Minecraft Server

The Minecraft Server is a server of the D3vine Community. It is a mix of Survival, Roleplay, and elements of build. The server has space for 35 people.

Rules
1. Absolutely no:


 * Griefing or Stealing


 * Hacking or modding (FlyMod,Etc.)
 * Racist, sexist or otherwise offensive language


 * Abuse of exploits or bugs.

2. You are required to:


 * Treat all players with respect, staff or otherwise.


 * Any X-Ray mod, texture pack or similiar tool will not be permitted, period.


 * Report any instances of rules being broken.


 * Report any exploits immediately.


 * Leave any griefed property untouched in order to facilitate administration. The property will be repaired to it's initial state by staff.

3. If you are banned indefinitely:


 * Your items or structures may be deleted.


 * You will need to appeal to be unbanned, staff cannot do this on request.


 * If unbanned but not acquitted, you will forever have bias against you in all future punishments.

4. For no reason are you permitted to loot, alter or destroy a player-made structure, this will be regarded as griefing or stealing regardless of circumstance. Mayors, Assistants and other players must contact a super-admin or higher to request removal of a structure.

5. If staff are unable to locate proof of a theft, no reparations will be provided. If a staff member judges the alleged offender unfit for punishment and the alleged victim engages in vigilantism they will incur a higher penalty for the offending activity.

6.Punishment for breaking these rules varies depending on severity and other factors, all punishment is at the judgment of the staff member. You can appeal punishment or report genuine staff abuse on the forums. All appeals, requests and applications are open to public voting.

7. Trusted status:
 * You may attain trusted status when a staff member has seen you playing for a decent amount of time without observing any untrustworthy behavior.
 * There is no set period of time you must be watched and this rank will never be granted on request.
 * Asking will only delay the process.
 * It is possible to lose this status.

8. Towns:

a. Mayors and Assistants:
 * All taxes must be agreed upon in advance or with warning.
 * A resident's property can never become the mayor's without voluntary transfer by the resident.
 * Mayors may only request that a player's property be deleted by a Super-Admin if the resident has been permanently or indefinitely banned, or offline for at least three weeks (with the discretion of the admin).
 * Without prior consent a mayor is never permitted to destroy or alter a resident's property, nor are they assured full access to their resident's property.
 * Mayors are not responsible for the behavior of their residents, but are strongly encouraged to select their residents carefully.
 * Mayors found to be encouraging unlawful activity by their residents will be subject to punishment, possibly including forfeiture of their mayorship.
 * A town can never claim land built upon by another player without permission from a Super-Admin or D3vine. If qualifying several conditions the structure must be fully removed by the staff member before the land is claimed.
 * Claiming land in a malicious or ignorant fashion will result in administrative action against the town or mayor.
 * Abuse of any town commands against residents or other players will not be permitted.
 * It is highly recommended but not required that mayors construct their towns in a manner that allows the use of Towny's plot system. This will prevent inter-resident griefing.

b. Residents
 * Residents are required to adhere to town rules so long as they never supersede server rules.
 * Residents are required to report all mayor abuse immediately, preferably with evidence. Failing to do so hampers the staff's ability to confirm the abuse.

c. Non-incorporated players.
 * Players must not build in close proximity to a town, A distance of 100m (blocks) from the closest structure to the town border is recommended to allow the town to expand.
 * Players are encouraged to seek protection for their property if they are not within a town.
 * Deliberately impeding a town's expansion may result in the offending structures removal without reparations.

9. Inactive players may see their structures or property removed by staff after 3 weeks of inactivity if the land is impeding a town's expansion and the building is not known to have predated the town's creation. Choose your building site with caution, towns will only be created in areas where there are no existing structures observed in the immediate area.

10. Any activity by a player or their client that threatens the server stability, server economy or the gameplay on the server may incur punishment or a preventative ban (in the case of a client's computer crashing the server) by a Super-Admin or D3vine. With or without a specific rule against the specific behavior.

Amended October 4th 2011: 11. The Lawless Zone:

Stealing and Killing are permitted outside of towns and within towns that expressly permit this. Griefing is not permitted. Griefing in this case is defined as useless or pointlessly destructive behavior. IE: Lava or water griefing, destroying structures without purpose, etc. Removing valuable building materials is permitted. Stealing from and killing on the main roads is not permitted. LWC and other protections are permitted. Structures observed to be part of a town but not officially protected by a town are to be considered off-limits for stealing. 

Ranks
Unlike the Build Server, there are less ranks and players aren't promoted with time. The ranks, including guest, donor, and staff ranks, are as follows;

Regular
Regular Member : Assigned to all players at first join.

Trusted Member : Assigned based off of time, trustworthiness, and more. Asking will only delay the process.

Donor
Bronze Member : $5

Silver Member : $10

Staff
Moderator

Admin

Super Admin

D3vine

Mods
The server uses a variety of Mods to enhance the atmosphere. Some of the mods that are used are:


 * Towny


 * LWC


 * WorldGuard


 * WorldEdit (restricted to Super Admins and up)


 * TreeCapitator (restricted to Donors and up)

Towns
Through the use of TownyMod, the server is capable of having protected towns. Towns cost money to be created and upkept, and members must join your town to expand.