There was a thread where Howard mentioned Towny as our new plugin. I'm pretty sure in about 1-2 weeks only Samiak, another person and I had commented on it. Nobody cared about it, and so Howard just went ahead with it.
I announced the need for change, the need for a new pargdigm under which SMP would operate, months ago but no one even tried, even attemtped, to present any suggestions or alternatives so in the end I did what I normally have to do and made the decision for you.
Towny is a radical solution to a massive problem but I was damned if I was a) waiting for you lot to actually give a damn about your server b) letting things continue as were and c) ever again going to be as involved in SMP as I was. Towny is here because you lot are utterly lackadaisical and disinterested and I am done with micro managing the server every day. With Towny, I can call in every few days, assured of the fact that nothing has gone wrong and that is fucking fine by me.
If you lot want want change then petition for it. This is YOUR server so you get a say in how its run but if you want to make changes then you better grasp, in infinitesimal detail, exactly what the changes are that you propose, how they will be implemented, how the new server will be managed and how it will function on a day to day basis.
As no one will EVER do that ('cos, you know, you don't care and are 100% talk and 0% trousers) then we will stick with Towny going forward.
Have a nice day