Defining Griefing for New Comers

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This is a topic in which "griefing" is defined as it pertains to Kiwike.

Most are familiar with the term "griefing" and its definition. Griefing is the act of intentionally performing an action the primary purpose of which is meant to cause irritation and grief to a second party for one's own amusement.


Griefing as defined on Kiwike is similar to that which is commonly held across the online gaming community. However, Kiwikie has a different working definition that is actually dramatically different than what is commonly held and what most others are use to. The most important aspect to take into consideration in determining if an action is griefing is the PURPOSE behind the action, not the action itself.



In Kiwikie, the following is the definition of griefing:

Griefing- Breaking any block that has been placed by another player to which you have no claim*.

With this definition, the PURPOSE no longer has any meaning as to whether or not the action is considered griefing. This means, for example, that breaking another person's block in order to steal said block is not allowed. There are exceptions to this as described by Yotta, one being as follows:

If a block is placed for the purpose of being stored, (ie. a diamond block placed inside a storage room, serving no purpose, aesthetic or structural) that block may be broken and "stolen" without it being considered griefing. However, if a block is being used for decoration or as a structural block, that block may NOT be broken and stolen without it being considered griefing.


Instances such as this are judged on a case by case basis and may be held stricter or looser depending on the situation and admin/moderator involved.



*It is commonly held that as long as an attempt to replace the block is made, it is no longer considered griefing, though there has been no official statement as whether this is a rule. However, this means that the exception listed above has a loophole in that a structure/aesthetic block may be stolen and replaced with a block of lesser value and will not be considered griefing. How said loophole is dealt with does not have a precedent and as such is indeterminable at this time.


tl;dr

Griefing means destroying another person's block, period. (Unless you replace it.)