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Right now there is some weirdness of what exactly the rules are regarding unclaimed builds and what constitutes griefing.
Right now my understanding is that claims auto-disappear after 30 days of inactivity.
There also, are protections under griefing for unclaimed builds, as if they were claimed builds.
Some of the rules are unclear on how griefing is defined in Minecraft, I understand that's being worked on to my knowledge to clarify, but I figure I might have a solution worth hearing out.
What I propose is that claims (existing builds) that are inactive for 90 days, the claim disappears. These builds are then public domain and they are no longer "protected" under griefing, anyone can take stuff, etc. Exceptions(an extension past 90 days) can be made on a case-by-case basis on request by say, a discord ticket, approved by Minecraft Leadership.
For new builds that are unclaimed, players have 30 days to claim the build area to receive full protection under the rules and so on, to give them time to claim the area of the build. During those 30 days, they are also protected under the rules but are on a burden to claim the area. If they do not claim the area after 30 days, the area is now public domain, anyone can do anything to it. This encourages players to claim their builds, and gives them time to earn/buy the appropriate amount of claim blocks to do so.
To give players the ability to check a build to see if a player has exceeded the 30-day limit, we could create a public-facing command that interfaces but is not /pr near, it checks for the oldest change to the area made by a player, and checks if it's been past that threshold, and simply reports back to the player that the unclaimed are protected against grief under the rules. "This area is protected under griefing rules" or something. /checkarea or something.
The idea being there are currently plenty of unclaimed builds, and those deserve the same protections because it'd suck if you were working on something cool in an unclaimed area and it gets destroyed before you claim it. On the inverse, there are plenty of bases people build, and then never come back to after like 6mo, the claim disappears, but they aren't actually considered unclaimed and public domain (to my understanding).
This is the kind of thing that'll be after the map gets wiped on the new update, and allow us to move forward with an understanding of what is and isn't OK to do in terms of unclaimed areas; where right now there is some conflicting information
Right now my understanding is that claims auto-disappear after 30 days of inactivity.
There also, are protections under griefing for unclaimed builds, as if they were claimed builds.
Some of the rules are unclear on how griefing is defined in Minecraft, I understand that's being worked on to my knowledge to clarify, but I figure I might have a solution worth hearing out.
What I propose is that claims (existing builds) that are inactive for 90 days, the claim disappears. These builds are then public domain and they are no longer "protected" under griefing, anyone can take stuff, etc. Exceptions(an extension past 90 days) can be made on a case-by-case basis on request by say, a discord ticket, approved by Minecraft Leadership.
For new builds that are unclaimed, players have 30 days to claim the build area to receive full protection under the rules and so on, to give them time to claim the area of the build. During those 30 days, they are also protected under the rules but are on a burden to claim the area. If they do not claim the area after 30 days, the area is now public domain, anyone can do anything to it. This encourages players to claim their builds, and gives them time to earn/buy the appropriate amount of claim blocks to do so.
To give players the ability to check a build to see if a player has exceeded the 30-day limit, we could create a public-facing command that interfaces but is not /pr near, it checks for the oldest change to the area made by a player, and checks if it's been past that threshold, and simply reports back to the player that the unclaimed are protected against grief under the rules. "This area is protected under griefing rules" or something. /checkarea or something.
The idea being there are currently plenty of unclaimed builds, and those deserve the same protections because it'd suck if you were working on something cool in an unclaimed area and it gets destroyed before you claim it. On the inverse, there are plenty of bases people build, and then never come back to after like 6mo, the claim disappears, but they aren't actually considered unclaimed and public domain (to my understanding).
This is the kind of thing that'll be after the map gets wiped on the new update, and allow us to move forward with an understanding of what is and isn't OK to do in terms of unclaimed areas; where right now there is some conflicting information
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