I’ve brought this up a few times in the past, about having the rules in the motd (also, typing /motd in 1.6 doesn’t work anymore).
Personally, I skim the motd when I join servers. I know a lot of people don’t, but like I said in previous comments on this topic, if they try to argue that they don’t know the rules, well, it was available for viewing so they can’t claim ignorance if they break a rule. Basically we could just throw in their face a, “Well, the rules were there. You should’ve read them.”
It’s like the fine print of a contract. If you overlook them and break a rule, we’re not at fault.
Also, if you upload Adam’s motd, please fix the map list. It says scounz instead of scoutz. 