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Point & Punishment System
Hearts of Minecraft uses a very simple and streamlined punishment system.
Warnings Handed out for small violations against the rules
Strikes A severe violating, coming with some sactions. 2x strikes add up to one ban.
Bans Very severe rule violations will result in bans, while there's temporary and permanent bans.
Warnings
Warnings are verbal, and do not carry many consequences, but can lead to more severe punishments if you gain multiple in a short amount of time.
Strikes
Strikes act like last chances, while there's a maximum of two strikes before a ban is handed out.
Temporary Ban
Temporary bans are for severe violations against the rules, and range from a 24h ban, to a 1 week ban at most.
Permanent Ban
Permanent bans is for the most severe cases, and are endless. Some may be appealed, others may not.
Mutes
Mutes may come with warnings and strikes, if they're chat related. If you behave toxic in chat, a moderator may warn, and mute you for a certain amount of time. No mute will exceed 24 hours.
1. Cheating & Exploits
Any mod, client, or tool providing an unfair advantage is not allowed.
Allowed: Optifine zoom, shaders, light mods, armor/status HUD, replay mods...
Examples of forbidden clients, cheats or exploits are;
- Freecam (During War)
- Storage ESP / chest finders
- X-Ray texture packs or mods
- Kill aura / auto-attack
- No-fall / anti-knockback
- Aimbot / aim assist
- Crash exploits or packet flooding
- Intentional duplication glitch use
- Nuker
- Teleportation hacks
- Phase / clip through walls
- Speed hacks
- Flight hacks
- Server disruption or DDoS
Behaviour & Chat
All rules apply to text chat and in-game voice chat equally.
2.0Warning English or a language an active staff member can speak in global/public chats. Proximity VC and private chats exempt unless staff requests English for enforcement.
2.1Warning Keep conversations appropriate to the channel.
2.2Strike/BanHarassment punishable. Severity scales with nature and frequency.
Verbal: Strike Targeted: Ban. Sexual: P-Ban, unappealable.
2.3Strike/BanRacial slurs forbidden in all chat and voice chat.
2.4StrikeWarning Blasphemy or mockery directed at any religion is forbidden.
2.5MuteWarning Spamming — repeated messages or chat flooding — prohibited.
2.6MuteWarning Staff impersonation in chat or usernames prohibited.
2.7StrikeWarning Sharing links in public chat without staff permission prohibited.
1st: 1hr mute. 2nd: 6hr + warn. 3rd: 24hr. .
2.8MuteWarning Advertising other Minecraft servers prohibited.
1st offense: 24h mute.
2.9WarningExcessive out-of-character content breaking WW2 immersion in global chat prohibited.
2.10StrikeBanThreats, even as jokes — threatening to grief, dox, hack, or harm another player — not allowed.
2.11StrikeBanTargeted harassment — sustained personal attacks against a specific player.
2.12BanAny joke referencing pedophilia, child abuse, or similarly reprehensible subjects.
Unappealable.
Discord Rules
All rules apply to text channels and voice channels equally.
‣Warning Use of racial, sexual, and religious slurs is not allowed in any channel or voice chat.
‣Ban No NSFW or obscene content — nudity, sex, explicit material, graphic violence, or disturbing content.
‣Warning No spam or self-promotion without Admin permission. Includes repeated messages, walls of text, or advertising other servers.
‣Verbal Warning English only in all public channels at all times, including when no staff is online.
‣Verbal Warning Keep messages in their appropriate channels.
‣Verbal Warning Political and religious discussion is prohibited.
‣Warning No toxicity, bullying, or harassment. Sexual harassment escalates directly to a T4 ban.
‣Ban Doxxing — leaking private personal data — is prohibited.
Unappealable.
‣Ban Punishment evasion through alt accounts results in permanent ban on alt and extended ban on main.
‣Ban Organizing or participating in Discord raids results in immediate permanent ban.
‣Warning Staff impersonation on Discord prohibited — usernames, profile pictures, nicknames, or any misleading presentation.
‣Ban Threatening or encouraging harm — to a player, to yourself, or to others — under any framing including jokes.
‣Warning No posting of personal information belonging to other players without their explicit consent.
‣Warning No impersonation of other players — names, avatars, or personas designed to be mistaken for another real player.
‣Warning No sharing of pirated software, illegal content, or links to harmful sites.
‣Ban Any joke referencing pedophilia, child abuse, or similarly reprehensible subjects.
Unappealable.
‣Ban Discord users confirmed under 13 years old receive a permanent Discord ban per Discord ToS.
‣ Discord's Terms of Service and Community Guidelines apply in full.
Building & Infrastructure
All builds must be consistent with WW2-era Europe. Build cities, not forts. Walls are prohibited, EventWar requires open towns.
3.1 General
3.1.1WarningStructures must be realistically fitting for the 20th century. Medieval, fantasy, or clearly modern aesthetics are violations.
3.1.2WarningIntentionally griefing the areas around other towns
3.1.3StrikeNazi imagery or hate-related imagery may not be built anywhere.
3.1.4StrikeNo inaccessible sky or ocean bases.
3.1.5StrikeNo farms that rely on duping to create items, or that dupe items.
3.2 Prohibited Fortifications
3.2.1StrikeObnoxious walls to grief other players towns, or made extremely ugly (Cobble-Stone Walls) cannot be permanent structures.
3.2.2WarningForts that serve to protect a down during sieges may not be built in an unbreachable way, but they have to resemble real life buildings, such as historical star-forts, and must allow people to enter them during wars.
Combat & PvP
4.1Strike Illegal combat engagement and initiating PvP where explicitly prohibited — not allowed.
4.2StrikeWarning Claim hopping to exploit protection mechanics not allowed.
4.3StrikeWarning Spawn camping and repeatedly killing same player at spawn outside active war — not allowed.
3+ kills of same player in 10 min without victim initiating = 'repeatedly'.
4.4StrikeTeleporting away from active combat to avoid death not allowed.
4.5BanStrikeExcessive griefing during war and destruction beyond siege requirements is not allowed.
Rollback required in addition to points.
4.6General player-to-player scamming is allowed at your own risk. Staff will not intervene.
T1 applies only if Admin involvement is falsely claimed.
Note: Potions are allowed
Griefing
Violations result in reversal of changes. CoreProtect used to verify all reports.
5.1StrikeGriefing within town claims and breaking/placing blocks or damaging structures without permission.
5.2StrikeDestroying wilderness land leaving it visually ruined not allowed.
5.3StrikeIllegal town claiming and snake claiming, claim blocking, blocking another town's expansion. Offending claims deleted.
5.4StrikeLava casting or deliberate misuse of lava/water to disfigure terrain or structures.
5.5StrikeMajor purposeless destruction around claims is not allowed.
5.6StrikeOffensive, obscene, or politically harmful map art not allowed.
Alts & Ban Evasion
6.0StrikeUsing alt accounts not allowed under any circumstance.
Alt: permanent ban. Main with no evasion: T2. Main with active evasion: ban extended two threshold steps.
6.1Ban Evading an active ban using an alt results in extended ban + permanent ban on alt.
Towny
7.0StrikeNo snake claiming. Claims must be spatially sensible.
7.1StrikeClaiming land to block another town's expansion not allowed. Offending claims deleted.
7.2StrikeJoining a town with intent to spawn-kill residents forbidden.
7.3StrikeIntentional insiding and joining a town to steal, grief, or betray from within and not allowed.
Roleplay related insiding is allowed, at your own risk.
7.4StrikeAlt towns not allowed and second towns created to bypass rules, gain claims, or circumvent siege restrictions.
7.5DeletionSiege towns not allowed and towns existing as forward operating bases or siege respawn points.
7.5StrikeDeletionUsing town's to trap player and kill them is prohibited.
Naming
8.1Verbal WarningWarningTown names must be real 1939-1945 place names or plausible alternate-history names.
1st: warning + change request. 2nd: name forcibly changed.
8.2Verbal WarningWarningNation names must reflect a real or historically plausible WW2-era nation.
1st: warning + change. 2nd: forcibly changed.
8.3Verbal WarningBanOffensive or impersonating account names result in a change request.
Alt with offending name: permanent ban on alt, warning on main.
Real Money Trading
9.0BanTrading real money for in-game goods, currency, advantages, or services not allowed.
9.1StrikBanSelling in-game content or services for real money not allowed.
1st: warning. 2nd: 2d ban. 3rd: 7d ban.
Store
10.0 Chargebacks, payment reversals, or any forced refunds result in a permanent, non-appealable ban.
