mentioning other servers

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earlier i was talking about how i was on skywars on hy#$*#$ and how people were targetting me because of my username, and then i was warned by a staff member for 'please do not advertise' so i said something like 'i dont see how that was directly advertising' and then the staff member said 'you mentioned a server name which is not allowed' (quotes not exact)

1. i said the first two letters and 'bleeped' the rest
2. everyone knows that server anyways(maybe 1% doesn't)
3. are we really so scared of competition that we don't allow evening MENTIONING another server, which i'm sure everyone knows(like i said in #2)


tldr we should be allowed to mention other servers that are 10x bigger than us because people know it anyways and we shouldnt be allowed to mention servers that are about our size(300 players at a time?)
of course we shouldn't ever say an ip

 

So your suggestion is to change the rule of:

• No Advertising any other Minecraft server (An IP does not have to be included)

to: No Advertising any other Minecraft Servers IP.

Edit: Correct me if I'm wrong please.

 

pretty much, yes

 

We will perm or give you a 7day ban for mentioning an ip.
We will warn you if you mention the name. Im confused why this is even a suggestion.

 

I thought mentioning server names was fine now??

 

I like how this specific rule changed over time so that meepcraft doesn't lose potential players.
At first it was a perm ban no appeal, now that we're getting 200 people on a good day it's a 7 day temp ban and that's only if you mention the IP.

 

Doesn't the rule only apply if you advertise the server, not mention it?

• No Advertising any other Minecraft server (An IP does not have to be included)

Punishments should really only be dealt if you say in shout: Everyone join meepcraft.com!
If you're just casually saying that server name in shout, or even saying an ip in msg to a friend, it should be fine.

I think that the rule should remain as:

• No Advertising any other Minecraft server (An IP does not have to be included)

but there needs to be a definition on what advertising is, and that it does not include a casual mention in conversation, or when talking to a friend in msg (even if you tell them to join).

 

I agree with summrs. A warning is not that bad, plus this could easily be avoided by saying, "I was playing skywars on a different server and people were targeting me."

 

Why even include 2 letters? Just say "a server I frequent" so no problems arise in the first place.

 

As long as I remember, mentioning a server was totally okay. We didn't warn, we didn't ban.

Advertising and mentioning were considered two different things. I guess times have changed then.

I can't really imagine "losing" people due to any of those two mentioned anyways.
If you mention a server, everyone knows, people can relate.
If you deliberately advertise a server, it only annoys people most of the time.

Warning someone for mentioning giants like HP, SB etc. etc., seems just like a Helper doing his "job properly".

 

that's funny because about 3 months ago i swear people were going everywhere saying server names

"hey wanna go play some blabla on blabla"

 

I'm that 1%, I didn't hear about any of the """big servers""" until I joined meep.

It's not for competition lmao it's because there's no place for it here. It's unnecessary to say what server you were on specifically, especially in global. If you're talking to your friend over msg or smth we don't care, so if you're truly only mentioning it for the sake of casual conversation move your conversation to /m.

 

but why is there no place for it here
i was talking about my username, and i brought up that people were targetting me because of it. i wanted people to know what server it happened on



also i found it very unlikely that you are in the 1%

if you are like most people, you found meepcraft via a server listing site, and if not, you have probably been on the server listing sites before and see the server at the top of the list with like 50,000 people on it
but i will give you the benefit of the doubt

 

In what parallel universe was this ok?

 

Ok, but the rule says advertising. Unless the player is actively trying to convince players to join that server, its not advertising. We held that rule under this guideline for so long, why was it changed to where you cant even mention the name? We already agreed previously that players don't actively pull others from meepcraft is not advertising. Advertising is directly supporting and pushing towards another server to players.

 

I guess this does annoy me also like one time i just said i was going to hy#$%*#, when i came back I got mail so I typed /mail read and thought it was my friends but then its this, "Klutchdecals: I almost perm banned you for advertising, please dont do that again" like wtf.

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I think that was a threat more than a warn

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So then i have to deal with that crap if i need to go to another server.

 

I don't understand how mentioning server names is "advertising". I've mentioned server names before on the forums and in-game with no warnings.

And I thought mentioning server names was fine...

 

One time, I said "I saw 'so and so' on (server name)." in shout, and I was permed.
I don't know if rules have changed since then, but I still think server names should be allowed. As long as you don't put the IP or any specific information on the server (ex: how to join it).

 

''I saw Muunkee on meepcraft!''

If we pretend that meepcraft is some other server, all it takes is a single google search to find out what server I'm talking about.

This takes away players just like advertising does, on a smaller scale yes but still.

I don't think there should be any server names, IPs, anything allowed, at ALL, except if you're, say, msg'ing a friend.

 

I agree