Code of Conduct

Who this covers

This Code of Conduct applies to everyone who posts, comments, uploads, or otherwise contributes content on Black Wall — both on the site and in any channel we moderate (Telegram, Discord, events). Admins and editors are held to the same standard as everyone else; being staff is not a shield.

What is welcome

• Deck ideas, play experience, and meta discussion.
• Constructive critique of decks, posts, and arguments — play the ball, not the player.
• Questions at any skill level. Everyone here was new once.
• Disagreement, including strong disagreement, expressed respectfully.

What is not tolerated

• Personal attacks — insults, name-calling, targeted harassment.
• Hate speech or discrimination — content that dehumanises or attacks people because of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or nationality.
• Threats or calls for violence, in any form, including jokes.
• Sexual content involving minors. Immediate permanent ban + reported to authorities.
• Adult sexual content that is not relevant to the game. Black Wall is a TCG community, not a platform for that.
• Doxxing — sharing personal information about another user without consent.
• Spam — promotional content that is not a direct answer to the thread, repeated off-topic posts, bot behaviour.
• Impersonation — passing yourself off as someone you're not.
• Malicious links — anything attempting to steal credentials, install malware, or defraud.
• Vote manipulation — creating alts to inflate likes, reactions, or reports.

Specific rules for specific surfaces

• Blog comments + deck comments: stay on topic. Shitposts go elsewhere.
• Blog posts (editors): label opinion vs fact. Don't present tier lists as consensus when they aren't.
• Event descriptions: accurate time, place, format, and cost. No hidden fees.
• Profile bios, deck descriptions, strategy notes: same rules. The editor is yours; the content is visible to the community.

How to report

Every comment, deck, and (soon) post and profile has a Report button. Pick a reason, add context if you want, send. If the button isn't there yet, email hello@blackwall.games. Reports can be anonymous — the moderator will only see your identity if you were logged in when you reported, and even then it stays internal.

How moderation works

• Reports land in an admin queue. Admins review in order of age, prioritising severity (threats / hate / illegal content first).
• Each report ends with one of three outcomes: resolved (action taken), dismissed (no rule broken, or the reason given wasn't genuine), or still open (needs more context).
• We do not reply to each reporter individually. We do act. When action is taken, the affected user is notified with the reason.
• Severity-adjusted sanctions: warning, content removal, temporary suspension (up to 30 days), permanent ban. We escalate, but serious first offences can jump straight to a ban (e.g. content involving minors, credible threats).
• Internal notes on every decision live in the audit log and are kept.

Appeals

If you believe an action was wrong, email hello@blackwall.games from the account that was sanctioned (or explain if you lost access). Explain why you think it was wrong and what context the moderator may have missed. Responses within a reasonable time; don't retaliate while the appeal is pending. Appeals decided by an admin who was not the original decision-maker when possible.

False reports

Reporting is free and easy by design, but abusing it to harass someone (mass-reporting rivals, fake reports to get a user banned) is itself a violation. Patterns like these end in sanctions against the reporter.

Legal

This Code of Conduct sits alongside the Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy. Illegal content is reported to authorities regardless of any other action we take. Spain's LSSI-CE and the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) frame how we moderate and how you appeal; the Terms spell out the formal procedures.

Changes

When we update this document we bump the Last updated date. Significant changes are announced in the blog and on our social channels.