Post by Exioraid on Oct 9, 2016 18:18:10 GMT 8
-----------------------------Rules-----------------------------
Welcome to the rules section of Sycophantia. We the staff members of Sycophantia always tries our best to make the server a ideal playing ground for all players on it. However, we are unable to do so if the players are do not cooperate with the staff members. If you are reading this, it is likely that you are trying to memories the rules to become a staff member, or to be a better player overall. Rules of any of the sections here or after may be subjected to change at any point of time. Rules do not apply to Exioraid, Destial and WhipDoge.
Server Rules
1.1) Any form of hacking is NOT allowed
- Instant IPBan with chance of appeal
1.2) Any form of glitching/item exploitation is NOT allowed
- Removal of all items in both chests and inventory
- Banned for 2 weeks
1.3) Scamming other players is allowed.
1.4) Spamming the server in any form is NOT allowed.
- Muted for 2 hours
1.5) Advertising is absolutely NOT allowed.
- Instant IP Ban with no chance of appeal
1.6) Economical Glitching is NOT allowed.
- Balance set to 0
- Removal of all items in both chests and inventory
- Banned for 1 week
1.7) Making an alternate account to vote for diamonds is NOT allowed.
- Chance of banning one account
- Failure to cooperate will result in all accounts banned, with no IP ban
1.8) DDOS or disrupting of server data is illegal and is NOT allowed.
- Instant IP Ban with no chance of appeal
1.9) Griefing, raiding and killing of players/factions is allowed.
1.10) Any form of communication in server chat must be in the English Language.
- Muted for 6 hours
- Length of mute increases by 2 hours for repeated offence
1.11) Respect the staff members when necessary eg. when handling reports
- mute/warning if done excessively
1.12) Selling of Minecraft accounts through forums or through the server is NOT allowed.
- Ban from forums and server with chance of appeal through new account
1.13) A maximum of 3 alternate accounts is allowed per IP.
- Choice of banning extra account
- Failure to cooperate will result of ip ban with chance of appeal
1.14) Harassing of other players on the server is NOT allowed.
- Ban for 1 week with chance of appeal or forgiveness from victim or
- Muted for 2 weeks with chance of appeal or forgiveness from victim
1.15) Logging out while frozen or failing to screenshare will result in a perm ban.
1.16) PvPLogging and PvPTeleporting while in combat is not allowed!
- Account will be tempbanned for 1 day
Applying of ranks
2.1) When creating a thread for a staff rank, the rank must be applied in its respective thread.
- Failure to do so will result in instant rejection and deletion of thread
2.2) A player is only allowed to apply for a specific staff rank 3 times a month.
- Excess application of ranks will be rejected and player will be barred from making further applications for the following month
2.3) Use the format given in the forums when applying for staff rank.
- Inability to follow format will be instantly rejected and you will be asked to rewrite using the proper format
2.4) Unless specified, skipping ranks (instantly applying for mod, when normal rank) is not allowed.
- Doing so will result in instant rejection
2.5) There is no minimum rank when applying for helper rank. However, the chances of rejection is higher the lower your normal rank.
2.6) Do not ask staff members to look at your application
- Doing so will greatly reduce your chances of getting accepted into the team
Staff rules
3.1) Abusing of powers entrusted to you is NOT allowed.
- Doing so will result in demotion and 6 months ban with no chance of appeal.
- Will not be made staff member in mere future
3.2) Banning of players requires the need of concrete evidence. (Screenshot, Video, coordinates, etc.)
- Failure to do so will result in baseless accusations
- Ban may not be accepted and be lifted
3.3) All players must be greeted upon entering the server.
- Failure to do show will prove that your incompetence is high and might result in demotion
- Players must feel accepted by the staff members
3.4) Staff members must always attend to the needs of fellow players.
- Failure to do so will prove that your incompetence is high and might result in demotion
- For any doubts, contact higher ranked staff members or fellow staff members.
- If no one is online, declare that you will come back to the player afterwards and do what you can to temporarily help the player
3.5) Biases amongst judgement of players
- not banning a player because he/she is a "friend/best friend"
- Doing so will show incompetence to do accurate judgement on playerbase and may result in demotion
3.6) Slacking off during events/players in need of help
- Doing so will show incompetence of your abilities and might result in demotion
Forum rules
4.1) Do not chain post, put everything in one post.
- Doing so will result in warning of up to 2 times
- Forum ban on 3rd repeat for 1 week
4.2) Linking to adf.ly or any money gain website for your benefit is NOT allowed.
- Doing so will result in warning of up to 1 time
- Forum ban on 2nd repeat for 1 week
4.3) Explicit content such as porn, hentai, m18 content on the forums is NOT allowed.
- Doing so will result in instant forum ban for 2 weeks
4.4) Hate posting is NOT allowed.
- Warning of up to 3 times with removal of post
- Forum ban of 1 week on 4th repeat
4.5) Links that lead to another server is NOT allowed./Advertisement of another server on signature
- Instant forum ban
- Instant server ban with no chance of appeal
4.6) Avoid excess usage of swear words.
- Warning of up to 5 times
- Forum ban of 1 week on 6th repeat
Donor rules
5.1) Donating for another player is allowed.
5.2) Refunds upon donating for the server will not be entertained.
5.3) We accept transactions through paypal, as well as through bank transfer.
5.4) We will not entertain any players who wishes to bargain for discounts.
- Continuous bargaining will result in mute in game or forum mute respectively
5.5) We will not entertain any players who claimed they donated without any form of receipt from paypal to the donator or the receiver
- In order to avoid false claims to the Sycophantia group, this rule has been placed