Code of Conduct & Community Guidelines
for participants, players, and location owners for any PIG Gaming activities and all associated entities, locations, servers, and methods of play.
Last Updated: Nov 30, 2023
Code of Conduct
Being part of the PIG Gaming community carries with it responsibilities that help to make PIG Gaming play inclusive, and enjoyable for all. Failure to meet the below requirements may result in loss or termination of all PIG Gaming accounts that you own, as well as removal or banning from communities and events and, in some cases, legal intervention. With your help, the PIG Gaming community can continue to be a welcoming and enjoyable place for every member.
1. It Takes a community.
You, as part of the PIG Gaming community, represent all of us, and your actions contribute to the larger community in ways beyond imagination. Being a community participant means that you always respect your fellow community members, whether your community is in person at a table, communicating on a forum, participating in a competition, at a convention, chatting via a PIG Pen Discord or Twitch server, or any other means of interaction with PIG Gaming players and community members.
It also means that you know and understand your role in making the community the best it possibly can be, by participating in your chosen community activities and games in a manner that promotes companionship, unity, inclusion, and most of all, fun for everyone.
Hate speech, insults, disrespect, game sabotage, cheating/exploiting gameplay mechanics, harassment, vulgarity, defamatory or offensive behavior, griefing, trolling, fraudulent behavior (including sale or purchase of fraudulent PIG Gaming products), bribery, spamming, and unsportsmanlike behavior are all offenses that detract from the community experience and may result in your being removed or banned from the community itself, in accordance with each of the respective Community Guidelines below.
2. Be a Guardian.
Being a Guardian means keeping yourself, and your community, safe. No violent behavior, or sharing of gratuitously violent content, or gore, or participation in or sharing of illegal activity will be tolerated.
By participating in any PIG Gaming community, you take on the responsibility of safeguarding personal information – both your own and others’ – within that community and of never, ever, attempting to gain access to or sharing anyone else’s personal information without their consent. “Personal information” includes but is not limited to personally identifying information (such as name, address, phone number, email address, and related information), credit card or payment service information, chat history, purchase history, and even game preferences or registration information. If it’s not yours, don’t share it. If it is yours, only share very carefully and as needed. Violations may result in both removal/ban from the community or event and in some cases more serious intervention. Don’t do it!
Similarly, protecting information means actively refraining from fraudulent behavior like hacking, distributing hacks or viruses, falsely claiming official association with PIG Gaming, falsely claiming official association with another company, mining passwords or using PIG Gaming community servers and platforms to phish, and any other activities that would mine data from PIG Gaming communities. While this list isn’t comprehensive, any of the above can result in both removal/ban and other interventions.
3. Think First.
Think First in the context of PIG Gaming communities means understanding the diversity within our community. Our games are geared towards those of all ages and include minors (youth, teens), and community members are expected to behave in a manner that reflects the inclusion of those under the age of 18. That means no obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit, or otherwise “adult” conduct or content will be tolerated within PIG Gaming community events, servers, chatrooms, or other group environments unless explicitly advertised and screened as Adult Only.
PIG Gaming communities include members of countless varied identities, backgrounds, cultures, groups, and orientations. All members are expected to interact with each other without prejudice or bias, and no action that excludes others from play based upon any of the above criteria will be tolerated in any PIG Gaming community. Likewise, use of derogatory, defamatory, hateful, or discriminatory language is grounds for removal or ban from any PIG Gaming community.
Lastly, Think First means thoughtful selection of your PIG Gaming username or other identifier. You may not include derogatory, hateful, offensive, or misleading terms in your username or identifier for any PIG Gaming community, and PIG Gaming may request that you change your username or identifier or may opt to remove your account entirely if you register such usernames or identifiers. Be mindful of how your name might appear to other members of your chosen communities.