CollabVM Discord

The CollabVM Discord (or CVMDSC for short) is the central place to talk about CollabVM and CollabVM accessories. It has had a long and turbulent history, but in its current state, it's public and can be joined through the link on the CollabVM homepage.

After joining, you will need to get verified, which you can do so by clicking the button in #verification and following the instructions in your ticket. Keep in mind that you have to say your age and your CollabVM username (if applicable), or else you get kicked from the server.

History

There were plenty of attempts at making CollabVM Discord servers before an official one was established. Some stayed up forever, the majority went inactive, and some are just completely gone. A server created by Novella in September of 2016 was transferred to Dartz and made into the first official CollabVM Discord.

In the near-end of December 2018, the first discord closed down, due to some e-drama at the time. You could only enter with a private invite during this time. The server remained fairly small at the time, being less than 100 members.

In mid December 2019, after the aforementioned e-drama cooled off and the coast was clear, the server was reopened, and was fairly active. However, on September 24, 2020, after one of the longest and most aggravating e-drama shitfests in CollabVM history, the server was terminated by discord for hacking. Dartz then created the "CollabVM Discord 2", which went fully public, and is the current official discord server.

On October 31, 2020, a verification system was instituted to keep people who don't comply with Rule 4 and other various undesirable entities out of the server. This verification system consisted of a single channel with no privacy. This made it very easy for the staff to lose track of things, and people would only get verified once in a blue moon. It was also prone to constant shitposting, burying people who would potentially be of value to the server. This would persist until 2023, when the old verification system was decommissioned and replaced with a new, better verification system based on Ticket Tool, Double Counter and Gaius Cicereius.

Currently, there are over 900 members in the server.

Moderation

The Discord is moderated by a staff team which consists of the following people:

Admins:

Additionally, the following people have admin permissions but are rarely/never active:

Geodude
Ctrl

CollabVM Moderators:

mv
MDMCK10
Spy
Mallory
Undefishin

Discord Moderators:

Cobalt Fluoride
Dinkleberg
Matthew
Nyxdote

Admins have access to the exclusive admin channels. Since Dartz is never online and only comes on once every blue moon, all of the decisions and moderation are done in a very anarchy-like manner by general consensus. Essentially, if everyone hates you, you get banned.

CollabVM moderators have access to the moderator channel and can ban/kick users from the VMs. Discord moderators, as the name implies, only have permissions in the Discord server and do not have ranks on the CollabVM website.

Rules

Don't violate the Discord TOS.
No slurs, Discord doesn't like those.
Don't be stupid. Use common sense.
Nobody under 13 is allowed here.
there is no #5
- Rule 5 was originally made when the old verification system was first established. However, on April 5th, 2023, when it was decommissioned, the original message was deleted and CHOCOLATEMAN posted that.
Blocking multiple (2-3) staff members from this point onwards will result in first verification reset and then a kick
Do not post crashing videos, if you do, you will be promptly kicked, if not instantly banned so please refrain from doing that stuff, thanks
1. Please attempt to refrain from posting imagery or videos with flashing lights/loud sounds without spoiling/warning
Starting nerd wars or unnecessary drama with other communities will get you unverified or kicked
Please refrain from starting drama, over-the-top arguing, or just general toxicity when you have a dispute with another member. You can always talk it out or just ignore them
We have absolutely no tolerance for doxxing, harassment, and bigotry. Respect everyone regardless of their identity. With that being said, anyone involved in communities that endorse or commit acts of hate and/or harassment are not welcome here.
with all Computernewb services, we are a stern and corrupt dictatorship, and administration does not need to possess a reason mentioned here or anywhere else to ban you from the usage of our services; we don't need to mention every loophole here to prevent you from being an asshole, you are subject to any punishment regardless of if we feel the need to mention it here
- Humorous way of saying staff have final discretion in all matters

Channels

This is all of the (publicly available) channels in the CollabVM Discord server.

Landing

#announcements: Announcements regarding CollabVM, the Discord or other Computernewb projects are announced here. Most staff tend to use it as a shitpost channel, though.
#rules: The rules of the Discord server.
#how-to-verify: A channel which explains how to get verified in this server.
#joins: A channel that logs everyone who joins the server.
#verification: Although that channel is only viewable to non-verified members, it contains a button to open a ticket and some verification instructions. It used to be viewable as a read-only channel during the old verification system.
#updates-of-the-hub-of-git: Where the internal Computernewb Forgejo webhook lies. It currently tracks the CollabVM 3.0 repository, where all of the hard work and the development of the next generation of collaborative technology currently happens. Detailed commit messages describing important features can be seen there.
#dartboard: A channel dedicated to storing of pinned messages by the Starboard bot. There is also the Pinned Messages in all of the channels, which is always full, which was why this channel was made.
#support: The main support forum channel for CollabVM related help, such as getting a UserVM up and running and added to the roster, compiling collab-vm-server without incident, configuring a CollabNet-style VM network/domain controller for use with your VMs, configuring Whitelister to work with your VM network, and more.
#collabvm-advent-calendar: The official annual CollabVM advent calendar for 2023 and following years that would post a new Crusty Windows bootleg everyday up until the 24th of December. Before this channel, each year had its own advent calendar channel.
Events: The events channel, usually used in conjunction with EventVM.

Chatrooms

#public: The public channel for all verified members to speak in.
#vidya: The channel for all things video game related.
#development: The channel to discuss programming, and other topics related to programming. You can also show off your code here. It is not recommended to post anything with relation to languages that are usually favored by 'script kiddies', especially if it resembles the work of one.
#minecraft: The channel which tracks the chat of the ComputernewbMC server.

Storage

#cool-things: The channel for sending cool stuff you found.
#collabvm-txt: For posting the funniest moments of CollabVM.
#dartzs-inbox: Where you can view the often magical and bizarre emails that Dartz receives.
#computernewb-inbox: Where you can view the often magical and bizarre emails that the Computernewb Staff receive.
#copypasta-central: Post all your copypastas here.
#music: Post music here.
#quotes: For posting funny CollabVM Discord (anywhere else also allowed too) quotes. Although some unfortunate souls post quotes from the CollabVM site in this channel.
#spicy-memes: For just posting memes in general.
#vnc-resolver: A channel dedicated to using the VNC Resolver bot.
#glorified-rss-feed: Where you can receive and take advantage of cool things like Steam and GOG game promotions, from the FreeStuff bot.

Aids

#cosmic-sans-simulator: A joke channel dedicated to poking fun at Cosmic Sans's nondescriptive Git commits, back when he was developing the since discontinued CollabVM 2.0.
#suggestions: A channel dedicated for suggestions to CollabVM and the Discord. Most ideas sent do not get considered though.
#nsfw-spam: The NSFW channel (also doubles as spam channel, and both). To get access to this channel, you will need to be 18 years old or higher, for obvious reasons.
#spam: Spam here.
#public-bots: The public bots channel.
#wasteland: A channel accessible to non-verified members.

archived

#collabvm-advent-calendar-2021: The official annual CollabVM advent calendar for 2021 that would post a new operating system everyday up until the 24th of December.
#collabvm-advent-calendar-2022: The official annual CollabVM advent calendar for 2022 that would post a new Crusty Windows bootleg everyday up until the 24th of December.
#verification-archive: The old verification channel, where people would send their age, and wait for an admin to verify them. Memebers and staff tended to shitpost there regularly, and others tended to not use the channel as it was intended. It was eventually replaced with a new ticket-based verification system in 2023.
#support-archive: The old support channel, before it changed to a forum channel.

Voice Channels

#vc-text: The main voice text channel.
🔊 gayming: Voice channel, intended for streaming gameplay.
🔊 whatever: The main voice channel.
🔊 yellows bedroom: Formerly occupied by yellows111. He no longer uses Discord and instead uses Matrix to speak.
🔊 56k modem (20kbps): A joke voice channel. It is set to the lowest possible bitrate allowed by Discord.
🔊 384 KBPS (HOLY SHIT ITS DA FUTUAAAAAA): Another joke voice channel, created as a response to when the server reached Level 3 boosts, which allowed server admins to have higher quality in voice channels
🔊 BEEP BOOP BOP BOOP: The voice channel, to be used with bots.

Roles

Infraction Roles

There are exactly 3 infraction (warning) roles in total:

W1
W2
W3

After you have all of the infraction roles, you will end up getting a specific punishment. Usually, you'll get unverified or kicked, or banned if you've been really bad. You can sometimes get a second chance if you appeal, but depending on what you did, who you are, or the mood of the moderation team, it may not always work out well for you.

If you obtain W3, you lose your embed, reaction and external emote permissions. This does not happen for any other infraction role.

There exist infraction roles that can ban you from talking in certain channels, like these ones. The descriptions for these roles correspond to the channel it is supposed to hide from whoever has the role. In reality these don't work anymore and aren't given out.

cant fucking program: #development
.txt Gagged: #collabvm-txt
cool-things Gagged: #cool-things
Upload/Embed Gagged: None, it is a permission ban