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  1. DD71 Mayor of Nashville
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    Suggestion: I suggest that we add a rank below builder. Whenever you spawn in ECC you are a "beginner" (can't think of a name). When you spawn as a "beginner" you are spawned to a "beginner" only spawn, a rules place and tutorial (possibly tutorial island with some work). When you are a "beginner" you would have not have access to chat. To achieve builder you would have to take some sort of test over rules/guidelines. The test could be where you have certain options and you have to jump in a hole in front of the correct answer (saw this on another server before ECC and I thought it was a great idea) If they got the wrong answer they would be warped back/ect. When you finished the test you would be warped to real spawn and you are now a builder.

    Reason:
    1. This would prevent users from asking questions like "What is this server?" and "Where should I start?" It would be very easy to get the info they needed because especially with the new spawn, tutorial island will very rarely be visited by a new player.
    2. Advertisers would most likely go through the trouble of reading the rules and a test just to get access to chat greatly reducing the amount of advertisement that annoy everyone.
    3. More people would stay on this server if they understood it better. This would make sure that new players know that they are about to play and how to play. Many users come on expecting this to be like just any other server.

    Any Other Information: This is pretty much a rough draft. This idea could easily be improved. Please tell me and the server your ideas.

    Link To This Plugin: I doubt that ECC would need any other plugins. All we'd need to do is set a new spawn for "beginners".
     
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    I think this would make more people quit than it would retain.
     
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    Who would be quitting though? The advertisers and spammers. There may be a few who are too lazy to read rules also but to succeed on this server you're supposed to read the rules at some point (to apply for another rank).
     
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    When you say there are only a few who are lazy, I would honestly say a majority of people who join are lazy. Some people apply for things, like resident and mayor, without even reading the rules. Sure it can deter spammers and advertisers but it would deter the people who join a server and donate to it within the first couple of days.
     
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    I myself am one of the people who didn't read the rules or anything until a week or two in, I had joined 2 servers before ECC, and both gave me no powers and forced me to walk through a quick tutorial. I quit right away. People shouldn't be forced to go through a tutorial when they join. The people who care will read through a tutorial, use the /help commands and look at the wiki without being forced to.

    As for the rank, that's just silly. It's possible to have a different spawnpoint for people who join for the first time, but that's not what we'll do. Because spawning in a "noob area" can really piss people off who just want to play.
     
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    kukelekuuk00 Ok, I guess this might not be as good as I thought for ECC. I thought that this would help builders who have no idea what to do and fight against spammers/advertisers but it looks like this would have several problems. Obviously this isn't going to work so please lock this thread.
     
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