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Mission Statement

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION 2018 RESOLUTION #2
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION 2019 RESOLUTION #10.0 - CC2019-R10.0

The Universal Gaming Alliance, Unigamia, or |UGA| is a non-profit organization whose goal is for each of our members to form lifelong friendships and to always be a place to return to for old members. Unigamia has grown many friend groups, and though most move on from Unigamia, they are always welcome back. We want to be a place for those who are socially awkward, misfits, rebels, or loners, to prevent suicides and school shootings through our efforts. We try to make sure everyone always has a game to play and a group to play it with. Unigamia's goal is to make our members the best version of themselves by instilling in them our 7 Core Values.

Of utmost importance in Unigamia is Loyalty. Members must be loyal to Unigamia so that we can put aside our personal differences and view each other as members of this Universal Gaming Alliance who will support each other as individuals and each seek to grow both ourselves personally and the organization itself. It is through our loyalty to Unigamia that we can have respect for each other as allies regardless of our differences. In Unigamia, we don't care about your gender, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, or age; we care what games you play. All gamers are equal. Everyone will be treated with mutual Respect. Unigamia consists of people with various beliefs, creeds, religions, and political beliefs. Individuals who disagree vastly must agree to disagree, and respect one-another as fellow members of the Universal Gaming Alliance.

However, loyalty to the organization breaks down if we cannot trust each other, and that trust is rooted in Honesty. Our community cannot exist without it. Honesty is more than speaking the truth, it is having the freedom to speak what you believe to be the truth. Maybe you are wrong, maybe you are right; you have to accept the possibility of both outcomes, but you can only know the outcome of your speech if you speak. As such, Freedom of Speech is an integral part of Honesty. You might offend others with your speech, but what matters is intent. If you do not intend to disrespect, then you should be honest. Just as you can be honest while not being disrespectful, you can be honest while being dignified. Dignity is having maturity, patience, and pride in and as a member of Unigamia. You should not be a sore loser or a sore winner. You should not be impatient when waiting for a game or decision. You keep it positive. Talk about the good times in Unigamia, not the bad. There is more than one way to speak, and you can speak honestly while being undignified. Rise above it, and be both honest and dignified.

Just as you must have dignity, Unigamia members must have Discipline both inside and outside of Unigamia. Discipline is following the rules and having self-control. Inside of Unigamia, when members discipline themselves and do not break the rules, there are no arguments, or the arguments can be quickly resolved. Outside of Unigamia, discipline is integral to managing the time you play games, and pursuing your education. Your job and schoolwork come first before anything you have to do for Unigamia. When you do have to do things for Unigamia, it often requires Leadership. We believe in giving all members of Unigamia the chance to become leaders, and to learn leadership experience that they can bring outside of Unigamia into the world. Leaders will be taught how to manage other users, how to resolve conflict, and how to grow the organization.

Last but not least, the Unigamia instills a sense of Camaraderie (Comradery) in every single member. Once a member of Unigamia, you are always a member of Unigamia. Every member will take a break from Unigamia at some point in time, but nearly all of the committed members who take a break come back to Unigamia in the future. Overall, Unigamia seeks to be one thing: a family. Do not do anything to another member that you would not do to your own family. When you join, you become part of a fellowship, a fraternity of brothers and sisters who are all orientated toward the same goal: growth of our organization and the propagation of our Core Values beyond Unigamia: Loyalty, Respect, Honesty, Dignity, Discipline, Leadership, and Camaraderie (Comradery).

Articles

Article I. Legislative Branch

The Legislative Branch of Unigamia, or the Universal Senate, controls the addition and modification of Constitutional Amendments and Moderator Bylaws that Unigamia members and moderators are required to follow, in addition to the Member Rights that each member is entitled to and Member Mores that each member is expected to follow. Here are the ranks that constitute our legislature:

Name Age Required Minimum Time Required Time Since Last Promotion Tags Required Is Senator?
Universal Dictator N/A N/A N/A Always Yes
Supercluster Censor 18 10 years / 120 months 1 week until 2022 July 1st, then 1 month Always Yes
Cluster Censor 18 9 years / 108 months 1 week until 2022 July 1st, then 1 month Always Yes
Galactic Praetor 18 8 years / 96 months 1 week until 2022 July 1st, then 1 month Always Yes
Galactic Aedile 18 7 years / 84 months 1 week until 2022 July 1st, then 1 month Always Yes
Galactic Quaestor 18 6 years / 72 months 1 week until 2022 July 1st, then 1 month Always Yes
Alnitak Alpha Captain 18 5 years / 60 months 1 week until 2022 July 1st, then 1 month Always Yes
Alnitak Beta Captain 18 4.5 years / 54 months 1 week until 2022 July 1st, then 1 month Always Yes
Rigel Commander 18 4 years / 48 months 1 week until 2022 July 1st, then 1 month Always Yes
Saiph Commander 18 3.5 years / 42 months 1 week until 2022 July 1st, then 1 month Always Yes
Betelgeuse Commander 17 3 years / 36 months 1 week until 2022 July 1st, then 1 month Must wear for 3 months Yes
Bellatrix Commander 17 2.5 years / 30 months 1 week until 2022 July 1st, then 1 month Must wear for 3 months Yes
Ringstar Lieutenant Commander 16 2 years / 24 months 1 week until 2022 July 1st, then 1 month Must wear for 1 week until 2022 July 1st, then 1 month Yes
Interstellar Lieutenant 16 1.5 years / 18 months 1 week until 2022 July 1st, then 1 month Must wear for 1 week until 2022 July 1st, then 1 month Yes
Stellar Lieutenant 15 1 year / 12 months 1 week until 2022 July 1st, then 1 month Must wear for 7 days Yes
Comet Lieutenant 15 9 months 1 week until 2022 July 1st, then 1 month Must wear for 7 days Yes
Asteroid Lieutenant 14 6 months 1 week until 2022 July 1st, then 1 month Must wear for promotion Yes
System Lieutenant 14 3 months 1 week until 2022 July 1st, then 1 month Must wear for promotion Yes
Planetary Ensign 13 1 month 1 week until 2022 July 1st, then 1 month Must wear for promotion No
Continental Cadet 13 N/A N/A No No
Earthbound Explorer N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A


Article II. Executive Branch

This is a synopsis of our Executive Roles.

Name Description Duties Powers Requirements Restrictions
Universal Admiral - Owner The Universal Admiral is the owner and operator of the Universal Gaming Alliance.
  • Management of the |UGA| community
  • Management of |UGA| game servers
  • Management of |UGA| groups
  • Banish a user permanently from TeamSpeak 3, Discord, all game servers, and the community
  • All powers necessary to fulfill the duties of the Universal Admiral that do not conflict with the laws of |UGA|
  • Immunity to all punishment and inquiries
  • No Interim Universal Admiral The Universal Admiral is prohibited from stepping down, or delegating authority to a single individual as an interim Universal Admiral.
  • No Emergency Powers The Universal Admiral is forbidden from temporarily promoting an individual or individuals to a higher rank than they would otherwise be ineligible for.
  • The Mandate of Unigamia is Non-Transferrable The Mandate of Unigamia as defined is the duty to maintain and preserve the friendships that Unigamia has created through resolution of drama in Unigamia. The inability of any individual besides the Universal Admiral to resolve drama between friends in a timely fashion means that any attempt by the Universal Admiral to abdicate his responsibility to the Mandate is a dereliction of duty. The Nexus and all other mandates are hereby invalid.
Supercluster Commodore - Administrator The Supercluster Commodores are the administrators of Unigamia, responsible for resolving server issues.
  • To give counsel to the Universal Admiral on issues of policy and community management
  • Must always wear |UGA| tags
  • Must join TeamSpeak when online for the purposes of administration
  • To judge disputes on |UGA| Constitutional law
  • To judge appeals on |UGA| Sovereignty law (when the dispute cannot be contained within the sovereignty)
  • Supercluster Commodores break ties from the Galactic Command Center
  • Supercluster Commodores cannot abstain on votes and must supply a reason for their votes
  • Those of Galactic Commanders
  • Fast-track the creation of a sovereignty
  • Ban users pending an inquiry
  • Sitting in judgement over an inquiry
  • Must be a Galactic Commander
  • Belonging to |UGA| for a long time and showing the capacity to properly manage Discord bots
  • Cannot be under the influence of alcohol or other drugs during rulings or deliberations
  • Must be adept at using and administering Steam forums
  • Cannot make decisions without the rest of the Supercluster Council.
Galactic Commander - Head Moderator Galactic Commanders are head moderators, responsible for managing a team of moderators each. A Galactic Commander must have a moderator team in order to maintain the position.
  • Must always wear |UGA| tags when acting as a Galactic Commander
  • Must join TeamSpeak or Discord when online for the purposes of moderation
  • To lead sovereignties to the best of their abilities
  • To police TeamSpeak 3 and Discord with the powers allotted
  • Those of Spur Officers
  • Create a sovereignty
  • Move users in TeamSpeak 3 and Discord
  • Must be a Spur Officer
  • Galactic Commanders cannot make decisions on behalf of the entire |UGA| without a Supercluster Commodore's approval. For Sovereignties, a non-leader Galactic Commander cannot make decisions pertaining to the sovereignty without approval from a Sovereignty Leader.
Spur Officer - Senior Moderator A Spur Officer is a senior moderator of Unigamia, responsible for voting on punishments for lower members.
  • Promote Earthbound Explorers to Planetary Ensigns
  • Act as Mediators during instances of drama
  • Those of System Lieutenants
  • Vote to kick Earthbound Explorers from TeamSpeak 3 and Discord
  • Vote to ban Earthbound Explorers from TeamSpeak 3 and Discord
  • Must be an Interstellar Ranger
  • Those of Interstellar Ranger
Interstellar Ranger - Discord Moderator Interstellar Rangers are the Discord Moderators of Unigamia, responsible for ensuring peace in the community and punishing members.
  • Must moderate all public text channels of the Discord
  • Must moderate all public voice channels of the Discord
  • Issue warnings to rule-breaking members
  • Delete messages violating
  • Must be a Parsec Patrol
  • Must be a Parsec Prefect in the Senate before applying for a promotion to Interstellar Ranger.
  • Those of Parsec Prefects
  • Cannot moderate private Moderator channels that they have access to.
Parsec Patrol - Community Moderator Parsec Patrols are the Community Moderators of Unigamia, responsible for ensuring that the community remains active and that events are being held.
  • Host events
  • Giving Community Night points
  • Must be at least Comet Lieutenant in the Senate before applying for Parsec Patrol.
  • Cannot abuse the Points system, such as granting illegal points to oneself or others.

Argument/Drama Resolution How-To

As a moderator on the Universal Gaming Alliance Discord, your principle duty is to prevent arguments from ballooning into drama.

Conflict Resolution

  1. If the offense is reversible (illegal message, spam, bad avatar), the moderator should always ask the member to remove or change the offending content before warning that individual.
  2. For drama, always seek an apology and rescinding a comment first. Depending on the severity of the offense, a warning will still be logged (pornography etc.)

Identifying drama/harassment

  1. If someone seems to intentionally be starting shit.
  2. If two people are engaged in a debate, it is not drama until it devolves to
  3. If you’re not sure, ask if they need a moderator.
  4. If no one says they need a moderator but they are disrupting a channel, tell them to take it to DMs.

What moderators should NOT do

Moderators should do that by first acting as an example to the community, even in the face of adversity. Moderators should never escalate an argument. Forms of escalation that moderators should not engage in include, but are not limited to:

  1. Responding to the user in a condescending tone.
  2. Responding to the user in a sarcastic tone.
  3. Responding to the user with insults (usually after being insulted first).
  4. Becoming rude to the user even if personally offended.
  5. Raising your voice in anger (usually after the other person raises their voice).

If you lose your cool while moderating, then you lose, period. Even if the individual in question is banned, that person still won by rattling you and getting you to come down to his/her level.

What moderators SHOULD do

During an argument or discussion with a rule-breaker, moderators should:

  1. Read the entire chat before making any comment on the matter. If the discussion is heated, !slowmode the channel and/or ask everyone to calm down while you read.
  2. Treat the user with more respect than they are treating you (this does not mean to respect the rule-breaker, but rather that if someone disrespects you, do not disrespect them back).
  3. Say “please” and “thank you” when asking for information or requests from the user. Politeness goes a long way to calming the person and the situation down.
  4. Act regal, but not arrogant. You are above this member, but not superior to this member. Be confident in your authority and you will wield it accordingly. Do not give the member power over you.

Generic Steps You Should Take To Avoid Drama

  1. Run a ?warnings command in #moderator-commands to see what offenses each party has committed.
  2. If it is a message:
    1. If the offense is a venial offense (spam, memes, etc.), ask the offender to delete the message.
    2. If the offense is a Low or High offense (insulting, harassment, rumors), warn the member with a message like this. Do NOT paste the text of the Constitution into warnings!
      1. There should only be a maximum of 3 lines per warning with no newlines in-between, and a maximum of 3 links for evidence. The warning type is bolded and/or capitalized:
        ?warn @Sexist LOW Insulting another member.
        > Amendment II. Disrespect and Harm (B) Insulting/Flaming
        https://discord.com/channels/227968952595251200/665709060720689171/745879872542474311
      2. Paste a link to the message in #moderator-quoting
      3. Delete the message.
    3. If the offender has accumulated 1 High warning or 2 Low warnings, then a vote must be called in the Spur Diet to determine the punishment of that individual. After the punishment is decided, an additional warning must be sent as documentation of the punishment decided on.
      ?warn @Sexist Banning for 1 week as a result of the previous warnings.
      ?ban @Sexist 14d Punishment decided by the Spur Diet.
  3. Get both sides of the story, whether it be two individuals, an individual and a group, or a two groups. Do not immediately side with one side over the other.
  4. If you are involved in the drama and you cannot be fair and impartial, you should recuse yourself. If you have already started to insult the member, you must recuse yourself.
  5. If you are so biased towards one individual (close friends, boyfriend/girlfriend), you should recuse yourself if you are not able to be fair and impartial.
  6. When you’ve gotten both sides, repeat back when you believe you’ve heard from each side and see if they agree with your assessment. Steelman their positions. You cannot make progress if everyone does not share a common definition or view of what happened.
  7. Ask questions! If you don’t understand the opinions of others, then ask for clarifying questions.
  8. Don’t make assumptions. If you assume something you can derail the entire conversation.
  9. Reference #moderator-warning-refernce or the Constitution if it has been updated. Determine if one side has violated rules, or both sides have violated rules.
  10. If the offense was based on a message, Copy Message Link
  11. If both sides have violated rules, then issue warnings to both sides. Otherwise, determine the offending party and warn them.

Article III. Judicial Branch

The Supercluster Council is the Judicial Branch of Unigamia. Members of the Supercluster Council are prohibited from having any Legislative or Executive power whatsoever, with the exception of the Universal Founder. If there is no Supercluster Council appointed, the enumerated powers below are passed on to the Spur Officer Tribunal. The enumerated powers are as follows:

  • Deciding if Sovereignty Law is Constitutional
  • Deciding if a warning issued to a member is Constitutional
  • Deciding if ambiguous action by a moderator is Constitutional
  • Deciding to ban a member of the community
  • Deciding to unban a member of the community

Universal Founder

The Universal Founder is the Supreme Justice of Unigamia. He holds all the powers of the Supercluster Councilors, in addition to choosing when the Supercluster Council is in session, and what issues the Supercluster Council will hear.

Supercluster Councilor

A Supercluster Councilor is an Associate Justice of Unigamia. These individuals have near verbatim understanding of the Constitution, and can create Rulings on Constitutional issues not covered by the Constitution. These Rulings must be documented on this website for ease of reference.

Spur Officer Tribunal

The Spur Officer Tribunal consists of the Universal Admiral, Supercluster Commodores, Galactic Commanders, and Spur Officers. When a Spur Officer Tribunal is dismissed, the Spur Officer channels are converted to Supercluster Council channels. Decisions on banning non-members remains with the Executive Branch.

Article VI. Member Statuses

A member has one of three statuses at any given time:

Active

Members are active based on any of the following standards:

  • The member regularly joins TeamSpeak 3 or Discord
  • The member regularly plays |UGA| games
Inactive

Members that did not post a hiatus but that are inactive in the community will be marked as inactive, which will result in a removal of certain permissions in the community.

Hiatus

Members may go on a hiatus if they cannot access their computer or play a game for an extended period of time. This can range from a few days to a few months, and at most a year. To have Hiatus status, a member must post a comment on the |UGA| group's page specifying how long the individual will take off and for what reason, unless the reason has a private connotation in which the individual can simply say 'private'. Failure to do so can flag that member as Retired and removal from the group.

Retired

Retired members are members that fell off the grid, failed to comply with activity standards, or left |UGA| gracefully.

Banishment

The |UGA| banishes a member when it evaluates as a whole that the individual in question makes no contributions, negatively affects other members, and degrades the community. This individual will lose membership in the |UGA| group, banned from TeamSpeak, and ostracized.

Article VII. Member Punishment

Punishment Types

There are four types of offenses that a user can be held to in Unigamia:

Name Description Moderator Action Statute of Limitations
Offense level: Absolved If a member has broken a rule and there was a victim, but the victim has forgiven the offender. It still goes on a member's permanent record, but it will not be considered for punishments. Warning with "Absolved" as warning type. None
Offense level: Venial Most insignificant offense: e.x. posting in the wrong channel, posting a meme in general, derailing a channel, reposting in a channel etc. Official warnings cannot be issued for these. Moderators can only verbally or textually tell a member to cease the offending action as of 2021-11-05. 3 days to request deletion unless the message is in the 100 most recent messages
Offense level: Low A small offense against another member or the community: e.x. insulting another member, spamming a channel, etc. Warning with "Low" as warning type, and then use ?warnings to check if the member has another low warning. If there is, ask a Spur Officer or above to start a punishment vote. 3 days to warn
Offense level: High A large offense against another member of the community: e.x. bullying another member, flaming another member, etc. Warning with "High" as warning type, and then ask a Spur Officer to call for a punishment vote. 1 week to warn
Offense level: Critical An offense that triggers an instantaneous ban to review the members' actions: doxxing a member, factioning, etc. The ban will be appealed on the forums and then in a group chat outside of the server if necessary. Instantaneous vote in the Spur Diet followed by a ban if confirmed. 1 year to warn

Punishment Scaling

If an individual received 1 high warning, or 2 low warnings in the last month, the punishments for each high warning or successive low warnings is as follows:

  1. A demotion of 1 or more ranks
  2. A temp mute and a demotion 1 or more ranks
  3. A temp ban and a demotion of 1 more ranks
  4. Bans then scale for each successive offense

Article VIII. Member Rights

(A) Equal Protection No member shall be denied equal protection under the law.
(B) Due Process No member shall be denied due process under the law.
(C) Ex Post Facto No member shall be held accountable for something made against the rules after the fact.
(D) Double Jeopardy No member shall be punished for something that that member was already punished for.
(E) Right to Face Your Accuser No member shall be denied the right to face his or her accuser.
(F) No Private or Impromptu Promotion Ceremonies All promotion ceremonies must be open to all members (not held within a locked or private channel), and must be scheduled so that every member has a fair chance to attend. There can be no promotions outside of promotion ceremonies.
(G) Transferring Points Community points may be transferred between players, and the points of a player who has left the Discord may be transferred to another player. However, the points of a banned member cannot be transferred.

Article IX. Member Mōrēs

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION RESOLUTION #2021-012-01
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION RESOLUTION #2021-014-05
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION RESOLUTION #2022-005-01

On Personal Behavior

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION RESOLUTION #2021-008-02
(P-A) Whistleblowers Individuals who report covert rule-breaking at the level of Offense level: High or Offense level: Critical such as doxxing, factioning, bullying, or other malicious group activities—and provide a source of information to higher-ranked members, will be heralded for their loyalty to Unigamia and potentially rewarded. Leadership will do everything in their power to protect the whistleblower and keep him or her anonymous, such as creation of group chats. You must make a group chat with an alt along with PatPeter to whistle-blow. Do not DM to whistle-blow because DMs can be traced.
(P-B) Assume Good Faith Assuming good faith means that you do not assume that other members are against you unless explicitly stated. Assume that other members are acting in good faith during arguments.
(i) All members should assume the good faith (honesty or sincerity of intention) of other members of the community.
(ii) All moderators should assume good faith (honesty or sincerity of intention) for other moderators of the community.
(iii) You do not have to assume good faith for new members to the server who can potentially be bots, doxxers, raiders, etc.
(P-C) Only Banter With Your Friends If you want to tell an offensive joke, or banter with someone, only do it with or around your friends who will know that you're joking. If you say it publicly, it will be taken literally by at least one person.
(P-D) If You Won't Have Fun, Don't Play Don't play a game that you know will anger you or feel pressured into playing a game that you don't want to.
(P-E) Guidelines for E-Dating Unigamia officially discourages its members from e-dating because in most cases it results in drama or one member wanting to leave the organization. However, if you do decide to e-date, here are Unigamia's guidelines:
(i) Be Realistic If you and the other person live in other countries, or thousands of miles away from each other, even if you meet up it is unlikely one of you will move to be with the other. Do you see yourself moving out of your hometown? Do you see yourself moving to theirs?
(ii) Plan Your Finances Do you have a car to travel to the other person? Can you pay for airplane tickets? How much will traveling cost?
(iii) Plan Your Future You need to set milestones in the relationship. When will you first meet up? After you meet, how often will you meet up afterwards? How many years until you move in with each other? If milestones are not met, when will you decide to break up?
(iv) Don't Ask, Don't Tell If you are e-dating someone in Unigamia, please do not rub it in everyone's face. Those of us who are single do not want to know about it, and we don't want to be constantly reminded with matching avatars or PDAs. If you want to use matching avatars, please use a private server, or apply different avatars in Unigamia.
(v) Don't Be Cringe You know exactly what I mean and the type of people I'm talking about. Don't be a cringe e-couple.

On Moderation

(M-A) Warning Disclosure Members are allowed to ask for a copy of their warnings or demerits any time for a a reminder or when a new warning/demerit has been issued.
(M-B) Passivity Does Not Mean Consent No member shall assume that passivity or a non-answer from another member indicates affirmation of the question.
(M-C) Bias and Tunnel Vision No leader shall, as an attempt to change public opinion, state a preferred opinion first or show bias towards a preferred outcome.
(M-D) Contemporary Rulings When a member has to be punished, the ruling of the most senior member online at the time will hold true until a response from the higher staff can be given.
(M-E) No Powers Without Activity Members shall not hold moderator ranks in Unigamia or constitutent Sovereignties if they are not active in the community or mainly active in another community.
(M-F) No Compelled Speech and No Misgendering Members and moderators of Unigamia should not compel speech from another member. This includes usage of specific words such as pronouns, or phrases such as apologies. However, members should not misgender other members. If a member is asked to use preferred pronouns, and that individual refuses, then that individual should use the person's screenname instead
(M-G) Drama Logging Moderators of Unigamia are required to log all instances of drama in drama-logs or an equivalent channel for the purposes of historical reference and learning from our past so that the drama is not repeated. During instances of drama, a moderator present must be a Secretary and record the important points of the drama while it is in progress.

On Organization

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION RESOLUTION #2022-002-01
(O-A) Ragequitting Members should not go out of their way to try keeping members in the community who do not want to be in our community. If someone professes a desire to leave Unigamia, the response from all members should be, "Do it, you won't." No member should try to prevent them from leaving, and will not be warned if they tell the member(s) to leave.
(O-B) Mission Statement The Mission Statement must be read before every single promotion ceremony.
(O-C) No Unproven Bans Moderators of Unigamia should not ban users without evidence.
(O-D) No Cross-Server Bans With the exception of Critical offenses, members will not be banned for their actions on other Discord servers, even if those actions comprise of a majority of Unigamia members. Ask the moderators of that server to deal with it.
(O-E) Moderator Shrugged Syndrome Moderators must avoid developing moderator shrugged syndrome. Moderator Shrugged Syndrome is when a moderator becomes overburdened by being perceived of differently as a moderator, the weight of the responsibility, or a mixture of the two. This results in the moderator stepping down and then proceeding to break rules, as the exact opposite of a moderator. If you recognize this behavior in yourself or in another moderator, notify a Galactic Commander or higher. That member will be suggested to go on hiatus from Unigamia, the moderation team, or both.
(O-F) Teenager Clique Syndrome Members must avoid developing teenager cliques, and adults must act their age. A teenager clique is when a group of members lose their moderator powers and/or become otherwise disillusioned by Unigamia. The impulse is then typical in teenagers: to destroy. Instead of being thankful for what they have, what friends Unigamia has given them or the experiences they've had here, these members instead become ungrateful on the basis of petty objections. These members must be convinced to go on hiatus or leave Unigamia until their hatred is over. When a clique has turned against Unigamia, actions against Unigamia must be met with the full force of the law. Teenagers need Discipline, our fifth Core Value.

On Communication

(C-A) 5 Second Rule If you join a voice channel, wait 5 seconds if people are talking and do not interrupt immediately after joining the channel.
(C-B) 5 Minute Rule If you can't resolve a dramatic argument in text chat within 5 minutes, you are required to join a Voice Call and talk it out. Text chat without voice is emotionless and you will assume bad faith in the other person.
(C-C) 50 Minute Rule Moderators of Unigamia should not resolve drama for more than 50 minutes. After 50 minutes, the moderators and the individuals involved in drama must take a break and resume at a later point.
(C-D) Mute/Deafen Bind All members should have a mute and/or deafen bind to mute/deafen if there is a lot of background noise.

Article X. Sovereignties

(A) Sovereignty Law Sovereignty Law has as much weight as Constitutional Law, so long as the Sovereignty Law does not conflict with Constitutional Law.
(B) Jump Promotions A jump promotion is when a member skips one or more ranks to a rank higher the rank currently held by the member. Jump promotions in Unigamia are only allowed if the rank has been previously held by that individual, after a vote from the Galactic Command Center. Jump promotions in sovereignties are allowed if specified in the bylaws of that sovereignty, and performed with due process (jump promotions are not based on favoritism, quid pro quo, etc.).
(C) Special Cases TeamSpeak 3 will be considered a Sovereignty of the Universal Gaming Alliance, as any rules enacted pertaining to this service will be considered Sovereignty law.

Amendments

This is a list of amendments to the Constitution, which will include a link to both the changes to the Constitution on the wiki and the Discord message where the amendment vote was held. Constitutional Convention links will not have a link to the wiki revision for each one.

Amendment I. Disloyalty and Factioning

Definition
This is an amendment to the Core Value of Loyalty in our Mission Statement. Acts of disloyalty, including but not limited to Factioning and Advertising, are capital crimes in |UGA|. Offense level: Low to Offense level: Critical
(A) Disloyalty No member shall intentionally show wanton disloyalty to Unigamia or the Universal Admiral. Offense level: Low to Offense level: Critical
(B) Degrading Unigamia Any individual who denigrates, degrades, slanders, or mocks Unigamia as an organization or the Unigamia moderation team will be instantly banned from the organization. Offense level: Critical
(C) Factioning Factioning is defined as individuals who belong to |UGA| and attempt to steal members away from the |UGA| to another organization or prevent users from joining |UGA| servers. Offense level: Critical
(i) Faction Recruitment No member of the Universal Gaming Alliance shall recruit another member to an organization, Discord, TeamSpeak 3, or any other server not run directly by the |UGA|, unless specified in V. C.
(ii) Factioning Exceptions The following organizations are exempt from being declared an enemy faction so long as they stay within the restraints listed.
(a) Sovereignty A sovereignty is a subdivision of the Universal Gaming Alliance, usually for a specific game but it could also be a subdivision of its members for a social purpose. A Sovereignty is bound by the Constitution, and should host links to both the Constitution and an invite link to the Universal Gaming Alliance Discord in their #rules channel or whatever is equivalent.
(b) Alliance An Alliance is a separate gaming organization to the Universal Gaming Alliance with an agreement to share members based on a specific game. The allied organization would send all of their members to the Universal Gaming Alliance for the games |UGA| plays, while the |UGA| would send all or some of our members to the allied organization for the games they play. Both Discords would host invite links to each other in the channels that represent the games the other organization plays.
(c) Streamer Discords Streamers run their own Discord servers for the purpose of building their stream and their audience. So long as streamers continue to take part in |UGA| and aren't simply using it to recruit members to their streams.
(d) Friend Discords Friend groups can create private Discords since |UGA| is so big, as long as the group doesn't pull members away from |UGA|.
(E) Advertising No member shall advertise to another community or server without express permission from the Galactic Command Center. This includes sending invites to servers over DMs. Offense level: Critical
(E) Mob Mentality Mob mentality is a phenomenon wherein members cease acting as individuals, but rather as a collective, overriding individual will. Members of the mob will use friendships and pressure tactics to peer pressure other individuals into joining the mob, and actively resist alternative solutions to a problem, instead choosing the most destructive actions such as doxxing, factioning, or violations of the Constitution. Offense level: High
(F) Brigading Brigading is a form of mob mentality wherein instead of using friendships and peer pressure, the mob forms by using memes, slogans, or spamming. In other words, spamming as a part of a group. The mob will generally be even harder to communicate with than normal mob mentality because it actively avoids communication with the Supercluster Council or other leaders, instead repeating the same sloganeering, memes, or spamming. Members engaging in brigading must immediately desist and open up a line of communication to air their grievances. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(G) Echo Chambers Echo chambers are a small group of members in a Discord group, external server, or otherwise that participate in group think wherein one user says something and the rest uncritically agree with, or refuse to challenge, those who make such statements. If an echo chamber is reported, those who are found to be making the critical statements will be punished. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High

Amendment II. Disrespect and Harm

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION 2019 RESOLUTION #7.0 - CC2019-R7.0
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION RESOLUTION #2021-014-01
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION RESOLUTION #2021-011-01
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION RESOLUTION #2022-004-02
Definition
This is an amendment to the Core Value of Respect in our Mission Statement. Members must not engage in disrespect towards other members including but not limed to the following. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(A) Disrespect No member shall intentionally disrespect another member. This clause will not be misconstrued to mean that all members must respect each other, as respect must be earned. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(B) Insulting/Flaming No member shall flame other members. Flaming is defined as directing slurs, epithets, or other insults at other members directly. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(C) Discrimination No member shall be treated differently based on ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, political orientation, or other personal characteristics. Members can be restricted from positions based on age but cannot be treated differently based on age. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(D) Baiting/Trolling No member shall troll another member with malicious intent, such that it would severely impact another member emotionally, or bait another member into a confrontation. Baiting is a precursor to trolling, goading or provoking a person with seemingly harmless or neutral phrases but with loaded language. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(E) Threatening No member shall direct threats at another member. Offense level: High
(F) Bullying No member shall engage in bullying another member or incite another member to bully another member. Offense level: High
(G) Harassment No member shall harass a member with repetitive unwanted contact and messages. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(H) Raging The |UGA| defines raging as an over-excessive display of anger by an individual in a form that disrupts others' moods and/or games. Raging is prohibited. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(i) Maliciously screaming into the mic (especially if it causes the mic to pop) directed at no one, directed at someone, or directed at others, possibly insulting or flaming them that disrupts the channel will result in an instantaneous voice mute or timeout if a moderator is present, and possibly a text mute if the raging extends beyond the initial voice chat (into text chat).
(ii) Raising your voice to/screaming at a moderator will result in being instantly muted or timed out. Mutes/timeouts are Venial offenses if 1 hour or less, and if higher are a Low warning.
(iii) If someone refuses to cease raging after a mute/timeout requiring successive punishment, then that can constitution a High warning. Offense Level: Venial to High
(I) Sexual Harassment No member shall harass a member with repetitive sexual overtures. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(J) Scapegoating and Ostracization No member shall scapegoat or attempt to scapegoat another member for a rules violation not committed, or try to ostracize and exile a member from our community for perceived slights. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(K) Ridicule/Mocking No member shall ridicule, mock, or laugh at another member, as opposed to laughing with another member. If the object of your joke is not laughing with you, then you are laughing at, not with the other person. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(L) Impersonation No member shall seriously impersonate another member. Jokingly impersonating other members in an obvious manner is allowed. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(M) Hazing No member shall engage in hazing of new members or moderators, either of Unigamia or constituent sovereignties. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(N) Griefing No individual shall engage in griefing a |UGA| game, defined as a game with 2 or more |UGA| members in it. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(O) Appeals to Suicide No member shall tell another member to commit suicide, jokingly or seriously. Offense Level: Offense level: Low to Offense level: Critical

Amendment III. Dishonesty and Drama

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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION RESOLUTION #2022-006-01
Definition

Dishonestly is the telling of lies to or about other members of Unigamia, and drama is defined as the spreading of information meant to damage an individual's reputation or turn others against said individual, instead of reporting concerns up the chain in the respective hierarchy of |UGA|. Both are incredibly detrimental to Unigamia and must be fought at every opportunity. Offense level: Venial to Offense level: Critical

(A) Dishonesty No member shall lie to or about other Unigamia members. Lying to administrators or moderators of Unigamia will be punished more severely. Offense level: High
(B) Reporting Drama Members must report drama to a member of a higher tier. No member shall be spread drama amongst peers. Offense level: Low
(C) Procreation and Propagation of Drama No member shall engage in the procreation or propagation of drama across any part of Unigamia. Any member found to be perpetuating drama will be punished within the Sovereignty that the drama occurred, propagating up to Unigamia. This includes, but is not limited to: Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(i) Spreading Rumors Rumors are at the heart of most drama. If you have heard something about someone else, it's best to ask that person directly. Offense level: Low
(ii) Behind Someone's Back Talking negatively behind someone else's back when the member is not present to defend him or herself is prohibited. Talking about another member in private channels with higher ranks in an official capacity is allowed. Offense level: Low
(iii) Bandwagoning If a specific member is involved in drama with other members, and that member has done nothing to you, you have no right to bandwagon on the that member and increase the severity of the drama by having more people involved. Report the drama to a higher rank. Offense level: Low
(iv) Demonstration of Enjoyment No member shall share reactions during an argument or drama that indicates enjoyment in said argument or drama. For instance: eating popcorn or sipping tea. Offense level: Venial
(v) Leaving Celebration No moderator of Unigamia or its constituent sovereignties (including Discord) shall incite celebration through official channels of a member leaving or being banned from our community under any circumstances. No member shall celebrate a member of Unigamia or its constituent sovereignties (including Discord) leaving our community, but are allowed to celebrate a member officially banned from the community. Offense level: Venial
(vi) Accusations of Simping Accusing another member of simping over another member (usually a female) is prohibited. Because of the contemporary meaning of the term, this insults not only the individual being called a simp but also the person alleged to be simped after. Offense level: Low
(D) Past Drama No member shall reiterate past drama within the past year. Privately speaking of past drama for the purposes of moderation are allowed. If someone brings up drama from over a year ago take it in stride, not seriously. Don't start drama over drama. Past Drama includes, but is not limited to: Offense level: High
(i) Continuing Drama Telling new members about a negative incident involving another member is prohibited. Offense level: High
(ii) Ragebaiting Bringing up heated arguments or incidents from the past, especially those involving anger or rage, that will once again fan the flames of that anger or rage is prohibited. Offense level: High
(iii) Compound Offenses In addition to being a violation of Article III. Direct Harm, bringing up Past Drama to mock, ridicule, or laugh at another member is a compound offense and will be treated more severely. Offense level: Low
(F) Blackmailing No member shall use information that would result in punishment as a means to blackmail another member of the Universal Gaming Alliance. This will result in severe punishment for the blackmailer. Offense level: High to Offense level: Critical

Amendment IV. Undignified Behavior

Definition
Dignity is the Core Value of Unigamia that concerns the relation of Unigamia members to others in or outside the community that does not pertain to respect. Members of Unigamia are expected to act with dignity, especially when our tags are being worn. Offense level: Venial to Offense level: High
(A) Tag Members should wear the tag of Universal Gaming Alliance, |UGA|, prefixed before their Steam name, and with no extra space between tag and name, whenever possible. Offense level: Venial
(B) Exclusion No member shall exclude another member from a current game or discussion. If not all members will fit into one game, branch off into groups. Exclusions are allowed in sovereignty laws. A Right Not to be Excluded should not be mistaken with a Right to be Included, and you do not have the right to join a game or discussion, especially at the expense of someone else. Offense level: Low
(C) Bribes No member shall attempt to bribe an administrator or moderator of the Universal Gaming Alliance, and no administrator or moderator will accept bribes. This can include, but is not limited to: money, games, or in-game items. Offense level: High
(D) Begging No member of the Universal Gaming Alliance shall beg other members for powers, ranks, or gifts. This can include, but is not limited to: admin/moderator on game servers, ranks in game or in Discord, money, games, or in-game items. Offense level: Venial
(E) Block/Mute Signaling No member shall engage in block or mute signaling, which is blocking or muting a member and then telling everyone that you blocked or muting that member, or saying that those messages are blocked. Block signaling does not mean you are not allowed to block. If you have an issue with another member, you are expected to block that member. If you do not block someone who is starting drama with you, and you continue to argue with that person, then that person will not be punished past the initial confrontation. Offense level: Low
(F) Interrupting No member shall consistently interrupt another member. If one member has another member muted or blocked and continues to interrupt, that member will be muted by the moderators. Offense level: Venial to Offense level: Low
(G) Bad Sportsmanship No member shall engage in bad sportsmanship that poorly represents |UGA| or its members. Offense level: Venial to Offense level: Low

Amendment V. Undisciplined Behavior

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Definition
Discipline is the Core Value of Unigamia that concerns the personal behavior of members relative to themselves or the community at large, not individuals. Members of Unigamia are expected to act in a disciplined manner both inside and outside of Unigamia. Offense level: Venial to Offense level: High
(A) Integrity of Community No member shall partake in action that misrepresents, disrupts, weakens, or divides our community, our sovereignties, or the Constitution. Offense level: High
(B) Rules All members will follow the rules of the Universal Gaming Alliance and its respective Sovereignties. No member will incite other members or non-members to break the rules. Offense level: Venial to Offense level: High
(C) Spamming No spam perpetuated on our servers, whether it be our forums, TeamSpeak 3, Discord, DDoS attacks on our game servers, or any other sort, is allowed in the |UGA| unless otherwise stated. Offense level: Venial to Offense level: Low
(D) Disruptions Do not engage in behavior that is disruptive towards other members in the community, such as raiding channels or raiding games. Offense level: Venial
(E) No Joke Hiatuses Members who post a joke hiatus will be warned, and those who leave after posting a joke hiatus will not have their roles restored for a week. Offense level: Low
(F) No Joke Tickets Members are prohibited from creating Unigamia tickets or tickets of a Unigamia sovereignty in a way that deviates from the purpose outlined in the panel used to create the ticket. Mistakenly creating the wrong ticket is not considered a joke ticket. Offense level: Venial to Offense level: Low

Amendment VI. Leadership and Hierarchies

Definition
Unigamia aims to teach our members to be good leaders, but in order to lead, one must first learn to obey. Members must not break the rules before they become leaders, and must learn to enforce the rules properly as leaders. Offense level: Venial to Offense level: Critical
(A) Hierarchy Respect No member shall try to denigrate or diminish the ranking structure of |UGA| or its constituent Sovereignties. Member must operate within their rank, and not try to circumvent higher ranks. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(B) No Pretenders Under no circumstances is a member without administrative or moderation powers to act as though he or she has those powers. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(C) Illegal Organizations No member below the rank of Spur Officer will attempt to create an official Unigamia-branded website, organization, or Sovereignty without permission from a Spur Officer or higher. Offense level: High to Offense level: Critical
(D) Blocking Moderators No member shall block moderators of constituent sovereignties. If a member blocks a moderator in a sovereignty and ignores an order from that moderator, punishment will still apply. Offense level: Low
(E) Abuse No admin or moderator will abuse one's powers. Exceptions can be made in sovereignty rules. Offense level: Venial to Offense level: High
(i) Substance Abuse If abusing privileges while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, moderator role will be removed until sobering up, at which point a demotion will be considered. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(F) Violation of Rights No admin or moderator will violate the rights of other members. Offense level: High
(G) Dereliction of Duty If a member of the Universal Gaming Alliance in a Leadership position publicly and profusely steps down or ragequits from a position within Unigamia, then that member will, at the minimum, be permanently restricted from holding any Leadership position within the organization, or at the maximum, immediately be banned from Unigamia. Leadership restriction and an unban must both be appealed with the Galactic Command Center. Offense level: Critical
(H) No Overzealous Moderating or Powertripping No moderator of Unigamia will abuse his or her authority to overpolice a server of Unigamia, such that the members of Unigamia feel as though they are walking on eggshells everywhere. Moderators cannot mass-warn individuals in a channel or mass warn across multiple channels, and must ask other mods to help warn several individuals. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High

Amendment VII. Sectarianism

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION 2019 RESOLUTION #9.0 - CC2019-R9.0
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION RESOLUTION #2021-014-01
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION RESOLUTION #2021-019-01
Definition
All members of Unigamia are expected to have Camaraderie for their fellow members. Members acting in a fashion not in support of their fellow members including but not limited to the following will be punished. Offense level: High
(A) Sovereignty Rights Any member found to be attacking, demonizing, or deteriorating the stability or reputation of a |UGA| sovereignty, will be punished to the fullest extent as though it were an attack on the main body of |UGA|. Offense level: High
(B) Sovereignty Conflict Any sovereignty found to be attacking, demonizing, or deteriorating the stability or reputation of another |UGA| sovereignty will have its own sovereignty overruled and be fully investigated, with the staff of the offending sovereignty subject to demotion both in the sovereignty and in |UGA|. Offense level: High
(C) Hebephilia, Ephebophilia, and Sexual/Political Grooming Unigamia absolutely, completely, and in totality prohibits any relationships between adults and minors, in addition to the grooming of minors both sexually and into political ideologies. If you believe someone is engaging in pedophilia, bring it up to a Galactic Commander or above. Offense level: High to Offense level: Critical
(i) Hebephilia and Ephebophilia Any adult member of Unigamia entering into a romantic relationship with a minor will be instantly banned from Unigamia if said relationship can be confirmed. Unigamia respects Romeo and Juliet laws and the adult must be greater than 4 years older than the minor to be instantly bannable. Offense level: Critical
(ii) Sexual Grooming Any adult member of Unigamia found trying to groom a minor into a sexual relationship upon turning 18 (especially meeting up in person, principally for sex) will be instantly banned if evidence can be provided to prove this. Offense level: Critical
(iii) Political Grooming Any member of Unigamia, adult or child, trying to groom other members of Unigamia into a political ideology will be warned and, if action is not ceased, banned. Examples of political grooming are as follows. Offense level: High to Offense level: Critical
(a) Right-wing grooming Trying to convince a member in the inferiority of other races or the need to eliminate certain minority groups. Unigamia's goal is to prevent mass shootings, not cause them.
(b) Left-wing grooming Trying to recruit a member into anti-fascist movements, trying to convince a member that he/she is an LGBTQ or queer person, or trying to convince a person that he/she is a trans "egg" that needs to be "cracked". Unigamia's goal is to prevent suicides, not cause them.
(iv) Accusations of Pedophilia Pedophilia is the attraction to children under the age of 13. Because children under 13 are not allowed on Discord via ToS, accusations of pedophilia are used solely to try to "cancel" or smear Discord owners and moderators. Anyone who accuses a Discord moderator of pedophilia will instantly warned and, if the statement is not retracted, instantly banned. Offense level: High to Offense level: Critical

Amendment VIII. Doxxing

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION 2019 RESOLUTION #3.0 - CC2019-R3.0
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION 2019 RESOLUTION #4.0 - CC2019-R4.0
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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION 2019 RESOLUTION #11.0 - CC2019-R11.0
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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION RESOLUTION #2020-001-02
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION RESOLUTION #2020-001-03
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION RESOLUTION #2020-001-04
Definition

Doxxing Doxxing is the intentional digging and sharing of personal (private or public) information. Doxxing can include but is not limited to: full names (both given name and surname, not just given name), addresses (not region or nearest major city), names/occupations of family members, photos of members, photos of family members, or nudes of the member (pictures of the breasts, penis, or vulva).

(A) Punishment Scope Doxxing a Unigamia member is punishable whether it is done within Unigamia or outside Unigamia, and whether it is done by a user of Unigamia servers, or a member of Unigamia. Offense level: Critical
(i) Discovering and Sharing It is possible some users may inadvertently discover the dox of a member of Unigamia. Dox may be reported to Supercluster Council without fear of punishment. If dox are discovered and it is reported, but the dox are not shared with anyone other than the target of the dox, the discovering user will not be punished. The target member will be notified that he or she has dox publicly available and advised on steps to remove them.
(ii) Honesty Exemption Members are not required to be strictly honest when asked about their personal information, including their name, birth date (it must be accurate on the forums, but you do not have to make it public), and location. Members must be honest about their exact age for purposes of promotions and preventing minors from accessing adult content.
(B) Recording Voice or Video To prevent the rise of deep fakes and out-of-context voice clips, permission must be asked before sharing recordings of the voice or a video of a member(s) of Unigamia. Public streamers must give notice before and during the streaming of content that features others and add "[S]" to their name to indicate streaming. Members are allowed to share recordings of other members without consent up the Chain of Command in Unigamia or respective sovereignties, but not to peers or lower-ranking members, for the purposes of reporting rule-breaking. Users of recording software must indicate when they are saving a recording except in accordance with the previous sentence. Offense level: High

Amendment IX. Private and Group Messages

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(A) Private and Direct Messages The Universal Gaming Alliance neither holds nor claims to hold authority to demand the release of the PMs (private messages) or DMs (direct messages) of any of its users on any public platform (e.x. Steam, TeamSpeak 3, Discord) not under the complete control of |UGA|. PMs sent on the forums are subject to Constitutional review. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(i) Assurance of the Right to Privacy When not pertaining to official administrative, legal, or sovereignty issues, all members of |UGA| shall assume Two-Party Consent for PMs and DMs. You are not allowed to share the PMs or DMs of other users without the consent of the users whose PMs or DMs you are sharing.
(ii) Suspension of the Right to Privacy When pertaining to official administrative, legal, or sovereignty issues, DMs or PMs can be volunteered under One-Party-Consent to the Galactic Command Center only. DMs or PMs cannot be shared with members below a Tier of Spur Officer unless the above stipulation is met.
(iii) Conditional Right to Privacy Users of a public platform not holding a Tier as specified in this Constitution will have no protections from their messages being shared freely without consent. Non-members accused of facilitating a |UGA| platform to harass our members can be freely punished according to the rules set forth on that platform and not those in the Constitution.
(iv) Context and Contextless PMs or DMs between two individuals can only be submitted in an official |UGA| capacity if they abide by the above provision and are contextless. For instance, if a member shares the dox of another member or explicit images directly to him or her. Any messages requiring context, such as a conversation, are subject to the risk of messages having been edited or deleted and will be considered invalid for |UGA| administrative action. In the case of allegations such as he-said-she-said in PMs or DMs, |UGA| will take absolutely no official action, and suggests that members block each other on that platform.
(v) Submission of Evidence Because all screenshots can be manipulated, screen-sharing will be required and viewable by no fewer than 2 witnesses in order for evidence to be submitted in any official |UGA| capacity.
(B) Malicious Group Chats Group chats for the purposes of doxxing, factioning, bullying, or other malicious behavior against an individual in Unigamia or Unigamia itself are not allowed. Screenshots of the group chat are fully admissible punishment. Members who want to report malicious group chats should add PatPeter and an alternate account to a group chat to discuss it. In contrast, group chats about a specific individual or a specific event are legal so long as they have all relevant individuals in the group chat, especially the individual for which the group is about in the case of an interpersonal conflict. If the number of individuals involved in a specific event exceed 10, then a channel will be created to discuss the event within Discord. Offense level: High

Amendment X. Discord

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION RESOLUTION #2020-001-04

Server Rules

Follow the rules of the Discord server. (Some of these rules overlap with Constitution amendments on purpose, so that non-members know what rules they must abide by.) Offense level: Venial to Offense level: Critical

  1. Do not disobey the moderators/higher ranks or argue with them in public channels. Even if you believe what they are in the wrong, you must follow them. If you feel an action that a moderator did was wrong, you can make a ticket. Do not pretend to be a moderator.
  2. Do not disrespect, insult, flame discriminate against, spreading rumors about, gossip about, or talking behind the back of other members. No offensive jokes or racism/sexism/homophobia/transphobia/other bigotry in public text channels.
  3. Do not post pornography, erotica, lewds/partial nudes, suggestive content, full nudity, vomit, scat, piss, puss, cum, or any other bodily excretions in any Text or Voice Channels, or set it to your avatar. This includes depictions of minors. Any picture/gif/video that shows any sliver of genitalia, women's nipples, has a bulge of the penis or other object(s), or has blurred/blacked out portions is warnable.
  4. Do not dox or attempt to dox members of this community, or engage in activity that would result in real life harm such as telling someone to kill themselves. Share personal information and selfies at your own risk.
  5. Do not advertise other Discord servers here, or use our server to DM Discord invites.
  6. Do not spam, repost text/images, or post repetitive text in text channels. No micspamming, earrape, or using images/bots to micspam or earrape. No overuse of soundboards.
  7. Do not raid channels. Raiding a channel is defined as (1) joining a channel to make sound, not chat or play a game, or (2) moving/joining a channel in a group to cause join sounds and disruption.
  8. Do not post shitposts, memes, or engage in roleplay in channels unless specified by the channel's description. Do not attempt to derail a channel or disobey channel rules.
  9. Do not post gore, implicit (an animal dying without viscera) or explicit (blood and guts), in text channels or livestreaming, or any other images that can cause harm such as inducing epileptic seizures or Discord crashes.
  10. Do not exploit Discord, bots, or attempt to exploit Discord or bots in our server. Do not run bot commands outside of the bot channels unless specified.
  11. (Rule 0) Trash-talking Unigamia results in an instant ban.

Discord-specific Rules

These are rules of the Discord not covered by the Constitution in other amendments, and are therefore covered in this location.

(A) Channel Rules Follow the rules of every channel in Discord. Offense level: Venial to Offense level: Low
(B) Pornography and Erotica No pornography or erotica will be transmitted within |UGA| except in places where it is explicitly allowed. Minors will never be given access to areas with pornography or erotica. Offense level: High
(C) Gore No explicit or implicit gore will be transmitted within |UGA| under any circumstances. Offense level: High
(D) Exploits Do not upload any content that can cause harm to members, including exploits and epileptic seizures. Offense level: Venial to Offense level: High
(E) Leaking Text conversations, the contents of voice conversations, or recordings from private sovereignty channels cannot be leaked to lower channels in the hierarchy without permission from sovereignty leaders, or as defined in their respective bylaws. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High

Personal Moderator Rules

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The rest of the moderator rules and policies can be found here.

(A) Moderator Bias Moderators are not allowed to act with bias towards other members. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(i) Personal Bias If someone violates the rules against you, or if you are involved in an argument/drama with someone else, you are absolutely not allowed to warn that person unless you are of rank Supercluster Commodore or higher. Either get another moderator or delegate warning to another moderator. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(ii) Friend Bias You are absolutely not allowed to show bias towards your friends, towards moderators, or other sovereignty team members, allowing them to get away with breaking the rules. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(iii) Failure to Enforce If you do allow another member to break the rules without intervention, then you will receive a warning for not reporting or warning that user ahead of time. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(B) Moderator Hierarchy Moderators are not allowed to punish moderators of the same rank, unless it takes place in Sovereignty channels where a moderator holds a higher rank than the other moderator in that sovereignty, and in which case it should be handled in Sovereignty Law.
(i) Sovereignty Law Double Jeopardy No Discord warnings can be submitted for Sovereignty violations. A moderator cannot be punished for both a Sovereignty law violation and a Discord violation simultaneously.
(ii) Rank Overrides Moderators are not allowed to undo the punishment of another moderator of the same rank or higher rank. In addition:
(a) Interstellar Rangers cannot override the decisions of Parsec Patrols.
(b) Spur Officers can override the decisions of Interstellar Rangers and Parsec Patrols through the appeals process.
(c) Galactic Commanders can override decisions of Spur Officers, Parsec Patrols, and Interstellar Commandants.
(d) Supercluster Commodores can override decisions of Parsec Patrols, Interstellar Rangers, Spur Officers, or Galactic Commanders.
(e) The Universal Admiral can override all moderator decisions.
(C) Moderator Criticism Moderators are under no circumstances allowed to publicly criticize other moderators in non-moderator chats. If you have an issue with another moderator’s decision, talk about it in #moderator-discussion or bring it up in your team chat. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(D) Public Policy Discussion Moderators are not allowed to argue over |UGA| policy in public channels. Arguments are allowed in all moderator channels. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(i) Moderator Safe Word If a moderator of any ranks says, “Let’s move this to #moderator-discussion”, all moderators involved in the argument must cease arguing and move it. A moderator who fails to move the argument may result in a warning or removal of powers. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(E) No Witch Hunting Members of Unigamia are under no circumstances to engage in witch hunts, which involves pinging all moderators asking if a certain member has violated rules, or dirt on that member, to prosecute a member, not a crime. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(F) Moderator Confidentiality Any messages typed in #moderator-discussion, #spur-officer-discussion, #galactic-command-center, #supercluster-council-room, or any other moderator channels are to be considered confidential and are not to be shared with channels below them without clearance from the GCC. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(G) Moderator Professionalism Unigamia moderators are always expected to show professionalism when dealing with situations and show support in difficult times. Moderators should never trash Unigamia as a whole, or do anything to sow dissent in the mod ranks. Offense level: Low to Offense level: High
(i) Disconnecting/Spam Moving Moderators are not allowed to disconnect or spam move other users as a joke. Offense level: Low
(ii) Raider Videos If raiders or doxxers create YouTube videos, moderators and members are prohibited from leaving comments or disliking the video. Offense level: Low

Ratification

The members listed below signed to ratify the Constitution on 2022 XXX XXX. This ratification will be active after the last ratifier signs onto the Constitution. No major changes will be made to the Constitution until the next Resolution unless absolutely necessary according to the Galactic Command Center.

  1. 231166538814717952 - Dolphinz#0126
  2. 823225873804951582 - Tsunami#9006
  3. 592380253079601162 - totally not a spy#2077
  4. 205048410410188817 - gotchaskid#9313
  5. 303675383549657088 - Bolt Lee#1703
  6. 339892455916830722 - Hunt2man#3307
  7. 413962060267782164 - Clashknight90#8422
  8. 442412683954749451 - Livid#6771
  9. 203988614441336832 - Thatdudejerry#8678
  10. 252135431431258112 - IcePanda4#9980
  11. 308291927084630027 - Pawthorne#9300
  12. 713873955089285254 - Barrel#1068
  13. 528250261974810644 - Enderpig#4886
  14. 269204875743592449 - Daplesco#1255
  15. 171286092778045440 - Knull, The King In Black#2654
  16. 276883452161294337 - Whix#2233
  17. 604548632850726922 - Jamest#8462
  18. 324618013355802624 - Moni Lesedi#6969
  19. 110789589479755776 - Halpak#1337
  20. 324734961456250880 - focusbtw#6971
  21. 297089712265494529 - shameful#4044
  22. 197891850131079168 - Lawdog#5736
  23. 220954778476347392 - The Emperor Of Mankind#7793
  24. 557429876618166283 - i-spin#9974
  25. 316688006591545346 - Sona#2481
  26. 239408209771626496 - That Orange Borb#5447
  27. 395046989668286466 - DotSpecific#0301
  28. 592855839019106315 - CoasterFilm#2569
  29. 500847890273402880 - Vin_Di#7125
  30. 186562400764428298 - pigloover101#7744
  31. 580233283372187651 - Bshirel#2827
  32. 717813683006472192 - Mbot#5293
  33. 351848226300624896 - The Crimson King#7243
  34. 351848226300624896 - 💙Hoodie💜#6947
  35. 304040948671709185 - Surf#0420
  36. 801058278766805053 - Ace!#4787
  37. 636688888244731904 - Scorpiox#8318
  38. 528250261974810644 - Enderpig#7777
  39. 385598153874735114 - Dj BONELESS#3283
  40. 918212528511795220 - Avalon#0106
  41. 427851856690282502 - Home Depot Employee (Fitchburg)#6985
  42. 531318937749553173 - 𝕍๏Ｘ#0069
  43. 537460464968269834 - licky#5765
  44. 572188247040720906 - Wagster01_Official#0001
  45. 812865527927013417 - Fafnir#8648
  46. 127248917560688640 - JustASlyMusic#8705
  47. 323852092361932801 - Crazyfrank555
  48. 119346320837181440 - PatPeter#6302

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