While you are playing on the network, you are expected to have read and abide by these rules. Saying that you have not read the rules or understood is not a valid excuse. If you do not understand the rules, please ask on the Discord server for clarification.
Breaking these rules may result in punishment at the discretion of the staff. These rules are not a complete list of what is and isn’t allowed and is subject to change at any time without notice. Warnings may be given instead of bans, but again, this is at the discretion of the staff based upon the situation. If it is obvious that someone is abusing loopholes, vagaries in rules, or their position (or rank), then they will receive a more severe punishment.
Falsely reporting players or hindering a staff member’s ability to moderate any of the servers will result in punishment not documented here.
If you have any issues while playing, please raise them with a member of staff by opening a ticket in Discord, and attach any screenshots.
Please note that the primary language on the network is English; please use English while playing so that moderation can be appropriate :)
If you wish to appeal any punishments, please open a ticket on Discord.
Any appeal's will only be considered for punishments over 24hr's - anything under this will not be considered for an appeal.
If you have received a permanent ban, you will have also been removed from Discord; to appeal, please email us. Be sure to include your IGN.
Bans vary from temporary periods of 24hrs to permanent, depending on the severity.
The period of time of the ban will be set by the staff member looking at the offence at the time, however, the list below should give you an indication of what the punishments look like.
Punishments will be applied in both In Game and Discord.
However, the network wide rules are:
- Hacked clients, or mods that provide unfair advantage are disallowed
- Unfair macros are disallowed
Macro's in clients, such as Feather, and external automations (such as keyboard or mouse controls) that allow you to complete actions while you are not at the keyboard / mouse, are not allowed. If you are suspected of using these, you will be silently observed and recorded and warned if a staff member is unable to get your attention. If this occurs repeatedly, you will be banned permanently.
- Griefing (including theft) is disallowed
Griefing is classified. broadly, as intentionally destroying another players builds (including animals), while inside or not a claim while the items / property are placed or owned by an active player on the server within the 90 day play window. You can use /co inspect and click on a block to see when the block was placed by a player (and by whom), and you can check when they were last on with /stats <playername>
Admins, however, will only restore items that are removed from within claims. So please, ensure you claim you areas to ensure you are as protected as possible, and only trust those users you fully trust.
- Border claiming
If you intentionally claim around existing claims, in order to prevent people expanding and refuse to release the claim, this is unfair and prohibitive. Be sensible where you claim, and consider where people will expand - and where you will want to expand to in the future.
- Lag generators are disallowed
Redstone clocks are allowed, however, if you intentionally build mechanisms that generate significant lag, and do not remove them when requested you will be banned.
- Threats against staff or other players
This can take many forms, but we operate a zero tolerance approach and will not warn in these instances. This is an instant permanent ban.
- Posting of inappropriate builds, content or using an inappropriate skin
Politics, or anything that is potentially triggering, offensive or generally designed to generate a … heated … discussion, is not permitted. You will be asked to remove any such builds (or change out of any such skins) and refusal will result in a ban.
- Bug or Glitch Abuse
If you find a bug or glitch, please report it via a ticket on Discord. If you abuse a bug or glitch, even if you report it, you will be warned and depending on the severity of the case, banned.
- Ban Evasion
Using alt accounts to regain access to the network while your primary account is banned (either temporary or permanent) is not allowed. If we detect any alt accounts active during a primary account ban period, the alt will be banned automatically. If we detect any NEW accounts from you, or appearing to be from you, during this period, these will ALSO be banned. Continued breaching of this will lead to a permanent ban.
- Spamming chat
Spamming chat while people are playing is never nice … and it gets frustrating for everyone. We get it … at times we all want some attention, but this isn't the way to get it ;) You will find yourself temp muted if you do this … but if you do it persistently, you will be banned.
- Impersonating others
Really nasty thing to do this … just …. don't do it. Or you will be banned. Full stop.
Especially if you are silly enough to pretend to be staff, owner or a position of authority.
- Inappropriate or disrespectful chat
Play nice. Or you are going to be muted. It's that simple! Being rude will result in a minimum 3hr muting.
- Trolling and camping
If you are asked to leave … leave. If an admin has to get involved, it's not going to end well.
- Interfering with staff or administrative actions
If you try and interfere with a staff member or admin working on the server, or handling a situation … you will find yourself receiving a punishment as well as the offender. Please don't forget, we have access to logs and everything - we don't need “your side of the story”. We can see all sides of the story :)
- Hate speech and Harassment
A big no no. Zero tolerance. I (Terrence) have more than my fair share of harassment, and if I get wind of persistent harassment etc via this server, you will be banned. Period.