Boosting your FOV ?!

[Pweto]

So recently some of my friends have been "boosting their FOV" in.minecraft settings. It seemed like a good idea but I just wanted to make sure it was not considered a form of hacking? Is it against the MCGamer rules?

 

[Pixelatorx2]

Anything changeable in you Mincraft Settings (without the use of any extra client) is allowed.

 

[GetRidaHim]

So recently some of my friends have been "boosting their FOV" in.minecraft settings. It seemed like a good idea but I just wanted to make sure it was not considered a form of hacking? Is it against the MCGamer rules?

Anything changeable in you Mincraft Settings (without the use of any extra client) is allowed.

Boosting/Increasing your FOV is against the rules as it provides an unfair advantage to other players, if you are caught doing so, you risk being removed from our network temporarily, or permanently depending on the situation.

Let's take a look into the rules, the following text is quoted directly from the official MCGamer rules found HERE, or by clicking this link: http://www.minecraftsurvivalgames.com/threads/mcsg-updated-rules-version-3-0.12254/

2. No Hacked or Modded clients are allowed EVER: Mods that give unfair advantages are not allowed.

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  • Any suspicion of using a client can earn a temp ban or a permanent ban depending on the situation. Even discussing hacked clients on our servers is worthy of a tempban.
  • Anything outside of a vanilla client that provides an unfair advantage (x-ray, minimap, radars, force fields, speedhacking, better sprint mod, ect.) is considered a modded or hacked client!
  • A detailed list of the mods we do not allow will be provided.
  • If you use mods to increase your FPS or textures like the watermod, it's OK! We just don't like the ones where you modify your character's performance.
  • If you are caught or the administration has suspicion of you using hacks, your ranking and leaderboard scores are subject to be reset to the defaults.
  • Admitting to using a modded/hacked client, even jokingly, will result in a ban
  • If you are unsure if a certain mod is allowed or not, as a staff member before using it.
  • This includes modifying files in your .minecraft to give a advantage such as increasing the gamma to give effect of full bright.

Allowed Mods list:

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  • Optifine
  • Shaders Mod or "GLSL Shaders"
  • Toomanyitems
  • Armorstatus
  • Directionhub
  • Multiplayer profiles mod
  • Macros Mod [only for staff since normal members can use it to break rules]
  • Camera Studio
  • Animated Players Mod

This list will update over time.

Any mods not posted on the mods list should be verified with staff before using.

I have bolded important parts in the text for ease of reading.

That being said DO NOT change any of your Minecraft settings in your .minecraft folder if it provides an unfair advantage, this means increasing FOV, Gamma, etc.

Hopefully this cleared a few things up for you, if not feel free to PM me on the forums, or contact me on the TeamSpeak if I am available (ts.mcgamer.net)

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