Newisle Minecraft Server

The Newisle Minecraft Server is a Minecraft Server, currently playable on Java Edition 1.17.1. It is a single world using the City of Newisle map by Blip Noir. On the server, members from the City of Newisle Discord Server with builder rank can add their own content to the map, for members and other builders to see. The server is hosted by Pebblehost.

History
The server was founded in May 2020. At the time, it was hosted by RAMShard. In September, the server began being hosted by Pebblehost. To celebrate, Blip Noir uploaded a video where everybody was given creative and allowed to grief before the server was shut offline by RAMShard. The video has since been deleted for unknown reasons.

Gameplay
The server is a single Minecraft world based around the City of Newisle map, made by Blip Noir. All users who join the server are immediately put into adventure mode. They are free to walk around, but /gamemode permission is strictly restrained to builders and staff members. Builders are permitted to give normal users creative, as long as they are watching them while they build and remove it when either they or the user log off. Access to The Nether is disabled, but not to The End.

Builders were formerly allowed to remove buildings in downtown Newisle and add their own, but it was eventually disallowed around September 2020 in order to preserve the city's limited skyline. Other than that, builders are generally allowed to expand and add onto existing builds from the map, although they may have to ask other users if it's okay with them. Aside from expanding to the preexisting map, builders are also permitted to start their own cities. Some builders have even created their own 'countries' in their claimed land.

Geopolitics
As of June 2021, the Newisle Server has 15countries, 3 claimed areas, 2 protected zones and 1 district spread throughout the world. These countries mainly serve in order to protect certain areas claimed by it's ruler, should they wish to build on it in the future. Builders are required to seek permission from the land's owner before building on it. They are also used for roleplaying purposes, with users occasionally partaking in U.N Meetings and military deals. There are 2 major alliances between countries on the server.

Cities
All 8 of the cities from the offline map have been claimed by various countries, however there are also many other community-made cities built from the ground up. A list of these cities can be found below

Esoteric Zones
While countries are the most common type of land claim by far, they are not the only one. The user BRBos has claimed three regions around the map, but has not given them any official name nor builds. There are also 2 protected regions on the server, where nobody is allowed to build: the City of Newisle, and the Newbie Builder Zone (which borders Reiltulok). These regions are mainly preserved due to their significance to the history of the server. There is also Campwell Notch, which is considered a region of the City of Newisle.

Staff Team
The Staff Team is responsible for the moderation and upkeep of the server, both on Minecraft and Discord. It consists of 8 members, including Blip Noir. Most of them have the Moderator rank, although there is a Staff rank, and an unused Admin rank.

Build Team
The Builder Team has creative permissions, including WorldEdit, and is allowed to freely build on the server. These members are typically trusted members of the community and have all filled out an application process. The Senior Builder rank was introduced on March 7th, 2021, as recognition of skilled builders who have been on the server for a long time. Excluding staff, there are currently 17 builders including two Senior Builders. There is also a Staff member with Senior Builder. All Staff Members are considered builders and still have access to builder-related permissions. All builders have the orange tag, except for senior builders which have a red tag.