So.... what happened to the world?

Well, I'll tell you. I went to get on today, and was greeted with an odd new location. I could have sworn I was at my home. No matter, I used /home bed. It... didn't work. I used /home sunshine (the home to my not-so-secret lair) and was again greeted with strange terrain. All in all, me and AJ determined the world was new, and I checked the logs.

I was greeted with this. After the server had enough of those glitches it decided to restart, and upon restart it regenerated the world. I'd thought the server had been automatically saving backups, but it seems I've been gravely mistaken. Unless one of you somehow stole a copy the previous world is now lost without a trace. There is no going back... I feel bad not only for those who had a lot of time invested, but those who've just come back. I'm sorry that your brand new houses have been destroyed.

So what'll we do now? Move on in a new world. I know we previously were allowing the use of creative and WorldEdit, but I think that hurt the longevity and connection in the server. Why would anyone bother building with resources and time if they could just whip it up nice and easy? Even with resources you could fly making building a million times easier. That's all changed. We're going back down to simpler times where everyone is on the same field. From now on we'll be using survival, and the usage of /time, /fly, and /gamemode are done. However, I fixed not having access to weather commands. You can use those.

I know some of you really enjoyed the ease of building with creative, and I'd like to preserve that. I'll be researching some MultiWorld and MultiInv plugins, but I'll need both to make it work. Another new addition is GriefPrevention which is replacing WorldEdit. It's much easier to use, and has tons of videos you can watch to understand how it works. Upon placing your first chest it'll create a quite large region around you that will protect people from breaking, placing, or using containers. They can still interact with buttons, doors, and such so be careful.

Now, here's the rest along with the TL;DR (but this is important, so read it all please):

• The server has killed the old world, and I don't have any saves because I failed to double check backups.
• Creative and WorldEdit are no longer usable, but I'm researching having a creative world.
• /tpa, /back, and /home are still available.
• WorldGuard is replaced by GriefPrevention
• Placing your first chest after logging on automatically creates a relatively large claim which prevents others from breaking/placing without permission.
• The tool to make a claim is an iron shovel. Type /help GriefPrevention for all the commands, or go watch some videos.
• To check for claims where you are standing use a stick. Corners have glowstone, and edges are dotted with gold blocks. They're not permanent and right/left clicking will make them go away.
• Creepers can break blocks except in claims (please be mindful of the environment, and try to clean up the scenery)
• KeepInv is off, and others can pick up your stuff. Be careful! Killing without following rules will be punished.
• Rules are updated! You can use /rules or go to the page on the site.

Again, thank you for your patience, and I hope we all enjoy this new map together. I'll be putting together a spawn town soon.