Ive decided to put up the general rules and regulations of playing Battlefield2 on the local servers. Some people may not be aware that there are strict rules in place to prevent games from going nasty. Unfortunately there are new players who dont fully understand whats right and whats wrong, and when their actions fall into the “wrong” section then the player on the receiving end of the rule breaker (noob) ends up having a really horrible and annoying time. This is something everyone needs to adhere to, to make the game more enjoyable for all.

To start, I think its important to list unsportsman like behaviour:

1) You may not use any offensive or sexually explicit language in chat or voice mode.

1) Derogatory language and slander involving race, gender, sexual preference, religion or creed, including negative use of otherwise harmless words is not tolerated. This policy is enforced across the board. If a bigot feels the need to express his views on our server, they are creating a hostile environment for our other players. We do not feel the need to provide free servers to hate-mongers.

3) Offensive and pornographic sprays may not be used.

4) Offensive nicks used in-game will not be tolorated. The use of someone elses nick is also not allowed. If you think you are using another persons nick, please confirm this in the online stats before continuing to use the nick. This rule also applies to CLAN TAG’S.

5) Players that deliberately hinder their team will be removed. However, a player that is intentionally (and sadistically) disabling their own team goes against the idea of the ’serious gamer’, and is therefore not welcome on our servers. You may report such incidents to our Ban Master for action.

6) Team killing, (Tk’ing) is also a major act of immaturity. Once or twice on accident is forgivable. But team killing intentionally for revenge or for fun, is an immature act and is not tolerated. You may report such incidents to our Ban Master for action.

7) You may not use any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable language toward any other player. You may report such incidents to our Ban Master for action.

You may not harass, threaten, embarrass or cause distress, unwanted attention or discomfort to another player. This includes imature actions like Teabagging. You may report such incidents to our Ban Master for action.

9) A little healthy trash-talk is fine and appropriate to gaming, just as it is to almost any other sporting event. However, prolonged and unsolicited harassment may be grounds for removal. In the event that a player feels the need to continually harass another gamer, they will be requested to cease immediately. If they continue, they may be removed. You may report such incidents to our Ban Master for action.

10) You may not post or communicate any player’s real world personal information. You may report such incidents to our Ban Master for action.

11) You may not accuse others of cheating, if you feel that someone is cheating please report it to the Ban Master.

12) Spoonerisms may not be used in ingame chat as well as part of your player name ingame. Spoonerisms are words or phrases in which letters or syllables get swapped.

13) SGS reserves the right to deny service to any people or persons that they deem are reckless, causing damage, or disrupting the use of the game servers for other people.

So as you can see alot of the rules above are common sense type rules, have respect for your fellow players and the game as a whole. And of course dont cheat, although I think its pretty difficult to cheat with Punkbuster these days.

Below Ive listed the Battlefield2 specific ROE (Rules of Engagement):

1) Code
Stealing armour in uncaps is allowed provided that you are seeing to leave the area after stealing the asset. Camping in armour in an uncappable area is bannable

Ban reason
Armour in Uncappable flags.

Evidence needed for SGS ban action (SGS Admin or Community action when reporting the incident to Ban Master)
Event Info:
The offenders nickname
Server IP
Date and time

And

1 Screenshot:
The screenshot must contain proof that the player killed someone with the armour while in the flag and it must say “player killed other player with tank”

2) Code
Repeated (offence occurred more than once at a specific time) bombing or strafing of aircraft hangers/runways/chopper pads (uncappable and cappable). It is a spoiling tactic if no attempt is made to capture a flag (cappable areas). In the case of uncappable areas it is an attempt to get easy kills.

Ban Reason
Repeated bombing or strafing of aircraft hangers/runways/chopper pads

Evidence needed for SGS ban action (SGS Admin or community action when reporting the incident to Ban Master)
Event Info:
The offenders nickname
Server IP
Date and time

And

2 Screensshots
The screenshots must contain proof that a player was bombing/strafing areas, and it must say “player killed other player with jet/chopper”

3) Code
No artillery is allowed on uncappable flags, it’s only an attempt to get easy kills.

Ban Reason
Artillery on uncappable flags

Evidence needed for SGS ban action (SGS Admin or community action when reporting the incident to Ban Master)
Event Info:
The offenders nickname
Server IP
Date and time

And

1 Screenshot:
The screenshot must contain proof of player using arty on uncap areas, and it must say “player killed other player with artillery.

4) Code
Spawn raping a spawn point without capturing it is an attempt to get easy kills. However if this is done with the intention to protect your fellow players who are on your side while they try and capture the flag this is not regarded as spawn raping.

Ban Reason
Spawn raping

Evidence needed for SGS ban action (SGS Admin or community action when reporting the incident to Ban Master)
Event Info:
The offenders nickname
Server IP
Date and time

And

2 Screenshots:
The screenshots must contain proof of a player killing a person(s) at a known spawn point at a specific time.

5)Code
Queue jumping or vehicle stealing, it is impolite, and unfair (there is a queue for a reason).

Ban Reason
Queue jumping or vehicle stealing

Evidence needed for SGS ban action (SGS Admin or community action when reporting the incident to Ban Master)
(Action against offenders will be taken based on demo evidence and only if the evidence is sufficient to prove that the said person is spoiling the game)
Event Info:
The offenders nickname
Server IP
Date and times this offence occurred

::ROE Rule 6.6(Team Killing)

The game designers have created an ingame punishment system which can be used by a player if he is team killed. Intentional team killing of a player for his equipment or the intentional blocking of vehicles resulting in another player being punished is considered unsportsmanlike behavior.
Code
Intentional team killing for a vehicle/Vehicle Blocking, it’s impolite and unfair

Ban Reason
Intentional team killing for a vehicle/Vehicle Blocking

Evidence needed for SGS ban action (SGS Admin or community action when reporting the incident to Ban Master)
Event Info:
The offenders nickname
Server IP
Date and time

And

2 Screenshots:
1 screenshot must be of said player team killing the other player. The other screenshots must be of said player in vehicle afterwards.

Note:
SGS will not ban offenders for the in game rules above if the evidence is insufficient or logged incorrectly.
If SGS admin(s) are present on a server they are allowed to warn or kick (at their discretion) offenders for any of the offences listed above, but it’s not necessary to receive a warning before ban action is taken.

The key rules above which I continuously see broken are spawn raping, killing in uncaps and bombing of airstrips and helipads. I must say that since these rules have been updated you see less of it happening, but there are still some people who are unaware that they are not allowed to do it. If you are one of those people, please make sure you read and understand the rules like the back of your hand. I dont want to be on the receiving end of your stupidity.