am I wrong in assuming that Scout31 is willing to make it? I figured that's what he was suggesting in the original topic.
Most things I suggested are well within my capability to make, I'm not just talking theory. I've been fiddling with Blockland for about 6-7 years now, I'm pretty familiar with what's in the scope of possible and impossible/impractical.
I'm still not 100% on it, mostly because a lot of concerns brought up in this topic were the same concerns I had, which is why I decided to open up the idea to others. Ideally I wouldn't be doing it all alone, it would be great if it were truly a community project. Although, that was my intention for Glass too, and it was a solo project for the first year and a half until becoming a small team of three.
It definitely seems like there's interest in the idea, but there are a bunch of valid concerns about adoption, impact on new players, etc. Starting with mostly back-end or server sided changes may be a good start, and perhaps make it a slow transition.