BuildCraftia & Mojang EULA

I'm going to be completely honest here... I'm kind of split on these changes.

While these changes are necessary (due to the EULA mojang crap), I'm not entirely sure that the reputation system is really a good solution to this issue. This reputation thing was proposed to us as staff about a little over a year ago (right before the great resignation). While it is a very unique and creative idea in theory, I feel that it may screw up the plotting system and punishment system. Furthermor, the idea that you loose points for being inactive I don't really support. Anyone really who has to leave the server, whether their fault or not, should not be peanalized for being inactive by loosing points. The points I think, should really be on the basis of "once you get them, they are yours", until such cases as a punishment. Once a player earns something, they should be allowed to keep it.

Conversely, a player could easily bypass this reputation system regarding rewards by just logging online for a quick few seconds each day, then leaving. This allows them to get said reputation without even playing on the server. A good solution o this would be something along the lines of requiring a player to be online a set amount of time each day/week (whatever it goes by), for them to get their reputation. This makes a player truly earn their reward, and not bypass it.

Furthermore, it is a little unclear how bans and mutes will be affected by this. While it's a little easier for bans (banned, you just wait for your reputation to be regenerated), mutes are far more unclear. If you get a mute, it will obviously hamper your reputation but will that result in a ban? IE: you get a 4 day mute, will your reputation drop to -40 and you will also be banned? I'm sure probably missing the obvious here, but yeee.

On the survival front, the small changes in removing claim blocks and coins from the store I'm fine with. That's necessary and doesn't really hamper gameplay.

The minigames I am quite pleased with. The idea of having "donor kits" is the exact thing that made minigames on most servers unbalanced. It was basically pay to win. Changing this to a universal currency in which all players of every rank have a chance to get a kit is very good, and hopefully, will make people happy.

So TLDR: I like the changes to survival and the minigames, but I'm not a big fan of this reputation system.

Despite this though, I give cudos to the staff for working to make this happen, and hopefully all these changes will happen smoothly and efficiently (Not a trait BC is best at, but still). Anyways, cya guys.

 

holy cow this is an amazing idea!

and especially the mega plots

 

I like this idea a lot, as it rewards dedication & loyalty, so you don't necessarily have to donate to get the full experience. I do wonder what knock-on effect this will have on donations though, because at the end of the day, it's not cheap running BuildCraftia, and donations are what keep the server alive...

Post-exams, I'll be on everyday building up that reputation tho

 

dam how'd you know what i was gonna do

 

I think this would actually be a better idea, but you can also gain them back, Say you get a mute or something, (and you get 100 points) and you get -50 points. Then if you play for 5 days (or how many necessary to get them back) You get back to 100? I'm not really sure and i'm kinda stupid but i think Jeremy's idea should at least be considered

 

i kinda left
i just hang out on the forums now

 

Me too.
I was a bit annoyed before on my last post on this thread, lol
Maybe instead of freezing, if you leave for a while, you return to the game and a small text in chat says
Welcome back <playername>!
It has been <#ofdays> since you last played on BuildCraftia!
Then there would be a thing you click, and you write the reason for being away.
It would be reviewed and if approved, you regain the points you lost!

 

Well bye to you too. You are the one who is gonna lose rep anyway. \o/

 

that's pretty neato but my reputation's gonna disappear real quick then.

 

Sounds fun and can't wait for the new changes guys

My favourite server on minecraft
-Aykary

 

\m/

 

don't worry drama in bc is normal and entertaining

 

I was joking aswell. Until everybody took it seriousely.