reply to https://pay.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1wrxto/would_anyone_play_on_this_kind_of_server/ reply
I played on several servers with similar setups (Solitude, Telgy's, MinerAp, Civcraft, PASHC, etc.), even started my own for a while a couple years ago (ExpHC, RIP 2012/08/27), it definitely was amazing. There are quite a few plugins out there to configure this setup, here's a few I'd suggest:
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No universal chat: My favorite plugin for this is RealisticChat, hasn't been updated for a while but should still work, last I checked. Shameless plugin since I started it ;), along with the original developer of Cake's Miner Apocalypse who was also instrumental in the creation of this server genre. Both were inspired by this /r/minecraft thread two years ago: Random idea that just hit me: Minecraft world (see also this page on history with other relevant inspirations, at least for my former server) and well-suited for this kind of random spawn / local chat environment. There are other, smaller plugins offering only local chat, if you would prefer, such as Localchat, but I'm not too familiar with them.
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Coordinates will be crippled: Great idea, I've long wanted to have this feature, but there were some technical issues and there wasn't any plugin available at the time. Now there is: RandomCoords - and it is actively maintained and updated. Uses ProtocolLib to offset x and z by random offsets, nifty.
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After death, spawn point is 100% random: I used Random Spawn back in the 1.2.5 days and it worked great, though it doesn't seem to have been updated since 1.5.1, not sure if it still works. But it is open source if any updates are needed. Definitely was the best random spawning plugin at the time. CMA (linked above) also had random spawning built-in; there may be other alternatives.
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No name tags will be visible behind blocks.: This can be accomplished purely server-side by always showing the clients as "sneaking". AutoSneak, PacketSneak (defunct?), maybe there is something newer out there but it is certainly possible. SimpleSneak appears to be 1.7 compatible. ToggleSneak, PlayerHider...
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Upon death, the player's items will be put into a chest.: several death chest plugins out there
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bounty: Not exactly as /u/Garlien described, but HCSMP had a bounty hunter plugin which was pretty fun.
Cool to see this genre is still alive, I found it very enjoyable in the time I played on these kinds of servers. Also it is interesting to note that the Better Than Wolves mod implements many of the same main features - hardcore player names (hide nameplates), hardcore spawn (random spawn), hardcore bedding (no beds), hardcore info (no debug coords; or "no more in-game GPS" as FC says). Although BTW is a total conversion mod, so it can be less customizable than using the above aforementioned plugins. Either way, hope this helps!