What are boundaries?
Boundaries, also referred to as streamer's limits, represent the personal thresholds that certain content creators establish within their community. These limits are designed to ensure both the comfort of the content creator and the community as a whole. Some common examples of boundaries include:
- Streamer 1's request to avoid involving their character in romantic pairings.
- Streamer 2's preference to steer clear of NSFW fanart featuring their character.
- And so on.
Respecting these boundaries is of utmost importance. Disregarding them not only affects the community but also has a direct impact on the content creator. Your actions or words could potentially upset them. This page is dedicated to compiling the boundaries of every content creator in the QSMP community. If you believe that something needs to be added or corrected, we encourage you to leave your feedback in the comment section. This feedback will be reviewed and, if appropriate, incorporated into the page.
By adhering to these boundaries, we contribute to a more harmonious and respectful community environment. Let's ensure that every member of the QSMP community feels comfortable, valued, and understood.
General Boundaries
COMMON SENSE
Common sense is a fundamental boundary that applies to every content creator. This principle is simple: refrain from actions you wouldn't appreciate being done to you or anything that might make a content creator uncomfortable. Uncertain about a particular action? No worries! Just hold off on it and check with the lists of boundaries on this page, or simply ask others for guidance. My (Admin Neovres) DMs are always open, and I'm more than willing to assist and address any inquiries.
Remember, the more we respect the common sense boundary, the less content creators have to establish specific personal boundaries. Let's all be considerate; our goal is to have fun, not to test boundaries or make anyone feel cornered. By being mindful, we create a more comfortable environment for everyone.
Some content creators have more specific and not so obvious boundaries except common sense, so I recommend to get familiar with this page just in case. Accidents happen and this page was created to spread information in order to reduce frequency of the slip ups.
NO SHIPPING WITH MINORS
A guideline falling under the common sense boundary. Do not ship anyone with minors. There are no underage content creators on the QSMP server but it is a general rule worth mentioning.
DON'T HATE ON OR ATTACK THEIR FRIENDS
A guideline falling under the common sense boundary. While some content creators explicitly state it in their boundaries and others do not, it's important to address this obvious principle: refrain from making hurtful remarks in streamers' chats, on Twitter, or elsewhere — particularly when speaking on behalf of another content creator.
- Remember, they're all friends; there's no need to spread unnecessary among them. Don't take roleplay seriously, it's just them acting and having fun.
- Even in the event of a serious matter, avoid intervening or speaking for someone else. These are adults capable of resolving their own issues.
NO METAGAMING/CHATHOPPING/BACKSITTING
This principle revolves around avoiding metagaming and chathopping. Metagaming refers to using out-of-character (OOC) knowledge in-character (IC), which can disrupt the immersive experience for both content creators and viewers. Chathopping involves switching between different content creators' streams in order to gather information and "report it" to a streamer or influence events.
However, it's crucial not to take this rule to an extreme. While it's helpful to remind people of its existence, never resort to hostility toward those who may not fully comprehend or even be aware of the boundary. Let's share knowledge, not animosity, and keep in mind that at the end of the day it's just Minecraft roleplay.
Backsitting = telling the streamer what to do or how to do something. Do not do it unless they ask chat directly and explicitly.
Creator-Specific Boundaries
- Common sense.
- NO meta-gaming (unless specifically asked for)!! Antoine hates to be spoiled what’s happening on the QSMP. Refrain from talking about any event his character is not supposed to be aware of.
- His channel is technically flagged as an 18+ one and he makes occasional sexual jokes. However this is not an invitation to sexualize him or say NSFW things in chat.
- Common sense.
- BadBoyHalo's pronouns are he/him but he doesn't mind if someone uses other ones when referring to him. He's fine with people calling him by his real name but prefers "BadBoyHalo" or derivatives. Both of these boundaries are discussed in this clip.
- He's ok with people using photos of his minecraft skin as profile pictures as long as they don't get involved in any dramas or controversial situations.
- Keep any negative comments about his appearance to yourself.
- Don't invade his personal life, if you see him IRL don't stalk him, just ask for a photo. However, he is not comfortable with hugging people he's not close with so don't ask him for that!
- He likes and encourages fanart but is not comfortable with 18+ stuff. Keep you art involving him SFW! Same rules apply to cosplay.
- However, he doesn't mind mild-slight gore. He draws lines at very explicit gore (e.g. eating someone liver) as seen here.
- He doesn't mind people creating and selling products featuring things related to him/his character as long as the artwork is original and not marketed as official merchandise.
- He's ok with being shipped as long as it's not with someone who has boundaries against shipping (Either with him or with shipping in general, reminder is they are real people). Please, avoid excessive mentions of ships in donations or other direct interactions with him though.
- Don't compare his relationships to his friendship with Skeppy, f.ex. asking "Who do you prefer, Skeppy or XYZ?", he doesn't like it.
- Keep donations or comments in general SFW.
- Common sense.
- Common sense.
- He's not interested in romantic roleplay.
- Don't be a weirdo (no sexualization, no NSFW).
- Any hate towards his friends will result in a ban in his Twitch chat.
- Don't tell him what to do, f.ex. to sleep/to eat.
- Common sense.
- He's ok with shipping.
- He doesn't mind simping as long as it doesn't go too far. Don't overly sexualize him, he doesn't like it.
- Fanart is ok, that including edits. fancams, fanfiction etc.
- He's fine with being called both Foolish or Noah.
- Don't self promo in his donations. Don't trauma dump or send triggering stuff in his donations.
- Don't call him "dad" or any derivatives, especially in donations. He may be fine with it but it makes chat uncomfortable.
- Respect his and his family's private life.
- He's ok with being hit on (f.ex. cringy pickup lines) in donations, but again, don't go too far.
- Do not sexualize him or say any weird things about him in front of his sisters or in their mentions, replies, Twitch chats, etc.
- Don't tell him to rest/go to sleep, he doesn't like it. He is an adult and doesn't need us to know how to take care of himself. Messages like this sent in his Twitch chat are likely to result in a timeout.
- Common sense.
- He's not comfortable with sharing his real name, so don't look it up and don't try to get him to say it. If for some reason you find it, don't call him that name.
- Don't invade and try to find out things regarding his private life. What we know about his family is what he shares with us live or on social media. Don't be a weirdo.
- Respect his family in general.
- If the other person doesn't mind, he's okay with his character being shipped. But as he said once, "as long as nobody is disrespected". However, do not tag him on ship content or use his fanart hashtag for ship art, don't bring up ships in his donos/stream chat. If you're talking about ships, better put "luz-" (f.ex. luzgetta) as the hashtag/instead of his name.
- He likes fanart.
- Respect each other, respect the community.
- Common sense.
- Do not ship him with anyone, irl or cubito. Along with that, no NSFW/suggestive talks about him or his cubito.
- No fanfics/au's involving his cubito. (If you have already written it, do not further include him in future writing projects.)
- Don't take the ship between Pac and Mike seriously, even if they and the fandom make jokes about it, the boys consider themselves brothers, don't cross the line.
- Don't spam ship related stuff in chat.
- Don't go too with insulting his as a joke, it can end up being annoying and disrespectful.
- Do not insist or try to force him to do something, it will only make him lose his motivation.
- Respect Barb (Mike's wife).
- Respect his personal life, don't insist on too intimate questions.
- Common sense.
- Don't pressure him to stream. He's mainly a youtuber and doesn't have much time to create live content. A community rule is not to pressure him to be active either on YouTube, Twitch or any other social media.
- Don't compare him with other content creators.
- Respect other content creators. Do not participate in any form of attack on another person.
- Mafer (his girlfriend) and any other friend of his aren't responsible for what he does or doesn't do. Don't spam on their channels asking about him. Do not harass other creators by asking them to react to his content or interact with him.
- Don't spam telling him what to do in his Twitch chat. Don't metagame.
- He likes and encourages fanart. Keep it SFW though.
- He's not a fan of shipping him with people other than his girlfriend but allows it as long as it's not too intense. Only ship his character, not him IRL.
- Toxic behavior in his Twitch chat is likely to result in a ban.
- Reuploading his streams on YouTube doesn't bother him as long as it's not monetized.
- He's uncomfortable with people impersonating him on social media and reuploading his instagram stories etc.
- If he shares a part of his unpublished yet music on stream, do not upload it anywhere before him.
- Common sense.
- It's okay to ship his character as long as it's not brought into real life.
- Don't take the ship between Pac and Mike seriously, even if they and the fandom make jokes about it, the boys consider themselves brothers, don't cross the line.
- Don't spam ship related stuff in chat.
- Don't go too with insulting his as a joke, it can end up being annoying and disrespectful.
- Do not insist or try to force him to do something, it will only make him lose his motivation.
- Respect his personal life, don't insist on too intimate questions.
- He spoke about people drawing his character in a bodysuit and said seeing a lot of fanarts sexualizing him makes him uncomfortable. The fanartists don't need to stop completely, just tone it down and don't make every fanart like this.
- Common sense.
- He's fine with any form of fanart as long as it's SFW.
- He's not comfortable with being shipped with people other than Kristin (his wife).
- He's fine with being considered a father figure.
- Don't vent and trauma dump in his stream donations. Don't send flirty donations.
- He's very uncomfortable with being called a DILF.
- Phil has expressed disapproval of the Twitter selfie day trend due to the dangers it can pose to fans and said he would not be okay with any in his name.
- Common sense.
- Don't use his face/name as your profile picture/username if you are going to get into dramas. controversies etc. Roier himself has made it clear that these people do not represent him and are not part of his community.
- He's fine with shipping his character, not so much him IRL.
- Don't use streamer+roier for shipnames, that's for duos only.
- Fanart is ok but within reason, nothing 18+.
- Jokes and memes of him are fine, just try not to be repetitive.
- Don't assume things about him, his private life, his personal relationships.
- He doesn't like when other's streamers content is minimized. Don't say things like "You're better/funnier than [streamer]", "I'd rather watch you than watch [streamer]".
- Don't ask controversial questions, especially in donations.
- Don't force interactions with other streamers. Don't metagame, don't chathop.
- Roier is a person as well as a streamer, respect him!
- Common sense.
- Normal messages or bits messages asking for money, with controversial opinions or telling him stories about death (specially pets) make him feel uncomfortable, so please don't do it, keep the nice vibes in the stream.
- He is not aware of the viewers amount because he doesn't want to know, so don't tell him how many people is watching the stream, nobody cares.
- Rubius already knows what he is going to do during the stream, you can suggest him any activity but don't force him to play something or join someone else.
- Sometimes he is bad at games and chat makes fun of him, he's fine with it but repeatedly it can be annoying, so don't overdo it.
- If you don't like the content Rubius is giving at any moment, you can always leave the stream instead of saying he is boring or wanting him to change the game/activity.
- He NEVER joins in any polemic or gossip, whatever opinion he has, he will say it when he considers it.
- Avoid making comments about his body. He usually makes jokes about it but eventually he may show it's uncomfortable for him.
- Rubius has a lot of friends to play with. Don't complain if he plays with someone you don't like. You can always leave the stream and return later, instead of leaving toxic comments about any of them.
- He doesn't mind shipping as long as it's not IRL. Ship his character only.
- Don't metagame/chathop.
- Common sense.
- Do not defend him unnecessarily, he can defend himself.
- Do not force him to interact with someone else.
- Do not call him by nicknames like "my baby", "my boyfriend", "my boy" etc. He has expressed he doesn't like to be called that since he does not belong to anyone. Don't treat him like your property.
- Don't sexualize him nor his minecraft character.
- Having a profile picture related to his person in any way is ok unless you get involved in conflicts or controversies online.
- He's not comfortable with people posting clips of him crying on social media, using them for edits etc.
- He doesn't mind if you use his real name when referring to him.
- He doesn't mind to be treated as a comfort streamer.
- Do not ship him, he's not comfortable with it. He does not do romantic roleplay, don't bug him about it.
- Don't upload clips of him talking about a controversial subjects on social media, people usually take it out of context and cut it. If you're going to post something like this, at least upload the full clip so you don't spread misinformation.
- Respect his and his family's personal life. Do not look for, bother, harass relatives or close friends of Spreen, since in this way you are invading their privacy.
- Don't assume his sexuality after seeing a 5 second tiktok clip joking with a friend. [Admin note: please, do not assume anyone's sexuality in general.]
- Do not write fanfictions about him.
- Don't be toxic, don't hate on his friends.
- He doesn't mind being complimented (examples: cute, beautiful, handsome), but again, don't go too far.
- Common sense.
- No NSFW, although violent themes in fanworks are ok (death, gore).
- He doesn't mind shipping as long as the other person is ok with it as well.
- He doesn't mind people writing fanfictions about him.
- He is fine with people using things related to him as their profile pictures/usernames.
- Respect his privacy, everything he wants us to know he shares on social media.
- Fanart in any form is ok. He doesn't mind if, in fanwork, you present him as an opposite gender (genderbending).
- He doesn't mind people having tattoos related to him but he won't design or give an idea for one.
- Will has said that he doesn't care if people use his music for "aesthetic purposes" and that fans can do whatever they want with it as long as it's something creative and they don't use his music to "push some fascist shit". He also said everyone is free to have their own interpretations of his songs.
- Common sense.
- No personal questions.
- Do not mention other streamers unless brought up first by 악어.
- Do not use this "__" emoticon/expression.
- Conversations with specific individuals are not permitted in the chat, focus on topics related to the stream instead.
- No spamming.
- Do not post links to other sites.
- No swearing.
- No spoiler inducing questions, no spoilers.
- Shipping is not allowed.
Egg/Admin Boundaries
- Common sense.
- Please don't comment on my sleep schedule! And don't make theories about my sleep either :) I know what I'm doing!
- Please don't ask me who is my favorite parent as I don't have one. And don't tell me I "hate the french", because it's not true at all :'D
- Please don't harass the streamers to spend time with me!
- Don't ship me with other eggs! We're all siblings, it's weird.
- Keep in mind that I'm a person and I'm trying my best :D So please avoid the rude & mean comments! :')
- Basic common sense :D
- Common sense.
- Just know that i check the word ramon, adm/admin, and qsmp13 sometimes and all i ask you is to be respectful towards me,
- Don't ask me to do things. i will not do them if i dont feel like it,
- Please dont tag me or whatever in things not related to my character.
- Common sense.
- Please be respectful and don't assume my identity.
References
Credits
- ↑ https://twitter.com/UpdatesAntoine?s=20 ; https://updatesantoine.carrd.co/#four
- ↑ Boundary thread in Portugese
- ↑ https://twitter.com/CellbitENG?s=20 ; https://cellbiteng.carrd.co/#I
- ↑ https://twitter.com/EtoilesUpdate?s=20 ; https://etoilesupdates.carrd.co/#rules
- ↑ https://twitter.com/confusedtotem/status/1382022021186486276?s=20 ; https://twitter.com/foolishmoon_/status/1663309999022415875?s=20
- ↑ English boundary list
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TZC_updates?s=20 ; English and Portuguese boundary list
- ↑ English boundary list ; Spanish boundary list
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TZC_updates?s=20 ; https://tazercraftuploads.carrd.co/#pag4
- ↑ https://www.tumblr.com/smp-boundaries/632701366681370624/list-of-boundaries-ph1lza-minecraft-misstrixtin?source=share
- ↑ https://twitter.com/RoierGLOBAL/status/1672029607631937536?s=20
- ↑ https://twitter.com/NanekoNya/status/1638619894877921305?s=20
- ↑ https://twitter.com/reguritrue/status/1671716311502561283?t=7QAJVWYKsVpL_6aX-KLzoA&s=19 ; https://twitter.com/SprexnTuki/status/1657412350104797187?t=7QAJVWYKsVpL_6aX-KLzoA&s=19 ; https://twitter.com/baukyz/status/1633219862292996096?s=20
- ↑ Boundary list in Portugese
- ↑ https://twitter.com/uhgYuji/status/1637539194762412034?t=bpXnCXNyHvrTmKuLMN934A&s=19
- ↑ English boundary list
- ↑ https://twitter.com/PommeUpdates/status/1696698458789253523?s=20
- ↑ Timestamp: 46:53 - 51:13 https://youtu.be/ukykOYSvFlY?si=88sfASz3plg5Px0n&t=2813
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