Skyblock Preventing Mapart Reselling (feat. others) (updated)

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  1. DRlFT
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    This would be a great reason to continue selling maps atm I'm stopping all sales at my shop
     
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    I support anything that can be done to prevent ppl copying maps that arnt theirs.
    I suggested a cartography table which is a feature of 1.13 i belive.
    With this your able to lock a map.
    But im told if the server went to 1.13 then we could only have 20 players lol.
     
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    It's 1.14 and the only reason (as far as I'm aware!) we haven't updated is the skyblock plugin and stability.
     
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    PSA: 1.14+ is terrible and very laggy. This is not the fault of the server host/owner of the server.

    I suggest giving this a read - the default 1.14.4 server with 2 GB of RAM allocated will crash if a player moves :D
     
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    Would it be possible to simply disable copying of maps altogether. This of course means as you make them you will have to decide on how many copies you will make and sell.
    You could simply make more than you expect to sell and those that don’t sell, you can just reuse for new map arts.
    Yes, this means an initial outlay of maps and there will come a time when you run out and can’t sell anymore but maybe limited editions are more attractive to buyers.
     
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    Just saying, people are going to start pirating directly from people's map art islands if this happens. For example, JJ54KES builds at the top layer of his island and it turns out he makes map arts there(I wanted a map of his island to navigate my way around so I used a map) This type of copying also needs to be prevented.
     
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    This may be the only instance of a public island where maps are created. I also don't believe how JJ could make maps on his island and sell them there too as the map will be updated every time it is at the island & the canvas is edited.
     
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    Can’t see it happening often. If it’s not a single map art, you’d have to be lucky to copy all maps needed to complete the set.
     
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    I don’t like this idea - however I do think it’ll fit for the “non-resale” maps. If maps marked not for resale are not able to be copied, that could stop a lot of problems :)
     
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    Sorry for the double-post but I edited this to include WhatsUpDoc's suggestion, originally suggested by Adriansop . I may include Kai776 's suggestion here as well as one yknow, mega-suggestion, but I'm not a huge fan of Kai's suggestion - as it requires work by some of the staff to maintain.
     
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    Of course.

    I may or may not have said it but maps marked "not for resale" are not able to be copied
     
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    What about just making the maps illegal to trade and ban them in a trade shop? That would not break ingame mechanics and prevent reselling. Also if if the server support map artists, it would be much more useful if they would give everyone the option to make mapart (aka a centered island).
     
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  14. _SaikiK_
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    Pillow wtf, instead of pressing disagree on every post you should maybe answer yourself lmao
     
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    It's called post farming then, you're only allowed to do that if you don't have rating perms.
     
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    I don't mean simply answering disagree, but saying why you disagree. Afaik you press disagree on every of my mapart suggestions in this and the other thread without any statements.
     
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    I had an idea similar to this. I 100% support.
     
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    That would require more restrictions than dirt already has. Making an item 'illegal' means staff have to monitor more items, even though they specifically told us they don't want to add rules on map art.
     
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    Yea okay you have good arguments
     
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    I fully support this. There is currently no lack in terms of reselling, making those who worked hard to make sure maparts loose profits to scumbags who resell to make a quick buck without putting in the work. If you want to make a profit on this server, you have to put in the work, it's simple. Also, to those who support this behavior, think about it in the shoes of the original creator.
     

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