Standoff 2 is a competitive game. Therefore, it is crucial that players compete on equal terms under identical conditions. This is exactly what the Game Rules are for.
To ensure that players have only positive experiences, we penalize violators by restricting certain actions. There are several types of restrictions.
Game Login Restriction
Sometimes we restrict a user's ability to log into the game. This does not mean the account is banned. Most likely, issues have been detected on the device — if they are resolved, you can continue playing Standoff 2.
Violations that can lead to a game login restriction include:
* Using root access on the device;
* Game modification or hacking software installed on the device;
* Modifying game files or violating their integrity;
* Using an unofficial version of Standoff 2;
* The security system detecting suspicious files or applications.
Such features are used by cheaters and can damage game files. Moreover, using them is unsafe.
Account Ban
An account ban can be temporary or permanent. When banned, logging into the game will be prohibited from any device. We ban accounts for serious violations that allow players to gain an unfair advantage or negatively impact other players.
Unfair Play:
Use of third-party software. This includes all modifications that alter game files or allow gaining an advantage otherwise: programs for hacking, character teleportation, aimbots, texture changes, and many other cheats. Modifying game files to gain an advantage is punished with a permanent account ban;
Unfair advantage. For example, intentional matchmaking or playing alongside a cheater, boosting, smurfing, as well as transferring an account to another person;
Exploiting game vulnerabilities — multiplying currency, intentional use of bugs, and any abuse of game errors to gain an advantage.
Malicious Behavior:
Fraud for personal gain. For example, pretending to be a developer, using phishing links, collecting fees for non-existent tournaments, and other types of scams;
Theft of accounts, currency, and in-game items, as well as causing damage to another player's game property;
Inappropriate behavior: insults, harassment, inciting ethnic/racial hatred, use of profanity/bypassing filters, political provocations, or any other illegal or obscene behavior. This rule affects not only chat but also avatars, nicknames, and clan names/tags;
Disruption of Standoff 2 operations. For example, attacks on game servers, manipulating application ratings, automated creation of accounts or reviews;
Commercial activity: selling in-game services, accounts, or in-game currency for real money, begging, gambling, posting advertisements.
These violations ruin the gaming experience for other users. If you receive a temporary account ban, please be careful — the next ban may be permanent.
Action Restriction
For certain violations, we restrict access to specific game features. This is necessary to make the player reflect on their behavior and avoid future violations.
Existing restrictions:
Temporary or permanent market restriction. Marketplace operations may be blocked due to suspicious activity. For example, due to frequent purchase refunds;
Competitive games restriction. You will not be able to queue for competitive matches if you frequently vote to kick players or regularly abandon matches. The more frequently you commit such violations, the longer the restriction period will be.
Any player can report a violator to us. This can be done during a match using the in-game report system. You can also file a complaint with technical support via the "Help and Support" section in the game or on the website http://help.standoff2.com. We closely monitor reports and react quickly to complaints.
Players who follow all the rules, do not harm, and do not interfere with others will never face restrictions. Mistaken bans are a very rare occurrence, and in such cases, we fix everything quickly. If you believe your account was banned by mistake, please contact the support website at http://help.standoff2.com.
Marketplace Rules and Countering Manipulations
The Developer adheres to the principles of fair play and transparent pricing. Any activity aimed at artificially changing the value of in-game items (skins), gaining personal profit by misleading other players, abusing automation, or bypassing established market rules is strictly prohibited.
Violations include:
Artificial price inflation (Coordinated Boost): Organizing and participating in coordinated schemes to mass-buy items to create a false shortage and artificial growth of their market price;
Manipulative propaganda (Pump & Dump): Creating artificial hype around certain items through streams, social networks, or gaming communities for the purpose of subsequently selling pre-purchased assets at an inflated price at the expense of other market participants;
Promotion of unauthorized external resources: Driving traffic, advertising, or distributing links to third-party platforms, casinos, and services that may pose a threat to the security of players' data;
Abuse of media influence: Using the status of a streamer, blogger, or community owner to coordinate player actions on the market for personal gain;
Unauthorized automation and API abuse: Using bots, scripts, parsers, clickers, emulators, modified clients, unofficial API clients, or other automation tools to retrieve market data, create, modify, cancel, or mass-place orders, buy or sell items, bypass limits, device checks, anti-bot protection, or other technical measures of the Developer;
Violation of permitted automation rules: The use of automation is allowed only in cases expressly permitted by the Developer through official tools or APIs, within the granted rights, limits, tokens, and rules of use. Using the official API in violation of established limits, access purposes, identification, logging, or security requirements is considered a violation of these rules;
External trading and intermediary schemes: Using the market, in-game items, currency, accounts, API, or other game tools for unauthorized trading for real money, intermediary schemes, transferring or "laundering" value through linked accounts, droppers, multi-accounts, "gold shops", or external services, unless such actions were expressly permitted by the Developer.
Liability and Enforcement Measures
If a player is found to have participated in any of the prohibited actions outlined in the Code of Conduct or Game Rules, we reserve the right to impose any of the following sanctions, either separately or cumulatively, at its sole discretion depending on the severity and context of the violation:
1. Temporary or permanent restriction of access to marketplace features for the account;
2. Permanent ban of the accounts of organizers, active participants in manipulative schemes, and linked accounts;
3. Restriction, suspension, or revocation of API access, tokens, keys, integrations, and other means of automated access;
4. Introduction of individual or group limits on operations, items, currency, orders, and other market actions;
5. Temporary freezing of items, currency, orders, and operations for the duration of the investigation;
6. Cancellation, rollback, or adjustment of operations performed with signs of violation;
7. Use of technical logs, device data, sessions, tokens, market activities, linked accounts, and behavioral traits to investigate violations;
8. Restricting access to certain game features if the violation is related to the marketplace, API, automation, or fraudulent schemes.
Play fairly and have fun!