Rules
By playing on MerlMC you agree to the rules below. Staff decisions are final.
Spamming
Do not attempt to spam chat with messages, images or emojis. This includes encouraging others to do the same.
Flooding
Do not use excessive capital letters, emojis, stickers, images, unicode characters or mentions/pings.
Toxicity
Do not be toxic towards other players or promote toxic behaviour.
Mental Health
Do not joke about or mention things such as suicide, self-harm or other sensitive topics concerning mental health.
Discrimination
Do not discriminate or use racist, sexist, homophobic or derogatory language towards players.
Chat Filter Bypass
Do not attempt to bypass the chat filter. It is there for a reason!
Links
Do not post links to inappropriate content, IP grabbers, or malicious websites.
Advertising
Do not promote other servers, services, social media or anything not associated with Merl. If you have a Creator rank & you are streaming, you may advertise your stream every 5 minutes in chat.
Hacking
Do not attempt to DDoS, DOX or hack the server or a player. This includes using IP grabbers, posting personal photos, and IP addresses or sharing personal information.
TP Trapping
During Bloodbaths, do not set up traps directly after a TP to a town (/t spawn) or a TP request (tpa & /tpahere). The definition of a TP trap is up to the staff's discretion.
Passive Bypass
Do not attempt to kill or damage someone in a PvP disabled area. This is anywhere in the world when a Saturday Skirmish is not ongoing. An example of this is placing a lava bucket on a player in the wilderness to try and kill them.
Stream Sniping
You may not utilize a player's livestream, in order to have an unfair advantage, to conduct planned attacks or such on the player. The streamer has the right to report such occasions to the moderating team on the server. Given enough evidence provided, action may be taken against the offender and/or their accomplices.
Stolen Accounts
Do not talk about, sell or use stolen or cracked Discord or Minecraft accounts.
Alt Accounts
You are only allowed to use one Minecraft Account on MerlMC! Create a ticket in the Discord server if you have a reason to have this raised Eg. Siblings.
Repeat offenses may result in punishments on the main account.
Griefing
Don't purposely make someone elses town look bad by building in the wilderness. For example, don't build walls around someone's claims to ruin the look of their build.
Bypassing Bans
Using alternative accounts to bypass a ban, mute or other offence is not allowed!
Botting
Controlling mass amounts of accounts for spamming or automating tasks like mining or farming isn't allowed.
Clients
Using hack/cheat clients that modify your game is strictly forbidden. This includes clients like Wurst, Meteor, Aristois or other similar clients. PvP Clients like Lunar/Badlion Client are allowed.
Faking Hacks
Faking hacks will result in the same punishment as hacking in the first place. “I was faking hacks” is not a valid excuse for an appeal.
X-Ray
Using a texture pack, mod, client or exploit to x-ray is not allowed and will result in a ban.
IRL Trades
You cannot trade real-life money for any in-game items.
Auto Clicker
Use of an auto clicker in PvP or to automate tasks is not allowed.
Printer
Using schematica or litematica is allowed however, you may not use printer or any other similar mod/program.
Exploits
Do not use or attempt to use any exploits to gain an advantage or abuse a bug.
If you find a game-breaking bug, you can responsibly disclose it to be rewarded a bug bounty.
AFK Bypass
You are allowed to AFK on MerlMC. An AFK pool is not required for you to stay on the server and not be kicked. Passive Season Pass XP is not given out to AFK players and this is done on purpose. Attempting to bypass this will result in a ban. To be safe, do not build an AFK pool and leave your client standing when AFK'ing.
Repetition
Being banned and/or muted for a day (or more) on 5 or more occasions can result in a more serious punishment. Depending on its severity, and context, the staff member can choose one of three punishments.
Association
Associating yourself with cheaters may result in a ban.