I've brought this up awhile ago in 1.8 too. No on fire spread (far too little return of a more "vanilla experience" for impact to the server), yes on mob griefing.

@OtherGreenGamer Is this a real shop or a troll? It does seem like the latter though.

It's real. I emptied my stock of emeralds buying from him in game over the last 3 days. @_Drachenzorn_ has loot coming out of his ears. He told me yesterday when I bought 5 of his 30 beacons that, if I "don't want to use the beacons, they still work as a good light source." Who here gets beacons just for their light?! :)

@Yelloms That's funny I did the same :P I also have the SS of everyone online moments before all hell broke loose. It's actually crazy when I go through my SShots cause I recognize a few of the folks that are still around and stuck with the server.

No one really talks about that time but I honestly thought it was the end of the server. I understand the toll it took and personally would have thrown in the towel, but that's me. I'm truly amazed at how Crafty took it as a learning experience and bounced back bigger, better, and more experienced. It takes a lot of patience and maturity to overcome something like it. You don't learn that kind of stuff, that's the kind of person you are, and I knew the server was worth staying with with someone like Crafty at the helm.

Joined on Jan 2, 2015; loved every iteration of CM. @CraftyMyner created it, the players defined it, and the staff built it. It's often a thankless job and it wouldn't have been possible without the staff and Crafty doing the work they do with their own time. So congratulations and thanks - I know it's no small feat!

@TheDunmerRaven If you want an idea like this, why not build it for yourself? Say have a town built over a wide enough area so people can have caravans too and fro for the fun of it.

Same could be said for multiple things.

I think there's the implied request of some kind of built-in protection of your property that will guarantee you can leave your stuff in a crowded area and expect it to be there 60 seconds later, let alone several hours later.

Sorry wasn't going for a negative tone @Cileklim even though it sure sounds like it. Just trying to say I see challenges cause everyone probably won't play nice and give the staff more grief to keep it usable for the honest folk.

I think a place far from spawn that can only be reached by running/caravans would be really neat - idk if you can disable tps or something and have just a few command blocks for stuff like the stables suggested here. That way there's a semi-wild west to it and wouldn't flood spawn with extra stuff, without creating an onus for the staff to keep it running 24/7 (since it's not world spawn). Now that would be fun. But it's a tall order to ask I know...

Cool idea, but I think it's going to be tough keeping it from getting exploited and subsequently being a waste of the staff's time. Plus, where are you going to go with a llama caravan from spawn without getting jacked? It'd be like the wild west for real.

Side comment - @CraftyMyner
You were a planetside 2 player? Nice. Cheater? Not so nice lol. That brings back a lot of memories of my past hardcore gaming life.

I played PS2 and PS1 before that, and numerous other FPS games. On PS2 I was in the top 25 for Emerald-Vanu for almost three months straight from sept 2013-nov 2013 for my K:D ratio and literally switched directly to CM to retire from "all that."

*sigh*
that's what a wife and kids do to your free time.

@Yelloms Doesn't this seem like maybe we're trying to find issues where there isn't one?

Yep.

To the original post I think the only improvement to speak of is just not to mention "you are welcome to come back on an alt" in the appeal denial response because it does give mixed messages.

But other than that I think their use of when to employ an ip ban is completely appropriate. Not outright ip banning does give them more work, but they are trying to avoid banning other innocent players that share the ip (ex: brother and sister in a house, swaths of users in a college dorm, etc). Never mind the fact that persistent hackers will find a way back regardless.

It's all about assessed risk, and the staff has shown us repeatedly they put a lot of thought into their enforcement actions to do what's right and stay as fair as needed.

@ghostassasin81 Over half of the list is MIA if you think about it

I thought the same thing. Lots of familiar names I've wondered about. This list helps me know the more active players right now.