Terms of Service

1. General Provisions

1.1. By using S-Platoon, you agree to follow these rules, any rules specific to individual sections, and instructions issued by the administration to protect the security and proper operation of the platform.

1.2. Section-specific rules may supplement these rules. If a general rule and a section-specific rule differ, the rule of the relevant section takes precedence within that section.

1.3. You are responsible for the content, links, files, and statements you publish, as well as for the security of your account. By publishing content on S-Platoon, you acknowledge that administrators and moderators may review and moderate it in accordance with these rules. This may include correcting formatting or titles, moving content, hiding it, restricting access to it, or removing it. Moderation does not release you from responsibility for the content you publish.

1.4. Not knowing the rules does not excuse a violation. If a rule is unclear, ask a moderator or administrator for clarification before acting.

1.5. Situations not expressly covered by these rules will normally be resolved using the least restrictive measure necessary, such as clarification, moving, closing, or hiding content. Immediate restrictions may be imposed in cases involving threats, disclosure of personal information, fraud, malicious content, attacks against the platform, or other conduct that clearly endangers users or S-Platoon.

1.6. The administration may update these rules. New provisions apply to conduct occurring after the revised rules are published. The administration will announce material changes on the platform.

2. User Conduct and Communication

2.1. Discuss ideas, actions, code, modifications, and projects—not the character of their authors. Disagreement and reasoned criticism are allowed.

2.2. Direct or implied insults, humiliation, harassment, personal attacks, mocking forms of address, and intentionally following a user across multiple topics to target them are prohibited.

2.3. Provocation, trolling, deliberately escalating conflicts, encouraging others to attack a user, and repeated personal accusations unrelated to the topic are prohibited.

2.4. Threats, blackmail, extortion, calls for violence, discriminatory statements, and wishes of harm are prohibited.

2.5. Profanity, including disguised or abbreviated forms, is prohibited in public areas. Quoting offensive language must not be used to continue or escalate a conflict.

2.6. Posts written predominantly in CAPITAL LETTERS, excessive formatting, intentionally unreadable text, and other intrusive attempts to attract attention are not allowed.

2.7. The primary languages of the community are Russian and English. Other languages may be used in sections intended for them or together with a translation where necessary for other participants to understand the discussion.

2.8. Political, religious, and other socially sensitive subjects may only be discussed in appropriate sections and remain subject to all general conduct rules.

2.9. You must comply with moderator instructions related to enforcing these rules and maintaining order on the platform. If a moderator asks you to stop a violation, off-topic discussion, argument, or other disruptive conduct, you must do so. Arguing about or ignoring the instruction, or continuing the conduct after a repeated instruction, may result in hidden posts, temporary posting restrictions, or other moderation measures. If you believe an instruction was issued in error, comply with it first and then appeal it using the procedure in Section 9.

3. Personal Information and Security

3.1. You may not publish or collect another person's personal information without their consent. This includes addresses, telephone numbers, identity documents, family information, personal photographs, private profiles, account details, and other non-public information.

3.2. Information available from public sources must not be used for harassment, threats, intimidation, identifying an otherwise anonymous user, or involving that person's family, friends, or associates in a dispute.

3.3. Phishing, malware, deceptive links, credential theft, attempts to gain unauthorized access, and instructions intended to harm users or the platform are prohibited.

3.4. Security vulnerabilities must be reported privately to the administration. Publishing exploitation instructions before a vulnerability has been resolved is prohibited.

4. Prohibited Content and Activities

4.1. Spam, repeated or mass-posted messages, meaningless replies, artificial activity inflation, and posts consisting only of symbols, reactions, or phrases without useful content are prohibited.

4.2. Advertising, referral links, invitations to third-party resources, and promotion of gaming projects are allowed only in the sections and formats designated for them. Unsolicited advertising through private messages is prohibited.

4.3. You may not recreate removed topics or posts, duplicate the same publication across multiple sections, or circumvent a moderator's decision by making insignificant changes to the content.

4.4. Sexual content, graphic or shocking material, glorification of violence, and other material inappropriate for the community's subject matter or intended age level are prohibited.

4.5. You may not distribute malware, stolen modifications, cracked or unlawfully distributed software, tools designed to bypass licensing, or third-party materials without the permission of the rights holder.

4.6. You may not claim authorship of another person's work, remove attribution, present a modified third-party work as your own, or distribute source files received under restricted-access terms without permission.

4.7. Copyright complaints must include a link to the disputed material, a description of the complainant's rights, and enough information to verify the claim. A public dispute is not a substitute for contacting the administration.

4.8. Fraud, deliberate deception, fake reviews, sham transactions, and impersonating an administrator, developer, or seller are prohibited.

4.9. You remain responsible for the substance and accuracy of your publications regardless of which software or tools were used to create them. Mass publication of unverified automatically generated content may be treated as spam.

5. Creating Topics and Posts

5.1. Before creating a topic, use the search function and check whether the same question has been discussed recently.

5.2. Create topics in sections relevant to their subject. A moderator may move a topic without penalizing its author when the mistake appears accidental.

5.3. A topic title must clearly describe its subject. Vague titles such as “Help,” “Question,” “Problem,” or “Urgent” without further detail may be edited by a moderator or returned to the author for revision.

5.4. A topic should address one issue or several directly related issues. Create a separate topic for an unrelated problem.

5.5. When requesting technical support, provide the information needed to understand the issue: the game and its version, a description of the task, steps to reproduce the problem, the exact error message, relevant configuration or code excerpts, related modifications, and any solutions you have already tried.

5.6. Place code, configuration data, and error logs in the appropriate formatted blocks. Put large amounts of text behind a spoiler or attach them as a separate file. Images should be uploaded directly to S-Platoon when that option is available.

5.7. You may bump a topic without adding new information no more than once every 24 hours, unless the relevant section has a different rule.

5.8. Do not post the same question in multiple topics or redirect someone else's discussion to your own problem.

5.9. If an answer resolves your issue, you are encouraged to mark it as the solution and briefly describe the outcome. This helps other users find a working answer.

5.10. You may revive an older topic when your post contains current information or concerns the same issue. Bumping old topics without adding meaningful content is prohibited.

6. Profiles, Accounts, and Reputation

6.1. Usernames must be readable and must not contain insults, profanity, third-party web addresses, or wording that falsely suggests affiliation with the administration.

6.2. You may not impersonate another user, an S-Platoon staff member, a developer, a seller, or a representative of another organization.

6.3. Avatars, cover images, status updates, and signatures must comply with these rules. Oversized, flashing, or otherwise disruptive elements are prohibited.

6.4. Using multiple accounts to evade restrictions, manipulate discussions, create the appearance of support, publish reviews, or alter reputation is prohibited.

6.5. Buying, trading, or coordinating reputation changes is prohibited. A reputation rating must relate to a user's specific contribution. Repeatedly asking others to change your reputation is also prohibited.

6.6. If you lose access to your account, contact the administration. Creating a new account does not cancel restrictions imposed on the previous account.

7. Marketplace and Commercial Content

7.1. A product or service may only be listed by its author, rights holder, or a person with verifiable permission to distribute it.

7.2. Product and service descriptions must accurately disclose their contents, purpose, limitations, delivery terms, compatibility, and support arrangements. Material defects must not be intentionally concealed.

7.3. Selling third-party materials, reselling without permission, replacing files after publication, manipulating reviews, and otherwise misleading buyers are prohibited.

7.4. Commercial disputes are reviewed using verifiable evidence, including the product page, correspondence, payment information, and relevant files. Publishing personal information, issuing threats, or organizing harassment is prohibited regardless of whether the underlying complaint is valid.

7.5. Transactions conducted outside the tools provided by S-Platoon are undertaken at the users' own risk and may not be covered by the platform's protections.

7.6. Additional marketplace rules may apply to particular categories of products and sellers.

8. Reports and Moderator Actions

8.1. If you discover a violation, use the “Report” button. Do not respond to an insult with another insult or attempt to enforce the rules against other users yourself.

8.2. A report must concern a potential violation of the rules. Disagreement with an opinion, a negative evaluation of a project, or criticism does not by itself constitute a violation.

8.3. Knowingly false reports, mass submission of unfounded reports, and using reports to pressure another user are prohibited.

8.4. Moderators may hide or remove violating content, edit titles, move or merge topics, close discussions, issue warnings, and temporarily restrict account features.

8.5. Moderator edits must not misrepresent the author's position. Material edits, removal of content, moving or merging topics, and closing discussions must be accompanied by a notation or an entry in the moderation log.

8.6. When a formal warning or ban is issued, the user will be informed of the reason and the applicable rule. A shortened notice may be used for mass spam, automated posting, or clearly malicious accounts.

8.7. The same standards apply to new users, long-standing members, sellers, authors of popular content, VIP users, and members of the team.

8.8. If a moderator is directly involved in a dispute, the relevant decision should, whenever practicable, be referred to another moderator or administrator.

8.9. After complying with a moderator's instruction, a user may make one respectful request for an explanation. Further public arguments, topics demanding punishment of another user or reversal of a decision, and organized pressure against the team are prohibited. Use the appeals process to request a review.

8.10. The identity of a reporting user, private correspondence, and internal moderation materials will not be disclosed publicly. The administration may review relevant information when considering an appeal.

9. Appeals

9.1. A warning, restriction, or ban may be appealed through the contact channel designated by the administration within 30 calendar days of the decision.

9.2. An appeal must include:

• a link to the relevant topic, post, or other content;
• the date and a brief description of the situation;
• the rule cited in the decision, if provided;
• the reason you believe the decision was incorrect or disproportionate;
• the outcome you are requesting.

9.3. Appeals are reviewed on their merits. Insults or threats in an appeal may result in a separate sanction, but they do not remove the administration's obligation to review the original decision.

9.4. A moderator whose action is being appealed will not make the final decision on that appeal. It will be reviewed by an administrator or another authorized team member.

9.5. A decision remains in effect unless and until it is reversed. Republishing removed material or circumventing a restriction while an appeal is pending constitutes a separate violation.

9.6. One appeal may be submitted for each decision. A further appeal is allowed only when significant new evidence becomes available.

9.7. An appeal may result in the sanction being revoked, reduced, modified, or upheld. Once an authorized administrator has issued a response, the matter is considered reviewed.

10. Moderation Measures

The appropriate measure is determined by the nature of the violation, the harm caused, the user's conduct after receiving a moderator instruction, and the user's relevant violation history.

10.1. Measures will normally be applied progressively, but moderators are not required to begin with a reminder when a violation is serious or intentional.

10.2. A long-term or permanent ban may be imposed without prior warning for automated spam, evasion of an active ban, fraud, malicious disclosure of personal information, threats, malware, phishing, attacks against the platform, or impersonating an administrator to obtain access or money.

10.3. Repeating a violation after a direct moderator instruction to stop is an aggravating factor.

10.4. Violations from the preceding 12 months will normally be considered when selecting a measure. Older history may be considered when serious violations recur, a ban is evaded, or security is threatened.

10.5. Removing or hiding content does not prevent a warning or account restriction when removal alone is insufficient to address the violation.

10.6. A clearly erroneous sanction must be revoked, and the corresponding record must not be used to justify a harsher measure in the future.

11. Final Provisions

11.1. The purpose of moderation is to stop violations and preserve constructive discussion—not to publicly humiliate users or punish them for punishment's sake.

11.2. Criticism of S-Platoon, the administration's actions, gaming projects, developers, and sellers is allowed when it is relevant to the discussion, complies with these rules, and, where possible, is based on verifiable facts.

11.3. The right to use the platform does not create a right to require the publication of any particular content. S-Platoon may restrict access to its sections in accordance with these rules.

11.4. Questions about the application of these rules, complaints regarding team actions, and appeals must be submitted through S-Platoon's official contact channels.