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Chat Offences
Spamming
Spam is classified as 3 of the same or 5 different messages in a short time period, more than 8 of the same or random characters in a row, 8+ letters or 3 words capitalized, counting down or up more than 5 numbers in a row, or inciting other players to send certain messages in chat for something in return. Sending irrelevant oversized lengths of text and promoting others to spam all fall under this.
Using more than 3 alternative accounts to /shout the same or similar message is not allowed and will be classed as spam.
Discrimination
The use of homophobic, transphobic, Xenophobic, racist, ablism, or any other slur or statement that is derogatory or offensive to the player.
Player Disrespect
Threatening, bullying or calling players names with the intention to single them out and upset/degrade them.
Chat Language
The main chat is to be kept in English to allow our Staff team to monitor the chat. Speaking in other languages is allowed in /msg as well as in /party chats.
Harassments & Sexual Harassments
Unwanted behavior or remarks towards a player in a threatening or derogatory way. This includes but is not limited to: Asking people personal questions, pestering people once been told to stop, and/or using unwanted language to a player.
Doxxing/DDos Jokes & Threats
Revealing the personal information of one, threatening to expose sensitive information, threats to one's appliances, or jokes made to do so are not tolerated within the server.
Inappropriate Chat Behavior
Excessive talk of topics such as, but not limited to: Drug references, sexual material. Sending any inappropriate symbols or links in chat, encouraging suicide, wishing death upon another.
Chargeback Rules
ChargeBacks from the store result in a ban, these are unable to be lifted as these are controlled by Tebex. Being banned on Tebex for chargebacks will result in a permanent ban from our server as well as being unable to make any future purchases on Tebex sites under your IGN or associated card number.
Falsifying evidence/reports
Creating false/fake reports is not permitted.
We will not accept any edited evidence. We will only accept evidence within a certain time frame after the initial instance.
Game Offences
Cheating
The use of a program, macro, script, or client that provides an unfair advantage over other players. This applies to any gamemode, realm and as well as PVP.
Examples include but are not limited to:
- X-raying
- Printer or Easy Place
- Pearl Tracers
- AutoText/hot keys
- Freecam
- Any hacked clients that are not listed in the approved modifications below
Approved Modifications - Optifine, Shaders, F3-B, Armor Status, Effect Status, HudPixel, 5Zig*, Lunar Client, Badlion Client, Animation Mods (Orange's Animations), Replay Mod, Feather Client & LadyMod.
PvP Mechanics - The use of health bars/indicators are NOT allowed. The use of mini-maps are allowed BUT are NOT allowed to show mobs/other players, structures or caves.
Please note that Schematics are allowed without the use of the printer or easy place function.
Autoclicking, Automining & Keybinding
Using third-party hardware or software in order to click fast/not manually click. These include but are not limited to; autoclickers, using a double-clicking mouse, drag clicking, rebinding your attack button to another key on your keyboard - including minecrafts mechanics to rebind keys, using f3 + t, placing an item on your keys or mouse to click for you.
Auto fishing farms using automatic methods are also not permitted.
Please note that autoconnectors are not included and can be used on the server.
Scamming
Tricking players into giving you items or money by using dishonest methods such as renaming items, not fulfilling trades, different items than advertised.
To avoid being scammed, we recommend using the “trade” function in game, any item drop trades will be considered player error.
We do not moderate PvP fights, as we expect all players to understand the risks when going into a PvP area.
IRL Trading
Any attempt to directly trade IRL benefits for in-game items (Paypal, or IRL Money to buy in-game items). This does NOT include buycraft deals.
Whats a buycraft deal? Buycraft deals are purchases made on our store in exchange for in-game items. This is allowed.
Example: Player 1 Buys Player 2 a monthly crate in exchange for a fair amount of in-game cash.
IRL Scamming
Scamming another player out of any IRL/Buycraft or in-game benefits as a result of a deal made.
Advertising
Posting links/names of other servers, live streams or videos that are not official OneBlock MC accounts or partnered content creator, as well as any other form of advertising such as IP addresses.
Inappropriate Behavior
Inappropriate builds, inappropriate skins/capes/names and inappropriate chat behavior. This includes but is not limited to drug references, sexual material, and discriminative builds. Any inappropriate material found on islands with multiple occupants will result in ALL members receiving the same punishment.
Rank perks are covered under this rule, any misuse of commands such as /nickname or /shout may result in loss of these permissions.
TP Killing
Teleporting someone to you and trapping and/or killing them. This also includes trying to trap players in places such as nether portals.
Killing Outside of PvP Areas
Using a bow, fishing rod, or potions to hit people down from PvP spawn, or end crystals in non-PvP zones.
Overworld Killing
Killing people in the overworld by the use of elytra flight, lava pits, end crystals, or any other means to kill another player in the default world.
Survival Claiming
Claiming End portals or End crystals is not allowed as it disables the use of them for all players.
Griefing
Below are the base rules on griefing, but not limited to.
OneBlock Realms: If trusted on another players island:
- No destroying farms, this includes but not limited to; Spawner Farms, Cactus Farms, Redstone Farms and Crop farms.
- You are not allowed to inside your own team. This includes stealing items from your team without permission, destroying your team’s base, killing your team members or deliberately trying to sabotage your team.
Survival:
- If trusted on another players claim- no destroying farms, this includes but not limited to; Spawner Farms, Cactus Farms, Redstone Farms and Crop farms.
- No "outside claim griefing" - Placing unnecessary blocks, items and sources right outside a players claim to intend to grief or be of annoyance.
- No claiming within 150 blocks to intentionally block or grief a fully established base. (This does not include bases that are a 5x5 area etc.)
- No abuse of bugs that allows you to do actions that you normally wouldn't be able to in another players claim.
- You are not allowed to inside your own team. This includes stealing items from your team without permission, destroying your team’s base, killing your team members or deliberately trying to sabotage your team.
Note: Who you trust on your claims/island is at your discretion. Staff have the final say on what determines griefing on a case by case basis. If you are unsure what determines griefing, please contact a Staff Member to help you out.
Purposefully Creating Lag
Creating a wall of water and placing lava over it in order to grief players or in attempts to lag the server i.e Cobble monster. Other examples of lag creating methods that are punishable but not limited to; intentionally creating pointless farms or redstone systems, machines that create a large amount of entities in one place or large farms such as; automatic farms powered by redstone.
Flying Machines
Any form of a flying machine is not allowed. Flying machines are mechanisms that use slime blocks and/or honey blocks, redstone blocks, observers and pistons to move blocks in one or various directions, allowing them to move freely through air or water without any support.
Exploiting Bugs
The act of abusing any bugs to gain an advantage over other players or to benefit themselves.
Punishment Evasion
The use of an alternate account to bypass a punishment on the main one.
Using a VPN or Proxy to bypass a punishment is not allowed on the server, a blocker is in place to help prevent this.
Staff Impersonation
Pretending to be a staff member with either similar names or claiming to be staff in order to gain advantage over others.
Community Casinos / Lotteries
Casinos or lotteries which are run in-game by players are disallowed.
Helpop Abuse/Misuse
Making a Helpop in-game with the intention including, but not limited to, the following reasons: False reports, spam, harassment, excessive reports.
Blacklistable offences can be read here.
Staff Rules
If a staff member is caught doing any of the listed below please create a staff report ticket to report their behavior
- Abusing
- Excessive Swearing in chat
- Scamming
- Insiding
- Using their title to get advantage
- Leaking any staff chats, ticket information, or other private information
- Misuse of their permissions
Breaking any of these rules will result in a punishment based on the Staff Guidelines. Administrators are allowed to break off these rules to issue a punishment if they see fit.
Closing Notice
It is your responsibility as a player to know the rules of the server and regularly check this document for any changes that have been made. Once changes to this document have been made they will apply to all offenses committed after the time of amendment.
Offenses that occur in /msg as well as any other in-game chat rooms, are also subject to punishment if rules are found to be broken within there.
You are also responsible for your island/claim and/or any residents you have within it.
Punishments may differ from the usual punishments given if authorized by Senior Staff members.