Piggybacking off this post from Apple http://piratemc.com/topic/suggestion-brief-slideshow-for-newcomers/

We need a new spawn, new tutorials and a quick new player intro fly around.

I tested a plugin today that would allow the slideshow tutorial idea from Apple, sadly it was broken, there are many ways we could still do this, I think first things first we need a list of per-written messages ready to populate the plugin, I’m not entirely sure the titles and subtitles will have enough information.

What I find daunting is when you first join a server and server chat is just moving at a crazy pace, they don’t get a change to read the motd, its like server chat needs to be stopped for them aswell to not distract and get some basic information across before they can start writing in chat, what needs to be included for every new player?

Things I can think of for the slideshow title tutorial (In order)

1. We are a pirate themed survival server with fun mechanics
   Survival gameplay with additional plugins to expand on survival (Can someone think of a better intro?)
   – Player hovering over spawn ship
2. We have working Ships and Cannons
   You can build your own or buy a pre made one
   – demo of a moving ship and cannons firing
3. We use GriefPrevention to protect your builds
   You start with a chest that will auto protect your first build, then you will need a golden shovel (This is way too long..)
   –  player is TP to a location with a protected build with terrain blown up and on fire around it
4. We have working Gates & Bridges
   You can build these yourself
   – TP to moving bridges and gates of a build automatically
5. We have custom brewing (Not sure this needs to be included? too much info)
   For brewing Grog
   – Teleport to a room with all the brews on the wall and barrels etc
6. You can get started by leaving spawn in any direction
   Or use /map and pick a /warp to get further out from spawn
   – player has a Birdseye view of spawn, then gets dropped in

Spawn re-build at /warp west

The entire spawn needs to be remade, there is no natural “Flow” for new players to follow for learning the basics of PirateCraft at all, its just random signs here and there, and then random tutorials at the cove, I want to move spawn entirely and have all tutorials on one island /warp west

I want to move/re-build all the current tutorials onto this massive island, into some sort of tutorial pirate seaside town, this gives us an area for demoing working ships (I could spawn a massive lake in the middle of this island) and all tutorials.

This new spawn will need to be community built, I can setup an entire second server just to get this built in creative is this makes life easier and gets the project done, either that or what might be better is just using what we have, and having a build team that has access to a build room full of resources and fully trust everyone on the team to not just loot it all, this could be accomplished by having a spawn build leader, than can trust people onto the claim, the area could be PVP free to stop any drama. we could have a wiki of rules to follow for the build, a discord channel dedicated, a TS channel dedicated.

2 things need doing;

1. Rebuild a whole new spawn with a boat-load of new signs
   1. we have a spawn ship (that’s already made) that has a basic overview
   2. Leaving the ship onto The island has a path you can follow to buildings, each is numbered and color coordinated, with arrows pointing in a direction to not get lost, each building explains in more detail/demos/tutorials for each guide of the server.
   3. All warps can be moved to these new tutorial from the cove to the new locations
   4. The tutorials will be simple and straight to the point, each will also have a button to open up the corresponding website page, and also link directly to the /info pages that are scattered around too.
2. We have a quick overview tutorial that flys new players around in a slideshow fashion with titles and subtitles before it drops them into spawn (It will need to have a skipable feature and do this in less than a minute as people do not have patience)

Who?

This will need a project leader, that cant be me. Someone who can organize all this. We do already have a Builder team run by @paulonfire, but Im not sure if Paul can take on any more projects? Paul give me a shout if you want to manage something of this scale or have someone in mind that would be a good candidate. So first call goes out to everyone on the Build team.

I need a teamleader for this project that won’t just bail or get board or start it and just not bother completing the project, I need someone that will see it through!

Builders, this will take a lot of effort, and coordination and planning, we have already started this build and already laid out some footing for builds, builders will be doing the work, to make this look like a pirate town on the seaside, you will need to be able to work together to create a town that all follows a build style of Shanty Pirate town/Ruins of an old civilization that was there before them (Or got a better theme idea?)

Whats our incentive to build a new spawn?

First of all, recognition for doing each section, I suggest we have a section that is dedicated to whos built what, so we have a log kept on the Wiki so we can track everything each person has done so then we can have a fall of fame.

Other than that, All I can think of is a bunch of custom tools after its all finished, a ton of claim blocks, and a bunch of other goodies depending on how much was accomplished, this is why it will need to be logged by the manager of the project.

Communication

Special Wiki page for organization, Locked down Discord channel for builders only, locked down Teamspeak for builders only, I can even create a custom in-game channel just for the builders to talk in-game without having to leave your crew.

Terrain

I love creating custom terrain, I have the tools to create crazy or unique terrain, so we can make this really unique, want a volcano or mountains? a lake there? river there? I can do it with VoxelSniper and my Custom worldedit scripts.

Also, I have a quick way of planting a ton of palm trees that are unique each time.

Inspiration

New Spawn Inspiration