My FB MC FFA-WorldDrama Vent

Incase your gamers have told you that the 'Server Mom' is upset today - they would be correct.

With that; I have removed one player from the FFA world (yes, yes I brought it back hoping that those who couldn't handle it wouldn't play it.....I was wrong.)

I have also removed a great many users from our Discord who have been inactive on the Server for a very long time.

Let me say this; Myself and my children have lots of experience being on other MC servers. We were Minecrafting for 3 years before taking on our own server. We continue to go out and study new elements and games being added to Minecraft. I can promise you there are two kinds of admins: Really Strict and Really Passive. We don't like to game on either of those kinds of servers. I decided if I ever had a server I would Care what happens but not make so many rules and demands on my gamers that the server lacked any fun and freedom.

I recently went on a server that had every new gamer go through a maze of rules. At different intervals you had to answer a quiz regarding the rules before you could pass on to the next area of rules. I seriously spent 30 mins doing this until I said 'forget it!' There are rules on servers about not leaving trees half cut, Not building within x amount of blocks from another's build. On and on until you don't know what you CAN DO on the server.

Here is one thing you can be sure of on our server. I want everyone to have fun, make friends, and feel like their time here is appreciated and welcomed. It is! But I will Not Tolerate bullying, singling one person out, constant complaining, and a bunch of drama. These things have no place in a Homeschooling Environment. This is why we homeschool to avoid these things in our (hopefully) peaceful lives.

FFA - (griefing, stealing, tricking, and tracking is allowed - extra mobs and quick to hunger) When we open a new world or game on the server it becomes very popular at first. Your gamer does not have to play the FFA world. I have reminded all the gamers that it is Hard Core and only for those looking for that kind of MC experience. If your child is sensitive - Please, please - discourage then from joining that world. I can also remove then from playing on it. I do not want to be pulled away from a good book and cup of hot tea whilst I am nursing a headache to be told there is a gamer crying and others threatening to leave the server and discord and on and on drama because they lost all their stuff on FFA. =/ Not cool.

We have worked very, very, hard to provide many kinds of MC worlds on the server. Different levels from Creative worlds to Survival worlds. If your gamer wants to build and not have anything destroyed, if they want to collect things and not have anything taken; there are three other Survival worlds they can game in. We have some HG members where the parent games in FFA and the child does not. Some do want a tougher more hardcore experience.

For those who just joined the Server/Group...this is not a normal post by me in anyway. This is a build-up of issues over the last couple of days. An issue that will not be happening again. If your gamer is upset, I am very sorry. I tried to warn them multiple times about teaming and trusting other gamers in that world. Some gamers know not to take FFA personally, and remember it's a game. If someone finds your base and takes your things it doesn't mean they hate you and are not your friend in real life. (oh yes this is what is being said on the server!) It means they are thinking strategically and playing the world as it is meant to be played.

I am still very upset. I have reached a limit. I will no longer tolerate gamers coming on the server and dumping on it. I will no longer keep letting-go the rudeness from some and crying from others. It's not a daycare, it's Minecraft and we are all volunteers here. Get along, Game well or get off. Sorry. I love our group and the connections and friendships being made here. I couldn't do this without the motivational support so many parents send me. I live for the "We've been searching for a safe place for our kids to game." and "My child loves your server and is so happy to be making friends." This is why we do it. It's A lot of work. Constant work but I love what we are doing here. Please talk with your gamers. Let me know if I need to block them from that particular world.

Sorry about the Vent. Let's get back to having fun!! Blessings ~ Sara (aka the Server Mom) ♥