For everyone

Please respect people in server for effective development & conversation.

Unallowed

Pinging someone without a reason (by typing @username)
Continue pinging when someone says they don't want to be pinged
Sending single unnecessary messages.
Spam and flood
- Keep your thoughts together in the least amount of lines possible
Insulting & rude behaviors (This includes being racist, homophobic and xenophobic.)
Changing your Discord name way too frequently
Posting an URL (either it being sketchy or not) without any comment
Sending gore, NSFW images, nazist or fascist jokes, political or religion fights (polemic)
Do some uncomfortable behavior using server member's creation (pfp, drawing, sprite)
Impersonating another member
- For example, changing profile picture and nickname to the same as other member
Not listening to the staff
- They are there before you, they know the rules and have power over you.
- Respect them and listen to them because they help making the server friendly and effective for everybody.
- If they tell you to stop, you stop.
Using/stealing SFMB's material (such as sprites and music) without permission.

You must

Use common sense
Respect channel descriptions

Recommended things

Set your Discord profile picture to recognize you easily
Use a mentionable name
Stay online in the server as often as possible

Warning system

If you violate the rules rules or show harmful behavior, you will get a warning.
Each warning has a warning-point. If you reach the limit, you will get kicked from the server, and lose your access to the game.
Warnings may get revoked after a time if you behave well.
Some things may guarantee an instant kick from the game. Be careful.

For newbies

You need to do some more steps to become Beta Tester
If you break a rule, you will be forced out of the beta test.
If you exit from this server, you will lose your game account.

How do I finally become beta tester?

Read all of rules(this page) carefully.
After read all, you can try quiz.
- Go #play_with_bot channel and type !quiz and then quiz starts immediately. - SFMB-Bot will ask you at least 7 questions via DM. You just have to choose the answer to the quiz.
  - Each quiz is given 60 seconds, and any more than 60 seconds is considered a failure.
  - All questions are currently available in seven languages. If your language is not supported, sorry, select English.
- You will be promoted to beta tester only if you get all the given questions correct.
- Your quiz test results (scores) are shared on #beta-tester channel.
- If you fail the quiz, you will not be kicked from the server, and you can try again. But if you keep failing in a row, the manager can kick you out.
- If you are unable to proceed smoothly due to an error in the quiz system, please contact neoarc.
After you passed quiz, now you can download the game.
Go to the #play_with_bot channel and enter the !downloader command.
You will receive 2 things by DM.
- Downloader file
- DropBox link

After downloading The Downloader

Extract the archive to a folder that ONLY contains English characters.
Run MarioDownloader.exe
Enter your informations correctly. (only one chance, so careful)
You will see Your account is pending state.
Wait until accepted notification, you will receive mention in #notification
After accepted notification, run MarioDownloader.exe again.
- If you have been running the leaked version and have not confessed/reported to the moderators about it, you will not be able to proceed further at this stage and will see a message like this: You don't have permission to login.
- See the [[sfmb_betatest_community_rules/#unban-guide]]{Unban guide} in this article.
Downloader will download game, if finished, game will be launched automatically.
From now, you don't need MarioDownloader.exe (you can delete it)
Game will download more files and be updated automatically.

Unban guide

If you have run a leaked version in the past, you will not be able to log into the game until you are unbanned, as the game server will not allow you to log in.
- You will see a message like this: You don't have permission to login.'
You must send a report to developer(Neo) that includes the following information
- The source of the leak you ran (e.g. a specific youtube link)
- The version of the leak you ran (e.g. 7.25.12345)
- The executability of the leak you ran (e.g., unable to run the game, able to run Map Editor)

For beta testers

Playing the Game

You are free to play, assuming you enjoy the game fairly.
Do not try to hack the game's memory by using external tools (such as Cheat Engine)
- Game will detect it and then you'll lose your account.
Do not upload test stages (or bug stages) to the Stage World.

Stage creating

Stage uploading

Do not upload:
- Bug/Test Stages
- Has something that degrade/blame specific people
- That can, with creator's intenton, crash the game or make it cause lag
- Abusing something that makes stage impossible to be beaten.
- In these cases, stage moderators will ask you to edit the stage first.
  - If nothing changes, the stages will be rated 0
  - Or deleted from stage world.

Record/Upload video & Streaming

You can make or stream a video of this game. - You are responsible for any risks caused by the video (e.g. your account is warned, etc.)
When you upload or stream a video, you must share the link on the #video channel.
The title of the game must be clearly stated.
- For example, the title should not be called Mario Maker.
Don't refer to this game as [Mario Maker for PC] for the purpose of increasing views or any other purpose.

Bug Reporting

Report bugs in #bug and follow the [[sfmb_bug_reporting_guide]]{Bug Reporting Guide}.
Reports must use the required format and must not combine unrelated bugs.
You may repeat an existing report when it provides useful confirmation, but repeated reports must not become spam.
Do not ping the Developer merely to attract attention or use staff-only status reactions.
Moderators may ask you to clarify an incomplete report or remove a report that does not follow the required format.

Requests & Ideas

You must hold at least one Special Role to post in #request. See [[sfmb_community_roles/#special-roles]]{Community Roles — Special Roles}.
Follow the [[sfmb_request_guide]]{Request Guide} and check existing requests and the [[sfmb_roadmap]]{Roadmap} before posting.
You may repeat an existing request when it adds useful context or confirms continued interest, but repeated requests must not become spam.
Do not ping or pressure the Developer for a decision or use staff-only status reactions.
Moderators may ask you to clarify or revise a request, or remove one that uses the wrong channel, omits the required format, contains unrelated ideas, becomes spam, or otherwise violates the Community Rules.

Contribute

Here is how you contribute to this game and the community.

You're allowed to help us by submitting your sprites and music into #resource-sprites and #resource-sounds, of course they must be suitable to said theme.
Keep in mind that you must follow the resource submission template in order to submit.
You're also going to help a lot if you report bugs in #bug.
- It's quicker to find out about bugs if they're reported.
You can help newbies by telling them on what to do, such as reading the rules.

Voice Chat

Don't make unnecessary noise
- Include blowing on your mic, screaming, or having music in the background playing.
If your surroundings are way too loud, try using Push to Talk
- It can be set up in the Discord's User Settings, in the Voice & Video section.
If you don't have a microphone, all the topics that are related to the voice chat goes to #voice-chat and #voice-off-topic.
Stay on topic with the current channel
- If you're in mario-multiverse-topic, talk about Mario Multiverse
Speak the correct languages on each channel
- All the channels in the Voice section are english
- You can speak other languages in the International Voice section.
Do NOT stream any NSFW content in the voice channels, such as gore or pornography.
All of the server's rules still apply here!

Resource Contributions

Contributions to resources (sprites, sounds) for this game must use the ResourceCommitter program.

You can find it in #resource-sprite channel's pinned post.
When uploading resources through ResourceCommitter, all messages are automatically created, so there is no form.
But due to limit of discord embed, please keep 'changed' and 'reason' short
- If you must describe longly, write it in txt file and upload it manually.
To delete file by your change (IMPORTANT):
- Make empty new file named as {Original File name} + .removed
- eg. TileOverworld.png.removed
- Commit this file too!

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