Rules Changelog

Stated plainly, after a read of every page against the staff procedures. The version stays 2.0; nothing here changes a rule.

Enforcement and Content. The immediate-removal item for romantic conduct covers sexual content, romantic or sexual conduct directed at someone the evidence indicates may be a minor (a stated age, a school year, a life-stage clue), and exploitation. Directed romantic conduct with nothing indicating a minor is involved is handled on the ladder, a warning at minimum, and reviewed if any age concern appears. "A ban pending case review" on the Content page is a temporary review hold. A Discord notice is sent by DM before a ban or restriction where practicable, otherwise as soon as it can be; a notice you didn't receive is sent on request to [email protected]. A safety restriction limits the specific thing it names rather than pausing access; a member banned from Minecraft can still open a support ticket.

Respect. Hate (attacks on who someone is), slurs, and threats are the immediate-removal items; hostility short of that is handled on the ladder and escalates fast.

Privacy. The rules exist so that nobody here should be findable through Cozy — stated as the goal, not a guarantee. The person who comes forward about something that already happened is treated as the person at risk, not the one under review. Discord DMs between friends aren't covered by the swearing rule; slurs, and sexual language toward another member, are violations wherever they happen.

Wording. The core code's closing section is now "Why these rules exist." Smaller alignments on the Reporting, Recording, How-the-rules-work, and Staff Code pages, none changing a rule.

Stated plainly, in answer to questions after v2.0 took effect. The version stays 2.0; nothing here changes a rule.

Mods. Litematica is allowed for your own builds and shared designs; Easy Place, Printer, and any mode, addon, or tweak that places blocks for you or changes where, how fast, or on what you can place them are not allowed on Survival — the Mods page names them. Freecam's condition is that the camera can't pass through blocks (the mod's "no clip" setting off) and can't interact.

Language. A slip is a correction: a reminder, not a penalty. Swearing on its own never leads to a ban; persistent swearing, or swearing at someone, escalates like any other conduct issue. Slurs and hate speech are on the immediate-removal list, as before. Working around the filter, once it's running, counts as swearing.

Structure. The rules are now a short core code plus topic-specific detail pages. Every rules post and dated clarification published before this version is replaced. The core code lives in #rules; the full rules, this changelog, the FAQ, and the Staff Code live at cozymc.com/rules.

Age. Asking anyone's age, or trying to determine it, is prohibited. Posting your own exact age or birthdate is prohibited. General life-stage references are handled as guidance.

Privacy. The privacy rules are consolidated on one page. Members may not solicit personal information or images from other members, bring identifying information into Cozy, or use Cozy to arrange in-person contact. Ordinary private friendships are not regulated. This page replaces the August 10, 2026 clarification.

Voice recording. The rule is defined by scope: Cozy voice chat — the Cozy Discord's voice channels and in-game voice on any Cozy server — is never recorded, and consent doesn't change that. Private calls between members are outside the rule and are governed by the privacy rules and the law.

Content. The prohibition on romantic or sexual relationships between people who met through Cozy, while either is a member, is stated in the core code. The preexisting-couples provision is kept.

Language. New: no swearing in Cozy chat or voice, including in-game private messages. A chat filter is being set up on the Minecraft servers and on Discord (a dated entry will follow when it's running); getting around it counts, and the rule applies without it. Discord DMs aren't covered. Private-message logs are seen only while staff handle a report or a specific concern, never routinely.

Community and recruitment. The rule is stated in terms of conduct: recruiting, inviting, giving access to private or invite-only spaces, onboarding, promoting, and organizing Cozy groups elsewhere. Advisory notice and safety designation are defined. This page replaces the August 5 notice and the July 14 and August 6, 2026 clarifications.

External links. Content is removed regardless of who placed it; consequences attach to the person who placed it. An outside invite in a Discord bio isn't a violation by itself; pointing Cozy members to it is.

Being invited. Stated plainly: being invited to another community, or joining one, is never a violation; findings are about the inviter's conduct. Reporting an invite is one ticket.

Profiles and Cozy's accounts. What's visible in a Discord profile inside Cozy follows the chat rules: no exact age, nothing sexual, no dating solicitation. Members are asked not to link their Cozy username to a real-name account anywhere. Cozy's official accounts on other platforms hide nametags unless the player asks to be credited, never confirm identities, never ask for usernames or personal information, hide comments that identify a member, and handle no reports or appeals.

Mods. Freecam is permitted with block clipping and interaction off, for screenshots and cinematics of what's in plain view; using any camera, Freecam or Replay Mod, to see through walls, roofs, or the ground, to find caves, ores, or players, or to act from the camera's position is prohibited. Removing regular Nether fog is permitted; removing lava fog remains prohibited. Any minimap is permitted with cave mapping and entity or player radar off.

Gameplay. Stated plainly: renewable use of someone's villagers and animals — trading, shearing, milking — is allowed, like harvesting crops, and killing, moving, or carting them off is griefing. The chunk-loader limit of 3 is per person, across all of that person's accounts.

Seed. Attempting to recover, share, or use Cozy's world seed is prohibited.

Creative work. New page. Copying map art or a written book needs the creator's permission — a new map at the canvas, a copy at a cartography table, or a copied book — whether for yourself or for someone else. The copy you bought is yours as that one item. Creators can mark a work open to copying with a sign. Builds: taking a schematic of a build you didn't make, or reproducing a distinctive build block for block, needs permission; learning from builds and building your own version is always fine. Designs from outside Cozy may be built if you're allowed to use them, are your responsibility, and are never presented as your own. Permission can also come from a passed petition. A first unauthorized copy is a correction.

Spawn. Storing TNT, gunpowder, and wither skulls in spawn-area containers, shops, and displays is prohibited.

Enforcement. Enforcement actions are named and every notice states its status. Immediate permanent removal is limited to a defined list. Discord bans outside that list may be appealed once, in writing, after 12 months, via [email protected]. Minecraft appeals may be made by email when Discord access isn't available. This page replaces all prior appeal rules.

Staff. A public Staff Code is published. Every staff member has attested in writing to being an adult. Staff keep Cozy business in tickets and Cozy spaces and don't use the role to start private contact with members.

Cameras and screen sharing. Cameras stay off in Cozy voice channels. Screen sharing is for Cozy's own servers, your own worlds and builds, and other games; what's on screen is content in a Cozy space; other Minecraft servers and Realms aren't streamed in Cozy voice.

Safety. The Privacy page names the warning signs to report — secrecy, gifts, photo requests, camera pressure, questions about where you live, moving somewhere private — and points to emergency services and crisis lines. The Reporting page says to contact emergency services first when anyone is in immediate danger. A page for parents and guardians is published at cozymc.com/parents.

Not carried forward. The conduct clause concerning coordinated negativity and off-platform narratives; the phrase "intent matters as much as action" (see proportionality).

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