GTM Rules and Regulations

RULES AND REGULATIONS
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Welcome to the Grand Theft Minecart Rules and Regulations thread! By using or accessing any of Grand Theft Minecart's services you agree to Grand Theft Minecart's Rules and Regulations. You as GTM players are responsible to read and understand these rules at your own leisure. Failure to comply with any of our rules may result in administrative actions such as bans, mutes, kicks, and etc.

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| Table of Contents

• SERVER RULES
• FORUM RULES
• DISCORD RULES

 

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SERVER RULES
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This section includes all the in-game server rules.

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SERVER CHAT RULES ​

| General Spamming

- Chat Flood
Chat flood is described as the rapid "flood" of chat messages in close succession to another especially (but not necessarily) of the same or similar chat message. (VIEW EXAMPLES)

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- Character Spam
Character spam is seen as unnecessary repetition of characters in a word or sentence. Character spam includes the spam of random characters with no particular meaning or purpose. (VIEW EXAMPLES)

- Command Spam
Command spam is defined the unnecessary repetition of commands especially in a way that is obtrusive to other players. Command spam includes (but is not limited to) spamming teleportation requests, spamming /pay commands, spamming trade requests, spamming messages in /help and etc. (VIEW EXAMPLES)

- Encouraging Spam
Directly or indirectly encouraging spam is strongly prohibited! Encouraging spam is seen as a player offering another player(s) something in return to flood/spam chat. Collectively cooperating to spam on the network does also fall under this rule and is forbidden as well. (VIEW EXAMPLES)

- Special Characters
Special characters are the use of any character that is not included in the standard English characters (included custom font text). The use of special character is not allowed in the public chats of GTM. However you may use special characters in private messages as long as the messages are not obtrusive to other players. (VIEW EXAMPLES)
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| Racism or Discrimination
Racism or discrimination is the use of any discriminatory or antagonizing word, statement, or behavior about (or against) a race, religion or gender, especially on the basis of prejudice. GTM will not tolerate any such discriminatory behaviors and offenders are to be punished!

| Releasing Personal Information
Repeating or mentioning the personal information of another player (or staff member) without their explicit or implied permission is a serious offence and is not allowed!

| Advertising

- Server Advertising
Advertising other Minecraft servers is not allowed! This includes posting the IP or the name of a server in order to get players to join the server.

- Other Advertising
Advertising any external services such as but not limited to the sale of Minecraft capes, alts, or even other non Minecraft services is not allowed.

- Non-GTM Related Links
You may not send any links that are not related to Grand Theft Minecart especially in public chat. This includes Discord server links, Teamspeak IPs, Instagram accounts, Twitter accounts, unrelated websites and etc.​

| Respecting Players
We encourage players to be respectful to one another and nurture and safe and kind environment for all players. Thus, you may not be disrespectful to any player. Examples of being disrespectful to other players include (but is not limited to):

• Making any kind of a IRL threat.
• Encouraging hatred towards another player.
• Excessive Cursing.
• Encouraging self-harm.
• Making death threats.

Generally, we may choose to overlook instances when a player is "disrespecting the skills" of an individual rather than the individual themself as long as the player does not direct any swears or general hatred towards the target. However, if we believe this exemption is being abused to harass another individual, we hold the right to punish you anyway.

| Respecting Staff & Team Members
This rule is basically the same as the "Respecting Players" rule however disrespecting staff will be dealt with more severely. You may not disrespect any staff member including build team members. GTM staff and build team members dedicate several hours of their daily time to the community. GTM team members are proud members of the community who will never be disrespectful towards you, so the least you can do in return the favor!

| Fighting Punishments
Do not publicly fight a punishment in any of our public chats. The only way for you to get your punishment lifted is by creating a punishment appeal at grandtheftmc.net/appeal. Staff will not accept your appeal over any place other than the appeal section. In general, punishments are private and discussing them publically is not allowed.

| Abusing Help Chat
Never abuse/misuse the /help chat. Examples of misuse are asking irrelevant questions, fighting punishments, asking for free items, or generally wasting the time of a staff member.

| Deceiving or Misleading Staff
Lying to a Staff Member about GTM-related content is not allowed. This is especially true for when you report another player to a staff member, or when a player reports a staff member to a manager. Other examples include lying to staff during investigations concerning rule-breaking in GTM.

| Impersonating Others
Impersonating as another person is not allowed. You may not impersonate staff members, build team members, YouTubers or any other players. This includes changing your name in game to something very close to a staff member's name or and other.


| Hackusation
Hackusating is when you publicly (or privately) call out a player for cheating in chat. Hackusating other players is not allowed! If you think a player is hacking, kindly /report them. Hackusating them does nothing but annoy players and alert hackers that someone is on to them...!

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SERVER GAMEPLAY RULES​

| Blacklisted Modifications
Using, or logging on, the network with any type of blacklisted modifications is strictly prohibited and will result in an immediate ban from the GTM network. Blacklisted modifications are any modifications to your client that give you an unfair advantage in gameplay over other players. This includes hardware modifications like a modded mouse. If you are unsure whether a specific modification is allowed, please visit grandtheftmc.net/mods for a list of allowed mods or consult a GTM staff member.

*Note: Using VR-Devices, Controllers, or other devices that can mess up movement or alert our anticheat in any way might cause false bans, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

| Cooperation with Hackers (or other Rule-Breakers)
We define cooperating with Rule-Breakers as knowingly* assisting or accepting assistance from any other player who engages in Hacking, Ban Evading, Exploiting, or other forms of rule violations. This rule especially applies when the assistance you give or accept is in some way related to the rule violation. Some non-exhaustive examples of violations under this rule include:

Spoiler: Examples

• Knowingly accepting loot from hackers.
• Giving your account to help someone evade a ban. [in this case, you will be punished for both account sharing and cooperation under this rule]
  
• Giving a hacker loot/money (especially to help them Rank Up).
  
• Giving hackers information that helps them (i.e., warning them if a staff member is watching them, telling them the locations of other players, etc.).
  
• Knowingly helping an exploiter/duper in any way in abusing a glitch or exploit.
  
• Knowingly accepting loot from someone you know is using dupes/exploits to get that loot.
• ...and more.

Failure to comply with this rule may result in a punishment, including but not limited to temporary bans, permanent bans, and removal of progress from your account (including a full account reset).


| General Scamming
Scamming is when two parties agree on a deal, but one of the parties does not follow through on their end of the deal. General scamming DOES NOT include "team betraying" or "1o1 betraying without a chosen middleman". This rule is specific to single deals involving the trade of items, in-game money, housing, or other goods. Please note, if you wish to report another player for scamming, you must have sufficient proof to show that the deal took place and that the other player scammed you.

Regarding scams involving any trades that does not involve the exchange of physical goods or services. For example, any form of wagers, "RPS", "Flower Games", or anything where you are not trading a physical good or a tangible service will not be protected by a refund guarantee. We will still ban all and any types of scammers. Scammed money/items will be taken out of the economy.

Flowergames scamming will no longer be punishable on the server. This will also be the case if a Middle Man has been used, we will no longer pursue any kind of Flowergames scamming.The tracing of such incidents is challenging and we encourage players to exercise caution and understand that the administration will not intervene in Flowergames disputes.

| House Raiding
House raiding is when someone adds someone else to their Premium House, and the person added "raids" or steals a substantial amount of the owner's items. If this happens to you, make a support ticket and/or contact a Senior immediately, we can only help within a certain time period.

| Donation Scamming
Both regular scamming and donation scamming is NOT allowed. However, Donation scams are taken much more seriously and will result in a MUCH harsher punishment. Donation scams are scams that involve trading items for perks on the GTM Store. On that note, if you are doing a donation trade, please make sure to follow the GTM donation deal rules!

| Glitch Abusing
The abuse/use of any glitch, bug or exploit is strictly prohibited. If you find a glitch, bug or exploit, please report it to a staff member immediately!

- Alt Abuse
"Alt abuse" is a form of exploiting where a player uses other Minecraft accounts in order to gain an advantage by exploiting game mechanics. Currently, examples of alt abuse include: Mass purchasing lottery tickets on alts to win multiple lotto slots, using alts to mass transfer 'starter money', logging in with dozens of alts in order to spam / attempt lag the server, and farming kills and other things that might get you an unfair advantage over other Players using Alt accounts.

- Kill Farming
"Kill farming" is another type of exploiting where two players let another kill each other in order to increase their kill count and/or KDR (kill-death ratio). Players found abusing this may have their stats, achievement, and mission progress reset on top of further punishments.
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| Illegal Trades
Illegal trades are trades that involve the trade of GTM currency (such as game items, in-game money, and etc) for any form of external service or currency. This includes trading in-game GTM items for alt accounts, resource packs, real-life money, or even items on other games or servers. If you are found attempting to / doing an illegal trade, you will be banned from the network.

| Alts and Account Sharing
The use of alternate account(s) is allowed on GTM. However, you may only use an alternate account(s) that belong to you! If you choose to use or share alternate accounts that do not belong to you, you will still be held responsible for actions on that account as if it were your own. For example, if this alternate account were to be banned for the use of hacked clients or any other type of rule-breaking, you may also be held responsible for those actions and your own account(s) may be permanently banned! This includes helping another player evade their bans by providing them with your account. In the same way, if someone were to use your account to break any server rules, you would still be held fully responsible for those actions. Your account security is your responsibility. The best way to avoid this would be to only use the accounts you own and NEVER sharing OR using accounts from ANYONE. However, in some cases, if we detect your account is either being shared or has been compromised, we may temporarily ban that account for your security to prevent you from falling into the above situation. You will be able to appeal such bans and get your account unbanned by proving you have changed the account password.
(Note: This change account password to get unbanned rule does NOT apply if your account has already been used for malicious purposes such as hacking, ban evasion, etc..)

| VPN Usage
Due to their general use for malicious purposes, VPNs are not allowed on GTM. There is no reason to be using a VPN on the network. Please take ease in that your privacy is safe with us.

| Mouse Abuse/Drag Clicking/"Lip" Clicking/more
Various clicking methods can be used to click dozens of times per second. For example, Drag Clicking is a method where a person drags their fingers across their mouse in such a way that it makes the mouse "vibrate." This method of clicking is only possible with some mice and is not allowed on GTM. Then other methods involve using electric toothbrushes and clicking with your "lip" (lol). Any click method that does not involve clicking with your fingers is prohibited! All such methods of mouse abuse are forbidden! These clicking methods may result in auto-clicker-related bans. You have been warned!

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Disclaimer: The above-mentioned server rules are a community guidelines. GTM reserves the right to punish individuals for cases not mentioned in the above rules, especially when the actions of that player may be considered illegal or generally harmful to other players, staff, or GTM in whole. These rules may be adjusted or modified by the GTM senior team with or without prior notice.
Note: Any fair punishments under three days cannot be appealed!

 

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FORUM RULES
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This section includes all the forum rules.

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| General Spamming
Spamming includes repeating the same word(s) over and over again, posting useless messages, typing sentences in all caps, posting more than two messages after eachother by the same person (you can always edit your threads to add in what you forgot to say). General spam is not allowed on the GTM forums.

| Hate Posting (Racism / Discrimination)
Racist and/or discriminatory posting is strictly prohibited over the Grand Theft Minecart forums. Hate posting is the use of any discriminatory or antagonizing word, statement, or behavior about (or against) a religion or race, especially on the basis of prejudice. GTM will not tolerate any such discriminatory bevahiors and offenders are to be punished!

| Advertising
You may not advertise any other Minecraft servers in the public chats of GTM. This includes posting the IP OR the name of a server to get players to join the server. You are allowed to post your youtube channel on the forum or a video you made on the server, as long as there are no links to other servers in the description or in the video.

| Respecting Players
We encourage players to be respectful to one another and nurture and safe and kind environment for all players. Thus, you may not be disrespectful to any player. Examples of being disrespectful to other players include (but is not limited to):

• Making any kind of a IRL threat.
• Encouraging hatred towards another player.
• Excessive cursing.
• Encouraging self-harm.
• Making any kind of a death threat.

| Respecting Staff & Team Members
This rule is basically the same as the "Respecting Players" rule however disrespecting staff will be dealt with more severely. You may not disrespect any staff member including build team members. GTM staff and build team members dedicate several hours of their daily time to the community. GTM team members are proud members of the community who will never be disrespectful towards you, so the least you can do in return the favor!

| Inconstructive Posting
Saying useless words like "lol" "yeah" "okay" is not the way to go. If you want to post, always make sure that the people in the thread want to read it. If you have an opinion, tell us why you like or dislike something. Tell us how you think something can be done better or differently. Unconstructive posts may be deleted and/or result in further action.

| Asking for Likes
Asking for likes is generally just very childish and is not allowed on the Grand Theft Minecart forum. Threads or post asking others for likes may be deleted.

| Downvoting Based on Personal Hatred
You may not downvote a post because you don't like the person. You may downvote if you don’t agree with the persons opinion. However, mass dislike someone’s posts just because of a personal hatred is not allowed!

| Using Correct Grammar & Spelling
If you are going to make a post or reply, use the proper grammar and spellings! Don't post sentences like:"he muted me cus i wanted some one baned for renk scamin and he just muted me fore no reasin and he just led soo i cuden spec for a fuckin day!!!". It takes hours to read this and translate it into an actual sentence. Threads of posts like these may be removed if necessary.

| Farming Likes or Comments
Do not create alternate forums accounts or use any account to mass like yours or someone else’s content in order to boost likes or comments.

| Fighting Punishments
Do not publicly fight a punishment on the forum. The only way for you to get your punishment lifted is by creating a punishment appeal at grandtheftmc.net/appeal. Staff will not accept your appeal over any place other than the appeal section. In general, punishments are private and discussing them publically is not allowed.

| Deceiving or Misleading Staff
Lying to a Staff Member about GTM-related content is not allowed. This rule is especially true for all support tickets. Lying is support tickets, whether it is a purchased ticket, appeal ticket, or any ticket is absolutely forbidden!

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Disclaimer: The above mentioned forum rules are a community guideline. GTM reserves the right to punish individuals for cases not mentioned in the above rules especially when the actions of that player may be considered illegal or generally harmful to other players, staff, or GTM in whole. These rules may be adjusted or modified by the GTM senior team with or without prior notice.
Note: Any fair punishments under three days cannot be appealed!

 

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DISCORD RULES
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This section will include all the Discord rules.

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| General Spamming

- Chat Flood
Chat flood is described as the rapid "flood" of chat messages in close succession to another especially of the same or similar chat message.

- Command Spam
Command spam is defined the unnecessary repetition of commands especially in a way that is obtrusive to other members. Command spam includes for example spamming any of the bot commands.

- Encouraging Spam
Encouraging spam is seen as a player offering another player(s) something in return to flood/spam any of our Discord channels. Collectively cooperating to spam on the Discord does also fall under this rule and is forbidden as well.
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| Racism or Discrimination
Racism or discrimination is the use of any discriminatory or antagonizing word, statement, or behavior about (or against) a religion or race, especially on the basis of prejudice. GTM will not tolerate any such discriminatory behaviors and offenders are to be punished!

| Releasing Personal Information
Repeating or mentioning the personal information of another player (or staff member) without their explicit or implied permission is a serious offense and is not allowed!

| Linking or Posting Inappropriate Content
Any type of inappropriate links or contents are strictly prohibited by our rules and the official Discord guidelines. Examples include, but are not limited to pornography, gore, animal abuse, and IP Trackers.

| Incorrect Channel Usage
Every channel should be used for its intended purposes. Failure to do so will result in a punishment. This also includes channels where a specific format is required. Bot commands may only be used in the commands channel. Trying to execute bot commands in other channels is not allowed and also falls under the incorrect channel usage rule.

| Advertising

- Server Advertising
Advertising other Minecraft servers is not allowed! This includes posting the IP or the name of a server in order to get players to join the server.

- Other Advertising
Advertising any external services such as but not limited to the sale of Minecraft capes, alts, or even other non Minecraft services is not allowed. Advertising Discord server links and Teamspeak IPs also fall under this rule.

- Non-GTM Related Links
Links that are not related to Grand Theft Minecart may only be sent in the specific offtopic Discord channel. In no other channels may you send links that are not related to Grand Theft Minecart.​

| Tagging Senior Staff
You may never tag a system administrator, developer or manager in any discord channel! You should contact lower ranked staff members for assistance first, if it requires a higher up staff member, you will be directed to one by the lower ranked staff member.

| Impersonating Others
Impersonating as another person is not allowed. You may not impersonate staff members, build team members, Youtubers or any other players. This would include changing your nickname to the same nickname as another person, but also profile pictures and usernames.

| Illegal Trades
Illegal trades are trades that involve the trade of GTM currency (such as game items, in-game money, etc) through for example our trade channel for any form of external service or currency. This includes trading in-game GTM items for alt accounts, resource packs, real life money, or even items on other games or servers.

| Respecting Players
We encourage players to be respectful to one another and nurture and safe and kind environment for all players. Thus, you may not be disrespectful to any player. Examples of being disrespectful to other players include (but is not limited to):

• Making any kind of a IRL threat.
• Encouraging hatred towards another player.
• Excessive cursing.
• Encouraging self-harm.
• Making any kind of a death threat.

| Respecting Staff & Team Members
This rule is basically the same as the "Respecting Players" rule however disrespecting staff will be dealt with more severely. You may not disrespect any staff member including build team members. GTM staff and build team members dedicate several hours of their daily time to the community. GTM team members are proud members of the community who will never be disrespectful towards you, so the least you can do in return the favor!

| Fighting Punishments
Do not publicly fight a punishment in any of our Discord channels. The only way for you to get your punishment lifted is by creating a punishment appeal at grandtheftmc.net/appeal. Staff will not accept your appeal over any place other then the appeal section. In general, punishments are private and discussing them publically is not allowed.

| Exploiting Bots
You may not attempt to exploit any of our bots and use it to do certain actions you should normally not be able to do. This rule also includes using self-bots to raid the GTM discord. Not only is this against the discord ToS, but this is a very serious offense and will result in consequences on our end as well.

| Deceiving or Misleading Staff
Lying to a Staff Member about GTM-related content is not allowed. This is especially true for when you report another player to a staff member, or when a player reports a staff member to a manager. Other examples include lying to staff during investigations concerning rule-breaking in GTM.

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Disclaimer: The above mentioned Discord server rules are a community guideline. GTM reserves the right to punish individuals for cases not mentioned in the above rules especially when the actions of that player may be considered illegal or generally harmful to other players, staff, or GTM in whole. These rules may be adjusted or modified by the GTM senior team with or without prior notice.
Note: Any fair punishments under three days cannot be appealed!
Note: If you break rules, you may never be unbanned again or allowed to appeal. This of course only applies to correct punishments.