Karma

**Karma** is the score based on your gaming behavior.

## Karma Ratings

Karma ranges from 0 to 100. Players start with 100 Karma points (90 before September 21, 2023).

 90-99
 80-89
 60-79
 0-59

Your Karma score must be 70 or above to participate in a Classic Match (75 before September 21, 2023) and 85 or above to participate in a Ranked Match. You can claim 100 perk points if your Karma score stays at 90 or above for a week.

## Karma Level Rewards

The Karma Level system is introduced on September 21, 2023. Players start at Karma Level 3 with 160 Karma EXP. After earning enough Karma EXP, you can obtain weekly Karma Level Rewards.

Karma Level Rewards requires at least Karma Level 4 to be able to start obtain them.

* **Level 4**: Perk Point Pack
* **Level 5**: Rank Protection
* **Level 6**: Member of the Disciplinary Committee title and Bigger Perk Point Pack
* **Level 7**: 7-Day Trial Playground Monitor Frame and Playground Monitor Avatar
* **Level 8**: Chief of the Disciplinary Committee title and 7-Day Trial Playground Monitor Tuffy Skin

### How to Gain Karma EXP

* Finish a non-ranked match without any violations: +1
* Finish a ranked match without any violations: +2
* You can gain up to 15 Karma EXP daily.
* Any violations (AFK, trolling, unfair behavior, deliberate friendly fire, abuse of other players): -5
* Being unprepared: -1

## Penalties

### Before the Update

* **AFK**:
	+ 1 time in a day: -6
	+ 2 times in a day: -6
	+ 3 times in a day: -12
	+ 4 times in a day: -24
	+ 5 or more times in a day: -30
* **Being unprepared:**
	+ 1 time in a day: -2
	+ 2 times in a day: -2
	+ 3 times in a day: -4
	+ 4 times in a day: -4
	+ 5 or more times in a day: -6
* **Failing to reconnect:**
	+ 1 time in a day: -1
	+ 2 times in a day: -1
	+ 3 times in a day: -4
	+ 4 times in a day: -6
	+ 5 or more times in a day: -10
* Trolling: -2
* Unfair behavior: -2
* Deliberate friendly fire: -2
* Abuse of other players: -2

### New Rules

* AFK: -6 on system detection, -3 on report
* Failing to reconnect: -1 on system detection, -3 on report
* Being unprepared: -1 and 30 second ban from matching
* Abuse of other players: -10 (when there are multiple reports in a single time period)
* Other in-game violations (trolling, unfair behavior, deliberate friendly fire) : -4 on report
* Penalties increase with Transgression Rate, which measures your transgressions over your last 100 matches.

## How to Restore Karma

Prior to September 21, 2023, your Karma score will recover by 5 points if no points have been lost throughout the day. You can also recover 1 point for playing a good match (earn 2000 performance points as a mouse or 1500 performance points as a cat) without violating any rules (If you have less than 75 Karma points, you can recover points this way by playing Custom Matches).

### New Rules

* Finish a non-ranked match without any violations: +1
* Finish a ranked match without any violations: +2
* Maintain good behavior for 3 consecutive matches: +1
* Maintain good behavior for 5 consecutive matches: +2
* If your Karma score is above 70, there will be a restoration limit based on your Karma Level.
* Karma restoration limit = Karma Level + 2
* If your Karma score is below 70, you can recover points by winning Custom Matches until your Karma score reaches 70.