Dear Famcrafters,

 It has come to our attention that the number of clan related "griefs" being reported is on the rise. We would like to offer some clarification and guidelines to help prevent unnecessary banning of your fellow Famcrafters.

 We would like to implement some new clan grief reporting guidelines.

 In the event of a clan grief please take the following steps:

1.) Report the grief to a staff member.

 *The staff member will evaluate the scene, and if it is obviously a true grief, they will report it, or ban as needed.

 *If there is a possibility it is not a true grief, the staff member will still make a report, but may ask you to /mail send [playername] to communicate about the damage.

2.) Ask the staff member to tell you the name of the player who did the damage.

3.) Communicate.

 *If the player is in game, /msg [playername] and ask them politely to come repair the damage.
 
 *If the player is NOT in game, /mail send [playername] and ask them politely to repair the damage.

4.) Wait. Be patient, and give the player time to reply to your message. You can use the /seen page located at: http://tools.famcraft.com/seen/ to determine when the player was last online. Please give the player at least 2 days to reply.

5.) If the player repairs the damage, you do not need to do anything else.

6.) If the player does not repair the damage once he or she has been informed of the situation, please use /clan kick [playername] to remove the player from your clan, and then let a staff member know that the issue was not resolved. This information will be added to the original report, and we will look into the situation as soon as possible.


 Always remember, Clan leaders are not helpless, and not every clan issue requires staff involvement. As a clan leader YOU can help set the clan's rules, YOU control who you let in your clan, YOU control who you give access to your clan area precious stones and chests, and YOU can /clan kick if a player is not following the rules of your clan. If you kick a player, you will need to allow them enough access to remove their things from the clan home area, before removing them from the clan area precious stones. You can not keep the items of a member you /clan kick.

 
Here are some things YOU can do to minimize actual griefing, as well as simple misunderstandings in your clan area.

 
 1.) At your /clan home , post rules clearly stating what is expected of your clan members. Ask all new members to read the rules.

 A few examples of clan rules you might want to have:

*Please build at least  __ blocks from the clan home.

* Please build at least __ blocks from other clan members homes.

 *Please make sure to replant what you harvest.

 *Please cut down the whole tree-  do not leave tree tops in the area.

 *Please help restock clan storage if you take items from it.

*Please do not break or place any blocks in the clan home

*Please repair anything you accidentally break

*Please do not place any new chests in the clan area

*Please do not leave locked chests, furnaces, anvils or signs in the clan area

*Please do not leave pets in the clan area

*Please do not make unauthorized changes to the clan grounds.


2.) Clearly mark areas of your clan "Clan Garden", "Clan Mine", "Clan Storage". These types of labels can help avoid confusion.  Make sure, as a clan owners you realize that it will always be assumed that clan areas and clan resources are allowed to be shared by all clan members.

3.) Make sure your clan area is clearly defined. Fences, walls or any other type of  visible borders can help players understand what you mean by "clan area".

4.) Make sure your clan is properly protected by Precious Stones

5.) Get to know/trust your clan members a little before adding them to all of your precious stones fields.

6.) Make yourself available for clan questions by in game mail. Take the time to answer questions your clan members may have about clan storage spaces and resources.

7.) Use your clan bulletin board! /bb clear will clear your bb, and /bb add [message] will allow you to add a new message. /clan bb add *The fountain in the center of the clan home is under construction - Please do not alter it in any way* <-- helps players know what is going on.

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When you DO spot a "grief", feel free to ask a staff member to come check it out, and let you know who it was that did the damage.
 
 Then, take a few important things into consideration.

1.) Do you believe the player was intentionally trying to cause damage to the area?

2.) How many blocks are affected?

3.) Could lag have contributed to the damage you see?

4.)Is it possible the player intends to repair the damage, but had to log off before they could?
 
5.) Has this player caused other damage in the past?

6.) Is it possible the player was using a small render distance and did not realize how close he was to the clan area? (Small render distance)

7.) Did the player think he was "helping" the clan? (New garden, storage room expansion)

8.) If you asked the player what happened, what do you think he would say? Do you think he would be willing to repair the damage or reverse the changes?

9.) Did the player make any effort to repair the damage? Example: Broke smooth stone, replace it with cobblestone.

10.) If something similar was found that YOU had done, why would you have done it? What would you hope would happen? What disciplinary action would you expect?


 Real clan griefs DO happen. We all know this, sadly. Moderate amount of broken blocks, random blocks placed about in an obvious attempt to deface an area, locked signs with unpleasant messages. These types of things are clearly griefs and will always be dealt with accordingly.

 But one stone block missing from a walkway? A block of glass on a spawner, where someone was likely swinging a sword?  A row of crops that was not replanted? It would be much nicer to ask the player in question to repair the damage, than to expect an instant tempban from staff.

 We will be asking some players to use the /mail send feature to try to communicate with the clan members a bit better before passing out bans. One of the benefits of having a strong community like ours is having the ability to work out minor issues on occasion, without too much staff involvement. We look forward to seeing more players practice good communication, and hope to see less clan related bans in the future.

 Thank you all for being amazing. <3

 Ok yall! There s good news, and there is fun news, which do you want first? :O

 Good news? The good news is, we are relocating the actual physical hardware that houses the survival and FTB servers! Yay!
 This will put the hardware closer to Micah, so if we ever have server issues, Micah will be right there to get us back in shape ASAP!

 Now, don't worry- absolutely nothing will change. The map will be the same, the inventories, every single detail of Famcraft will be 100% exactly, absolutely the same as it is right this very moment. NO data will be changed or effected in any way. We are ONLY relocating the actual machine that hosts the server.

 This means the hardware will be disconnected, loaded into a vehicle, and transported to a new location, then set in place, and hooked back up. The survival server will be offline for up to 12 hours while this move occurs.


 But.. what about the FUN news??

 The FUN news is, as the title of this post probably gave away...  We will be hosting a temporary  Famcraft CREATIVE  server for ONE day! Tomorrow, Wed June 11, 2014.

 This means you can test all those weird red stone contraptions, spawn yourself a bunch of villagers, build that diamond mansion you have always dreamed of,  and swim in the lava with your Famcraft friends! (Lava bathing = the Admins favorite pastime)

 Mumble, music, irc and the forum will all be up and running as usual. Staff will be online to help with any issues.
 
 
 Because this is a temporary server, nothing will be saved/kept, so make sure you take plenty of screen shots to remember all the fun. Feel free to share some of those screenshots in this thread so we can all see what Famcrafters like to build when they have unlimited resources.

 We will look forward to seeing you all there tomorrow. You will automatically connect to the creative server when you join survival.famcraft.com the same way you normally do. There is no need to add a server, or edit anything in your server client list. Just join Famcraft and play

 The rules are the same family friendly rules we all know and love.

 See you there!

 Famcraft has updated to 1.7.9. As a result, you may notice a few minor issues, or unusual occurrences on the server. We appreciate your patience as we settle into this update, and get things nicely sorted out. Please know, as always we are consistently working to keep things status quo here at Famcraft.  <333

 Some issues can be minimized by updating your own client to 1.7.9.
 
 To do this:

*Log out, and completely restart your client

* Select "New Profile" from the bottom left of the Minecraft start screen

*Name the profile 1.7.9

*Under "version Selection" choose "release 1.7.9" from the dropdown box

*Click Save Profile, the profile box will go away

*Click "Play", and connect to Famcraft to use your updated client

Plea sent via email:

please unban me from fam craft. i killed babblast95 because he was afk. i got his stuff so it wouldn't despawn if he died. and i put it in a chest. i didnt mean to cause trouble. i was just trying to help. i will not do it again. i did not know babblast didn't want that. i will not repeat this action.

         
     
      thanks
      -SlapTheSam

 Quoting to quote is forum spam. It takes up unnecessary space, and makes viewing the forum on mobile devices difficult. Please stop spamming the forum with this.

 The quote option is supposed to be used when a lot of conversation is occurring, and you need to make it clear which statement , by which poster you are replying to.
 
 You can also use it if you plan to make a point based on what another poster has said, or otherwise need to draw attention to it.

 When you quote just to quote, it makes a mess of the forum, and makes viewing the forum from mobile devices ... well very unpleasant.

 Many players and staff members do view the forum from tablets, phones, and ipods. Many of us go to the most recent posts first: https://famcraft.com/index.php?action=recent
 
When we go there, and have multiple pages of quotes to struggle through before we can get to actual real posts, it can be not-so-cool.

 We have deleted posts and locked threads made up of quotes like this in the past to try to politely let everyone know that it's not a good idea to spam the forum with quotes. It has failed to work, so I will be a bit more direct-  Kindly make an effort to use the quote feature for it's intended purpose, please.
 

 We have added /warp pvp, which features six basic PvP arenas.

 These are not the most exciting arenas in the world, they are just places to fight.  One of these does allow flight, like the statue competition area. Yes, they are all the same design, with different materials, lol, but they are slightly better than nothing at all.

 All PvP Rules apply normally in these arenas. You must provide your own weapons/armor.

Larger arena for  bigger groups of players:


Swampy Pond arena:


Ice arena:


Nether arena: (No exposed lava, we do not want players to lose their items)


Team arena:


Fly arena: (Flight is enabled here)





 

 On occasion, we stream family friendly music. You can find us here, when we are streaming:

http://famcast.famcraft.com

 Nothing to install, just click and listen