I would not do it on the server. If you are joined to a server, many people will not read a long message. In the forums it would be possible :)Hello there!
What is my suggestion?
I am suggesting to add a small message in chat for the new players of our amazing server. This message will only be shown to the players that join the server for the first time. Same thing with the forums: when someone creates an account on the Forums, the message will pop-up.
The messages
The message for the in-game chat would look like this:
"Hello <username>!
Welcome to our amazing community!
To ensure that everyone is having a pleasant time playing our games, we would recommend you to read our Official Rules on our website.
You can find the rules via this link ---> https://www.cubecraft.net/threads/official-rules.134453/
Now it's time for you to enjoy our games!
Massive love,
the CubeCraft team"
The message for the Forums would look like this:
"Hello <Forums username>!
Welcome to our amazing community!
To ensure that everyone is having a pleasant time on our forums we would recommend you to read our Official Forum Rules.
You can find the rules via this link ---> https://www.cubecraft.net/threads/official-rules.134453/
Now it's time for you to enjoy our Forums!
Massive love,
the CubeCraft team"
Why would this be useful?
This would probably increase the amount of players that actually read the rules. Consequently less players would break the rules unintentionally.
Note:
These messages would not force the new players to read the rules. The messages are just recommendations.
Thank you for reading. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.
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