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1. The report functions available on this forum are to be used for, and only used for, actual complaints and issues with the community or the services it provides. Any report that contains falsified information, is used as a method to slander, harm or embarrass another user, or is written with intent outside of the previously specified reasoning can result in consequences left up to the Administration of this community.

2. Furthermore you agree that reports posted by you are in good faith belief that another player has broken the rules to such an extent that they should be punished or reported. You agree to not report someone without fully understanding our rules and regulations or knowingly doing so out of spite, and you will not report just to waste the time of staff members and/or cause drama. Consequences may include post deletion, infractions, muting, temporary ban, or permanent ban.

3. Reports must be written in such a way, that it can be understood by a staff member. The format must be followed and we expect the reporter to write the report in a normal and structured way, so we can understand it.

https://freestylersworld.com/showthr...rms-of-Service

Reporting Users

1. Introduction
2. Reporting Format
3. Image & File Uploading Sites
4. Punishments & Reporting
5. Exceptions & Staff Information

1. Introduction

This thread will contain all the information you need to report a user.

2. Reporting Format

Use the following format when you want to report a user.

IGN of reported player:

Reason:

Proof/Evidence:

Information:

If you do not use the format, we may ignore and/or decline your report.
In case the reported user has colors in its name, include the exact name with its colors.
The reason has to be something that makes sense, not something like "just look at the replay".
Images should not be modified in any way, do not remove any of the chats or else your report may be declined.
We do not accept any YouTube videos or of any other media sharing site. We only accept images and .gzr replay files.
Proof should not be older than 7 days

3. Image & File Uploading Sites

The best way to attach evidence is by using the built-in attachment manager of the forums.
If you do not want to use this, here is a list of sites where you should upload your images and/or replays to.

Images:

http://imgur.com - Requires no account.
http://postimage.org - Requires no account.

Replays:

http://mediafire.com - Requires no account.
https://mega.co.nz - Requires an account.
http://sendspace.com - Requires no account.

4. Punishments & Reporting

Swapping

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What is swapping?
Swapping are two users who are giving free kills to each other in order to gain levels, bounty, K/D (Kills and death).
Note: Swapping can be done by one user also, meaning: Let's say I have two computers and two Freestyle GunZ accounts, so I connect on two different accounts using two different computers, I create a room with a password and I go to both rooms with the two different accounts, so there I can swap.
One warning and a level re-set

Clan swapping
Similar concept to free kills except you are also giving free wins to your opponent.

Example of swapping
http://s23.postimg.org/x85tpbskb/FC_...913_195205.jpg

Punishment
Depending on the consequences, most likely if the users are swapping which is obvious - Giving free kills, killing each other in turns will be given a level re-set.
If the users are caught with a few kills, K/D of the kills will be removed and a verbal warn will be given.
If the room is public, and the user was away from the keyboard (AFK), the user who killed the user afking, will be verbally warned and the kills he has done will be removed.
If a clan is swapping then the clan score reset will be reset or necessary points will be removed.

Requirements if you are the one reporting
At least one screenshot and a replay.
For clan swapping suspicions, take a screenshot of the clan war log from http://fgunz.net/cw

Avoiding / Abusing Vote Kick

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What does avoiding a kick mean?

Abusing the vote kick system means: Rejoining to avoid a kick means that the user will simply leave the room to avoid being kicked from the room.

Example of avoiding a kick
https://gyazo.com/4e2599a8f212c548abb86de297b0bc8b - A vote has started to kick the user ^AN^5atali^Ae
https://gyazo.com/20e326ff861da99020d8a7637efec92d - The user leaves the room while the vote is still taking place in order to avoid being kicked.

How does one abuse the vote kick system?

Rejoining to get another vote kick, it means he's abusing the system which means he can make a vote kick more than once.

Example of abusing vote kick system

https://imgur.com/a/XyFv6

User ^DSTE^2fany / Lacrisimaa / ^ERonnieRadke^A ( all the same person on a different character) rejoins the room multiple times on different characters in order to get a vote kick in an attempt to kick the user 2cool4u.

Another example is kicking someone without valid reason:

You should never abuse the kick function for the reason(s) below:

Kicking a player because you have a personal issue or dislike them
Kicking a player because they keep hunting/killing you

What is allowed/legitimate kick:

Kicking a player because they are spiking/lagging or macroing
Kicking a player because they are disrespectful
Kicking a player because they are stacking
Kicking a player because they are running/hiding/stalling
Kicking a player because they are avoiding death
Kicking a player because they are not abiding with what the room creator wants (e.g. swords only in a glad room)

Punishment
1 Warning added to the account per incident

Requirements if you are the one reporting
Screenshots of the incident occurring and a replay.

N-Stepping

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What is n-stepping?
N-Stepping could be a software/program or can be done manually. What it does is cuts off internet connection then goes back. So let's say I am the one n-stepping:
Manually: I plug off the internet connection (most likely the wire) all my opponents ping will be (--) obviously it's because my connection is dead, once I go to the place where I can go, I put my connection back on.
So it's like moving from a place to another place. Software works the same, but instead of doing it manually, you do it via a program.

Example of N-Stepping
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF-vKVrC2mg

Punishment
One warning.

Requirements
When reporting an n-stepper, make sure a screenshot of his ping (--) and a normal ping for example (87). So two screenshots minimum.
A replay is needed to make sure if the user is n-stepping.

Flaming & Racism

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What is flaming?
Flaming is a person insulting a person, you can also read this article to be more sure what is flaming: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaming_(Internet)

Example of flaming
http://s15.postimg.org/fdhnok797/ACo...917_225238.jpg

Punishment
1st Offence: 24 hour mute + an optional warning left to the discretion of the GM dealing with the report (based on severity of the context in the report).
2nd Offence: 48-96 hour mute + warning (no matter how tiny the racism/flaming is, second offence is a warning).
3rd Offence: 120-240 hour mute + two warnings.

Requirements
Screenshots and replay of incident occurring. The reason behind the requirement of the replay is in order to ensure that the user reported was not provoked.

Side note: When reporting a user that is speaking a foreign language, please provide a translation of the sentence and what the user is saying.

Advertising

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What is advertising?
Advertising is when you tell people to join another server/any website in-game by encourage them to.
If you want a clear idea what's advertising visit this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising

Example of advertising
http://s21.postimg.org/loniajdqv/ACo...917_225607.jpg

Punishment
User will receive a permanent ban.

Requirements
One screenshot minimum.

Underclocking & Overclocking & Shotbotting

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What is underclocking?
There are two different types of underclocking; Software and hardware sided.
Refer to this thread for some insight into common misconceptions: https://freestylersworld.com/showthr...ned-IDTIMWYTIM courtesy of Mike.

Underclocking
The purpose of underclocking is to make the game slower, so you can hit harder and you don't need to aim with the normal speed of the game.
Here are two replays(watch 1Mike1);

0.97 - https://www.sendspace.com/file/vs73y9
0.94 - https://www.sendspace.com/file/n99q8i

What is overclocking
Similar to how underclock works, the difference is to however make the gameplayer faster.
Once again, here are two examples of overclocking;

1.03 - https://www.sendspace.com/file/0dcdnh
1.07 - https://www.sendspace.com/file/oabxtu

UC put into context
Here is a replay of a battle against 1Mike1, he is UCing at 0.97 in this replay. - https://www.sendspace.com/file/tyigce
Some notable factors of this replay are;
- He hits quite hard from quite a far distance away.
- He often has a lot of glitchy movements.
- His movements are quite slow.

OC put into context
A 1v1 of 1Mike1 OCing at 1.03 - https://www.sendspace.com/file/vnc8je
Notable factors;
- Much faster speed than usual.
- Once again a lot of glitchy movements (usually the big giveaway)

What is shotbot
Shotbot is a third party program on GunZ also it's known on other games to make the character (you) automatically shoot your opponent.
Replay so you can see how to dectect shotbotters: http://www.sendspace.com/file/19n5t5 and http://www.sendspace.com/file/tzgrey and http://www.sendspace.com/file/evd9jz
Note: The replays above includes shotbot with underclock.

Punishment
User will receive a permanent ban.
Read this thread for more information and replays: https://freestylersworld.com/showthr...ding-UC-amp-OC

Requirements
If the report is based on clanwar you have to provide a replay with minimum of 3 rounds and minimum of 2 screenshots showing the ping of the user.
If the report is based on any other game-mode you have to provide a replay with minimum of 6 rounds and minimum of 2 screenshots showing the ping of the user.

Extra Sensory Perception (ESP)

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What is it?
ESP aka Extra Sensory Perception is a third party program allows you to see all the enemies where ever they are on a map in a specific way. There's 2 types of ESP and one of those programs are known by "Chams"; this program allows you to see the enemies in red bodies. It's color coded basically. This type of ESP can cause dramatic decreases in FPS, resulting in lag. The other type of ESP is the default one and has no specific name other than the third party program itself and what this enables you to see is names from where ever the enemy is at a specific point. You can track them at a constant rate by following along with them.

Why do it?
From a players point of view, they might want to do it to gain an advantage like any other third party program. This third party program has been being used in events such as "LMS" so they know where the hunter is headed towards. With that in mind, they can plan an escape route in advance being a step ahead of the rest of the players without using it. It's fairly easy to spot but it can lead to misunderstandings in factors such as "Soundplay".

How do I spot it?
Here's an example or an idea of what it is by this user making a well detailed and fantastic report regarding a player using it in an event: https://freestylersworld.com/showthr...user-by-George

Soundplay? What is that?
Soundplay is oftenly mistaken for ESP. Only difference is that Soundplay is legit meaning you can detect where the enemies are prior to the use of a headset, etc. Some maps that are easy to soundplay on are Garden & Factory. This is because it's a small and pushed map which leads to hearing where the enemies are heading towards and where they are at that point. The spots on those maps are quite frankly common also.

Punishment
A permanent ban will be given.

Requirements
A replay with at least 2 rounds. The more the better.

Force-lagging & Spiking

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What is force lagging?
Force lagging is when you are forcing your computer to lag, the pings will go higher so you can actually abuse the anti-lead system.
User caught force lagging will receive a warning.

An example of forcelagging
https://freestylersworld.com/showthr...t=Forcelagging

Punishment
1st Offence: One warning.
2nd Offence: Two warnings.

Requirements
If the report is based on clanwar you have to provide a replay with minimum of 3 rounds and minimum of 4 screenshots showing the ping of the user.
If the report is based on any other game-mode you have to provide a replay with minimum of 6 rounds and minimum of 4 screenshots showing the ping of the user.

It is mandatory that you inform the user of his lags / spikes and give him the chance to fix it at least twice.

Spamming

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What is spamming?
Something will be considered as spam if the user spammed more than 5 lines without someone interrupting, unless the user continues to spam with someone interrupting.
The punishment may vary depending on what the user is spamming.

Example of spamming
http://s24.postimg.org/c2ii1gxdh/ACo...917_230153.jpg

Punishment
1st Attempt: 1 day mute
2nd Attempt: 3 days mute
3rd Attempt: 5 days mute
4th Attempt: 7 days mute
5th Attempt: 14 days mute
6th Attempt: 30 days mute (This applies to any attempts above 6)

Requirements
Minimum of one screenshots.
Note: If the user has 4 lines of the same sentence, it could be chatlag, so make sure you include more screenshots just in-case.

Scamming

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What is scamming?
Scamming is a user trying to fetch your account details in order to get access to your account. Most of the users try to trick you by giving you "free coins", be careful don't.

Example of scamming
http://s17.postimg.org/8o13vgsdb/ACo...917_230458.jpg

Punishment
1st attempt: Mute + Warning
2nd attempt: Ban

Requirements
Enough screenshots to prove the user is trying to scam your account.

Macroing

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Macro
Using macros is only allowed in training rooms in the normal channels, as long as you're not annoying anyone.
That means it's not allowed in events where the mode has been set to training, team training, or any other mode.

What is a macro?
A macro is defined as "a single instruction that expands automatically into a set of instructions to perform a particular task."
Some keyboards have a built in macro system and some users choose to manipulate this function and create a "lawnmower" state with a speed dagger.

Example of macroing
https://freestylersworld.com/showthr...ighlight=Macro

Punishment
1st time caught - Warning
2nd time caught - 3 day ban
3rd time caught - 7 day ban
4th time caught - 2 weeks ban
5th time caught - 1 to 3 month ban

Requirements
A replay.

Glitching

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What is glitching?
Glitching is when a user is abusing a bug which isn't fixed by developers, so they gain this advantage to kill players in an 'illegal' way.

List of known glitches
https://freestylersworld.com/showthr...st-of-glitches

Example of glitching
http://www.mediafire.com/?4ktr55m013ydve4

Punishment
One warning.

Requirements
A replay.

Begging

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What is begging?
Begging is someone whose constantly asking for something non-stop.

Example of begging
http://s21.postimg.org/xde6cnhhz/ACo...917_230831.jpg

Punishment
24 hour mute for first offence, 48 hour mute for the second offence, and a warning + temporary ban on the third attempt.

Requirements
A screenshot or a replay.

Staff impersonation

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What is staff impersonation?
This means when a user is pretending to be a staff member.

Example of staff impersonation
http://s15.postimg.org/4m7ipjrnf/ACo...917_231017.jpg

Punishment
Character deletion or a warning.

Requirements
A screenshot or a replay.

Bypassing and Evading a mute

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What is "bypassing"?
Bypassing is the act of intentionally avoiding your punishment, usually done by creating a new account. It is strictly not tolerated and will lead to further consequences.

Example of evading a mute/ban
If you are banned or muted, your first decision should be to make an unban/unmute appeal. Making another account to avoid your mute/ban would be an example.

Punishments for a mute bypass
The account you had chosen to evade your mute on will be permanently muted and your main accounts mute will be extended as well as possibly warned depending on the circumstances.

Punishments for a ban bypass
The account you are bypassing on will also be banned and if you choose to make an appeal, the fact that you bypassed your ban will be taken into consideration and will act as a repercussion.

Threatening

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What is threatening?

Description
Threatening: to offer (a punishment, injury, etc.) by way of a threat in an aggressive manner or way.

DDoS threats also build up into this factor since it's considered to be an attack or threat issued with it being an illegal "weapon" to use by law (restricted) and is to be taken very seriously.

However, there are different type of threats that can be negotiable and can be avoided under such circumstances. Some threats are classified and can be made for comedial purposes but what you need to keep in mind at further most is that some people can be offended or threatened in such a way we don't experience it as or see as.

Punishment

DDoS threats - IP ban or ban in particular
Threats in general - Warning and an optional mute of 24-48 hours

Leaking Personal Information

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What is threatening?

Description
Leaking personal information (i.e full name or last name / exact location of where they live/work).

Punishment

Leaking last name / full name without permission - A mute or ban of 24 - 96 hours + warning
Leaking where they live/work - A ban of 7 - 28 days + warning

5. Exceptions & Staff Information

Exceptions
There is one exception for the rule regarding macros and the rule is that you are allowed to use it in a training room as long as it doesn't bother or annoy any user.

Staff Information
Staff members may abuse their staff weapons in a room when the room title specifically states that the staff member is going to abuse staff weapons. Also, the room must be a training room. If the room is not a training room then you can still report the staff member.

Credits:

Cobra for the reporting reasons with the explanation and requirements of reporting.
DesiBoii & George for the ESP section.
Dave for writing the thread
#1Chef & StephanM for visual content

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