Minecraft Update Planning (archived by Mimus)

[Mimus]

Heya,

over the past weeks we collected all your ideas for updating the server with mods, ideas and more.

Now we have a few things we still need to decide about before we put them on the server/make them happen

1. A name for our village in the desert. Just post your ideas here (Village Name: <name>)

2. Building a spawn. Atm we just have a little shabby small hut for new players. A bigger spawn with explanations etc. would be awesome, but instead of only one or two people building it, lets do this together! In like 2 weeks (so around the 10th of August) we can have a meetup on the minecraft server afternoon/evening to gather and build a spawn together. Everyone can bring stuff like materials etc. so we can make it awesome. However, we first need to plan how the spawn shall look like. Post your ideas here like how big? Certain theme like pirate or modern or medieval etc? With beds etc for people who dont have a house yet? Or just one or a few rooms with explanation? How about decorational stuff that has no "real" use like..toilets, tv, garden?

3. Claiming land. We are fine with you claiming your land by yourself. Its okay if it goes from bedrock to the sky. However, we would wish that you do allow everyone to pass through your claim, like its a spawn zone or sth. So they cant destroy or use stuff, but they can at least go through the land and do not have to find their way through a labyrinth of claims they can not walk through. Also, we have to discuss about how big the landclaim is you will be able to have, and if/under which circumstances you will be allowed to have more land. Suggestions?

4. We have heard about you wanting mods, but I would like to remind you that mods like Backpack thingy etc. usually are client-side mods so everyone who wants to come to server has to install them by himself. So if you suggest mods for now, please make sure they are server-side mods.
Also, mods like essentials might sound "cool" because you can tp to others, but consider that it will make the gameplay quite...easy, wont it? You can just go through the world and once you get bored/in danger PUFF - back home. Thats not the true nature of a survival server, is it?