By playing on our server, you automatically assume the risks of punishment as well as acknowledge the rules listed below, and that you acknowledge that rules can change in the future.
It is expected that all users acknowledge the Minecraft EULA before playing on the server.
No exceptions will be made for anyone regardless of role, rank, or position in staff. Punishments on rules will depend on the severity, and the amount of infractions a user may already have.
More information regarding tickets, rules, etc will be located at the bottom of the page.
1 - General Guidelines
1.1 - Use of hacks/exploits
Any use of hacked clients, programs, mods, resource packs that allow you to have an advantage over players is not allowed. Resource packs that allow you to view blocks/ores (x-ray resource packs) that cannot be viewed by the default Minecraft resource pack is not allowed. Mods that allow you to view invisible players are not allowed.
1.2 - Alternate accounts
Users are only permitted to one (1) Minecraft account per person. If you have multiple people playing on the same network, please open a ticket in our Support discord server for an exception to 1.2.
1.3 - Circumventing punishment
Users are not allowed to avoid punishments such as mutes or bans. Any circumvention with alt accounts will result in a ban on all accounts.
1.4 - Knowingly assisting in rule breaking / taking advantage of bugs
Players who are involved in the breaking of rules may be punished depending on the rule broken, and the severity of the issue. All users are expected to contact support if they have discovered a glitch or bug. Players who take advantage of any bugs will be punished depending on severity.
1.5 - Disruption of services
Any form of disrupting server activity (eg. intentionally lagging the server, intervening in staff operations such as responding to tickets or player concerns, performing denial of service attacks [DOS] or distributed denial of service attacks [DDOS], making unnecessary tickets in our support discord, or spamming tickets) is not allowed and players will be punished depending on severity. Any severe form of server disruption that causes significant server downtime (ddos attacks) will be reported to our server provider as well as proper authorities.
1.6 - Personal information
Users’ personal information and data is taken seriously on the server. The act of spreading one's personal information in server chats, chats on communication servers managed by the Staff Team and server admins, in an attempt to blackmail, harm or defame another user (Doxxing) is not allowed.
1.7 - Sale of Items
Users are not allowed to sell or rent in-game items or ranks to other users with real-world money. The only way to purchase items and/or ranks on the server is through the DiplomaticaMC Rank Store.
1.8 - Farms and Automatic Contraptions
Ore farms are not allowed. Any type of farm that produces Gold (server currency) is not allowed. Automatic contraptions (redstone contraptions) that are performance heavy and causes server lag may be disabled or removed.
2 - User Behavior
(Rules apply in-game, and in other communication servers managed by server administrators.)
2.1 - Sharing of media / Advertising
Media that does not correlate with DiplomaticaMC is not allowed. This includes the sharing/posting of any links, text, Discord server invites, etc. Videos/ streams shared must be related to DiplomaticaMC (for example, YouTube videos about playing on the server, town showcases etc.) The sharing/posting of malicious links and/or media in any form is not allowed.
2.2 - Chat spam
Spamming, which is the act of repeatedly and swiftly sending messages in chat, is not allowed. This includes messages with all caps, spam of text, phrases, duplicates of text, copypastas, emojis, videos, images, links, GIFs, and pings. Mass pinging is not allowed.
2.3 - Toxic behavior
Severe toxicity on the server is not allowed and staff will take action depending on the severity. It is expected that all users remain respectful in the chats. Examples of severe toxicity include: the use of derogatory terms/slurs, incitement of violence against players, severe forms of bullying and/or harassment to players and staff members, and messages including severe amounts of profanity.
2.4 - Unwanted behavior
Unwanted behavior is not allowed and staff will take action depending on the severity. Bypassing the chat filter is not allowed. Examples of unwanted behavior include: extreme forms of racism, slurs, incitement / encouraging self harm towards individuals, hate speech toward a certain race, gender, religion, or sexual preference, Nazism, and explicit talks about sex.
2.5 - Impersonation
Users are not allowed to impersonate any staff member or pose as staff. Users with impersonating nicknames, titles, will be removed and the user may be punished.
3 - Towny
3.1 - Town claims
Towns are not allowed to block another town from expanding with their claims. Claim arms, which are 1-2 chunk-wide town claims which reach out in a certain direction are not allowed, if the town has a reasonable amount of open space next to them. Cases on claim blocking are determined by staff. Hollow claiming is not allowed. Hollow claiming is the act of claiming town blocks in a claim arm and connecting it with the town, which creates an empty wilderness space in-game, but will appear on the dynmap as part of the town and in turn make your town appear larger.
3.2 - Proximity grief
Griefing next to towns in the wilderness is not allowed. Staff may roll back any damage and/or warn and possibly ban users if the damage is severe. Towns that are located near ruins of old towns can request their surrounding areas to be rolled back
3.3 - Extreme grief
The creation of large lava structures (lava casts, cobble monsters, lava or water curtains, tnt craters, etc.) in the wilderness is not allowed. Mass spawning of entities is not allowed and may result in the despawning of said entities if it affects server performance. The griefing of ice roads and minecart railways (in the overworld and nether) are not allowed, if two or more towns are connected to it.
3.4 - Artificial land masses
The creation of artificial islands are not allowed. Extensions of existing islands are allowed, depending on the size of the island and is determined by server staff. The removal of large islands (examples are: Crete, Cyprus, Jamaica, Canary Islands, The Philippines, Australia, Mars) are not allowed.
3.5 - Spawn Trapping
Players are not allowed to trap players in their town’s home block and surrounding chunks with the intention to harm the player, or to prevent them from teleporting out of the town they are trapped in. The surrounding area represents a one-chunk (16 blocks) radius from the edge of your town’s homeblock chunk. If your town is small and it’s claims do not exceed past the one chunk radius, then any chunks that the town has claimed which is in the one-chunk radius will be protected from spawn trapping, and any unclaimed chunks in the surrounding area will not count towards spawn trap protection. Players are not allowed to keep other players in their towns, preventing them from teleporting out.
3.6 - Portal trapping
Portal trapping is the act of placing blocks next to a portal to prevent access of inventory, and the chat. Users must leave a one-block space in every portal.
3.7 - Mapart
Mapart is not allowed to contain any lewd images, or anything that breaks rule 2. Canvases for mapart can be placed anywhere on the map, though a good place for one would be Antarctica.
3.8 - Stealing / insiding / raiding
It is the responsibility of the town mayor and assistants to prevent their towns from having their items stolen. Stealing is allowed on the server. Players can grief inside towns in the form of insiding, and builds can be rollbacked if any griefing occurred during insiding, with the exception of chests and items being rollbacked.
4 - Naming
4.1 - Nation names
Nation names must be based on real or past nations that have existed during some point in time. Fictional nation names are not allowed. If your ideal nation name is taken, names can also be based on the state / province, or a large geographical area with defined borders. The nation name must also be based on the location of the capital town, and nation names must be presented in English characters and/or translation. Nation names must not contain anything that breaks rule 2.
4.2 - Town names
Town names must not contain anything that breaks rule 2. Town names must be presented in English characters and/or translation.
4.3 - Titles
Players’ town/nation titles, surnames, and nicknames must be compliant with rule 2.
Additional information
Players are punished based on mutes, warnings, temporary bans, and bans. Players are temporarily banned after reaching 4 warnings and are permanently banned after 5 warnings. Players that are warned twice within a day will be temporarily banned. Players that are being constantly muted, may receive a warning and possibly temp banned depending on severity.
Warns expire 90 days after they are issued.
Cases regarding temporary bans/permanent bans /appeals are decided on by server staff and moderators.
When creating a ticket please provide a claim and substantial evidence, preferably videos, and/or screenshots. Any claim that does not have such evidence may not be resolved due to lack of evidence.
Staff will not resolve any issues if it is brought up in private messages (DMs), in the in-game chat, or in communication servers’ chats.
To dispute claims, warnings, temp bans, to appeal, and to ask questions you must open a ticket in our Support Discord server.
Rules and punishments are looked at by staff depending on the topic, severity, and history of a user’s infractions.
Creating any tickets with reasons that are not suitable for a resolve, or fake claims may result in a ban from the Support Discord server.
We will rollback player’s inventories or items only if they were victim to a glitch, server crashes, and other technical issues
