Teamspeak Moderation Guide

Hello, Some of you may know me as the mod Jennie from Skyblock, If not... do you live under a rock?

Anyways @larrythebird101 created a teamspeak moderation guide on the Skyblock forums staff section and I noticed that the Mineverse staff team has been using teamspeak a lot more often so here I am today publishing it for your use.

Spoiler: Larry's Guide to Teamspeak Moderation

I noticed there’s no real thread to explain how moderating works on TeamSpeak so I’ll post mine from when I moderated Mineverse.

If you aren’t familiar how TeamSpeak works in general please familiarize yourself with this guide located here before attempting to moderate the TeamSpeak.

Important Things

There are a few things you should remember before moderating TeamSpeak to cause less confusion if one of scenarios arises.

• The “Mute Client” button does not mute the player for everyone, they only are muted for you.
  
• Moderators are only allowed their Mod rank on one identity on the TeamSpeak, so don't ask for Mod on your mobile device's TeamSpeak if you already have Mod on your computer. In the event that your TeamSpeak is reset please message an administrator what happened so you can receive your rank back.
• Make sure to put a reason message when kicking/banning someone.
• TeamSpeak is known for it’s drama and player arguments at times so make sure to stop any problems if a player is trying to cause one.

TeamSpeak Rules

The general rules and staff rules apply to the TeamSpeak with the exception of swearing which is allowed on the TeamSpeak. There are a few extra rules within the TeamSpeak that will be explained. You are obligated to follow the general rules and staff rules while on the TeamSpeak. Failure to follow these rules will result in punishment and/or a demotion on TeamSpeak.

Player Rules (Listed Upon Connecting to the TeamSpeak)
- No offensive language
- No spamming the channels or clients
- No advertising other servers
- No verbal abuse of other players
- No racism
- No voice changers

Spoiler: In-Depth Rules (WIP)

Server rules apply to TeamSpeak (Excluding No Swearing).

• No offensive language
• No spamming the channels or clients
  • Includes pokes and messages

• No advertising other servers/phishing sites
  • You are allowed to post server ips in the teamspeak chat if you want to join a server together with friends

• No verbal abuse of other players
• No racism or any other form of discrimination
  • This includes avatars or private channel names that discriminate others

• No voice changers
• No playing music outside music channels
• No using others faces as avatars without permission
• No inappropriate disconnect messages
• No harassing players
  • Includes constant following, pokes, messages, verbal abuse

• No threatening other players
• No sharing/posting others personal information
• No discussing DDoSing/Doxing/etc.
• No trolling
• Use common sense

Staff Rules

• Do not abuse your permissions
  • Includes but is not limited to;
    • Kicking players from Channels or the Server for no reason.
    • Banning players for no reason.
    • Moving players in or out of Channels for no reason.
    • Deleting player’s avatars for no reason.
    • Abusing your Spam Protection Bypass (Spamming Messages, Pokes, Channels, etc.)
    • Giving Players Talk Power in AFK

Procedures

Moderator permissions are not commands but buttons. The buttons are easy to use once knowing how to use them and what they do.

• Moving a Client
  • To move a client to another channel drag their name to the channel you wish to move them to.
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  • To move a client to the channel you are currently in do as said above or right click their name and click “Move Client to own Channel”.
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• Delete User's Avatar
  • To delete a player's avatar right click their name and click "Delete Users Avatar”.
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• Grant Talk Power
  • To give a Guest Talk Power right click their name and click “Grant Talk Power”.
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• Revoke Talk Power
  • To take away a Guest’s Talk Power right click their name and click “Revoke Talk Power”.
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• Kick Client from Channel
  • To kick a player from the channel they are currently in right click their name and click “Kick Client from Channel”.
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• Kick Client from Server
  • To kick a player from the server they are currently in right click their name and click “Kick Client from Server”.
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• Ban Client
  • To temporarily or permanently ban a player from the server right click their name and click “Ban Client”.
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  • When banning a player make sure to change the duration so you don’t accidentally permanently ban them or give them the incorrect temporary ban time.
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• Giving Member or Donor
  • To give someone the Member or Donor rank right click their name and click “Set Server Group” then “Member [perm]”, “SB Donor [perm], or “MV Donor [perm]”. Member is for players who are non-donors, SB Donor for players that are a donor on skyblock.net, skyblock.org, and/or skywars.com, and MV Donor is for players who are a donor on mineverse.com.
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• Giving Time Out, Force Push to Talk, or Create Channels Ban

Next is my in-depth version of the Teamspeak rules that the staff needs to abid by.

Spoiler: Jennie's Staff Rules in-depth

Teamspeak Rules in Depth (Staff Edition)

You can find the original version on larry's teamspeak moderation guide here:http://www.skyblock.net/threads/teamspeak-moderation-guide.96466/

Do not abuse your permissions.
Below will be an in-depth list of what permission abuse includes but is not limited to;

Kicking players from Channels or the Server for no reason.
Don't kick players from channels/server for the lolz. There needs to be a legitimate reason, for example, If a player were to swear, not towards anyone but just saying the word "f***" or anything else, he/she would not be kicked. The rule against swearing is directed towards swearing at people ("f*** you man") in a non-joking, offensive way. You don't always need to have proof to kick but some players like to report for the little things so it's always nice to have.

Banning players for no reason.
The act of banning a player when they've done nothing wrong or against the rules. Don't ban players for the lolz. When banning a player ensure that you have solid evidence that supports your ban or there could be many problems.

Moving players around without permission.
For a while this has been a big issue. Players have been reporting mods for moving them without permission, players have been complaining to others about it as well. Always ask players for permission to move them, even if its a friend, always ask. The only exception to this is if you urgently need to speak with them about a modding matter and they refuse.

Deleting players avatars.
As mods we have the ability to remove inappropriate avatars, Don't abuse this by removing avatars that don't violate the rules for fun or to seem cool/chill.

Abusing your spam protection bypass.
This includes spamming messages, spamming players with pokes even if they are your friend, and spamming channels etc.

Giving players talk power in AFK.
Do not give talk power to players in AFK, There's a reason no one can talk in the AFK channel.

Joining private channels without permission.
This has caused big issues among friends. Do not join private channels (channels with passwords on them) without permission. There could be a private discussion going on. The only exception to this is if there is a problem in the channel and you need to investigate (e.g, Ban evader, Dox threats).

Giving ranks.
Don't give ranks to people who don't actually need the rank (e.g Donor to non-donors).

Credit to Larry for writing the original staff rules.

 

Wow, this is k00l.

 

Nice thread Jennie <3

 

Thanks fam.

 

Try to use the reply button.

Nice thread.

 

I contemplated using it but didn't want to

 

Very nice.

 

HOW DO WE REPORT PEOPLE

 

http://www.mineverse.com/forums/report-a-player.86/ Here or
http://www.skyblock.net/forums/skyblock-net.314/ here.

 

Goodiesss. ^-^

 

can ban people still join mineverse?

 

Guess I've been living under a rock.