Renaissance

Renaissance
General Policies:	Fresh start for the server
Relative Size:	Small minority
Followers	~25 active members
Associated Crews:	unknown

'Renaissance' (litterally 'rebirth') is the server political movement that believes PMC has become too overcrouded of old bases, and should restart as PMC v3. The belief is that newer players who join now stand no chance to ever reach the levels of success and 'good land' that already established members have, and therefore the map should be reset to give everyone an equal chance once more.

There are no direct crews associated with the movement, as this view is often shared by newer players who join. They usually change their mind after ranking up, and it is difficult to find groups of players who share this view.

Example Policies

These reflect commonly suggested changes players from these crews suggest and aim to show the general aims of this group.

• Resetting the map, for a fresh new world.
• Resetting all stats and ranks for existing players so everyone is on equal levels.
• A new (or even custom) map that would be refreshing for the server in which items from newer updates are far more abundant.
• Removing plugins that are keeping us from updating to 1.13 and 1.14, and aiming to update as quickly as possible so everyone can enjoy the new features.
• Possible removal of teleport commands

Followers

Followers of 'Renaissance' are difficult to find among established and long-term players. Most people who believe in it are newer players who have joined during 2018, and are eagerly waiting for 1.13 and 1.14 updates, and the opportunity to become the richest on the server by resetting everyone else.

The few veteran players do believe the server should be reset usually point out "its no longer fun when everything has been claimed", or that "the new aquatic update, is the perfect opportunity to reset the map - this would keep new players on for longer".

Criticisms

The main criticism of Renaissance is the effect it has on the longer-term players who have invested many hundreds of hours of playtime into their bases, builds, and acquiring items and riches - which would all be reset overnight. Across the board, many veterans have been vocal about quitting the server if the map is reset.

The issue of updates has long been a discussion point on the forums, in-game, and on discord. The current plan is to remove all claims of players that have been offline for more than 900 days, and either automatically regenerate all completely unclaimed chunks of land, or manually do this over the course of several months. Up to 70% of the land and 95% of the ocean would be reset this way, opening up the opportunity for players to harvest the new blocks from the updates. The same is planned for the nether and end.