TSPG Policy v0.5

==TSPG Hosting policies v0.3==

=User Policy=

When you use the TSPG service to host a server, you agree to the following terms:

1. Your server is your responsibility. You take care of it as if it were your own hosted server.
  a. You have complete access to your server, complete with RCon and commands.
  b. You are responsible for banning users that are troublesome to the server.
2. An admin will not interfere with this responsibility, unless certain conditions arise:
  a. Nobody with RCon access has been on the server for a long time, and could benefit with a

settings tweak or a punished user.
  b. You request assistance with your server.
  c. You/a user has evaded a ban and/or is breaking Master Server or TSPG rules. Visit

http://allfearthesentinel.net/rcon for TSPG rules and

https://zandronum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=774 for Master Server rules.
3. The server may be taken down if the following conditions arise:
  a. The server crashes. (It will shut down automatically)
  b. The server contains a recently banned wad.
  c. The server has wads added that are furiously using resources for whatever reason.
  d. The server owner was banned.
  e. The server's name or content is illegal, inappropriate, flaming, or otherwise offensive.

When you use the TSPG to play a game as a player, you agree to the following terms:

1. You will not disrupt the game-play of servers. This includes:
  a. Attempting to flood the chat.
  b. Misusing the voting system repeatedly.
  c. Attempting to cheat or hack.
  d. Denying the service through attacks, hacking, or any other means.
  e. Causing grief and otherwise blocking progress of the game mode.

=Administrative Policy=

We, the staff, will always abide to the following terms:

1. We will never pass out your RCon pass to anyone else, or your logs, without permission.
2. We will only perform necessary actions on servers, and
  a. will ask first before we make changes if the situation doesn't need an immediate

resolution.
  b. will always offer solutions before anything is done, if possible.
  c. will show the correct commands to use and show the user how to manage their server.
3. We will always grant adequate warning before we have planned downtime or maintenance. Any

other downtime is accidental or sudden and unplanned.
4. We will keep logs indefinitely until:
  a. you or an authority requests its deletion with a justifiable reason.
  b. we need to delete it.
  c. The service permanently terminates or a hard disk fail arises.
5. We will never put anything in front of judgement, including but not limited to:
  a. Friendships.
  b. Money.
  c. Drama.
  d. Threats.

=Service Termination Policy=

In the event that the service must be brought down for extended periods of time for any reason

or you are removed from the service:

1. You have the right to access your logs if they still exist.
2. You have the right to know why your access to the service was terminated.
3. We take no responsibility for any loss that arises from the termination of the service.
4. We reserve the right to remove anyone from the service for any reason at any time temporarily

or indefinitely.
5. You have the right to appeal one time, per punishment, should you believe a punishment or an

action on an administrator's behalf was unnecessary or unwarranted. You can create a ticket

here: https://thesentinel.allfearthesentinel.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1/create/3

We will also uphold the following ban policy, in terms of a three-strike system with a warning:
- A warning.
- First strike = 1 Week
- Second strike = 1 Month
- Third Strike = 6 Months
- Anything following = Forever

1. A warning is treated as a user being notified, or a server being taken down. Constant neglect

of the policy will result in a strike being issues to the user.
  a. If the strike is on grounds of the User Hosting Policy, the user will be disallowed from

hosting for the time period specified.
  b. If the strike is on grounds of the User Player Policy, the user will be disallowed from

hosting and playing for the time period specified.
  c. In the case that the user gains a strike in one policy and then the other each strike is

accumulative of one another and takes from the punishment of the most recently inflicted strike.

Therefore, taking a strike in the Hosting policy after a strike in the Player Policy upholds the

aforementioned 1.a. regarding disallowing Hosting only.
  d. Strikes based off of select contexts in the policy will be given immediately with no

warning. these include:
    i. Player Policy section 1.c. and 1.d. issues an immediate third-strike and notification to

the Master Server staff.
    ii. Hosting Policy section 3.e. issues an immediate first-strike and notification to the

Master Server staff.
    ii. Administrative Policy sections 1 and 2 issue an immediate first-strike.
2. For strikes applied via the administration policy, the staff member in question will be

dismissed for the select period of time, when:
  a. A staff vote of at least 2/3 agrees that the dismissal is justified, and
  b. The staff member in question has no vote.

This policy may be changed at any time without prior notice. By using our service, you agree to

the aforementioned policy. If you do not agree to this policy, you may terminate your usage of

hosting service, as this policy applies to you, the user, using the hosting service (Not as a

player) while using said service.

Thank you for reading, we hope you enjoy your games on The Sentinel's Playground.