[Prodigy9]

Honestly I'm 50/50; current spawn is awesome, but for the new guys it's important they've got something to hook them and keep interested - honestly a stale spawn where they can't do anything is kind of boring.

When I first joined the server, I wasn't entirely sure I'd stay for more than a few days. The mess around spawn was a huge turn-off for me, and it wasn't until I saw enough of the impressive builds to realize that the chaos of spawn was atypical that I decided to stick with MR. Sure, there was constant activity around spawn, but much of that was struggling to avoid or repair griefing--not exactly a great first impression.

I'm not really that big of a fan of the current spawn either (honestly, the wood hut we spawn in and the little courtyard in front of it are some of the least impressive parts of the city). But at least it's clean, and with impressive structures immediately adjacent to that area (rather than two realms away, with a mess of cobble and bottomless pits in the more immediate area), it's immediately clear upon arriving at spawn that this is a great server with some really talented players.

[Laserminer]

I'd rather have it like the old days where you can't buy a realm within 100 blocks of spawn.

You weren't here for 2.0... unless you're an alt of a player who wanted to play again.