STUDY BUDDIES

An active server dedicated to ever-so-busy students who need a little push now and then to start studying.

Full rules

We abide by Discord’s TOS and community guidelines.

The staff reserves the right to enforce rules and/or use their discretion to make decisions.

Study Buddies doesn't do advertisements, sponsorships or server partnerships.

We do not allow duplication of our server or server content.

All server content must comply with our content rules.

All server content must comply with our content rating regarding explicit content.

DMing without previous consent given is a bannable offence.

Bigotry, racism, or discrimination of any kind is prohibited.

We do not allow any forms of academic dishonesty.

Seeking medical or mental health advice should be directed outside the server.

Terms of Service

Discord's Terms of Service

Discord's full Terms of Service and Community Guidelines apply to the server. Violation of these terms can result in a ban as well as a report to Discord. Please view the full terms of service here, and the full Community Guidelines here.

Age Requirements

Discord's TOS states that all members must be 13 years old or older. If you are underage, we are obligated to issue a report and kick you. Any member who has been previously kicked for this reason is welcome to re-join when they are of age.

The Staff

Residant Assistants, Student Council and Hall Monitors

We reserve the right to enforce rules and to use our own discretion to make any decision regarding the server, delete posts, and moderate as we see fit.

  • If there are any questions or concerns, please ask us in the server or open a ticket with the staff using the /tickets open [short title] slash command.

  • No minimodding, if there are any questions or issues, reach out to the staff. You can always check who is available to be pinged using the /mods slash command. Please refrain from dealing out any warnings on your own.


Contacting moderators

Unless it’s absolutely necessary or a dire, urgent situation, do not DM any moderators. All server-related business is done throughout tickets, so go ahead and open a ticket with the staff using the /tickets open [short title] slash command.

Advertisements

Partnerships

Study Buddies does not accept partnerships under any condition. This includes server collaborations, advertisements of other servers, or advertisements of outside social media accounts, paid services ...

Advertising

Do not post any links on our server or send them through DMs. This is a bannable offence.If you receive consent to share information with another user within the server, take it to DMs, but otherwise adhere to our DMing rule.

Content

Profile Pictures & Usernames

We do not allow inappropriate/sexually explicit nicknames or profile pictures. We ask that you change inappropriate profile pictures and use a server-appropriate nickname. We reserve the right to limit your use of server and/or change nicknames of users who are not compliant with the rules.

Language

No swearing, cursing, or explicitness. If a word is on our registry of banned words, the message will be automatically deleted, while you will receive a warning and a short time-out. We will not disclose our banned words registry to prevent searching for loopholes.Censoring or using abbreviated versions of curse words is also not allowed. For more information, please check out our server content rating.

Language Use

To help with moderation efforts, we ask that all members use only English in all server channels.

  • The only exception to this rule is the #🌍around-the-world channel, which is specifically dedicated to language learning and cultural exchange. Still, all content must remain appropriate and comply with the server guidelines.

Privacy

No one is obligated to share any personal information with other members.All members of Study Buddies are entitled to keep their name, gender, sexuality, race, nationality, religious beliefs, location, and any other personal information to themselves.

Studious Voice Channels

Study VCs are meant to help members stay focused and productive. To ensure fairness and maintain the server's academic environment, please follow the guidelines below.

  • If you plan to take a break longer than 10 to 15 minutes, please disconnect from the VC and rejoin when you're ready to continue.

  • Study VCs are to be used exclusively for academic or study-related activities. If you are not actively studying, please move to a general VC, such as #✉️the-assembly. Since the time spent in study VCs counts towards events like #🎓the-deans-list, it's important to keep things fair for everyone participating.

  • All forms of video sharing must be appropriate and follow server rules as well as Discord's Terms of Service and Community Guidelines. Streaming of copyrighted material (including movies and series), game streams or casual media sharing are not permitted.

Venting

Even in #📝venting-space, NSFW topics are still not allowed. Venting about stress or schooling is okay, but please use your common sense when deciding whether a topic is appropriate for all the ages we accommodate.This includes putting appropriate trigger warning tags and spoilers over anything related to mental health.

  • Do not reply to someone's post unless they explicitly specify in the vent that they are comfortable receiving replies. This can be done using tags like /answers welcome or /advice/hugs needed. If nothing is specified, assume they do not want answers.

  • Trigger warning is done by writing TW: [Reason for TW] ahead of your post or ahead of a specific censored part.

  • Censoring is done by writing || on either side of the text that you need censored.

  • Please review rules pinned in the channel #📝venting-space before participating.

No forcing conversations

No one is obligated to continue conversations. If you no longer wish to participate in a discussion, you are more than welcome to stop responding. If you are ever uncomfortable and need help from our staff, do not hesitate to contact us.

Server Content Rating

This below is considered PG content and is allowed:

  • Mild horror and violence, which means seasoned and not spicy. A tiny bit of blood is allowed, but please put a trigger warning and a spoiler tag over it if needed (art, writing, and venting only).

  • Brief nudity that is not sexualized. So butts are allowed, but anything else needs to be censored and to have a spoiler tag. Please always specify that the censored message contains brief nudity (art and writing only).

  • Mild profanity only, like "damn" and "hell".

This below is considered above the rating and is not allowed:

  • Anything sexualized and anything more than brief nudity.

  • Curse words, expletives, or "hard" language.

  • Images or talk of drugs or other abusive substances, i.e. alcohol, nicotine, etc.

  • Rough or persistent violence.

  • Detail of potentially dangerous or illegal behaviour.

  • Discriminatory language or behaviour.

Please be considerate of others and their situations.

DMing and Pinging

DMing without consent

Unless explicitly agreed to, do not DM any members. Ask for permission first in text channels. This is a bannable offense. DMing advertisements without consent is bannable as well.If you are contacted without giving your stated approval beforehand, please notify the staff.

Pinging

Please use common sense when pinging anyone. If you are found to be spam pinging, you can be kicked. This includes spam pinging our mods.Do not attempt to ping @everyone or @here.

Discrimination & Racism

Bigotry, LGBTQ+ discrimination, harassment, hate speech, sexism, racism, and other forms of offensive language are not allowed.You will be banned if deemed necessary.

Academic Integrity

Academic Dishonesty

Cheating, piracy, promoting dishonest behaviour, or any other forms of academic dishonesty are not allowed. If you are found to be doing so, you will be warned and banned if necessary.Cheating includes, but is not limited to:

  • Asking for answers on an exam.

  • Asking server members to do your homework.

  • Editing study timers and other materials for server events.

  • Advertising services that encourage plagiarism and cheating.

This list is not exhaustive. The staff reserves the right to investigate other forms of dishonesty.

Mental Health

If you are looking for medical advice, physical or mental, please seek professional help outside the server. We want you to be well, but we are not professionals, and any advice we might give could be prone to error.If you are in a crisis, there are 24 hour hotlines that can help. If you need to, please seek help - you are important, and you matter.

Resources

Frequently Asked Questions

Mods manually approve new members to prevent raids, trolls, and suspicious accounts. Please be patient while a mod is online to approve you, ensure your intro follows our rules, and refrain from DMing mods in the meantime.

Some of our channels, like #💬study-chat, are locked from chatting until you connect to the adjoining voice channel! In this case, you would need to be studying in the #📞study-sessions voice channel to access #💬study-chat.

We offer various roles for pronouns, fields of study, timezone, notification preferences and more. You can acquire said roles in the #🎓performative-assignment channel, or through the "Channels & Roles" tab.

We have several roles on the server you can apply for.

  • Hall Monitors is a moderation role for which we hold applications every few months. Anyone on the server can apply if meeting certain conditions, like following our server values and willing to volunteer your time to help out and build our community!

  • Study Session Hosts are volunteers that conduct study sessions in #📞study-sessions. To apply, you need to be 16+ and a member for more than a month. To ask about becoming a host, contact hosting managers in a ticket by using the /tickets open "Study Host Inquiry" slash command.

  • Welcomers are volunteers who host @Don't be a stranger prompts, welcome and help out new members. To apply, you need to be 15+ and a member for more than a month. To ask about becoming a welcomer, contact Azura & Mel in a ticket by using the /tickets open "Welcomer Inquiry" slash command.

The channel locks for typing after you are verified, but we can manually give you access for limited time! If you'd like to do that, please contact us by opening a ticket with the /tickets open "Introduction change" slash command.

Generally speaking, no, unless the action is persistent and continuous or we continue to have concerns about your actions or behaviour on the server. We reserve the right to kick/ban in cases we deem fit, but we will almost always open a ticket and check-in beforehand.

For a warning, you're welcome to open a ticket with the staff to clarify. As goes for bans, we reserve the right to reject any ban appeals based on the severity of your actions or the time passed since the ban.

Frequently Asked Questions

Anytime you have questions or concerns, such as role or event inquiries.

In general, our mod roles are @Resident assistants, @Student council and @Hall monitors, all three being a yellow hue. But, if you wish to ping a mod right now, use the /mods slash command for a list of available mods. You are free to ping those clocked in!If none are listed at the moment, check the online members' list. Please avoid DMing or spam pinging mods - keep server matters within the server for context and privacy reasons.

Use the /tickets open [title here] slash command in our #🤖bots-play channel. This will open a private channel with the staff, where you should describe the reasoning for opening the ticket, including any information you think may be relevant. A mod will respond as soon as possible!

Study Buddies does not accept partnerships under any condition. This includes server collaborations, advertisements of other servers, or advertisements of outside social media accounts, paid services, ... As such, please do not attempt to contact us if you're just trying to get us to partner with your server or trying to advertise your accounts! Sorry 💔

There are several ways in which you can support us and help us with maintenance while the server continues to grow. We are super grateful for any and all contributions, no matter how big or small. With you, we are able to grow and provide the service you all like and enjoy. Thank you 💖

  • Donate through our Kofi page. Your support ensures we maintain vital subscriptions, enhance essential bots, and host custom bots for a seamless server experience. Plus, contributors receive special perks including the @𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 role, extra stars, and exclusive access to our star shops.

  • Bump us on Disboard with the /bump command in the #🤖bots-play channel.

  • Review us on our Disboard page. It's easy and you don't need to do much, but it helps us a bunch!

Frequently Asked Questions

Study sessions are one of the main activities that happen daily on the server. In them, we study: between working on school projects, reading up on a textbook, or just working/learning in general. The sessions are meant to help you stay focused and study with a community of other dedicated students!The sessions are open to any member of the server by accessing the #📞study-sessions voice channel. You can join even if there isn't a hosted session going on. You're also welcome to turn your camera on, stream your work, and chat during breaks.

We have a nifty little schedule that you can find here, so check that out!

Of course! As long as it's appropriate for our server rating and you do not stream any non-educational content, like YouTube videos, video games etc.

Yep! For that, use #💬study-chat. It'll open only when you're actually in the #📞study-sessions voice channel though!The #💬study-chat is also a place where you can post your completed star tasks, but do remember that you need to be in the session for at least 30 minutes to be eligible for stars. Since it is still a work, school, and study environment, there is a 30s slow mode. Please keep all general conversations that aren't in the context of the study session in our general chat, #☕the-common-room, or other appropriate channels if deemed so.

We prefer that participants in the main study sessions voice channels remain muted to maintain a focused environment. However, you're welcome to unmute and speak while in the study rooms - just make sure to check with everyone first, as it can be distracting for some.

While you're in the study session, you should focus on your work! To prevent excessive chatting outside of #💬study-chat and study rooms, you won't be able to chat in other channels like #☕the-common-room while in any study session or room. You're welcome to disconnect from the VC if you're taking a break and wish to chat elsewhere!

It is used for multiple purposes - we open it when the 1st channel is full, or for our members with connectivity issues. It has a lower bitrate, so it should work smoother. Just ask a host or a mod to move you there if you're experiencing these issues!

You can, by becoming a Study Session Host on the server! They are volunteers that conduct study sessions and create star tasks for other to complete. To apply, you need to be 16+ and a member for more than a month. To ask about becoming a host, contact hosting managers in a ticket by using the /tickets open "Study Host Inquiry" slash command.

The Dean's List is our method of recognizing some of our hardest-working Studiers through awarding stars to those who have spent the most time in VC or have reached one of our higher roles in the Markbook.The Dean's List recognizes two kinds of our most successful studiers - those who spend the most amount of time studying in VC on a weekly basis and those who have reached the highest tiers of our Markbook system.Due to the Dean's List, we ask all Studiers to disconnect from voice channels on the server if they're taking longer breaks (10 or more minutes) and to only use study voice channels for academic pursuits.For more info, head on over to #🎓the-deans-list.

They are both a place to study with other people on the server, but study rooms are meant to be smaller and more private, with a limit of 6 people per room. You can also claim a study room for yourself and your study buddy/buddies, while study sessions are hosted by volunteer hosts.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Markbook is our ranking system. It is meant to motivate our members and push us to study more often and more consistently! Based on how much you study, you will be assigned different color roles.

Begin submitting your study time in #📋study-files! For all info on the Markbook and how it works, which timers are accepted and which are not, and what to be careful of when submitting, head on over to #📓the-markbook channel and give it a read.

Please remember that the mods who manually update the Markbook are people too. We have our own personal lives as well, being full-time students and working jobs. Nevertheless, we try our best to update at least three times a week! Please be patient and considerate - we're all human here.

We do not allow any apps that are:

  • Web browser timers

  • Your phone's stopwatch

  • Any app/timer that can be easily edited or misused

We have a list of accepted apps that you can find here - the list is not complete, but rather a list of recommendations. If you're unsure whether an app you're using is suitable, please submit it for review through the form linked in the list.

Besides submitting through an app that follows our guidelines, we also do not accept:

  • Multiple timers per day - please only submit once for one day!

  • Two types of timers per day. While you can alternate on different days, please only submit one type of timer per day (eg. Forest on Day 1 and 2, Flora on Day 3).

  • Any timers after the last Markbook reset.

  • Any timers that are more than a month old. We don't mind a few days late, but we won't accept timers that are months late.

  • Submissions that you've made after changing your username and not alerting us! Please let us know when/if you change your username by typing out your previous and new username in #📋study-files.

Yes, as long as it is time at which you actively learn and put the effort in academically. So, if you're just sitting in class scrolling through TikTok, then no, but if you're actively taking notes and listening to the professor, then yes.

We reset the Markbook once every year, usually between the second week of August and the first week of September. Markbook resetting every year brings a fresh aspect to new school years, enables newcomers to the server to have a fresh start as well, and keeps things interesting.

For more info on the Markbook, check out #📓the-markbook channel.

Frequently Asked Questions

It's a collection of our various currency types, called SPACE. They all have specific purposes, but our most commonly used currency is gold stars.Gold stars are a reputation/economy system in our server, awarded throughout event participation and/or doing tasks in the study sessions. They help keep people motivated and are rewards for various accomplishments.

Most common way to earn stars is to actively participated in our daily hosted study sessions. During these, hosts will post a list of tasks to complete to be awarded stars.Afterwards, stars can be spent in our #🛒star-shop channel. You can buy counting tickets, enter a raffle, purchase colour roles, or gain access to our cam room!

For more info on the Space Economy, check out the #✨star-infobook channel.

Frequently Asked Questions

Your best bet is always to check the pinned messages of the channel - this is where you'll find most information about each channel! You can check those by clicking the 📌 icon on the top right of your screen, or under 'Pins' on mobile.

If you're just looking for someone to study right now, you can try joining our #📞study-sessions voice channel, or any of the study rooms. For study rooms, you can even ping @Study Rooms to notify others of it! But if you're looking for a long term study buddy, you can check out our #📖study-buddy-ads channel, where you can post your own ad, search through all available ads, and reply to them if you wish!

If they relate to the same topic or at least the general topic you're inquiring about, then of course! But if it relates to a different one, we'd prefer if you make another post. You can put more appropriate tags on each that way too!

Yes! You can use #❔study-help for this, tagging it with "Survey Help".

Yep, as long as they follow the channel's rules. We schedule debate prompts to promote activity within the channel, and you can also suggest your prompt to be scheduled through the form pinned in said channel!

We have a variety of bots used for different purposes. We ask that you generally keep all bot commands to the #🤖bots-play channel, but there are also commands that can only be used in certain channels. Some of the commands that you can use include:

  • To contact mods, you can use the /tickets open [title here] command, or check who is clocked in with /mods.

  • Suggest something with the .suggest [text] command.

  • Check server rules with the .rules command.

  • Check your stars with /stars.

  • Try the Pomodoro method with /pomodoro.

  • Claim a private study room in #💻study-rooms with /claim-a-study-room.

  • Try .motivation in #💌motivation-needed.

  • Post your to-do list with /to-do or your planner wrap up with /planner in #📙the-planner.

  • Use commands like /play for music, .hug [username] to hug a member, .utc to check current time in UTC-0, .systems to view information about systems, .tones to view information about tone tags, .welcome to send a welcoming gif, or .bday [date] [month] to register your birthday.

Frequently Asked Questions

We have cooldowns on certain channels to prevent spam posting, keep mindless chatting down in study sessions, limit the time that commands can be used, and more.

  • #💬study-chat has a cooldown of 30 seconds to maintain a studious environment.

  • #📚the-library has a cooldown of 1 hour to prevent spam.

  • #📖study-buddy-ads has a post cooldown of 1 hour, with a message cooldown of 5 minutes to prevent spam and unproductive, short messages.

  • #📙the-planner has a post cooldown of 6 hours, with a message cooldown of 5 minutes to prevent spam, while the /planner command within it can only be used once every 18 hours.

  • #❔study-help has a cooldown of 5 minutes to prevent spam.

  • #💡focus-room has a cooldown of 15 seconds to prevent spam.

To do this, you can use a website like Discord Timestamps or Sesh. Just copy and paste into your message, and it will show the time for different members in their own timezone!

We unfortunately can't tell you for certain. While we do have a general usual time for some events (like the Server Birthday, or the Studythons), it is completely based on staff availability and organization. Events take us a lot of time, and we lead our own personal lives as well, which can mean life sometimes gets busy and we cannot organize certain events due to their size or complexity. Your best bet is to turn on notifications for #📢bulletin-board📢 or equip the @Server Events role, and you'll be notified when we're organizing something!

Frequently Asked Questions

Our server generally works in UTC-0! As such, we have a channel at the top that displays the current time in UTC-0, making it easier for you to reference times. But if you need a way to easily convert time zones, we recommend Time and Date or Time.is. There is also the .utc command which you can use to check the current time in UTC-0!

We realize a lot of channels and categories can often be overwhelming and confusing. For this purpose, you can find our server map with short descriptions for each channel at the #🧭campus-map🧭 channel either on the channel list or through the "Server Guide" tab.

Frequently Asked Questions

Mods manually approve new members to prevent raids, trolls, and suspicious accounts. Please be patient while a mod is online to approve you, ensure your intro follows our rules, and refrain from DMing mods in the meantime.

Some of our channels, like #💬study-chat, are locked from chatting until you connect to the adjoining voice channel! In this case, you would need to be studying in the #📞study-sessions voice channel to access #💬study-chat.

We offer various roles for pronouns, fields of study, timezone, notification preferences and more. You can acquire said roles in the #🎓performative-assignment channel, or through the "Channels & Roles" tab.

We have several roles on the server you can apply for.

  • Hall Monitors is a moderation role for which we hold applications every few months. Anyone on the server can apply if meeting certain conditions, like following our server values and willing to volunteer your time to help out and build our community!

  • Study Session Hosts are volunteers that conduct study sessions in #📞study-sessions. To apply, you need to be 16+ and a member for more than a month. To ask about becoming a host, contact hosting managers in a ticket by using the /tickets open "Study Host Inquiry" slash command.

  • Welcomers are volunteers who host @Don't be a stranger prompts, welcome and help out new members. To apply, you need to be 15+ and a member for more than a month. To ask about becoming a welcomer, contact Azura & Mel in a ticket by using the /tickets open "Welcomer Inquiry" slash command.

The channel locks for typing after you are verified, but we can manually give you access for limited time! If you'd like to do that, please contact us by opening a ticket with the /tickets open "Introduction change" slash command.

Generally speaking, no, unless the action is persistent and continuous or we continue to have concerns about your actions or behaviour on the server. We reserve the right to kick/ban in cases we deem fit, but we will almost always open a ticket and check-in beforehand.

For a warning, you're welcome to open a ticket with the staff to clarify. As goes for bans, we reserve the right to reject any ban appeals based on the severity of your actions or the time passed since the ban.

Anytime you have questions or concerns, such as role or event inquiries.

In general, our mod roles are @Resident assistants, @Student council and @Hall monitors, all three being a yellow hue. But, if you wish to ping a mod right now, use the /mods slash command for a list of available mods. You are free to ping those clocked in!If none are listed at the moment, check the online members' list. Please avoid DMing or spam pinging mods - keep server matters within the server for context and privacy reasons.

Use the /tickets open [title here] slash command in our #🤖bots-play channel. This will open a private channel with the staff, where you should describe the reasoning for opening the ticket, including any information you think may be relevant. A mod will respond as soon as possible!

Study Buddies does not accept partnerships under any condition. This includes server collaborations, advertisements of other servers, or advertisements of outside social media accounts, paid services, ... As such, please do not attempt to contact us if you're just trying to get us to partner with your server or trying to advertise your accounts! Sorry 💔

There are several ways in which you can support us and help us with maintenance while the server continues to grow. We are super grateful for any and all contributions, no matter how big or small. With you, we are able to grow and provide the service you all like and enjoy. Thank you 💖

  • Donate through our Kofi page. Your support ensures we maintain vital subscriptions, enhance essential bots, and host custom bots for a seamless server experience. Plus, contributors receive special perks including the @𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 role, extra stars, and exclusive access to our star shops.

  • Bump us on Disboard with the /bump command in the #🤖bots-play channel.

  • Review us on our Disboard page. It's easy and you don't need to do much, but it helps us a bunch!

Study sessions are one of the main activities that happen daily on the server. In them, we study: between working on school projects, reading up on a textbook, or just working/learning in general. The sessions are meant to help you stay focused and study with a community of other dedicated students!The sessions are open to any member of the server by accessing the #📞study-sessions voice channel. You can join even if there isn't a hosted session going on. You're also welcome to turn your camera on, stream your work, and chat during breaks.

We have a nifty little schedule that you can find here, so check that out!

Of course! As long as it's appropriate for our server rating and you do not stream any non-educational content, like YouTube videos, video games etc.

Yep! For that, use #💬study-chat. It'll open only when you're actually in the #📞study-sessions voice channel though!The #💬study-chat is also a place where you can post your completed star tasks, but do remember that you need to be in the session for at least 30 minutes to be eligible for stars. Since it is still a work, school, and study environment, there is a 30s slow mode. Please keep all general conversations that aren't in the context of the study session in our general chat, #☕the-common-room, or other appropriate channels if deemed so.

We prefer that participants in the main study sessions voice channels remain muted to maintain a focused environment. However, you're welcome to unmute and speak while in the study rooms - just make sure to check with everyone first, as it can be distracting for some.

While you're in the study session, you should focus on your work! To prevent excessive chatting outside of #💬study-chat and study rooms, you won't be able to chat in other channels like #☕the-common-room while in any study session or room. You're welcome to disconnect from the VC if you're taking a break and wish to chat elsewhere!

It is used for multiple purposes - we open it when the 1st channel is full, or for our members with connectivity issues. It has a lower bitrate, so it should work smoother. Just ask a host or a mod to move you there if you're experiencing these issues!

You can, by becoming a Study Session Host on the server! They are volunteers that conduct study sessions and create star tasks for other to complete. To apply, you need to be 16+ and a member for more than a month. To ask about becoming a host, contact hosting managers in a ticket by using the /tickets open "Study Host Inquiry" slash command.

The Dean's List is our method of recognizing some of our hardest-working Studiers through awarding stars to those who have spent the most time in VC or have reached one of our higher roles in the Markbook.The Dean's List recognizes two kinds of our most successful studiers - those who spend the most amount of time studying in VC on a weekly basis and those who have reached the highest tiers of our Markbook system.Due to the Dean's List, we ask all Studiers to disconnect from voice channels on the server if they're taking longer breaks (10 or more minutes) and to only use study voice channels for academic pursuits.For more info, head on over to #🎓the-deans-list.

They are both a place to study with other people on the server, but study rooms are meant to be smaller and more private, with a limit of 6 people per room. You can also claim a study room for yourself and your study buddy/buddies, while study sessions are hosted by volunteer hosts.

The Markbook is our ranking system. It is meant to motivate our members and push us to study more often and more consistently! Based on how much you study, you will be assigned different color roles.

Begin submitting your study time in #📋study-files! For all info on the Markbook and how it works, which timers are accepted and which are not, and what to be careful of when submitting, head on over to #📓the-markbook channel and give it a read.

Please remember that the mods who manually update the Markbook are people too. We have our own personal lives as well, being full-time students and working jobs. Nevertheless, we try our best to update at least three times a week! Please be patient and considerate - we're all human here.

We do not allow any apps that are:

  • Web browser timers

  • Your phone's stopwatch

  • Any app/timer that can be easily edited or misused

We have a list of accepted apps that you can find here - the list is not complete, but rather a list of recommendations. If you're unsure whether an app you're using is suitable, please submit it for review through the form linked in the list.

Besides submitting through an app that follows our guidelines, we also do not accept:

  • Multiple timers per day - please only submit once for one day!

  • Two types of timers per day. While you can alternate on different days, please only submit one type of timer per day (eg. Forest on Day 1 and 2, Flora on Day 3).

  • Any timers after the last Markbook reset.

  • Any timers that are more than a month old. We don't mind a few days late, but we won't accept timers that are months late.

  • Submissions that you've made after changing your username and not alerting us! Please let us know when/if you change your username by typing out your previous and new username in #📋study-files.

Yes, as long as it is time at which you actively learn and put the effort in academically. So, if you're just sitting in class scrolling through TikTok, then no, but if you're actively taking notes and listening to the professor, then yes.

We reset the Markbook once every year, usually between the second week of August and the first week of September. Markbook resetting every year brings a fresh aspect to new school years, enables newcomers to the server to have a fresh start as well, and keeps things interesting.

For more info on the Markbook, check out #📓the-markbook channel.

It's a collection of our various currency types, called SPACE. They all have specific purposes, but our most commonly used currency is gold stars.Gold stars are a reputation/economy system in our server, awarded throughout event participation and/or doing tasks in the study sessions. They help keep people motivated and are rewards for various accomplishments.

Most common way to earn stars is to actively participate in our daily hosted study sessions. During these, hosts will post a list of tasks to complete to be awarded stars.Afterwards, stars can be spent in our #🛒star-shop channel. You can buy counting tickets, enter a raffle, purchase colour roles, or gain access to our cam room!

For more info on the Space Economy, check out the #✨star-infobook channel.

Your best bet is always to check the pinned messages of the channel - this is where you'll find most information about each channel! You can check those by clicking the 📌 icon on the top right of your screen, or under 'Pins' on mobile.

If you're just looking for someone to study right now, you can try joining our #📞study-sessions voice channel, or any of the study rooms. For study rooms, you can even ping @Study Rooms to notify others of it! But if you're looking for a long term study buddy, you can check out our #📖study-buddy-ads channel, where you can post your own ad, search through all available ads, and reply to them if you wish!

If they relate to the same topic or at least the general topic you're inquiring about, then of course! But if it relates to a different one, we'd prefer if you make another post. You can put more appropriate tags on each that way too!

Yes! You can use #❔study-help for this, tagging it with "Survey Help".

Yep, as long as they follow the channel's rules. We schedule debate prompts to promote activity within the channel, and you can also suggest your prompt to be scheduled through the form pinned in said channel!

We have a variety of bots used for different purposes. We ask that you generally keep all bot commands to the #🤖bots-play channel, but there are also commands that can only be used in certain channels. Some of the commands that you can use include:

  • To contact mods, you can use the /tickets open [title here] command, or check who is clocked in with /mods.

  • Suggest something with the .suggest [text] command.

  • Check server rules with the .rules command.

  • Check your stars with /stars.

  • Try the Pomodoro method with /pomodoro.

  • Claim a private study room in #💻study-rooms with /claim-a-study-room.

  • Try .motivation in #💌motivation-needed.

  • Post your to-do list with /to-do or your planner wrap up with /planner in #📙the-planner.

  • Use commands like /play for music, .hug [username] to hug a member, .utc to check current time in UTC-0, .systems to view information about systems, .tones to view information about tone tags, .welcome to send a welcoming gif, or .bday [date] [month] to register your birthday.

We have cooldowns on certain channels to prevent spam posting, keep mindless chatting down in study sessions, limit the time that commands can be used, and more.

  • #💬study-chat has a cooldown of 30 seconds to maintain a studious environment.

  • #📚the-library has a cooldown of 1 hour to prevent spam.

  • #📖study-buddy-ads has a post cooldown of 1 hour, with a message cooldown of 5 minutes to prevent spam and unproductive, short messages.

  • #📙the-planner has a post cooldown of 6 hours, with a message cooldown of 5 minutes to prevent spam, while the /planner command within it can only be used once every 18 hours.

  • #❔study-help has a cooldown of 5 minutes to prevent spam.

  • #💡focus-room has a cooldown of 15 seconds to prevent spam.

To do this, you can use a website like Discord Timestamps or Sesh. Just copy and paste into your message, and it will show the time for different members in their own timezone!

We unfortunately can't tell you for certain. While we do have a general usual time for some events (like the Server Birthday, or the Studythons), it is completely based on staff availability and organization. Events take us a lot of time, and we lead our own personal lives as well, which can mean life sometimes gets busy and we cannot organize certain events due to their size or complexity. Your best bet is to turn on notifications for #📢bulletin-board📢 or equip the @Server Events role, and you'll be notified when we're organizing something!

Our server generally works in UTC-0! As such, we have a channel at the top that displays the current time in UTC-0, making it easier for you to reference times. But if you need a way to easily convert time zones, we recommend Time and Date or Time.is. There is also the .utc command which you can use to check the current time in UTC-0!

We realize a lot of channels and categories can often be overwhelming and confusing. For this purpose, you can find our server map with short descriptions for each channel at the #🧭campus-map🧭 channel either on the channel list or through the "Server Guide" tab.