The standard rules are as follows:. We are all playing the same game with the same features, therefore:. Hardcore Mode. |--| Vanilla Minecraft, no mods, except Batty's and Optifine. |--| Current version, or latest Batty version. |--| Same World Type (usually Large Biome). |--| Same Seed. |--| Same Structures (OFF or ON). |--| 2. No skipping the night by sleeping in beds. |--| 3. No harming passive mobs, drops from legal deaths may be used. |--| 4. No eating the meat from passive mobs, Zombie flesh and fish are okay. |--| 5. Brightness set at 100%. |--| 6. No AFK crop growth, or AFK mob grinding, or AFK anything else. |--| 7. No duplicate world info, except other player's vids on following episodes. |--| 8. Everything on-camera at normal speed. |--| 9. Episodes run from sun-up to sun-up. |--| 10. Post episodes every Monday and Friday, or a day early. |--| 11. No one dies on episode one. |--| 12. Restoring from a backup copy of the world is forbidden under any circumstances. |--| 13. No violence against other players or suicide. |--| 14. Michael Deering may not change the rules after the Announcement video. |--| 15. In team play, survivors must build a memorial or grave site for fallen players. Any changes to these rules, outside of monthly special rules, will be decided by the MHC players as a group..