Tunneling = bad on World of Minecraft servers. We all know this.
However, I sometimes wonder what defines tunneling. Reading the spectator appeals implies that tunneling of any kind is bad, yet I have seen many untouched (and incredible) tunnel-based structures in the World of Minecraft servers. I myself am making an underground living complex. It consists or more actual rooms instead of tunnels, and each room is furnished and detailed to represent exactly what it is meant to be. As for the legality of my structure, I believe it is fine for the moment, as it is in a deep nook of the World of Minecraft cliffs server, and multiple moderators have entered it and have even commended my work on it. I even have a sign showing who created it floating above the entrance, allowing people to find it. It's even connected to a nearby walkway!
My main concern is this, however. My complex consists of only eleven rooms at the moment: main hallway, lounge, reading room, closet, bathroom, second hallway, treasury, home theater, dining room, kitchen, and sauna. It possibly only occupies a 200x200x100 space maximum (not including the over 60 block tall enclosed water-pillar-elevator that takes you inside). Yet, I am not sure when my complex will become "too big" or become categorized as tunneling. Essentially, I want to stay legal, and I want to make something cool (and possibly earn designer rank for it). I am very certain many other users would like to stay within the boundaries, and still make a cool tunnel system. All I feel needs to be defined is: when is tunneling considered bad tunneling?
Random tunneling, is just that. Random. No purpose whatsoever, normally just 1x2 tunnels with no direction, no purpose, and often just erratic patterns.
Our rules page here gives you a classic example of tunneling.
http://www.worldofminecraft.com/rules
stop it,build or repair or the tunnel to NO tunnel,then find player,that are tunneling,then say to admin,send me Massage to have problem
what you're building isn't tunneling. Even things like subways which have markings and purposefully placed bricks aren't counted as tunneling. If however you're randomly clicking it front of you, yay be a tunnelin brah. dun do that <_<
As long as it's part of an actual build and not just a random hole you're fine.
I believe these responses clear up a lot of misconception. I thanks the users of minecraft for supporting me and anyone else.
--Mr. 8bit Ghost (amatron)
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from what i have heard tunnaling is 1x1 tunnels overdone