Community Rules, Policies, and Guidelines

Hey everybody,

Dealing with toxicity in the Minecraft gaming community is unfortunately something that many of us have had to face at one point or another. Whether it's players cheating, griefing builds, or stealing items, it can be incredibly disheartening and can make the game less enjoyable for everyone involved.

At 1MoreBlock, we strive to provide a friendly environment for everyone in our survival-focused Minecraft community. We believe that the game should be enjoyable for everyone, and that means creating a space where players can come together and play without having to deal with toxicity.

One of the ways we do this is by implementing strict rules and consequences for players who engage in toxic behavior. We do not tolerate cheating, griefing, or stealing in our community.

We also have a dedicated team of community helpers who are available to assist players with any issues they may encounter. Whether it's reporting a player for toxic behavior or helping to rebuild a griefed build, our team is always on hand to help.

But, we don't just want to focus on the negative. We want to foster a sense of community and camaraderie among our players. That's why we encourage players to join our Discord server, forums and to invite their friends, to share tips and advice, and to make new friends.

There is already enough toxicity in the wider Minecraft community, and it can make the game less enjoyable for everyone. At 1MoreBlock, we strive to offer something different: a cozy, family-friendly place where people can enjoy survival Minecraft together and toxicity is not welcome. Anyone interested in fair play and respectful interaction is welcome to join us. Together we can keep 1MoreBlock fun, inclusive, and enjoyable for all.

Privacy policies, COPPA, cookies, terms of service, local and national laws, community guidelines, and many rules for many services.. pff it's easy to get overwhelmed with a lot of information.

This thread is to help us point all those services to this thread. And then slowly start merging all the existing information. So for now, we're linking to existing information and over time putting them in this thread.

We run a public server as a service. Joining it means you agree to our Terms of Service and rules. The list below gives examples; it does not contain every rule:

Keep it family-friendly. We want our forums, Discord server, and Minecraft server to be welcoming places where people can relax, play, and enjoy the community together.

Users must be at least 13 years old and must meet any higher minimum age required by the laws of their country.
Treat others respectfully. Do not curse or swear, engage in racist behavior, use racist language, bicker, or continue a conversation after staff ask you to stop.
Use common sense and help us keep the community welcoming. Breaking these rules can result in a permanent ban.

We have no problem with certain mods, or clients. As long as they do not give you an unfair advantage over regular gameplay, to cheat, or to exploit, spam, or bot-flood, etc.

An example: OptiFine: OKAY, some cheat mod: NOT OKAY.

In the game, you can type /rules, which should display something like this:

Thanks for joining our family-friendly community.
The 1MB server is a community with players from all around the world who meet our minimum-age requirement. "Hi!"
Please keep it clean, and be nice to each other.
Play fair, this includes no misbehaving or cheating.

If you disagree to our rules, please disconnect.

We do not allow griefing or stealing of any type.
No Spamming/flooding with text or accounts.
Follow staff instructions so we can handle issues consistently and fairly. Staff make the final moderation decision.
Respect all Players, including Staff.
Fair Play: No game exploiting or cheating (this includes abusing bugs/glitches in the game!)
We do not allow 0-tick farms.
We allow players to be AFK, but we do not allow anti-AFKing.
We do not allow Banned Blocks/Items or duping.
No Advertising or other-server discussions.
No begging for OP, Ranks, or Items.
English only in the global chat, please.
No Racism or sexist remarks and such either.
No Swearing, bullying, trolling, or flaming.
No Excessive shouting in caps, please.

Please read, understand, and agree to our rules, including the Community Standards for Minecraft.

These rules also cover common-sense issues such as command flooding, message spam, and disruptive behavior. Do not start fights, target someone because you disagree with them, or create a generally negative atmosphere in chat.

We run this place to escape our real life, building and exploring a virtual life. We allow people who meet our minimum-age requirement to play, so being respectful and mindful of others is something you just have to do.

If things go wrong for you, and you lose a big mob-fight and keep falling - don't rage and ruin gameplay for others, talk to a staff perhaps, maybe we can help.

If you want to know if you can or cannot do something, just ask! For example:

I have to go get dinner, can I idle in the game for a few hours?

Sure! We don't mind that you idle. We don't actually kick you for being idle.

We have players from all around the world, therefore we require everybody to speak English in the global chat.

Can I use the iOS app MineChat to join the server and chat to my friends?

Yep, you may use that particular app.

I have a family, we are a group of five that join from the same IP, is this ok?

Yeah, I guess. As long as you own the account, and you're not cloning, you can connect a couple of times from the same IP.

OMGBOARDS.COM LINKS:

Terms of Service: https://omgboards.com/help/terms
Rules: https://omgboards.com/help/terms
Cookies: https://omgboards.com/help/cookies
Privacy Policy: https://omgboards.com/help/privacy-policy
Reporting content: https://omgboards.com/help/reports/

1MOREBLOCK.COM LINKS:

The in-game /rules command displays the 14 points above and links to the following:

Minecraft Rules (this thread): https://omgboards.com/threads/minecraft-rules.260946/
Community Standards for Minecraft: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/community-standards/

DISCORD LINKS:

On Discord there's a #welcome channel, please read that before using our Discord server.
Additionally, Discord's Terms of Service apply: https://discord.com/terms
Discord Trust and Safety information: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/sections/115000344951-Privacy-and-Policy

Our General Rules, Policies, and Guidelines apply on OMGboards.com, 1MoreBlock.com, and our Discord server. We may update them at any time to correct errors, improve clarity, or reflect changes to our services. We may make these updates without advance notice. By connecting to the Minecraft server, you agree to follow the current rules. If you do not agree, disconnect.

We believe our rules and guidelines are easy to understand, and we encourage everyone to use common sense when playing in our community. Do not deliberately bend the rules or look for gaps in the wording that let you avoid them. We consider that abusive behavior.

We are always happy to answer any questions you may have about our rules, but please avoid provoking our team with hypothetical scenarios or asking questions just to cause trouble. We consider such behavior trolling and do not allow it in our community.

Using Game Bugs / Exploits / Mods / Fair Play / Unfair Advantages

We have noticed some confusion regarding the use of game bugs, exploits, mods, and fair play on our server. We want to clarify some of the existing rules and guidelines that have been in place for years.

Firstly, we do not allow macros or combat mods because they give an unfair advantage. We also do not allow players to exploit game bugs or glitches because doing so provides an unfair advantage. Examples include jumping higher or further with imaginary blocks and using piston-explosions to break bedrock. However, we allow players to use intended features like /tpa and /j to teleport or jump further.

We do not allow players to use ender pearls to access impossible places. We also do not allow players to trick the system into believing that they are playing. However, we allow AFKing to help crops grow. We do not allow AFKing to grind mobs using automated scripts or combat mods because it is unfair to other players.

Anti-AFKing by using mechanics to trick the system into believing you are actually playing: Is abusing the game engine's intended behavior to get an unfair advantage (or at the least, you're abusing a bug to trick the system into thinking you are not actually AFK), ergo: not allowed.

We consider AFK-fishing and auto-fishing to be automated behavior, and we do not allow either. We check for both and ask you to stop if we detect either one. If you are unsure whether we allow an action, ask us before doing it; we try to respond and explain the rule clearly.

We are a fair-play server that upholds the rules for the overall benefit of the community. We do not tolerate actions that cause harm to the server, such as general TPS drops, lag machines, TNT bombs, command flooding, or other obvious harmful actions. We also do not allow cheating, server-ruining actions, and toxic behavior.

We want players to have fun and enjoy the game with friends and family. In return for respectful, fair play, we provide resources, help, and friendly smiles. Where possible, we also offer events, OP items, survival and building features, MMO/RPG games, and mini-games across one or more worlds. We cannot offer these extras if unfair play takes up the team’s time. When necessary, we respond with a warning, a recorded rule violation, or a ban.

We ask everyone to respect our team, other players, the community, and its rules. People make mistakes, and we welcome players who learn from them. Cheating, toxic behavior, and disrespect are not welcome here. Everyone willing to play fairly and treat others with respect is welcome.

I run my own server(s) because I want a comfortable place where nice people can play, become friends, bring their own friends, and enjoy time away from a toxic gaming community.

Thank you for reading these guidelines, and we hope you have fun playing on our server!

Advertising, Server Mentions, and Streaming Guidelines

Hey everyone! We’ve noticed some questions popping up about mentioning, promoting, or linking to other servers and streams.

Our goal is to grow our own community; we prefer if you don't provoke others to leave ours, so we have some guidelines to help keep us focused.

What’s Allowed:

Very incidentally and casually mentioning you play on other servers

You can say that you play on other servers without naming them.

Example: "I’ve been on a few other universes, but now I’m back to building on 1MB!"

We will still ask you to perhaps not mention other servers, but depending on how you phrase it, you shouldn't be sanctioned.
Streaming Other Games or Servers

You’re free to stream whatever you like—just don’t advertise those streams here.

Example: "I’ll be streaming later today, catch you all later!"

What’s Not Allowed:

Naming Other Servers

To avoid confusion and distractions, please don’t mention other servers by name.

Example (Not Allowed): "Leaving to play on Notch’s server."

This also applies to constantly mentioning that you are “going to play elsewhere.” We consider that sneaky advertising because it may make players curious about where else you play and draw them away from our server.

Advertising Streams or Videos of Other Servers

Please don’t share links to streams or videos that feature other servers.

Example (Not Allowed): "Check out my stream playing on Hypixel."
Mentioning Specific Servers in Relation to Streaming

Keep it general if you’re talking about streaming, without naming other servers.

Example (Not Allowed): "Going to live-stream on Twitch playing on Notch’s server."
Sharing Non-1MB Related Content

If your content isn’t related to 1MB, please don’t promote it here.

Example (Not Allowed): "Check out my new video! (but it’s not related to 1MB)"

Our goal is to keep our community strong and focused. This applies to everyone—players, regulars, and staff alike. If there’s been any confusion in the past, we’re clarifying things now. Moving forward, we’ll be stricter about these rules.

Thanks for understanding! If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Taking from Chests / Stealing / Sharing / Duping Items

We consider hoppers, shulker boxes, chests, furnaces, and any other similar items "containers," and we do not allow anyone to take items from them without permission.

When a player places a container, it is automatically locked to their name.

Other players cannot access the contents of these containers without permission. Taking items from other players without permission counts as stealing or griefing. We treat this as a serious rule violation and may permanently ban players for it.

Private chests:

We consider it stealing to take items from a chest that is clearly intended to be private, whether or not the container has a lock. We strongly encourage players who want a private and locked container to use the following commands to ensure it is locked to their name:

/cinfo (and click on the container) - this will show you who owns it, and as the owner, you can see who has access to it.
/lock (and click on the container) - this will attempt to put a lock on the chest.
/unlock (and click on the container) - this will attempt to remove any set lock (including access of others) from the chest.
/cmodify <player> (and click on the container) - this will attempt to grant access to this particular container for that specific player.

Private Chests (or Furnaces, or any other similar item) - even when sometimes unlocked:

A chest with a lock on it: You cannot open it. Do not attempt to exploit any game mechanics to get items out of it.
In the case of a storage room where most chests are locked, except for one or more, assume that the player's intention was to have a locked chest. It's located inside their building, within their storage space. Instead of assuming that they intended to leave it unlocked, report the open chest to a team member and the player.
If there is a public chest with a sign on it that reads "do not take!", we still consider it a personal/private chest, and we still consider taking items from an unlocked chest like this to be stealing. Report it to a team member if you suspect someone is taking items without your permission.
We may ban you for using carts, hoppers, game bugs, or any other mechanical method to take items from someone else’s containers.

More private item examples:

We consider paintings, armor stands, items on armor stands, item frames, items in item frames, items flowing through water in sorters, and items moved by droppers or dispensers into another mechanism such as a hopper private. These items are difficult for the server and players to protect properly.

Do not take from armor stands, from item frames, from hoppers, break dragon eggs, take items moving through water systems, etc. These items are clearly there as part of a build, sorter, or decoration. They are therefore not your stuff: So don't take them! Seems pretty simple to me.

Public chests examples:

Randomly placed open chests in a server-build-area, such as the global /warp shops, are share/trash chests. They’re left open on purpose for decoration reasons. They also allow people to leave items behind for others to pick up. We do not consider taking from these chests to be stealing.
A chest at a public grinder with a sign on it that says “free stuff” or “public, you can take stuff” is left there on purpose for those who use the grinders. Others are free to take from it. Here is the rule of thumb: If you’re using the chest and someone teleports, empties it, and leaves, then the items were basically yours. It isn’t nice of them to take your work. However, this alone will not result in a ban. So be mindful and avoid disputes: Take the items more frequently.
A chest in the wild somewhere such as NPC villages or Desert Temples, Jungle Temples, etc. The obvious places.

NOTE: I say chest in the examples, but the same goes for hoppers, droppers, minecarts with chests in them, donkey with a chest.

More about public containers:

If you find a public container: Ask a team member for their opinion! It's that simple. You prevent yourself a ban, and you get team-permission to take. The team member must then NOT take the items. They came to review the chest as a team member. If they give you the okay, the items in the public chest you found are then all yours.

Duping items.

I wanted to specifically point out that we do not allow duping items under any circumstances. If you accidentally run into a duped item in your inventory avoid a ban by contacting a team member. Reporting a bug in the game that you accidentally run into usually leads to a thank you and a reward. Intentionally testing or using such an exploit is a serious violation and may result in a permanent ban for which the team may decline a second chance.

Final note:

As always, I understand this all sounds like a lot of information and maybe "be careful or we ban!" but this thread is merely to give a couple of examples of an existing rule, with a bit of clarification. We've received some requests for information.

If a door is locked, do not break through the roof or wall to enter another player’s build. Do not test their chests or take items from item frames. Everything in the build belongs to that player unless they clearly label it as free to take. Taking anything else is stealing, disrespects their work, and ruins their enjoyment.

You didn't make it? Don't take it.
You didn't place it? Don't break it.
Not sure? Ask a team member for clarification.

Oh, and the same could be said for animals in someone's build area. Ask for permission first before you breed, take, kill them. They might just be there for decoration. They might have a custom name or be a personal pet. As you can see, this rule of "if it is not yours, maybe don't do stuff with it" extends to quite a few different situations; apply it with some common sense to your gameplay.

WORLD LIMITS

It's important to stay within the world limits when playing. Here are some rules to help you:

Don't go past the world border. We have a lot of land to explore within the border.
Don't go above or below the world limits. You can't build there and you could get hurt.
Don't build on top of the roof of the Nether. We no longer allow this, and we will remove any structures we see there.
Don't exploit glitches or bugs to get past the world limits. This is against the rules and can result in punishment.

If you somehow find yourself outside of any world border or world limit, use the /home or /spawn command to get back to safety.

We want everyone to have a fun and safe experience while playing. If you have any questions about the world limits, feel free to ask.

AWAY FROM KEYBOARD (AFK)

From August 2019 onwards, these are the updated AFK rules, please read and respect them as we will start keeping a bit of a closer eye on it from now on.

We allow players to be AFK.
We allow players to be idle in the game for an extended period of time.
We do not allow players to use any method, including automation, to prevent the system from marking them as AFK when they would otherwise be AFK (“anti-AFKing”).
We allow AFKing, but we do not allow players to use it to auto-grind to gain resources and/or money, etc.
Players can mark themselves AFK with or without a reason, using the command: /afk <reason>.
Moving in the game returns you from being AFK.
Players can see you are AFK, by pressing TAB or typing: /list, they can also get more details by typing: /afkcheck <player>.
The system detects idle players and automatically marks them as AFK after a certain period of time.
We do not warn, kick, or ban your account simply because you remain AFK for a long time. Don't worry about that.
We may warn, kick, or ban your account if you use AFK status to automate play or gain an unfair advantage over others. Examples include rebinding keys, auto hitting mobs, and other obvious cases. This also includes AFK-fishing, which we do not allow.
While you're AFK you are responsible for your account still. If you die while being away from the keyboard, you run the risk of having your dropped items despawn, and we will not return them. We recommend AFKing in a safe spot at your base.
While AFK you can receive damage. So be aware if you have PvP mode on or off, and if you're safe from mobs finding you.
While AFK you can not pick up items. Please be aware of this because we cannot return your lost items.
We obviously do not allow players to kill an AFK player by digging below them, burning them in lava, etc.
We do not allow AFKing to increase total playtime to grind player-rewards. While you're AFK, your playtime pauses.

AFK GAMING/LEVELLING

We've never allowed this, but people still (ab)use this, so this rule 'update' is to clarify the part when we don't want people to automate their actions. Or when we say we want to have active players and not AFK players that auto-grind. Automation itself gives you an unfair advantage over players who are actually there playing.

Being AFK and not actively playing and gaining levels of any sorts, from mcMMO to /money etc. hasn't been allowed, and moving forward this year we will be less tolerant of this and enforce this rule a bit more. If you want to grind that's always been fine, but you'd have to be there actually doing the grinding.

AFK means you're away from the keyboard, your character stands there doing nothing. And therefore shouldn't gain an advantage.

Automatically fishing because you put a book on your mouse is automation, which we don't allow. You can't fish, if you're not there. If you wish to fish, be behind your keyboard and actually fish.

Automatically gaining mcMMO levels, for example, while you’re away from the keyboard means you’re abusing the game mechanics. It also means you’re levelling up while not actually playing. We consider that automation, and we don't allow it. For example, you can't grind mobs in a certain way that the game thinks you are, and levels you up for /money or mcMMO levels. If you wish to grind, be actively behind your keyboard doing the grinding.

At times, we double-check whether a player is auto-grinding while AFK. If we move their character and they do not respond or become active, we assume they were AFK-grinding.

We love it when people hang out, we understand you sometimes get called away. Heck, we even understand it if you fall asleep fishing. You're free to be AFK and AFK for extended periods of time. We do not kick or ban for this. If you wish to play the game, don't use AFK as a method to play it; if you're not there, you don't play. If you are actively there, you can actively play.

COMMUNITY STANDARDS FOR MINECRAFT

Our rules consist of the requirements in this document and the Community Standards for Minecraft, available here:

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/community-standards

MEMES

From today onwards we no longer allow in-game memes, or memes on the forums, or on Discord. With the following exceptions:

Very incidentally, and in context of the on-going conversation.
You may post memes in the Discord #meme channel.

When you post a meme, please understand it still has to be within the rules of the server. (So family friendly, and not to harass others, bully people with it, etc).

Discord

We have Discord rules. They apply as well.

Update: There's now a faq/rules channel on Discord, we will organically update this over the next few months.

Forums

We have forum rules. They apply as well.

Minecraft bans, reviews, and appeals

A Minecraft ban is serious, but it does not always mean the end of your time at 1MoreBlock. Depending on the circumstances, a ban may stop an in-game conflict while the conversation moves to a private ticket, give someone time to calm down, or permanently end access to the Minecraft server.

This process applies to sanctions against Minecraft in-game accounts. It does not create a right to appeal a Discord or forum restriction.

What an appeal can do

The person who owns and controls the sanctioned Minecraft account may use one appeal opportunity to ask the team to review the ban. After reviewing the circumstances, the team may:

Correct a staff mistake.
Lift the ban after discussing the situation and agreeing how to move forward.
Grant one second chance.
Reduce or uphold the sanction.

If we sanctioned the wrong account, confused one player with another, relied on a false positive, or materially misunderstood what happened, we will correct the mistake. We will unban the account, apologize, and review the incident internally so we can improve our handling. Correcting our mistake does not consume the person’s appeal or second chance; we treat the mistaken sanction as though it did not happen.

An apology or a promise not to repeat the behavior does not automatically provide a right to return. When the original sanction was valid, the severity of the conduct, the person’s behavior during the review, and the likelihood of future problems all affect our decision.

Where and when to appeal

Open a new ticket through #ticket-support in our Discord server: https://discord.gg/floris.

Submit the appeal promptly, preferably within 14 days of the ban. We may consider a later appeal, but we do not guarantee that we will review it, and we may consider the delay when making our decision.

Do not appeal in-game, on the forums, through an alternate or fake account, or by bypassing a ban. Do not email an appeal merely for convenience. If you genuinely cannot create or use a Discord account, you may email the server owner at mrfloris@gmail.com. The server owner decides whether the reason justifies an exception.

If either our community or Discord has banned you from Discord, assume that you cannot appeal the Minecraft ban. Email does not provide a way around a Discord ban. The server owner may recognize a genuinely exceptional case but is not required to do so.

Appeal tickets are private moderation conversations between the appellant and authorized team members.

Account ownership and verification

Only the person who owns and controls the sanctioned Minecraft account may appeal. We may require reasonable verification that the appellant controls the relevant Minecraft identity and linked Discord account. For example, we may temporarily allow restricted access to the Minecraft server or a temporary verification server so the appellant can use /discord link.

We will never ask for a password, authentication code, account secret, real name, or access to an email account. Do not provide this information, even if someone claiming to be a team member asks for it.

One appeal and one second chance

Each person receives at most one appeal and second-chance opportunity after a valid sanction. If we restore access after a valid ban and later ban that person again, the later ban has no appeal or second chance, regardless of its severity.

Opening additional tickets does not create additional appeals. We may close duplicate tickets, instruct the appellant to stop spamming, delay the review, and consider whether the person can follow instructions and wait patiently. Continued ticket spam may end the appeal and result in a Discord ban.

Third-party requests, begging, and pressure

Friends, group members, and other third parties may not appeal or request an unban for someone else. Do not use alternate accounts, fake identities, or other people to apply pressure.

If staff tells someone to stop asking for an unban, the requests must stop. Continued begging, coordinated pressure, repeated messages, drama, spam, threats, threatened or actual server attacks, mass griefing, or similar coercion will not change our decision. This behavior may end the appeal and may result in sanctions against knowingly involved accounts.

We consider the context before deciding whether a third party’s behavior affects an appeal. An unrelated person should not be able to sabotage a legitimate appeal merely by sending an unwanted request.

Severe cases and final decisions

We may decline an appeal or refuse a second chance because of the severity of the conduct or the person’s behavior. Examples include conduct that may break the law; serious violations of Mojang, Microsoft, or Discord rules; deliberate harm to the server or its players; targeted abuse; hate speech; grooming; cheating; toxicity; repeated attempts to bend the rules; refusal to follow instructions; or conduct showing that continued participation would require disproportionate staff supervision.

Even in a severe case, we will consider a credible report that staff sanctioned the wrong account or made another material mistake. We do not want to punish the wrong person.

We will tell the appellant whether we corrected, lifted, reduced, or upheld the sanction. We may withhold evidence or details when disclosure could expose another person or reveal a moderation or security method.

Access to this privately operated community remains our decision. We may uphold a ban even when the appellant disagrees with the evidence, reasoning, accuracy, or outcome.

If we decline the appeal, we will close the ticket and ban the appellant from our Discord server. The decision is final, and another appeal is not available. Further tickets, alternate accounts, third-party pressure, or ban evasion may result in additional sanctions.

We aim to make fair moderation decisions, but we decide who may access our forums, Discord server, and Minecraft server. We may restrict or ban an account without warning or explaining the decision. We may act before harm occurs when we suspect cheating, bullying, other rule-breaking, abusive behavior, toxicity, or a pattern of conduct that could harm the community. We do this to keep the community safe and welcoming.

MINIMUM AGE: 13 OR ANY HIGHER MINIMUM REQUIRED BY LAW

Our community has a community-wide minimum-age requirement. Users of our forums, Discord server, and Minecraft server must be at least 13 years old and must also meet any higher minimum age required by the laws of the country where they live.

My personal opinion: We're a family friendly community, if a kid wants to play a game I personally don't care. This minimum-age requirement is due to COPPA requirements, FTC enforcement, and age limits imposed by third-party services.

YouTube requires us to mark our live streams and content as 'not for kids', while Discord and other social media platforms impose their own age-related requirements. Our forum already has a minimum age, so we apply the minimum-age requirement above across our community.

This minimum-age requirement is a firm rule for users of our forums, Discord server, and Minecraft server.

Starting January 1st, 2020: 1.15.1 related updated:

Moving forward in 2020 we will be more aggressive towards 'world grief', toxic or edge behavior. Things we had as a soft rule previously we might enforce a bit more starting the new year.
We want players to play the game while actually 'being there', and this includes turning on auto-farming and then leaving your computer to do something else. If we move you and you're AFK and do not realise we're trying to get your attention while you're performing actions: this will be considered an unfair advantage. We're looking for active players that play fair.
If the game has vanilla features, you're free to use them. When in doubt, it's always best to ask first. However, the fact that we allowed something in the past or currently allow it does not mean we cannot ask you, on a case-by-case basis, to stop, remove, or update what you are doing. For example, we may generally allow a redstone clock, but if it causes chunk lag or affects other players, we may ask you to discontinue or redesign it.
If the game has vanilla features that you could 'use' to achieve things otherwise not possible in the game, such as 0-tick farms, then we consider this abusing a bug in the game. If Mojang does not intend a feature to be used that way and using it that way grossly benefits you, we consider that use to be bug abuse and at least an unfair advantage. Please do not make 0-tick farms.
As a reminder, players may not use a Minecraft bug to their advantage merely because we have not yet patched it or cannot patch it.
As we move slowly from 1.13.2 to 1.15.1 in the new year and slowly get used to the new version, we will adjust our rules. We might upgrade some plugins and features, nerf mob spawning or how we deal with certain player behaviors. We cannot do this without your feedback. Please be civil in discussing how we run the server. This way we can better understand you and adjust our settings, features, options, permissions, and our set of rules. We will continue changing the rules—some for the better and some for the worse—in an attempt to balance them with a survival-gameplay setup.

Reminder:

From July 1st, 2020 we are on Minecraft 1.16.1, I want to use this opportunity to point out that we do not allow world grief.

You're free to mine in your base in the new /souls world, but it's a survival/build world. It's not a resource-gathering world.

We consider ruining the world for resources to be world grief and take action against that violation.

Please use the /nether to get resources or at least make your mining part of your build area so it's also nice to explore by others.

The same goes for /wild, please keep the world nice, and gather resources in the /mine world.

Update:

We will slowly adjust the rules throughout July 2020 since we've moved to a new version and might have to slightly adjust due to changes in the game(play).

The legacy 1MB Menu Nether Star rules.

We've been rather aggressive with the unique 1MB /menu item in our hotbar in the past, restoring it on every join and teleport. But we've tested various alternatives and eased up a bit during 1.15.2. Now with 1.16.1 we've decided to remove it.

If you have 1 or more 1MB Menu nether stars in your inventory, hotbar, or chests. We kindly ask you to throw them in lava.

Do we allow you to use them to craft beacons now? Yes, we do. We prefer you trash them though, because they were not intended to be an in-game item. But we won't make a fuss over it.

Note please that the /menu command still works.

DISCORD SERVER RULES

As we mentioned in the first post and on Discord, our general rules apply to Discord. These include everything above plus the following Discord-specific rules. We previously posted these rules on Discord; since July 2020, we have also posted them here and referenced them on Discord.

Discord Service

Discord’s Terms of Service require members to be at least 13 years old and to meet any higher minimum age required by the laws of the country where they live.

Follow Discord’s Terms of Service whenever you use our Discord server. Do not self-bot or advertise, and treat others respectfully.

https://discord.com/terms

Discord Server

You've connected to the OMG / 1MB Discord Server. Floris owns it, and the OMG / 1MB staff/team members operate it. Anybody else on the server can help someone who has a question.

OMG Stands for OMGboards.com, Floris' online community.

1MB Stands for 1MoreBlock.com, Floris' online Minecraft Survival Server.

Discord Rules

Treat everybody with respect and consideration. Toxic behavior isn't welcome.
Converse in English in the public-, and voice channels.
Inappropriate accounts and avatars aren't welcome, what is appropriate is at our discretion.
Avoid spammy messages, images, and mentions.
Unlike other servers, our staff doesn't mind if you @mention them for a question.
No self-promotion or advertisements of any kind. This Discord is meant for the OMG / 1MB community, not for your own Discord, your own servers, etc. This includes unsolicited references and links to other social media, servers, communities, and services in chat or direct messages.

Recording for Twitch/YouTube && Streaming rules

We welcome YouTube videos about 1MB in the #minecraft channel, feel free to post them.
YouTube videos about other servers are incidentally welcome in the off topic channel under certain conditions. They must be about gameplay and must not entice others to join. Do not mention any server host or IP.
We welcome live streams of our server on Twitch / YouTube / etc., feel free to post your live-stream link about 1MB in the #minecraft channel.
We do not allow live streams of other servers. Please refrain from doing so.
Avoid sharing personal information. Protect your privacy and the privacy of others.
Toxic behavior such as bullying, harassing others, etc. is not welcome, feel free to contact an admin (nixxy73 or mrfloris for example) for a discussion. We have no tolerance for making others feel unwanted or uncomfortable.
Offensive content such as piracy, nsfw, sexism, racism, etc. is not welcome.
Avoid religious and political discussions because of their sensitive nature.
Users of our Discord server must meet the community-wide minimum-age requirement stated above.

More information here: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040724612

~ WE WILL UPDATE THESE DISCORD RULES AND MOST THINGS IN THIS THREAD THROUGHOUT 2020. IF AT ANY POINT YOU DISAGREE TO ANY CHANGES YOU ARE FREE TO DISCONTINUE USING ANY OF OUR SERVICES.

Heads-up: Upcoming changes to our grief-reporting and grief-rollback policies.

Starting Spring 2021

We've always gone out of our way to load old archives, backups of databases, etc, and nitpicked the blocks, chunks, and region files for areas that got griefed and got reported to us 12+ months later.

Last few years we've slightly adjusted this to a- be to main-worlds only, and b- up to a year.

Moving forward this Spring Update we will tighten the belt and put more responsibility in the hands of the player.

This is a heads-up

We will require a certain amount of playtime before we region protect an area.
We will update our rules or rather our grief/rollback policies to the following:
Submit grief reports within a few weeks to a few months after the grief occurs. It will be the responsibility of the player to keep an eye on their build. You know your builds the best!
We will store data with a guarantee of up to six months to roll back. Meaning if you report many months later and we have purged the data, we will no longer go the extra mile and dive into our archives for you.
We will purge data every month with a cut-off date of 30-ish weeks. (Sometimes we skip a month, or a few weeks).
We will purge archived databases from 'way back' a lot more often. For example, in 2022 we will purge all rollback data backups from 2019 and older.

Thank you for understanding, and I hope this heads-up means that you have enough time to get online this Winter season and check your builds. If there's an issue or you need to double check something feel free to reach out to any team member. We still have enough backup and backed up data to help restore at this point. And yes, we can properly region protect your awesome hard work.

The more active and the more players build, be it 1 or 50 bases, the easier it is to region protect, roll back, etc.

Heads-up: Upcoming changes to our whitelist/blacklist of clients, loaders, mods, etc.

Starting Spring 2021

To be clear, we run this server for players who want to enjoy Minecraft fairly. Any method that gives an unfair advantage is against the rules. Deliberately abusing bugs, unintended gameplay mechanics, or other systems in this way will result in a permanent ban. Different servers may set different rules, but everyone who plays here must follow ours.

We have often tried to explain these boundaries and help players learn from mistakes. We expect players to recognize deliberate attempts to gain a benefit they would not otherwise have. If you are unsure whether something is allowed, ask before using it. When a rule is broken, we refer to the published rule and take moderation action under these rules.

Moving forward however we will also request from our team members, epic players, donators, and regular active players what they consider to be whitelisted and blacklisted things. We will review them and adjust this list accordingly. We're open to discussing items already on the list.

The following actions are prohibited and may result in a permanent ban. Depending on the severity and circumstances, the team may decline a second chance. A credible report that staff sanctioned the wrong account or made another material mistake may still be reviewed.

Any customization to the vanilla game that gives you any unfair advantage.
Abuse of the game mechanics to create unintended mechanics that give you a clear advantage or let you bypass a rule.
We assume that players use unofficial clients and launchers for cheating. If we suspect you of cheating and find that you are using one, we may use that fact as evidence. For this rule, we consider the Minecraft Launcher and Minecraft client supplied through Minecraft.net or by Microsoft to be official.
We obviously do not allow modifications (plugins, mods, injections, scripts, macros, etc) that extend the game to achieve impossible things, duplicate items, or otherwise give you an unfair advantage.
If you use a modification listed above that is not on the list below and that attempts to avoid detection, we consider your use of it evidence of cheating.
We consider an auto-farming system an unfair advantage when it is designed to earn money, items, levels, or other benefits without active play. This rule does not cover semi-automated sorting, farming or harvesting, or piston doors. We ask you to stop any system that violates this rule. The separate rule below covers lag machines.
Do not build or use lag machines or other mechanisms intended to crash or slow the server, gain unauthorized permissions, or exploit the server, its plugins, or its services. We will permanently ban accounts involved in this behavior. We may also ban other members of a group if they knowingly helped. If the attack causes financial loss or serious harm, we may seek repayment or take legal action.
We do not allow you to download our world through Replay Mod to gain an advantage. If you are a content creator, make sure the whitelist includes you first and make an agreement with the server owner.
We do not allow world downloaders, auto builders, scripts, automated accounts, bots, or even schematic visualizers.
We do not allow Litematica or Schematica. These tools display planned builds in-game, which we consider an unfair advantage because default Minecraft does not provide that feature. We understand that some players use them for ordinary building projects, but please respect that they are not allowed on this server.
We do not allow minimaps that reveal caves, tunnels, dungeons, points of interest, mobs, or players. Check the whitelist below before using a minimap. If you are unsure whether its features are permitted, ask a team member first.
We do not allow mouse or keyboard customizations, macros, or scripts that provide an advantage in PvP, grinding, or other gameplay. If you currently use one, please stop. If you are unsure whether your setup is allowed, ask a team member.

The following list identifies things that we have officially whitelisted and for which we allow more leeway, but the common-sense rule still applies.

We allow OptiFine (https://optifine.net/), despite it supporting the light emitting sources such as a torch, lantern, etc. We are now officially changing our rules regarding this 'light hack', see below. Anyway, we have officially whitelisted OptiFine.
We allow Fabric Loader and Fabric API, but only for plugins on our whitelist, and plugins that do not give you an unfair advantage.
We allow Vanilla Tweaks (https://vanillatweaks.net/), again, for whitelisted items, and tweaks/data packs/resource packs that do not give an unfair advantage.
We allow the Faithful 32x (https://faithful.team/) resource pack, just like any other resource pack, but we are adding Faithful 32x and PureBDcraft to our official whitelist. We obviously do not allow any resource pack that gives you an unfair advantage, such as X-ray, etc. If we see you run 'cheat packs' we will suspect you from cheating and look into this.
We allow simple minimaps that do not reveal prohibited information. Because some minimaps include both allowed and prohibited features, we will examine their use more closely when investigating suspected unfair PvP, point-of-interest discovery, or other cheating. We may consider the minimap and its enabled features relevant evidence. Disable prohibited features or use a minimap without them. Players who use only the permitted features should not have a problem. We may change this policy in the future.
We allow Sodium (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/sodium) and Phosphor as alternatives to OptiFine.
We allow shader packs (same argument as resource packs).
We do not allow macros. If you have a disability and require an exception, talk to the owner.
We unfortunately allow MiniHUD. I voted no, others voted yes.
We allow brightness-only visibility enhancements during ordinary survival play. These include full-bright or increased ambient-light settings, dynamic-lighting effects, shaders, resource packs, mods, and accessibility tools that make areas easier to see in darkness. These features can help players with visual disabilities. Some client setups do not provide a practical way to disable every brightness effect, and we cannot reliably prevent them server-side. Although we prefer players to use Minecraft’s intended lighting, we do not treat brightness-only enhancements as cheating during ordinary survival play.

This permission does not include X-ray resource packs or mods, cave-revealing tools, freecam, or any other feature that lets you see through terrain, reveal hidden blocks, caves, entities, or structures, or move your viewpoint independently of your player. These features remain prohibited. If darkness or limited visibility forms part of an event or challenge, using a visibility enhancement to gain an advantage is cheating and may result in a ban.

Quite an update. And a messy list. It will change over the future. But now you have a headsup. Technically all these rules are already in effect, we're just in the period of discussing the specifics and will start enforcing them by spring time.

Update:

The Summer Update 2021 is here with updates to OMGboards, Discord Chat, and 1MB Minecraft server. This means it's time to review what we have ~ tighten the belt around certain rules, and loosen up on some of the existing rules. Keep a close eye on new players, but improve the way we teach them things with a smile, and we should stop staring at existing players that have been with us for a while.

And yes, as you can see, the above posts are all a huge mess, we have to start cleaning that up. And make sure it is easier to find what you are looking for.

Are you familiar with our community, can you write English quite well, and understand communities? We're looking for someone to help manage and write this content with us, because we can use the help. Feel free to reach out.

We've mentioned before that we expect players to respect the Community Standards for Minecraft and the Xbox Community Standards alongside our rules. Mojang has recently announced that with 1.19 / 1.19.1 there will be in-game player reporting—more info about that here: https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us...ayer-Chat-Reporting-in-Minecraft-Java-Edition

It's time. Mojang has now released Minecraft 1.19.1. From today on, the rules on the forum, Discord, and especially in Minecraft include the Community Standards for Minecraft and the Xbox Community Standards. We will try to stay within them and enforce them. Please respect them, as we will be MORE actively referring to them.

We have unsigned chat at the moment. However, various options in our server.properties file let us control the in-game chat features. These options cover signed chat, required secure profile, and offering chat preview.

When we do have full signed chat in the (near) future, our system may catch those who break the Community Standards for Minecraft, or our team members may manually sanction them. Online players who feel the content should be reported may also be able to report it to Mojang for review.

We're a family-friendly server, and we always want people to respect that, Mojang has offered improved player safety features, and so we will gradually move to support these. We gave a heads-up, and now our rules have officially changed. For questions, please use our Discord with a private ticket.

Mojang has released 1.19.2, and we've enabled in server.properties the value for enforce-secure-profile. (When this value is true, players without a Mojang-signed public key cannot connect to the server.) If your client causes issues, stop using hack or custom clients, and use the vanilla launcher and vanilla client. They are guaranteed to work.

Today, we updated the introduction with a bit of friendly but easy-to-read and understand text about how we're trying to make a friendly community and toxicity has no room in it.

Community participation and safety

About Kids & Age Restrictions

You must be at least 13 years old to use our forums, Discord server, or Minecraft server. If the laws of your country require a higher minimum age, that higher age applies. We set this rule to avoid collecting or handling children’s personal data under additional consent and privacy requirements, including COPPA and GDPR. Even with a parent or guardian present, you may not join until you meet the applicable minimum age.

If someone tells us that they are younger than the minimum age that applies to them, staff will restrict their access until they reach that age. Once they meet the age requirement, they may contact the team to request restored access. This is not a ban appeal and does not consume their appeal or second-chance opportunity.

Community Safety

These Community Guidelines apply across our forums, Discord server, and Minecraft server. They apply to accounts and everything members create or share, including usernames, skins, avatars, messages, voice, builds, signs, books, item names, links, files, and similar content.

Alternate accounts and shared household connections are allowed when each person owns the account they use. Do not use or share accounts to hide responsibility, bypass a restriction, or help someone evade a sanction. We may sanction accounts shown to be involved in evasion.
Do not threaten people or the community, impersonate players, staff members, or services, scam or phish, distribute malicious links or files, or use deception to obtain credentials, money, items, or personal information.
Do not seek out, reveal, share, or threaten to reveal another person’s private or identifying information without their permission. This includes doxxing and distributing account or profile data obtained through a hack, leak, or other unauthorized access. If you need to report compromised information, send it privately to the team through #ticket-support instead of reposting it.
Do not groom, sexually exploit, or solicit sexual content from anyone under 18. Report child-safety concerns privately and do not investigate, download, or redistribute suspected material yourself.
Report suspected violations privately through #ticket-support. Be truthful. Do not fabricate or alter evidence, knowingly make a false report, or organize a public call-out. Staff may review relevant logs and context and may withhold details to protect people or moderation and security methods.

1MoreBlock is a privately run hobby community, not a shop, and does not sell ranks or ask players for money. Unrequested money or items given to the owner, and gifts the owner sends to community members, are personal gifts. We may grant Patron as a discretionary thank-you. Personal gifts and Patron do not provide ownership, staff authority, exemption from the rules, guaranteed access or future benefits, or a right to replacement, return, or refund. We may contest chargebacks.

Community participation

By joining and remaining in our community, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to our:

Rules
Guidelines
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy

We welcome everyone who participates in good faith, follows these documents, and helps keep the community safe and enjoyable.

Privacy and data handling

For information about data, message logging, moderation access, and privacy, see our Privacy Policy.

⚖️ Fair Play and Free Speech

By participating in our forums, Discord server, or Minecraft server, you agree to follow our Community Guidelines.

“Free speech” does not allow anyone to use our community services to harm others or spread hateful, inappropriate, or disruptive content.

1MoreBlock is a privately run community. We moderate our services so everyone can participate safely and enjoy their time here.