There has been a lot of confusion on how to deal with Donator abuse, so the TF2 higher ups have discussed this subject and we came up with a little something:
What counts as Donator abuse?
Breaking our guidelines/rules on Donator powers that can be found here: Donator Information | Xeno Gamers
Someone purposely misusing Donator powers is not allowed, an example would be killing people with noclip.
However, I expect our staff to use common sense to determine whether something was intentional or accidental. Let's say someone buys über Donator and wants to test out his powers. They use /kartme and accidentally bump into another person. In situations like these, where someone was obviously just having an accident, it is not necessary to punish them. Try to explain the command to them to prevent this from happening in the future. Then again, if someone who had Donator powers for quite a while just charges into enemies with /kartme, they should be punished.
Now let's get to the interesting part:
How to punish abusive Donators:
The protocol in these cases is:
Warn -> Kick -> Day Ban
Kick -> Week Ban + Removal of powers
If they're abusing for the first time, give them a warning through chat and tell them what they've done wrong. If they do not listen, kick them. If they come back after a kick, you can ban them for a day. If they come back after a day ban and abuse again, you do not have to warn them again. Jump straight to a kick. If they come back after a kick and do it again, ban them for a week and notify the higher ups so we can remove their powers.
A few things to add:
As mentioned earlier, you shouldn't follow this protocol when someone accidentally screws up - it has happened to everyone.
Additionally, it does not matter if someone has been banned before, this protocol applies for Donators regardless of their ban history (unless they have been banned for abuse before, obviously). To make it more clear, here's an example:
If someone has a day ban for bodyblocking and abuses their powers, do not kick them and then jump to a week ban.
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