Use Of VPN

Make sure to review Detecting VPN Usage before extending any punishments onto players.

General Infringement

On its own, we typically do not directly ban a player for using a VPN. However, we often use it while investigating other possible rule infringement.

If you see that a player is on a VPN, the best practice is generally inform them that VPN's are not allowed and they need to not use a VPN when playing on the server.

Special Cases

If we have reason to believe that a banned player or blacklisted player is using a VPN to ban evade, then we do issue a ban for VPN usage. While you cannot always prove 100% that a player is ban evading, reasonable belief that a player on a VPN is ban evading is cause to use the VPN as reasoning for a ban. In general, situations involving suspected ban evasion through VPN are discussed among the staff team. The punishments for these types of situations are the same as described in Mute and Ban Evasion.