Dogecraft Rules
General Chat Rules:
Breaking rules will result in punishments that have been previously established.
- Listen to the staff. Respect the staff and other players.
- Swearing is allowed as long as it's not excessive or directed at anyone.
- No roleplaying in main chat you may use /msg or /local. Any type of sexual talk is to be kept out of the main chat.
- Bullying/racism/mentioning suicide/mocking mental conditions WILL NOT be tolerated. Saying the n-word in chat will result in a permanent ban, no exceptions.
- No advertising (websites,youtube,servers)
- No spamming (Spamming also includes participating or clearly trying to initiate spam. )
- Please do not intentionally give players false/fake information. (alt+f4)
- Do not ignore staff
- If someone has you /ignored discord to talk to them through the global chat channel. If you have been muted and you talk through the discord this is mute evasion and will result in a ban.
- If you have issues with another player please contact a staff member. Do NOT contact the other player OUTSIDE of Minecraft. Please contact a staff member to help resolve the issue. Harassment is not tolerated.
- Please avoid naming items anything that violates the general chat rules.
- English only in the main chat, please you may use /msg or /local
General Rules:
- Common Sense
- Duping, collaborating with a duper, or accepting items from a duper is a permanent ban. This includes TNT duping, which is also not allowed.
- Listen to the staff. Rules are a guideline. The staff enforces the rules.
- Report glitches you find to staff. DO NOT ABUSE them.
- Report issues to STAFF. Do NOT take matters into your own hands to resolve grief etc.
- No ridiculous pricing of items in any market or auction house.
- No pretending to be using hacks and mentioning it in chat.
- No offensive names. If a staff member deems your name offensive, you will be banned until you have changed your name to something more appropriate. Please create a ban appeal once your name has been changed.
- No offensive skins. If a staff member deems your skin offensive, you will be banned until you have changed your skin to something more appropriate. Please create a ban appeal once your skin has been changed.
- No exchange of goods that are not available via the Dogecraft store. (ex: selling a residence to someone for actual money)
Alt Accounts:
- Do not use more than 2 accounts on the server. More than 2 will get you and the other accounts banned. If you avoid this ban you will be permabanned.
- Free accounts - please understand that these are against Mojang's rules. If you are on a free account you might lose access to that account. This is not OUR problem.
- If your main account is banned and you use an alt that is ban evasion and will result in a permanent ip ban.
Inactivity/Afk:
- If you are inactive for 3 months your residences will be automatically removed
- Afking in general is allowed
Mods/Texturepacks:
- No mods or texture packs that provide an unfair advantageous position over other players is allowed.
Examples:
(X-ray, Reach, No knockback)
(If you have questions about particular ones please ask a staff member before using it)
Staff:
- Staff is following punishment guidelines.
- Do not ASK FOR STAFF. If you would like a staff position please check our forums and put in an application.
- When contacting staff go from Intern>Helper>Moderator>Admin>Founder
Extended Rules:
- Do not create any kind of trap that could kill a player, regardless of intent.
- Stealing is NOT allowed.
- Scamming is not allowed.
- Do not stalk/harass other players in-game or in discord.
- Do not surround a claim with your residence example: (claiming around someone else's claim to prevent them from expanding their claim)
Afking/Automation/Farms
Automatic iron golem farms ALLOWED
Auto smelters ALLOWED
Redstone clocks that don’t cause lag ALLOWED
No lag machines or excessive redstone. If staff deems your machine/build to be lagging the server or deem it to be against the rules please dismantle it asap. It will be removed if it is causing major server issues. Intentionally trying to lag or crash the server will result in a permanent ban.
AFKING is allowed
You may go to spawn to AFK for long periods of time. Expect to be moved to spawn if AFK in a residence with disabled movement.
Auto-clickers are permitted as long as you are able to respond to staff if they message you to see if you are present at your computer (fail to do so will lead to a job reset and a ban).
Punishment Guidelines:
Punishment Types:
- WARNINGS: These carry over a span of seven days, once four are hit, the user is auto-banned for a day. All /warns go on your /history on the server.
- KICK: Kicks you from the server. Can immediately re-join. Goes on your /history on the server.
- TEMPBAN: Temporary bans are given out and determined in length by staff. Goes on your /history on the server. If you feel like you were unfairly tempbanned please appeal on the forums HOWEVER if your punishment lasts less than 24 hours please just serve the time.
- MUTE: This is usually due to chat rule violations and is up to the staff member to decide how long it lasts. Goes on your /history on the server.
- PERMABAN: Indefinite. If you feel like you were unfairly permabanned please appeal on the forums.
The above is applicable to all players and staff. Anyone who violates these rules that you would like to bring to staff's attention please feel free to reach out to our founders and or managers. These expectations and policies are to be withheld by all, to keep Dogecraft an equal and fair community.
