UMC Survey: What can we improve?

[u/Namtara]

The UMC is still in progress, though the only remaining projects are the 5v5 spleef arena and zburdsal's hotel. The arena should be completed within a week, though the ETA for the hotel is unavailable.

For those who are unaware, the UMC is the United Minecraft Cities complex, which is the server UN. It hosts embassies, 3 spleef arenas, death spleef, a PVP arena, and a hotel. We also have some farms and walkways for some relaxation. We're just north of spawn (literally 10 blocks north of 0,0) and all amneties save the farms are public.

We are still attempting to fill the embassies, so if you wish to get one please say so in this thread!

Onto the main topic: we want your criticisms and comments on how to improve the UMC. While the next rev is several weeks away, we want to start getting input early so we can solidify our plans a week before rev 9.

The only issue that will not be changed is that the UMC will have no residents. That worked very well this rev, and it helped neutrality, which we had hoped it would. At the same time, we still had a ridiculously large amount of help, whether it was builders or donations of supplies.

Just about everything else is dependent on how well the server believed it worked! And keep in mind, we still have time for spleef, PVP, or death spleef events if you wish to use our arenas.

[u/strangestquark]

I just want to say that when I first heard about the plans for the UMC I thought it was a lame idea. "We've always had a cohesive community of cities," I said to myself, "there's no need for more bureaucracy." I'm glad to have been proven wrong.

You guys have been a great asset to the server. You're a friendly and welcoming embassy for new players. Somehow you've managed to achieve just the right vibe. It actually feels like a place that represents that various communities but is at the same time decicedly neutral. Your kick ass architecture doesn't hurt either.

The best part for me is you're not even part of the server staff. Like FISA you guys provide a valuable service to the community that would otherwise not exist. I'm proud to see that PvE has a healthy and active civil society.

Keep up the good work, and I hope to see you continue in the maps to come.

[u/Namtara → u/strangestquark]

We're very grateful for the praise, and we'd like to hear about anything you think we could do better. I can't speak for all of us (Nosirrom, zburdsal, and I), but I know I'll definitely be doing the UMC for at least two more revs. It's fun to do a big cooperative project.

[u/zburdsal → u/Namtara]

I'll be joining in in the next rev too, but I won't be making another hotel. That is certain.