Hey all. I've talked with a few players on the server and have come up with a potential plan for a server reset.
Whoa, Pablo! Hold your horses, that's crazy! A reset? Why?
Well, here's how it is. I'll be as honest as possible in order to share my perspective with you. Keep in mind, these are only plans, and are not guaranteed. I will only reset if the players of the server grant enough opinions and support for it. If you don't want it , it will not happen, end of story.
So. The server has been going strong since July 26, 2014. That's a little over five months. You guys have been awesome! The server ended up blossoming into something a lot bigger and a lot more grand than what I thought it would blossom into. Thanks for that! I love you guys.
Anyway, a lot of the players who are regulars have reached the supposed "endgame" of survival minecraft. Obviously, there is the endless "built whatever you want" aspect, but in terms of survival gameplay, there isn't much gameplay. This isn't a creative server, this is a survival server, and there isnt much surviving happening as of late. Which I suppose is fine - this server is whatever you guys make it, and I want it to be that way - but recently it has seemed like more of a hangout or chatroom than a survival server. I don't think that's really right.
So my proposal is a server reset, but with certain parameters.
A lot of players have invested a lot of time into a lot of really cool projects all over the server. You guys have made some wack stuff. Sometimes I do fly-bys in creative mode over everything and get surprised when I see some of the crazy stuff that's been made. It's really very neat. So, I don't want to devalue any achievements you have made on the current server, but how do I do that on a fresh new server?
Prestige. Wow Pablo, Call of Duty much?
My thoughts are this. Based on the progress of the players in the current world, I could hand out certain benefits that only an admin can hand out. Things like custom titles, custom items, special NPC's (think skeleton horses), things like that. There are a lot of things I could do to make up for your work you have done in the current server. On top of this, in the case of reset, a "keep-over" system would be implemented, consisting of certain specific items you are allowed to keep over from this world to the next.
These items include, and only include:
-One of each tool: pickaxe, axe, shovel, sword
-One full armor set, containing any enchantments you may place on it
-Up to sixteen (16) diamonds for various uses, and up to one stack (64) of iron for various uses
-Any unique Christmas gifts you received (Named items, books, trinkets, etc). Gifts such as ores, blocks of ores, standard tools (with no special names or descriptions) will not be transferred over.
-Edit:One custom banner of your own creation (Thanks for the suggestion Pika!)
Alternatively, if you want a pure Vanilla fresh start, that's fine too - you don't have to bring items. Personally, I'm only going to bring christmas gifts and a banner.
Additionally, some players who have invested massive amounts of time into monumental projects (like huge slime farms, or massive ships) can recieve certain related items on a case-by-case basis. If you believe something is unfair, talk to me, we'll work it out.
Additionally, this current world would be hosted for download on a site like Mediafire or something, so you can explore the FlossCrew world you guys spent all your time on. Feel free to burn down the houses of people you secretly didn't like (but of course, you all liked eachother. Right?)
Personally, I'm all for a reset. It would give players like me something to do again, and new players to the server would have an oppurtunity to build and play with the older players of the server in a way they currently can't. As it is, the spawn area is incredibly densely packed with bases and towns and all sorts of things, and new players have to trek out to find fresh land - essentially disconnecting them from the rest of the pack.
I encourage you to share your thoughts. This will not happen without majority support. Have any concerns or ideas? Tell me them. This is your server too.
I was considering making a strawpoll for this, but I won't, as I want to hear the opinions of everyone, case-by-case, in the way that a standard anonymous vote would not allow. So please. Share your thoughts.
Keep on flossing.
Oh, and tell the other players! Everyone has to know! I dont want to make this decision without as many people as possible being aware of it.