As a player of Opticraft since 2011, I have a lot of experience with ranks on all 3 Opticraft servers (Classic, SMP, and Creative.) I've lost ranks, I've gained ranks, and I've stayed the same rank for months, years. This server is definitely not about ranks. If anything, as Loaf said, it should be about feeling like you've been a part of a family. Although ranks are there, people should be building to have fun, not to gain something.

Players usually stay for the community, building is always just a plus side. If someone stays for the community, they're obviously going to find something else to pass the time, for example: building, being an operator, the list goes on and on. Yes, some people like to stay for the building factor, but their world should not revolve around that. Rejection is an inevitable force in life, it's always going to be a thing. Yes, a lot of people get rejected for recruit and builder - but every operator has different standards. My standards aren't going to be the same as someone as good as building like Loaf. It just doesn't work like that.

however i think it's also the fact that they cant tpa, and the fact that they cant place water, and the fact that they cant place redstone.

As for redstone - our server is not as advanced as others. Some people are very, very good at redstone, and some contraptions may cause players on our server or our entire server to lag. If a server is lagging, that is also going to push players to leave.
As for water - we have guests who come on our server purely to grief. If water is given to guests, griefers would use that to grief also. In my opinion, saying "Players cannot place water until recruit rank" and placing water for players is much easier than having to clean up a world that is full with a mix of grief and water.
If anything, we should add TPA for any rank to use, instead of having them donate for it.

The point of this post is to say, our server isn't supposed to be based on ranks only. Make friends, friends that you can be yourself with and not have to care about being judged. Make them your family. That's where all the fun really is.

I am removing your ban as this was an obvious mistake; if you were ingame when we found your building the ban might have not happened in the first place.

As for the building, it is completely gone due to the fact it would be very hard to move and rolling it back kind of screwed it up. Sorry!

I am answering this ban appeal on behalf of 100penguin, considering I was the one who banned you in the first place (I banned MoseleyJ, the ban didn't transfer over.)

Yesterday, I was called over to a large terrain built by leafolozzy. You had built a decent sized building on top of his building, and also spammed armor stands inside of said building. Although that is a large grief, I only banned you for a week considering the facts that you might have not known that the terrain was owned by someone and that accidents happen. As for the 2nd week, 100penguin banned you for ban evasion (although it wasn't really ban evasion - bans do not transfer with name changes.)

Considering the circumstances, I cannot change your ban until I know if the grief to leafolozzy's terrain was accidental or on purpose.

Although your builds are very nice, they only show 1 building style. To become builder, you need to show that you can handle more than 1 building style (example - you did modern type builds, so try medieval!) You need to add more details, exterior and interior wise. Every detail matters.

Unfortunately, rejected.

stopped procrastinating, finally posted what i wanted to post for like 5 months...

greetings

I know you'll get it, old man. c: