Disciplinary system

Though we hope each and every one of you never has to go through this system, we do have plans set in place for breach of the rules.

In the Love Shack we opt for a three warning system, each break of the rules would give you one warning (at the discretion of the moderation team) and any rule breaking past your third warning will result in a permanent ban. Warnings will go down one level every six months, providing no other rule breaking has occurred.

In some cases you may collect several warnings at once or be straight banned but these are not common and always come with reason. For example, raiders are banned without warning and multiple warnings can be given based on the number of rules broken. (Note, this does not happen often either, as our intention is to have it not happen again rather than punish for the sake of punishing so if we believe one warning is sufficient we will give one one)

So, the question you all must be asking, how are these decisions made? Well once a case has been risen it is discussed amongst the moderators and admins where they look over the evidence and clarify anything they need with the individuals involved. Then through discussion they come to a decision, usually through vote. If moderations are unable to come to a conclusion it is the responsibility of the senior moderators and admins to come to a decision.

Admins are allowed to make decisions where the outcome is obvious, without consulting the rest of team however, should any member suspect a wrong decision or abuse of power then this should simply be reported to another admin where the case will then be heard by normal means.

We understand there may be a few grey areas in our rules but we try our best to be as clear as possible. Should something not make sense, feel free to contact a member of staff for full clarification. Stating you misunderstood the rule does not make a defence for breaking them.