Category:Rules

These are pages which discuss rules on MinecraftOnline, as well as corrective procedures which may be taken.

"Do i need to read it in all languages?" - Britanian

This category aims to catalogue the various rules and guidelines relevant to gameplay that exist within MinecraftOnline. More information regarding a specific rule can be found in its respective article

The Rules

 < Reseres> Did you read the rules?
 < Evil_Adam> yes
 < Reseres> How many are there?
 < Evil_Adam> omg i quit
  Evil_Adam left the game.

MinecraftOnline has one key rule:

Rule One: "No Griefing" - Do not damage anything anyone else made.

This is referred to as "griefing" in shorthand, and is discussed in detail in the grief article.

However, maintaining playability and reasonable community balance on a public server requires more fine-grained control than this, so there exist a variety of more detailed rules and exceptions that deal with many areas of gameplay, from PVP to chat spam.

As a result, MinecraftOnline has two other main rules:

Rule Two: "No Spamming" - Do not flood the chat or overuse commands.

Spamming deprives others of the ability to use chat by obscuring their own chat messages and is not tolerated. Spamming often results in a ban without warning in order to stop the ongoing chat flood. Abusing commands that populate the chat of players (regardless if that chat is globally visible or private) fall into this category. Some examples of such commands are reputation, messaging, and emote commands.

Rule Three: "No Cheating" - Do not use unfair ways to gain advantage in survival.

MinecraftOnline is meant to be a survival-mode server with fair gameplay. Client modifications from cheat clients that add features like X-ray, player-radar, ore finders, auto-attack or kill aura, and many other 'hacks' are not permitted. They are easier to detect than you might think and will get you a warning to disable it and a ban if you do not.

There is one additional distinct rule, commonly referred to as "Rule Four" by the community. However, it is not officially recognized as a part of the main three-rule system, particularly because only admins can enforce this rule.

"No Kill Spamming" - Do not kill players to the point of unplayability.

While MinecraftOnline supports PvP, it does not support repeatedly killing players to the point that the game becomes unplayable for them. A much more comprehensive explanation is detailed in the Kill Spamming article.

Common Sense Rules

Beyond the main rules, there are two additional "Common Sense" rules. These cover behavior that falls outside of ordinary gameplay but can cause serious harm to players or MinecraftOnline itself, and thus should be common sense to not do even without explicit definition.

"No Harassment" - Do not cause real-life harm or endanger players in the real world.

MinecraftOnline does not tolerate players putting other players in real life harm or danger. Examples include physical assault, sexual harassment, doxxing, or grooming minors. More detail is provided in the Harassment article.

"No Technical Attacks" - Do not attempt to compromise the server’s or other player’s hardware, software, or data.

Attempts to conduct cyberattacks or abuse in-game vulnerabilities to disrupt, damage, or compromise the server or its features will be treated seriously and may result in an immediate ban, legal action, or criminal charges.

Ban Enforcement Policies

Our warnings and bans are directed toward players (that is, the specific person behind the screen), not accounts.

This means that ban evading is not permitted. A new account does not constitute a new player. If a banned player uses another account to access MinecraftOnline, that account will be banned in order to continue enforcing the original ban against the player.

Knowingly facilitating, encouraging, or assisting another player in breaking any of these rules is also prohibited. Doing so will result in treatment equivalent to that taken against the player who committed the original violation.

As required by Mojang and Microsoft, MinecraftOnline operates in accordance with the Minecraft Usage Guidelines, the Minecraft Community Standards, and the Xbox Community Standards. Conduct that violates these standards or guidelines may result in appropriate action on MinecraftOnline, including a ban where warranted.