Roblox Community Guidelines and Rules

Roblox Community Guidelines and Rules

At Roblox we have an escalating system for dealing with Abuse Reports. When a player is reported a moderator checks what was going on at the time to make sure it's a real offense.

The real offenses is listed below. Once we've decided the player did something wrong, by our standards, then the following actions are taken.


   1. Reminder - kicked out of the game and asked to read the Terms of Service again
   2. Warning - again kicked out and asked to read the TOS
   3. One-day Ban - kicked out and not let back in for one day
   4. Three-day Ban - kicked out and not let back in for three days
   5. Seven-day Ban - kicked out and not let back in for seven days
   6. Fourteen-day Ban - kicked out and not let back in for two weeks
   7. Account Deletion - that account and all associated Robux, tickets, and 
      items are locked from use.


Deletion may look harsh but the player had at least three chances to learn the rules of Roblox and didn't change their behavior. It's easy to protect your account.  Just play by the rules! Moderators also have the power to ban for 7 days and 14 days at a time, and will excercise this power if necessary. If you play by the rules then you can play without interruption. Accounts that are obviously created to harass, spam or otherwise troll the site may be deleted without warning.


What about false reporting or threats of being reported? 


Well, the moderators look at the entire chatlog from the server, and look to see if anyone was doing anything against the rules. Sending in a  report does not mean that the person you reported  is going to automatically be banned, it means that one of the moderators will look at what  everyone was saying and decide the proper action.

Accusing someone is not enough to get them banned. And, reporting people for silly things just wastes our time as moderators. Spamming the report system is not tolerated and will result in action taken against you instead of the person you reported, especially if the moderator has a lot of reports and you're wasting their time.


Please note that one report is enough. Making more isn't going to speed up the process, and will actually make it slower. Report the user once, and make sure that you tell in the report what it was the offender was doing.


Reportable Offenses


    * Swearing


The use of bad language during in-game chat or on forum. This includes using fake letters like * or @ to disguise the swearing or shortening a phrase to just the first letters (a.k.a. acronym). Using symbols to get around the filters will be punished more harshly. If we as moderators can figure out what the swear word would be then it counts as profanity.


    * Threatening or Intimidating


Any action or verbal dialog that may threaten or intimidate another player is prohibited. This means real world threats. Threatening to bloxx someone or  push them into lava is part of the game. Don't say things like, "I'm going to find you and hurt you," which is a real world threat. Threatening people and stealing their items is not allowed.


    * Spamming


Sending useless messages to another user is prohibited. Posting lots of useless text on the forums is  prohibited as well.


    * Advertising


Constructive comments and criticism of ROBLOX are welcomed throughout the game. Any promotion of other  products or services on ROBLOX is prohibited.


    * Asking user for their password, account trading


Asking another ROBLOX user for their password, either in-game or through messaging is strictly prohibited.


    * Sexually oriented conversation


Any sexually oriented chat or behavior is prohibited. This includes trying to get players to date you, and threatening them sexually. No asking for boyfriends  or girlfriends is allowed.  


    * Asking for Identifying information


Asking for any information about another user (age, location, phone number, email) will result in an account action. Placing information such as your street address, hometown, name, school, age, etc. can allow people to find you, which would be a bad thing. Hobbies, or game you play would be OK, but not revealing information. If you think some information may not be OK to tell to others, ask your parents before adding it to your profile.


    * Bad Places


Since every place is created by the players, sometimes an inappropriate place will get made. The ROBLOX moderators may decide a place is bad for the community. The moderator may clear the place to a Baseplate and delete the text description and title.


Rules: A ROBLOX place may not be realistically violent, horrific, gory, bloody, morbid or in any way sexual. The place may not contain swearing or break any of the other rules of ROBLOX. Additionally –


    * No natural disasters from within the last  2 years
    * No Terrorism
    * No Nazis
    * No wars (or military conflicts) from within the last 10 years
    * No contests
    * No dating
    * No marriage and family roleplay


See some examples of places that are and are not OK: http://roblox.zendesk.com/entries/221899


Make sure to back up your place using the “File > Save As” menu link in ROBLOX Studio; this way, if your place is deleted on the ROBLOX website your work is not totally lost. It is possible the place just needs a minor change to be appropriate – if so, you make the required change and re-publish it.




So what's not a real offense?


We don't consider these real offenses - Calling each other silly names like noob and dummy, shooting each other in games set up for bloxxing combat, killing 
members of your own team, pushing each other off terrain that is high. Those things are just part of the game. Also, we can't enforce the rules of any one's world so if you want a "no killing" place then take out the weapons and dangerous terrain!


Remember that your rules on your place are not reportable, so if your place says "don't steal the flag" and someone does exactly that, we won't do anything to that someone. You must make your own systems to deal with them if you want custom rules enforced, we won't do it for you.


However, players can be given a Reminder when their behavior is very mean spirited and repeated over and over. This is a game for having fun, so ruining some 
one's fun is considered an offense.




Account Deletion Actions


Severe violations of ROBLOX Community Guidelines will result in immediate deletion of a user account. Some actions are so bad that the player doesn't get three strikes.


    * Predatory Behavior


Any actions of a predatory nature will result in the immediate destruction of a user account and a report will be filed with the authorities. Asking users about their real information and stalking fall under this category.


    * Offensive Account Names,Profiles,Place descriptions


Accounts with obviously offensive text will be immediately banned.


    * Accessing another user's account


Maliciously accessing another user's account will result in immediate take-down of your account.


    * Impersonating a ROBLOX Administrator


Any user who impersonates a ROBLOX administrator or employee, either through chat or their profile will have their account taken down immediately.


    * Using Exploits, Glitches, or attempting to bypass ROBLOX security


Users found to be using exploits or glitches or in other ways attempting to get around the rules of ROBLOX will be deleted. Such activities should be reported immediately to an Admin and not used for personal gain.




Image Upload Guidelines


All user content and communications on the ROBLOX site may be filtered and monitored. ROBLOX does not pre-screen all submitted content, but ROBLOX and its designees shall have the right in their sole discretion to reject or remove any content that is available via the site. So that everyone has a good time, you understand and agree that you will not post or send through the site any words, images or links containing or relating to:

• profanity, obscenities ("swear words"), sexual content (express or implied, including inappropriate acts with or by your pets for "real" or in role play)
• attacks, comments, or opinions about other people or things that slander, defame, threaten, insult or harass another person
• gangs, gang-slang, or the promotion of gangs
• promotions offering prizes of any sort (including contests, raffles, lotteries, chain letters or any kind of giveaway)
• materials created by someone else without their express written permission
• text or images that infringe on any intellectual property rights, including but not limited to, copyrights, trademarks and rights of privacy and publicity
• information that might identify another user
• model names, game names, account usernames, store fronts, or any descriptions or names that would be considered inappropriate under our Terms and Conditions
• "cheats" or "hacks", or information or links to sites claiming to have these
• requests for user passwords
• requests for money by using your models, ROBLOX Points or any other ROBLOX property on third party sites or your personal websites (including Ebay)
• scams of any kind (including requests to users to change their email address)
• "spamming" (repeatedly posting the same message) or "party boards"
• anything that suggests it's from a member of the ROBLOX staff
• other information that ROBLOX deems, in its sole discretion, to be inappropriate for this site