¶ Staff Handbook
¶ Introduction
Here you will find details and any information regarding our community's in-game moderation team. This handbook serves as a great tool for new staff members to learn the ropes and for players to understand how we operate.
¶ Becoming a Team Member (1/2)
¶ Requirements
- Must be apart of and active in our official Discord server.
- Must be at a minimum 72 hours [~3 days] of play time on our server.
- Must be in good standing with the server & staff team; clean POs may be enforced.
- Must have our tag, aotr.gg, present in your Steam name at all times.
- Can not be staff in any other Garry's Mod communities at any time.
¶ Expectations
- Must be able to speak and understand fluent English.
- Must be able to correctly list and properly utilize the staff chain of command.
- Must be able to give up personal gameplay time to do staff work.
- Must be respectful at all times.
- Must be able to act & sound professionally at all times.
- Must be able to work under sometimes stressful situations.
- Must be able to make mature and unbiased decisions in any given situation.
¶ Rehire Requirements
- Must have held your rank within the past 6 months.
- Must have left on good terms. (No issues or drama).
- Must have left in good standing. (No demotions, bans, warns, hits to PO, etc.).
- If you were demoted or removed from staff previously, you must wait 30 days before reapplying.
¶ Exceptions
- If someone does not meet the requirements and is deemed worthy, then a Head Administrator+ may make them exempt from certain requirements.
¶ Application Process
Apply for staff in the #applications channel on our Discord server. There is no official format, just tell us why you think you should be staff, why you're better than others, why you think we need you, or anything else you want to write as your ticket onto our team & then our Discord bot & server staff team will handle the rest automatically for you.
¶ Becoming a Team Member (2/2)
¶ Onboarding
Congratulations! You've been accepted or invited onto the team. You will now need to seek out any Senior Administrator or higher to complete your Onboarding.
Your Onboarding process begins with an introductory "interview". We, any combination of 2-4 individuals ranging from Senior Administrators to Community Manager, will introduce themselves if we don't know you already and may ask you a series of questions that may be routine, and may be tailored towards your application. Depending on this first impression, you will be on your way to the rest of your first day.
¶ Introductory Training
After your interview, you'll be brought in-game by the same group of individuals to show you the ropes of our in-game systems. In this time you will be taught the basics of our staff menu, Discord systems, and normally very important tips are shared by the team members onboarding you through out this time.
¶ Closing Sequence
After the introduction has concluded, questions & concerns can be addressed and once done so you will be allowed to return back to regular gameplay and begin your staff career on your own.
¶ Evaluations
Throughout your Trial Staff endeavors you will be evaluated silently or vocally by management and senior staff. After all, they are the ones who are signing off on your promotion into the team. There are normally 3 total major evaluations, such as;
- Day One Evaluation, conducted by your Onboarding party at the end of the day of your rank assignment.
- Week One Evaluation, averaged by a culimination of individual evaluations from atleast 3 Senior Moderators or higher.
- Week Two Evaluation, conducted by a Senior Administrator or higher as a formality finalization for receiving Moderator.
¶ Ranks
| Server & Community Staff Ranks | |||||
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¶ Community DirectorCommunity Director is an individual who leads all aspects of Age of The Republic. This rank controls the active path of development, every team and team member, and any decision regarding the servers and the community. The amount of individuals alotted to this rank is adjacent to the size of the currently active playerbase. This is the highest position within the community. |
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¶ Community ManagerCommunity Manager is a rank given to an individual who has proven themselves through a long term as a server staff team and management team member, and has proven capable of managing the community whilst assisting or filling in for a Community Director. This rank holds the power to manage all aspects of the staff team, as well as manage the roster of server management.
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¶ Server ManagerServer Managers are individuals who are directly in charge of both the staff team and ensuring the server runs smooth and remains operational throughout each day.
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¶ Punishments
Punishment F.A.Q.
1. Server & Community Management reserves the right to alter punishments at any time if deemed necessary.
2. Any offense past the 5th related offense is doubled in punishment.
3. Any offense past the 5th related offense is doubled in punishment.
| Punishment Guidelines | |||||
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RULES BROKEN |
1ST OFFENSE |
2ND OFFENSE |
3RD OFFENSE |
4TH OFFENSE |
5TH OFFENSE |
¶ Leaving To Avoid Punishment
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Treat as a regular rule offense occurance, whether on purpose or accident, but double punishment. | ||||
¶ Accidental Random Deathmatch
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Warning | Warning | Warning | Warning + Kick | 3 Hour Server Ban |
¶ Random Deathmatch
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3 Hour Server Ban per person killed | 6 Hour Server Ban per person killed | 1 Day Server Ban per person killed | 3 Day Server Ban per person killed | 5 Day Server Ban per person killed |
¶ Mass Random Deathmatch
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12 Hour Ban per person killed | Permanently Banned From Server | |||
¶ GhostingOffender(s) communicating outside of proper in-character Discord channels or regular in-game communications about in-game situations with the intent of directly affecting or altering organic gameplay outcomes to achieve roleplay or out of character goals.
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Warning | 2 Day Server Ban per person involved in the ghosting offense | Permanently Banned From Server | ||
¶ MetagamingNot playing the game the way it is meant to be played in order to complete an alternate objective, either through server mechanics or other means. |
Warning | 1 Day Server Ban | Permanently Banned From Server | ||
¶ ExploitingOffender performs any sort of exploit abuse with anything such as equipment, inventory, systems, etc. for any form of gain to themself, other players, or in combat/roleplay. |
Warning | 12 Hour Server Ban | 1 Day Server Ban | 3 Day Server Ban | 1 Week Server Ban |
¶ Map ExploitingOffender knowingly exploits invisible textures, going out of the map, going into out of bounds zones on maps, etc. |
Warning + Kick | 6 Hour Server Ban | 14 Hour Server Ban | 3 Day Server Ban | 5 Day Server Ban |
¶ DuplicationOffender knowingly & abusively duplicates resources, items, money, XP, etc. either before or after the duplication method is reported. |
Inventory Wipe | ||||
¶ CheatingHacking. |
Permanently Banned From Community | ||||
¶ Ban EvadingUsing an alternate account to play on the servers while an account is already banned. |
Permanently Banned From Community | ||||
¶ Out-Of-Game TradingTrading in-game items for out of game value. (Trading someone something so they purchase crystals for you is okay.) |
Inventory Wipe for all involved parties | ||||
¶ Attempted Out-Of-Game TradingOffender attempts to trade in-game items for out of game value. The trade never happens. |
Warning + Kick | 3 Day Server Ban | 5 Day Server Ban | 2 Week Server Ban | 1 Month Server Ban |
¶ SpammingObnoxiously, maliciously, aggressively, or in a toxic manner, overusing voice/text chats in an attempt to flood them. |
Warning + 1 Hour Mute/Gag | Warning + 3 Hour Mute/Gag | Warning + 1 Day Mute/Gag | Warning + 1 Week Mute/Gag | 1 Week Ban |
¶ TrollingThe individual goes out of their way to be annoying, obnoxious, aggressive, or instigating towards any other player(s). |
Warning | Warning + 1 Day Mute/Gag | Warning + 3 Day Mute/Gag | Warning + 1 Week Mute/Gag | 1 Week Ban |
¶ Commands
TIP: When using chat commands, always remember to use quotation marks when targetting players or typing reasons out in argument fields.
When in doubt, just press M and use the staff menu!
| All Available Commands | ||
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COMMAND INFORMATION |
COMMAND ARGUMENTS |
RANK REQUIRED |
¶ MenuOpens your menu displaying all available commands. |
!menu | Trial Moderator |
¶ ReportsOpens up the player report menu for open staff situations. |
!reports or F11 | Trial Moderator |
¶ WarnsView records of player's warnings. |
!warns | Trial Moderator |
¶ WarnPlaces a warning on the player's record.
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!warn (player name) (reason) !warn "Sour" "Chat Spamming, 180s Mute Given." |
Trial Moderator |
¶ MuteMutes the target in chatbox for given duration in seconds, or permanently if duration is left blank. |
!mute (player name) (duration in seconds) !mute "Sour" 60 |
Trial Moderator |
¶ UnmuteUnmutes the target from the chatbox if they were muted permanently, or to cut short a punishment. |
!mute (player name) !unmute "Sour" 60 |
Trial Moderator |
¶ Quick Chat Perma-MuteMutes the player's from using quick chat/character voice lines, permanently. |
!qcmute (player name or steamid) !qcmute "Sour" |
Administrator |
¶ Quick Chat MuteMutes the player from using quick chat/character voice lines for given duration in seconds. |
!qcmutetemp (player name) (duration in seconds) !qcmutetemp "Sour" 60 |
Trial Moderator |
¶ Quick Chat UnmuteUnmutes the player from using quick chat/character voice lines if they were muted permanently, or to cut short a punishment. |
!qcunmute (player name) !qcunmute "Sour" 60 |
Trial Moderator |
¶ Go ToTeleports you to a player.
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!goto (player name) !goto "Sour" |
Trial Moderator |
¶ ReturnReturns yourself or the target to the position you were at before you used |
!return (player name) !return "Sour" !return ^ - Used to return yourself. !return @ - Used to return the player in front of you. |
Trial Moderator |
¶ BringTeleports a player to you.
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!bring (player name) !bring "Sour" |
Moderator |
¶ GagMutes the target in voice chat for given duration in seconds, or permanently if duration is left blank. |
!gag (player name) !gag "Sour" 60 |
Moderator |
¶ UngagUnmutes the player in voice chat if they were muted permanently, or to cut short a punishment. |
!gag (player name) !gag "Sour" |
Moderator |
¶ KickDisconnects a player from the server. |
!kick (player name) (reason) !kick "Sour" "Random Death Matching, Come back when you are ready to roleplay." |
Moderator |
¶ BanDisconnects a player from the server and prevents them from joining for a specified amount of time, or permanent if the duration field is left blank. |
!ban (player name) (duration in minutes) (reason) !ban "Sour" 120 "No intent to roleplay, come back when you are ready to roleplay." |
Moderator can ban up to 1 day. Senior Moderator can ban up to 1-2 weeks. (varies on event team status) Administrator can ban up to 1 month. Senior Administrator can ban permanently. |
¶ Force Name ChangeMutes the target in voice chat for given duration in seconds, or permanently if duration is left blank.
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!fnc (player name) (new first name) (new last name) !fnc "Sour" "CT" "Newsour" |
Moderator |
¶ UnwhitelistStrips the player of their kit/whitelist and returns them to Clone Trooper. |
!unwhitelist (player name) !unwhitelist "Sour" |
Moderator |
TIP: When using chat commands, always remember to press U to access
team chatto send your command.