The rules

The rules are what keep us civilised. Respect the rules and you won't get problems.

Spread love, not hate

Be nice to each other!

• Don't be mean in chat.
• Don't bully other players.
• Say 'hello' from time to time.
• Have fun!

No griefing

Respect what others have built. Some projects took a long time!

• You are not allowed to destroy or loot property of other players.
• Never build within boundaries of claimed land. (Unless you have permission)
• Always ask other players if you can borrow items when you need stuff.
• Don't steal from the diamond pile at spawn. These are community earned diamonds.

No cheating

The game should be fun for everyone!

• Cheating in any form is not allowed.
  • Anything is considered cheating, if you have mods that give you an unfair advantage over other players. (Seeing ores, flying, faster sprinting, etc, etc.)
• Abusing Minecraft bugs to duplicate items is not allowed. (Just build a farm, if possible)

PvP is allowed but...

Don't go on a murder spree.

• Spawn-killing is not allowed. Don't keep killing players at their bed or at spawn.
• Don't target players specifically multiple times.
  • (Unless you are battling)
• Keep it fun. Stop, if you are told to stop.
• Return the contents of someone's inventory if you pick their stuff up.
  • (Except for their head, those you may keep.)

Respect claimed land

Not everything is free real-estate.

• You are allowed to claim certain parts of the world as your own.
• Claimed land is marked by placing border-markers:
  • signs
  • banners
  • visibly different blocks that are not naturally generated.
• Make it clear for others that the border-markers are personal to you/ belong to your build.
• You are allowed to claim an entire biome as long you surround the entire biome with border-markers.
  • You can claim only 1 biome. There are still other players in this server.
• All land is free for the taking, with exception to:
  • Already claimed land.
  • The world spawn point at 0.0.
  • The shopping district (all shops that are connected to the main road at spawn)
  • The Nether Hub in the Nether and all connected hallways.
  • The main End island in The End and connected structures.
  • Community ground like public exp/item farms. Which have visible border-markers.

Be nice to the environment

Yes. Climate change is a thing. Even in Minecraft.

• Chop trees all the way down. We don't like random floating trees or tree stumps.
• Replant trees if you're not planning to build on a certain spot.
• Don't mess the terrain up if you're not planning to build there.
• Fill creeper holes.
• Decorate quarries/ dig sites after you are done harvesting blocks.
  • (No random empty squares or stripped biomes.)

Don't cause too many lag-spikes

Well... I think this one is self-explanatory.

You can help with these simple steps:

• Light up Redstone circuits.
  • The constant light-updates of Redstone causes lag.
• Pick up items/exp at farms or place hoppers.
  • Too many items/orbs cause lag
• Keep your animal count at a minimum if you can. Especially at the spawn chunks.
  • Spawn chunks are always loaded, and a huge amount of mobs will cause lag.
• Don't build too many big mob farms close together.
  • Spread them across the world.
• Don't build mob farms close to spawn or build it with an on/off switch.
  • Spawn chunks are always loaded, and mob farms will cause lag if they are always grinding.
• Don't duplicate mob farms we already have.
  • For example, 1–3 farms per certain items are more than enough.

These are the rules! Honor them, admire them, love them, cuddle them... Whatever works for you.

That's all, folks!