Minecraft's EULA

[xDizasterCYx]

Hmmm I have no idea how does Mojang sees this but if they blacklist a bending server then they need to give them a really powerful appeal that will work.

 

[Sshawarma]

A language is not more difficult than another in my opinion, i think i depends upon on'es background and what they already know. A Japanese person can pick up on Chinese quickly, an English person can pick up on German quickly. It depends on who you are and where you are from.

 

[Sshawarma]

Sorry, if that is off-topic

 

[Sshawarma]

Since all elements are balanced (), and one person does not get an advantage over another, as well as the fact that you are not selling in-game items, i think that it complies with EULA. Also, the code for project korra is not mojang's, so you are not selling anything they coded, i think it complies. HOWEVER, if you sell the ABILITY to use bending, i think that is against the EULA, as it gives one player an advantage over another, and is therefore not compliant with EULA. I believe this is what the server GOTPVP (i don't play on it, im an hpixel person) blacklisted, bcs they were selling in game items, and it was very p2w.

EDIT: When i say ability to use bending i mean being able to bend in general.

EDIT #2: Changed my decision, selling elements is selling a gameplay mechanic, which is against EULA.

 

[Sshawarma]

I'm not an expert on the EULA, so correct me if i'm wrong.

 

[Jackson]

So can someone send me a link to the EULA? Because I see like 50 different documentation files and links for the EULA. I want to see if we are all talking about the same one before I give my full opinion.

 

[Sshawarma]

https://account.mojang.com/documents/minecraft_eula this is the one in ur server eula

 

[Matt]

This honestly depends on how you sell them. You could be cheaty and have to click a sign and have a specific prefix to gain permissions to the new element or perks, (of course you would sell the prefix and say that it is cosmetic)

 

[Sshawarma]

In the end, if your server is P2W, then you are breaking the EULA, end of story. If you are selling content that changes the gameplay and is not cosmetic, then it is also against the EULA.

 

[Pickle9775]

I feel like I've said this so many times now. But the EULA says you can't sell thing that change the normal game play. If you sell extra elements for use in an arena, that does not break the EULA as you don't have to play in an arena as part of the game. If elements are sold for survival, then it is against the EULA.

 

[Jackson]

From what I've read of the EULA from the link provided, I agree with Pickle. The EULA means anything that effects or changes gameplay. That means anything that messes with survival or anything that messes with things that are related to normal Minecraft, not plugins. For example, if you have a plotme world, you can sell plotme permissions such as more than one plot. It doesn't mess with normal vanilla Minecraft. If you were to sell gamemode though, that's a whole nother story.

 

[xNuminousx]

If you read the EULA Q&A here you will read that the Minecraft EULA applies to anything that effects game-play on servers. An example in the text, you cannot sell kits if they give unfair advantages. The kits must be purely cosmetic. I think Mojang would say that you cannot sell elements for hard currency because not every player would have access to this advantage.

Advantages being:​

• Speed Boost​
• Jump Boost​
• No Fall Damage​
• No Fall Damage on certain blocks​
• Swim Faster​
• And any other advantageous effect over other players​

These effects would be considered unfair advantages if purchasable. You can, however, sell elements for soft currency all you want. The soft currency is clearly stated to not be relevant to the Minecraft EULA. Selling elements for arenas would conflict and selling them for survival would conflict. We, again, fall into the unfair advantages. If you just purchased the rank for an element with hard currency then bought the actual element for soft currency, that'd be neat. But you cannot sell elements for hard currency on your server.

 

[Pickle9775]

I think Mojang would say that you cannot sell elements for hard currency because not every player would have access to this advantage.

If that advantage exists in arenas, and only arenas, an aspect of the game which you aren't forced into by default it'd be okay.

 

[UnlitedOwns]

If that advantage exists in arenas, and only arenas, an aspect of the game which you aren't forced into by default it'd be okay.

I'd have to disagree with you on that. Even though the user is not forced to participate in the arenas, you are allowing players that pay to have an advantage over those that choose not to within the game play your server provides. Therefore it'd be considered against the EULA and thus not allowed.

You could see it as selling a specific kit for Survival Games only to those that choose to pay for it with real money. Surely it's limited to only to the Survival Games arenas, but the game play in there is changed in such a way that those that pay do get an unfair advantage compared to the other players.

 

[MeskenasBoii]

If that advantage exists in arenas, and only arenas, an aspect of the game which you aren't forced into by default it'd be okay.

What about regarding with only wilderness that advantage includes? And you wouldn't be forced into there by default too

 

[Loony]

What about regarding with only wilderness that advantage includes? And you wouldn't be forced into there by default too

If you have a feature on your server (such as a gamemode, minigame etc) it's considered gameplay.

 

[MeskenasBoii]

And that would mean... what? I'

 

[UnlitedOwns]

And that would mean... what? I'

Then that'd mean it's against the EULA since you're affecting the gameplay experience of players by giving paying customers an advantage over non-paying customers. See my previous post(s) for more detail on that.

 

[MeskenasBoii]

That still would make no god damn sense to allow pay2win in arenas and not survival. You aren't forced to play in wilderness too, so I don't know why they wouldn't applied this rule in arena gameplay.

 

[UnlitedOwns]

That still would make no god damn sense to allow pay2win in arenas and not survival. You aren't forced to play in wilderness too, so I don't know why they wouldn't applied this rule in arena gameplay.

I think you misunderstood me. I am saying that it is NOT allowed in Arenas nor in the Survival. Jackson and Pickle9775 were saying that this was allowed in arenas as you were not forced in to it, however this statement is incorrect in accordance with the EULA.