Hello Shadecrest, I have a series of ideas to add to this server. There are alot of ideas and you don't have to add them all. But I felt better just to type this list. I've noticed a decrease of players. That is ok but I think to appeal to a larger fanbase. We can add hungergames. Like iiDreamzz said people want different events to make the server fun and spontanues. By adding hungergames it is giving the people what they want and making the server enjoyable to the players on Shadecrest. Another fun thing to add to Shadecrest is the casino plugin. I know you said it is broken Max but, if you can get to it please add it back. It would be awesome. Being able to lose 400 rupies to a dang machine will be fun to do. Third, this might be pushing it but, maybe factions would make a good addition to pvp. Not without a cost maybe around 7000 rupies will make it interesting. Next, maybe having a lottery as a addition will make the server alottt more interesting. I know this is a vanilla server so, I know I am really pushing it. Lastly, reader "finally", add some more ranks. Like developer, a server promoter, and Vtn. A Vtn or Veteran is a player who has been on for more than a year. And will be voted on by the admins. A developer helps Max with the plugins, and promoter promotes YouTube videos. Thanks for reading and you don't have to add any of these I just wanted to make a list of ideas for the server.
We used to have Survival games but we don't have it anymore since the map change. I'ma ll for adding that back! That and the casino plugin were always fun for me . But you can't have factions and towny... it just wouldn't work out. Even if it is possible there wouldn't be enough players to balance out each map and make it fun. To add factions we'd really have to start over again and considering we just did that I don't think anyone's up for it. Lottery is cool I've been wanting to have the lottery plugin back. We had it a looooooong time ago but I think they dev stopped updating it and there were some major exploits in it as well. I personally don't like a lot of different ranks, it makes the server more confusing and sure it gives you something else to work at but seeing a bunch of different tags in the chat would get annoying and confusing. Other than the red ones I liked all of your ideas, one thing that stood out though was you said it was a Vanilla server and it's not haha but that's it.
The survival games will be back and better than before, more maps, and less lag (on a different server). It will most likely be held like the events as the plugin doesn't reset the maps and any changes (i.e. traps activated, blocks broken, etc.) do not get reset. Unless of course 04blatca returns when we're setting it up and codes something to reset the maps for us. Also, anyone that can be trusted with server software material is either a bukkit dev or a server admin