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Hey everyone, I've been writing a sort of Morons Guide to Convicted and I wanted to post what I have so far to see what everyone thinks and what I could improve.
Warning: REALLY REALLY LONG

Convicted for Morons

This guide assumes that you already have a basic knowledge of the rules of Convicted and have gone through the tutorial and understand the basic mechanics of a prison server. This guide will cover some more knowledge not covered in the tutorial such as basic information on the staff, blocks, plots, and rules.

Section 1 : The Guards

1.1.1 : Who are they?
The guard staff aims to maintain the general role of a prison server. They enforce prison rules such as contraband policies as well as some other things like PvP zone abuse. Usually you will see 4-5 guards on at a time.

1.1.2 : Guard Ranks

Trainee Guard: Starting rank for any newly accepted applicant. Has access to C block only.
Full Guard: Full fledged guards form the bulk of the staff. These guards have access to blocks D, C, B. They also gain use of the plugin Insta-Eat which allows them to instantaneously eat any food item and gain a corresponding amount of food. (No cakes or drinks though) Guards do not suffer from standard hunger.
Alpha Guard: These guards are essentially moderators of the server. They have all the privilages of a Guard with the addition of access to A block, Elite block, and ability to exit the prison. They have access to mute and ban commands. Alpha Guards are also permitted to use the X-Ray mod in order to detect xrayers. They may also demote C prisoners to D-Block.

1.2.1 : Prison rule typical jail times
The standard jail time is listed as 10 minutes. However, not all rules work like that. Note that these rules are only what most guards do. Do not cry “ABOOSE” if a guard does something different. Guards are not permitted to jail for longer than 30 minutes except for a server rule violation.
Failure to hand over sword: 10 Minutes
Failure to exit PvP zone during combat: 10 Minutes
PvP zone abuse including but not limited to pushing, drowning, etc.: 15 minutes
Mine area griefing including but not limited to planting trees in areas other than the C Tree farm: 30 minutes
Server rule violation: Indefinite

Section 2 : Wardens
Wardens are the operators of the server and have access to all commands. Treat them with respect. They occasionally do fun events such as block parties.
2.1.1 : List of wardens
ViperKnows
Noakii
JaakeyX
Deathbanes
MoBains
P0TAT0ES
Dualbladez

2.1.2 : Warden profiles
COMING AS SOON AS I CAN ASK THE WARDENS

Section 3 : C-Block

3.1.1 : Important places in C-Block

Spawning area: Duh
Jail cells: Rentable cells for an amount of time. Make sure you know when yours expires
Message board: Contains information on things such as stars
Cafeteria: Food is served from time to time. Food is completely random.
Showers: Yeah whatever
Premium showers: Contains a disc inside (A-BLOCK+ ONLY)
Main Foyer: The bloodiest part of the prison. This part is frequently redecorated. Many free prisoners (more on them later) and guards will be waging a war in here. Tread carefully. Always sprint from place to place.
C-Bank: Contains warps to the player market and the event room.
C-Block shop: Where you can buy and sell blocks for BP
C-Pool: Where you can fish. Contains a hidden disc.
C-Food shop: Buy food here
C-Workroom: Contains public furnaces (beware of theft), an enchantment table with no bookshelves, crafting tables, as well as private furnace rooms.
C-Quarry: Contains stone (sold for 1 bp each), iron ore (must be smelted to be sold for 32 bp), and coal (16 bp)
C-Tree farm: Contains trees. Yeah. (Logs for 4 bp each)

3.1.2 : Block prices for C-Block
For stack prices multiply number by 64
Cobble stone Buy 2 Sell 1
Log 1 (Oak) Buy 8 Sell 4
Log 2 (Birch) Buy 8 Sell 4
Wood 1 (Oak) Buy 2 Sell 1
Wood 2 (Birch) Buy 2 Sell 1
Coal Buy 32 Sell 16
Iron Ingot Buy 64 Sell 32
Sapling Buy 50 (Stacks of 64 only)

3.2.1 : General tips for C-Block
C-Block may be THE MOST dangerous place in the prison. There is always a ridiculous amount of activity there.
1. ALWAYS SPRINT. I cannot emphasize this enough. If you do not, you will be torn apart by frees the moment you leave the workplace.
2. Work in small amounts. Should you get killed, its gonna suck if you lose a full inventory of logs.
3. Don’t bring really good tools unless you’re prepared to lose them.
4. If you’re aiming to leave C-Block, try to refrain from PvP. You will get torn apart.
5. When mining, watch the ground. There are A LOT of holes.
6. The tree farm, when it actually has saplings in it, is the FASTEST source of income.
7. Use the player market. You might be surprised by what you can find in there.

Section 4 : B-Block
Well, if you’re reading this, then you’ve obviously advanced from the hell known as C. Congrats.

4.1.1 : Important areas
Spawning area: Meh. Nothing special.
Cells: Rentable cells. I believe they are more spacious than C-block cells and as such more expensive. There is also a disc hidden here.
B-Foyer: This is the only area where PvP is enabled in B-Block. However, it’s pretty big.
Block shop: Buy and sell blocks
Food shop: Buy food. Also contains chicken farm.
Chicken farm: Kill chickens and sell the loot
B-Bank/workroom: Contains private furnaces and enchantment table with controllable bookshelves (2 and 4 only)
Basketball court: Serves no purpose whatsoever except for free orange wool
Workplace hallway: PVP DISALBED!!! YAY!!!
Dirt mine: Contains dirt, sand, and clay
Sandstone “ancient” mine: Contains sandstone, gold ore (sells for same as iron), and diamonds (Yay!!!)

4.1.2 : Block prices
Clay Sell 2
Diamonds Buy 600 Sell 150
Gold Ingots Buy 64 Sell 32
Feathers Sell 300 (Stack only)
Raw chicken Sell 5

4.2.1 : General tips for B-Block
Since this block is considerably less populated you can be less careful. I still recommend sprinting especially since the distance from workplace is quite long. This place is almost not guarded so you should bring a weapon just in case you need to push someone back a little. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT PVP ABUSE THE LACK OF SUGAR CANE BETWEEN WORKPLACE AND FOYER!!!!!

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Great app really like it just make that final (horrible) word a bit bigger. Recommended.

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Great ura! 1 thing though the Premium Showers were replaced by the new jail about a month ago, but great work!

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I'm such an idiot for updating >.< Now I have to go through some process that takes hours to be able to get back on convicted arhh

It took me 30 seconds to downgrade!

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Noakii what did I do to you! Is this a troll ban or what? Still not letting me on! Sorry but Convicted is usually the only thing I do on Minecraft and I don't wanna be banned for a week!

In case not a troll ban:

IGN:builder1028

Current rank on the server:Trainee

Reason you were banned: ?

Warden/Alpha that issued your ban: (N/A if you don't know) Noakii

Approximate time of ban: (Include time zone) 5:30 CST

Why you deserve to be unbanned: I'm not sure what I did Noakii said in public chat "Come click this block!" It was a gold block so I ran and clicked it. I was warped to some place in Free where there were other people confused about where they were. A few seconds later I was warped to C Bank and Noakii said "Temp banning builder." I said wut? then i was banned. The ban message says "Disconnected by Server Temporarily banned from server for 7 days" I am not sure if this is a troll ban as I've never been banned from a server before because this is my first (and currently only server) that I play on. While I did try a, uh, certain other prison server as I wanted to feel what C was like again, it just didn't stick with me.

Any additional information: Well as you all know the 1.3.1 MC was made avaliable today and while I did try it, I still prefer Convicted to everything else MC related! Again I'm sorry if this was a troll ban because it still hasn't let me back on and this is the only thing I do on MC. Ty for your time. Not sure if it matters or not but there was a C Foyer event a few hours earlier and there was a free kill zone, where people can be killed by guards or others alike. 2 people did think I was abusing so I'm not sure if I was reported for abuse, but I would really like to be unbanned because I don't want to be banned for 7 days without a good reason for serving it.

Here is the ban message: http://imgur.com/xMYce

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It took me 30 seconds to downgrade!

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I have no idea how to do all the technical stuff lol so its taking me ages.

Quote from LuckyRae132

I didn't either, but i have an iMac and i have it set so that when i update it automatically makes a backup of the last update, i took out the new minecraft.jar and then just ran the 1.2.5 version. I can't believe i figured it out. Normally i can do anything technical.

Thanks I will try doing something along those lines, credit to you if it works!

Quote from urasyupi2

A-Block guide. Thanks to Dual for letting me in to write this.

Section 5 : A-Block
Grats. You’re almost there. Don’t get excited yet though. Note that the workplaces and the block shop are linked with a non-pvp zone. Yay!!!

5.1.1 Important areas

Spawn: Contains a potion shop at the back as well as an enchantment table with 7 shelves. There’s also a hidden disc here.
Hockey Rink: Free black wool
Foyer: Space between bank and other parts. Also contains a Free exit
Mob Farm: Costs 25 BP to access. One of the best workplaces that I know of. Loot can be sold for assorted prices.
Netherrack mine: Contains iron, diamonds, netherrack, and glowstone
Pool: Contains a disc
Cells: Last 10 days, cost 2,000 BP and are pretty big. 5*4*5
Bank: It’s a bank. Also contains private furnaces. These furnaces are also equipped with a brewing stand.
Food store: Has cake. And apples.
Free Exit: Frees can leave the prison through here.

5.1.2 Block Prices

Glowstone Buy 4 Sell 2
Cake Buy 180 Sell 90
Apples Buy 36 Sell 18
Netherrack Buy 2 Sell 1
Spider eye Sell 15
Rotten flesh Sell 15
String Sell 30
Bone Sell 30
Arrow Sell 5

5.2.1 General Tips for A-Block
If you have attained a lot of armor from guard battles, the mob farm may be an ideal source of income.
You can now start mining as much as you want as the shops and the workplaces are connected through non-pvp. Careful, you can still get killed going from workplace to bank.
Standard guards are not permitted to access this area. I was only able to get in by asking a warden to TP me in. Do not expect a guard to come and save your life. It won’t happen.

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Great guide as always ura! You could make a book

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1) IGN: seemethere
2) Your age: 19
3) How long have you been playing the server? (Minimum of 3 days) about 4 months
4) Have you read the Server, Prison, and Guard Rules? yes
5) Any experience with the prison genre? I am a Warden on another prison server and was a Lead Guard (like alpha but with only one person at lead) on there for an extended period of time
6) What is your time zone? Central (US)
7) Why are you the best choice for guard? I have an aptitude for leadership and can diffuse situations. I also have experience with guarding on multiple servers (DDTS, MCP, etc.) I'm very easy to get along with and am great with learning new things and can help players if need be. I can also be on at odd hours during the school year since I am in college and my schedule differs from most other players.
8) What is your current rank? Do you understand that we will require PROOF of your rank when/if you retire from guard? My current rank is elite and I understand that I will need screenshot proof if I resign.
Noakii