PVP

On Rhapsody, PVP has been enabled by Bunny, backed begrudgingly by staff after the server had been public for a few months. Due to a rocky start following the initial introduction of PVP that involved having to serve up lots of bancakes to abusers of the facets of PVP, staff were wary to enable it again.

*PVP* is an acronym for *Player vs. Player* and refers to combat between players. Any attack that damages another player is regarded as PVP. PVP is permitted on Rhapsody, as long as it is not taken to excess and does not degenerate into bullying. Though the culture of the server tends to mostly lean towards cooperation and peace, the possibility of violence is always lurking when not obvious.

## Why PVP?

PVP is enabled on Rhapsody as it is a natural part of survival multiplayer gameplay, and removing it would gut a fascinating dynamic from the game. Some may engage in PVP as a fun activity at the PVP Arena in spawn. Others may wish to collect the skull of another individual, which all players drop when killed by another player. What ever the reason, it should be one formed in sound mind without ill intent or a harmful motive behind taking part in the activity.

## Not Being an Asshole

At the server's public debut in July of 2021, PVP was originally enabled, and then quickly disabled until July 18, 2022 due to the frequency of staff interventions that occurred. When the community had established and expressed integrity strong enough for the staff not to be worried about constantly having to exert themselves on petty player wars and battles just to uphold a peaceful, stress free environment for other players, PVP was enabled once more.

### How to help uphold a stress-free environment

* Engaging in PVP consensually. (Killing without consent is not necessarily punishable by staff, but when it descends into affecting the other player's ability to enjoy the game, it violates our policy about being mindful of others, and, depending on the motive behind the kills, potentially our rule on hatred as well.)
* Returning inventories or specific items when prompted.
* Knowing when to leave other players alone. (Especially if they are not actively engaging in PVP with you, or ask you to stop.)

These are all examples of proper PVP etiquette, and should be followed to the best of your ability.

## Bad PVP Etiquette

If you are wondering how far the boundaries can be pushed before a staff intervention occurs to break up your PVP match(es), look no further. You don't have to try to figure that out yourself, as all reasons for intervention (and potential ban) are listed below.

### When might staff intervention occur?

* If you kill the same player frequently, and they have asked you to stop;
* You refuse to return the item(s) or inventory of the player when requested;
* You impede enjoyable gameplay or blatantly cause a stressful experience for your opponent and continue to do so even after they request that you stop;
* You have a motive for killing a player not related to enjoying the game, potentially as a form of expressing hatred towards them;
* Or you are attempting to solve an already ongoing argument or quarrel with another player by killing them.

Engaging in PVP in this manner should be avoided, and if you see or experience a situation in which another player is abusing PVP, you should report it promptly to staff. If no staff are online during the offense, you can type "*@Auxiliary*" in chat to notify them.

## Consequences

While engaging in PVP on Rhapsody is allowed, if you don't respect others while taking part, you may find yourself in a staff intervention. Depending on how staff assess the situation and how many rules you violated during the act (though violating just one rule unapologetically is enough to get you permanently banned), you can and will be permanently banned from the server, even if you claim it was "all in good fun". If the player you're engaging in PVP with doesn't agree with your claim on "fun", you are in the wrong and the repercussions mentioned above will quickly ensue.