Moderator guide

This guide helps moderators to do their job.

As a mod, you are responsible for making sure the server rules are followed. You are also expected to guide new players and be helpful and friendly in general. And always, please assume good faith. Most people want to be nice.

Checking grief alerts

If you want to hide yourself before checking, do /vanish on and take your armor off. That makes you invisible and allows flying. Use /vanish off to disable it.

When you see an unclear alert use /co teleport <x> <y> <z> to teleport there. Then use /co inspect to check it (left click tells about the block you're looking at and right-click tells about the block next to it or container transactions).

/tpo <player> can be also used for teleport.

Advanced lookup & rollbacks

You can also view the logs using /co lookup <params>

Lookup parameters

Parameter	Description	Example	Required
User (u)	Player	Ardakaz	Yes
Time (t)	Time range	10h	Yes
Radius (r)	Block range	20	No (defaults to 10)
Action (a)	Action type	container	No
Block (b)	Block/item type	diamond_ore	No

The rollback command is /co rollback <params>. The parameters are same as above.

Other useful tools

Invsee

Stolen items can be removed or checked with /invsee <player> or /endersee <player> (enderchest). If a rollback is already done, those items can be removed with /disposal.

Interrogation room

If someone doesn't answer when you ask about grief, you can use /jail <player> <jail> to prevent them for playing before they answer. Always follow the player to the interrogation room, do not leave them alone.

After they answer you should use /jail <player> to remove them from the room. Never leave people in the interrogation room even if you ban them. The interrogation room must be always empty when moderators are not online.

Dealing with rules breakers

For minor infractions, talk to the player and make sure they understand the rules. Use /note <player> <reason> to record what happened.

If the player is not online, do the rollbacks and give a warning with /warn <player> <reason> (/warnings <player> can be used to see them).

If the player continues rule breaking or does major grief, you can use /ban <player> <reason> to ban them.

Tempbans /tempban <player> <reason> can be used when a permban is not warranted (eg. minor but repeated issues) but the player is not trusted to follow the rules without some consequences.

Reasons for a permanent ban

• The player has no intention of following the rules (either they say so or repeatedly ignore warnings)
• Mass griefing and stealing
• Lavacasts
• Malicious spamming
• Intentional offensive language (slurs etc)
• Failure to take responsibility for their actions
• Harassing other players in a creepy or dangerous way

Reasons for a temporary ban

• The player probably didn't read the rules and is likely to learn with a short timeout
• The grief is small and probably not malicious but annoying and repeated
• A regular trusted player causes trouble in a way that normally might be grounds for a permanent ban, and is genuinely sorry

Ban evaders

You can use /alts <player> to check if players are logged from a same IP. Then you can see if someone is ban evading that way. If that continues, use /banip <player> <reason> to ban all players from that address.

When banning someone for ban evasion, always put Ban evasion of <player> as the reason. The reason of IP bans must always be Ban evasion.

Building trust

Generally we let people play if we can trust them and they take responsibility for their actions. This is judged by the moderators, within the team if needed.

Checking the alert list

The following symbols are used to mark alerts on Discord. Moderators should regularly check and mark the list to avoid backlog piling up.

• ✅ Checked and complete. No need to scroll up any further. Use when everything above has been cleared.
• ❗ Use when something is clearly against the rules but you can’t fix ingame right now.
• ❓ Use when something is probably against the rules but you can’t check ingame right now.
• 🔄 Use when rollback has been done, warnings/bans given and issue solved.
• ☑️ May be used on something that has been confirmed no problem but all issues above have not been solved.

To set certain locations (like public chests) to ignored: /griefalert ignore x y z

Other instructions

• Alerts don't always show when people put items back so never moderate grief from Discord.
• It's recommended to use vanish while checking any grief. It keeps you safe and doesn't disturb people.
• Always include the reason while banning someone!

Moderation examples

* A griefer steals diamonds from someone's chest.
<Moderator> Hey Griefer, have you read the rules? You stole diamonds from someone's chest.
* The griefer doesn't answer.
<Moderator> Griefer? Did you see my question? You can't steal here.
* The griefer doesn't answer. The moderator teleports them to the interrogation room.
<Moderator> Could you answer to my question? Stealing is not allowed.
<Griefer> Sorry, I don't know the rules.
<Moderator> Please use /rules to read them. We don't allow stealing here.
<Griefer> I'm sorry. I'll not steal again.
<Moderator> Good :)
<Moderator> Can you return the diamonds?
<Griefer> Ok
* The moderator lets the griefer out from the interrogation room. The griefer returns the diamonds.
<Moderator> Thanks
* The moderator makes a note about the griefer.

* A griefer is making a lavacast over spawn.
<Moderator> Hey Griefer! Have you read the rules? This is not an anarchy server.
<Griefer> Fuck you. I want to grief.
<Moderator> You have come to the wrong server then. Bye!
Griefer was hit with the banhammer! (Grief: Making a lavacast.)