Polysemic

omg music? cool books / games / shows / whatever? fav memory?

NFT king? Not a question but I love ur dog Music?

Hi uh What's a cool book/show/whatever? Favorite moments? Things you wanna try out on the server?

@ImStuckInHell Waiting for that xan x herobrine fanfic with azdro u promised...

Yeah because I never hear about any admin reports or see people doing disgusting shit, sure thing there bud. If you want to shit talk me, just hit me up on discord.

Most, sure, but I've definitely seen some that test the waters this way.

Yea sorry realizing it's a bit of a shit take. Just getting a bit tilted. Though I do think there's a case to be made against people who're just using LotC to erp with randos. As long as it's two consenting adults, I'm assuming there's also no reports. But yeah, shit take on my part.

Banning groomers is harder than banning people who erp, since the latter doesn't need to be a TOS ban and could be done by a moderator. Dunno how it's handled now. Still waiting on that safety update as much as anyone else is.

If we can enforce people not grooming minors over other platforms we can enforce not erping on other platforms.

Actually - And this is semantics, but they're important semantics, under server rules, roleplay rules: 6. Sexually explicit or graphic roleplay is forbidden. You must ‘fade-to-black’. Characters under the age of 18 may not fade-to-black. Fading to black, or more commonly known as an FTB is an emote in which the screen ‘fades out.’ Prior to a graphic or explicit scene, you are expected to emote the screen ‘fading out.’ No graphic, sexually explicit, or erotic / fetish (references to) roleplay takes place on the server. ERP is forbidden on the server as per this rule. Not much is done when it's off-server, unless a minor is involved, as far as I know anyway. (which, in my personal opinion, is ******* stupid, I agree with un-w in removing FTBs)

I've personally spoken to like 10+ people who want some sort of profession plugin. Join tech and you'll receive the messages. good argument lol When nations approve builds there's at least some sort of quality control, unlike freebuild. [citation needed] I've seen enough conflict going on that isn't nation v nation. Tell me what isn't possible. Vortex is gone. Only surge remains, as well as Terra nodes. So, crafting is currently Surge. If it isn't hard, and you can properly implement it, and convince the entire server to use 1.8 pvp, be my guest and do it yourself. 'Cause it ain't hard, is it? Be the change you want to see. Tell me what is preventing you from doing some villainy thing, and we can work from there. You don't need infinite raids in order to be able to villainy. Okay. So. Learn these old Minecract APIs, set up these old servers, and convince the entire server to use it. Same thing as 1.8 PvP. Be my guest.

Gotta need to go to @Llir or @Venomous_Voop for that one. Nice bait though, you know exactly what I mean.

Yeah I pulled the trigger on that one after I was told to make it five minutes. Complaints can go to Heero / World team. Even though I can change it, I don't have the authority to. Fixing the ferries was me yeah - Like, 2-3 hours of work, maybe a bit more? It wasn't that bad. I don't feel like I wasted time on doing that. What the **** should devs be working on otherwise? Again, if you want me to make your plugin, pay me. It's all bloat. Sure, there's a couple things that keep the server running properly, and a couple necessary things like the chat plugin, but we could do without most things. LotC would most probably exist without itemedit. Hell, we could probably exist without the persona plugin, as long as we have /nick and a ranged chat plugin. I've seen servers do it before. Recently I've realized there's more problems with recruiting players and player retention - Though that entire topic probably deserves a post of its own and would take this entire thread of track. As per usual, if you want to talk about it, hit me up on discord: Nick#2014 (Even if you're not Caelria, I'm always up to have a chat). I'm waiting for that update on the safety situation as much as you are. I've been trying to keep conversation about it alive where I can, and I'll push it until we get an actual ******* update and actual change. Believe it or not, we're on the same ship and it isn't the Haelun'or ferry, you can get off any time and it doesn't have a destination. I do think we reach some sort of dissonance here. We don't try to be hostile to the playerbase. Once again, we are also the playerbase, as much as you'd like to disagree with that. But it does piss me off when someone puts a lot of work into something, and then the playerbase comes at them and goes "Yo, this ******* sucks. You've been wasting your time. **** off. Go make do the shit I want you to do instead. And no, I'm not doing it myself. And no, I'm not paying you shit either, just go do it lol." Especially when something has been openly worked on for quite some time. Hell - I don't have stakes in the warzone plugin, I haven't touched it once. It just pisses me off to no end that people complain when things are broken, and when things are working they either still complain because shit isn't working the way they want it to work, or they stay silent because it's working anyway. We're all doing what we can, and again, we're doing it for free. An again, as I've said so many times before, we're not trying to ruin your fun. Your fun is our fun. If you're having a good time, we're having a good time. I was sleeping during the later part of the entire mess because I'm not messing up my sleep schedule over block game click man. If that's true, that's great - And something we can work with. At peak time yesterday the server was at like 408 people - Main didn't piss itself, but I can promise you that a war server with people actively pvping would, regardless of the setup. (If you have any footage of that pvp feel free to send it over for media team though ;) )

Past warclaims were a good while ago. I'll reiterate what I already said on this post: Minecraft versions change, they generally hit on performance, war server doesn't like that, we can't easily go back to another version just for war claims because things become messy. In addition, if you think you could do better managing the problem - Especially the technical side of things - join tech team. We'd be glad to have you, no doubt. If you don't know programming, learn programming. If you don't know Java, learn Java. The people that are working on the problem are doing the best they can, and you can't blame them for that. It's not an easy problem, it's not an easy fix.

Sure I'll take the bait. Vortex & nodes: Nexus was a bad system, gets removed, people want a new profession system, get vortex, gets removed, people want a new profession system Taxes & Activity: Stupid in their current form idk, but have their use in getting rid of completely inactive nations. AH & Bank: AH gets abused, no lying about that. But you literally can't satisfy anyone with it. Some people want the AH to stay, others want it gone. You're gonna get people crying either way. Never heard anyone complain about banks before. Freebuild: Looked hella ugly on old maps (read: Atlas and stuff), added a lot of extra work for the WT. The current system doesn't make it that hard to get a lair. It's achievable for most players, and it actually makes sure that there's people who will RP there. Bad language filter: filtered it out with mods lol improvements / tiles / nation mines: Idk never heard anyone big complain about these apart from tile sizes. Need elaboration. And ye, nation mines are dumb to an extent, but they work. Surge: Idk what's wrong with these. Don't really hear people complain other than the prices being high, but there has to be some form of scarcity in PvP gear. 1.9 PvP: Email Mojang. Not our call. Going back to the old system would require more plugin writing and probably cause a little more of that much beloved lag. (Edit: @GodOfPieinformed me mojang hates 1.8 pvp. Which is kind of based) PRO Approval: Idk, not a mod. Dislike it most days, but can see why it was added. Villainy standards: Honestly it would be really funny to see villainy applications coming back. Not because they're a good idea but just to amuse people. But there's roleplay standards. Those get enforced. If you have problems, contact moderation. CTs only part of certain communities: Never heard this one before. Elaborate here or send me a message in PMs, and I'll see what I can do. We try not to have bias towards any community; We don't deny people from communities and don't accept people based on which community they're in. We can't dictate which people decide to apply and which we feel like would do good in the CT. We pick based on who we think would do well, not based on bias. Biased bans: Idk, mod problem. Not involved with any of that myself. Also bad take. Minecraft has changed a lot since then. It's been rough updating to anything >1.12. It's not easy to just do something on an older version either.

>people complain the fast travel plugin is broken >fix fast travel plugin >people complain fast travel plugin pay me and I'll make the plugins you want to be made lmfao Wanna add on to this. Minecraft is bad at running big servers - At peak time yesterday, as far I could see, there were 408 people online. To put that into context, Mojang themselves are comfortable running servers up to 11 players (See: Minecraft Realms). It was not the plugin. I can promise you, with some certainty, that the server would not have survived even if there were no plugins. There is solutions to these problems, but they're above the pay-grade for anyone in the tech team, and most people who actually get paid. Hell, as far as I know even big servers don't apply them because they're just too much work. Don't blame the plugins, don't blame the tech or the mods spending countless hours of their free time on trying to make the war work. I've said this before and I'll say it again; We're not here to ruin your fun. We play ourselves, we want this kind of thing to happen just as much as you all want.

Changed Status to Accepted

Changed Status to Under Review Hi there, as you can see, you have been accepted onto the server! Well done on your application, you’re doing great! So now, I welcome you to the wonderful community of LotC! To get started, I suggest doing; /creq Can I have a CT Monk to help me get started? Here are some links you may find useful while starting out!: Oren Settlement Guide - Because your character is from Oren Settlement Guides Major Charters Need help? Feel free to contact me through the forums or through discord [ Nick#2014 ]. If you see me around ingame, you can also /message Polysemic to ask me things there. If I’m not around, you can also use the LotC Discord. I would also recommend that you have a look around the Wiki! If you need help ingame, you can do /creq to request help from a community team member! You can find the new player guide here. Have a great time roleplaying, and I look forward to seeing you around in future!