Org Minecraft Server

[B-Wing]

Hey guys, I've only got about a week's worth the Minecraft experience under my belt, but I just discovered this thread. After browsing through the high resolution map, I'm blown away at what you guys have created in this world. I decided I wanna see this stuff up close, so I'm joining the server. I don't know how to do much yet; I mainly just want to explore and be amazed. Never done multi-player mode before, not sure what the rail system is all about, but I can't wait to find out. My username is Hilltop_Zoner. Not sure if I can change it, but I will if I need to for identification purposes.

[Sigurd]

By the way, @Sigurd, I build a little wooden shack next near your castle. It is a light and temporary affair, that can be taken down again easily, when I move out again. But I also saw that the streets there have a grid like structure, so I thought, perhaps you want a village in that area anyway.

Yeah, I am planning to build a small village around my castle. I will however build larger buildings and of stone.
The castle need more security in the form of walls and gates. I am also building a grotto under the castle that will enable players to enter the village by water.

Since this is a survival server, it takes time to gather all the resources needed and keep your shovel/pick-ax/ wood-ax sharp. I don't know how many stacks of wool I have used, but I usually shear in one go about 15 stacks worth, and it get used up fairly quickly.

I also sheared some sheep (to get wool - just in case anyone asks...) and left you 4 stacks in the box near the while sheep. Took one stack for myself. Did some lumbering, too.

Yeah.. anyone that needs wool are free to shear, as long as they leave some behind. The castle is very hungry for wool and oak.

[Vladimir]

Hey guys, I've only got about a week's worth the Minecraft experience under my belt, but I just discovered this thread. After browsing through the high resolution map, I'm blown away at what you guys have created in this world. I decided I wanna see this stuff up close, so I'm joining the server. I don't know how to do much yet; I mainly just want to explore and be amazed. Never done multi-player mode before, not sure what the rail system is all about, but I can't wait to find out. My username is Hilltop_Zoner. Not sure if I can change it, but I will if I need to for identification purposes.

Well excellent! There are settlements everywhere but plenty of room left to build on. Enjoy.

[Nigel]

Yeah, I am planning to build a small village around my castle. I will however build larger buildings and of stone.

Ok, in that case, I will just remove it, when I move on.


Oh, and B-Wing, wellcome to the server.
If you are new to the game, check out the Noob Hotel (or rather check in there for the beginning). It is a save place to sleep and has several conveniences as well as a little beginners guide behind the check in desk. I stayed there for quite a while when I started.

[Papewaio]

Hi Nigel,

I've signed your guest book and left you 2 saddles and a carrot on a stick. Have Fun!

[Nigel]

Thanks Papewaio,

I am currently traveling on the rail system, but I have always wanted to ride out into the wild and uncharted lands - and since I dont have a horse (yet), a pig will make a fabulous mount as well.

[TinCow]

The server appears to be down again in the same way as last time. I haven't had time to get a new one up and running yet but I will be working on that this weekend. Hopefully by Sunday we won't have to deal with our current host anymore.

[BSmith]

Hey guys, I've only got about a week's worth the Minecraft experience under my belt, but I just discovered this thread. After browsing through the high resolution map, I'm blown away at what you guys have created in this world. I decided I wanna see this stuff up close, so I'm joining the server. I don't know how to do much yet; I mainly just want to explore and be amazed. Never done multi-player mode before, not sure what the rail system is all about, but I can't wait to find out. My username is Hilltop_Zoner. Not sure if I can change it, but I will if I need to for identification purposes.

This is my story exactly – although I have slightly more time playing and have not been able to see the map (is it also on the server? The links just time out for me).

I am interested in playing.

[TinCow]

s it also on the server? The links just time out for me

Both maps are on the server, and the server remains down. The moment it comes back up I'm going to download all the files, shut down the server, and move it to a new host. I'm optimistic that it will be back up and stable again by the end of this weekend.

[Papewaio]

The new minecraft launcher allows you to setup profiles... each one to a different version of minecraft. I'm currently playing snapshot 1.6 Carpet is cool man!

[Vladimir]

The new minecraft launcher allows you to setup profiles... each one to a different version of minecraft. I'm currently playing snapshot 1.6 Carpet is cool man!

Excellent.

[Papewaio]

Made a quick little world. Didn't find any horses but I did have plenty of sheep and flowers. So dyed wool it was and made a checkerboard white and yellow underground lair.

You can't put items on top of wool like beds or fence posts. But you can put carpet on top of fence posts to make tables with a table cloth. Also if you put a second carpet on top it is place one whole block higher. It means you can create freestanding colored empty shelves.

At present you can't put a door and carpet in the same square. My next experiment will be carpet on snow.

Game seems more dangerous. Food bar seems to diminish quicker and I've seen more spider jockies in one gaming session then all my prior games. So night travel is more dangerous.

It seems that viewing distance has increased and underground it is dim, but not impossible to see.

=][=

Creepers seem to be self exploding at a distance. In my travels over 3000 blocks I found about half a dozen fresh creeper craters. I know they are fresh because blocks are still spinning in them and I didn't see the explosion.

[Sigurd]

My youngest daughter wants to play on TinCow's server. She is quite the admirer btw... Her game name is Sweet_Elise (she picked it herself). She is nine, so be nice to her... she only knows very basic English.

[Greyblades]

I think i have been ignorant of this for way too long. I'd like to join, handle is Greyblades22, someone go to my name first.

[Papewaio]

My youngest daughter wants to play on TinCow's server. She is quite the admirer btw... Her game name is Sweet_Elise (she picked it herself). She is nine, so be nice to her... she only knows very basic English.

My seven yr old boy likes riding the rail system and Tincows theme park.


Unfortunately he jumped my character into a lava pit in the Nether. I was in shock and then had to smile... It's online lego afterall.

[TinCow]

Ugh... bad timing for the people who want to join. The server is still down, sorry. I could put it back up quickly on a different host, but we would lose approximately 10 days of work. I personally did not do much in that period of time and it wouldn't break me heart to do that, and I'm getting tired of waiting. How do the rest of you feel about that?

[spankythehippo]

I haven't played in a while. I'm totally fine with it. The only thing I was doing before was stocking up for the Iron Farm.

[Vladimir]

I haven't been on much either. Plus everything I've been working on is simple to replace.

[Ishmael]

I haven't been on for a couple of weeks I think, so no problems from me.

With that said, the server was only down for a week or so last time, wasn't it? By the time everybody checks in here to OK a rewind it will probably be back up again anyway.

[Nigel]

I am happy with either way.

All I did in the last 10 days was to travel on from Sigurd's Castle to Ishmael's Garden Statue - just looking around in amazement, not actually building anything.

That said, it is probably Sigurd himself that you may want to talk to. It seems he is currently working on the interior or his castle a lot.

[TinCow]

If Sigurd will lose a lot, I can give him creative mode temporarily to allow him to quickly replace what was lost. We did the same thing when the Arena and surrounding areas were lost about a year ago.

Either way, I'm currently in the process of getting the new server setup. The new server host uses an entirely different management system from the old one (which was just shell access) so it'll take me a bit of time to get used to it and get our server working again. Maybe we'll get lucky and the old server will come back up while I'm working on the new one. Once the new once is setup it would be a simple process to update the map with the version on the old server.

[TinCow]

The server is online for testing purposes on the new host at 176.31.100.30:25670. Feel free to connect and play as you'd like, but please be aware that I am still testing the setup and it's not final yet. I cannot guarantee that anything you build there won't be overwritten later. Dynmap is online for that server here, but I'm still working on Overviewer and it's not available yet.

I have also whitelisted Sweet_Elise and Greyblades22 there. @Sigurd @Greyblades
@BSmith I need your MC account name to whitelist you.

[Sigurd]

I have also whitelisted Sweet_Elise..

Excellent

Sigurd I need your MC account name to whitelist you.

SigurdOrg

[TinCow]

SigurdOrg

LOL, that bit was for BSmith only. The line above was for you. Also, what are you feelings about loading a 10 day old (before the server went down) backup? How much would you lose?

[Sigurd]

Woah.. that is indeed an old snapshot of the server.
I removed the oak forest behind my castle right before I did a major renovation of the central keep underneath the tower.

The best thing would be to get the current save from the offline server, when it gets up... if it coincide with the end of testing the new server.

[Sigurd]

LOL, that bit was for BSmith only. The line above was for you. Also, what are you feelings about loading a 10 day old (before the server went down) backup? How much would you lose?

The current server is from the save you took right after the old server got back online after the first major down... right? I found myself in the sheep pen where I was when the server crashed the first time...

[TinCow]

The current server is from the save you took right after the old server got back online after the first major down... right?

Correct, it is the only save I have locally. The others are on the offline server.

[TinCow]

As a heads-up, my rental term for the old server is up on July 6th. There is no way in hell I am giving those people any more of my money, so after July 6th my rights to that server will be gone. If the server does not come back up before then, I won't be able to pull the map off of it and there will be no other option but to use the one that I've got running on the new server right now. I think that situation is unlikely, but given the atrocious quality of service provided by the old host, I am growing increasingly concerned that it may happen.

[Sigurd]

If the server does not come back up before then, I won't be able to pull the map off of it and there will be no other option but to use the one that I've got running on the new server right now.

So be it... I will suspend building until we know anything definite.

[Xiahou]

As a heads-up, my rental term for the old server is up on July 6th. There is no way in hell I am giving those people any more of my money, so after July 6th my rights to that server will be gone. If the server does not come back up before then, I won't be able to pull the map off of it and there will be no other option but to use the one that I've got running on the new server right now. I think that situation is unlikely, but given the atrocious quality of service provided by the old host, I am growing increasingly concerned that it may happen.

Wow... I guess they don't make any uptime agreements in their service contracts? That's completely unacceptable service.