What are the requirements for getting a warp?

Hi Snurre,

I'm talking about the shopping district, the community farm, the spleef arena and previously ION. These are all examples of when warps were granted to player-made builds. Since there is precedent for granting warps to player-made builds, and these warps still exist today, this implies they met certain requirements and/or still meet certain requirements that allow them to remain as warps. I'm asking what are these requirements?

The shopping district and spleef arena was transferred over after the reset, however the community farm may not have been. I can attest to the community farm being built legitimately in survival mode by multiple players before the reset such that it did not grant resources to players on the back of creative mode. I can only assume it was rebuilt by Kitty again perhaps with or without the help of other players in survival mode and still functions the same way as it did before the reset. The Spleef arena, transferred from the previous world, I can at least attest that I granted a warp on the basis it was also built legitimately in survival mode (however there may been an misunderstanding Kenb021?). The shopping district also built in survival mode by players, and is at least "officially" run by players.

Community events, such as building competitions, also are examples of when warps were granted to the areas built by players in survival mode, most notably MisterTeapot. I know Kitty organizes all the building competitions today, however I can only assume if a player today built a reputation for hosting popular building competitions, like MisterTeapot, you would also be inclined to provide a warp for them on the basis it would help bolster a great community event, just as I did.

The point is there are many examples of players having the inspiration and initiative to build something that can be of use to the community as a whole and in these cases warps were provided. Do you disapprove of these decisions I made, or would you not have done the same? I agree with you, the shopping district is a great addition to the server which is part of the reason why Simplex has such an amazing economy, and providing a warp for it made sense and continues to make sense. If someone made something as unique as the shopping district today, would you not also be open to considering granting a warp? The opportunity for players to be inspired and create something that can improve the experience of the server?

I can’t confirm or deny the creation of spleef area a and how it was built as that was ages ago and I don’t remember so good. So I wouldn’t count the spleef as player built or staff built because well I don’t know how it was created. Also it does have a non survival aspect as it has staff made things to regenerate the snow that can not be obtained by a player nor most staff.

I'd like to point out here, in this "was it player made, was it creative made" We weren't allowed/still aren't allowed to build anything in creative outside of spawn. for the server/players or not. This includes staff made build comps/events. So regardless, those were made with the intention of being staff run community projects. Like the community farm, staff made in survival with the intention of being from staff for the community.

Recently I asked Snurre about a fun event, that would have to be run in creative. (Survive the hole, where mods drop mobs on willing players in a hole last one alive wins) And its a fun concept but we would have to look into how to have the mobs not drop loot. As that would be players getting items from outside of survival. So the idea is a no right now. We can't just willy nilly creative when we want. Thats cheating.

Hope this clears that up. Have a day : )

That's good to hear. Thanks for clearing that up Kitty. 

You're not wrong to classify the community farm as staff-made if it was made entirely by staff members, however the distinction I'm trying to draw here is that these structures were made with the same abilities that any other player possesses. Unless you are rejecting warps for builds/structures on the basis of that they were not built by a staff member, it's not really relevant that it was built by a staff member. Originally it was the players who built these structures and set the precedent for these warps being established:

Build competitions: MisterTeapot
Shopping District: Jonawebb
Community Farm: Multiple players including you.
Spleef: I don't remember unfortunately.

So to all us who aspire to be the next Jonawebb or MisterTeapot, is it still possible? If so, is there a guiding set of principles we can follow to help us achieve our dream? That's this thread in a nutshell. 

Well I think this applied to me at least a year ago or even more. The whole gaming District was build on the new world mostly by me (2 structures where transferred from the old world to there) I wanted to host my events and build more areas to play minigames with eachother just with a potential to have players who wanted to host their own events in mini games or even make their own. Ever since the Gaming district (further named as The Pixel Arcade since it has been renamed) was one of my projects purely made for the community just to have some time off building, farming, crafting, etc.

If there where guideline for me how to get a warp to that place people would use it more often. There is currently an ice path made to there wich took ages to make and countless times to ask inactive people for trust to build the path. But ever since there are no requirements my dream died and so did all my projects in the Pixel Arcade. So at least I hope there will be some guidelines to follow and maybe it could help me to achieve something for the community.

-Mau