So it might be illegal to sell things like 2x xp, but I'm wondering if its illegal to give? I don't see anyway that they can make it illegal to just give a player stuff because they like them. If you know the answer to this question pleas quote me so that its not difficult for people to tell who your answering.
That's actually a good question. It's your server so I guess giving someone something wouldn't be. Also so you can't mods/admins because admins get creative and mods get like /heal?
So it might be illegal to sell things like 2x xp, but I'm wondering if its illegal to give? I don't see anyway that they can make it illegal to just give a player stuff because they like them. If you know the answer to this question pleas quote me so that its not difficult for people to tell who your answering.
gold_tool, on 20 June 2014 - 11:45 PM said:
That's actually a good question. It's your server so I guess giving someone something wouldn't be. Also so you can't mods/admins because admins get creative and mods get like /heal?
I don't actually have a server I'm just confused on how that will work out.
So it might be illegal to sell things like 2x xp, but I'm wondering if its illegal to give? I don't see anyway that they can make it illegal to just give a player stuff because they like them. If you know the answer to this question pleas quote me so that its not difficult for people to tell who your answering.
Giving stuff on your server would never be illegal. Although if it's not done fairly, it could I suppose be considering d-baggery, but being a dbag is not against the law lol. The whole issue has to do with profiting off of selling items for competitive advantage. If you aren't profiting from doing it, it's not against the EULA, just kinda jerky
If you give a donation, you shouldn't be expecting something in return.
Yeah, that's true. The definition of "donation" has changed thanks to greedy server administration.
That is why everyone thinks servers will die, because nobody will want to donate for free, and taking a
simple "thank you" in return, just isn't rewarding enough.
I really wish people would actually evaluate the result of Mojang's actions rather then blindly siding with Mojang. I asked a question openly, to multiple people and the best I got was, "We'll still be allowed to play Minecraft." This is just ridiculous. Why do you agree with Mojang's decision if you cannot even give me a reason why it will benefit the community?
I stand by one of my earlier statements in that those that are against pay for perk features are jealous of those that were able to pay for such features, because all I hear is complaints against said feature without any actual good reasons as to why. It's a crude way to look at it, but honestly they dodge any direct request for a reason, so what else am I to think?
However, I can actually explain multiple reasons as to why it is BAD for the community. It could potentially (and according to one large server that has posted, may actually) cause people to lose their jobs (which could potentially make people/families homeless), it could inhibit the gameplay of such servers as they are forced to use alternative means for income beyond gameplay features. It actually directly stifles creation by limiting what you're allowed to make (no capes). It creates a bad impression that Mojang will take away from the community at any time for any reason without negotiation. I've got plenty of reasons its NOT good for the community. I cannot really find one reason its good.
One thing I'd like to keep mind for those that reply to me, I don't play on large servers. I design mod content and art. I'm the original creator of the Ender Storage mod, I occasionally twitch stream and I've been contributing my other ideas to various other mods over the years (be it art or gameplay concepts). I don't actually lose much myself by these restrictions, but I am still speaking against them. I also am acting and not just speaking by actually moving my content creation to a open source platform (http://minetest.net) which will give me the ability to make content and have rights over said content.
Are you implying the minecraft community doesn't want public servers at all and only play to show off power? Why bother setting up servers for them anyway if they only use servers to be elitist and not because they genuinely like server contents? That insight of yours gave one more reason why we should support the EULA. I think this will be a wonderful step in stopping elitism in the community when public servers are gone.
Common sense is mojang allows priority access. Period. You are grasping at straws at this moment in trying to validate your claim that p2w is better than equal gameplay with limited server access for free users. If you ask me, I would rather play in a server where everyone has equal power and I have the option to pay if I find the server interesting enough to have access anytime. If I don't have money, I will just have to wait and play during less crowded time or camp until one free player leaves. The server owner also saves money by maximizing player slots and adjust the free slots size to adjust income to server popularity. Everyone wins.
With the upcoming changes, it won't be as easy to ask for donations which is why I am suggesting to use other means if you really want to help a charity. Minecraft charity is not as big as more traditional charity out there so it will barely have any effect in the grand scheme of things. Beside, not all servers are going to run for charity. You said it yourself servers need money to operate and the overwhelming majority of the server will be used for profit instead of charitable purposes.
I really wish people would actually evaluate the result of Mojang's actions rather then blindly siding with Mojang. I asked a question openly, to multiple people and the best I got was, "We'll still be allowed to play Minecraft." This is just ridiculous. Why do you agree with Mojang's decision if you cannot even give me a reason why it will benefit the community?
I stand by one of my earlier statements in that those that are against pay for perk features are jealous of those that were able to pay for such features, because all I hear is complaints against said feature without any actual good reasons as to why. It's a crude way to look at it, but honestly they dodge any direct request for a reason, so what else am I to think?
However, I can actually explain multiple reasons as to why it is BAD for the community. It could potentially (and according to one large server that has posted, may actually) cause people to lose their jobs (which could potentially make people/families homeless), it could inhibit the gameplay of such servers as they are forced to use alternative means for income beyond gameplay features. It actually directly stifles creation by limiting what you're allowed to make (no capes). It creates a bad impression that Mojang will take away from the community at any time for any reason without negotiation. I've got plenty of reasons its NOT good for the community. I cannot really find one reason its good.
One thing I'd like to keep mind for those that reply to me, I don't play on large servers. I design mod content and art. I'm the original creator of the Ender Storage mod, I occasionally twitch stream and I've been contributing my other ideas to various other mods over the years (be it art or gameplay concepts). I don't actually lose much myself by these restrictions, but I am still speaking against them. I also am acting and not just speaking by actually moving my content creation to a open source platform (http://minetest.net) which will give me the ability to make content and have rights over said content.
Did mojang made minecraft for people to make money out of it? No. It would be different if mojang encouraged people to make money from the start and then suddenly changed their statement. Those who will lose their "job" was their own mistake of making it a business when it was never meant to be just like those who made selling illegal drugs a business when the government forbids it. With the lack of p2w, you will need better features than ever so that people will pay and keep coming back for more. Who said you can't give the exclusive perks right now to everyone on the server so that everyone get to fully enjoy your server?
Good things I can think off: it will kill elitism among the community. Elitism breeds hatred and unfairness in gameplay and it would be better if elitists don't exist. Servers won't rely anymore on power to sell but on the server content itself which means more people willing to innovate something so that people are more interested to play in their server and spend money to keep it alive. Power selling is as simple as donate money for a stack of diamond which can be done by literally just typing a command. No innovation whatsoever. Close knit community will return with small servers being much more common just like the old days. Everyone knows each other and everyone plays nice and cooperate in making projects. This kind of environment is what we should encourage.
Are you implying the minecraft community doesn't want public servers at all and only play to show off power? Why bother setting up servers for them anyway if they only use servers to be elitist and not because they genuinely like server contents? That insight of yours gave one more reason why we should support the EULA. I think this will be a wonderful step in stopping elitism in the community when public servers are gone.
Common sense is mojang allows priority access. Period. You are grasping at straws at this moment in trying to validate your claim that p2w is better than equal gameplay with limited server access for free users. If you ask me, I would rather play in a server where everyone has equal power and I have the option to pay if I find the server interesting enough to have access anytime. If I don't have money, I will just have to wait and play during less crowded time or camp until one free player leaves. The server owner also saves money by maximizing player slots and adjust the free slots size to adjust income to server popularity. Everyone wins.
With the upcoming changes, it won't be as easy to ask for donations which is why I am suggesting to use other means if you really want to help a charity. Minecraft charity is not as big as more traditional charity out there so it will barely have any effect in the grand scheme of things. Beside, not all servers are going to run for charity. You said it yourself servers need money to operate and the overwhelming majority of the server will be used for profit instead of charitable purposes.
Honestly, GoldK, what does it matter to you? You don't want to play on a server where money can equal power, we get that. Why should noone be allowed to? If that happens to be an environment a chunk of the community prefers, who are you to say it is wrong? Them playing that way doesn't hurt you at all.
Honestly, GoldK, what does it matter to you? You don't want to play on a server where money can equal power, we get that. Why should noone be allowed to? If that happens to be an environment a chunk of the community prefers, who are you to say it is wrong? Them playing that way doesn't hurt you at all.
I'd expect some sort of "Well it's illegal, therefore it is wrong" response from this.
I'd expect some sort of "Well it's illegal, therefore it is wrong" response from this.
Prepare.
and to add to that:
rape is illegal and wrong?
Do some people still do it?
unfortuantely yes.
with this whole debacle here, im neutral, able to see both sides, but if i had to pick one, it would be against
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Mojang i beg you please dont do this!. If you can't donate anymore how can you keep server running? Sure you can make a player donate regularly but think about it. Seriously think. What would happen to some servers?
1. How will servers keep running?
2. What if a player doesnt like the server? Or the server? Maybe they only like it cause its free!!!!!
3. How many servers will close?
4. Do you know how much a player is gonna have to pay?
5. If you do this many players will quit minecraft
6. I dont think there parents want to pay for a video game
7. What is the total of the players gonna have to pay?
=-Donation is a essentials thing servers need so why remove it?-=
Minecraft it self has gone mad.
Donation isn't just for players its for servers staying up too!
What is wrong a player showing gratitude to a server? And the server showing gratitude back?
Also if players can donate for staying on a server why can't they donate for donation stuff?
This is just a reminder of some stuff that could happen if donation is removed!. Please don't servers need this its something you cannot remove!
Honestly, GoldK, what does it matter to you? You don't want to play on a server where money can equal power, we get that. Why should noone be allowed to? If that happens to be an environment a chunk of the community prefers, who are you to say it is wrong? Them playing that way doesn't hurt you at all.
I edited my post. To add to my personal opinion, I want a different pay model to multiplayers because it's hard to find a pay model that I actually like when the majority uses the p2w model. So it does affect me and maybe I will try multiplayer a try again when I see no more p2w servers. Since most of you are ignoring legalities, I might as well put in my personal opinions.
I really wish people would actually evaluate the result of Mojang's actions rather then blindly siding with Mojang. I asked a question openly, to multiple people and the best I got was, "We'll still be allowed to play Minecraft." This is just ridiculous. Why do you agree with Mojang's decision if you cannot even give me a reason why it will benefit the community?
I stand by one of my earlier statements in that those that are against pay for perk features are jealous of those that were able to pay for such features, because all I hear is complaints against said feature without any actual good reasons as to why. It's a crude way to look at it, but honestly they dodge any direct request for a reason, so what else am I to think?
However, I can actually explain multiple reasons as to why it is BAD for the community. It could potentially (and according to one large server that has posted, may actually) cause people to lose their jobs (which could potentially make people/families homeless), it could inhibit the gameplay of such servers as they are forced to use alternative means for income beyond gameplay features. It actually directly stifles creation by limiting what you're allowed to make (no capes). It creates a bad impression that Mojang will take away from the community at any time for any reason without negotiation. I've got plenty of reasons its NOT good for the community. I cannot really find one reason its good.
One thing I'd like to keep mind for those that reply to me, I don't play on large servers. I design mod content and art. I'm the original creator of the Ender Storage mod, I occasionally twitch stream and I've been contributing my other ideas to various other mods over the years (be it art or gameplay concepts). I don't actually lose much myself by these restrictions, but I am still speaking against them. I also am acting and not just speaking by actually moving my content creation to a open source platform (http://minetest.net) which will give me the ability to make content and have rights over said content.
No one cares if you are moving somewhere else,please stop acting like we do.
Did mojang made minecraft for people to make money out of it? No. It would be different if mojang encouraged people to make money from the start and then suddenly changed their statement. Those who will lose their "job" was their own mistake of making it a business when it was never meant to be just like those who made selling illegal drugs a business when the government forbids it. With the lack of p2w, you will need better features than ever so that people will pay and keep coming back for more. Who said you can't give the exclusive perks right now to everyone on the server so that everyone get to fully enjoy your server?
Good things I can think off: it will kill elitism among the community. Elitism breeds hatred and unfairness in gameplay and it would be better if elitists don't exist. Servers won't rely anymore on power to sell but on the server content itself which means more people willing to innovate something so that people are more interested to play in their server and spend money to keep it alive. Power selling is as simple as donate money for a stack of diamond which can be done by literally just typing a command. No innovation whatsoever. Close knit community will return with small servers being much more common just like the old days. Everyone knows each other and everyone plays nice and cooperate in making projects. This kind of environment is what we should encourage.
Many things are used for things beyond what they are initially created for. Its not like restricting servers stops people from making money off of Minecraft. Youtubers, Twitch streamers, mod authors, map makers, and yes even servers will still make money from Minecraft. All this does is specifically inhibit server owners and require them to use alternative means to fun their servers. Said means will likely lock TONS of players out of servers that they used to play (pay wall), reduce the amount of gameplay content (some servers have already said they would likely have to do this), and in extreme cases cost people their jobs.
As for killing "elitism," are you daft? Elitism in this community will not disappear just because servers are limited. In all honesty, this is more likely to create MORE elitism as servers have already been talking about splitting paying and nonpaying users into separate servers. Which server do you think is going to have more features? Which do you think will get more say in what the server owners work on? That in itself will cause elitist behavior.
Honestly, I've yet to see a good argument from you that actually shows a solid reason as to WHY this would be good for the community. I'm perfectly willing to change my opinion, but as of yet you haven't really given a convincing argument.
and to add to that:
rape is illegal and wrong?
Do some people still do it?
unfortuantely yes.
with this whole debacle here, im neutral, able to see both sides, but if i had to pick one, it would be against
I'm honestly not sure what point this was supposed to give. O.o; Clarify?
No one cares if you are moving somewhere else,please stop acting like we do.
I'm mearly pointing out that I'm arguing against the restrictions despite not being either a server host or a player on such server, pointing out that it impacts more then just servers themselves. Care to actually offer an opinion as to how the restrictions are good/bad, instead?
I edited my post. To add to my personal opinion, I want a different pay model to multiplayers because it's hard to find a pay model that I actually like when the majority uses the p2w model. So it does affect me and maybe I will try multiplayer a try again when I see no more p2w servers. Since most of you are ignoring legalities, I might as well put in my personal opinions.
I'm not ignoring legalities, I'm arguing that Mojang is making the wrong move. That by actually restricting what servers can do, it will do more harm then good. You're the one blindly following Mojang just because they have a legal right. I don't disagree with that specific point. Mojang does "have the right," but it doesn't mean they are not making a mistake and if we all blindly followed what we were told to do, without questioning anything, we wouldn't be where we are today.
Some people will have to get "real" jobs for other means of income. Not exploit children, and even some adults who don't know better.
I know for some a lifestyle change is hard too.
Except this won't happen. Do you honestly think servers will just roll over and stop doing what they love because something changed? Will they be impacted, sure, it'll hurt their bottom line and they will be forced to focus on cosmetic perks, pay to play, and similar models. Expect many of the medium to large servers to just require payment to login at all, and then further payment for visual extras/pets.
Honestly, guys, this isn't a good thing. I really wish people would stop blindly accepting "Mojang's will" and actually analyze the situation. All this does is hurt the guys who have spent the past few years creating content for the community. Does it benefit you as a player on a server? Nope. In fact, since gameplay features will likely be pushed back on the development queue in favor of visual effects, pets, etc. in order to keep the server running, it will likely hurt your experience.
If you didn't play on one of the servers that current uses a pay for perk model, then it won't change anything for you likely anyways (unless your server decides that now that its legal, they will start selling things, in which case it still might hurt you). So why be for something that causes harm to a large portion of your fellow Minecraft players and doesn't benefit really any of them?
Honestly, guys, this isn't a good thing. I really wish people would stop blindly accepting "Mojang's will" and actually analyze the situation. All this does is hurt the guys who have spent the past few years creating content for the community. Does it benefit you as a player on a server? Nope. In fact, since gameplay features will likely be pushed back on the development queue in favor of visual effects, pets, etc. in order to keep the server running, it will likely hurt your experience.
Stop putting words in my mouth please. I am not just all of the sudden "blindly" siding with Mojang or accepting anything.
I did this from day one, and my stance is still the same.
My idea of creating "content" for the community isn't a greedy server owner putting "kits", "perks", "titles" etc together, and labeling one group as a "paying" group, and another not.
If mod authors enjoy what they do, they will continue to make content, and accept donations for their work.
Picture it, you start looking for a server to join. You're looking and looking,what you see is "donate now and receive a sharpness 10 sword.
You just roll your eyes, thinking the owner is really desperate. But then you see 10 more,30 more,50 more saying the same thing.
Then you realize that there are way to many servers doing the same thing, drowning out servers who don't have to hawk in game items to stay afloat. Then you just give up disgust.
Remove the game items for donating and it should be good. The EULA clearly states that money should not equate to exclusive items to the donors no matter what that money is for. I think it would be better for the players to pay for the actual charity instead of the items and the charity is just the bonus.
Except its the other way around. They pay for the charity and get points to spend on items as a bonus for just spending money on the charity. There is no way to get the points spent on in game items unless you donate money to the charity.
So it might be illegal to sell things like 2x xp, but I'm wondering if its illegal to give? I don't see anyway that they can make it illegal to just give a player stuff because they like them. If you know the answer to this question pleas quote me so that its not difficult for people to tell who your answering.
gold_tool, on 20 June 2014 - 11:45 PM said:
That's actually a good question. It's your server so I guess giving someone something wouldn't be. Also so you can't mods/admins because admins get creative and mods get like /heal?
I don't actually have a server I'm just confused on how that will work out.
No I made a perfectly reasonable comment based on his obvious trollbait comment.
Giving stuff on your server would never be illegal. Although if it's not done fairly, it could I suppose be considering d-baggery, but being a dbag is not against the law lol. The whole issue has to do with profiting off of selling items for competitive advantage. If you aren't profiting from doing it, it's not against the EULA, just kinda jerky
Ayy LMAO
Yeah, that's true. The definition of "donation" has changed thanks to greedy server administration.
That is why everyone thinks servers will die, because nobody will want to donate for free, and taking a
simple "thank you" in return, just isn't rewarding enough.
I stand by one of my earlier statements in that those that are against pay for perk features are jealous of those that were able to pay for such features, because all I hear is complaints against said feature without any actual good reasons as to why. It's a crude way to look at it, but honestly they dodge any direct request for a reason, so what else am I to think?
However, I can actually explain multiple reasons as to why it is BAD for the community. It could potentially (and according to one large server that has posted, may actually) cause people to lose their jobs (which could potentially make people/families homeless), it could inhibit the gameplay of such servers as they are forced to use alternative means for income beyond gameplay features. It actually directly stifles creation by limiting what you're allowed to make (no capes). It creates a bad impression that Mojang will take away from the community at any time for any reason without negotiation. I've got plenty of reasons its NOT good for the community. I cannot really find one reason its good.
One thing I'd like to keep mind for those that reply to me, I don't play on large servers. I design mod content and art. I'm the original creator of the Ender Storage mod, I occasionally twitch stream and I've been contributing my other ideas to various other mods over the years (be it art or gameplay concepts). I don't actually lose much myself by these restrictions, but I am still speaking against them. I also am acting and not just speaking by actually moving my content creation to a open source platform (http://minetest.net) which will give me the ability to make content and have rights over said content.
Are you implying the minecraft community doesn't want public servers at all and only play to show off power? Why bother setting up servers for them anyway if they only use servers to be elitist and not because they genuinely like server contents? That insight of yours gave one more reason why we should support the EULA. I think this will be a wonderful step in stopping elitism in the community when public servers are gone.
Common sense is mojang allows priority access. Period. You are grasping at straws at this moment in trying to validate your claim that p2w is better than equal gameplay with limited server access for free users. If you ask me, I would rather play in a server where everyone has equal power and I have the option to pay if I find the server interesting enough to have access anytime. If I don't have money, I will just have to wait and play during less crowded time or camp until one free player leaves. The server owner also saves money by maximizing player slots and adjust the free slots size to adjust income to server popularity. Everyone wins.
With the upcoming changes, it won't be as easy to ask for donations which is why I am suggesting to use other means if you really want to help a charity. Minecraft charity is not as big as more traditional charity out there so it will barely have any effect in the grand scheme of things. Beside, not all servers are going to run for charity. You said it yourself servers need money to operate and the overwhelming majority of the server will be used for profit instead of charitable purposes.
Did mojang made minecraft for people to make money out of it? No. It would be different if mojang encouraged people to make money from the start and then suddenly changed their statement. Those who will lose their "job" was their own mistake of making it a business when it was never meant to be just like those who made selling illegal drugs a business when the government forbids it. With the lack of p2w, you will need better features than ever so that people will pay and keep coming back for more. Who said you can't give the exclusive perks right now to everyone on the server so that everyone get to fully enjoy your server?
Good things I can think off: it will kill elitism among the community. Elitism breeds hatred and unfairness in gameplay and it would be better if elitists don't exist. Servers won't rely anymore on power to sell but on the server content itself which means more people willing to innovate something so that people are more interested to play in their server and spend money to keep it alive. Power selling is as simple as donate money for a stack of diamond which can be done by literally just typing a command. No innovation whatsoever. Close knit community will return with small servers being much more common just like the old days. Everyone knows each other and everyone plays nice and cooperate in making projects. This kind of environment is what we should encourage.
Honestly, GoldK, what does it matter to you? You don't want to play on a server where money can equal power, we get that. Why should noone be allowed to? If that happens to be an environment a chunk of the community prefers, who are you to say it is wrong? Them playing that way doesn't hurt you at all.
I'd expect some sort of "Well it's illegal, therefore it is wrong" response from this.
Prepare.
and to add to that:
rape is illegal and wrong?
Do some people still do it?
unfortuantely yes.
with this whole debacle here, im neutral, able to see both sides, but if i had to pick one, it would be against
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1. How will servers keep running?
2. What if a player doesnt like the server? Or the server? Maybe they only like it cause its free!!!!!
3. How many servers will close?
4. Do you know how much a player is gonna have to pay?
5. If you do this many players will quit minecraft
6. I dont think there parents want to pay for a video game
7. What is the total of the players gonna have to pay?
=-Donation is a essentials thing servers need so why remove it?-=
Minecraft it self has gone mad.
Donation isn't just for players its for servers staying up too!
What is wrong a player showing gratitude to a server? And the server showing gratitude back?
Also if players can donate for staying on a server why can't they donate for donation stuff?
This is just a reminder of some stuff that could happen if donation is removed!. Please don't servers need this its something you cannot remove!
I edited my post. To add to my personal opinion, I want a different pay model to multiplayers because it's hard to find a pay model that I actually like when the majority uses the p2w model. So it does affect me and maybe I will try multiplayer a try again when I see no more p2w servers. Since most of you are ignoring legalities, I might as well put in my personal opinions.
No one cares if you are moving somewhere else,please stop acting like we do.
Many things are used for things beyond what they are initially created for. Its not like restricting servers stops people from making money off of Minecraft. Youtubers, Twitch streamers, mod authors, map makers, and yes even servers will still make money from Minecraft. All this does is specifically inhibit server owners and require them to use alternative means to fun their servers. Said means will likely lock TONS of players out of servers that they used to play (pay wall), reduce the amount of gameplay content (some servers have already said they would likely have to do this), and in extreme cases cost people their jobs.
As for killing "elitism," are you daft? Elitism in this community will not disappear just because servers are limited. In all honesty, this is more likely to create MORE elitism as servers have already been talking about splitting paying and nonpaying users into separate servers. Which server do you think is going to have more features? Which do you think will get more say in what the server owners work on? That in itself will cause elitist behavior.
Honestly, I've yet to see a good argument from you that actually shows a solid reason as to WHY this would be good for the community. I'm perfectly willing to change my opinion, but as of yet you haven't really given a convincing argument.
I'm honestly not sure what point this was supposed to give. O.o; Clarify?
I'm mearly pointing out that I'm arguing against the restrictions despite not being either a server host or a player on such server, pointing out that it impacts more then just servers themselves. Care to actually offer an opinion as to how the restrictions are good/bad, instead?
Edit:
I'm not ignoring legalities, I'm arguing that Mojang is making the wrong move. That by actually restricting what servers can do, it will do more harm then good. You're the one blindly following Mojang just because they have a legal right. I don't disagree with that specific point. Mojang does "have the right," but it doesn't mean they are not making a mistake and if we all blindly followed what we were told to do, without questioning anything, we wouldn't be where we are today.
Some people will have to get "real" jobs for other means of income. Not exploit children, and even some adults who don't know better.
I know for some a lifestyle change is hard too.
Except this won't happen. Do you honestly think servers will just roll over and stop doing what they love because something changed? Will they be impacted, sure, it'll hurt their bottom line and they will be forced to focus on cosmetic perks, pay to play, and similar models. Expect many of the medium to large servers to just require payment to login at all, and then further payment for visual extras/pets.
Honestly, guys, this isn't a good thing. I really wish people would stop blindly accepting "Mojang's will" and actually analyze the situation. All this does is hurt the guys who have spent the past few years creating content for the community. Does it benefit you as a player on a server? Nope. In fact, since gameplay features will likely be pushed back on the development queue in favor of visual effects, pets, etc. in order to keep the server running, it will likely hurt your experience.
If you didn't play on one of the servers that current uses a pay for perk model, then it won't change anything for you likely anyways (unless your server decides that now that its legal, they will start selling things, in which case it still might hurt you). So why be for something that causes harm to a large portion of your fellow Minecraft players and doesn't benefit really any of them?
Stop putting words in my mouth please. I am not just all of the sudden "blindly" siding with Mojang or accepting anything.
I did this from day one, and my stance is still the same.
My idea of creating "content" for the community isn't a greedy server owner putting "kits", "perks", "titles" etc together, and labeling one group as a "paying" group, and another not.
If mod authors enjoy what they do, they will continue to make content, and accept donations for their work.
Your idea of content and mine is different.
You just roll your eyes, thinking the owner is really desperate. But then you see 10 more,30 more,50 more saying the same thing.
Then you realize that there are way to many servers doing the same thing, drowning out servers who don't have to hawk in game items to stay afloat. Then you just give up disgust.
Yeah...