Science Week Question:

Which Came First: The Chicken or The Egg?

One of the most controversial and frequently asked questions of the century, probably since the 

beginning of the earth. Although, there is no REAL answer, this is my opinion and my theory.

As we all know, and most believe, the darwin theory is the theory that we evolve. Now, this

is one I believe in too, and on which I base my argument on.

Considering that we evolve slowly over time, the "chicken"is probably a 

mutated bird of some sort that evolved over hundreds of thousands of years, that

would mean that the "chicken" was once a, oh let just say terodactyle. Well that would

(according to Darwin's theory) evolve into the chicken, and eventually the chicken its own

breed. Then, it reproduced, which is where eggs came from. However, you can

say that it was the egg because the mutated bird (Chicken) came from an egg

(Most Likely)

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Sg Prices

A week ago on Friday SG prizes and rewards were raised by a lot for the weekend. Some prizes were up to 4 times bigger, and this was a test trial to see if it would work out or not. They are currently lowered a bit but are still a lot higher than they used to be, which has caused a huge uproar in the server. I think that this is a great thing as now you can actually make some decent money with SG, which is an interesting and engaging way to earn some more savings. The server has gone a long way since the days when it was just 200 people charging through crops and occasionally typing out /sell hand, and I think this is the next huge step in introducing better ways to make money. This is why I think earning decent money with SG is a good idea. Well that’s my opinion, time for the pros and cons!
PROS for earning decent money with SG:
· SG is an easy way for new people to make money. When a builder joins a server he /she doesn’t have a plot or a farm and no tools so it’s very hard to make money. With SG though a builder can win about 10 times and already get resident!
· Each SG match is different. This means it will never get boring as there are always different people, different items and different maps to play on/with! It’s a fun way to make money.
· It will encourage more people to buy SG kits which means more donations get bought which leads to more money for the server! This will then affect the quality of the server and make it better in general.

CONS for earning decent money with SG:
· It could damage the economy. Introducing about 2K per SG match could bring a lot of money into the server as a lot of people play SG now.
· It could make it too easy for new players. This is supposed to be a hardcore economy, but new players could get resident, maxed out tools and a big plot in a few days if they win enough.
· There could be a fight about SG kits. A lot of people without SG kits think they are already OP (overpowered) and the fact that SG is about to become more popular and another way of making money might just fuel this ongoing argument.

From Reporter:nate8000 (Thank you!)

/Nick and our thoughts

As many of you know, andrew added the /nick command and it is currently in the test phase. We asked around and gave our own opinions about its failure or success rate and the reason behind it. Leave a comment with your opinion!

"I Think That /Nick could end up being a problem because of trollers with /v
but maybe the donations will help get another server upgrade like more map!
/Nick could pose a problem with deals and other stuff because people might change their Nick in the middle of the conversation.
Who knows I think there's a small chance it might get removed or the regulations made stricter
                     -Evevet101"



"I believe that the NickName command will be removed due to the high troll ability level. A player could change their name to something inappropriate and then back to their name to ensure they do not get into trouble. Unless, the Staff Member goes into the logs. But this does make it harder on them. Not only this, but to those unfamiliar with the fact that there are nicknames can get scammed by someone who has the feature and changed the name, then changed it back. I did think of this Idea a while back but quickly decided it would never be added due to these reasons and many more."
                   -FiFyFoFumOtter

"Now, I've been asked to assess whether or not I believe /Nick will succeed or Fail. So Lets look at each side before we even try render a verdict.

Why It could Succeed:
1.) Price of It. $50 + $50 for Plus means not a-lot of users will be willing to get this feature and abuse it.
2.) The Fact of being able to choose a new name is indeed an interesting prospect, lots of people will enjoy this and with it also getting color changes in the Plug version.
3.) It doesn't break game play Features. (Like SG Kits)
4.) There's actually a Timer on this, this timer lends itself to users not being capable of Quick switching or abusing it easily.
5.) There's a Realname feature to find out who is who.
6.) They thought out a good and straight to the point set of rules for this feature before it was released.
7.) KHobbits is helping in its Coding which will mean that Updating it is possible so long as we have Khobbits around, meaning it can last through updates and wont just remain broken.

Why It could Fail:
1.) Users Abusing it. (Yes I said price will deter users from abusing~ this doesn't mean that there isn't a small population that wont still try).
2.) Having users under a different name is flat out annoying for PMing and Payment Purposes. (Trade and AUC).
3.) People Exploiting / Finding ways around rules and bits of this feature.
4.) AndrewKM. Having Colorful names in chat has always been suggested since the conception of the server and Andrew for the most part has been against it, with good reasons (Some of which I cannot mention here).
5.) The Cost, This is insanely Expensive.
6.) Character Limit (16 Characters Max) ~ This can get quite Annoying. "W o l v i e D 2 G M a r k" 13 Characters right there...
7.) The Fact too many Regular users will obtain this Rank and Things will get Confusing.


The Verdict.
Overall I "Hope" this feature Succeeds, But I would bet a pretty EcoDollar Against it succeeding.
While the Price and Rules are a deterrent for some users, I find its going to be the confusion that kills it and inevitably gets it removed.

Goodluck /Nick and /Nick+. I Hope you stay around."

         -Our Beloved WolvieD2GMark
(Thank you for participating!)



 "Personally, I find myself very conflicted when it comes to nicknames; I think they're really cool in concept, and am glad to see them bring in so much new donation money to the server in such a short time, but they're genuinely starting to annoy me. The new rules/restrictions on the nicks are necessary improvements, when they first came out the players constantly switching between different names was a nuisance, and I'm happy a cooldown was added. Despite this, I really despise when players name themselves something completely unrelated to their username, I realize this is kind of the point of the feature, but it can cause a lot of confusion. In addition, something that really does need to be fixed is the Vanish + Nickname glitch, making it so you can't /realname on the vanished player. That pretty much renders any tools normal players have to find out who you're actually talking to is useless, and I find this a major problem. But despite all the stuff that I really don't like about nicknames from a bystander's point of view, I can't help but wanting one, I'd probably just make mine "Falcon" with some fancy colors. But anyway, I'm rambling , that's my opinion!"

          -Falcoinare the great

The Best Post in The World

Here is a Cute Cat. Enjoy.

It's me! -evevet101

5 Things you probably didn't know about ECC

EcoCityCraft is a large enviroment and thus alot of different secrets are kept, well, secret, some

more than others, but all unknown by some.

(They are Counting by the amount of secretness

NUMBER 5

One of the most known "secrets" is the giant mansion at spawn that belongs to our beloved, 

Andrewkm. This mansion includes beautiful architechture and is a beautiful sight to see so 

be sure to stop by! Theres another secret in there that is number one on our list!

NUMBER 4

Did you know that EcoCityCraft didn't always belong to andrew? Andrew bought it 

off of another user, if I am correct that user is our other beloved,

WeLikeIke22

Yes our very own dear leader!

NUMBER 3

This is one that seems obvious but gets passed by by alot of ECC'ers and most dont know.

This was in an old era, an old time, with old players and that means. A OLD map. Yes,

this map isn't original! 

NUMBER 2

Under the spawn there is a secret staff room. 

Thats all I can tell you!

Shhhh

NUMBER 1

AND NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN (AND GENTLE CATS?)

The Moment you have been waiting for! 

The NUMBER ONE not so secret secret of

ECC!

In that mansion, there is a vault.

The end.

Just playing.

The Code to the vault is unknown by 90% of Ecc.

Well That is about to change, as you read this.

The password for it is.

OVAR 9000!!!

(Gotcha :P)

(I cant reveal that information)

Leave your Ideas! [RAFFLE!]

Hello Guys! We Here at the ECC Blog would like to hear what you want!

So fill out the forum below and you will be entered into the raffle for

the specified prize at the time!

Username In Game:

Idea:

Why we should use this Idea:

People Involved (Optional):

The Prize at the moment is $5000 ECD!