Why rules
The spirit of the place
These servers are run for friends and approved community members, on hardware
paid for by one person. The rule list is short on purpose: the goal is for
everyone to have a good time, with as little need for moderator intervention as
possible. If something is obviously a bad idea but isn't on the list, please
treat the spirit of these rules as the actual rule.
Rule 1
No griefing
Don't break, take, modify, or otherwise alter another player's builds, items,
or progression without their explicit permission. This includes "borrowing"
items from someone's chest because you'd put them back, redirecting their
farms, or tearing down their builds because you think they should be moved.
Ask first or don't touch it.
Rule 2
No exploits
Avoid item duplication, world-corrupting tricks, and known crash exploits.
Modded Minecraft has a healthy supply of unintentional behaviors; if something
feels too good to be true (a recipe that gives you something for nothing,
a placement order that produces infinite items), it usually is. If you find
one, report it through the contact form instead of
using it.
Rule 3
No chunk-bombing
These servers are shared resources. Be reasonable with chunkloaders, mob
factories, and quarry spam. Specifically: don't leave large chunkloaded
contraptions running 24/7 if you're not actively using them, and don't build
huge always-on mob farms that tank server tick rate for everyone.
If you're not sure whether a setup is too heavy, ask in chat — it's easier to
answer "is this OK?" before it's been built than to ask someone to dismantle a
factory.
Rule 4
No hate speech or harassment
The same baseline that applies to the apoptoses Discord community applies in
Minecraft chat: no slurs, no targeted harassment, no doxxing, no threats. Be
a person other people want to play with. Disagreements happen; everyone is
expected to handle them like adults.
Rule 5
One whitelist slot per person
Whitelist is per person, not per account. Don't share your whitelist slot, and
don't request whitelist for an account that isn't yours. If a friend wants to
join, send them to the contact form to make their own
request — it's faster than getting caught and asking forgiveness.
Rule 6
Respect the operator
The servers are run as a hobby by one person. Outages happen. Mod updates break
things. Performance varies. None of this is a referendum on whether you're
welcome — it's just the reality of small-scale modded Minecraft hosting. If
something is broken, file a useful report (what you were doing, what happened,
when, screenshots if you have them) instead of repeated "is the server down"
pings.
Enforcement
What happens when someone breaks a rule
The first response is almost always a conversation, not a ban. Persistent or
egregious violations escalate: temporary bans, permanent bans, whitelist
removal, and where appropriate, the same applied to the linked Discord
presence. The operator's decision on enforcement is final, and disputes go
through the contact form rather than public chat.
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