Toopics is a directory of gaming Discord servers, and every listing on it has been checked by a person. These guidelines explain what we accept, what we reject, how review works, and how to change or remove a listing once it is live.
What a listing needs
Four things, and all four are required.
A permanent, working invite. The invite link must be set to never expire and have no use limit. Invites that expire after a day or seven days will fail our checks and the listing will not be approved. If you later regenerate your invite, update the listing (see below) or it will be removed when the old link stops working.
A gaming focus. The server should exist primarily for games or the people who play them. That covers a single title, a genre, a platform, a studio, a speedrunning scene, a modding community, a tabletop group that organises online, or a general gaming hangout. A server about something else that happens to have a gaming channel does not qualify.
A clear, honest description. Tell visitors what the server is, who it is for, and what happens inside it. “Chill Elden Ring co-op server for PC players, EU evenings, voice encouraged” is a good description. “Best server ever, join now” is not. We edit descriptions for length and clarity, but we will not rewrite a vague one into a useful one for you.
Compliance with Discord’s rules. Your server has to follow Discord’s Terms of Service and Community Guidelines. If Discord would remove it, so will we.
Allowed and not allowed
| Allowed | Not allowed |
|---|---|
| Servers for specific games, genres, platforms or franchises | NSFW content, including age-gated channels as the main draw |
| Esports teams, clans, guilds and competitive communities | Scams of any kind, including fake Nitro giveaways and phishing |
| Looking-for-group, co-op and matchmaking servers | Cheats, hacks, aimbots, exploits or unauthorised mods that break game rules |
| Modding, speedrunning, game development and creator communities | Account selling, account sharing or rank boosting services |
| Tabletop, board game and TTRPG groups that organise online | Gambling, skin betting, loot box trading sites or crypto casinos |
| Streamer and content creator servers built around games | Hate speech, harassment, doxxing or targeted raiding |
| General gaming hangouts with active moderation | Servers aimed at or admitting users under 13 |
| Game store, deal and giveaway servers run transparently | Servers that exist mainly to sell something unrelated to gaming |
A few notes on the grey areas. Trading servers for in-game items are fine as long as no real money changes hands in ways the game’s publisher prohibits. Servers for games with mature themes are fine; servers where the mature content is the point are not. Modding communities are welcome, but if the “mod” gives players an unfair advantage in multiplayer, it counts as a cheat.
How review works
Review happens in two stages.
First, an automated check confirms that your invite resolves to a live Discord server. If the link is dead, expired, or points somewhere other than Discord, the submission stops there and you will need to resubmit with a fixed link.
Second, one of our editors looks at the server itself. We join, read the rules and channel list, skim recent activity, and check the description you gave us against what we find. We are looking for a real community that matches its listing. Empty servers with no messages, servers that are clearly a front for something else, and servers whose description does not match what is inside will be declined.
Approval is not a one-time event. We re-check listings over time. If the invite dies, the server is deleted, or the community starts breaking these guidelines or Discord’s, the listing comes down. We do not announce removals individually, so if your server disappears from the directory, a dead invite is the most likely reason.
Updating a listing
If your invite changes, your server is renamed, or your description needs a refresh, submit the updated details through the same form you used to list it and mark the submission as an update to an existing listing. Changes go through the same review as new submissions, which means a changed invite will be checked and a changed description will be read.
Keep your invite stable where you can. Regenerating it every few weeks is the fastest way to get a listing removed by accident.
Removing a listing
Server owners and admins can ask for a listing to be removed at any time. Submit a removal request with the invite link and tell us which role you hold in the server. We verify that the request comes from someone with authority over the server before taking the listing down, which usually means checking the owner or admin list after joining with the invite.
Removal is permanent in the sense that we delete the entry rather than hide it. You can list the server again later if you change your mind.
Reporting a listing
If you find a server in the directory that breaks these guidelines, report it with the invite link and a short explanation of the problem. An editor will review it. Reports about NSFW content, scams, cheats and harassment are prioritised over reports about inactivity or stale descriptions.
A note on what we are not
Toopics does not host servers, moderate them, or have any control over what happens inside them. A listing here means the server passed our checks at the time of review and has not failed a re-check since. It does not mean we endorse the community or its members, and it is not a guarantee of safety. Use your own judgement, read a server’s rules before you post, and report anything that looks wrong.