TOPIC: [TTT] Rule clarification - Chat languages

Server Name:
TTT 1 - 24/7 Minecraft

Suggestion Title:
Clarify in the rules if the only acceptable languages in chat are english

How would it benefit the server:
Gives staff clarity regarding how to deal with people speaking different languages.

Potential Issues/Exploits:
No solid evidence of rule braking if infraction is in voice chat.

Additional notes:
Today I witnessed a multitude of people being gaged or warned for not speaking english, however this is not explicitly covered in the rules (rules only currently cover player names) and while some staff noted that it can be considered disrespect, in my oppinion is not acceptable practice, especially since we have rules against discrimination and staff state what languages they speak in their applicatons (often multiple)

I don't think it is fair to the playerbase to punish for rules that are not made clear (What if over 50% of the online players wanted to speak a different language, surely then it's disrespectful for people to speak english?)

Speaking/writing in a different language is allowed and it is not in the rules.
I even asked Max (The server owner and community developer) and Captin (the other server owner) and they said that it is allowed.
However Max said it was allowed, but Captin said it is counted as disrespect, I don't really see that though.

Oh come on. If it is allowed to speak in a different language and then is counted as disrespect, then it's disrespect to not know their language.

It's disrespectful to speak in a language that's not the socially accepted norm.

Like, if you're talking in English and I suddenly start speaking in Dutch then that's a disrespectful thing to do.

As Raeker said, it is classified under the rule of disrespect.

Staff members are also able to use google translate in some situations in order to get the gist of what they are saying

Raeker wrote:
If the majority starts to speak 1 other language ex. German then it will be disrespectful to speak in english which flips the rule against you. You cant warn someone for disrespect for speaking another language because its so minor that if we take it into account every swear word will be noted down as disrespectful.

Let me clear this up as I was there when it was discussed with para

Back in my day we enforced this aswell on deathrun muting/gagging people that spoke different languages with the intention that staff couldn't understand allowing them to break certain rules put in place as no one knew what they were saying

However if I'm correct para said that this has never been an official rule as u can't force people to speak English and if it was to be made an official rule than it needs to be voting on by the community itself which has never happened and therefore the staff outings and gagging players are in the wrong

AA RFLeX wrote: You didn't read what Raeker clearly stated. He didn't say the language that the majority speaks. He said the language that's counted as the socially accepted norm. An that language is English. If you speak another language that only about 12 million of the earth's population know it isn't disrespectful until a person that does not understand it asks you to speak a language everybody knows but they still continue. You can ask the man that removed the English only rule if you don't understand why it's counted as disrespect but when you do you'll understand.

Luki_Guki wrote: You cant punish someone for not talking the same language as you. There is no rule that specifically says you cant speak any other language than English because if you count that as disrespect then everything that is not polite its disrespectful.

Typically speaking a server needs to have one set language so that the quality of gameplay on the server is sufficient for everyone.

If they don't know english, they should not be permitted to play.