All rules that are listed on this thread are now in effect as of September of 2019 and apply to all ranks on Astra. The following rules apply to the Astra server and Discord. All of the chat rules apply to any of our chat systems we have, an example of this would be private message.

All users are to read and follow these rules to avoid the punishment of kick or ban. If for any reason a rule needs to be changed or modified, the Astra Administration Team has the right to do so.

Using an alt to avoid punishment such as a mute or ban is prohibited on Astra. If caught doing this, your ban/mute will be extended and the alt will be banned.




Respect all staff members
All decisions made by Astra staff are considered final. Please do not argue with a judgement made by one of our staff members. If you feel a staff member is being abusive, please contact the administration team on the discord or message them privately in-game


Your account, your choice
As a player on our server, you are responsible for the security of your Minecraft and discord accounts. If another user gains access to your account by any means, you are still responsible for your account. Please make sure that your passwords are secure and that you never give them out to anyone.


Advertising is not permitted
Advertising other servers on Astra or our discord will result in a ban from the server and/or discord. This includes sharing an IP or website/domain (other than that of Astra) in public chat, messaging system, etc.


Do not impersonate staff
Impersonating is a serious offence on Astra, as we do not take this lightly. If you witness someone impersonating another player or Staff Member, please contact an Admin as soon as possible. Impersonating to be staff on the discord is not allowed, please do not trick someone to think you are able to do something that you can’t.


Do not Spam or use Excessive Capital Letters
Spam of any type is not permitted. The minimal requirement for it to be classified as spam includes, but is not restricted to, the posting of same or similar messages consecutively, a repetitive number of times within the space of a few or more seconds. Messages comprising of all or a large amount of caps is also considered spam. Spam on the Discord will not be tolerated, spamming messages or photo's will either get you suspended or banned from the discord. Using inappropriate nicknames names are strictly prohibited as well.


Respect All Users
Please be respectful and kind to others while playing in-game. Discord respect will be enforced, do not write something that will be considered rude, it does hurt someone’s feelings in the end. Discrimination of any kind is not tolerated and will result in a ban.
We will NOT allow the following:
- Racism
- Sexism
- Religiously discriminatory remarks

Profanity is allowed, as long as it is not excessive or maliciously directed towards other players.

You are allowed to speak different languages on the server.
However, Keep in mind that it is best to speak English when you ask a staff member for help because they might not speak your language.
All chat rules are affecting any language, breaking the chat rules in different languages will still lead into punishment.


Rules for Non-Staff Members
You cannot be rude to any other person even if they're being rude to you, treat people with respect you don’t know what the situation is at the other end. On top of this you can’t be giving out orders regarding the rules, for example “STOP SPAMMING” there should be a staff member present. If a staff member isn’t responding to a question or isn't dealing with said rule breaker, and it's now been 20-30 seconds of a user spamming an IP or breaking a rule, try /msg to the staff member or better yet screenshot what is going wrong and report it here on the discord.

You can also seek out another staff member, but please don't take the situation into your own hands and try telling them what to do, it tends to make the situation worse.


Modifications
The use of client modifications is moderated and monitored; blacklisted modifications are bannable

What is a Blacklisted Modification?
Anything which gives a significant advantage to players in-game is a blacklisted modification.

Categories of allowed modifications:
- Aesthetic modifications (e.g. shaders modifications).
- Armor and status effect hud modifications.
- Brightness and gamma adjustment modifications.

Specifically Prohibited Modifications
- Schematica
- Hacked clients in general
- X-ray


Donations
Charging back a donation will result in a ban from all servers.
The reason for this is because if the money you have donated is already spent on the server, I will lose money myself.