Info Adjustments Of The Rules For Wynncraft 1.20

Salutations everyone!

With the recent update of Wynncraft 1.20, we have adjusted a few rules, I will run through them very briefly:

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Change to Rule 13:

Spoiler: Rule 13

13. Rules regarding alternate accounts.

Alternate Minecraft accounts are allowed to be used ingame. If one of your accounts breaks a rule they will all receive the same punishment. You are not allowed to participate in a war with alternate accounts.

If you are banned, you are not permitted to use an alternate account to continue to play, as this is ban evasion.

With this change, we allow using alts to war again. Due to the nature of wars in 1.20, this restriction will not be needed anymore.

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Addition to Rule 16:

Spoiler: Rule 16

16. No inappropriate usernames, nicknames, pet names or skins.

Usernames, nicknames, or pet names that contain vulgar or offensive language or innuendos are not allowed. This is true for all languages. Player skins that are offensive or nude are not allowed and must be changed to something appropriate.

Very simple change, obviously we want nicknames to be part of the same rule.

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Change to Rule 9 (in the spoiler for extra information):

Spoiler: Rule 9 "Extra information about shouts advertising"

Advertising in shouts is only allowed if:
- Wynn related content (shops on the Wynn forums, Wynn videos, Wynn streams, etc), and...
- Only once per hour max, and...
- The creator of the content has to be the one to shout, and...
- No more than 3 times a day max, and...
- If it's a livestream, it has to be on Wynncraft and you cannot switch to another game/server/IRL stream for at least an hour after shouting (to prevent people from playing Wynn for a minute, shout about it, and then switch to another server for cheap advertising).
- External URLs for Wynn-related content are allowed in the shout itself.

This includes guild advertising, such as: "Join <guild>!", but those can be shouted by any members from that guild (still subject to the once per hour limit and 3 per day max for the whole guild).

The rule itself is worded differently, but essentially has no change. External URLs that work are Wynn-related nonetheless, as long as they are on the whitelist. Publication of said whitelist is in discussion. Discord links to external Wynncraft Discord servers are not allowed however.

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Addition to Rule 10:

Spoiler: Rule 10

10. Do not impersonate players.

Changing your MC name as well as your nickname to a name very similar to a staff member and/or claiming you are staff when you are not. Staff includes Content Team. Impersonating other players with names or nicknames without their consent is not allowed.

A recent thread, as well as player reports, have brought to attention how nicknames can be abused to slander someones name or straight up impersonate them. Obviously we do not want people's names to be slandered. And this counts for all members of the community now, not just staff (CTs are part of the staff). If they however are alright with people taking up similar or the same name, then that is fine.

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Addition to Rule 19:

Spoiler: Rule 19

19. Do not AFK farm or farm boss minions.

AFK farming is using any method to kill mobs while no input is required from the player, and is not allowed to be used to kill any mobs. Boss minions are mobs spawned during boss fights that can sometimes spawn in large numbers. Killing these to farm their drops is not allowed. Killing the minions and collecting their drops while fighting the boss normally is allowed. AFK warring by using sustainable builds is not allowed.
(Examples of sustainable builds includes, but is not limited to, AFK in a war with Guardian Major ID or a build with high Thorns ID.)

This addition is done due to allowing alts in wars. Having AFK alts in guilds could be used to gain a major advantage (see the examples), and we would not want that. This could prove to be an issue in the future potentially. This should not have a major impact on warring itself however.

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Introduction of Rule 20:

Spoiler: Rule 20

20. No In Game Bots

You are not allowed to waste server player slots with bot accounts for any reason. Bots outside of the game that use the information provided by the public API are allowed.
(Specific example: Setting up bots in different worlds to track and send information when an xp bomb drops, providing a free alternative to paid features.)

This addition is on request of the owners regarding automation of paid features to distribute as a free version to players that do not have access to rank exclusive features. The rule covers the issue with bots on a wider scale, however the example goes much more into detail why this rule was established.
This does not mean you are not allowed to tell someone/your guild/your friends there is an xp bomb etc. in your world, that is totally fine and ok. However setting up automated accounts to spread the information of a bomb dropping in a world is forbidden, with heavy emphasis on automation.

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Minor adjusments:

- All translations have been discontinued and thus removed, press F gamers


Major adjustments:

- Rule 20 has been added on request


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These rules will be executed lightly in the next few weeks (4 weeks or so) to give people a chance to know about the change. We would be grateful if you could spread the message to facilitate the change. Minor adjustments can be done to the rules for various reasons, we will however let you guys know about it.

If you have any questions regarding any of the updated rules, or want to bring to our attention any other rules (conflicts, typos, changes), please do so in this thread. The rule changes are also something the mods have to get comfortable with as well (it can bring up new scenarios we have not had to deal with in the past), giving us a chance to discuss it makes it easier on us to give a well-rounded response (opposed to asking one mod specifically).

Thank you for your time,

- The Moderation team of Wynncraft

 

Pretty much yeah, but also not to have it in there to be a beacon to absorb damage (if you manage to somehow make a build that can survive under these conditions with 0 input, for the sole purpose to either redirect damage or reduce damage for other players). if it instantly dies then I dont think thats an unfair advantage.

 

Those 2 are just examples. If any builds follow the idea of just placing them into a war AFK to redirect damage or damage mobs themselves, then thats something we dont want as it could place someone with many alts in an advantageous position (not saying it would be meta). We would however discuss this first, as well as warn players doing this.

Whats ceding? In case its a bug/exploit or something, you can DM it me on Discord.

This ones more aimed in-game. Regarding that it doesnt change much, Rule 9 has the extra tab for shouts (c/p from rules, announced in a thread by Salted a while back):

Spoiler: Extra information about advertising shouts

Advertising in shouts is only allowed if:
- Wynn related content (shops on the Wynn forums, Wynn videos, Wynn streams, etc), and...
- Only once per hour max, and...
- The creator of the content has to be the one to shout, and...
- No more than 3 times a day max, and...
- If it's a livestream, it has to be on Wynncraft and you cannot switch to another game/server/IRL stream for at least an hour after shouting (to prevent people from playing Wynn for a minute, shout about it, and then switch to another server for cheap advertising).
- External URLs for Wynn-related content are allowed in the shout itself.

This includes guild advertising, such as: "Join <guild>!", but those can be shouted by any members from that guild (still subject to the once per hour limit and 3 per day max for the whole guild).

So for a video, if its Wynn-related, it is fine as long as it is once an hour, up to 3 times max per day and youre the creator.
If your question is if it is on the whitelist, then I cannot answer that with 100% confidence (for now). I will however come back to this if I (or any other mod) know and am allowed to publish.

 

Sorry, this one slipped my gaze. Though not relevant to the changes, its relevant to the update opening up this possibility.
I need to talk to the team about this. It bears similarity to Rule 12 of the forums "Giveaways" (which are interchangable), or at worst, scamming (if its like rigged). I will come back to you, thanks for mentioning this.