I was just thinking. How about giving out gifts based on date of joining. However, there must be one condition: you must log on at least once a day (even if only for a couple minutes). This condition is to help in two aspects. One is to get people to play on EMC and two is to encourage people not to get banned. I'm basing my suggestions on the traditional anniversary gift list. Code: Year Traditional Gift Suggested Gift 1st paper 1 SC of paper 2nd cotton 1 SC of wool of various colors 3rd leather 1 SC of leather 4th fruit/flowers 1 SC of various fruit and flowers 5th wood 1 SC of various wood items 6th iron 1 SC of iron bars 7th wool/copper 1 DC of wool of various colors or 1 SC of copper bars 8th bronze (not sure on this one, any ideas?) 9th pottery 1 SC of terracotta of various colors 10th tin/aluminum (not sure on this one, any ideas?) 11th steel 1 stack of netherite 12th silk 1 SC of Silk Touch enchanted books 13th lace (not sure on this one, any ideas?) 14th ivory 1 SC of goat horns 15th crystal 1 SC of quartz 20th porcelain 1 DC of quartz 25th silver 1 SC of enchanted iron bars(?) 30th pearl 1 SC of ender pearls 35th coral 1 DC of various coral of various colors 40th ruby 1 DC of redstone 45th sapphire 1 DC of lapis lazuli blocks 50th gold 1 DC of gold bars 55th emerald 1 DC of emeralds 60th diamond 1 DC of diamonds 75th diamond/gold 1 DC of diamonds & 1 DC of gold bars 85th moonstone 1 DC of enchanted diamonds(?) Feel free to make changes. This list will definitely change as minecraft adds items over the next several years.
I actually like the idea, but I feel like the items should be a bit more special, given that EMC is only turning 11 this year. Perhaps some type of item similar to a voters tool/banner/commemorative paper (like the one received at bonus 100) Also, I'd be against having it based on having to log in every day as some people have to be away for extended periods. Maybe it could be based on how many hours you were logged in the previous 365 days, or just give them out to everyone.
There should also be a reward system based on play time (be online for a certain amount of time, like 5 hours in a week, and get rupees/tokens/something). When EMC first started, the daily rupee bonus was 10 rupees per hour or something.
I don't think this would be good. It reminds of the way most free games for mobile phones work nowadays, where they try to get you to come back every day by having rewards build up. Addiction-prone people will spend more time in the game than they would like to, and once they finally take a break they will take a break for good, as they have oversatisfied their interest in EMC.
