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coffeeplz

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O hai guys,

I was going to post in land claims but it turns out I'll need some discussion about this from other members. My idea is to reserve a large area of land and make it suitable for a special community of only donors. Every donor will receive his or her own plot if he/she desires, and each plot will be decently spaced from other other plots so that there will be no cluttering.

The point is to provide greater incentive for people to donate, without giving donors any great advantage over other players. If all works out, the plots will be large enough for castles* and not all plots will have the same elevation. There will be streets, and a central plaque of residing donors. Also, I'd like non-plot areas to be aesthetic (trees, waterfalls, flowers, etc)

I want this to be a group project as well, if anyone is willing to help. Donors and non-donors alike who help with the construction will receive credit on another plaque in the town.

The problem is that this will require space. The space required for such a project and where the town should be are two issues that need to be discussed.

If you think we should or shouldn't go through with this idea, please post. IMO people should have a little more incentive to donate, without having any special advantage above other players.
 
I love this idea! It gives donators no advantages in game but yet it can be a prestigious thing like the way Astra's city turned out. Also, it would be good for the community aspect too as group projects tend to bring us all together. Coffee, securing a claim of land for a big project like this may be hard but if you can do it I would be glad to help out. As I have already said this project gives no in-game advantage to donating but rather donating has more of an incentive now because, no matter how big or small the contribution it is still a contribution. I like the sound of this idea and would be glad to help out.
 
Excellent idea. Got any idea's for a spot? Let's see them. We've got about 56 donors.
 
most amount of free space is in hills and rural.

this was what astra's town was gonna be but then it changed to invite only. find a place i can help you set it up maybe.
 
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http://www.minecraftaddicts.com/map/map.html?lat=0.495534&lng=0.555450&zoom=8

Coffee and I like this area of hills, commander if its not to much trouble review the claim and if its alright with you I can post it in the hills forum. Also we'd probably need a fairly big buffer zone incase we need to expand
 
lets pretend we have 64 donors. if each plot is 64x128, and theres 32 block distance between plots, then i think the VERY, non-aesthetic, MINIMUM area would be 918,528 blocks!!!

those number are arbitrary though. I think we should first discuss the size everything needs to be before selecting the place, keeping in mind that the number of donors will increase over time
 
So, basically a 1,000 x 1,000 area space would be good enough and allow for some expansion

Edit: nevermind, this would probably the space we would need for a good amount of aesthetics and room forthe amount of donors we will have by the time the project is finished (maybe)
 
lukester247 said:
So, basically a 1,000 x 1,000 area space would be good enough and allow for some expansion

Edit: nevermind, this would probably the space we would need for a good amount of aesthetics and room forthe amount of donors we will have by the time the project is finished (maybe)
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For 64 people, that includes the 32 block distance between plots, if the plots are compacted like a grid (8 plots by 8 plots). So yeah, youre right the aesthetics wouldnt work out that way. Thats why this idea might not work.. it takes a lot of space. But if we can get the space, I don't mind working hard to make the town.


EDIT:Is expanding the border an option? Perhaps even in only one direction, like adding a donator block?
 
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Awesome idea! I would love to help out, let me know if you need anything.


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I agree, if possible, could we expand the border? Almost adding a whole new region for donors only? Just an idea.
 
Although, you said the plots were 128x64? That seems pretty large to me. I'd have a hard Idea thinking of what to put in that space. However, it would allow for some nice landscaping around the area.... that's basically the size of an entire land claim if you think about it. If space is a problem then I think 64x64 plots would be a nice enough size.
 
that size is...big
half the donators wouldnt know what to do in that big of a claim
and I'd say half the donators wouldnt have time (willingly since they're busy, or just coz they dont wanna) to do something that elaborate in that huge of a space.
That much space would require a huge map of its own
however adding a block to the map would be helpful...like donators block?
 
Great idea Coffee. Maybe we could have different size plots. The town, like most could be a showcase for all the doners different building skills and styles. Not all of us will require a huge plot for that. Having its own mini-region is an excellent idea, with its own /warp point. New players can get here easily and can get a taste of whats in the larger world without spending hours walking around.
 
I'm going to go over the details with static today. I expect our number of donors to increase quite a bit. With that said, you may be required to be a specific level of donor before you're given a plot.

Many of the donors are also inactive. So let's shoot for 64, that's a good number, but I expect it to double in a few months time.
 
The addition of a new region will always be the first choice. King also suggested that we have some space loaded outside the border only accessible by warp but tigger had some doubts that our borderguard plugin could support that. I think having an area like this inside any region would take up to much space in one region not leaving enough for other people, or other people would want to mimic the idea and claim huge portions of land too. Anyway, long story short I think what Coffee would want here is the addition of a region.
 
Is it possible to split a region in a new region "donor land" or something? Just an idea.
 
You could do that but that would mean that area of a region would need to not have any existing land claims
 
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