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Introduction

Hey there CivEx! We've spent the last week hard at work putting the finishing touches onto CivEnchant and getting ready for the final major push in development. Both /u/sharpcastle33 and I have begun our Thanksgiving breaks and hope to use some of this extra time to move toward that end.

As winter draws near so seemingly does First Light, and therefore we've decided to finalize the rules based on this discussion we had a while back to prepare for you all playing on the server. These rules are official and are meant to go into effect as soon as possible. However, this post is additionally meant to be an official forum (alongside the #feedback channel on the discord) to discuss our rules and moderation policy. If you have any concerns, criticisms, or suggestions (if there is anything you feel might be missing) feel free to use this thread to do so.

Without further ado, have a read through the CivEx: First Light Rules and Moderation Policy.

Rules

0 Rule Zero

The staff has the right to remove any player from the server for any reason, listed or otherwise, temporarily and permanently

1 Keep the Front Door Clean

• All discussion on the /r/civex subreddit and the #general channel of the community discord are to be kept fully focused on the server and subject to minimal spam and shitposting
• Types of content that may be removed includes, but is not limited to:
  • Shitposting (low quality memes)
  • Spam (multiple posts in a day by the same person or on the same topic)
  • Off-Topic Content (politics, other games/services, and anything not directly related to CivEx)
  • Discussion about moderation policy outside of proper forums made by the administrative team (use the #feedback channel on the community discord to voice your concern with our moderation policy freely)

2 No Alternate Accounts

• Players found to be using alternate accounts will be banned on all accounts
• Using an alternate account to circumvent a ban is against the rules

3 No Botting

• Everything your player does in-game must be done while you are at the keyboard
• You are allowed to use an auto-mining bot (effectively the same as taping down your left mouse button) so long as you are at the keyboard and responsive to things happening in-game (you may, for example, watch netflix while vault-breaking--but if you need to go to the restroom you must stop all the actions your character is performing in-game)
• Using bots to enhance a character’s actions beyond human capability are not allowed

4 No Bug Exploitation

• This includes, but is not limited to:
  • Duping
  • Xray
  • Flying
  • Bug Exploitation
  • Glitch Exploitation
  • Bypassing AFK checks
  • Intentionally causing lag
  • Using a hacked or cracked client
  • Using vanilla behaviours that have been removed for the server experience or have been stated to be against the server’s goals
• All bugs and exploits must be reported to the admin team as soon as they are recognized to be bugs/exploits
• Distributing or publicly posting any information about bugs/exploits currently in the game is against the rules

5 No King of the Ashes

• If your goal is to raze the server to the ground, you're going to need to have a talk with us--we aren't just going to let you do that
• If your intention is to make the server an undesirable place to play, and are unwilling to change, you will be asked to leave
• Violations of this rule include, but are not limited to:
  • Pearling newfriends with your end-game gear
  • Randomly pearling people to prevent everyone from playing the server
  • Lag machines

6 No Harassment, Personal Attacks, or Doxxing

• Due to the nature of civ-style servers arguments and conflicts between players can get pretty heated, however players are expected to remain civil in their interactions with other players
• Using or divulging personal information of another player without their consent is not allowed
• Any action taken to negatively affect a player outside of the game is not allowed
• Moderators will not intervene with interactions between players unless things are taken too far by either party
• Players are encouraged to use /ignore and /ignoregroup to avoid interactions with players they dislike
• Players should report continued harassment to the moderators whether it happens on the subreddit, through modmail, or in game, through a support ticket
• Any players engaging in continued harassment will be reprimanded in accordance to the severity of their actions

7 No knowingly aiding other players in breaking/circumventing server rules

• Players intentionally aiding others in breaking/circumventing the rules will be punished in accordance with the severity of the actions of the people they are aiding

8 No paying with, accepting, or soliciting real money for ingame goods and services

• Not only is this against our policy, but it is also against the Mojang EULA and will not be tolerated in any capacity
• This includes paying with, accepting, or soliciting any item IRL or out of game for ingame goods and services

9 No using server resources to advertise other minecraft servers, services or games

• Contact the staff if you want permission to advertise other games/services
• DO NOT assume we’ll allow it--ask us first!

Moderation Policy

First and foremost, for any infraction that is not severe enough to warrant immediate action, we will attempt to have a conversation with the violator before deciding upon any punitive measure to ascertain whether they are willing to change their actions in order to continue to be a part of the community.

For minor violations (i.e. pearling a couple of newfriends, letting others know about an exploit, usage of hate speech, etc.) that will often be enough and no further action would be taken.

For more major violations (i.e. permanently pearling random people for no reason, refusing to change one’s actions after discussion with the moderation team, letting many people/making public an exploit/letting people know about an exploit intentionally for malicious purposes, using alternate accounts, etc.) we will place the player under a temporary ban.

For extreme violations (i.e. continued harassment, doxxing, using alternate accounts to circumvent bans, intentionally crashing the server, etc.) we will move straight to a permanent ban.

All staff interventions by this policy will be promptly reviewed by the administrative team in order to ensure equity and consistency in each case.

You may appeal any ban that is not an extreme violation of rule 6 (people who continue to harass, personally attack, or doxx people after receiving punishment and acknowledgement of their actions, or those who do so to an extreme [i.e. sexual harassment], cannot be trusted to come back into the community).