Well I think with the right plugins, SMP is as easy to build in as creative but with added interesting things to do. Well I'll have to do a load reading about setting these plugins up with bukkit but they look useful. I also liked the look of CraftBook tbh, would anyone object?
So the requested plugins so far:
* CraftBook
* CommandBook
* WorldGuard
* WorldEdit
* VoxelSniper
I don't want the kind of server where we have randoms building monstrosity's everywhere, but I do want a server with ambitious players building things like large castles etc. where we could connect them all via minecarts etc. I also have nothing against a good bit of floating terrain, sky bridges? I think it's fine for there to be floating islands and things, I don;t see why we have to be too boring. I don;t mind too much as long as it is thought out well and we don't have people messing with other peoples areas. So we could handle it by allowing players to request ownership of a section of land (size shouldn't matter too much) and also set some kind of margin if the plugin allows it so there is empty space between peoples plots. I'm not thinking like a large city necessarily, its just a precaution to stop people building too close to each other, Ideally I'd prefer it for most things if there were big areas between projects so things were more spread out. This policy obviously wouldn't apply to building settlements etc.
TL;DR
* Well thought out projects by trusted players; no crap heaps
* Floating islands etc are OK
* Most projects should be well spaced out from each other, unless its like a city project or something
* Players could request protection of their project areas
Given the kind of thing I'm describing does anyone want to help flesh out a policy for this kind of stuff in case we get new players joining. I quite like the idea of having a forum and an application process before being given access to the server. If necessary a second server could be hosted for evaluating people, like an unspoken trial period.
The first rule of PlaneHacked is don't talk about PlaneHacked... The Inner Server
I have to admit LNCP, I've not really run a proper server before so I don't know what //cyl 0 300 80. is :/ I need to do some reading and attempt setting some stuff up. Would it be worth going ahead with this then and getting a forum up to move to?