Oakay Server Rules
Community Etiquette & Respect
Rule 1: Be Mature & Respectful (18+)
"Treat people as you wish to be treated, with respect and integrity."
Section 1
Rule 2: Zero Tolerance For Any Discrimination
"Everyone should be treated equally, no matter who they are."
Rule 3: Keep Chat Clean & Constructive
"To keep an orderly chat."
Don't be a jerk.
No Discrimination
Based on race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or disability.
No Hate Speech
Verbal abuse, usage of slurs, hate symbols, subtle/coded hate speech.
No Severe Harassment
Including sexual, racial, psychological & online harassment.
No spamming.
Avoid Excessive Profanity.
No NSFW Content.
Rule 4: No Impersonations
"Respect your fellow players identity."
Rule 5: Limited Advertising & Self-Promotion
"We're here to play Minecraft, not to see adverts."
Do not pretend to be another player.
Do not pose as Staff / minister.
Do not advertise other Minecraft or Discord servers, any social media or any other external services.
Please ask a member of Staff for permission to advertise first.
Gameplay Integrity & Fairness
Rule 6: No Griefing or Stealing
"As a player you should be respectful of other players belongings."
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Rule 7: No Cheating, Hacking, or Exploiting
"Use of a modified version of the game or game-breaking exploits, that gives you an unfair advantage over other players."
Rule 8: Permitted Client Modifications
"We use Mods, we expect you might too!"
Griefing is defined as any intentional damage/altering of someone else's property.
Stealing is defined as the acquisition / use of a player's property without the permission from said player.
e.g Taking diamonds from a chest, using a player's villagers without explicit consent.
Anything player-made is protected under this rule.
No Hacks of any kind. (This includes Movement, Combat, Detection, Inventory/Item & Chat Hacks, Reach, X-Ray, Easy place, etc.)
Abusing game-breaking exploits or bugs is not allowed. If you find one, report it immediately (see Rule 15), failure to do so may result in punishment.
No Duplication. Exceptions are made for Sand, Gravel and TNT Entity Duplication.
Most mods are fine to use, confused if your mods are okay?
All the mods included in the Oakay Essentials are allowed. Similar mods are also permitted.
Still Unsure? Mod not mentioned above? Ask a Staff Member!
Building, Environment & Server Performance
Rule 9: Building, Zoning & Proximity Guidelines
"The world is big, we all want our own space, we ask you respect that."
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Rule 10: Spawn Building & Zoning Guidelines
"Rules to keep order in our growing community."
Rule 11: Server Performance & Lag
"To keep an orderly chat."
Do not build structures within 500 blocks of 0,0 on any Oakay Server.
When building a structure, we expect you to ask anyone near you if it's okay to build close by or to keep from at least 200 blocks from them.
Builds should not show offensive/obscene imagery.
Spawn is set up into 5 Zones, to learn more go to zoning-guidelines on the Oakay Servers Discord.
Builds at spawn must follow some rules as to not cause upset:
Must be a reasonable size, there is no hard limit but please ask before building a large structure.
When building above or below someone else, you should ask the player before building.
Please respect the land, make sure your build is properly lit and the land around it isn't destroyed.
No troll builds, e.g. lava casts and other structures designed to be ugly on purpose, subject to opinion but Staff have final say. Your build may be taken down for 1 or more reasons stated above.
No spamming.
Avoid Excessive Profanity.
No NSFW Content.
Rule 12: World & Environmental Care
"Respect your fellow players identity."
Do not pretend to be another player.
Do not pose as Staff / minister.