The staff of KingdomCraft have freedom! Well... that's what you'd like to think, but it's a bit more complicated than this. To prevent our staff from becoming corrupt, we need the players to keep an eye on them! So here are some rules that the staff has to follow! If you see a staff member breaking a rule, screenshot it (F2) and post it in the forums under the appropriate forum post!
~ Mods : Moderators watch for people who are breaking rules. They have the ability to mute, jail, temp ban, and a few other punishment techniques for when people are breaking rules. They do NOT have power to use ANY of their permissions for any other reason other than moderation of rule breaking. This means they cannot spawn items in for players using creative. They cannot give you /fly. They cannot /god or /feed you. If they are using their extra abilities against a player when the player is NOT breaking a rule, they can be punished. If you catch a Mod abusing their abilities, report them on the forums, and I will personally handle it.
Moderators are allowed to use creative to build things for themselves, and they are allowed to spawn a few stacks (2-3) of dirt or maybe cobblestone for building purposes. But no other blocks.
~ Admins : Administrators are to carry out Mod duties, as well as more. They are allowed to roll back grief, they can permanently ban someone (but they MUST take a screenshot of the offense and post it in the forums, so we have a running record of offenses used for Ban Appeals). They can also give you a few items (not a huge number) of decorative items, and occasionally stone tools. They can give compensation for things, like if you were griefed, they might give you some money or blocks to compensate. However, if the loss was your fault (I.E. Mining down into lava) then you will NOT be compensated. Admins are not allowed to give money or items for no reason, they are not allowed to punish for no reason. They cannot also favor someone just because of rank, friendship, or any other thing.
ALL permanent bans must be put into the forums, even if we don't have screenshot evidence, I want a written record of what happened. A temp ban does not require any explanation, but you cannot make a temp ban longer than 1 week. Sometimes an Admin may forget to do something, or whatever. In that case, I will always talk with the Admin to give them a chance to explain themselves if they are found to be breaking a rule. We will always give my Admins the benefit of the doubt, but we'll take it with a grain of salt as well.
Basically, if you feel the Admin or Moderator is doing something they shouldn't be doing, speak up! You cannot be punished for saying anything on the forums. If you are punished for posting in the forums or saying something about it, email me (that's why I have it posted where no Admin can tamper with it) and tell me, and I will fix the issue for sure.
Also, you SHOULD speak up, but you should NOT speak up on the SERVER. The forums and private emails is where you talk about these things. The Admin CAN punish you if you are saying things about it on the server, because of Rule 6. So please talk about it in the appropriate places to avoid getting into trouble!
~ Mods : Moderators watch for people who are breaking rules. They have the ability to mute, jail, temp ban, and a few other punishment techniques for when people are breaking rules. They do NOT have power to use ANY of their permissions for any other reason other than moderation of rule breaking. This means they cannot spawn items in for players using creative. They cannot give you /fly. They cannot /god or /feed you. If they are using their extra abilities against a player when the player is NOT breaking a rule, they can be punished. If you catch a Mod abusing their abilities, report them on the forums, and I will personally handle it.
Moderators are allowed to use creative to build things for themselves, and they are allowed to spawn a few stacks (2-3) of dirt or maybe cobblestone for building purposes. But no other blocks.
~ Admins : Administrators are to carry out Mod duties, as well as more. They are allowed to roll back grief, they can permanently ban someone (but they MUST take a screenshot of the offense and post it in the forums, so we have a running record of offenses used for Ban Appeals). They can also give you a few items (not a huge number) of decorative items, and occasionally stone tools. They can give compensation for things, like if you were griefed, they might give you some money or blocks to compensate. However, if the loss was your fault (I.E. Mining down into lava) then you will NOT be compensated. Admins are not allowed to give money or items for no reason, they are not allowed to punish for no reason. They cannot also favor someone just because of rank, friendship, or any other thing.
ALL permanent bans must be put into the forums, even if we don't have screenshot evidence, I want a written record of what happened. A temp ban does not require any explanation, but you cannot make a temp ban longer than 1 week. Sometimes an Admin may forget to do something, or whatever. In that case, I will always talk with the Admin to give them a chance to explain themselves if they are found to be breaking a rule. We will always give my Admins the benefit of the doubt, but we'll take it with a grain of salt as well.
Basically, if you feel the Admin or Moderator is doing something they shouldn't be doing, speak up! You cannot be punished for saying anything on the forums. If you are punished for posting in the forums or saying something about it, email me (that's why I have it posted where no Admin can tamper with it) and tell me, and I will fix the issue for sure.
Also, you SHOULD speak up, but you should NOT speak up on the SERVER. The forums and private emails is where you talk about these things. The Admin CAN punish you if you are saying things about it on the server, because of Rule 6. So please talk about it in the appropriate places to avoid getting into trouble!