10-19-2024, 12:00 PM
1. Why do you think we have a zero-tolerance policy on x-ray, including any x-ray-like mining activities?
I believe x-ray is banned from the Hometown server because it takes away the rarity of certain items and resources, and allows players to gather an extreme amount of said items. This can understandably upset lots of players who would prefer that these items keep their value, and is ultimately unfair to them. X-raying is banned on most servers, but is particularly bad on Hometown due to the server having a currency that can be used to buy, sell, trade, or pay for all aspects of the server. Because certain items (diamonds mainly) can be sold for profit, x-raying provides a much bigger advantage than just good armor and tools.
2. How does x-raying and x-ray-like mining affect other players? How does it affect shop owners? How does it affect the server's economy as a whole?
All money on the server gets its value from the items sold for it. The items get their value from the time and labor it takes to gather them. Because the items get their value from the labor, and x-raying takes away that labor, the materials gathered from x-raying virtually have no value. This means that selling the x-rayed materials takes away the value from the server's dollar. As seen in the real world when the U.S. government prints more money, as the value of the dollar goes down, prices go up. So, x-raying pretty much brings inflation to the server, which is bad for shop owners and buyers because it makes it harder for them to buy basic items.
3. Why should a second chance be given to someone who was well aware of the rules and chose to break them anyway?
I can't give a reason that shows I deserve to be unbanned. As you say I willingly broke the rules with a full understanding of what they were. But I can say that I instantly regretted what I did and I promise not to do it again (if I were to be unbanned). I will also say that I only really realized how fun playing on the Hometown server was, after I was unable to do so, and I kinda find that funny.
I believe x-ray is banned from the Hometown server because it takes away the rarity of certain items and resources, and allows players to gather an extreme amount of said items. This can understandably upset lots of players who would prefer that these items keep their value, and is ultimately unfair to them. X-raying is banned on most servers, but is particularly bad on Hometown due to the server having a currency that can be used to buy, sell, trade, or pay for all aspects of the server. Because certain items (diamonds mainly) can be sold for profit, x-raying provides a much bigger advantage than just good armor and tools.
2. How does x-raying and x-ray-like mining affect other players? How does it affect shop owners? How does it affect the server's economy as a whole?
All money on the server gets its value from the items sold for it. The items get their value from the time and labor it takes to gather them. Because the items get their value from the labor, and x-raying takes away that labor, the materials gathered from x-raying virtually have no value. This means that selling the x-rayed materials takes away the value from the server's dollar. As seen in the real world when the U.S. government prints more money, as the value of the dollar goes down, prices go up. So, x-raying pretty much brings inflation to the server, which is bad for shop owners and buyers because it makes it harder for them to buy basic items.
3. Why should a second chance be given to someone who was well aware of the rules and chose to break them anyway?
I can't give a reason that shows I deserve to be unbanned. As you say I willingly broke the rules with a full understanding of what they were. But I can say that I instantly regretted what I did and I promise not to do it again (if I were to be unbanned). I will also say that I only really realized how fun playing on the Hometown server was, after I was unable to do so, and I kinda find that funny.