General Rudeness shouldn't be something to get muted over.

Probably one of the dumbest things I've ever seen playing Mineplex is getting muted over something I say because it hurt someone's feelings, even if it doesn't have swear words in it. They need to get a grip. Muting someone over being rude is essentially communism. You share your opinion in communist china, you get taken away by the government. You talk bad about Kim Jong Un in North Korea, you probably get executed. Same thing for this server. Trash talking is a part of gaming, and you just have to put up with it. It's bad enough that this server has a chat filter to censor out cuss words, but muting me over saying something to get the message across to someone that I don't like them is unacceptable. Until the server changes back to the way it originally was, Mineplex will never have my full respect and neither will the people that I play against. Quit being a bunch of pansies.

 

I hear what your saying but I disagree, Being rude is something to be muted over, None wants to have someone be rude at them
Gets a -1 from me

 

If you wanna tell someone you don’t like them do it in a respectful way- there’s no reason for people to be going around being toxic and hateful whenever they want? Not sure why Mineplex would ever consider promoting that. I know if Mineplex implemented this change, I, alongside many of the people I know would leave the server entirely, because no one should be forced to be around constant toxicity. It’s incredibly rude to insult someone and hurt their feelings because of an opinion you have. If it’s rude, don’t say it, and you won’t get punished. There are definitely polite ways you can tell someone you don’t like them, so please don’t try to say it’s not possible or anything like that.

TLDR; -1, as the issue you’re describing can easily be avoided.

Also this is a block game...don’t think it’s really all that necessary to compare it to China and North Korea.

 

I understand your frustrations. If you disagree with your punishment, then you can appeal it here. However, as people have said above me, you shouldn't be rude to people intentionally. And if I understand correctly, Mineplex doesn't mute you until you have multiple offenses. So you have probably gotten warnings in the past, and I disagree with taking away mutes for being rude. If you continue to ignore the warnings, then clearly further action needs to be taken. No offense or anything but some people on Mineplex are already toxic enough and taking away mutes would make the problem way worse.

 

Hey,
These rules are in place for a certain reason, to protect people that have the opposite opinion of you. Mineplex wants to be projected as a everyone can play server and not a toxic place to be. But I do think that general rudeness should be 2 warnings until you actually get a mute for general rudeness. There are also little kids that play this. If little kids were to come onto the server and experience getting trash talked its just not a fun experience and they should be having a fun time on mineplex.

its a -1 from me because the punishment still needs to be in place because you should still be punished for being rude to other players in the community.

 

Although I do agree that SOME punishments need to be reevaluated, I don't think comparing the server to communism is a good analogy. I've written some threads about a similar topic in the past. If you said something that legitimately hurt someone's feelings then yeah I think a punishment is deserved. However I disagree with most severity 1 punishments and think common sayings shouldn't be punishable (acronyms, loser/easy, etc) because yeah. People in the video game should learn to deal with these comments but not to the extent that you described above.

 

I feel that many others above have addressed the topic of discussion in this thread very well, however I wanted to add a couple of things and share my own personal opinion on the matter.

First and foremost, like many other Minecraft servers, it is expected that there are rules that one must follow while playing. It’s not uncommon or unheard of when someone gets punished according to their own actions that may violate said rules. It’s something that is expected, as the rules are guidelines that set an expectation on behavior. In addition, I would like to add, (in my own personal opinion), regardless if there are/are not swear words involved in comments/remarks made against another player, it does not justify the practice of being rude to others. Words are powerful, and they may affect others in ways you may not know.

As Look_Dan has said above, I personally feel that this is a stretch comparing our rules to communism. I have to agree that any civilized society has a set of rules and guidelines for what is and what is not acceptable behavior. Here on Mineplex, we encourage players within our community to voice their opinion, but there are expectations that are to be followed when doing so. What I’m referring to is being respectful and kind to other players while expressing that opinion. (You’re always more than welcome to share your opinion, but please do it respectfully.)

Although this may be a “part of gaming,” as Look_Dan has expressed above, it does not mean that we should openly partake in it or condone it here on Mineplex. There is a chat filter to censor offensive language because Mineplex has and always will be a family friendly server. With there being different age groups, it is one of our primary duties as Staff members to keep the environment a safe/appropriate place for all players of all ages. As Look_dan suggested above, there are several alternatives to getting your message across without taking extreme measures. I agree when he says that this is a vital skill, especially when it is applied in the real world. There are ways to respectfully disagree with someone without being rude. Personally, I find some things are better left unsaid, however, I generally believe if you don’t have anything nice to say, why say it at all? - That may be my own personal opinion, but I know that this type of behavior is not tolerated in the real world, and it certainly will not be here on Mineplex either.

In conclusion, I do not foresee a change in the current rules that prevent general rudeness and offensive langue here on the server. As many others have previously discussed throughout this thread, Mineplex is, and will always be a sever intended for all ages.

I will be locking the thread, as I feel that the thread has been addressed and it does not overall encourage constructive discussion. If you have any further questions and/or concerns feel free to reach out to me!

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