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I've seen several people ask, "If people can claim land just by building on it or putting pillars around it, and staff can roll back grief damage, then what's the point of even having claim blocks?"

Well, there are a number of reasons why claim blocks are still useful in spite of all that.  Here are some of them (feel free to comment if you've got a reason I missed...)

• Builds can be rolled back to exactly the way they were by staff, it's true.  Animals and villagers, however, though they can be replaced with others of the same type, can't be duplicated exactly.  If you want your fast brown horse or your librarian who sells Mending dirt cheap to be safe, protect them with claim blocks.
  

• Also, if grief is discovered a long time after it occurred, there's a possibility that it may be too old to roll back.  The server logs have been known to be wiped in the course of maintenance, making rollbacks to before that time impossible.  There's no guarantee it could never happen again Per Arrei, this will happen again.
  

• Valuable items like beacons attract griefers.  So do popular warps (which can also suffer honest accidental damage.)  Nobody wants to have to track down a staff member to come fix their stuff every time they sign on.  You can save yourself and the staff time and aggravation by protecting your valuables and warps with claim blocks.  In some cases, protecting an entire build may not be terribly practical if it's large or if you want it to be useful to the public, but you can still protect those parts of it which aren't intended to be interactive or publically accessible, or which seem particularly prone to damage or theft.
  

• If you build a large basement or underground complex fairly close to the surface, people may not easily be able to tell where the end of your build is, even if they're trying to respect the 100-block rule.  Noob huts and pillars and such can help, but they're not hard to overlook, and as we all know, it can take a little while for new players to catch on to exactly how claims and ownership work on HT.  Use claim blocks to secure your underground borders, and no one innocently trying to build a basement will break into your Batcave by mistake.
  

• For practical reasons, the 100-block rule isn't enforced deep underground, though griefing down there is still verboten.  If you've got a build down near bedrock and you want to make certain nobody will mine their way into it, use claim blocks.  (Caveat: Since claims reach from five blocks below all the way to the sky, if you do this, you always need to verify that you aren't inadvertantly putting a claim on part of someone else's surface claim.  If this is the case, it may be worth your while to contact the other player, explain what you're doing and ask them if you can work out a compromise; perhaps by one of you setting the claim and marking the other as trusted in it, for example.) 
  

• If the thought of someone tunneling under your surface claim gives you the heebie-jeebies and it's worth the trouble to you, you can also claim the area under your property right down to the bedrock...again, assuming nobody else has already built anything down there.
  

• For a variety of reasons, unsecured claims are just all-around more likely to be ignored, challenged or otherwise encroached upon than secured claims.  If you use claim blocks to secure an area which is rightfully yours under the server rules, not only are others physically prevented from messing with it, it's also much less likely that anybody will  question whether you're serious about it or your claim is legitimate.
  

Back before the server reset, there was a hometown mall. In my opinion, it was really fun and nice for players who do not have to resources or money to make a big store. I think that this would be cool. What are you opinions no this?

Server I was banned on: SMP

Minecraft name: NoahBakesCookies

Reason: X-Ray

Who Banned Me: Rayvens

Why I should be Unbanned:
I'm sorry.
I don't wanna lie and complain saying "it was my little brother" or "it was an accident". I was x-raying and I am extremely sorry for it. I hate myself for doing it and I regret it. A lot. I am seriously in love with this server, and I have been playing it non-stop for the past three days. I know there's a small chance that this will actually manage to get me unbanned, but it's worth a shot. I guess I was just bored and wanted to try it out. Obviously, I paid the price. I promise I will never cheat on this server again, because obviously it has dangerous consequences. And to the staff that caught me, I say thank you for catching me and doing your job. I finally found an amazing SMP server, and I just screwed everything up for me. I underestimated the staff on this server, and I'm sorry for that. I don't expect this to get me unbanned but I hope you all consider it. I hope everyone has a great time on the server, even if i'm probably not returning to it. Thank you, and i'm sincerely sorry for my absurd and immature actions.

Why I want to come back: 
Like I have already stated, I am in love with this server. I've been playing with my friends on this server for only 4 days and I have already made great progress, since I have been addicted to this server and have been playing it non-stop. I don't want to have to leave the best SMP server I have seen, and I definitely don't wanna leave my friends behind on this server. I regret doing what I did, and I would love to come back to this server. I really don't deserve to come back, but I hope you consider it. Thank you.

-NoahBakesCookies

Server you were banned on (SMP/Discord): SMP


Minecraft name: Warmspot

Reason for your ban: Grief

Who banned you: Star

Why should you be unbanned: I just going to assume no staff are gonna bother reading this because I'm not allowed to be writing an appeal, though im doing it anyways but i'd like to say i'm sorry. First let me explain what I got banned for in all my offenses. First time I griefed a bunch of peoples bases, I didn't realize you weren't allowed to grief back then. My second offense I definitely deserved to be banned because I knew the rules by then. I was in a discord with rayvenz and messed with her for about a half an hour wasting her time before I got banned. My third and final offense was for killing a parrot. I don't remember the name of the person that I killed the parrot of but if I could get back on I would give you all 35k of my money, my stuff, my everything, just to get unbanned. I know is was wrong of me to kill the parrot though I did it anyways like an idiot. I shouldn't have done it even though I didn't think it was a ban able offense. Hiyoko killed one of my parrots in res and he was a staff member so I just assumed I wouldn't get banned for it. What I did to get that parrot from Hiyoko was a dushy move anyways. I loved this server so much, it was my favorite server i've ever played on. I'm even more depressed now because the offer I put up a few weeks ago for vip2 just went through and i've been trying to get that forever and now I can't even get it because I permanently banned. Message to all of those who have been haven't been banned or have only been banned a 1-2 times DON'T SCREW UP. Extra chances do exist but its more of a 3 strikes your out thing. Sadly there is no foul balls on this server other than getting rebanned for things you were already banned for. Its a great server as long as you follow the rules. 

Why you want to come back: I love the server and the discord community, everyone is so nice but as long as your nice back everything should be alright. I know in my ban message it says no appeals but im going to keep appealing anyways until my forums account gets banned. I refuse to give up, I don't care how long it takes. 
- Warmspot

This post is to clarify server rules, if there's any.
I don't want to get into trouble for building another monster farm. 

I am planning on building a gigantic automatic sugar cane farm using observer blocks.
My design will have 2 pistons per sugar cane.
I am currently aiming for an average of 1 harvest per second, that is, 2 pistons going off per second on average.
Am I allowed to build such farm? I do know that pistons cause lag, but is 2 going off per second enough to cause much lag? 

It'll be best if Frost can answer this.

Thank you.

Server you were banned on (SMP/Discord): SMP

Minecraft name: murphdog2

Reason for your ban: breaking rule 9.3: no killing players outside of combat

Who banned you: [adept] Steasaur

Why should you be unbanned: The combat was purely consensual for testing my theory of lingering potions and I had full permission to test the potions by the user. I also only killed 1 person (with his permission) as well as it was not a PVP setup but a SCIENCE set-up. when I admitted to the rule break it was because I caused the Death someone I did not MURDER them. I admitted to the rule break under the grounds of the death of a player not under the grounds of non-agreed combat. under real letter of the law I would be guilty of involuntary manslaughter/ consensual homicide not 1st degree murder... the risks of the killing where known...and after death (and respawn) I paid the dead player 150$ this also happened over 2 weeks ago and I ddon't remember the specific player. it should also be noted that I ADMITTED to this on the server as a coming forward of information.

Why do you want to come back: This is my favorite server and I can only play on this serve ;w;



note:
The malice involved in the crime is transferred to the killing, resulting in a charge of manslaughter. ... There is no intent to kill, and a resulting death would not be considered murder, but would be considered involuntary manslaughter. [citation Wikipedia]

Consensual homicide refers to a case when one person kills another, with the consent of the person being killed.This practice is legal in some jurisdictions, but remains controversial because of the legal, ethical and practical issues it raises. [citation wikipedia

Involuntary manslaughter: (sometimes referred to as fourth-degree murder), a killing that stems from a lack of intention to cause death but involving an intentional, or negligent, act leading to death.

Server you were banned on (SMP/Discord): smp.hometownmc.net


Minecraft name: MudkipMan32757

Reason for your ban: Griefing

Who banned you: Frost, maybe?

Why should you be unbanned: I want to openly apologize for my inconvenience to the server.

Why do you want to come back: I want to come back and play the server fairly.

I suggest that the staff take a poll (on the forums) on whether or not the nether, end and nether, or all dimensions should be reset. As a fairly new player, i'm loving this server but it seems like everything is taken up. I couldn't find a spot that wasn't close to someone's house, or had already been explored. Every mineshaft I found was already explored, and I finally found a clear space to put my house, only to realize it's right next to two other buildings. As of the nether, the same thing. Every inch of it was explored and there wasn't anything left for me to discover. All the nether fortresses had either turned into grinders or was already explored. The end wasn't as bad, but every end city is already discovered so there isn't much point. I suggest that the nether and end be reset every month or 2. I would understand if the overworld not be reset, because a lot of people have made some amazing creations, and it would suck for them to be reset. I just don't see the point in exploring the nether or end anymore. I hope you consider this, Thank you.  

PS: I created a poll of my own, if you wanna check it out go here: https://strawpoll.com/d99rrxs