Kind of recently I've been seeing an increase in the number of posts from parents with complaints about multiplayer content. Things like excessive swearing, little kids being banned from servers they liked most, accidentally dropping a stack of diamonds in lava, etc. The point is I've yet to see anyone create a public server with the goal to be kid friendly.
What made me decide to actually go this far is three little cousins of mine (all under age 9) have started playing minecraft and want to play multiplayer. On my server swearing isn't really a problem but it happens and nobody cares. However, I wouldnt want my 7 year old cousin to be playing games where people are talking like that.
Ideas
- Anti swear. Not just make swearing against rules but bleep it out. I build a client mod for this last year (it's out dated now)
- 2 worlds;
≈Friendly World, no monsters, no PvP, day time SMP. Maybe towny or some other group land protection plugin (no factions). Maybe everyone has god mode, and lava is off?
≈Plotme World, for building without grief
- Lava doesnt destroy items or burn players
- Lots of kits
- If pvp, you dont lose items or XP on death
- A system to make is virtually impossible to brake any rule or be unfriendly, no perm banning
- Paid mature Moderation, ambitious
Parts started - Already started anti-swear plugin. I believe there might already be one of these but I'd like it to be specific and custom made. Finished anti-swear plugin, will be updated for 1.5
- Lava wouldn't be too hard. If anyone wants to try this part, that would be cool.
Suggestions
need some help with this part
I'm not looking for links to plugins for my ideas, I want to know what the community thinks of this.
If you want to become a part of this project PM me. In the coming weeks I will also more a 'looking for' post for staff
Hi sounds like a grate idea but with kids you do really need a dedicated admin team acting like parents because they are kids and kids will do what kids to fight steal and cause trouble. When it comes to some of them losing items they might get upset. I'm here to help if you want to achieve this idea.
Great, I will call on you when the time comes. It's going to be a few weeks to get everything together but I really want to make it happen
Sounds like a good idea. I don't think you should disable monsters everywhere, though. If everyone had god mode enabled, I don't think it would be a problem. Monsters were one of my favorite things in minecraft when I was a newbie.
As far as swearing goes, herochat (and others im sure) already implement a fully regex compatible filter- just need to spend many many hours with the most foul-mouthed 7-12 y/o you can find to fill it out rather than writing a plugin from scratch.
Good to see the professional childcare being considered right from the start That, i feel would be the most wearing aspect on the admin team.
The most common issue i foresee would be them wanting to play together in their own regions - until one person goes against the flow of the rest and re-appropriates resources or unilaterally decides to redecorate everything in a "trés gauche" manner. Then its on for young and old. (or young and young as the case would be here)
Hey if you can make it completely childproof - hats off to you. I'm just reminded of that old adage though..
To paraphrase Douglas Adams "..a common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely (child)proof is to underestimate the ingenuity of (children).."
Great idea! Get a good staff established who can handle any problems (which due to kids it can be alot) If you need a mod I can be a person of interest *wink*Wink*
As far as swearing goes, herochat (and others im sure) already implement a fully regex compatible filter- just need to spend many many hours with the most foul-mouthed 7-12 y/o you can find to fill it out rather than writing a plugin from scratch.
Good to see the professional childcare being considered right from the start That, i feel would be the most wearing aspect on the admin team.
The most common issue i foresee would be them wanting to play together in their own regions - until one person goes against the flow of the rest and re-appropriates resources or unilaterally decides to redecorate everything in a "trés gauche" manner. Then its on for young and old. (or young and young as the case would be here)
Hey if you can make it completely childproof - hats off to you. I'm just reminded of that old adage though..
To paraphrase Douglas Adams "..a common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely (child)proof is to underestimate the ingenuity of (children).."
I've already made an anti swear plugin, just a simple listener program.
Thanks everyone so far for your suggestions! keep 'em coming!
Thank you my good sir. I have been working with my Boy Scout Troop and Cub Scout Pack to form some type of reward/punishment system using a minecraft server. This is very insightful and very helpful for my idea. Would you mind if i were to use your ideas on the server?
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Thank you my good sir. I have been working with my Boy Scout Troop and Cub Scout Pack to form some type of reward/punishment system using a minecraft server. This is very insightful and very helpful for my idea. Would you mind if i were to use your ideas on the server?
No problem. If you already have a server thats fine, let me know how it goes. If you would be interested in helping staff this one send me a PM
Thanks for the input, I appreciate it. I'm gana try my best and see where it goes. Do you have any other specific suggestions?
Greylist the server so people can see but not build or maybe even talk. This may stop inappropriate builds and language. Also, get an anti bot plugin or else some players might like to spambot it.
Greylist the server so people can see but not build or maybe even talk. This may stop inappropriate builds and language. Also, get an anti bot plugin or else some players might like to spambot it.
Awesome thanks, those are great ideas.
I was already planning on some kind of greylist. How do you think I should set that up? Like a, automatic be on the server for a certain number of hours and then you get promoted, or follow directs to a sign and click it or applications of some kind?
What made me decide to actually go this far is three little cousins of mine (all under age 9) have started playing minecraft and want to play multiplayer. On my server swearing isn't really a problem but it happens and nobody cares. However, I wouldnt want my 7 year old cousin to be playing games where people are talking like that.
Ideas
- Anti swear. Not just make swearing against rules but bleep it out. I build a client mod for this last year (it's out dated now)
- 2 worlds;
≈Friendly World, no monsters, no PvP, day time SMP. Maybe towny or some other group land protection plugin (no factions). Maybe everyone has god mode, and lava is off?
≈Plotme World, for building without grief
- Lava doesnt destroy items or burn players
- Lots of kits
- If pvp, you dont lose items or XP on death
- A system to make is virtually impossible to brake any rule or be unfriendly, no perm banning
- Paid mature Moderation, ambitious
Parts started
- Already started anti-swear plugin. I believe there might already be one of these but I'd like it to be specific and custom made.Finished anti-swear plugin, will be updated for 1.5- Lava wouldn't be too hard. If anyone wants to try this part, that would be cool.
Suggestions
need some help with this part
I'm not looking for links to plugins for my ideas, I want to know what the community thinks of this.
If you want to become a part of this project PM me. In the coming weeks I will also more a 'looking for' post for staff
Thanks for reading!
EDIT: made a thread for the server: http://www.minecraft.../#entry21356920
Good to see the professional childcare being considered right from the start That, i feel would be the most wearing aspect on the admin team.
The most common issue i foresee would be them wanting to play together in their own regions - until one person goes against the flow of the rest and re-appropriates resources or unilaterally decides to redecorate everything in a "trés gauche" manner. Then its on for young and old. (or young and young as the case would be here)
Hey if you can make it completely childproof - hats off to you. I'm just reminded of that old adage though..
To paraphrase Douglas Adams "..a common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely (child)proof is to underestimate the ingenuity of (children).."
Good luck.
I've already made an anti swear plugin, just a simple listener program.
Thanks everyone so far for your suggestions! keep 'em coming!
Here's a chat I had recently from a parent whos kid played on my 'kid-friendly' server:
Honestly this server will most likely not turn out to be 100% kid friendly, and no one can really prevent it.
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Thanks for the input, I appreciate it. I'm gana try my best and see where it goes. Do you have any other specific suggestions?
Greylist the server so people can see but not build or maybe even talk. This may stop inappropriate builds and language. Also, get an anti bot plugin or else some players might like to spambot it.
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I was already planning on some kind of greylist. How do you think I should set that up? Like a, automatic be on the server for a certain number of hours and then you get promoted, or follow directs to a sign and click it or applications of some kind?