Org Minecraft Server

[Vladimir]

I've found myself spending most of my time above ground lately but still managed to swim in lava once lately. Thankfully my favorite diamond pick wasn't in my inventory.

I'm a bit demotivated lately too, not by emptiness, but by how moderate projects take up so much of the biome. You don't realize how small they are until you start building.

[TinCow]

I'm really demotivated to complete my castle. I know I will complete it, at some stage, but it's just so depressing to look at. I will get back into Minecraft when my Siren reaches Level 50 in Borderlands 2.

There are so many good games out at the moment that I think many of us are taking a break from Minecraft. I'm stuck into Borderlands 2 as well, even worse than you are. I've got a lvl 50 Gunzerker and a lvl 26 Sniper. I also really want to play FTL and XCom. Too many games, not enough time.

Regardless, the 1.4 patch for MC looks fun as well. A lot of new stuff coming for it, which will be great.

[spankythehippo]

There are so many good games out at the moment that I think many of us are taking a break from Minecraft. I'm stuck into Borderlands 2 as well, even worse than you are. I've got a lvl 50 Gunzerker and a lvl 26 Sniper. I also really want to play FTL and XCom. Too many games, not enough time.

Regardless, the 1.4 patch for MC looks fun as well. A lot of new stuff coming for it, which will be great.

Goddamn. A Level 50 Gunzerker? I can only play weekends, when Sazak is free. Otherwise, it's boring on single player.

I'm starting to get excited about starting my castle now. It's been a while.

[TinCow]

Goddamn. A Level 50 Gunzerker? I can only play weekends, when Sazak is free. Otherwise, it's boring on single player.

I'm starting to get excited about starting my castle now. It's been a while.

Scienter and I play together pretty much daily. She's got a lvl 50 Commando and a lvl 24ish Siren. I agree that SP is boring; it's also much much harder due to the lack of a partner to give you a second wind. Superb coop though.

[spankythehippo]

Scienter and I play together pretty much daily. She's got a lvl 50 Commando and a lvl 24ish Siren. I agree that SP is boring; it's also much much harder due to the lack of a partner to give you a second wind. Superb coop though.

I find co op much harder, since the enemies are stronger. And I'm playing on True Vault Hunter Mode. So, yes, death is inevitable.

I must say, the Sirens ability to revive by phaselocking is sooo useful.

[Vladimir]

Found another village I want to renovate. X: 5209 Z 1096 if no one else claims it. Definitely will require Nether travel. Maybe even a rail system.



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I don't see any light sources so all the villagers may be dead or need protection.

[TinCow]

I don't see any light sources so all the villagers may be dead or need protection.

It's unlikely that they're dead. That area was spawned by the terrain generator and, AFAIK, no one has ever actually trekked out that far. If the chunk has never been loaded, I don't think it's possible for any villagers to have died.

[Vladimir]

Thank you. I'll have to find my way out there. It has tremendous potential.

[Ishmael]

FINISHED! I have finally, absolutely, finished my 8-month project of a city (barring minor revisions ). I am ecstatic.

@TinCow, would you be able to put the final touch on by spawning a couple of villagers please?

[TinCow]

Yep, I'll put some in there next time I'm on.

[spankythehippo]

Well, I've gotten over Borderlands 2 to some extent. I'll still play it more than occasionally, but I always run back to Minecraft. So, I'm back.

Leveling my area is proving to be quite time consuming. TNT is pretty effective at removing stone and dirt if I use it on mass. Trouble is, there is never enough gunpowder. I stood outside TC's mob spawner for an hour thing and only got 19 gunpowder.

Or I could just make the castles dimensions smaller... NO! I intend to make it as magnificent as possible. I have to work hard to achieve that. If anyone has any pointers to leveling, I would be grateful (I don't think there is an easy way, though).

[Vladimir]

FINISHED! I have finally, absolutely, finished my 8-month project of a city (barring minor revisions ). I am ecstatic.

@TinCow, would you be able to put the final touch on by spawning a couple of villagers please?

Good job! I exiled myself to the rim but your place looks great

[TinCow]

FINISHED! I have finally, absolutely, finished my 8-month project of a city (barring minor revisions ). I am ecstatic.

@TinCow, would you be able to put the final touch on by spawning a couple of villagers please?

I have added 10 villagers.

[Ishmael]

I have added 10 villagers.

Thanks TinCow! You're a legend.

[spankythehippo]

Whoa. The new update is adding lots of stuff.

[TinCow]

Yep, looks great! However, please remember that it usually take Bukkit a few days to catch up after an update. As of this moment, there is no Bukkit release for 1.4, so I cannot update the server yet. Please do not update your client! If you do, you won't be able to connect to the Org server. I'll update the server immediately when the Bukkit team gets their version out.

[spankythehippo]

Thanks TinCow! You're a legend.

So now that you've finished your city, what do you plan on doing now?

I'm now in a productive mood. I've almost finished the burdock piling. After thinking about it for a bit, the biggest hurdle for my city is just the castle. After that, it will be a breeze.

[Ishmael]

So now that you've finished your city, what do you plan on doing now?

I'm now in a productive mood. I've almost finished the burdock piling. After thinking about it for a bit, the biggest hurdle for my city is just the castle. After that, it will be a breeze.

I'm having a bit of a break from Minecraft at present, but I'm just about ready to jump back into it. I'll probably make something a little smaller and more 'in tune' with the landscape this time - I'll be scouting out some potential locations first.

[spankythehippo]

So, I just had an idea for this server. There is a few problems with it, mainly time differences. But here goes...

A GLADIATOR FIGHT!

Since this server is whitelisted, it's safe to say that people wont kill each other for personal gain, so PvP can be turned on for this. I was thinking of a series of gladiator fights in the arena, with a prize for the winner.

Each gladiator must pay a certain number of diamonds to compete. The winner takes the majority of the pot, the runners up take lesser portions of it.

This tournament needs to be organised from the very start (assuming my idea becomes reality), with a tourney tree, an official adjudicator etc.

So, what do you guys think?

[Ishmael]

So, I just had an idea for this server. There is a few problems with it, mainly time differences. But here goes...

A GLADIATOR FIGHT!

Since this server is whitelisted, it's safe to say that people wont kill each other for personal gain, so PvP can be turned on for this. I was thinking of a series of gladiator fights in the arena, with a prize for the winner.

Each gladiator must pay a certain number of diamonds to compete. The winner takes the majority of the pot, the runners up take lesser portions of it.

This tournament needs to be organised from the very start (assuming my idea becomes reality), with a tourney tree, an official adjudicator etc.

So, what do you guys think?

Is it permissible to rearrange the arena beforehand so that one's opponent is dropped into lava as soon as the gates open?

I do like the idea, although it might be tricky to get enough people to make a decent tournament of it over any one period of time.

[TinCow]

When we were still in the planning stages for the arena, I was interested in making it a venue for Mob Arena. I think we could still arrange it to work in there, if people were interested in that kind of challenge.

[spankythehippo]

When we were still in the planning stages for the arena, I was interested in making it a venue for Mob Arena. I think we could still arrange it to work in there, if people were interested in that kind of challenge.

That would be awesome. It gives the Arena a practical purpose. I am definitely interested.

[Vladimir]

That would be awesome. It gives the Arena a practical purpose. I am definitely interested.

I guess that means I need to finish the scoreboard. Something about complex redstone projects infuriate me.

[TinCow]

We need a space needle. I see so many dirt stacks up to the sky, built to provide views of the surrounding area. It's clearly a desirable thing, so we should make a nice-looking structure to do it in.

[Vladimir]

We need a space needle. I see so many dirt stacks up to the sky, built to provide views of the surrounding area. It's clearly a desirable thing, so we should make a nice-looking structure to do it in.

What would you like to add to it? A beacon? Elevator?

I want to push chickens off and watch them fall.

[TinCow]

What would you like to add to it? A beacon? Elevator?

I want to push chickens off and watch them fall.

I was thinking of a Seattle style structure. Flared bottom, narrow middle, with a glass-enclosed saucer on top to walk around and see in all directions. The pillar itself would need to have some kind of efficient ascend/descend mechanism just to avoid the climb being annoying. I tried building a really cool elevator at my place a few months ago, but it turned out to not work due to MP server lag. I've seen designs for up-only elevator systems that are supposed to work on servers. They're ugly and uni-directional, but they're pretty compact, not resource intense, and they work so that's probably what would be best to use. To get down, the fastest method would just be a drop-chute with a pool at the bottom.

[rajpoot]

We need a space needle. I see so many dirt stacks up to the sky, built to provide views of the surrounding area. It's clearly a desirable thing, so we should make a nice-looking structure to do it in.

The partially built endstone structure at my new base was supposed to be a tapering tower/space needle.....never got around to finishing it though.

[Vladimir]

I was thinking of a Seattle style structure. Flared bottom, narrow middle, with a glass-enclosed saucer on top to walk around and see in all directions. The pillar itself would need to have some kind of efficient ascend/descend mechanism just to avoid the climb being annoying. I tried building a really cool elevator at my place a few months ago, but it turned out to not work due to MP server lag. I've seen designs for up-only elevator systems that are supposed to work on servers. They're ugly and uni-directional, but they're pretty compact, not resource intense, and they work so that's probably what would be best to use. To get down, the fastest method would just be a drop-chute with a pool at the bottom.

The drop pool makes sense and allows a boat elevator to look natural. I'm assuming that still works.

[TinCow]

FYI, if you haven't read the news lately there's a rather large storm headed towards my area. I would actively be surprised if I didn't lose power for at least a short period at some point in the Sunday to Tuesday time frame. Thus, if the server is offline at some point in that time period, that is almost certainly the reason. Be assured that I will get it back online ASAP if there are issues.

[TinCow]

Ok, I think I'll be back playing regularly again for a while. I've gotten my fill of XCom and Borderlands, at least for now. The first thing I noticed on logging in is just how annoying the Saving messages are. I don't know how you've all lived with them for so long without complaining. You are certainly more tolerant than I. In any case, I've disabled the messages. Be assured, the forced autosaves are still occurring every 5 minutes, but you won't receive messages about them anymore.