DC Gaming Group Code of Conduct
DC Gaming Group (DCGG) is a community of adult video game enthusiasts in the DC Metro Area (DMV). This group provides a space for gamers to hang out, compete, discuss video games, and more. We accomplish this by featuring local multiplayer games to mimic the atmosphere of old school arcades from the 80s/90s and playing consoles in the living room with your friends.
We want this to be a fun, pleasant, and harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion. We do not debate isms or bigotry. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately.
Simply put, the goal is to enjoy gaming with friends and strangers.
Mods can always be reached via ModMail in Discord and at events.
Logs and Records
Please be mindful that things you say here may at some point become public. We cannot prevent people from screencapping or otherwise logging this server. We also can't guarantee that every member's login credentials and logged-in devices are secure. Files uploaded here can be downloaded by anyone with a login. Please exercise caution and refrain from sharing sensitive information that could harm you or others if it became public.
Explicit Content (NSFW Content)
DC Gaming Group and its Discord server is NOT intended to be a platform to create, share, or discuss content that may be deemed explicit or Not Safe for Work (NSFW). Be mindful that as an online community, members of the Discord server may be under the age of 18 years old. Content not appropriate for individuals under the age of 18 should not be posted in any of the server's channels, or openly talked about in voice channels. This content includes but is not limited to depictions of sex, nudity, pornography, extreme life-like violence, and hyperlinks to websites containing such content.
As a video game-based community, we recognize that some content from ESRB M-rated and Unrated games may be considered NSFW. If sharing or discussing content that pertains to games with mature content, please remain civil and relevant, avoid outright displaying NSFW content, and consider hiding text, images, or videos with Discord's “Mark as spoiler” feature.
If content in the DC Gaming Group server contradicts the DC Gaming Group and/or Discord community guidelines, admins may take any action they deem appropriate which includes but is not limited to hiding or deleting NSFW posts, issuing warnings, and banning users.
Harassment
We as individuals and as a community do not tolerate harassment in any form.
Harassment includes but is not limited to:
- Offensive comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, neuro(a)typicality, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion
- Unwelcome comments regarding a person’s lifestyle choices and practices, including those related to food, health, parenting, drugs, and employment.
- Deliberate misgendering or use of ‘dead’ or rejected names
- Gratuitous or off-topic sexual images or behavior in spaces where they’re not appropriate
- Real or simulated physical contact (e.g. textual descriptions like “hug” or “backrub”) without consent or after a request to stop.
- Threats of violence
- Incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging a person to commit suicide or to engage in self-harm
- Deliberate intimidation
- Sustained disruption of discussion
- Unwelcome sexual attention
- Continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease
- Publication of non-harassing private communication
Reporting
If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact the admins. They will respond as promptly as they can.
We will respect confidentiality requests for the purpose of protecting victims of abuse. At our discretion, we may publicly name a person about whom we’ve received harassment complaints, or privately warn third parties about them. We will not name harassment victims without their affirmative consent.Consequences
Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately.
If a participant engages in harassing behavior, the admins may take any action they deem appropriate, which may include being banned from this server, identifying the participant publicly as someone about whom we've received complaints, and contacting law enforcement in extreme cases.Notice of Risk
Within the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, DC Gaming Group (DCGG) and its event partners shall not be liable for any indirect incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages; loss of goodwill; or other intangible losses resulting from access and participation in DCGG events and online forums. Views expressed on chats and message boards are the options of members and may not reflect the views of DCGG.
DCGG makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees for the safety of private property that is brought to events. Guests bring their own property—including consoles, phones, controllers, and games—at their own risk of theft and damage.All DCGG media and event content is subject to copyright and may not be reproduced in any form without express written consent of the author.
Discord Community Guidelines
In addition to our server’s community guidelines, we expect all of our users to also adhere to Discord’s Community Guidelines. A link to Discord’s current guidelines may be found below, followed by a transcription taken at the time of the creation of this document.
Credits and License
This code of conduct is based on Annalee Flower Horne's Sample Slack Code of Conduct, which is in turn based on Geek Feminism's Community Anti-Harassment Policy. We have adapted the Sample Slack Code of Conduct for our own use under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.