So, I log on after my 30 day ban to see all my melon farms deleted. I'm aware I got banned for island farming but there was only dirt in the chests that had been farmed, all my farms were made legitimately. If possible I would love it if my farm deletion could be reverted. I did spend hours and hours making them and the disappearance of them would probably turn me away from the game if they were not returned. Thanks so much, Jim
I’m not commenting on your specific case but more generally, the practice of deleting entire islands really needs to stop. Too often are islands deleted and along with them, items that have been legitimately purchased from the servers webstore.
So from what I am understanding, staff are deleting islands when players are banned? I thought they were only locking them. I definitely see how that could cause some issues if that's the case.
Hi there, we never ever delete whole islands when we punish someone for dirt farming, or otherwise. If someone has dirt farmed, we calculate how much they have farmed and only take that amount of dirt from wherever we can find it (eg; from inventories, enderchest, chests or placed dirt). We do not take more than we should unless there’s a specific reason for it. The idea we delete whole islands is a misconception.
That is why I asked this in the form of question, as I never heard about staff deleting island. The way the other posts were phrased led me to think that someone other than the island owner had deleted them, so that had me worried. Any idea on what could have happened to this player's farm while he was banned?
It’s possible (not saying this happened as I don’t know the case) that the dirt they farmed couldn’t all be located in chests or otherwise so the farm was dismantled to make up for the missing dirt. I try to avoid breaking farms by finding the dirt in other places if I can help it, but that’s more of a courtesy and not necessarily a protocol. Obviously, sometimes all the dirt was placed so we would have to break whole farms. (**Not islands.) Again, I don’t know this case so I cannot comment on what actually happened, but the player shouldn’t be missing more dirt than they farmed
When this happens, it could be nice letting the player know about it either by mail or other mean so they at least know what happened. If it's already the case that's great. Otherwise that's just an idea. Also just speculating on this case and speaking more generally as I'm not aware of what happened here.
We typically don’t notify when we break farms because it’s extremely common that the dirt that was farmed was used in their farms so when they log in after their punishment, they should already know why their farm was taken down. I would say there’s only a few rare cases where this would apply, but yes, it would be a nice gesture.
That is entirely untrue Bree. It may not have happened in your time here so I understand your not being aware if it.
You seem to be referring to a one time instance of this occurring many years ago by a staff member who is no longer on the team. In this case, one player's island was removed because it was a storage area for chests of illegally duped items. There was no island to speak of, just chests of items. Therefore, there was no loss to the player at all since none of the items were rightfully theirs. In this case, an island deletion was acceptable since the items would've been destroyed anyway. To bring up such an instance that happened many years ago on a thread where it has no relevance is absolutely unnecessary. The Skyblock Staff Team does not delete islands like you claim, they never have nor will. By stating this, you have implied to the OP of this thread that this is a regular occurrence which is completely untrue. I advise that you have proof to back up your claims before you make erroneous posts. Thank you.
No Bree, I’m referring another instance of this happening in which a very substantial island consisting of zero I’ll-gotten goods was deleted. The staff member who did this is no longer around and I take what you say means it is unlikely to happen again. I made absolutely no implication as to the frequency of this practice.
Anyways, I spent hours in this game only for my progress on my farms to be destroyed. Can't say I'll be comming back for round 2.
Understand that my comments on this thread were general in nature don’t add anything to your argument. If you farmed dirt illegally, it should be taken from you. It makes sense that the time lost farming and placing that, would be lost as well.
I don't wish to derail this thread any more than it has been, however, you most certainly made reference to the frequency of which this supposed island deletion takes place by stating "Too often are islands deleted". This, in turn, already confused a player on this thread who asked about this occurring to banned players presently. If you wish to continue this conversation, feel free to message me privately as I don't wish to fill this thread. As I said earlier, we do not take more dirt than you farmed. I would assume your farms were destroyed as some of the dirt could not be located by any other means. If you would like to take up a complaint against the staff member who handled your punishment you are within your rights to create a staff report. This can be done by using this link here. We're sorry to hear that you have come to this conclusion. Bree
Hello Bree Sorry, this is incorrect and not at all a "one time instance". Stel's island was also deleted. Kindly, Queen
I’ve already messaged you privately several hours ago so the opportunity to not fill this thread was there already for you. My saying it’s happened too often gives no indication of the frequency as once is “too often”. You are now aware of at least 3 times it has happened. ‘Too often’ is certainly more accurate than ‘never’.
I will say this because I think it’s important. I don’t believe that any of the current staff have been involved in deleting islands so the fact it has happened in the past is not a reflection on the current staff team.
