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Hey there, Honei here! ♥

And yes, I am new. You can find my introduction here if you want to know more about who is writing this suggestion. One thing I didn't put in here, is that any server/community I join and actually like, I like to be involved in, so yes, I already have some suggestions.
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Disclaimer: Everything said or stated by me is strictly my opinion, I am open for comments and feedback, but please do not attack me for speaking my mind. Dank je. ♥
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MeepCraft.com/Wiki

Make one. A lot of your current, faithful players are requesting one and it's a great way to organize important information.

Edit:

So, I'd seen it requested on the server, but it appears I should have done more research. MeepCraft does, in fact, have a Wiki. you can view it by clicking the link in the above quote.

Now, it is there, but it's lacking recent and updated information. Some pages are blank. Perhaps someone wants to take the time to fill it out.

Forums

As a new player, the forums were fairly easy to navigate, sign-up was easy and so far the community on them has been welcoming and friendly. However, I do have a list of things I believe could make them even better.

1. Make the forums more interesting to look at.
♥ Make it look less like a wall of text and more colourful and engaging.
2. Add a ShoutBox.
♥ Not sure if this has been suggested before, did a quick search and couldn't find anything. But I thought it'd be nice to have a ShoutBox which players who can't be in game, but like the feel of live chat, on the server's website might be interested in.

Despite negative responses, I still think this would be a good idea. It isn't going to be active as the forums, so its not as big of a worry to monitor as it might seem. Those loyal to Meep aren't going to break the rules anyway. It brings more users to the website. Some aren't even registered.

3. Remove privileges of players to post in certain threads or edit how they can respond.
♥ While opinions are nice, some people's posts in certain threads are just hateful and/or unnecessary.
♥ Remove privileges of normal players to post in Donation Help. Creates unnecessarily long threads that distract from the original issue. There are threads there that have been sitting for quite some time and statements are being made by players that they would rather dispute via PayPal.
♥ Create a form for responses in threads such as the Staff Recruitment sub-forum. This will reduce the number of arguments and unnecessary spam that distract from the thread's original purpose.
4. Make a general reports sub-forum.
♥ For reports that deal with unknown players/parties. I.E. Griefs, Potential X-Ray Holes, etc.

I was given valid reasons as to why these should not happen and I will respect them.

One thing that may help with all of the above would be to add some dedicated forum staff to help with this. Takes the load off the staff handling requests in game and enables the forum staff to focus solely on the forums.

Server

Now, the server is great. I love how it's organized into separate worlds and whatnot, but what I have noticed is that it is not very new player friendly and it can also be overwhelming considering the volume of players you have online.

Some of these may be incorrect, I tried to get some information in game, but the chat moves so fast I noticed that a lot of things are often missed.

1. Give players the option to switch into which chat channels they want to talk in.
♥ I asked about this and was told that as someone who has donated, that my default should be /g, however it is not. Donation aside, someone should be able to switch into whatever channel they want by typing /channel* without a message. Because I can't count on one hand the amount of times I've accidentally typed in local.

*1 /channel being which ever channel you want to switch to. I.E. /g /L

This isn't that difficult of a problem to solve and other players would appreciate it. I think this suggestion was missed or often skipped over.

2. Give the option to leave certain chat channels. Global never slows down. Sometimes you don't want to read all that gibberish, but you don't want to completely disable your chat, either.

Once again, all the important information could still come through. I.E. Server announcements or /Shouts by staff.

3. Figure out a way to reorganize chat so that different things are distinguishable.
♥ Maybe give a command to put certain questions for staff in red, in chat, without the player having access to colour codes. I see questions that go unanswered on a daily basis.
4. Slow down the chat to help reduce spam. Perhaps simply add a cool-down.
♥ No
♥ one
♥ needs
♥ to
♥ talk
♥ like
♥ this.

At least get a plan going for this, maybe some feedback from players directly asked for by the staff so it's official. It's a big undertaking, yes, but it's a necessary one in my opinion.

5. Give new players something to work with.
♥Some bread and some basic stone tools would do. As stated by different players on server review sites and even the servers own Facebook, this server really gives off the "pay to play" feel. Give new players a chance to enjoy the server and what it has to offer and, in turn, want to donate to support it and show their love.

It's not about what they can obtain in /wild. It's something nice to show that Meepcraft appreciates them joining and a little extra to make them decide to stay.

Other Suggestions

These suggestions don't necessarily fall under any of the above categories.

1. Create a Donation Staff Team.
♥ They could handle Rank Disputes and will be the direct line from player to staff when Donation specific questions need to be answered or requests need to be handled.
2. Meep Bot Announcement made in game.
♥ I'm not a grammar freak, nor do I claim to be perfect. But this one kind of bugs me and it wouldn't be that difficult to fix:



Would look much neater as "Need help with crafting? Try /recipe to see how something is made."

It's the Craft and not Crafting, that bothers me. Once again, most people wouldn't notice this, and you could choose to ignore this, but I wanted to put this here in case you'd like to know.

Valid points were made on these as well, and I'm okay to let them die.
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As the creator of this thread, I reserve the right to edit, add and update my opinions or points at any time.

Once again, the opinions expressed in my posts are mine and are not assumptions or demands to be made.

MeepCraft Staff know what they are doing and will know better than anyone if an idea or suggestion expressed cannot be made into reality and I respect that.

If you are going to provide feedback and/or criticism on suggestions, I welcome it! I am more than happy to admit when I am wrong, but please, read everything on the suggestion you are going to discuss and ask me to clarify before you assume! It's the same courtesy I would give to any of you.

Thank you for taking the time to read the wall of text brought to you by a new soul! ♥

Sincerely,
Honei. ♥


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Updated on 4/4/15 based on feedback and clarification from other players and server staff.

 

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