Rules

1. Cheating, Server Exploits, and Alternative Accounts

   - Cheat Clients and Other Modifications

     - Prohibited: Cheat clients, macro keys, mods that provide gameplay leverage.

     - Allowed: Performance mods, HUD mods, certain minimap mods, aesthetic mods, Litematica without printer function.

     - Penalty: Permanent ban for violations.

2. Assisting in Rule Breaking

   - Prohibited: Knowingly assisting, participating in, or benefiting from rule violations.

   - Penalty: Treated as committing the act themselves.

3. Technical Errors and Server Exploits

   - Prohibited: Exploiting server bugs or technical oversights.

   - Penalty: Potential permanent ban.

4. Alternative Accounts

   - Prohibited: Intentional abuse of alternative accounts.

   - Penalty: Ban of alternative accounts; main account may be warned or ip-banned.

5. Disrupting Services

   - Prohibited: Intentionally causing server lag or disruptions.

   - Penalty: Permanent ban.

6. Behavior Expectations for Players on the Minecraft Earth Server

   - General Expectations

     - Positive Cooperation and Competition: Encourage players to cooperate and compete in a positive environment, always respecting other players. Disrespectful or abusive behavior is strictly prohibited​​.

   - Naming and Identity

     - Nation Names: A nation is ideally named after a real region, province, or geographical area, but fantasy nations and town names are allowed as long as they remain appropriate. 

     - Account Information: Usernames, nicknames, skins, and titles should not be explicit, sexual, or inappropriate.

7. Prohibited Behaviors

   - Chat Abuse: Avoid abusive language, inappropriate topics, misleading information, and spam.

   - Unwanted Behavior: Includes bullying, derogatory terms, encouraging self-harm, inciting violence, hate speech, and explicit sexual talk​​.

   - Advertisements and Links: No advertising unrelated to the server, and no sharing of malicious or inappropriate links​​​​.

   - Personal Information: Do not share personal information of others without explicit permission​​.

   - Glorification of Atrocities: Nations that glorify or seek to recreate real-life atrocities are not permitted.

8. Specific Disallowed Conduct

   - Hostility and Antisocial Behavior: Aggressive, hostile, or antisocial behaviors are not tolerated. This includes character attacks, name-calling, targeted harassment, and rude generalizations​​​​.

   - Trolling and Sabotaging: Intentional disruptions, such as trolling, constant pranking, or sabotaging team performance, are prohibited​​​​.

   - Swearing and Spamming: Swearing should be limited and appropriate to the community standards. Spamming in any form is not allowed​​​​.

   - Griefing and Player Harassment: Destroying others' creations, stealing items, or persistent harassment is forbidden​​​​.

   - Inappropriate Content and Extremism: Avoid creating or sharing content with slurs, sexualized or violent themes, and refrain from extremist ideologies or behavior​​​​.

   - Self-Harm and Bullying: Do not engage in conversations or actions that promote self-harm or bullying, whether directed at others or oneself​​​​.

   - Discriminatory Behavior: Racism, sexism, homophobia, and xenophobia are strictly prohibited​.

9. Additional Prohibitions

   - Identity Theft and Scamming: Stealing accounts, using someone else's payment information, or engaging in scamming activities are serious offenses​​.

   - Threats and Violence: Making real-life violent threats or engaging in behaviors like swatting and doxing are strictly forbidden and may have legal consequences​​.

10. Compliance and Reporting

    - Responsibility to Report: Players are encouraged to report any rule violations or suspicious behavior.

    - Compliance with Staff Instructions: Follow the directions of server staff and respect their decisions.

11. Griefing

    - Destroying Land in or Around Claims

      - Prohibited: Griefing land within or around claims.

      - Penalty: Warnings, rollback, potential ban.

    - Wilderness and Infrastructure

      - Limited: Restrictions on griefing in wilderness and infrastructure damage.

    - Town Claims

      - Prohibited: Claim blocking and creating claim arms.

    - Stealing Specific Blocks

      - Allowed: Stealing specific blocks for their value.

    - Major Terraforming

      - Prohibited: Major terrain alterations affecting the map's geography.

    - Map Art

      - Conditions: Allowed under certain guidelines.

12. Reporting and Player Safety

    - Reporting Rule Breakers

      - Method: Using /report in-game.

    - Reporting Server Bugs

      - Importance: Helps improve gameplay; requires detailed bug reports.

    - Account Security

      - Responsibility: Players are responsible for their account and personal information.

13. Behavior Not Allowed

    - Includes: Chat abuse, threats, unfair advantages, account abuse, game abuse, inappropriate content, and game trading.

14. Consequences and Rehabilitation

    - Consequences for Rule Breaking

      - Includes: Chat suspension, server access suspension.

    - Further Expectations

      - Impact of multiple punishments and previous behavior on future punishments.

      - Appeal process for punishments.