EDIT: 50th post!!!
Staar, thank you for your input! Here are my responses to each:
1. Hehe, love it. TNT instead of lapis. Even better if you’re derping underground with flint and steel (doesn’t sound that likely, but I do it all the time)
2. Yup!
3. Firespread must be on. I totally agree. I shall torch every jungle. You shall like it.
4. We’re going to make sure people use vanilla clients for the games, I think that’s on page 3 or 4.
5. Hmm, okay.
6. Already talked about that as well, the idea is that we would actually not make the arena early, but make it right on the date with a quick worldedit fence circle, protect, and then replace all the lapis with TNT. The size of the arena is according to the following formula: 1 player = a 125×125 area is added to the arena.
7. I think that’s half the fun! You can raid villages and cannibalize the towns into more efficient strongholds! You’ll have instant iron armor and probably a nether portal (which worries me, should they be disabled? Or maybe we would have to create a nether area too!? Oh god, headaches :P)
New Issue to be Resolved: What should be according to the Nether?