Server Rules

I. Server Nature & Player Code of Conduct

1. Server Nature

• Non-profit nature: Rain Serenity is a non-profit Minecraft Java Edition server.
• Donation principle: This server contains no paid content of any kind, but accepts voluntary and unconditional donations from players.
• Real-world trading disclaimer: This server does not restrict players from trading in-game items for money in the real world, but bears no legal or joint liability for any real-world economic disputes arising between players.

2. Basic Player Code of Conduct

• Age recommendation: According to official regional ratings, this game is rated 7 and up under the European PEGI system, 10 and up under the North American ESRB system, and 8 years and up in mainland China (CADPA) (the iOS App Store rating is 9+). If you are below the corresponding age, we recommend playing under the supervision of a guardian.
• Player convention: Please treat every player with respect and friendliness.
• Account security and responsibility: Players must keep their game accounts and passwords safe. Any item loss, ban or other consequence caused by lending, sharing or selling an account, or by a password leak, is borne by the player.

3. Dispute Resolution

• If you encounter problems, conflicts or disputes while playing, stay calm and rational, and contact an administrator for mediation when necessary.

II. Service Boundaries & Disclaimer

1. Service Boundaries

• This is a non-profit server. The management team is only responsible for the basic operation of the server, rule maintenance and the handling of violations, and does not provide "nanny-style" personalised service.
• The management team is in principle not responsible for the following:
  1. Builds and terrain: does not help players move, migrate, copy, repair, rebuild or demolish buildings or building complexes; does not help break bedrock, clear terrain, or create or provide empty regions.
  2. Accidents and losses: does not provide compensation, rollback, reimbursement or restoration for item, build or terrain losses caused by player machine failures, redstone malfunctions, explosives, creepers, failed experiments or misoperation.
  3. Player disputes: does not intervene in in-game disputes arising from voluntary cooperation, borrowing, gifting, trading or shared facilities between players; however, violations such as cheating, theft, malicious destruction or malicious PvP are still handled according to the rules.

2. Risk Assumption & Violation Reporting

• Players should assess and bear the risks of building, redstone, explosives and experimental operations in game themselves.
• If a loss is caused by another player's violation, keep the evidence and report it through channels such as the QQ group; the management team will handle it according to the rules.

3. Management Team Assistance Notes

• Whether the management team provides additional assistance is decided by the management team itself; any assistance does not constitute an obligation, promise or precedent.
• Please do not harass, insult or spam the management team for failing to receive the above non-obligatory assistance; otherwise it will be handled according to provisions such as "inappropriate speech" and "malicious spam" in these rules.

III. Violations & Handling

1. Community Behaviour Standards

• Inappropriate speech: discriminatory, offensive or seriously improper speech (see Section IV for details).
• Harmful content: publishing pornographic, disgusting or excessively violent content.
• Malicious spam: sending spam or maliciously spamming.
• Impersonation & advertising: impersonating others, publishing unpermitted advertisements or other improper behaviour.

2. In-Game Behaviour Standards

• Cheating
  • Using cheat clients, hacks or illegal mods.
  • Maliciously exploiting server or game vulnerabilities.
• Malicious destruction
  • Destroying or tampering with others' buildings and work without permission.
  • Taking or stealing items from others' containers without permission.
  • Malicious PvP (forcibly killing players in non-permitted areas or without mutual consent).
• Mechanism abuse
  • Abusing plugin features (such as using the claim plugin to fence off others' buildings).
  • Deliberately repeating the same command, or using macros/scripts to cause command spam.
• Endangering server operation
  • Causing lag: maliciously building high-frequency redstone, piling up large numbers of entities, or using other mechanisms to deliberately cause severe server lag.
  • Refusing to fix: after an explicit administrator warning, still refusing to remove or fix the facilities causing lag.
  • Repeated offences: after being warned by an administrator and fixing a lag-causing issue, committing the same type of behaviour again will be punished more severely; in serious cases Section IV Zero-Tolerance Principle applies directly.
• Illegal buildings
  • Building anything indecent, illegal or offensive.
• Evading punishment
  • Creating or using alt accounts (backup accounts) to evade bans, farm supplies or commit violations.

IV. Zero-Tolerance Principle

1. Speech & Privacy Red Lines

2. Major Serious Violations

V. Ban Appeals & Supplementary Provisions

1. Appeal Process

• If you object to a ban that does not fall under the "Zero-Tolerance Principle", you may submit an appeal to an administrator through channels such as the server QQ group within 7 days of receiving the ban notice, requesting a reduced or lifted ban. Missing the deadline is deemed acceptance of the penalty.
• Bans for violating any provision of Section IV "Zero-Tolerance Principle" of these rules will no longer be accepted for appeal.

2. Supplementary Provisions

• Management team statement: All management team members are players who participate in server management on a voluntary basis; please respect the administrators' work. If you object to an administrator's decision, please resolve it through proper channels (such as an appeal); personal attacks, insults or spamming against administrators in the group or in game are strictly prohibited.
• Final right of interpretation: The management team reserves the final right of interpretation and revision of these server rules.
• Rule revisions: These rules will be revised from time to time according to the actual operation of the server. New rules take effect immediately upon release; in case of conflict, the latest version prevails.