After playing singleplayer stuck on beta 1.2_02 since I forgot the password to my bro's friend's account (which I used to get the game back in late January 2011) I eventually bought Minecraft shortly after the release of beta 1.6. I then spent a long search for a good server to play on for around i think two weeks and eventually came across CFEW. The community was great and I made a lot of great new friends. The only person I recall who actually begged for a promotion back then was Poppy_sunny.
Unfortunately, as the server became bigger so did the problems. Drama began to arise much more often, the world began to become more and more cluttered, the economy began to break down, and people began to focus more on being promoted rather than having fun. This doesn't apply to everyone, there are definitely some great people on our server who are willing to help out the community but I feel that I feel our community as a whole is not nearly as strong as what it used to be.
We definitely need to get rid of some of the unnecessary worlds we have and make a new main world. What our focus as a server is yet to be determined, however our focus as a community should be to respect CFEW's most important rule, Have fun. Video games were made for our enjoyment, Becoming stressed/arguing over something that happened in a videogame especially a game as wonderful as Minecraft is complete nonsense.
Unfortunately, as the server became bigger so did the problems. Drama began to arise much more often, the world began to become more and more cluttered, the economy began to break down, and people began to focus more on being promoted rather than having fun. This doesn't apply to everyone, there are definitely some great people on our server who are willing to help out the community but I feel that I feel our community as a whole is not nearly as strong as what it used to be.
We definitely need to get rid of some of the unnecessary worlds we have and make a new main world. What our focus as a server is yet to be determined, however our focus as a community should be to respect CFEW's most important rule, Have fun. Video games were made for our enjoyment, Becoming stressed/arguing over something that happened in a videogame especially a game as wonderful as Minecraft is complete nonsense.