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[server review] Halcyon-Realms (Improved by feedback!)

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TheSettler's Avatar TheSettler
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Greetings!
And welcome to my third review! This one will be slightly different, as I have gain alot of community feedback about my reviews!

So lets start reviewing!

Halcyon Realm:
Every server stands for something, one about PvP, the other on survival. Unfortunatly, if you join the decorated spawn of Halycon, you can't really see what the server is about. This isn't practical at all, and left me with the question if I even should review this server..

But, once you leave the "uninformative" spawn and start playing, you can see what the server is about! And then you realise, you have joined something unique!

The Server:
Halcyon Realm is a pure survival server, with some plugins to enhance it. Basic commands, permissions and mcMMO to show off your survival skills, more isn't really required on this server! You just survive, with no fear to be raided, griefed or even killed. This really creates a relaxing atmosphere, but might be considered boring among the PvP fans..

The server has its Charm, only it has some flaws which should be mentioned:

It has alot of lag with Mobs and mining blocks, I heard that the owner has ordered more RAM, but thats only a Rumor. This Issue really ruins your survival experience, and should be fixed.

The permissions seem to fail sometimes, one minute I can tpa, the other minute I don't have permission. This is annoying, especially when you have to pause a conversation for 2 minutes before you can continue.

The Community:
Halcyon has nothing spectacular when talking about their community, its just normal. Some people are nice, some are less. But you do get a warm welcome, and assistence when asking for it!

The community meets its requirements to be nice, and are very tolerant towards the staff and the server. They aren't those kind of types who leave when something bad happens on it, but stay and try to improve it. The "small" playerbase they have, exists out of loyal people you can trust.

The Staff:
The Staff are people who care for their community & server, they sometimes break their own rules to do something good for a player, and try to improve the server as much as possible. Though it seems that the staff aren't much comfortable with change, as they try to remain the same simple freebuild server as the start. Or well, they recently started.

The Staff aren't some mechanic proffesionals or Psychologists, but they manage to run the server, and if they fix the flaws I have mentioned above, they would be a good staff team.

The Whole Picture:
Halcyon Realm isn't something spectacular that would manage to get very popular, but the "small" community they would gain would probably stay to the end as well. The staff knows how to manage their server normally, and is focused on the community, and the plugins have its flaws, even though it is a good concept.

These are my ratings:

The server: 4/10 - With some serious flaws, the server manages to create a good survival experience

Community: 6/10 - A common, nice community to play with

The Staff: 8/10 - Some serious but nice staff members who care for your opinion and issues, and manage the server.

The Whole Picture:

5/10 - Worth to check,

~Because the server isn't really popular, I have posted their IP for the people who want to check it:
Halcyon-realm.com

I hope you liked this reading this review as much as I like writing it! I hope that I have followed your feedback correctly, and that this is "improved", thanks for your time!
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07/07/2013 12:58 am
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Fishy Codes
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Nice one again man, diamond+fav

I really like how you did the out of 10 rating system, i really like it!
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07/05/2013 3:48 pm
Level 25 : Expert Unicorn
TheSettler
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Thank you for your support!
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07/05/2013 10:20 am
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Jetra
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Fantastic review and the formatting is simple, but effective. I'm already subbed, so diminz for you.
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07/05/2013 10:27 am
Level 25 : Expert Unicorn
TheSettler
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Thank you!
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07/05/2013 10:00 am
Level 1 : New Miner
SoleChewyy
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Hey, Thanks for the Review. Can you go into Detail for the issues at spawn for you? Id like to know to maybe make it better.

Thanks
Halcyon-Realm Co-Owner
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07/05/2013 10:04 am
Level 25 : Expert Unicorn
TheSettler
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At the start I didn't know where to go :I, the same as some new players after. Maybe some signs which shows directions or info?
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07/05/2013 10:03 am
Level 30 : Artisan Pirate
joehot200
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A good server learns from their mistakes, and improves their server.

Good luck, and always remember that members are not everything.
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07/05/2013 10:08 am
Level 25 : Expert Unicorn
TheSettler
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What do you mean?
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07/06/2013 2:47 pm
Level 30 : Artisan Pirate
joehot200
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I mean that many servers go on about players, i have seen many servers (including mine) which can often be better than many servers with 100+ players. People mistake my server as being a "bad" server because i do not advertise at all, except for the occasional bump on PMC to boost the left/banned players.
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