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I want to have 2 nice person that want to play with me and my friends *only 2 place for public*

Rules:

Dont grief
No raiding
pvp is turned off

so if you want to join us just complete the application below:

In game name:
Age:
How experienced with Minecraft are you?
Are you a good builder?
Why do you want to join us?
Did you ever grief? If yes Why?

IP:

Minecraft username:poker134
How long have you been on the server:nearly 1 month
What have you done on the server:i kill the enderdragon with you guys.I made myself some friends i build the spawn with you.
Any other info:i love that server and the staff and i want to be one of you i never let you alone

Age: 14
Minecraft Experience: Played since Christmas 2011, and have learned all there is to know
Are you a good builder? Yes, I think so. I build creative things that are unique and not built by many people.
Why do i want to join? This server looks awesome! I've been looking for a fun vanilla survival server to play, and this looks PERFECT
Have I ever griefed? No, because people work hard on their building projects and mining, and griefing it ruins all their hard work.

I'm not the greatest at ideas. It's obvious that my server is missing something, and whatever it is, it's enough to cause player retention problems, despite efforts from the co-admin and I to renovate the spawn area.


One person who logged on today and probably won't come back asked me what our "goal" was. I told him that Minecraft had no goal. He then replied that he meant the goal of the server, apparently not understanding that a minecraft server is still minecraft. My bad internet connection gave out before I could respond to that, and by the time I logged back in 10 seconds later, he had left.

On the other hand, another player who logged on today and definitely won't be coming back was frustrated that he was unable to use cheat commands, such as /spawn and /set home. The conversation ended in him swearing at me juvenilely shortly before being banned.

Moreover, almost every new player that logs on seems to have no idea where they can build, despite it being obvious that they can build anywhere outside of a town (especially given that I explain it to them personally, assuming they stay long enough for me to type).

Similarly, a very common remark is "what do I do???" and "I'm board" (oddly, almost everyone seems to spell "bored" wrong nowadays). This concerns me deeply, because even though I originally joined Aftermath roughly two or three days after I bought the game itself, I still had a decent grasp on what I was supposed to be spending my time with (namely, mining).


So, what can we do to combat these issues? Obviously, the second one isn't something we can budge on (I don't care if "most" servers allow people to cheat, most servers are ran by children), but what kind of "goal" could the server possibly have, and how can I make it more obvious to people where they can and can't build? How can I make it even more obvious to people that they're supposed to play the freakin' game and not expect the admin to do everything for them?