Introduction This suggestion to comply with the EULA means that big changes are going to have to be done. There are very few ways we can comply and keep the playerbase satisfied. One way to do this is to totally change the way ranks are used on the server. I believe this suggestion would be one of the simplest ways to comply with the EULA. I have made this thread after reading the QnA and also from playing other server that were in mineverse's shoes a few months ago and got taken off, back when blacklisting was new. Ranks A way for current donors to keep ALL of our perks we have payed for. Firstly we would need to rethink the whole rank system. In the EULA QnA it states, Users may keep the perks they’ve paid for on the condition that the same perks are available to other players on the server (directly or purchasable using soft currency). Secondly, remove the ranks (temporarily) from buycraft. Along with this make the commands and kits that you could get with a donor rank buyable with ingame money on EACH gamemode (with the exception of cosmetic features such as /invsee). This is one of the only ways that current donors can keep their ranks. Thirdly, to compensate for the loss of earnings from the current ranks implement new ones with purely cosmetic the features that are currently cosmetic such as /pet and /invsee can still only be accessed by donating. Crate Keys These being added are likely to be the thing that made Mojang blacklist the server faster than it would have. One way another server compensated and made their crate keys is by making them so EVERYONE online has a chance the earn them. When you buy the crate key from buycraft is gives you a command called /key, when you've bought the key and type /key it gives you the key you bought and gives like 5 seconds for everyone to type /key [Key type]. This makes the crate keys EULA compliant, I know this as many other server I play also did this. New Things! These are new things that could be added to the new ranks if my suggestion is accepted or things to be added to buycraft. There isn't many things on here at the moment but once I think of new ideas or steal someone's idea I will update this with the new features. Beta Access Fee This idea is rather simple, charge users to beta test new/resetting servers. Also along with this only people who have purchased the Beta Access can play on the day (few days) of the release of a new or resetted game mode. This is EULA compliant. Can I charge for access to my server? Yes. How players join a server is up to you. Single entrance fees or subscriptions are both allowed. Also some other servers also have this feature I would name a few but I don't know how to do hidden content (so the owners can steal their ideas). Maybe add these for around $5-$15. Network Unbans I know I have previously stated that these should not be added, however after seeing peoples responses I have changed my mind. These should be added but be quite costly, get more expensive the more you buy AND have a limit to the number of unbans you can buy. I suggest adding the first unban for $20 second for $30 and a third for $50. This is it for now but I will constantly be updating this. Thank you for reading and please leave suggestions down below. (I'll give you credit for your idea and a like to your thread if you've made one about it)
yeah the crate keys are one of the main reason people get blacklisted faster. Buyable rank/perks ingame should be different for each gamemode, and expensive so the economy doesn't mess up. Rank missions would work well, buy idk how that would work on mineverse unless you're buying it for a certain gamemode
All players have a chance to appeal if they can't pay to be unbanned. Pretty sure it's only not compliant when you cannot appeal and have to pay
You have no idea of what Mojang wants. I ran a 200 player server, fully EULA compliant, and still made more than enough to keep the server running. Network unbans? Stupid to be honest, I'd rather wait a month. Crates isn't a bad idea, but /key crap would be annoying. More of buying a "Key Party", which gives a random amount of people a Key, but guarantee of themselves getting a key. Beta access? You do understand Mineverse, for security, won't give out their internal IP addresses. You can't beta access the whole server, which is this large. Removing all the ranks from Buycraft? There is no point in that, the ranks that are listed are EULA compliant. "Permission Parties" would allow users to get perks that were once in other ranks. Your ideas aren't bad, but think like a Administrator, not a Mineverse player.
Want me to list all the servers that are not on the blacklist nor being threatened by it? I know a server that got blacklisted twice and both times they were able to keep unbans. These are mainly for players such as @DisPxtch who are permbanned. I mean adding players to a whitelist, they already give people beta access to new servers and when they do a reset so players can play and report any bugs before the main release. Access to /workbench Access to /kittycannon Ability to mine mob spawners. Non EULA compliant perks.... I was going to cover this in the main post but I really don't think crew and cyp can be bothered to do these.
I support, I also made a thread with similar ideas in regards to kits and it got bashed as well. Honestly if kits are thrown out, Mineverse is screwed.
appealing isn't a good way to get unbanned. it's not fun when the mod that banned u isn't smart and denies ur appeal just because they think you 100% hack when u don't hack. ( only for hacking bans )
Neutral, network unbans seem a bit ehh I mean some players I don't rlly want back and hey they could come back
