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Factions: Smart or Stupid? (MY OPINIONS)

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Prince Oceanus's Avatar Prince Oceanus
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Oi, everyone! It's me, Ocean, and I'm back with day seven of my birthday countdown! Days five and six were spent trying to fix one of the private servers I own, so I couldn't be bothered to do Blog posts on those days (don't ask for the IP's, they're private for a reason). But anyways, today's Blog is on something that is a common sight on the Servers area of PMC.

Today's topic: Factions servers

Now, I know what most of you are thinking. "Ocean, what's wrong with Factions servers?" Well, there's lots of things wrong with them, actually, so let's get started!

One of the things that really makes me not like Factions servers is the Staff on some of them being really cruel and overall corrupt. I know that not all Factions servers have this issue, but I feel that it makes the game less fun for the players, since you'll have Staff that get their pants in a twist because you don't want to join their Faction on the server, and then you'll just have the ones that are flat-out rude to a new player asking them a question, and then banning them for something the player had no idea was bannable, like taking a block of dirt from a chest. I mean, if you're not playing Agrarian Skies, it's not that bad, because let's face it, dirt really has no use unless you're either, A. Being a farmer like Sjin of the Yogscast, or B. Playing Skyblock. The Staff Factions are also usually really overpowered, since they're owned by the Staff and they have the ability to just chage their gamemode into Creative.

Another thing I don't like about Faction servers is how rude every Faction is towards each other. They just say terrible things and blaspheme about the Factions they hate, and then someone gets mad and launches an attack on someone who's offended them, and then the Staff has to get involved if it becomes out of hand. Again, I'm not saying all Factions servers are like this, but there are a lot out there. The ones I've usually been on are rather calm about this sort of thing, though, so I guess I've just been lucky.

The third and final thing I don't like about Faction servers is the usage of grief, raiding, and the act of camping in a person's base and spawnkilling them. I understand that that's just how that kind of server is played, but I don't see a reason to want to do that to someone, especially a new player on the server or to the game entirely. Something else that really irks me is that after the damage is done, they actually have the nerve to put signs down that say things like, "lol nice house bro", "you got griefed", or even "you got raided lol". I mean, it's bad enough that's you've taken everything of value, and now you're taunting them? That's pretty much cyber-bullying.

Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed reading! Don't forget to drop a Diamond and Favorite if you enjoyed, and subscribe for more stuff like this from me!

And as always,
Peace, love, and tridents!
~Ocean
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12/19/2017 7:10 pm
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LightlySaltedBuilder
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The worst part is the traitors. It makes recruiting so hard, because you never know when one of your new members will turn on you and take all the goods.
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12/19/2017 10:32 pm
Level 52 : Grandmaster Prince
Prince Oceanus
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This was written 3 years ago; I’ve moved on from this kind of writing.
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12/20/2017 5:36 pm
Level 53 : Grandmaster Architect
LightlySaltedBuilder
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I can tell, seeing as your last writing was a year ago. Just felt like commenting. But still, it's a shame, the blog sections could use more quality content like this.
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11/22/2016 4:57 am
Level 56 : Grandmaster Necromancer
Wholy
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Interesting, I have made a factions server today and I saw your post and I expected the points that you said :) . This means that I am on the right way
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09/22/2014 5:40 pm
Level 21 : Expert Scribe
PukedOutKiwi
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Yes, this is so true! But then again, the majority of the points you stated (general rudeness, raiding, taunting, etc) is the point of the faction server. I mean, the point of a faction server is to raid others, try not to get raided, and achieve power over time. Alot of the people who make these blogs are usually peaceful, non-harassing people, whereas the faction players are rude, cunning individuals. It's all about the mindset.
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09/22/2014 5:54 pm
Level 52 : Grandmaster Prince
Prince Oceanus
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Mhm, that's what I've noticed. (Btw, love the Cry profile pic X3)
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09/22/2014 2:02 pm
Level 41 : Master System
Devi The Panda
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Hey... Towny's the same.
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09/22/2014 2:16 pm
Level 52 : Grandmaster Prince
Prince Oceanus
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Well, yes, but the thing about Towny is that outsiders can't grief the town unless they're given the priviliges to do so by the owner of the town.
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09/22/2014 2:33 pm
Level 41 : Master System
Devi The Panda
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Factions is good and bad. Its the server's owner that makes it fail. Factions was designed to make kingdoms to fight against. its more like a war lords plugin.
Even in real life people destroy things.
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09/22/2014 2:47 pm
Level 52 : Grandmaster Prince
Prince Oceanus
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Yeah, the Minecraft community twisted Factions into something it shouldn't have, sorta like the EULA. :P They turned a really fun plugin into one where you pretty much kill a ton of people and get rewarded for it...sorta reminds my of the GTA series. >_<
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