All participants (players, staff, viewers and participating partners) of TFConnect are expected to abide by our Code of Conduct, both online and in-person events that are hosted and/or associated with TFConnect.

TL;DR

• Be respectful to each other.
• We're here to help: [email protected]
• Abusive behavior is never tolerated.
• Violations of this code may result in swift and permanent expulsion from the TFConnect community.

Prelude

TFConnect exists to raise money for charitable causes before anything else, and it is our belief that to achieve this goal we must protect and promote the right work environment. In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we pledge to make participation in our project and our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, level of experience, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.

The Standards

Examples of behaviour that contributes to creating a positive environment include:

• Using welcoming and inclusive language
• Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
• Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
• Referring to people by their preferred pronouns and using gender-neutral pronouns when uncertain

Examples of unacceptable behaviour by participants include:

• Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, public or private harassment
• Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic address, without explicit permission
• Not being respectful to reasonable communication boundaries, such as "leave me alone", "go away" or "I'm not discussing this with you".
• The usage of sexualised language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or advances
• Swearing, usage of strong or disturbing language
• Demonstrating the graphics or any other content you know may be considered disturbing
• Assuming or promoting any kind of inequality including but not limited to: age, body size, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, nationality and race, personal appearance, religion, or sexual identity and orientation
• Attacking personal tastes
• Other conduct which you know could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting

Sensitive information

While working with us you may encounter calendars, assets, topics and otherwise not for disclosure contents (ours or of our affiliates and partners) that are of some significance to others. While we do not hold anyone including ourselves to an NDA, we respectfully ask you to refrain from sharing anything that should still stay behind the curtains. “Leaking” contents that were meant to be kept behind curtains until their reveal, like dates, potential surprises ahead of their scheduled arrival and such is a direct violation of this code of conduct, and will be treated as such.

Personal benefit

We do not tolerate anyone willing to use TFConnect for their own individual benefit or profit. TFConnect exists for the community, and should never be treated as a way to profit from it, or to otherwise benefit in a way deemed malicious or for personal gain. All work done on TFConnect is and should be to grow TFConnect as a group, and to assist in raising funds, awareness and support for the benefit of the charitable causes we support.

Enforcement

Violations of the Code of Conduct may be reported by sending an email to [email protected] All reports will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. Further details of specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.

We hold the right and responsibility to remove comments or other contributions that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or permanently any members for other behaviours that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.

If you believe you’ve been falsely or unfairly accused of violating this Code of Conduct, you should notify TFConnect staff. We will do our best to ensure that your grievance is handled appropriately. In general, we will choose the course of action that we judge as being most in the interest of fostering a safe and friendly community.

Changes

This is a living document and may be updated from time to time. At this time there is no publicly viewable history of changes to this document. The top right of this document displays the latest date of changes occurring.

Attribution

This Code of Conduct is adapted and heavily borrows from dev.to & hugs.tf code of conducts.