Staff (Serious) Guidelines

1. Introduction

The following document is a baseline agreement (hereafter "Guidelines") between Holtyx (hereafter "dotCore", represented by dotCore's Lab and its owner, Alexis Badel) and member of Holtyx Staff team (hereafter "Staff").
By joining our team,  you agree to bellow stuff and sell your soul to dotCore.

2. Application process

First of all, everyone must go through an application process which is reviewed by Staff and ultimately decided by dotCore.
Conditions to apply as a Staff are the following:

• be at least 15 years old
• be able to understand and speak in English
• be an active player since at least two weeks
• have at least 24 hours playtime on our servers
• have clean records on our servers (no severe sanction - eg: lengthy ban - or multiple warns)

We also expect applicants to be in a stable situation while applying, but also on foreseeable future (during their Trial period, etc.).

3. Trial period

Trial period starts whenever an accepted applicant receives their role and permissions, and usually lasts 15 days.

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Period can be lowered to 1 week or extended by 2 weeks if deemed necessary.

During this period, Staff have to be active and proficient with their duties to prove their determination.
Upon trial ends, Administration will reunite to take a decision.
In case of a failure and depending of the reasons retained by dotCore, Staff will or won't be able to apply again after 2 weeks.

4. Hierarchy

A hierarchy is in place and Staff must respect it.
In case of an issue between two Staffs that can't be resolved, an Administrator or dotCore can assist as a middleman.
Even if a role is above another or a Staff has higher permissions, they shouldn't be condescending towards others.

5. Activity

Staff activity is considered as a whole, a set of actions that can be carried out in order to contribute to the community.
We offer various ways to participate, even for Staff without any extra role assigned.
Here's a non-exhaustive list:

• Staff Discord participation (weekly meetings, vote in applications, etc.)
• Public Discord participation (welcome new members, discuss, react to official messages, answer to suggestions, etc.)
• Extra ideas (organizing an event, hosting a giveaway, etc.)

We usually don't care or sanction inactive Staff as they can usually be available on a weekly basis.
If you can't be here for more than a month though, you can put yourself on hold until your comeback.
Please, always try to inform dotCore or any Administrator during an inactive period.

6. Warns

In case of non-compliance with any of our guidelines or report by players for rule breaking, Staff can be sanctioned with a warning that will remains active for 30 days, or a direct demote if reason is too severe.
Active warn length can be reduced or extended at the discretion of Administration.
Having two active warns will lead to a demote too, you can refer to this table for further information.

7. Note to players

I, dotCore, take player's comfort and security very seriously.
That's why the following report types towards a Staff woud lead to a permanent ban and instant demotion:

• using Staff rank to abuse / pressure someone (this includes grooming, statutory rape or any kind of threatening)
• participating in any kind of harassment

If you witness or suffer from any severe Staff abuse, feel free to  report it through my DMs. (forums or Discord)
Otherwise, for lighter abuses, use the Reports system.