Barbie_Nunya
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Last Updated: June 30, 2026
WHY IS A SILENCING POLICY NECESSARY?
We get that you are all adults and we know that Silencing Policies aren't fun, but they are necessary to make sure the game is a safe place for all. Party in my dorm is a game that is intended for a 18+ audience, but we know that younger players will try to play.
With that being said our priorities here are two fold:
1. We need to make sure public spaces are safe for minors that may find themselves on the game.
2. We need to create a space that is free from harmful/toxic/inappropriate content that may trigger or negatively impact our community.
This recap and update is color coded to make it easier to tell what is OKAY and what is SILENCEABLE.
If you need an update on the basics please read the FAQ at the bottom.
Silencing Policy
Read below what we deem silenceable in public channels. Please note it's not possible to make a list of everything that could possibly be silenceable, but the rules below should make it clear what is acceptable and what is not.
**There are some new clarifications so please be sure to read and be aware of adjustments.**
INAPPOPRIATE/EXCPLICIT CONTENT
Posting/soliciting obscene, pornographic, excessively violent, harmful, discriminatory or sexually explicit content. This includes using emojis to create inappropriate art or messages.
SILENCEABLE
Racial Slurs or Hate speech
Words or phrases that discriminate against any group (including terms like "Futa", "She-male")
Graphically Violent Language
Requests for Violent Role play (Use of words like "forced", "abusive","Cnc", "Consensual-non-consensual")
Requests for Bestiality or Incest
References to Self-Harm (this can be triggering for many in the community, if you or someone you know are having thoughts of this nature please reach out for support. Feel free to write in a help ticket and we can share a number of Services that can help.)
Requesting Non-explicit Roleplay in Campus Chat (this only belongs in Connections)
Sexually Explicit Content/Requests (if you wouldn't say it in person, don't say it here. Words like "breeding", "rape/r@pe, etc.)
Descriptions of sex acts or explicit sexual roleplay
Asking players to add, DM, follow, gift, hire, trade, or contact you for sexual chat or sexual content
Advertising or requesting “spicy,” "naughty,” “dirty,” “NSFW,” “horny,” “18+,” “adult,” or similar DMs
Public messages describing sexual body parts, arousal, sexual positions, fantasies, or other explicit sexual content
Requests for nudes, sexual pictures, sexual videos, voice notes, calls, or off-platform contact for sexual purposes
Offering nudes, sexual pictures, sexual videos, or adult content in exchange for gifts, bentos, stats, items, furniture, drops, money, or anything else
Asking for a “sugar daddy,” “sugar mommy,” “paypig,” “findom,” or similar sexually framed arrangement
Sexualized “looking for” posts, including “looking for a dom/sub,” “looking for master/pet,” or similar public kink solicitation
Bypassing through the use of sexually explicit emojis/emojis with sexual connotations for e.g.,
,
etc.
Publicly rating, ranking, or commenting on another player’s body, sexual attractiveness, or sexual desirability
Sexual comments directed at specific players, avatars, usernames, profile pictures, dorms, pets, gifts, clubs, or club members ex. "You're so hot/sexy."
Repeated sexual jokes, innuendo, or trolling after being warned to stop
Attempts to bypass moderation using misspellings, emojis, spacing, numbers, acronyms, alternate languages, or coded phrases
Asking for someone’s age, location, relationship status, or social handles in a sexual context
Any sexual discussion involving or directed toward someone who says or appears to be underage
Overtly sexual usernames, statuses, club names, wall posts, dorm names, pet names, or profile text visible in public areas
OKAY
Requesting Non-explicit Roleplay in Connections ("Beautiful babes, wall me!")
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Soliciting or sharing personally identifying information of other players or yourself in a public channel.
This information consists of Last Name, Age, Address, Workplace, School, Phone Number or Third Party Contact Information.
You can post your own first name, gender, age (18+), city, state/region, and country if you so choose, but remember once information is out there its hard to control, so be smart!
SILENCABLE
"I live on the corner of 5637 5th Ave, come on over!"
"Add me on IG, @pumpkinsquash"
"-_pumpkinsquash_- is 13!"
"Txt me my number is (555)555-5555!"
OKAY
"Who here is from Cincinnati, OH?"
"My name is Annie and I'm 28."
UNDERAGE AND UNDERAGE-SOLICITING
PIMD is now an 18+ game. If you are cleanly soliciting someone by age, you must specify 18+.
Use of terms that are deemed to be a bypass for soliciting underage players will result in your account being disabled. Sexual solicitations are silence-able.
SILENCEABLE
"Looking for young girls"
"Looking for littles"
"Younger boys into older girls slide in my DMs"
"Add me players under 19" (only age under 19 you can solicit is 18, just say 18)
"Teens write on my wall"
"Looking for players 14+"
"RP looking for ANY AGE"
"School girls msg me"
"I am 16 add me"
"Looking for littles 18+"
OKAY
"Add me 20-24"
"Add me if youre under 20 but older than 18"
"Hmu any age over 18"
"Looking for Roleplay with 18+ teens" (would be specific to 18/19 year olds)
"Looking for friends 18+"
All add requests go in connections
Third-Party Content
Posting links to referral programs, sharing specific socials or inviting others to play other third-party applications not created by A Thinking Ape.
SILENCEABLE
"Add me for socials!"
"Message me for off-app fun!"
“What's your Snap? Add me!"
“Anyone wanna play Fall Guys?”
“Follow me on Insta @thirstydonuts”
“Jazz enthusiasts!! Check out my jazz band on our YouTube!”
OKAY
“I messaged you on Line”
“It was all over TikTok”
“Did you see Queens’ post on Discord??”
“Got destroyed in Tetris last night…”
Bypassing with Intent to Harass
Intentionally circumventing our chat filters to post a message aimed at another player for the purpose of harassing them. Normal bypassing/swearing is allowed if it is generalized and not directed at others in a mean/aggressive way. Just because they are your friend, doesn't mean that it's not mean or aggressive, so you may still be silenced in those cases.
Modern day slangs such as "thot" and "hoe" are silence-able.
SILENCEABLE
"F*** you, b****."
"B****, I'm coming for you."
"Lol Tatianna ur such a hoe"
Harassment
Posting messages or engaging in actions that discriminate, promote hate, violence, or advocate hatred or discrimination against individuals, groups, races, cultures, or organizations.
Impersonation
Falsely presenting yourself as a moderator, a member of the development or support teams or another player.
SILENCEABLE
Changing your name to have it start with ATA.
Telling other players that you are running contests on behalf of ATA.
Changing your name to "I-AM-Will" to make fun of a player named Will and give them a bad name
Pretending to be a moderator/developer/another player.
False Information
Spreading false information with the intent of misleading other players or disrupting gameplay. This includes public accusations.
SILENCEABLE
"ATA-WILL IS A SCAMMER" (Read here about the best ways to deal with scammers)
"PVP is broken, hit players in Party-Rockers to test it!"
Soliciting Pictures or Videos
Soliciting nudes in text or emoji form. This is not your OnlyFans so its not a place to solicit nudes.
SILENCEABLE
"HMU for premium Snap"
"Looking for"
"Girls who send"
"Hmu if you trade
"Prem OF, add me and I'll DM you!"
"If you send pics add me"
OKAY
"HMU if you send gifts" (this is okay because you can send gifts in game, but not nudes!)
"HMU if you trade furni" (being specific about what you are looking to trade is great, don't trade nudes!)
Soliciting or Showing Interest in In-Game Transactions
Advertising account selling, trading, gifting or sharing, as well as responding to these.
Transactions of any type involving any non-game currency (including, but not limited to real-world currency, gift cards, credit transactions, and cryptocurrencies) are not permitted and is subject to action at our discretion.
This policy can also extend to players that are trying to bypass this rule by being intentionally vague and/or secretive.
SILENCEABLE
"Selling bentos for"
"Buy my account"
"Furni for Paypal"
"Anyone selling their accnt?"
"Add for proof of payment/transaction"
"All payments accepted"
Encouraging Abuse
Encouraging other players to post content in violation of our Terms of Use.
Intentionally creating a disturbance, flame, or troll.
SILENCEABLE
"Everybody spam swear words in Connections!"
"Climate change isn't real prove me wrong!"
"Will is a jerk, everbody wall him mean stuff!"
Spamming as an Individual or a Group
Spamming in general is only silenceable if it is done with the intent to disrupt chat negatively or harass other's.
SILENCEABLE
Sending 5+ messages full of swear words or harassing another player
OKAY
Situation A
Player 1: Post your height!
Player 2: 5'2
Player 3: 6'
Player 4: 4'11
Player 5: 5'7
Player 6: 5'9
Situation B
Player 1: SOMEBODY
Player 2: Once told me
Player 3: The world is gonna roll me
Player 4: I ain't the sharpest tool in the sheeeed
Player 2: She was lookin' kinda dumb
Player 1: With her finger and her thumb
Player 4: With a shape of an 'L'
Player 3: On her foooooreheaaaad
[naturally, the rest of community also knows the words and sings along]
Club Ad Spam
Misuse of the Club Ad feature is silenceable. This includes but is not limited to using the feature to spam chat.
SILENCEABLE
Spam is considered to be 10 Club Ad posts in 5 minutes.
Posting in the Wrong Channel
Make sure that you are posting the right content in the right channels to avoid being silenced.
Campus
What to post: General yapping, non-explicit flirting, and casual social chit-chat.
Exchange
What to post: Trade requests, buying, selling, gifting, or pricing inquiries.
Student Union
What to post: Everything club-related! Promoting your club, searching for a new one, or coordinating party hits.
Connections
What to post: Friend requests, hire requests, looking for a campus relationship (RS), or seeking clean roleplay.
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FAQ
Please note that this will apply to silences going forward.
WHAT IS A SILENCE?
A silence is when your account's ability to send messages has been temporarily disabled.
Silences are given to players that break our Silencing Policies.
The Silencing Policies largely reiterate's our Terms of Use, and explicitly clarifies a number of points.
A silence is given out by a Developer or a Player Moderator.
HOW DO SILENCES WORK?
Silences operate on a tiered system, starting at the lowest duration and moving up for your next silence. After your silence has ended, your silence tier will decrease by 1 for every 30 days without additional silences.
Tier 1: 1 day
Tier 2: 7 days
Tier 3: 30 days
We reserve the right to deviate from this policy at our discretion in extreme situations, and in some cases may move straight to a permanent silence or disabling an account completely.
HOW CAN I APPEAL MY SILENCE?
If you have questions about a silence given, you can contact Support directly through in game help.
Please note that you can be silenced for anything that we determine to be inappropriate in our public channels (world chat, walls and status messages).
Remember that just because you write in to appeal, doesn't mean that we will remove your silence. Our Developers and Moderators are well versed in our Silencing Policies and there are not many cases where an appeal is valid.
HOW CAN I REPORT INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR?
If you would like to report any incidents of inappropriate behaviour in public channels in PIMD (world chat, walls, statuses, usernames, club names and descriptions), please message Support through in game help.
In your message, please mention the usernames of those involved, what was said, and when and where in game it occurred.
Private channels (such as PMs, gift notes and club chat) are not moderated in the same way. For these, it’s best to block the player (for personal communication) or speak with your club (for club chat). Some club roles can also silence members for 1 hour in club chat specifically.
Communication that happens outside the game (other than our Discord Server), is unmoderated and we are unable to take action against a player in game based on something outside the game, without direct evidence linking the accounts.
HOW DO I KNOW IF MYSELF OR ANOTHER PLAYER HAVE BEEN SILENCED?
When you are silenced you won't be able to speak in public channels.
If the silence was conducted by a Moderator your Status Message will be cleared and replaced with
"This account is silenced for violations of the Terms of Service".
If the silence was given by a Developer the Player Silenced will have a blank status and they will receive a push notification as to why.
WE WILL NOT BE RETROACTIVELY REVIEWING ANY PREVIOUS SILENCES.
As a reminder, the silencing policy applies to anything publicly visible in PIMD:
The following are not considered public spaces and are therefore private channels:
- Campus Chat
- Exchange Chat
- Student Union Chat
- Connections Chat
- IGNs
- Statuses
- Walls
- Pet Names
- Club Names
- Club Walls
- The forums
Please also see our Terms of Use for more information.
- Private Messages
- Direct Messages
- Group Chat
- Club Chat
- Tutor Chat
- Gift Messages
The best guideline is: Be a good person, do good things, and you'll pretty much be okay.
Cheers,
Will and the ATA Team
This should apply to my ex-ex RS who has BEEN stalking me & I’ve filed complaints without any assistance from ATA. I’ve blocked him but he continues to skirt around harrassing me anyway following your rules via attacking everyone. While I & my friends “play nice & be kind” he does not! You can see this by reviewing the PM’s of how he harrassed me throughout our RS. He had me kicked from my club & blocked by all of my friends while I was in the hospital with MAJOR health issues. This is not a fair play facet of your game. I’ve been playing many years. Irl ppl aren’t allowed to stalk & harrass you, it shouldn’t be allowed here either. These rules are all nice but you’re punishing ppl who are making innocent mistakes as well while they are still ppl out there lurking against innocent players just trying to enjoy your game, players who pay to play. Please take these things into consideration in the future while making rules & guidelines, farmers shouldn’t have carte blanche to bully & harrass whomever they please for as long as they please. If you read our PM’s, he told me he wasn’t playing much anymore & didn’t mind if I broke RS, but once I broke he started attacking me & continued & did the same to my new RS until he broke RS. Is this what you intended farming for? This isn’t PVP, it’s stalking!
, Thanks.