Everywhere

### **No Spamming**

This applies to ALL channels related to the Flat Earth SMP (“SMP”). This applies to ALL public Minecraft (“MC”) channels related to the SMP. “Spamming” is defined (and will be for the rest of this document) as “repeatedly sending the same or similar images, videos, files, or messages (“media content/attachments”) for the purpose of being a nuisance, grabbing attention or annoyance towards others”. One is considered to be spamming if five or more media attachments are sent within a 15 second period (messages sent within the designated period are based on the first message). *Failure to follow this rule will result in a 60 second mute.*

*If a second spam is followed within 5 minutes, you will receive a 5 minute timeout. If a third (or of higher count) is followed within 5 minutes, you will receive a 1 hour timeout.*

### **No Harassment**

“Harassment” is to be defined as “aggressive pressure or aggressive intimidation, or threatening” throughout the rest of this document. This includes blackmailing others within the SMP community, or real in-person threats (physical or otherwise) towards any SMP member, admin, or mod. This includes admin threats to ban, timeout, mute, or kick a member, unless an acceptable reason is provided along with the punishment. This includes using admin powers to unfairly further anyone’s in-game or discord interests. This does not include complaining, disagreeing, and arguing.

*Failure to follow this rule will result in a 24 hour timeout.*

### **No Bribing**

This includes money and other items, physical, digitally or otherwise, and images, videos or sound recordings / tapes. Exceptions include in-game trade items for in-game purposes only.

*Failure to follow this will result in a 24 hour timeout.*

### **Respect Others**

There should be absolutely no harassment, assault, abuse or hate speech on others, unless in the abuse channel.

*Failure to follow will result in a 24 hour timeout.*

### **No NSFW Content**

There should never be any NSFW content posted by server members, visually. Inappropriate builds are NOT allowed on the MC server, or to be shared as a media attachment via discord.

*Failure to follow will result in a **PERMANENT BAN**.*

### **No Discrimination Towards Others**

Any posts or comments containing discrimination or derision of another's gender, sexuality, race, religion, culture, sexual orientation and/or alignment, etc. will be viewed as a breach of this rule.

This does not include government politics, unless the political idea is radical. If you are in the #advanced-debate channel however, ANY government politics are allowed, including radical ideas.

*Failure to follow will result in a 1 week timeout.*

### **No Admin or Moderator Abusing**

The term “admin or moderator abuse” or “admin abuse” for short will be defined as “harassment of members through admins and/or moderators that pose unfair and/or threatening situations, aggressive pressuring, or aggressive intimation, or using in-game admin permissions to either further for your own cause or to hamper others’ efforts, or the exploitation towards others”. This includes changing rules unfairly and without agreement from others in the admin team and admins forcefully moving you to the 1 ON 1 ABUSE channel.

Exceptions include asking another admin to complete an admin related task.

If you are currently or are in a future situation of abuse, follow as listed:

1. If a single admin or moderator is abusing you, please report this immediately.
2. If a group of admins and/or moderators is abusing you, please report to an unabusing admin or moderator.

*The user / group responsible for the act will receive a 5 day timeout. This only applies to severe cases; if the case is considered minor, the responsible party will receive a 24 hour timeout, unless further stated by exception.*

### **No Slurs**

This includes a slur towards a race, gender, sex, nationality, disability, or any other group that may be marginalized or otherwise.

*Failure to follow will result in a 1 week timeout.*

### **Other**

1. If you have broken a rule before it existed, please note that you are NOT eligible for punishment.
2. If you run into a loophole, exploit, grammatical error (typo, word misuse, incorrect punctuation, etc.), please notify an admin or a mod immediately.