Good day, Folks of Planet Minecraft! Recently, I had a discussion with the staff on the server I help run, 'what is you pet hate nowadays?' The resounding answer was 'people demanding permissions because they have them on other servers' This surprised me actually, and I feel like I should address it, to this community, to see whether this is in fact happening to many of you.

So the issue that the staff of my server brought up was that they get a lot of kids coming online and saying 'I am from [unknown random server] and I have World Edit/VoxelSniper on there, I want it on here so I can build too'

Wow.

I don't understand how entitlement on other servers, suddenly grants the people the right to complain and demand it on other servers- I say this for a number of reasons.
Firstly- There's so many servers out there, they aren't all gonna rank at the same level. There's no way for each and every server to make a guideline to make sure everyone ranks to the same level- if there was, maybe this 'transfer of powers' would be possible. But its not like that at all- The number of servers I have visited to see what they do, made a really bad build for a laugh, and then surprisingly got promoted... Well let me tell you, every single 'derpy' build I made wouldn't pass on our server. Not because we are better than anyone else- but because each server sets different standards. We try to cater for more advanced builders, those people who have good skills already, or those who want to become highly-skilled builders. Many of these other creative servers aim at a different audience- some cater to much younger children, designed for basic skills.

Secondly- Just because you have the tool on one server... Why would you get it on another server you haven't even proven yourself on? World Edit and VoxelSniper are very powerful tools, VERY powerful. These tools in the hands of the wrong person can seriously damage a server's map. A lot of thought should be given out by staff when they grant someone these abilities- I know we sure as hell do. World Edit can be disastrous i a griefer got it, and as far as I'm aware, someone I don't know, asking for those permissions, could very well be a griefer. The tools are given to those you trust, to those who have earnt it- not on another server, not through friendships- Earned it through building and being on the server.

Its not just these permissions- I've had people coming on demanding custom prefixes because 'they play with hypixel' and you know what? I couldn't care less. Earn your prefix on this server, because in real-life, things aren't handed to you on a platter.
Sure its a game and whatnot, but what about those people that have worked so hard to earn these privelidges? It cheapens what they have done, it makes their work less important- and that is just not fair on anyone.

What about you people? Have you ever experienced this? Tell me what happened, and how you dealt with it- I'm really interested in hearing your stories =)

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