Rules

This page states and explains the rules of the Dogcraft Minecraft Server, the Dogcraft Cybernation website and the Dogcraft Cybernation Discord server. The official rules and explanations can also be found on the official Dogcraft Discord in the #rules channel.

General Dogcraft Rules

These rules have been copied over from the Dogcraft Discord's #rules channel, and apply to the Server, Discord and Website. Failure to follow these rules may result in an official warning or ban, depending on the rule and the severity of the violation. Three accumulated warnings result in an automatic ban. Bans can be appealed by private-messaging a Headmod on Discord.

1. Like Rendog’s channel, our community is family-friendly and PG13. This means swearing and ‘adult content’ are largely prohibited.
   • Keep your language PG13. If you wouldn’t say it in front of your grandmother, don’t say it here.
   • You may not use abbreviations, acronyms or symbols of swearing either.
   • By ‘adult content’, we mean anything involving topics such as pornography, sex, violence, racism, homophobia, politics, religion, alcohol, drugs and piracy. This is not to say you can’t say innocent things like “I have church today”, but discussions involving the topics will be shut down by moderators.
   • The points above also apply to skins, profile pictures, usernames, banners and signs.
2. English is the only language allowed in public, to not exclude anyone and to enable moderation of chat.
   • Other languages are allowed to be spoken in private messages if the receiving party consents to this.
3. No spamming or trolling.
   • Generally speaking, the line we draw for spamming in text is “maximum 3 of the same character in a row”. Going over the limit will usually first get a moderator to tell you to stop doing it. Repeat offense may result in an official warning.
   • Repeating the same thing over and over again is also seen as spam.
   • Spam includes: Letters/numbers, excessive caps, color abuse, font abuse and excessive line breaks.
4. No advertising in public.
   • Advertising servers, websites and products is not allowed in public chat.
   • If someone asks you for a website link or Discord invite, you may do so in a private message.
   • Advertising shops/services on the server in public chat is not allowed. If you are looking for a shop/service, you may ask about it in chat. If asked about a product/shop in game, you may respond to the question.
5. You consent to being 13 years or older.
   • Due to complications of international law, our policy is to not allow anyone under the age of 13.
   • This goes for Discord as well, in compliance with their Terms of Service (see: https://discordapp.com/terms).
   • When asked about your date of birth by a staff member, you are obligated to answer truthfully.
   • As our servers are located in Europe, our full Privacy Notice, written in compliance with the European GDPR laws, can be found here: https://dogcraft.net/privacy.php.
6. One account per player, one player per account.
   • You are not allowed to have multiple accounts (‘alts’) on the website, server or Discord. If you are caught using multiple, one of them will be banned. If you are using a second account to circumvent a ban, you will be banned for this.
   • ou are not allowed to share your account with others. Everything that happens on your account, is your own responsibility. “I was hacked” or “my little sister did it” are not acceptable reasons when rules were broken by your account.
7. Respect all other players.
   • Treat everyone with respect, in public chat and private messages, no matter what the reason.
   • Our community is a safe haven for everyone, from religious people to the LGBT+ community. In compliance with Rule 1, these topics are not to be discussed in public, and you are to treat everyone with respect no matter what their age, race, sex, religion or orientation.
   • Do not disclose other people’s personal information (name, age, location, etc.) without their explicit consent.
   • If someone asks you to leave them alone, honor their request. Do not harass players in private messages, whether it’s on the server, website or Discord.
   • We have a ‘zero tolerance’ policy against (cyber-)bullying.

Website Rules

The full website rules can also be found here, under the heading 'Website Rules'.

1. No swearing or excessively foul language.
2. Absolutely no discussions about porn, sex, violence, racism, politics, drugs, alcohol or religion. This includes innuendos, references to and graphic descriptions of anything previously stated.
3. No spamming or trolling (More information about spamming can be found under Help -> FAQ - > What is considered spam) - This rule includes any condescending or derogatory remarks, please refrain from such things.
4. No abusing or harassing other users - This rule includes bugging other users with whispers (Private messages). If someone doesn't want to talk to you, please respect their decision.
5. No uploading of explicit, violent or disturbing content.
6. No capslock abuse - Only Moderators may use capslock to issue warnings.
7. No abuse of fonts, font sizes, colours, chat tools or line breaks.
8. Do not create multiple accounts. Do not share your account with others. Users are solely responsible for their own accounts.
9. Respect the Moderators. Do not argue with any Moderator. When you're told to stop discussing something, do so.
10. Decisions made by Moderators are final.
11. No backseat Moderating.
12. Do not give out your personal information to other members, (i.e your age, real name, or your location like home town), as this can be used in a negative way. If a Moderator asks your age, answer them truthfully.
13. No pro-piracy discussions of any kind are permitted. The distribution of pirated software or links to pirated software on our website will result in an immediate ban.
14. If any user joins chat whilst drunk, they will be kicked from chat. We don't want you abusing the rules whilst intoxicated. This rule includes Moderators who are drunk.
    • This rule also includes being under the influence of heavy medication.
15. Please only use English on the public parts of the site, using another language is only allowed in private messages.
16. No "necroing". Necroing is when someone replies to a post that has already been answered or had "died" a long time ago.
17. Advertising accounts are not acceptable on our website. All advertising accounts will be banned.
18. Please refrain from asking about when the next Rendog livestream will be or when the next video is coming out. Stream announcements will be posted on Twitter.
19. No copying and pasting of large amounts of text from other websites, this will be seen as DogCraft Dollar (DCD) farming and is not allowed.

Cyberdog Nation Discord Rules

The full list of rules for the Discord server can be found in the #rules channel. The rules are identical to those of the website, with addition of the following:

18. Talking on the #serverchat channel while being online on the server is not allowed.

19. Do not use #serverchat to circumvent a mute/tempban/ban. This is punishable by warning and retracting server Discord rights.

20. No sharing of links that do not involve Dogcraft. This includes other game codes, links to game sites, and other discord servers. If you have questions if anything you are about to do falls under this rule, ask a mod.