The Warn System

Permanent warnings will be issued as punishments in response to actions that warrant one. These actions are listed throughout the rules under the "Typical Punishment" category. If you are a good community member, you will likely never receive a permanent warning.

Permanent Warning Punishment:
• - 1st Permanent Warn - A warning
• - 2nd Permanent Warn - A last chance warning.
• - 3rd Permanent Warn - Permanent ban from the server with a chance to appeal after 30 days

Permanent warnings will not be issued lightly, these will only be issued to offenses that are bad enough to deserve it. Permanent warnings can also be removed from a player by having good behavior for an extended period of time.

Be Respectful & Appropriate

Be nice to people! We want everyone to feel welcome in our community.

The following actions are not permitted on FishOnMC:
• - Curse words are allowed, however using them toward others and/or overusing them is not.
• - Discrimination based on one's character, or a group they may belong to
• - Harassment
• - Bullying
• - Excessive Toxicity
• - Making threats against yourself or others
• - Politics, or any talk about controversial subjects
• - Jokes or statements which imply offensive or highly inappropriate topics

Fish On is a chill community! Let's keep it that way. Please contact staff or create a ticket if you believe you are a victim of this.

Typical punishment: Mute and potentially a Permanent Warning (based on severity)

The following actions are not permitted on FishOnMC:
• - Death threats
• - Suicidal encouragement
• - Inappropriate/Harmful links (Adult Websites, etc)
• - Spamming Slurs/Racism/Derogatory Terms/Inappropriate Terms
• - Advertising another server by use of IP or continuously sending a server name that is not related to FishOnMC
• - Inappropriate statements or jokes regarding children, or people who may threaten children.

Under no circumstance are any of the aforementioned actions allowed. You will receive a ban + a permanent warning for partaking in any of these actions.

Typical punishment: Ban + Permanent Warning

Honor Privacy

Respecting the privacy of people in our community is incredibly important. That's why we have strict rules on information you're allowed to share about others.

We advise against sharing the following types of info about players:
• - Real names, unless it is part of their username, or they permit you to
• - Locations of where people live, or once lived
• - Social media accounts
• - Physical attributes

Whether something crosses the boundary of a player's privacy is their own decision. We will typically not take action against this unless it is reported (unless it is clear and obvious an attempt to "doxx" somebody).

Typical punishment: Permanent Ban

Chat Pleasantry

Being part of a our community can bring a unique social environment. That's why it's important that we request you follow a few guidelines so all users can have fun.

The following actions may result in a punishment if done in excess:
• - Spamming/Encouraging Chat Spam
• - Typing in alternative fonts, using excessive ASCII codes, or all CAPS
• - Begging
• - Bypassing chat filter
• - Voice filters or sound effects

Users will typically receive a verbal warning, requesting they stop engaging in nuisance behavior. Continued actions will result in a punishment.

Typical punishment: Verbal Warning/Mute

General Rules

These are rules that apply generally to all aspects of the server.

The following actions will result in punishment:
• - Insiding Crews (stealing from a crew and leaving) → 30d Ban + Permanent Crew Ban
• - False Reports/Fake Tickets → Week Ban + Ban from tickets + Permanent Warning
• - Using Alts to Bypass In-Game Restrictions → Week Ban + Permanent Warning
• - Impersonation without consent → Mute until name is changed
• - Ban Evading → IP Ban
• - Chargebacks → Permanent Ban

Users will typically receive a verbal warning, requesting they stop engaging in nuisance behavior. Continued actions will result in a punishment.

Advertising

We support players in our community who want to grow their channels and branding. We're doing that too! But we want to ensure that when you advertise yourself, it's related to Fish On.

If you are linking the channels, videos, or streams of a (non-mainstream) Minecraft creator, you must adhere to these restrictions:
• - If linking a creator, the creator must have made content for FishOnMC
• - If linking a video/stream, the content you are linking should be related to FishOnMC
• - Don't advertise excessively
• - Don't link to creators, videos, or streams that break any of our rules

We want you to be able to share content in a way that's fair for both sides. If you want to become a verified creator through our services, make a ticket in our Discord and we'll discuss it.

Typical punishment: Verbal Warning/Mute

Use Permitted Client Add-Ons (Applies for Non-Client Add-Ons as well)

We allow users to play on Fish On with clients outside of the vanilla Minecraft version. However, there are some modifications to your game instance that we cannot permit on our server.

The following modification types are strictly prohibited to use on FishOnMC:
• - Any modification that grants direct PVP benefits, such as KillAura, Aimbot, Anti-Knockback, etc.
• - Any modification that has macros or Anti-AFK features
• - Any modification that grants movement cheats, such as FreeCam, fly hacks, speed hacks, swim hacks, etc.
• - Any modification that grants non-vanilla vision (X-Ray mods or resource packs, wall hacks, etc)
• - Any auto-fishing cheat/exploit
• - Any usage of a bot/bot account (Performing actions, remaining online, etc)
• - Any macros that give you an advantage over others

Some modifications are permitted to use on FishOnMC, but if you don't see it here, it's not allowed. You can always check with staff in our Discord server.

The following modification types are permitted to use on FishOnMC:
• - Pure FPS boosting modifications, such as OptiFine or Fabric
• - Game-beautification/aesthetic modifications, such as Shaders, or resource packs that don't break any of the aforementioned rules
• - Mods that grant full light vision (Full Bright)
• - "Status Effect" mods such as Armor HUDs, Mini-maps, Potion HUDs, Event timers, etc.

Breaking this rule is typically a permanent ban. PVP-Bans may be handed out for those who cheat in combat. We typically won't accept appeals on cheating-based bans unless they were made in clear and obvious error.

Typical punishment for Anti-AFK: Kick/Temp Ban
Typical punishment for Macros/X-Ray: Temp Ban + Permanent Warn
Typical punishment for Other Cheats: Permanent Ban + Permanent Warn

Report Issues

If you experience a bug, glitch, or exploit on FishOnMC, you may be required to report it or risk punishment to your account.

The following types of issues are required to report & not abuse, or face potential punishment
• - Duplication or free item glitches
• - Server crashing/lagging bugs
• - Any glitch/exploit that gives you higher permissions/priviliges than intended
• - Any glitch/exploit that can severely damage other players (crew takeover, inventory wiping of other players, etc)
• - Finding a glitch and spreading it by telling other players about said glitch.
• - Faking finding a glitch, or having a fake glitch and telling other players about said glitch.
• - Server, network or account vulnerabilities
• - DDoS attacks

If you are unsure if what you're doing is in this list, you can check with staff in our Discord server.

Typical punishment: Discretion based on severity; but typically a lengthy or permanent ban

Exchange Fairly ("RMT", or "IRL Trading")

Players are eager to earn currency and rewards on Fish On. Some people will go as far as to exchange real-world items or money to do so. Here is our policy on that.

You are not permitted to exchange items of real-world value for any of following assets in Fish On--
• - In-game currency.
• - In-game items.
• - Invitations to crews.
• - Intel/information.

Due to the nature in which IRL trading typically occurs off of our services, it is hard to gather evidence and punish players who make deals there. Players found to be engaging in IRL trading will be PERMANENTLY BANNED with the proper evidence collected, and will receive no support from us if they are scammed. A player telling/sharing details about their IRL trade in chat is not sufficient evidence, but further investigation may be taken against them.

Typical punishment: Upon collecting PROPER, UNREFUTABLE EVIDENCE such as item transactions, receipts, etc - Permanent Ban

Follow the Law

FishOnMC is based in the United States, but we have players from around the world. With that being said, you must generally adhere to U.S. regulations when using any of our services, regardless of where you live.

Typical punishment: Blacklisted