So as it stands now, inactivity is causing lots of zoning issues. For example, Player A has a town and lets Player B place a town next to them. Player B goes inactive. Now Player A can no longer expand their town in the direction-ish of Player B...unless they leave a 15 block gap between their towns. To solve this, I have come up with two solutions.
1) allow current owners (note: not mayor, but owner) to decide zoning issues. As the original owner has given away or sold the town, they shouldn't be able to decide zoning...that just doesn't make sense.
-Caveat: ownership should be proven either by contract or screenshots.
2) make all other situations not covered by the above into an "opt-out" system. In other words, before town placement is approved, the original owner of a town (and all current owners as well) is sent a Forum PM (and thus an email), and has 2 weeks to respond in the negative. Otherwise, the town placement is approved.
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How should we change zoning laws? (Read post)
Poll closed Nov 10, 2015.
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Not at all! They're fine now
2 vote(s)25.0% -
Solution 1&2: current owner and opt-out
3 vote(s)37.5% -
Solution 1 only: current owner approves
2 vote(s)25.0% -
Solution 2 only: opt-out system
1 vote(s)12.5%
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bandgeek12345 BuilderBuilder ⛰️ Ex-Mayor ⚒️⚒️
I see the intention of option number 2. but doesnt that also make the town approval delayed by 2 weeks? 2 weeks is far too long, maybe 24 hours. everyone is given 24 hours to contest a complaint/ban so why would something less severe get 2 weeks? most people build walls around their town anyways. so there wouldnt be issues unless they put water/lava at the edge. and that would be feature greifing anyway. i dont see issues with towns close in the first place.
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CrazySwagMaster1 Mother F****** SorceressBuilder ⛰️ Ex-EcoLeader ⚜️⚜️⚜️ Premium Upgrade
-1. Not enough numbers to accurately measure public opinion. And no real reason to change. I would hate to change these laws, not allowing current inactive but players to return be unaware.
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Could someone explain to me why our zoning laws are limited to original owner? Keep in mind the following:
1) it is currently possible to claim the town of someone who is six months inactive but it is impossible to place a new town within 15 blocks of theirs. Do we consider it more vital to preserve the 15 blocks around a town than the town itself?
2) A person can sell their town and still maintain control of its neighbors. I don't see why this right is given to people who give up their town.