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How to let new players play?

IdealIdeas91 7/6/12 1:39 am
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7/7/2012 3:04 am
My server is suffering from regular users. I know my server is fun as people that do play my server love playing it

What I believe what is making people leave is I force new players to play in a decent sized box with no commands for 30 mins. This is to deter greifers, as greifers dont want to wait.

I want to hear how others work their server with new players.

I thought about letting them roam the world freely with no no abilities other than building, mining, and so forth for 30 minutes, but im not sure.
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IdealIdeas91
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gramoobi
07/07/2012 3:04 am
Level 27 : Expert Toast
i just use logblock and keep them in the survival world until they autorank after 2 hours because that worlds logged adn i can rollback anything they do...
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rlaszlo100
07/06/2012 9:27 pm
Level 2 : Apprentice Explorer
stop spamming
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MrSqwiggles1
07/06/2012 3:59 am
Level 1 : New Miner
Then let them wait in a bedrock room. That sound good enough for you?
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IdealIdeas91
07/06/2012 9:13 pm
Level 27 : Expert System
I just found the right plugin to help with my dilemma.
Server Signs.

With It I made it so players must earn enough cash in the Noob Box, then when they have enough they can use a sign that charges them the money, clears their inventory, warps them to the appropriate area TWICE (so they cant use /back), ups their rank to Member and gives them a starter kit!
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MrSqwiggles1
07/06/2012 1:46 am
Level 1 : New Miner
Here's an idea, make them have to register on a blog, or clan site, or maybe your own site. when they've registered and told you, you can check all users on your site/blog/etc to see if they have registered and activated their account, then you can register them on the actual server.
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IdealIdeas91
07/06/2012 2:10 am
Level 27 : Expert System
Well the thing about that is I dont have a site nor the means to make one.

The best thing I have is a facebook page of my server.


Are there any other suggestions?
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MrSqwiggles1
07/06/2012 2:23 am
Level 1 : New Miner
maybe get a registry administrator plugin for your bukkit server. On my server, I have a plugin called "ServerLock." This stops people from joining my server, unless you put them on the bypass list. I use this to lock the server when I'm doing something for a short period of time, say for example, going to the toilet, or grabbing a snack, for longer periods of time, like eating dinner with the family, going out, or even going for a shower, I stop the server all-together. there are plenty of administrator plugins available at bukkit.org!
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IdealIdeas91
07/06/2012 3:37 am
Level 27 : Expert System
That doesnt do what I want it to do.

Its not a matter of if im away or not.

I want a way where I can allow players to play on my server without detering the real players with the 30 minute time limit.
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