COMMUNITY CODES

Welcome to the Shadow Division. Our mission is to maintain a competitive, highly tactical, social deduction landscape on Kepler-99 orbital grids. Every operative is expected to honor this behavioral blueprint to preserve suspense, bluffing integrity, and strategic deception dynamics.

1. SOCIAL DEDUCTION INTEGRITY (ANTI-METAGAMING)

The true thrill of Shadow Division resides entirely in deduction, deception, and psychological observation. We strictly prohibit any activities that circumvent core gameplay loops:

• No External Teaming: Do not use external voice or chat channels (e.g., private Discord servers) to reveal the identity of Cyber Infiltrators or point out deceased bodies to active players.
• Silence of the Ghosts: Once eliminated, your microphone and terminal access are restricted. Under no circumstances should deceased players attempt to communicate task status or suspect info to active operatives.
• Strategic Bluffing vs. Toxic Lying: Bluffing, lying, and misdirection are core tactical tools of Cyber Infiltrators. However, fabricating real-life personal statements, personal insults, or out-of-game blackmail is strictly forbidden.

2. FAIR PLAY & TECHNICAL ETHICS

We demand complete technical honesty from all divisions during ranked lobby rotations:

• No Software Modification: Do not use custom visor injection scripts, speed modifications, visual wallhacks, or macro programs.
• Anti-Match Leaving: Do not disconnect from matches prematurely simply because you were not assigned your preferred faction. Repetitive premature quits will result in matchmaking queue cooldown timeouts.
• Exploiting Map Geometry: Reporting clipping boundaries or visual dead zones to gain vision-line advantages is a violation of tactical ethics. File bug reports instead.

3. COMMUNICATIONS & OPERATIVE RESPECT

While gameplay can become highly intense, emergency meetings must remain respectful and free of structural toxicity:

• Zero Tolerance for Harassment: Bullying, racial slurs, hate speech, sexual harassment, or personal threats represent an immediate and permanent account suspension.
• Constructive Debate: Use your emergency meeting microphone window to focus on evidence, tracking routes, task lists, and behavioral analysis.
• Public Lobbies Naming: Custom lobby names and player handles must remain free from offensive, abusive, or highly graphic terminology.

4. PENALTIES & JUSTICE SYSTEMS

Match logs are continuously analyzed by automatic auditing nodes. Reports submitted by other operatives are reviewed by our moderation division within 24 hours:

• First Infraction: Structural account warning and temporary 24-hour matchmaking restriction.
• Second Infraction: 7-calendar-day ranked queue restriction and stripping of competitive tier badges.
• Third Infraction: Permanent, complete account terminal exclusion. All virtual battle pass rewards are voided immediately.

5. DISPUTES & APPEAL ACTIONS

If your player profile was restricted and you believe a report was filed maliciously, you can submit an appeal packet on our Support Hub page. Be prepared to provide matching player IDs and screenshot logs.