Mineplex Forum Rules As Of 3/1/15

Welcome to Mineplex. I'd like to take a moment to lay out some quick rules guidelines and rules to ensure that Mineplex stays a fun, friendly, positive and constructive environment!

Game Rules: Show

Forum Rules: Hide
General Rules
No advertising
No light advertising (Saying the name of a server)
Do not make an Racist/Sexist/Religious/Homophobic remarks
No advertising Youtube Links with No Mineplex Content
No cursing/swearing/disrespecting players.
Do not try to moderate the forums, leave it to the staff.
No asking for likes (or potatoes) in your post. This includes creating threads so everyone gets a like (or potato).
No double-posting
No spamming/flooding the page with a single post or multiple posts.
No necro-posting (posting on threads which haven't been commented on in over a week)
No excessive bumping (more than once per thread).
No posting screamers
No scamming
No plagiarizing
No making inappropriate posts
No post boosting (posting irrelevant content or repeating information previously stated in the thread)
No posting on nuisance threads such as spambots' threads. (No warning points will be given, but it is unnecessary)
No micro-posting (making 1 word posts/posts with no text simply photos/gifs or stating you are not micro posting)
Emoticons such as Smiley Faces do not count as words.

Giveaway Rules
General rules apply here
Giveaway specific rules are found here.


Reports
General rules apply here
Do not comment on threads you are not directly involved in
Do not post report evidence which is older than 2 weeks
Do not post a report without evidence
Do not post a report without using the correct format.
Do not forge evidence

Ban appeal format: http://mineplex.com/appeals
Report format: http://mineplex.com/forums/m/11929946/viewthread/17798580-reports-format-official

Appeal Rules
Do not spam appeals
Do not create an appeal before 30 days from the date the last was rejected/accepted
Do not create troll appeals

Breaking any forum rules will cause you to receive different amounts of warning points depending on the severity of the rule broken. Making an attempt to work around or abuse loopholes in the rules will also cause you to be warned (i.e. "Nice, this is to avoid micro-posting" will cause you to receive a warning ). Receiving 8 warning points will result in a permanent ban. On rare occasions a player may be permanently banned without warning, this will only happen with large infractions.

Warning:
Any malicious activity on Enjin, such as harassment, bullying, or pornographic content may result in permanent forum ban. This includes but is not limited to wall posts, global signatures, and usernames.

Forum Guidelines: Hide
These guidelines are created to ensure that the forums stay a positive, friendly and constructive place. Please think about the guidelines any time you make a post.

It is extremely important that feedback and criticisms are posted and handled with care. If these rules are broken, it can destroy the friend, positive and constructive environment of the forum.


Be Kind To Everyone
This is simple and important. Do not call people names. Do not try to defame or bring someone down. If you think someone has done something wrong, you are allowed to say what they did and why you think it's wrong - but do so in a positive and kind manner. Remember, everyone makes mistakes.


Do Not Make Pointless Posts
Before you make a post or thread, think to yourself "will this make the thread/forum better?". If the answer is not yes, don't post it!


Title Threads Appropriately
The title of your thread should summarise the content of it. For example, if you are posting what you don't like about the recent Super Smash Mobs changes, and how you think they should be fixed - your thread should be called something like "Feedback on recent SSM changes". If your thread is named "SSM SUCKS NOW", your thread may be deleted. This rule is especially important for feedback/criticism threads.


Do Not Generalize
If a Helper does something bad and you want to report it, say "a helper named John54 is abusing their power". Do not say "Mineplex staff are abusing their power". This is extremely offensive to the hard working staff that follow the rules.


Be Constructive and Positive
Your goal should always be to make Mineplex a better place. If you have some feedback/criticisms, try to think about how the problem could be solved, and post some suggestions on what you think we could do.


Do Not Spread Hate
If you don't like something that has happened, please post it in a mature fashion (see example below). Do not make threads trying to convince other people of how terrible something/someone is. Do not write long paragraphs about how much you hate something/someone. Your goal should be getting problems solved, not spreading hate.
Example: Hide
BirdBoy224 is playing Super Smash Mobs and is playing against a Helper named CharlesTheDog. He kills the helper, and then the Helper accuses him of reach hacking and bans him. BirdBoy224 is angry and wants justice for this, and comes to the forum.

What should BirdBoy224 do?

This example is bad, and the thread will be deleted.
BirdBoy224 wrote:
Thread; MINEPLEX IS CORRUPT

WHAT THE HELL MINEPLEX IS SO CORRUPT.
THEIR STAFF SUCK THEY ARE SO BAD.
THIS IS THE WORST SERVER EVER

This example is good, and CharlesTheDog will be investigated.
BirdBoy224 wrote:
Thread; Helper wrongfully banned me

Hello!

I was playing Super Smash Mobs and i killed a Helper named CharlesTheDog.
He accused me of reach hacking and banned me...
I do not hack.

Can someone please look into this.

Thanks.