All players have the right to be spoken to or addressed in a respectful manner. Players are all users that play on the SadFellas Server.

Why do we have this rule?

We aim for the SadFellas Server to be a fun and safe place for players to communicate and interact with each other respectfully. Our chat environment is a good way to talk to other players, discover new friends, and have fun while in lobbies and games.

We encourage players to cooperate and compete in a positive environment, but never in a way that disrespects or abuses other players. In short: treat others the way you would like to be treated.

What do we mean by Respecting Players?

Respecting players means that players should not create negative experiences for others.

Behaviour that is not allowed:

• Discrimination - negative comments related to skin colour, gender, or other personal qualities

• Overuse of bad language

• Trolling players

• Insulting other players in any way

• Encouraging violence or hatred towards other players

• Falsifying information about other players

• Sharing another player’s personal information without their consent

• Media Advertising - posting links to YouTube, Twitter, SnapChat, Domains, etc

• Spamming - pasting the same or similar messages over and over

• Intentionally avoiding the chat filter

• Talking about self-harm, or other deeply negative experiences

• Advertising giveaways (in Lobbies and forums)

• Harassment of content creators (YouTubers, Streamers) with malicious intent of sabotaging games while they are under /nick protection

• Discussion of inappropriate topics

Players have the right to play in an environment which is fair and free of cheating and exploiting.

Why do we have this rule?

To provide a positive experience for all players, we disallow all hacks, cheats, macros, and other behaviours that are used to gain an unfair advantage.

Any bug on the server or within Minecraft that is used to gain an in-game advantage over other players is seen as unfair gameplay and is not allowed. This is to ensure that bugs that do arise are not used in an abusive manner to gain an unfair advantage in games.

This means no matter where they are on the server, regardless of the reason, game modifications, cheats, or exploits that give an unfair advantage to gameplay are strictly prohibited.

What is an unfair advantage?

Unfair advantage means that players should not get interrupted during games for any of the reasons below:

• Encouraging cheating

• Exploiting

• Autoclick / Macros

• Cross teaming

• Team griefing

• Disallowed mods

• Stats boosting

Found an exploit/bug?

If you find a bug please report it here: https://discord.gg/HnKDvkR5aP

What Mods are allowed?

Modifications that are allowed on the SadFellas Server are cosmetic mods which show limited amounts of additional information or mods that cannot otherwise give an unfair in-game advantage.

Categories of Allowed Modifications:

• Client performance improvement mods (e.g. FPS improvement mods)

• Aesthetic modifications (e.g. shaders mods)

• Armor and Effect Status hud mods

• Brightness and gamma adjustment mods

All modifications are used at your own risk. For more information, please read the Allowed Modifications Guide on the Discord: put link here

We encourage players to be creative in art and designs in a way that doesn’t damage the experience of others. This includes all content such as drawings, item names, skins, and capes, which are created by players.

Why do we have this rule?

This rule is in place to provide a positive in-game experience for all players and provide an environment where inappropriate concepts and themes are not shared publicly. All players have the right to play in an environment which is suitable for a wide range of ages.

What does Sensible Creative and Artistic Content mean?

Sensible Creative and Artistic Content means that players can express themselves with interactive parts of the server. However, players also have the right to not be exposed to certain content. Please refer to the list below for content that should be reported to staff:

• Inappropriate Drawings/Buildings - e.g. racist or sexual imagery

• Inappropriate Item Names - e.g. racial slurs or sexual phrases

• Inappropriate Pet Names - e.g. racial slurs or sexual phrases

• Inappropriate Housing Plot - e.g. Housing plot themed around sexual imagery

• Inappropriate Item Usages - e.g. racial slurs or sexual phrases using hats, signs etc.

• Inappropriate Skins and Capes - e.g. racist or sexual imagery

• Inappropriate Usernames - e.g. racist, sexual, or impersonating other users

• Inappropriate Guild Names and Tags

How can I log back on after having a bad username?

If your account was found to have a bad username, you will not be able to log onto the server.

To be able to log back on the server, you need to change your username to something appropriate and then you will be allowed to log onto the server.

If you believe there has been a mistake with the username that you can not access the server with, please contact staff managers at either using our email which is sadfellasmcnetwork@gmail.com to discuss this further.

What to do if you feel someone has not followed this rule

you feel someone has broken this rule, please let us know by reporting the user.

Ways to Report:

• Head over to the discord and DM one of the higher staff members to report someone. There will be a better way to report in the future.

Players have the right to play in an environment which is safe from account phishing, scamming, and account selling

Why do we have this rule?

As a Minecraft server, we do not have any control over your Minecraft account. However, player safety is very important to us, so where possible, we take steps to help protect our players from losing their accounts or otherwise being tricked or subjected to scams.

Please do NOT share your Minecraft account details with anyone else. You are responsible for what happens to your account so make sure that your passwords are secure and that you never give them out to anyone.

What does Player and Account Safety mean?

Player and Account Security means that you use strong passwords, use 2FA, and do not share your information with other Users that you do not trust.

There are various ways that your security could be affected. Some are listed below:

• Unauthorised account access - “Account Security Alert” will be used when we suspect your account is being used without your consent. We recommend contacting Mojang Support or referring to this guide.

• Staff Impersonation - pretending to be a member of staff (Helper, Moderator, Admin, or other)

• Youtuber Impersonation - pretending to be someone with the Youtuber rank

• Trading items or accounts

• Scamming

• Phishing links

• Account selling

How can I get help with my account security?

There are two ways in which you can get assistance with your Minecraft Account security:

• Contact Mojang Support

How do I appeal an Account Security Alert Ban?

After you have received a ban for Compromised Account or Account Security Alert, you will be able to create and submit an appeal.

Once your appeal has been accepted, you will enter a recovery phase and will be able to access the server again after 30 days. Use this time to make sure your account is secure after being compromised.

Some things to check to see if they were changed or edited:

• Your Minecraft account password

• Security questions on your Minecraft account

• Correct email on your Minecraft account

• Your email account’s security

• The username of your Minecraft account

• The skin of your Minecraft account

You will NOT be allowed to appeal this temporary ban.

While we understand that mistakes happen, if your account is repeatedly broken into, we will not be able to unban it continually.

When your appeal has been successfully processed, you will have a new message appear when trying to login that looks similar to the following: “Your account's security appeal was processed and the account has entered a recovery phase and will be able to access the server again after 30 days. Use this time to change passwords, emails and security questions.”

Tips: How to keep your account safe

We recommend you:

• Use strong passwords (at least 12 characters long),

• Use security questions with your Mojang account,

• Use two-factor authentication (2FA) with your email address if your email provider supports it,

• And most importantly, DO NOT SHARE your account information with anyone

How do I know someone is a Staff Member?

You can recognise staff members by looking at their tags:

• Helpers will have the yellow [HELPER] prefix,

• Moderators will have the purple [MOD] prefix,

• Administrators will have the red [ADMIN] prefix.