Rules
The glue that holds us together
These are the rules and guidelines that every player on SlowNerd must follow. They are made to ensure a friendly and enjoyable multiplayer experience for everyone.
Respect
Griefing, Theft & Claims
Farms & Redstone
Cheating, Bugs & Exploits
Economy & Shopping
The End
Accounts & Inactivity
Respect
A little goes a long way
Treat others, as you would like to be treated. Be responsible. Treat everyone with respect and keep an appropriate behavior. We encourage players to communicate in the English language at all times. This is to ensure ease of communication on public chat and prevent vulgarity in non-English languages. However, you may communicate in any language when using /msg or /party chat.
1.1 – Be polite and show respect to others. We play on SlowNerd to have fun, and being disrespectful is never fun for anyone. Usage of slurs and derogatory terms; whether it be racial, ethnic, sexual, or religious; is NOT tolerated.
1.2 – No spamming or flooding chat. Don’t repeat yourself or use CAPS LOCK. No chat trolling.
1.3 – Do not impersonate anyone, especially other players and staff members. Do not harass other players, or be a creep.
1.4 – No fancy text or glitch characters. Not only are they unpleasant to see on in-game chat, but they are also incompatible for narration.
1.5 – Do not beg for items, ranks, or any other benefit. Just play the game and earn it yourself.
1.6 – Drama, drugs, politics and religion in chat is not allowed.
1.7 – Threatening others is not tolerated. Doxxing, blackmailing, and extortion will be taken seriously. Threatening the server, and its security will also be taken very seriously by the staff team.
1.8 – Do not argue with or harass staff. They work hard to keep the server running smoothly.
1.9 – Moderate swearing is allowed. Please keep the chat friendly and harmless for all ages. Do not joke or talk about self-harm.
1.10 – Do not advertise or mention other servers, social media accounts, or any other goods or services.
1.11 – Only streams related to SlowNerd are allowed in the #Streams channel on Discord. Any non-related stream posts shall be removed without warning.
Griefing, Theft & Claims
Protect what’s yours
Griefing is the act of irritating and angering people through the use of destruction or construction. To claim land or an area where you would like to build, simply add a sign, fence, or wall with your name.
2.1 – Do not build within 100 blocks of another player’s land claim without their permission.
2.2 – Do not modify/remove another player’s claim or build that does not belong to you.
2.3 – Do not take any items from a chest, build, furnace, shulker, etc. without the permission of the owner. Do not take anything that does not belong to you! Unless the chest says “Free Items” or “Community Chest,” then don’t take anything.
2.4 – Do not loot another player’s death location.
2.5 – No offensive or overly sexualized builds.
2.6 – Public areas should be accessible to all players. Claims may be removed if they’re found to be obstructing a public area without notice.
2.7 – If a player asks you to leave their claim/area, you must leave.
2.8 – Do not force yourself into builds with locked doors. All private areas must have the doors privated with a sign.
2.9 – Do not make 1×1 pillars or 1×1 holes to bedrock. They are ugly! If you do happen to make one, then remove it afterward.
2.10 – Any land that is claimed and not built on within 14 days will be forfeited.
2.11 – Land is free to claim and cannot be sold to other players. This includes any claimed land, including farms.
Farms & Redstone
Automate All the things
Redstone is an important part of the game, and we encourage players to build awesome redstone devices! However, there are a few important things to keep in mind.
3.1 – Redstone devices must have a way to be disabled. Usually, this is done by adding a clearly marked ON/OFF switch that the Admin Team can use to disable your redstone device if it becomes necessary.
3.2 – Any form of lag machine is not allowed.
3.3 – Zero tick farms are not allowed. In addition to being an unnecessary source of frame lag (high frequency, crazy pistons), we also consider these to be a game exploit (items are generated far faster than they would be under normal conditions).
3.4 – Try to make your redstone farms look good! Make your farm fit in within the themed district.
3.5 – Hoppers must be emptied. Your design must ensure that hoppers do not stay full. Full hoppers can cause lag. Please ensure your chests are emptied, and hoppers are able to transfer items.
3.6 – Respect the entity limit. No mob and entity spamming. If this limit is breached, your entities may begin to de-spawn and will not be recovered by the staff team. If this limit is breached maliciously or with bad intent, you may be banned.
3.7 – If you plan to build a Wither Rose farm, then please do not build it on the main End island.
3.8 – Fish farms using note blocks or wooden trapdoors are not allowed.
3.9 – Using programs or mechanics to gain a game advantage while AFK is prohibited.
Cheating, Bugs & Exploits
Don’t be that person
Cheating is not permitted. Any modifications to the vanilla version of Minecraft game or resource packs that give the player an unfair advantage are not allowed. This includes X-Ray resource packs. If you are discovered to be using a cheat, you will receive a higher punishment than normal. Hacking in any shape is absolutely not allowed. No exceptions.
4.1 – Do not take advantage of exploits. Do not dupe any item or blocks. If you have found an exploit, then please report it to the staff team.
4.2 – Do not evade or make attempts to bypass punishments.
4.3 – If it’s a server-side or Mojang-side bug, do not abuse it. Report it to the staff team.
4.4 – Modded clients that give you unfair advantages are strictly forbidden. Printer, and auto-building mods are not allowed. If caught, even if you’re not using any game-changing modifications, you will be banned.
4.5 – Resource Packs that give you an unfair advantage are not allowed. Examples include Glowing Ores and X-Ray resource packs.
Economy & Shopping
make it rain
The server currency is diamonds.
5.1 – All shop owners must make it clear what they are selling, and the price.
5.2 – Give your shop a name so others can easily find it. All shops must have a sign with the shop name, and shop owner name.
5.3 – Respect the market value of items (common sense). This is to ensure a fair economy for everyone.
5.4 – Do not steal or remove any items, which you can’t pay for. Do not modify or edit other players’ shops.
5.5 – To ensure a smooth shopping experience for everyone, we have the following limits per shop below. We ask that shop owners do their best to limit entities (Item Frames & Armor stands) where possible.
5.6 – The following are not allowed in the shopping district:
Mobs, Villagers, Nether Portals, Beacons, Farms
5.7 – Shops which are empty or not stocked for 30 days shall be removed without warning or auctioned. Players who are inactive for 90 days will have their shops removed without warning or auctioned. This may include complete removal, and you will not be reimbursed the materials or items.
The End
is near….
The End is a valuable part of any server.
6.1 – Do not grief End Cities.
6.2 – Do not destroy chests or remove ender chests.
6.3 – Do not grief the Main Island.
6.4 – Once you get your elytra, travel beyond 10k to raid other end cities, leave the closer ones to other people.
Accounts & Inactivity
Once you are in, you’re in!
Do not share your personal information anywhere online. Even to your closest online friends. This is for your digital and physical safety.
7.1 – You are only allowed to have one account. This means you are not allowed to have alt accounts.
7.2 – Players who are inactive for more than 90 days might lose claim to any land or builds. This can include complete removal if necessary.
7.3 – Players who are inactive for more than 90 days, will have their shops removed or auctioned to other players.
7.4 – Players who we believe are not a good fit within our community will be removed.
7.5 – Players who are banned or removed from the community forfeit their right to transfer items, bases, or plots to other players.
