Welcome to the Scottish Borders rulebook!
Every player must read these rules before playing Scottish Borders. By joining Scottish Borders (“SB”, or “the Game”), you state that you have read and agreed to these rules. Not being aware of a rule will not save you from punishments.
We reserve the right to update this rulebook without giving any special notice, please check back regularly, especially after major updates.
A violation of any rule listed in this rulebook can have any of the consequence below:
- Warning (verbal/formal)
- Resetting
- Mute
- Kick
- Serverban
- Permanent ban
Any user who has been permanently banned or warned has the right to appeal their punishment through our website, which can be found on my profile. An appeal does not guarantee the removal of sanctions. Kicks and serverbans cannot be appealed.
Any user has the right to report a player or staff member through our website, again found on my profile, if they believe said user has violated a rule listed in this rulebook. A report does not guarantee the sanctioning of a user. Staff Hierarchy:
- Owner
- Senior Moderator
- Moderator
Please always contact the staff directly above the rank you are reporting E.g contact a Senior Moderator if you have an issue with a Moderator or Developer, instead of the Owner.
Fail-roleplay (FRP) is not currently against our game rules.
Violations of rules listed in this section will generally result in a Verbal/game warning, Mute or Kick, but it is the discretion of the Moderator, as far as the punishment is reasonable.
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Chat misuse
1.1 Arguing in the public chat
1.2 Disrupting the chat in any other ways
1.3 Advertising games, discord servers, or anything else that is not the project of Lm2606 in the game chat or the group wall
1.4 Sending an excessive amount of messages, arguing or otherwise disrupting the group wall.
Glitching
2.1 Glitching vehicles
2.2 Glitching tools
2.3 Glitching other players
2.4 Glitching into restricted areas (e.g Police Station)
Obstructing roadways and pedestrian pathways
3.1 Including roads, single carriageways, pavements, crossings
3.2 Limited to vehicles, cones, and the player’s character
3.3 Limited to scenarios outside of roleplays
Failing to follow instructions of Moderators
4.1 Including the instructions of Game Moderators, Senior Moderators, Developers and the Owner
4.2 Not including the instructions of other players
Abusing tools
5.1 Including but not limited to the Release and Arrest tool, Revolver, Road tool, Building tools, Cones, and any other tools available to the Player
5.2 Also including emergency vehicle (Fire & Rescue vehicles, Police vehicles, Traffic Officer vehicles, Ambulances, Kwik Fit vehicles) lights and sirens and the horns of vehicles after the verbal warning of a Moderator
5.21 Usage of emergency lights and sirens is only allowed when responding to or at the scene of an actual emergency, or when ordering a vehicle to pull over following a traffic infraction
5.3 Abusing is using a tool different to its intended purpose, or using it improperly (e.g. arresting players unfairly)
5.4 Determining if the use of a Tool was proper or not is at the discretion of a Moderator
5.5 Making false or troll 999 calls (e.g asking for KFC food/Uber)
5.51 Making 999 calls for situations that are realistic but did not actually happen are allowed
5.6 Making false or troll mod calls
5.61 Making mod calls is only allowed in situations where the rulebook has been violated, or Moderator presence is required. It is NOT for roleplay scenarios
Resetting or leaving to avoid trouble
6.1 Including resetting or leaving to avoid a Moderator, an arrest, or punishments
6.2 Rejoining the game or respawning to get out of prison, to bypass a mute, a freeze, a jail, or any other punishments
Any other minor infractions not listed here, determined by Moderators
7.1 Punishments handed out based on this rule must not be regular, must be based on common sense, and the infraction must be actually interfering with the gameplay
Gamepass related offenses
8.1 Joining the Police Officer, Fire & Rescue, Paramedic (NHS), Bus Driver (City/County), Traffic Officer, Ice Cream Truck Driver, the Senior Moderator, the Moderator, the Council Worker or any other teams without being authorised (for gamepass-only teams, owning the gamepass is a form of authorisation)
8.2 Using glitches or following someone into gamepass-only areas (e.g car spawners, areas blocked off by a gamepass door, etc…) without owning the pass
Miscellaneous offenses
9.1 Trespassing into Moderator/Gamepass-only areas (e.g car spawners, stations, temporarily closed down areas etc…)
9.2 Stealing or spawning a protected vehicle* without authorisation (e.g gamepass) [LIST OF PROTECTED VEHICLES BELOW THIS SECTION]
9.21 Stealing a vehicle you are not able to spawn yourself. E.g.: stealing a police car when you are on the taxi driver team
9.3 Blocking car spawners, not allowing vehicles to spawn (including any car or other vehicle spawners)
9.4 Blocking players from spawning, setting up traps (e.g parking a vehicle in player spawning areas then driving away with them)
9.5 Walking, parking or driving (any vehicle but a train) on the train tracks, blocking the level crossing barriers from closing without the permissions of the highest ranking staff ingame, but at least a Senior Moderator
9.6 Glitching trains or using trains to execute glitches. This includes making them fly or derail on purpose, glitching the train doors or the level crossing barriers
9.7 Using trains to block roads. This includes parking trains on level crossing barriers or road intersections or going AFK on the rails or the spawner area to prevent other trains from operating
9.8 Obstructing the railway, with or not with a train. This includes using a car or other vehicle to block the railway, driving opposite to the correct direction in a train or using any other tools or vehicles to obstruct the free flow of train traffic
List of restricted vehicles:
Moderator: Unmarked Moderator-only vehicles
Senior Moderator: Army Range Rover, Armoured Police Vehicle, Unmarked Van, Audi RS6 Avant, Jaguar XJ L, Popemobile
Other personal vehicles: Ford Fusion (Mondeo), Volvo C30, Dennis Dart MPD, Vauxhall Corsa C, Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat, Ford Interceptor, Peel P50, Subaru Impreza
Violations of rules listed in this section will generally result in a Game warning, Mute, Kick or Ban but it is the discretion of the Moderator, as far as the punishment is reasonable.
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Toxic, abusive behaviour (Minor)
10.1 Limited to single-time, or very minor amount of toxic behaviour, a moderate level of toxicity or abuse
Reaching warning limits
11.1 Reaching 3 game-warnings will result in a kick from the game once
11.2 Reaching 4 game-warnings will result in a serverban once
11.3 Reaching 5 game-warnings will result in a permanent ban (appealable)
11.4 Moderators will not take the reasons of the warnings into consideration before submitting a permanent ban request, but they may be considered if the ban is appealed
11.5 Any user, banned or not banned can request the amount of warnings they have from an online Moderator (on Discord or in-game), in which case a Moderator must supply them with the amount or if further requested the reason of their warnings
11.6 Once a user gets permanently banned but then successfully appeals through the appeal system (or gets unbanned by other means), they may only receive 2 warnings, after which they will be banned again without the chance to appeal
11.61 This limit may be lowered to 1 warning in advance or after an offense is committed if deemed necessary by the Senior Moderation Team. The user must be informed that their limit was lowered if the decision was made in advance
Using Roblox glitches
Repeatedly breaking rules
Spawn-arresting
14.1 Arresting a Player directly after they spawned, and not giving them enough time to escape
Impersonating
15.1 Impersonating a Moderator, Senior Moderator, Developer, the Owner, a known person, or otherwise a player other than you
15.2 Wearing clothes that are misleading and could make a player believe you are a staff member, when you are not (e.g SB Moderator shirt)
15.3 Claiming you are a Scottish Borders staff member in chat (in-game or on Roblox/Discord, on any game on Roblox), when you are not. All Moderators, Senior Moderators, Developers and the Owner have chat tags next to their name, or the role in the Discord server.
Any other medium infractions not listed here, determined by Moderators
16.1 Punishments handed out based on this rule must not be regular, must be based on common sense, and the infraction must be actually interfering with the gameplay
Violations of rules listed in this section will generally result in a Serverban or Permanent ban but it is the discretion of the Moderator, as far as the punishment is reasonable.
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Exploiting
17.1 Including but not limited to: Speed hacks or other movement exploits, Moderation-related exploits (killing, banning, kicking exploits)
Toxic, abusive behaviour (Major)
18.1 Repeated toxicity, major abusive, threatening, toxic behaviour. Cases of verbal discrimination based on ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender, belifes or any other personal properties also fall under this category
Violating Roblox Terms of Service
19.1 This includes violating ANY section, part or specific rule of the Terms of Service (ToS). As we host our Game on the Platform, we require our players to follow the Platforms rules as well as ours. By joining our Game, you state you read and agree to the Roblox ToS
Creating abusive signs
20.1 Including but not limited to using player characters, vehicles, tools (e.g cones) or any other methods to depict racist, discriminatory, or otherwise offensive signs, slurs, or writings
20.2 Editing screenshots or pictures of the Game and adding racist, discriminatory or otherwise offensive signs, slurs or writings. Editing screenshots or pictures of the Game and using them to make fun of Players, members of the Community or other communities, or Us.
Severe off-platform violations
21.1 Participating in or organising raids against the: Lm2606 Projects discord server, the group wall, the Lm2606 website or any other websites/servers officially owned or associated with Lm2606 Projects
21.2 Using hate-speech, or mass amounts of toxicity against a staff member, the group or any other sites/groups/servers associated with Lm2606 Projects
Spamming
22.1 Making false or troll mod calls repeatedly or with offensive text
22.11 Making mod calls is only allowed in situations where the rulebook has been violated, or Moderator presence is required. It is NOT for roleplay scenarios
22.2 A false mod call only falls under this category if it was sent more than once by the same player or if the mod call text included offensive language or text
Major abuse of tools
23.1 Abusing cones, the arrest tool, a firearm or any other tools in an extreme manner (e.g. Falsely arresting a whole server, spamming an excessive amount of cones on the motorway etc…)
23.11 It is at the discretion of the Senior Moderation Team to decide if an offense falls under this category. This decision may not be disputed unless directly overruled by the Owner.
Any other severe infractions not listed here, determined by Moderators
24.1 Punishments handed out based on this rule must not be regular, must be based on common sense, and the infraction must be actually interfering with the gameplay
09/06/2020 - Added rules to DevForums to allow for <13 users to view them.
Old Updates
13/12/19 - Guide released
13/12/19 - Added rules 8.2 & 8.3 to Minor infractions
16/12/19 - Added rules 5.4 & 5.41 to Minor infractions
20/12/19 - Added 9.4 to Minor infractions
21/12/19 - Added 1.5 to Minor infractions
22/12/19 - Added 15.1, 15.2 & 15.3 to Medium infractions
22/12/19 - Added 21.1 & 21.2 to Severe infractions
02/02/20 - Removed 9.3, 9.31 & 9.4 from Minor infractions
15/02/20 - Added 9.5 & 1.6 to Minor infractions
01/03/20 - Removed 1.1 (Chat spam; caps abuse) from Minor infractions
01/03/20 - Added 2.4 to Minor infractions
03/03/20 - Added 3.4 to Minor infractions
11/03/20 - Added 5.6 & 5.61 to Minor infractions
12/03/20 - Added 8.4, 8.41 & 8.42 to Minor infractions
25/03/20 - Added red notice regarding Fail Roleplay on the first page
05/04/20 - Moved 5.6 & 5.61 (Spam mod-calls) from Minor to Severe violations
12/04/20 - Added 23.1 & 23.11 to Severe violations
14/04/20 - Removed 8.4, 8.41 & 8.42 (Uniform rule) from Minor infractions
27/04/20 - Added black notice regarding our Roleplay Server on the first page
27/04/20 - Added 9.6, 9.61, 9.7 & 9.8 to Minor infractions
29/04/20 - Added 9.9 to Minor infractions
07/05/20 - Added 11.5, 11.6 & 11.61 to Medium infractions
09/05/20 - Removed black notice regarding our Roleplay Server to adjust for recent loss
of support
10/05/20 - Added notice about appealing and reporting players to first page
10/05/20 - Renumbered offences - numbering no longer starts from 1 in different
sections
10/05/20 - Updated update log to adjust to new numbering system
10/05/20 - Spread out rules to allow for easier reading
10/05/20 - Removed 3.4 (Allowed to drive down the railway) from Minor infractions,
fixed spelling mistake in 9.4 in Minor offenses, changed 22.1 and added
22.2 in Severe offenses
14/05/20 - Merged rules about vehicle theft into 9.2 in Minor offenses
14/05/20 - Added list of protected vehicles to the bottom of Minor offenses
02/06/20 - Fixed spelling mistakes (more than you’d think)