A lot of players use PvP and general improvement packs. There are many packs that improve gameplay and add features such as as fullbright with Optifine, low fire, and CITs for armor and swords. Now, many CIT packs have been used and allowed on PMC before. One such pack was Elo’s. It gave custom textures to different named armor. And keep in mind a lot of the players and veterans from back then used these packs. So unless the CIT pack rules on this have changed since 2019 (they haven’t), this should be fine.

Now, the rule that is being brought up is Rule 3 under the “Glitching, Resource Pack and Client Rules”. The rule states, “Resource packs that give you any sort of advantage in PVP are forbidden.” Now, one could argue that Elo’s Pirate Crews pack could give some unfair advantage in PvP since different named armor (like Daedric, Ebony, etc) had custom textures. But staff never had an issue with this. Some people might even argue that low-fire or shortened sword textures give an “advantage” because not every single player has one. Even the new PirateCraft texture pack has CITs for event and different weapons. So to say that what VOID is doing is illegal is a bit of a stretch.

The issue that I’m seeing is that perhaps different staff members have different interpretations of what this rule means. The rule is actually quite subjective, so it’s easy to see why this can be confusing. In a similar way, players might receive mixed responses from staff about using Schematica on the server (though that is an issue for another day). In all honestly, I believe that as long as a pack falls within the parameters of being a pretty standard PvP pack and not giving actual pvp hacks like KillAura, or anti-kb, it should be fine. Additionally, everyone should always be using either Vanilla or Optifine. No game-changing pvp advantages can be attained unless you use another client.

If anything, ping and lag have much more of an effect on pvp than texture packs. Having either a really low or really high ping gives you certain “PvP advantages” that are actually way more impactful than a CIT pack. There are likely pvpers on PMC who use net limiters and regedits. It’s technically legal, and untraceable either way. Again, this stuff effects PvP much more than texture packs. So I don’t think we should be obsessing about what constitutes a “PvP advantage”.

This is disturbing to hear, especially since IronAR is an active staff member. Having a resource pack that gives ANY sort of advantage in PvP is widely known to be illegal on PirateCraft. More disturbing is that IronAR is known to push the boundaries of what is legal, as he tried balance draining me with a sign after GodsDead declared it to be illegal.

I also remember when he would use a grapple hook to kill new players at cove…

Hello TobiUchiha26, I am a moderator on Piratecraft. You did not attach an image so I am unable to see whatever problem you were encountering. Also, keep in mind, this is an English-speaking server and I would like to request that you speak English only also on the forums.

Olá TobiUchiha26, sou moderador do Piratecraft. Você não anexou uma imagem, por isso não consigo ver o problema que você estava enfrentando. Além disso, lembre-se de que este é um servidor em que se fala inglês e gostaria de solicitar que você fale inglês apenas nos fóruns.

Hey there,
you are reporting something being sent to you via dm discord. We are only moderating PirateCraft here!
If you think that someone has violated the Discord TOS, please contact Discord !

Also, IP grabbers are not illegal. It’s not much different than having Caller ID enabled on your cell phone when getting a call. When you navigate the internet, your IP will be collected. Use a VPN service if you think you need an extra safety cushion!

As there is nothing to be done from our end here, I will close this ticket.

Baz

Hello fellow Pirates,

This is Piratecraft not Princesscraft.

If you trust your hour or even daylong work to some random teenager in the world you dont know. Your simply an idiot.

I don’t think you quite understand what the context is here.

On the 18/19th of February, you reported to me that your shop had partially been world edited and from what I could tell, it was an easy fix but I took the time, just before my shift at work to properly report to staff what happened.

From what I can tell, the worth of your shop was less than 2k – not trying to make the problem less significant, but it’s low on the priority list with all the shop upgrades and behind the scenes staff moderation that goes on.

On the 2nd/3rd of March you contacted me again asking politely for a response for your shop to which I again asked you to put something on the forums and I bumped it again in staff chats.

What I’m trying to say is that the shops can only be edited by people who have full time jobs and lives outside of PirateCraft, and this is a volunteer role – we do not bend over backwards for donators, we appreciate that you do but it does not give you a free pass to complain and expect something to be done immediately.

I am asking you to be patient and respectful of the time that we have already (myself included) given for you and if you cannot handle having the staff team make mistakes/be slow with responses especially during covid-19 then I suggest you move on from the server. I am sorry you have become this angry and I would love to see it resolved but nothing important can be solved through anger/bitterness.

Apologies,

Atal

oh, and the donator request – no.

Hi Wemb,

Thanks for appealing.

After discussion with staff that were around during the time you were active, we’ve decided that it would be best if you remained banned. Your behaviour extends well beyond the PirateCraft server, which you haven’t even acknowledged in this appeal. I understand that you have history and a passion for this server but sometimes it is best to move on once the damage is done. I personally don’t ever want to see this kind of behaviour in the community and I know the rest of the staff would agree with me.

Also – fix your formatting next time, you can be denied just from not doing that properly.

– atal

This appeal doesn’t sound like you’ve learned anything at all.

I don’t see a change in maturity and I don’t think unmuting you on the PirateCraft discord would make a difference. Please reappeal in a few months time.

Thanks for appealing

– atal

@mindmeld420  , so after literally hours of going over /siege intervals and kill times and chat logs, and after having to pull you guys into the private channel to explain what we constitutes harassment and and asking all of you to just chill and take it easy because a fellow player on our server is feeling harassed. After all that and then seeing that it didn’t make an impact , the player still gets attacked/sieged the minute of being online, yeah – staff decided to give you a 2 week temp ban after some discussion about it.

Just mere minutes later, I get dms from you wanting to talk about it. And as I told you, I was not in the mood to listen to your excuses and explanations. It feels like you had not been listening to what staff told all of you  guys. You all had been too busy pointing out what each one of you had not been doing …. “I didn’t say that in chat” .. “I didn’t even kill” .. etc etc. So you chose what you wanted to hear, decided it didn’t apply to whatever your plan was and kept on going.  What you didn’t realize that the combined impact of all of you guys was harassment and we wanted it to stop. You guys had been verbally warned !! Not a “punishment warning” perse, but verbally asked to stop your behavior ! How hard is it to just chill for a while, to let things ebb down, to let the waves flatten out ?

You decided not to heed and now you got a 2 week temp-ban  . Take the time to reflect how you impact others on the server. I wish you’d ever realize what a unique community PirateCraft actually is and how this virtual world can be an amazing place where you can make friends and establish great relationships and have fun together. Some of you see it as your personal playground, and you only ask what you get out of it, how you benefit and – through actions of harassment and verbal threats –  you drive away the exact people you actual need to successfully play together.  Sorry I went on a bit of a tangent there …

My final statement is this : I am not adjusting your 2-week temp-ban because you don’t like it.

Hi there Evan,

I believe it would be more suitable for you to have a few days rest from the PirateCraft discord. This sort of behaviour, regardless of the person involved, is unacceptable in both the discord and the PirateCraft server. I would encourage you to take a few days away from the discord and re-appeal your mute when you think you are ready to be mature.

Thanks

Atalantaa

Aye aye.

We will hold you to your word, let’s see if it’s worth anything 🙂

Welcome back to PirateCraft

Baz

I’ve had to deal with similar situations. You need to check the player’s ranks and make sure none of them are like notable PirateCraft players. If they are deckhands-sailors, their crews can usually be deleted anyways. I’m pretty sure the server actually already has an auto-deleting system for inactive crews, though maybe the rivalries still show up. In any case, its best to talk to an admin about this.