[CirJohn]

Good idea Intelli.

Earning a realm will make new players care about what happens to the server (and the time/effort they have spent on it). Joining an existing realm will gaurantee that someone has at least considered whether they are a worthwhile human being (as opposed to a griefer).

Simple but effective, I like it.

[Beh42]

I'm a go for this.

[Soul K]

I like the having 10k rc/owning a realm idea over just being a member of a realm as it does show dedication.
Perhaps if a member of a realm they would have to be X amount of days/hrs played before going into the nether as well.

[Prodigy9]

What is stopping someone from making a realm and asking new players to pay a one time fee of 100rc to be added to the realm? Players can go to the nether for 100 rc as opposed to 10,000 rc (price of buying a realm) and the owner of the realm makes a small profit.

The players still need 100RC, and would need to understand what RC is and how to give credits, which would also mean they would most likely have to read /help

Or, alternatively, players could add people that they know IRL or from other servers to their realms, and the new players have access to the Nether without necessarily knowing anything about the server. Even in this case, though, the new players in question have a more experienced member of the server showing them the ropes, so hopefully this wouldn't cause problems.

Another potential downside is that it would lead to additional spam in the chat ("I wanna go to teh nethers but teh portal sez I can't so plz can someone make me op so I can go to nethers plz?"). Presumably, however, our Supreme Overlord could be programmed to give a response to such questions, so even though the chat box might be a bit clogged up, at least the staff and veteran players won't have to be bothered to write a response.

I definitely like this idea a lot. I think there should be some minimum standard of competence to access the Nether, but the experience point system sounded like it might just be a hassle for all players, old and new.

[physaux]

Prodigy9 commented how a "Realm Credit Wallet" could be used also as a Nether Requirement, read more about it in my thread here:
http://minerealm.com/community/viewtopi ... =10&t=4366

[volcomboy98]

about the having to own a realm idea, what if we sold a realm to move in somewhere else?

[CirJohn]

about the having to own a realm idea, what if we sold a realm to move in somewhere else?

That's one of the reasons why Intelli is saying "owner or member".

[aguy130]

It is to stop the noobs who just want to stock up on rare materials, and may never come back to our server, the undedicated players who want to just screw around and don't take our server seriously, and the players who would provide a greater reason for new players to become regulars.

These are just a few of the many reasons.

This. Needless to say, any random noob can just come in the nether (unarmed and unknowing of the skilled fighters that wait ahead) and there is no clear distinction on who is a local on the server, and who is some nub who just joined. If players knew that only players level _ can be in the nether, they would take more precaution because they could better understand the dangers of the nether on this server; to it's specificity. (Less "Y U KILL ME MAYNEZ OMG")

I think....this is the second time...that I support what you have said. GJ mate