I have had problems with the spawn since it came out in 1.8. This isn't anything new, except your over-complications to the spawn have made it more annoying to traverse.
You added the need to go down multiple lifts, and random decorations like lava. With the 1.7 spawn, and early 1.8 spawn, all you had to do was walk out of spawn and you were ready to kill people.
Oh because when a new player joins and sees a MILE long walkway of stairs with NO info on how to get to the forums to see the rules we are REALLY upgrading the quality of players, right?
You get a free stone sword silly. Don't complain
Yes, you do need to get used to the idea that 1.7 spawn is coming back.
P.S. I doubt players read the rules anyway Tanja, fix the /rules, make it actually comprehensive to an extent, and promote that, because no one is going to sit around and read signs.