Wait, just my 2¢, shouldn't you guys not have 1000 duped diamond blocks? Even if it is "donated", wouldn't it make more sense to throw most of them in lava? Because the SMP economy was pretty f***** up last time I saw it. If you keep the crap from raids, it just messes up the economy even more. Yeah, yeah, yeah, the city keeps raided items traditionally.... But what I would like to say is that the economy would be healthier if duped blocks were not kept, and people with /item would not distribute ANYTHING, unless it's like sonething special (ex, player needs something for a project), then only grant them exactly enough for the project.
And please do not blow up at me for posting this, it's just my opinion, and I still can voice it.
There IS no economy because every guest and they dog dupes, steals, cheats, all sorts of shit. Until the game is stable enough to stop these problems they will remain as problems. Also the point of the story was he GRIEFED the city and THEN stole from it. People with /item don't distribute, because we are trusted. Why did you input? You didn't know the situation beyond the fact that I was protecting what little economy we had by forbidding the sale.