Hey guys!

We've changed up a few things rules-related, primarily for the Network rules and Skyblock rules and I thought it'd be helpful to make a thread about it to explain these changes, why they were made and more!

As always, you can read the new rules for yourself here.

The Skyblock rules have been removed, but automation guidelines still have their own page that's linked to via the Network rules.

But without further ado:

What was changed about the rules?
Not much has been changed in terms of actual content. The same general rules/expectations still apply and if you're already well-versed with ECC and its rules, then there's not much point in reading these new rules, aside from sheer interest and staying up to date with what's going on in ECC. Instead, we're simply restating network rules and expectations, but in far less words.

So why did you change it?

The old Network rules that new players were linked to when they did /rules were a mess. They had all the complexities of a legal document that tried to literally cover every single possible situation. This is totally unnecessary for a user who joins ECC and wants to get a general idea of what's allowed and not. They want to spend their time playing the game as opposed to reading overly complex rules that most other servers can sum up in a 1/10th of the length.
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But I liked the complex rules! I love the details and want to get more than the basics!
They're still around! Links to the full, detailed Network Server rules are on the Wiki and the simplified Network rules (linked above) page itself. Just scroll down to "Still Interested? Read more!" on the rules or click on the Network rules link on any of the pages in the rules section.

Wait..... these rules seem familiar! Did you just copy the Skyblock rules?
Not quite. The Skyblock rules themselves were based off a document that was written by @Nicit6 with help from @Dewsy92 and I back in early 2016 as a proposal to simplify the rules. However, it wasn't until the Skyblock release in April 2018 that these rules were officially used/introduced as Nicit was tasked with writing them. So in effect, we're simply using old 2016 rules that we wrote with the Main server in mind anyways.

This is also why the Skyblock rules are now removed. Everything there except for the automation guidelines is already covered by Network rules. And with the network rules, we can just link to the automation guidelines.

The simple and complex network rule pages seem contradictory. Where can I get a clarification?
In the case where you find something off about anything rule related, poke a ServerAdmin or post a thread in the Help/Support section here and we'll be happy to clarify it for you.