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ALL PUNISHMENTS MAY BE APPEALED: Punishments are not always final and may be upgraded, downgraded, or removed upon appeal or further admin review. If you believe you were incorrectly punished (warned, kicked, banned, or muted), please appeal by creating a ticket on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/stormyhollowRULES NOTICE: The Admins of Stormy Hollow reserve the right to add, remove, or modify any of the rules or punishments at any time and with or without notice. By playing on Stormy Hollow you automatically agree to all of our rules. Not knowing the rules OR "joking" are not valid excuses for breaking the rules.NOTICE ABOUT WARNINGS: If indicated on this excel file, all staff members have the discretion to provide a warning before a more formal punishment is provided within the tier category; however, please note that this is not a requirement for staff to do. A staff member may go right to a formal punishment.
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Stormy Hollow Official Rules
Last updated: 01/06/2025
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Tier 1 RulesMay staff issue a warning first?
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Punishment: 1hr Mute -> 6hr Mute -> 1d Ban -> 7d Ban -> 30d Ban -> Permanent Ban
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Chat Spam
Flooding chat with 5 or more messages in a row or spamming a line of characters. This also includes excessive capitol letters.
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Non-English
Speaking in any other language than English is not allowed. You may use non-english chat in /msg as you wish.
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Inappropriate Chat
Discussing topics which are obscene, inappropriate, or otherwise have no place on the server. This includes excessively inappropriate words and topics.
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However, please know that using inappropriate words sparingly when they are used in an appropriate context is permitted on Stormy Hollow.
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Disrespecting Players
Disrespecting or insulting players is not allowed- for disrespecting staff, this punishment is more severe (please see tier 2).
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Fake Messages
Intentially creating a message that is not real and usually intended to trick a player
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Abusing /Modreq
Wrongfully using or spamming the /modreq system is not allowed, and repeated abuse can result in the command being removed from your account
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AI Generated Content
Posting of AI generated content such as "artwork", images, music, voices etc is strictly forbidden. The use of these generators is damaging to the real people who's work has been stolen.
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Tier 2 RulesMay staff issue a warning first?
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Punishment: 1d Ban -> 3d Ban -> 7d Ban -> 30d Ban -> Permanent Ban
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Asking for Personal Information
Asking a player for excessive personal information (i.e. name, age, gender, where they live, etc) is prohibited. This is to protect the privacy of all players on the server.
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Griefing
Griefing which is defined as intentially doing harm to another player's build, claimed or not, is not allowed. For larger griefs, staff members may have the discretion to start at 3 day ban.
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Inappropriate Builds
Avoid constructing obscene, offensive, or derogatory builds. This also includes troll builds, or builds that are made to intentionally look ugly or cause a disturbance to the community.
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With this offense, the build may be either moved or completely deleted or rolled back by our staff team.
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Boosting
Players may not use alts, friends, etc. to XP, Farm, P-Stone, Quests, and/or Jobs boost.
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Player Killing
Do not kill any player in the server unless it is at /warp pvp, at a PvP event, or in a PvP area. If this occurs, you will receive an inventory and stats clear with the victim receiving their all items.
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Improper Claiming
Do not claim within 100 blocks of someone without permission. Do not claim land that has a built structure on it, or in the nether or end.
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Land cannot be claimed within 100 block of a generated structure. Not including: Villages, Mineshafts, Shipwrecks, Igloos, Ancient Cities, Trail Ruins and Portal Ruins.
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Disrespecting Staff
Disrespecting staff is prohibited. Staff do an excellent job to help and support you, so please respect them. This may be an added violation to an existing punishment.
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Lying to Staff or Acts of Dishonesty
Lying to staff or any acts of dishonesty on the server are strictly prohibited. This may be an added violation to an existing punishment.
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Failure to Comply with Staff
Failure to comply with the directions or orders of staff members will result in punishment. This may be an added violation to an existing punishment.
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Tier 3 RulesMay staff issue a warning first?
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Punishment: 3d Ban -> 7d Ban -> 30d Ban -> Permanent Ban
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Racism & Discrimination
Using any racist remark, racist phrase, or racial slur is strictly prohibited. Likewise, discrimination of any kind is not tolerated.
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Harassment & Hate
Bullying another user which is defined as excessive disrespect, harassment, hate, or otherwise persistent harassment is not tolerated.
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Toxicity
Do not consistently break rules, test limits, or be a nuisance on the server. This may be an added violation to an existing punishment.
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Hacking
Using any disallowed modification, texture pack (like x-ray), autoclicker, or any modification to give you an unfair advantage. This includes in-game exploits.
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ScammingScamming a user is not tolerated on Stormy Hollow.
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Farming
Basic mob farms/grinders are not allowed whatsoever. Owning or mining spawners is also not allowed.
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Impersonation
Users may not impersonate another player, staff member, or youtuber under any circumstance.
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Minor Glitch Abuse/Event Abuse
Do not abuse any glitch under any circumstance. If you find a bug, immediately report it to a staff member. This is also applicable to cheating during server events.
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E-Dating
E-Dating, flirting, or any other suggestive content posted in the chat or on other Stormy Hollow mediums is strictly prohibited. You may not always know the ages of other players.
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Tier 4 RulesMay staff issue a warning first?
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Punishment: Automatic Permanent Ban
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Punishment ReasonRule Description
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Advertising
Directly promoting another server such as putting its IP in chat is not allowed.
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Malicious Links
IP Grabbers, Inappropriate Links (i.e. Pornography), or otherwise harmful links are not allowed in chat.
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Major Glitch Abuse/Dupe Glitches
Exploiting any glitch with serious implications on the server. This includes server-crashing lag machines or griefing glitches. If you find a glitch, you must report it ASAP.
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Botting
Using a bot to simultaneously have multiple accounts join the server and often speak in chat or perform an action.
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Leaking Personal Information
Disclosing any PII (Personally Identifiable Information) including addresses, IPs, etc. is not allowed.
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Excessive Alternate Accounts
More than 1x alternate account is prohibited. Upon the offense, all accounts will be banned; however, the first offense may be successfully appealed for the main accounts once.
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Inappropriate Skins
Do not wear an inappropriate skin which would not conform to the rest of our rules. This is appealable one time only.
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Inappropriate IGN
Do not have an inappropriate username which would not conform to the rest of our rules. This is appealable one time only.
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Chargebacks
Charging back on the Stormy Hollow Store is strictly prohibited and will result in an IP ban.
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Ban Evading
Joining the server with alts to evade a temporary or permanent ban will automatically result in a permanent ban of the alternate account. The main account will get an additional 3 day ban
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increase on the first offense. On the second offense, your IP will be completely banned without the ability to appeal.
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Violating TOS/EULA/Laws
Violating the Terms of Service or End User License Agreement (EULA) of Mojang or Stormy Hollow. This also includes abiding by the laws of the United States.
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Storyline Abuse
Not playing the storyline independently OR Receiving more than one specialty token from a villager trade OR Sharing specialty tokens with other players.
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IRL Trading
Trading for items in-game for IRL money is not allowed. You may only trade in-game items for other in-game items
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Suicide Encouragement
Any encouragement of suicide or self-harm is not tolerated
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Threats
Players may not threaten to harm other players. This includes DDOS and Dox threats.
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