1. No they are not allowed.
2. Yes, but you cannot break bedrock. For example the ladder and epearl trick is fine, or get a tp from someone willing to tp you up there. Beware, they might just be doing it to kill you tho.
3. We have always been a pure vanilla server that hasn't used paper/spigot. Lag typically improves once people have settled more and aren't loading brand new chunks as frequently.

You can check out our rules Here that answer some of these questions.

Hi there,

As you've already guessed, we taking hacking here very seriously. It may seem like just a little helping hand in the moment, but it's an advantage and a cheat that makes the game unfair for those who play fairly. This appeal is denied.

Best of luck elsewhere,
Dennari

Hi there,
We appreciate the apology, however that doesn't change the fact that you were using an unfair advantage over other players. Autoclickers are explicitly mentioned in the rules as a form of cheating and any form of cheating is not tolerated here. I hope you keep that software uninstalled and play fairly from now on, but that will have to be on another server. This appeal is denied.

Best of luck elsewhere,
Dennari

Hello, I am the mod that banned you. You had been warned several times both with staff messaging you and with server warnings and you ignored all of these. However, thank you for finally changing your skin. You will be unbanned. Please listen to staff warnings in the future. Welcome back.

Look up Bunny the talking dog. She uses a board of buttons to communicate. She's recently started asking more existential questions that are honestly quite terrifying to hear a dog ask.

Personally I have always loved dogs for their dramatic and wildly diverse personalities. I also think cats are very misunderstood and a lot of people don't know how to properly interact with cats.

Also you have to earn a dog's trust too. That's not just for cats. I have a rescue border collie and it took several years for her to start behaving like a regular dog because of how badly she was mistreated before we got her. Every day we see her open up more and become more comfortable around us, trust us, love us. Food didn't win her over. Patience and trust building won her over. I think a lot of people think of a dog as that dumb fat middle class golden retriever that barely learned how to sit and stay and was bought as a puppy. Nearly every dog I have ever owned has been a rescue and they are definitely not dumb or trust you with just table scraps. Dogs can also pick up on your body language and tell when you are angry, sad, hurting, the same way a cat can.

Cats and dogs are probably equal here. The real question is how dumb some birds are, cause there used to be a cardinal that thought it's reflection in our car windows was it's enemy and would attack the windows. It only did this to the car windows, nothing else.

I also really enjoy it when it pops up in chat. It almost feels like the best kind of compliment you can give in a pvp game. Personally, I don't see an issue with it simply because of how it's presented. The all caps and the xx spelling of it definitely feels like it's being said jokingly and the overall tone of it is very lighthearted. For me at least, the server saying it in an obviously joking manner is perfectly fine and nearly every player that has read the rules or been on the server for a bit should be able to understand the difference between the server making a joke and a player making an accusation that could cause someone to be kicked or banned.

It feels like a super minor issue, if at all, but if anyone has an opinion on this, I encourage you to comment what you think about this.

Hello,
I'm the mod that banned you. As this was a requested ban, you'll be unbanned immediately. Welcome back to the server.

Despite this not being a legitimate ban appeal, and PapaNeon having summed it up so well already, I will answer this anyways.
I am the mod that banned you. Any form of cheating is not allowed on our server.

Appeal denied. Best of luck elsewhere.

Hello, I'm the mod that banned you. I am well aware of the "lag-ray" joking that was going on in chat, and despite joking about xraying being taken very seriously here and can lead to a ban, that is not the reason you were banned. I watched you showing off your "lucky diamond finding ability" as you mined your way directly to diamonds, calling out where it was before ever reaching it. That luck of yours must be divinely sent to pull off something like that. Per our server rules, any form of cheating will not be tolerated.

I wish you the best of luck on other servers
-Den

No I wouldn't kill them. I wouldn't trust them either, however, unless I had prior interactions with them or they had established themselves as a trustworthy person. I would accept their help, but I would be cautious and ready to defend myself during the entire interaction.