receive the same punishment. Staff may use:

• Verbal warning
• Written warning
• Channel removal
• Permission or server-group removal
• Kick
• Temporary ban
• Extended ban
• Permanent ban

Previous Violations May Be Considered

Repeated violations or previous punishments may result in stronger moderation actions.

Severe Violations May Skip Warnings

Security threats, malicious attacks, ban evasion, doxxing, exploitation, or similarly severe behavior may result in an immediate ban.

Attempts Count

Attempting to commit a serious violation may be treated the same as successfully committing it.

Assisting Rule Violations

Knowingly assisting another user in committing a serious violation may result in similar punishment.

Do Not Exploit Loopholes

Trying to technically avoid the wording of a rule while clearly violating its purpose will not protect you from moderation.

Server Management

Server management may intervene in situations that threaten the security, stability, or reasonable operation of the server even when the exact situation is not specifically listed.

Rules May Change

These rules may be updated when necessary. Users are responsible for following the currently published rules.

Enjoy the Server

These rules exist to keep the TeamSpeak server secure, organized, welcoming, and enjoyable for everyone.