I think that it depends on the server, and what the donating perks are.
As the server administrator, you cannot keep dumping all of your pocket money into a server for others to enjoy. Administrating a server is not as fun as it seems. It is vital to receive donations to keep servers running.
As for the player point of view, I hate the idea of play to win, and god perks. On all of my servers, the perks have been moderate. You can go without them, but there is definitely a huge advantage to having them. Things such as moderate powered kits, /tpa, /home and other things of the sorts, as well as Donator titles and things like that.
I'm not a donator myself and I don't personally know anyone who is, but overpowered commands and items for donations are getting ridiculous. Yes, I know servers need money to run, but getting infinite OP swords for donating 5 bucks has got to stop. I understand donators receiving gifts like custom titles, commands like /fireworks, etc., but this is honestly getting out of hand. Having a enchanted non-breaking diamond god-sword handed to you on a gold-encrusted silver platter seems a little bit much, doesn't it? It takes away the fun, survival aspect of Minecraft.
Its not the Donators fault rather the server owners fault. Its those who let people donate for OP powers that ruins the game. Really people need to go to the way servers used to be were donating got you things that were nice but not neccassary, Such as the ability to TP (My server still has donators only TP :P)
Power cant be abused when the man giving power controls it.
I hate people who give their own money to help keep a server that people play on so much they don't do anything for the server at all!
I know, right? People donate bunches of money to a server and don't get anything to aid that person in-game or anything valuable in real life at all. It's useless to do that. MineCraft Servers aren't about earning trust to get higher rank, it's about paying to get a higher rank.
I think that it depends on the server, and what the donating perks are.
As the server administrator, you cannot keep dumping all of your pocket money into a server for others to enjoy. Administrating a server is not as fun as it seems. It is vital to receive donations to keep servers running.
As for the player point of view, I hate the idea of play to win, and god perks. On all of my servers, the perks have been moderate. You can go without them, but there is definitely a huge advantage to having them. Things such as moderate powered kits, /tpa, /home and other things of the sorts, as well as Donator titles and things like that.
I avoid those "VOTE 4 DIAMONDS!!!1!!" "DONATE 4 SPESHUL PERMS!!!!1" servers.
People donate to a server because they enjoy playing on it and are generous enough to help the Owner pay some bills by donating. If you donate for /give and whatever all permissions and "perks", I really hope you reconsider how you spend your (well lets face it, your parent's) money.
I'm all for voting and donating; I just would feel like I "cheated" if I did for free stuff or bonus perks. Colored name or VIP prefix? Extra /sethome or two? Sure. But I see servers handing out OP status to donators and handing out stacks of diamonds for voters just to get their name out there. That's the most horrible method of advertising and I am 99% you will give up on your "awesome" server within 3 months.
My question to all of you is, why do you need a large all consuming server to begin with? I can host up to 5 people and have more fun than on any major server that's in the multi-player server section. Minecraft doesn't need to be a 200+ player game to be great, you just need a little creativity and interest to keep a good server running.
The server I play on has donations, ive even donated myself on it, all the donations do on the server I play is make collecting items less of a hassle.
I hate pay-to-win in anything.
Cosmetic or small benefits for donating, like the hat plugin, mob disguise(as long as it isn't pvp), and being able to have two home teleports rather than one is fine.
Stuff like infinite diamonds, free diamond gear, etc. is going too far.
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yeah if you donate like 5 dollars u get newbie stuff on one server then at least 200 for stuff with enchants 10 (X) so I AM like "We need to be like 15?!" Plus I donated for VIP (25$) and newbie stuff I hate lb93's server and I am banned from it
I once went on a really cool server that had 1 problem. The donors got /ban. As I stayed off the chat it didn't affect me but my mate got banned for saying 'I hate endermen' For the reason 'ENDERMAN are AMAZING!!1111!!!!!!!1!!!!' Then the owner got banned and noone had the power to unban him/her so the server broke down LOL. Thats what you get for giving people OP donator perks. I only disagtree with 'GIMMEE £1 AND GET ENCHANTED GOD STUFF AND /give and /kill and /ban AND THATS NOT ALL!11!!!!11!!!!111!!!!11
But 'donate £1 and get a coloured name, a 'DONOR' prefix and a second home is ok.
The donating does get to me sometimes, that's why I opened my own server. Yeah, I have to pay out of my own pocket to run it most of the time, but sometimes members donate to help keep it running. I run a vanilla survival server, so there are no perks for donating.
I plan at some point to open a server with donation perks and plugins, but donating would just give you novelties, not anything tangible like /gamemode or diamonds or anything.
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Whenever I go on a server there are always donaters that are always way overpowered and they have much better stuff
Not all servers offer over powered gear for the donators.
I myself have it rather balanced, so players who cant donate still have fun on the server and not feel left out.
Also I don't overly charge for things, I keep my perks at $25 or less.
Our bill is $250 a month and sometimes we only break even which is all that I want.
Really can careless about making profit but if I do i spend that money on developers.
Without donators there wouldn't be servers. So donators are good.
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As the server administrator, you cannot keep dumping all of your pocket money into a server for others to enjoy. Administrating a server is not as fun as it seems. It is vital to receive donations to keep servers running.
As for the player point of view, I hate the idea of play to win, and god perks. On all of my servers, the perks have been moderate. You can go without them, but there is definitely a huge advantage to having them. Things such as moderate powered kits, /tpa, /home and other things of the sorts, as well as Donator titles and things like that.
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TT2000, you are genius.
I know, right? People donate bunches of money to a server and don't get anything to aid that person in-game or anything valuable in real life at all. It's useless to do that. MineCraft Servers aren't about earning trust to get higher rank, it's about paying to get a higher rank.
Useless things, the concept of our minds.
People donate to a server because they enjoy playing on it and are generous enough to help the Owner pay some bills by donating. If you donate for /give and whatever all permissions and "perks", I really hope you reconsider how you spend your (well lets face it, your parent's) money.
I'm all for voting and donating; I just would feel like I "cheated" if I did for free stuff or bonus perks. Colored name or VIP prefix? Extra /sethome or two? Sure. But I see servers handing out OP status to donators and handing out stacks of diamonds for voters just to get their name out there. That's the most horrible method of advertising and I am 99% you will give up on your "awesome" server within 3 months.
Donations are fine. But donate to win is stupid.
Think I will be on here often? Haha no.
Sure a few fun commands and some diamonds are fun, but no op pro 10 armor.
I donate on many servers, Mostly for ranks.. Not OP stuff though. Normal funner ranks and a few items like mob spawners.
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They have /ban! Thats ridiculous. Im fine if its just /tp commands and some stuff but /ban is ridiculous! Servers need donations to keep going tho...
I have a great idea! lets just BAN the admin lolollolololololl...
Yeah /ban is a stupid perk.
Cosmetic or small benefits for donating, like the hat plugin, mob disguise(as long as it isn't pvp), and being able to have two home teleports rather than one is fine.
Stuff like infinite diamonds, free diamond gear, etc. is going too far.
I plan at some point to open a server with donation perks and plugins, but donating would just give you novelties, not anything tangible like /gamemode or diamonds or anything.
Did I help you out? Let me know by clicking the green ▲ arrow at the bottom right of my post!
Not all servers offer over powered gear for the donators.
I myself have it rather balanced, so players who cant donate still have fun on the server and not feel left out.
Also I don't overly charge for things, I keep my perks at $25 or less.
Our bill is $250 a month and sometimes we only break even which is all that I want.
Really can careless about making profit but if I do i spend that money on developers.
May the bringer of peace be with you.
If you insist on addressing me by name just say Adsper. It's annoying when people say my full out username. "Oh hey AdswordTheBaws54763721" ~Mount and Blade