Is this acceptable?

No, mods are not allowed. Not even OSP/CPMA.

yeah no mods is fair, what about running on 1.16 or 1.11

i see in another forum post a user says only 1.32. just curious what the justification is

You can use any vanilla version you want. We only said that you don't need any specific version, so you just use 1.32c

oh ok thanks, i understood wrong