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If it's anyone who should be apologizing, it should be me. I got too mad, and I completely lost my deviating philosophy. Apologies and forgive me for making you go out of bed. You aren't rude nor offensive. I lost my mind for a bit tbh. Thanks for the subtle reply, made me realize I'm doing this wrong. No need for skype or TS, cya later mate

reply time! Bird, you are not explaining to me how these plugins are imperfect. And I'm actually quite confused on how you are commenting on the state of the staff. Last time I heard, staff members are supposed to comply despite how much they really want to do something else (it's their job, right?). By saying that staff are simply not going to have enough time to do whatever they want because people are reporting grief seems very, very, very out of place if a server like this has good staff. While LogBlock helps with individual blocks, CoreProtect logs WE changes and allows you to revert WE's, unlike LB. You say it can't cause harm, are you even considering the cons here? By saying any rank, even pre-trial and post-trial should have WE, you are basically giving STRANGERS a LAG TOOL. I'm not saying that WE doesn't help in building, because it surely does. HOWEVER, there are pretty sick-minded people on the internet, especially in child-oriented communities like Minecraft. By giving WE only to those who have proved themselves to be great builders and companions, you are giving WE to those who DESERVE it. Oh, and your comment about the buildcontest seems a bit irrelevant, beacuse you are only stating how it helped you. You are not backing up how this would help the creative server, besides saying that it is a build tool that allows for efficiency. Think about the ranks below yours. You are imposing a one-sided POV here by not finishing my quote in that sentence. I said that Nick can choose to make a gallery world displaying the BC winners. I never JUST said that it has nothing to do with the BC's. Also, you are lacking explanations behind your statements, again. And once again, you disagree but you don't consider the pros. I feel that you are not completely understanding me, or you are just skipping across my message to anything that seems like I'm disagreeing to you (I feel a bit offended if the later is true). The original idea behind the prestige world is to show off the best of the best, but free of any risks of grief that may occur in the preceding world. You are basically stating what I'm stating, but you are limiting the freedom of the ones who deserve recognition. You are taking one idea and replacing it with something irrelevant in the first place. Your idea of gallery (displaying good builds/BC winners) is different from my idea of a prestige world (a non-plot, natural landscape world free of post-trial builds/griefing that can be built upon with builds that exceed expectation). Until you give me valid reasons on why a prestige world is non-beneficial besides this (rude) commenting on why yours is better, I'm going to continue to disagree with your statements. We can go all night if you wish. I don't disagree with the gallery at all. You are actually shunning my idea of a prestige world with a lack of explanation, and that makes me feel offended too. Why don't you argue both sides next time you decide to disagree with me? Consider and describe the pros, and state how the cons are more important, vice versa. If you are encouraging the collection of tokens in order to advance, you are basically suggesting P2W. Now, now, now, I know you can get tokens by voting, but by requiring someone to obtain tokens by voting or donating is basically P2W. A person should be able to have access to unlimited tries until they get it right. We have to consider all skill groups if we talk Minecraft server. Now, P2W definitely benefits the server, mostly because you either A) profit from a donation for tokens or attract a greater audience via voting. But think about being in a lower-skilled builder's shoes. You wouldn't want to vote EVERY SINGLE TIME you want another shot at trials. I wouldn't at least. Hey, I want unlimited plots too. However, I suggested a hard limit because it completely eliminates the threat of what you just said, "unnecessary plot claiming." You are actually self-incriminating yourself, if you haven't noticed. I don't know if you know this, but there is really no way to track whether or not a plot is finished w/o manual staff labor. One can simple /plot finish and /plot auto until they have gone through dozens of plots. Now, if your concern is whether or not you will have enough time to do what you want on the server, I suggest you don't argue w/ me. No, it's not clear to me. It's not clear at all. Until you consider the cons about WE (grief by mass destruction, grief by mass placing, lag) then I will not get your statement. Also, by saying things like "as good as me" is very selfish, even if you don't see it. You are ONLY thinking about yourself and your equivalents (staff builders and people who actually use WE correctly). Listen to what I have to say- WE, while it is huge for efficiency and I would DEFINITELY love to see it, poses a threat that in worst case scenarios require map backups to roll back. Not everyone knows how to use WE correctly, and there's a percentage of people who know how to use it for evil. There are people that actually have to deal with grief (staff and victim) when it happens, and you are not recognizing this. Oh, and I did not say that last quote. Bird, you need to think about why you are disagreeing with me in the first place, rather than saying that your idea is better than mine and shunning it. You need to recognize the pros that I try to bring to this creative server vision. You are not doing this. I find it rude and offensive.

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Ahh, no win. Oh well, next BC you peeps are going down! *whispers* "Something went wrong when I gave Gav, Husker, and Geeves 20 bucks... shoot!"

Hmmm... You all have great answers. Before you continue, let's get this straight that if I disagree with you, you are not wrong. It's just my personal opinions. Slap an IMO in front of all my sentences and we are good to go. Now, let's interpret one by one so I can answer everybody's questions, eh? There are many plugins that can easily be implemented to stop this, such as LogBlock or CoreProtect (which, if I still know my stuff, should be able to do WE rollback). Other than that, there is no region-based protection in my original idea. (With the exception of A. You aren't a person who's been accepted via the trials and you go into the post-trial world or B. plots) I foresaw that deviation would come right away. Let's get some things straight: The concept I had created called for plot worlds becoming multi-purpose. Creation and next-rank application. You didn't seem to mention anything pertaining to the "trial" in your comment, it seems. My original idea was that the plot worlds serve as a trial world too. The old plot world could definitely be kept if a new world was created just for trials. The coin and flat land world also seems promising too; could give real server supporters a reward for their support and voting. Other than that, you were just about in line with anything else I said. OK, big comment: leggo! 1. Ahh, an objection with the quiz. After some thought behind it, yeah I don't really like it either. BUT, that acceptrules command seems promising, and I've seen many plugins around having that specific purpose! 2. I'm not creative guy when it comes to rank names. The idea of the starting "Builder" was thought of with the fact that Server builders are given the prefix '&a[builder] ' (GM or PEX). That's where deviating from the main idea comes in, and you're suggestions are openly welcome. Any rank sounds good to me. 3. I never said that people in the judging/trial phase would have WorldEdit. Quote below. 4. Don't be too harsh, but look for prestige 5. AHA, let's go back to numero numbaaa 3! I suggested that top rank "builders" (AKA, well known in community, rank above post-trial, not to be confused with SERVER BUILDERS) should have WE to top off the fact that they've hit the top level, max prestige, whatever fits the blanks. Oh, and on the second statement. This server has nothing to do with build contests, besides if Nick just so chooses to display the winners in their own world in the creative server. But just in case, let's get the quote too. 6. ahh, number six. Is there any particular reason that there should be no prestige world? This world is meant for server builders and top rank builders (not to be confused with server builders, rank above post-trial). Your remarks on the gallery seem irrelevant if all we put in there are good builds and build contest winners. The objective of the prestige world is to limit the field further. All the top-notch builders, not post-trial, get a world all to themselves. It encourages a "greater great" kind of community. It MAKES you want to be up there, to collaborate with the best of the best. Let's make this simple: The Prestige World is like what the Post-Trial world is to Post-Trial'ers. Only it's for the top rankers. Trial-builders - No entry Post-Trial - No entry Post-Post-Trial - Entry Server builders (your rank) - Entry Staff - Entry 1. Let's add on here. You can't just have a judge plot and a "here you go" kind of statement. If the creative server is to still maintain the plot-kind of server it is right now, it needs to have... well.. a PLOT for the person. Now I know what you are thinking "wut. I just mentioned plot in the comment *insert facepalm here*" HOWEVER, you just gave that plot the intention of it being judged. What if the intention is not to be judged, but rather for simple building. All I'm trying to say is that trial'ers should still be given the ability to build, free of judge remarks. (like if you just wanted to do some redstone, but don't have time to get accepted) 1a. trophy world = gallery right? the idea to layout the builds that earn promotions is genius! it inspires trial'ers to really GO FOR IT! and it gives them ideas on what to do 1b. *ok so far it's goo... heyyyyy wait a minute* I've kinda developed servers enough that going to P2W (pay-to-win [in the form of tokens in this case]) measures is NOT the way to go if you are simply looking at a re-do on trials. Simply, tell them it's inadequate and what they can do to make it better. Ask about whether or not they want to start over, or continue to build and take the advice. Let's use an "oh this isn't good enough, but you can try harder" approach. It gives the server a better rep in terms of friendliness that way 2. Creative miracles = gallery, right? A plot world giving bigger and better plots for post-trial is definitely a good idea to go to. If you don't want your builds to be in the main, building/architecture world or if you are just simply doing redstone, then this is the way to go. However, I slightly disagree with the "3 plots and finished = more plots" notion you made. I personally think that there should be a hard limit on the amount of plots you can make, but it should be a high number of 10 or such. Everyone has their say, I'm not declaring "this or that" to be wrong whatsoever. 3. The gallery, but for worlds? I think we get it 2nd 1. My idea is simply giving the top rankers and above WE, no more, no less. That means they have it everywhere. This has no relations to the build contests in any way. 2nd 2. Agreed. Why haven't we done this already? No more 50 by 50s and Bird will be happy 2nd 3. Good idea. Nothing to say. The tokens work pretty well here. Next question Big builds? Big cities? Why not build them in the main world? You can show it off to others, and allow the people you know (and have passed trials) to add on as they please. Plus, you aren't limited to current plot sizes. As for the conditions of the normal plots, since this is a new idea and it's severely controversial, why not make a new suggestions thread and get the owner ideas on it? It's how this idea got here, and it's how yours can too. That's all I have time for (and I ran outta comments). Tell me if you object to any statements above. I only took comments that had anything to do with deviating from the top to questions regarding the system I've suggested (sorry Husker ) Props if you got down here after that novel. Peace! - pokeball92870

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Now before we start, I'm not going to be dropping hate on the old creative server, just my own personal criticism on it's repetition. OK, let's begin. I have an idea for the creative server to not only make it more fun and enjoyable, but to create a cooler experience for the creative builders of PickAxis. The creative server, as is, is a basic, grid, plotme world, that can be seen in many Networks today. My idea is to not change this, but add onto it. Now sit back and prepare for a long read. Personally, PickAxis is one of my favorite servers, but the creative server is personally a server I don't pay much attention to; simply, the same kind of plot-experience is seen anywhere around the Minecraft community. My idea to further advance the creative server is give it a WoK-like-twist- as in create a world that is apply to build only- but keep the plots in a seperate world where new builders can show off their skills to staff rather than going online to submit pictures of what they've built. Create a new system of ranks seperating prestigious builders from simple, new builders to ones who've been accepted to build in the application-exclusive world. With this system, it not only allows people to easily collaborate to create amazing massive structures, but it gives great builders the freedoms of space, simplicity, and spam. By implementing a new server for approved builders, you are essentially giving the people who've proved themselves a greater reward by allowing them to work together to make a map beautiful. Even better, builders can come together to make fabulous structure that you can show off to attract newer, better builders! Now, if given the green-light (which I doubt) the task of setting up the plugins and creating a new, fool-proof system will definitely take much time. So, I've laid out some guidelines/suggestions in which you could go by if you so happen to approve of this idea- New players to the creative server are sent to the spawn, showing off the server's best builds and laying out the rules to the players. Upon going through spawn, you are taken to a rules-quiz room in which you must answer questions pertaining to the rules in order to actually get the ability to apply for building on the main world. If one passes this stage, they become a new builder, made distinct by a rank simply named [builder] and limited access to parts of the server. [builder]'s after this are given basic permissions, like the ability to chat and creative mode, etc. The new builders are then sent into a portal room bearing two portals- one to the main world, and one to the trial world. The trial world is the world in which builders claim a new plot to apply and be able to build in the main world, a place where approved builders can go together and create great structures. All builds built in the trial world should be built on plots to give the impression of building with detail, and not neccessarily in size or quantity. This allows the people who judge these builds (most likely builders or staff) to actually see the detail that the new [builder]'s are capable of. If a judge finds a builder's build to be worthy of the server, the [builder] is given new sets of permissions and a new rank, beaing the calling card of being approved to build in the main world. By now, this builder should be known in the creative community by other main world builders, so that the new and the old can get along well. ----------------- Everything past this mark is simply beyond the previous statements. ---------------------------- If a main world builder is proven to be well known amongst the community (and the staff), all the while possessing great building skill, that person should be promoted further. At this controversial rank, this person shall gain a new rank perfix, along with new permissions, like the ability to setwarps or even WorldEdit to further deepen their impact on the server as a whole. These people should also be given the ability to build in a world exclusive to that rank. All builds in this world should be expected to look amazing, as it should be pretty difficult to gain this position of prestige and respect in the commmunity. That's really as far as I have gotten on this new idea. Drop a like if you support this, and add on by commenting below. I hope this is green-lit, but I understand how hard this would be for a server developer, me myself setting up and writing plugins before (which I simply do not have the time for anymore). I feel this idea has serious potential if taken seriously. It's up to you guys to really expose and exploit the potential that I speak of. That's all for now. CYA- pokeball92870 EDIT 1: Spelling FIXES

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Hey, I'm gonna participate in the Winter Wonderland contest. But first, I need some advice on this globe I am building as the center piece. The coords to my Wonderland plot are -558 98 -416, so mind hopping on and giving it a look? To give you an idea here's a screenie of it. P.S. The reason I'm asking is because the Afroeurasia landmass looks really derpy.

I bet you he's refernecing Frozen.

It's two gavins, they're coming to your town! No? ok. .-.