Make the Official Rules more lenient, less harsh, and more clarity on them

[GlasiaVD23 (Glasia)]

@pwrwq

For example, the antispam filter has been many times complained about, and I myself find it unnecessary, hindering more than it helps. It doesn’t even catch the N word or other racial slurs. Something needs to get done about this.

Was already suggested in Autoban players trying to enter the N word for "Racism" in a similar mannar like te IP filter does that with the reason "Advertising"

@pwrwq

It should be moreso be put into a harassment clause, and removed from this.

I agree that in the rules there should be a harassment paragraph. At the moment if people are harassed without the use of profanity, mods have to resort to S0#4 as a reason which is “making other’s experience bad”, something abstract.

@Rafaelgamerplay_raf

that after 3 warnings on a certain period of time, the player would get banned.

There could be a warning system implemented with:
/warn (user) (reason) [points]
if points is not mentioned then it defaults to 1
and if they have 3 warning points then they are auto banned

E. g.
/warn SonGoku Spam
/warn SailorMoon “NSFW text” 2

To the rules rework:

@system

#2 Spam - Caps

Full Caps, repeated use of caps and mostly caps are not tolerated in the chat. It is not needed in any way and is seen simply as spam. The same conditions apply to the use of Caps as other types of spam.
Acceptable: Make sure that you DO NOT take it off until the end.
Unacceptable: MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT TAKE IT OFF near the end.

Examples

I AM THE BEST PERSON

GO TO THE ARENA you idiots

COME TO SPAWN asdsds

#3 Spam - Caps Exceptions

Emoticons, such as XD and are permitted on the basis that they are not consecutively used without any attached words. Suppose that a user sends 2 chat lines, each with only one Emoticon; this is considered spam. The same goes for acronyms such as LOL and OMG; While they are permitted, repeated, single-word use (or in combination with an emoticon) is forbidden and considered spam.

Examples

Somehow there is no caps filter in zombies but the caps filter blocks also messages like OK even though they are allowed

@system

#11 Filters

Subverting any filters put in place (such as anti-advertising, anti-spam) will lead to a ban. Getting around a filter means you received the automated warning and ignored it on purpose, breaking the rules knowingly.

Examples

This should only apply if you don’t abuse that for malicious intent

@system

#2 Prefixed ammo, armor, etc

Prefixing items such as Ammo and Armor through the “/i” command is allowed. It does not provide an unfair advantage to other players who also have the same ability.

Prefixed armor is blocked iirc, and iirc prefixed ammo is blocked too.

@system

#3 Through-wall bug/exploit

Some weapons can shoot through walls unintentionally. While this can be annoying, other players can do the same and therefore, through-wall shooting is allowed.

I think that that got fixed or at least made so that it very rarely happens

@system

#4 Teaming

PvP is, by default, a free-for-all. If you wish to team up with one or more players, everyone online must agree to it, not just the player(s) you want to team with.

This can be abused via: all people online agree, suddendly someone comes in says “No teaming!” and then not all agree

@system

#1 Buildings related to Racism

Buildings that reference or otherwise are related to racism will be removed without warning. Further actions such as revoking building rights may occur if the builder does not show reluctance to stop.

#2 Buildings related to Religious, Sexual or other topics

Buildings that reference or otherwise are related to Religious, Sexual or related topics will be removed without warning. Further actions such as revoking building rights may occur if the builder does not show reluctance to stop.

#3 Buildings related to Advertising

Buildings that Advertise or otherwise contain content that could be counted as Advertising will be deleted, and the player will be banned.

These should be merged to “Buildings that break the chat rules like profanity, racism, controversal topics or advertising”

@system

#1 Multiple Accounts

Multiple Accounts are forbidden. You are only permitted one account per person. Our experience only facilitates a person having a single account. Duplicate accounts will be deleted, and violation of this rule after a warning will result in a Ban. The player does not get to choose which account is considered the primary account.

There should be an exception if the account has been completely lost like decribed in the acount management guide.

@system

#1 Classes

Intentionally cheating items into a class-enabled lobby is forbidden. You are ruining the lobby. Players doing this will be banned after a warning.

#2 Lobbies

Do not attempt to interfere with other peoples Lobbies while the battle is in progress. Such as standing outside the arena shooting into it, or in the case of zombies, even being near the arena. If you do so, you will be warned, kicked, and can be banned.

#3 Exploits

Abusing or otherwise using an exploit, such as killing yourself before a battle based on lives starts, causing the battle to end, is forbidden, and you will be banned if you continue to use such exploits.

S9#1 and S9#3 fall under S5#1 and S5#2 and S9#2 is outdated because the lobbies are separated

@system

#5 Commands

The following restrictions are in place for commands in GameModes:

• /buff, /permabuff - not permitted

This command is blocked anyways so S9#5 is redundant

@system

#2 Commands

The following restrictions are in place for commands on survival:

• /buff - You are only allowed to buff yourself with potion buffs. Any non-potion buffs are not allowed.

/buff is blocked in survival anyways

@Rafaelgamerplay_raf

please either rework this rule in a way it’s more community friendly, or even remove it, or leave up to the moderating team to decide when the chaining is disrupting the chatting.

The rule should be that only chaining disrupting normal chat flow should be actionable

I will write a rework suggestion of the rules both ingame and discord and will then watch for feedback.