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So I have an idea for a plugin, The plugin I would like to suggest is called "Banknotes".
     This plugin allows any player to use the "/withdraw (amount of money)" command to create a physical "Banknote" that you can give to another player that they can "/deposit" to redeem the amount of money that you put into it with the "/withdraw" command. This would be very useful for things like casinos or just giving out prizes in an event.

Plugin link: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/banknotes.3200/

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

Minecraft name: KamIsStillAlive

Reason for your ban (exactly what it says when you try to log in!): Xray

Who banned you: TheDutyPaid/MelanieBeeDot

Why should you be unbanned (Why should we give you a second chance?): I've learned from my mistakes and won't do it again. I've come to regret that dumb decision I made. I realized that cheating just isn't that fun, it doesn't feel good when you can just get something instantly.

Why do you want to come back: I miss the server and want to come back. I haven't found a server like this one so, this was my  only option. I know my chances are slim of this getting approved, but I might as well try. Thank you for your time. 

(If you need, you can reach me quicker via my Discord: Kam Is Still Alive#3053)

Banned on smp.hometown.mc

Minecraft name: DimonSlender_YT

Reason for my ban: xray

Who banned me: melaniebeedot/belgnbor

Why should I be unbanned: 
Basically, my microsoft account with tied-in mojang account got hacked today, on april 21st, and when I finally logged in by changing the password thru email, I saw the message wich said "You got banned. Reason - xray". Im an established player with a long history on this server and the fact that someone hacked my account just to get me banned really bothers me. I also have a really giant town wich I was building for more than a year, so I wouldnt hack, because i know that i could get banned for stuff like that and lose my progress.

Why do I want to come back: to continue building my town, play with others, participate in the events, etc. This is my favourite minecraft server, and getting banned here means that Im almost getting done with minecraft.

Just seeing if it would be possible to change the difficulty in the New World to Normal, I think it's currently set to Easy.  

I found out the hard way after building a new villager trading hall and tried to convert some villagers, out of the 13 unlucky souls to get fed into this converter only 0 of them made it out alive. >:}

Hey yall! I flew around both overworlds to create map images of everything, so I just wanted to say that if yall wanna download it I have it here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1...sp=sharing Some of the files, especially the less-zoomed levels, are super huge so be warned!

Each map comes in 5 zoom levels, from 0-4. These are the same as the vanilla map zooms, so going from 1 block = 1 pixel at zoom 0, up to 1 chunk = 1 pixel at zoom 4.

Also, if you want a specific area/build mapped or cropped, let me know and I'll put the image in the requests folder with your ign in the name! Just comment in this thread or ping me on discord :3

If there's interest I might do other dimensions too!

I also mapped it with options that I thought looked the prettiest (mapping the bottom of the ocean for example), but it isn't exactly how vanilla minecraft maps do it, so pixel map art sometimes doesn't look the exact same. I'm lookin into a way to find a way to change it to look vanilla without having to re-map the whole thing If you want to request something in the vanilla look, just let me know! I'll find a way to do it somehow :3

P.S. If you're curious, I'm using Journeymap 5.8.0

So I've been doing a lot of research on how to decrease the server load for redstone builds, and I found out that our hopper rules (https://hometownmc.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5224) are actually out of date, similar to how we used to recommend furnaces on top of hoppers and now recommend droppers.

Since 1.14, composters are actually the best block to place on top of hoppers to reduce lag, as they perform the same function as droppers/furnaces but don't require the extensive inventory checks of droppers, and additionally aren't block entities themselves, further reducing the amount of lag they cause.

Here's a video explaining and testing various blocks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC3ZOOI1Rf0 (no new blocks have added hopper functionality since 1.14 so this video is still up-to-date)

TL;DR: Composters on hoppers provide 30% less lag than droppers on hoppers, so they should be the new default block on top of hoppers for HomeTown.