Project rules

General provisions

1. By connecting to our servers or visiting the official website, you automatically agree to abide by these rules.
2. These rules apply to all players, regardless of gender, nationality, or religion.
3. A player is defined as any individual connected to a game server. There is no distinction between regular players, administrators, or those with privileges — a player is a player.
4. While on our servers, players must use nicknames written in Latin or Cyrillic characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9).
5. Profile content (nickname, avatar, etc.) must not offend other users. Moderators have the right to ask a player to change their avatar or nickname and may issue a ban if the request is ignored.
6. The project administration reserves the right to modify, add, or remove any rule at any time. All rules apply across the entire CYBERSHOKE.NET server network.

Communication Rules

1. The use of voice changers or software to play external sounds through the microphone is prohibited.
2. All forms of hate speech are strictly prohibited: racism, homophobia, transphobia, and any other insults or slurs based on group identity. A first offense will result in a 3-day mute with the reason “Racism / Discrimination/Hate speech” (chat + microphone). Repeat offenses may result in the mute duration being doubled.
3. Spamming or flooding the text chat/voice chat is prohibited.
4. Advertising any servers, websites, services, or similar is prohibited unless it is directly related to this project. Exceptions are made for the project's official partners, as well as for Steam and Faceit.
5. It is forbidden to provide information about the status of alive teammates while you are dead or spectating ("ghosting").
6. Begging for anything from players, administration, or project moderators is prohibited.
7. An aggressive manner of communication towards the project's senior Administration is strictly prohibited.
8. Arguing with the Administration for undocumented or unsubstantiated reasons during gameplay is prohibited. All complaints and reports must be submitted to the CYBERSHOKE Support Discord: discord.gg/T5upB87FNR
9. Deceiving or misleading other players is prohibited (e.g., selling server privileges, fake trades, phishing links, and other suspicious offers or statements).
10. If you are provoked or someone shows aggression towards you, responding with aggression will also lead to a ban. Provocation will not be considered a mitigating circumstance during the review of ban appeals.
11. Impersonating a member of the Administration without having the proper rights and authority in any form is prohibited.
12. Revealing the presence of a moderator on the server is prohibited.
13. Negative statements directed at the project in all its forms are prohibited.

The following actions are prohibited on our servers

1. Bypassing server bans using a different Steam account
2. Using any software that is prohibited by the official Valve developer
3. Griefing teammates or revealing ally positions when dead/spectating.
4. Any actions aimed at intentionally disrupting gameplay or ruining the experience for other players are prohibited.
5. Using third-party tools such as cheats, skin changers, AHK scripts, macros, or exploiting map bugs to gain an unfair advantage. Mentioning cheats/scripts in any context.
6. Teamkilling, teaming with opponents, spamming, flooding, trolling, or provoking others via text or voice chat.
7. Advertising other servers, websites, or services not affiliated with CYBERSHOKE.NET (except approved partner sites).
8. Using nicknames written with various symbols or hieroglyphs, using “empty” nicknames, duplicating other players’ nicknames on the server, as well as offensive nicknames.
9. Ignoring moderators, refusing to undergo a cheat check, or hiding account information when requested by the admin.
10. Begging for items, privileges, or help from staff or players.
11. Exploiting loopholes in the rules or provoking administrators.
12. Sharing any personal data (e.g., phone numbers, addresses) without consent.
13. Abusing game mechanics to gain experience or statistical advantages dishonestly.
14. Imitating project staff in nicknames, chat messages, weapon nametags, or scoreboard tags.
15. Abusing the ticket/complaint system by spamming reports or telling others to submit mass reports — this will result in a ban.
16. Negative statements towards the project in all its manifestations
17. Using Steam group tags that imitate official user roles (e.g., PRO, PREMIUM, ADMIN).
18. In SURF, BHOP, and KZ modes, it's forbidden to complete maps or set records using twink accounts or by playing on someone else's account. Punishment: 30-day ban in the affected mode + stat reset.
19. If a VAC ban or Ban Patrol ban is detected on a player’s Steam account, all associated accounts will be banned from the project for "Use/possession of prohibited software.".