I'm so disappointed about culture on the server. I don't understand why do you refer to me like to someone worse? Because I get these 50% of cobblestone? Purpose of public chests is fact that you can take something from it, but you have to put it back. After me getting these 50% of cobble you lock these chests. I don't understand your decision. But I put this cobble back, so what's going on? Woo482 told that somebody steal 50% cobble from this chests, so he has to lock it.
It's very unfair. I'm not a thief and I don't want to be so treated.
I have a habit of not getting involved in drama, but from what I understand, they were upset about the fact that you took a large amount of cobble from the chests to build that castle of yours out of cobble, without initially putting anything back or mining anything yourself--essentially getting a free ride from them.
I think another issue is that buildings made of cobble are often looked upon as "ugly" by members of the minecraft community (not just this server), possibly due to how little effort goes into the materials for them. I do not think the reaction would've been quite so severe if you'd smelted the cobble into stone and then made your castle of stone brick, assuming you did eventually put some back.
P.S. banning me from commune is also unfair. I was here 2 times by an accident(when it was closed) when I was going back from nether.
This raises another issue--given how much area is "blacked out" by a nether portal, I would rather if portals not be inside locked buildings. For one, it defeats the purpose of having the lock, and for another, it can make it possible for people to get trapped there.
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May I just say at this point that I do not agree with the decision to 'lock' the chests. IT WAS COBBLE FOR GOD'S SAKE, ITS THE MOST ABUNDANT RESOURCE IN THE ENTIRE GAME!!! I think this was a major over-reaction to a minor incident.
Official minecraft server admin stance on this issue: the commune was created by a group of players, and all materials in it were collected by them. If they choose not to share with everyone, that is their right.
That said, I don't think playing favorites will foster a healthy community on the server. I won't act to stop it unless it gets to the point of actually briefing other players, but it would be nice (just dreaming here, bear with me) if the server would be a place where anyone interested in Orbiter and their friends could go to have fun and build stuff without having to worry about people destroying their stuff or harassing them.
