Server Rules

Section 1 - Cheating, bug abuse, exploits.
Rule 1.1 - Cheat clients.

Players may not use any cheat clients or hacks of any kind on the server - this includes but is not limited to Fly, Kill Aura, Xray.

Rule 1.2 - Autoclickers, automatic farms.

Players are not allowed to use autoclickers to play the game on their behalf. Examples of this would be automatic fishing farms, or using an autoclicker to attack mobs at a mob farm.

Rule 1.3 - Bug abuse, exploits.

Players are also not allowed to take advantage of any exploits or bugs that are found on the server. If a player finds an exploitable bug or technical error, they should report it in a ticket on the discord server as soon as they find it (/discord) to avoid punishment.

Rule 1.4 - Causing lag to the server.

Players are not allowed to cause lag to the server in any way via the use of redstone machines or any other contraptions or blocks that cause an unnecessary amount of lag.

Rule 1.5 - Alternative accounts.

Players may not use alternative accounts (alts) on the server for any reason whatsoever. Doing so will result in a ban on all accounts involved.

Section 2 - Gameplay behaviour and chat behaviour.
Rule 2.1 - Trapping players.

Trapping players in the wilderness is allowed (the exception to this is Rule 2.2), as long as the trap that is used does not stop the player from playing the game. An example of a trap that stops the user from playing the game is a nether portal trap. If the trap is used to kill the player, for example a pitfall trap, it must be in the wilderness. No traps of any kind are allowed inside towns, unless both towns are at war.

Rule 2.2 - TP Killing.

Player A cannot teleport to Player B and kill them. Player A cannot teleport Player B to them and kill them. Player A cannot teleport to Player B to kill Player C if Player C is with Player B. Player A cannot teleport Player B to them so that Player B can kill Player C if Player C is with Player A.

Rule 2.3 - Stealing, scamming.

Stealing items from inside a town is not allowed. Players may take items that are outside of claimed territory. Scamming of any kind of prohibited. Examples of scamming includes but is not limited to - telling a player that you want to sell them/give them/show them something only to meet with them and kill them, telling a player you want to buy an item from them and then not pay them after receiving the item.

Rule 2.4 - Killing in claims, pushing players out of claims, pvp toggling.

Players may not kill players via any method whilst inside a town's boundaries under any circumstances. Players may not push players out of claims into the wilderness via the use of fishing rods or any other game mechanics/items. Players may not PVP Toggle. PVP Toggling is when you turn on pvp in a town in order to attack someone who is standing inside the safety of a town.

Rule 2.5 - Spam.

Players may not repeatedly send the same message, or similar messages, multiple times in chat in a short space of time.

Rule 2.6 - Toxicity.

Toxicity is chat behaviour that includes but is not limited to - Harassment, hate speech/discrimination, threatening self-harm, encouraging others to self-harm, insulting other players. Due to the nature of this rule - with one person's definition of toxicity differing from another person's - please respect what members of staff say. If a member of staff deems that something toxic has been said, do not argue. If you wish to dispute it, open a ticket about it on discord (/discord) and explain what happened.

Rule 2.7 - Impersonation.

Players may not impersonate other players by the use of changing their Minecraft username, changing their in-game nickname, or by using their town or nation name.

Rule 2.8 - Sharing personal information.

Players may share whatever personal information about themselves that they like. However, players may not share personal information about others if the other person does not wish it to be shared or has shared it in private. Personal information includes but is not limited to - real life photos, real names, real life residential location, ages, dates of birth, social media profiles.

Rule 2.9 - Sharing links.

Malicious links are not allowed, this includes but is not limited to links containing viruses or ip loggers. Links that redirect to sexual or extremely disturbing websites are not allowed. Links as YouTube videos, tweets are allowed as long as they are not harmful in any way.

Rule 2.10 - Advertising.

Advertising is not allowed in any form, except if it is to do with this server.

Rule 2.11 - Language in chat.

English is the only language allowed in global chats. If you wish to speak a different language with your friends, you may use /msg or create a party with your group using /party.

Rule 2.12 - Begging.

Begging is not allowed on the server as it can annoy players, do not ask for free loot, teleporting to another continent.

Rule 2.13 - Events.

Players may not team up with players in order to influence the outcome of events. Examples of this include but are not limited to - teaming up with a player on a different team when playing the team battle-royale event.

Section 3 - Destroying land, griefing.
Rule 3.1 - Destroying land in/around claims.

Players are not allowed to damage terrain inside a town, or within a 5-chunk radius of a town. Examples of damaging terrain include but is not limited to Placing water and lava to create cobblemonsters/lavacasts, destroying blocks around claims, burning houses with fire.

Rule 3.2 - Destroying land in wilderness.

Players are not allowed to majorly grief land in the wilderness. Players are also not allowed to break or destroy infrastructure such as iceroads or railways that run through the wilderness.

Rule 3.3 - Claim blocking.

Players are not allowed to claim areas of land if the claimed areas would stop another town from expanding. This includes but is not limited to creating long arms to block a town expanding in a certain direction, creating outposts next to towns to stop them from claiming in that direction.

Rule 3.4 - Terraforming.

Players are not allowed to terraform in such a way that it changes the landscape in a unrecognizable way. Creating hills or mountains is allowed, as is flattening hills or mountains. If players wish to create their town in a body of water, the town must be made using structures that make sense to be in water - for example ships, oil rigs, piers, etc. Examples of terraforming that isn't allowed includes but is not limited to - extending land outwards into bodies of water, creating islands in the ocean where there wasn't before, increasing the size of islands.

Section 4 - Naming.
Rule 4.1 - Nation & Town names.

The names of nations must correspond to the real-life location of the name used. For example, a player cannot have the capital of their nation in Africa and call the nation "Japan". Nations must be named after an existing real-life nation (for example, "Germany"), an historic nation that doesn't exist anymore but did in the past (for example, "Castile"), a geographic area of land (for example, "Scandinavia"), a state (for example, "Texas"), or a town (for example, "London"). Towns can be named anything at all, but both Town and Nation names must not be offensive in any way.

Rule 4.2 - Nicknames and Minecraft usernames.

Players must not use sexual, racist, or otherwise inappropriate nicknames or Minecraft usernames.