READ BEFORE POSTING Suggestions Guide

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SUGGESTIONS GUIDELINES AND INFORMATION​

Thinking about making a suggestion? Great. Before you do, read through this. It covers the rules, how we actually judge suggestions behind the scenes, and how to write one that has a real shot at getting accepted.

What Makes a Good Suggestion​

Here is the honest truth about how suggestions get read: when your suggestion enters our system, all your formatting, colours, headers, and styling get stripped out. It turns into one big blob of plain text, and that blob is what we read. So the only thing that carries any weight is the actual content.

A good suggestion is:

• Specific. Say exactly what you want changed or added. "Buff the sell price of sugar cane to 35k" is a real suggestion. "Improve the economy" is not.
• Short and to the point. The strongest suggestions are just a bullet-pointed list of concrete changes. Length is not quality. A wall of text does not make your idea better, it only makes it harder to read.
• Written in plain language. If we have to reread a sentence three times to work out what you mean, that works against you.

The test we use is simple: what is the information actually needed to implement this change, and how little can you write to get that across? Everything past that point is noise.

Keep the Reasoning out of the Description​

A lot of suggestions spend most of their length arguing why the idea is good. You do not need to do that in the description. That is what the Reason field is for. The description tells us what to build, the reason tells us why. Keep them separate, and keep both tight.

Honestly, the why and the examples are usually the least important parts. We rarely accept or deny based on them. We decide based on whether the change is clear, sensible, and worth doing.

How we judge suggestions​

We receive around 20-30 suggestions a day, and we accept or deny them relatively quickly. Most of the time the title is enough. If it is a longer post, the headers give us the rest. We are looking for one thing: is there a clear, specific change here that we could actually implement? If yes, it has a good shot. If we have to dig through paragraphs of reasoning to find the actual idea, that hurts you. And yes, we do sometimes change our minds afterwards. That is normal.

A note on AI-written suggestions​

We can spot them instantly. Most are the forum announcement dropped into ChatGPT with "write me a suggestion," and they all come out the same way: long, padded with reasoning, generic, and light on anything specific we could build. Using AI to organise your thoughts is fine, but the padding it adds works against you. Strip it back down to the actual changes before you post.

Good suggestions get built​

When feedback or a suggestion is clear and specific, we often implement it straight into our updates. That is the whole point of the system. The cleaner you make the "what," the easier it is for us to say yes and get it into the game.

What good and weak look like​

A strong suggestion. Specific, bullet-pointed, straight to the change:

Suggestion: Factions Immortal improvements
Detailed description:

• Add a rewards menu to /goblinshop showing the items currently available, not what comes after the rotation
• Announce the goblin shop reset in chat 5 minutes before it resets
• Add /modifierlist showing the active modifiers and the time left on the current one
• Remove the 2x dungeon modifier while it is broken

Reason:
Small quality-of-life fixes that make the mines easier to follow.

Why is this good?
Every line is a change we could pick up and build. That is exactly what we are looking for.

A weak version of the same idea. Vague, padded, no actual change to act on:
The mines need to be more rewarding and the goblin shop should be improved, because a lot of players really enjoy it and it would help the server grow and keep people playing longer. It would be amazing if staff could look into making the whole experience better for everyone.

This reads fine, but there is nothing in it we can implement. Same topic, no suggestion.

Suggestion Guidelines​

Before you post, make sure your suggestion follows these rules:

• Do not suggest something that has already been suggested, whether it was denied or not.
• Do not suggest a new anti-cheat or hosting. This is not up for discussion with players.
• Do not suggest changes to the staff team. This is also not for the community to decide.
• Do not suggest fixing something. That is a bug report, which you can post [HERE].

Not following the guidelines will result in the denial of your suggestion.

The Suggestion Questions​

When you create a suggestion, you will be asked to answer the questions below.

• Minecraft username: your in-game username on our Minecraft server.
• Gamemode/platform: the gamemode (e.g. BedWars) or platform (e.g. Discord) this relates to.
• Suggestion title: a short, general line on what you are suggesting.
• Detailed description: the "what." List the specific changes you want. A bullet-pointed list beats a paragraph every time. Give us exactly what we would need to build it, and nothing more.
• Reason(s): the "why." Keep the reasoning here, out of the description. Short is fine.
• Example(s): optional. Add one only if it makes the change clearer. If your description is specific enough, you may not need this at all.

Tips​

• Be specific, not long. One clear line beats a paragraph.
• Use a bullet-pointed list of concrete changes wherever you can.
• Put the "what" in the description and the "why" in the reason.
• Do not use too many line breaks or excessive spacers. Remember your formatting gets stripped on our end.
• Check it is not a duplicate before posting (see below).
• Do not be discouraged by negative feedback. Community feedback does not necessarily decide the outcome.

Commonly Denied Ideas​

Before posting, check whether your topic has already been suggested. Some ideas come up constantly:

• BedWars: Add Lucky BedWars
• BedWars: Add castle mode
• BedWars: Add invisibility potions
• BedWars: Add magic milk
• BedWars: Add skins to nicks
• Discord: Add the Known Member role back to Discord
• Forums: Add Roo roles to the forums
• Global: Remove gold tax
• Global: Add (Asian) proxies
• Global: Add Great Reporter in-game
• Global: Add SkyWars back
• Global: Add the /skin command
• Global: Add the ability to gift iron/gold
• Global: Give more chances for punishments
• Global: Reward players for player reports

This list is not exhaustive. If your idea is not here, still check whether it was suggested in the past.

How to Check Whether an Idea Has Already Been Suggested​

Use our Thread Search feature to look for similar suggestions.

• Method 1: Search Everything Enter the keywords of your suggestion, separated by a comma. For example, to suggest a panda emoji for Discord, enter: panda, emoji. Press Search and the results appear.
• Method 2: Search Threads Enter your keywords the same way. Set the Prefix option to the one relevant to your suggestion (e.g. Discord for a new emoji). Set "Search in forums" to Suggestions. Press Search and the results appear.

We look forward to reading your idea.