NOTE WE ARE NOW LIVE WITH MINECRAFT 1.5 (CRAFTBUKKIT RECOMMENDED BUILD 733)!!! SO UPGRADE THOSE CLIENTS AND COME ON IN! ALSO, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND AREN'T GETTING THEM ANSWERED ON OUR FORUMS, YOU CAN USE THIS THREAD AS WELL FOR COMMUNICATION WITH THE STAFF. THANKS!!
"Everything in moderation... except cookies, we has them you know!"
Hey guys! Myself and a few friends have had a server going for a few weeks now and we've all agreed it would be awesome to have some more players! This server started out on my personal computer and as of last week was moved to dedicated hosting (24/7 uptime hurray!). We also have a Teamspeak 3 server as well so if voice chat is your thing, you're more than welcome to come on in!
The server is always being worked on by myself (ie tweaking plugins, making little adjustments here and there) but I generally do so from my personal test server and thereby try to keep uptime at 99% if possible (down once a night or so just long enough to upload all changes after they have been tested).
Server Info/Concept:
Temperance is the literal opposite of gluttony. We believe that everything, in moderation, is healthy and productive. That's why here at Temperance we're going for a server thats more or less light on rules, and heavy on fun (and cookies)! True we have rules but the rules are ALL more or less, don't do things so stupid that you force the admins hand into ip banning you (after a bath of course).
World Info:
24 slots (can upgrade in the future if anyone wants to donate)
MULTIWORLD (NEW)
Short (very short!) spawn "tutorial" with signs explaining basic rules, etiquette
Protected central town with shops, a bank, an inn, purchasable homes, etc
PvP enabled (In the gladiator arena arena, use /warp arena)
Craftbukkit support with various plugins (see below)
Craftbukkit, Current build 766
Using several plugins, here are just a few:
AutoMessage
AutoSave
BackupPlugin
BigBrother (the most important part of our anti-griefing arsenal)
BorderGuard (5000x5000 in the main world, 500x500 mining world, unlimited nether, as of 05/16/2011)
Citizens (disabled as of 1.5)
CommandiConomy (ie, typing /heal will deduct 100 coins and heal you to full!)
Essentials / Essentials Protect / Essentials Spawn
FoundDiamonds (server-wide alerts when you find diamond/gold, as well as admin monitoring)
GravelClay (any gravel dropped in or placed adjacent to water turns to clay!)
HeroChat (custom chat plugin, multiple channels, prefixes/suffixes, etc!)
HeroicDeath (hilarious messages on death... makes dying FUN)
iConomy (implements the COINS system)
iConomyChestShop (easy to use shops, players can make their own!)
LightVote (players can vote to change day into night or vice versa)
LWC (players can lock their chests/furnaces/doors/etc!)
Minecart Mania Core (core functionality of minecart mania, may remove soon)
MultiVerse (currently running a weekly reset mining colony!) NEW
NoCheat (breaks flymod, speedhacks, etc for anyone except mods/admin/premium donators)
Permissions
Quickbelt (quickly reload your hotbar for those big projects!)
RealShop (disabled as of 1.5)
Residence (protect your homes! very powerful protection plug-in)
SignColours (donators can color their signs with any color!)
WolfPound (use in-game signs to spawn wolves!)
WorldEdit (Admin/Moderator ONLY: for fixing chunk errors primarily)
Yeditor (for updating permissions in realtime)
RULES:
Trying to keep it as simple as possible. We're going with three tiers of rules. RED, GOLD, and WHITE [] . Please also keep in mind, that in keeping with the theme of the server, try to keep all building projects as realistic and interesting as possible.
Also, no floating trees, and other terrain blemishes if you can help it. Oh, and PLEASE do not go randomly digging/defacing the terrain. Most of the land around the central town has been carefully landscaped for aesthetics.
RED rules are things like griefing, hacking, and other detrimental things that will get you a ban almost immediately.
GOLD rules are things along the lines of being rude/disrespectful, insulting the mods/other players, and other general douchery. Break those rules and you will be kicked from the server. Three strikes and you're red status (BANHAMMA!).
WHITE [] rules are the little things, such as being a general nuisance, pestering mods for tp's and other things that we don't do, spamming chat, etc etc. In breaking these rules you may get spawnjailed, you may get dumped on your head by a mod, you might get kicked (possibly in the nuts), it really depends on what the mod/admin online feels like doing, you douchebag!
Anyways that's basically it for now. This post will be updated/revised over time. OH YEA, BEFORE I FORGET... if you STILL want to join (and who wouldn't, right?), you need to do one of two things! You can:
1) Head on into the server (we're not sporting one of those annoying whitelists, derp ><), spend two minutes in the spawn tower/tutorial thingamajig, then go exploring and decide if you like the place. If you like what you see and who you meet, head on over to the forums and apply ( http://temperance.forumer.com )!
OR
2) If my wizardry with words has thoroughly enticed you and you just CAN'T WAIT (AHHHHHHH) to join, skip the first part and go STRAIGHT to the forums (do not pass GO, do not collect $200), and apply! As soon as myself or another admin/mod review your app, you're approved (unless you're a retard who can't answer 8 easy questions) and TADA, you're good to go!
Well, that about wraps it up! Thank you for reading and I hope to see you in game real soon
Good news guys, I have working DONATIONS set up! If there is enough interest expressed I will also try to set up a donations tracker as well. If any of our players have good knowledge of html and/or php let me know, I could really use some help setting up a fancier donations page, and some other nice features. Most of this is very plain seeing as how I am a huge newbie when it comes to web design.
Anyways, below are the links. I have set up three donations tiers. For the time being they are all one time donation links, eventually I would like to have a subscription based donation option available to help keep the server alive! I hope one day for this server to move from being a fun little side project run entirely by myself to a community run and funded server.
Simply click the appropriate button at the bottom of this post, and you will be linked to paypal where you can log into your account or put in your credit card info and donate today! After you have donated please be sure to post in this thread with the following information, this will allow me to more quickly check for the donation and get to work giving you the donation perks. THANKS GUYS!!!
- IN GAME NAME & FORUM NAME
- DONATION TIER
- TIME/DATE OF DONATION
SILVER TIER: $5.00 USD -- Show your support! Benefits:
- Silver colored "Donator" tag to replace the default grey "Player" tag!
- Silver colored "Donator" tag to replace the default black tag on the forums!
- Custom suffix of your choosing (up to 9 characters) added to your name (ie, thiefzero: GOD... etc)
- Full set of Iron Armor, Iron Tools, and an Iron Sword
- One (1) custom warp set for your own personal use (I will set this up for you in game)
GOLD TIER: $10.00 USD -- Helping in a big Way! Benefits:
- Gold colored "Donator" tag to replace the default grey "Player" tag!
- Gold colored "Donator" tag to replace the default black tag on the forums!
- Custom suffix of your choosing (up to 9 characters) added to your name (ie, thiefzero: GOD... etc)
- Full set of Gold Armor, Gold Tools, and a Gold Sword
- Two (2) custom warps set for your own personal use (I will set this up for you in game)
- One (1) custom command for your own personal use, that you can pick from a list. (this will be added soon, for now you can talk to me in game or in PM's here and we will find one that you want to use and I will set it up personally)
DIAMOND TIER: $20.00 USD -- This covers a full month of Server & Teamspeak hosting. THANKS!! Benefits:
- DIAMOND (turquoise) colored "Donator" tag to replace the default grey "Player" tag!
- DIAMOND colored "Donator" tag to replace the default black tag on the forums!
- Custom suffix of your choosing (up to 9 characters) added to your name (ie, thiefzero: GOD... etc)
- Full set of Diamond Armor, Diamond Tools, and a Diamond Sword
- Five (5) custom warps set for your own personal use (I will set this up for you in game)
- Three (3) custom commands for your own personal use, that you can pick from a list. (this will be added soon, for now you can talk to me in game or in PM's here and we will find one that you want to use and I will set it up personally)
Check out this SICK video one of our users (and now a moderator btw, for several reasons... grats bro!), Pyromatic18 uploaded last week. I think it's great, really showcases a lot of the PLAYER MADE features out server currently has. There's also alot of amazing pre-built structures including a sweet castle and a very easy to follow well built tutorial for those of you who havn't checked us out yet!
Thanks! Still a whole lot that needs to be done to make it run really smoothly; and will probably to need to upgrade the hosting. I just wanted to see what the interest is and what people think of what we've done so far. Thanks for the compliment :smile.gif:
I have just upped the server to 24 slots as of this morning. We also now have a fully functional Teamspeak 3 server in operation, as well as active forums. Still trying to get dynamic map working as well as a few other plugins. Managing a server via a web based control panel and telnet/ftp is alot more frustrating than hosting it locally and using the console. Will take time to slowly phase in new mods, and upgrade existing ones. Anyways, just my nightly update. Look forward to seeing some new players
If you would like to be whitelisted (added to the Player group) in a much quicker fashion, post back here once you have posted your app in the forums and I can have myself or another admin add you. Thanks guys :smile.gif:
SORRY to everyone who got kicked just now and got the "You are not white-listed" error. While reloading plugins the server lagged hard and had to be re-started, and reloaded the server.properties file I was changing last night that I had accidently flagged whitelist to true. It's fixed now, you can all log in :smile.gif:
Ok i have resolved the issues with people falling through the world... I think. It has to do where people are setting their spawns I believe (ie sleeping in the beds). I may need to enable /setspawn soon since the beds are bugging people out pretty bad. I'll post an update when I have it fixed 100%. Thanks for patience!
Thanks bear :smile.gif: Unfortunately we had to ban a couple guys today; not a fun thing to have to do as an Admin but we do what we must. I hope to add another dozen or so players over the next couple weeks and then cut off recruiting for a while. Don't want to get too big, personally I (and several people apparently) enjoy the small server feel. As an added bonus, as long as we don't get too much bigger, hosting will remain inexpensive and one to two small donations will basically cover everything!
April 13 2011 Update:
Still working on the fall through world issue, seems to be something quite a few servers are experiencing, will keep on it. On another note, I have a server restart mod in place for bi-hourly restarts to help with what very little lag people have experienced. I may change it to 6 hours or 12 (bi-daily) if needed.
April 14, 2011 Update:
I've had to disable all of the shop plugins (including the currency exchange/bankers since they used the same plugin), because of issues with a few specific users duping (either inadvertently or puposely). Can't really tell so I decided its better for now to disable the plugins with the vulnerabilities rather than ban the players for what may or may have not been accidental. If there are any issues with lag or exploits that come up,I will continue to deal with them on an as-needed basis.
Another another more positive note, there are still plenty of slots available on a daily/nightly basis, so I will continue accepting new applications. http://temperance.forumer.com
One more thing. I will need to post this consistently apparently to get peoples attention, but after you join the server, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, DON'T SPAM EVERYONE WITH INCESSANT RETARDED QUESTIONS. The tower you spawn on top of is a very carefully crafted tutorial that takes 2 mins to finish if you read all of the signs. Also the /motd has the same crucial info you will need in order to find your way to our forums and register/apply to join if you like the server and want to stay and build with us...
Oh and the fact that this thread which is directing people to the server has everything you need to know written as plainly as I know how. Just don't spam the admins and other players, its rude and I am getting tired of kicking people with no manners/sense. Oh and banning the ones who think they're clever enough to earn build permissions and grief.
So all of that aside, come check us out! We have some awesome projects taking place currently and more to come. Also, there's a good chance of a GM event this weekend, stay tuned!
As of yesterday, all shops and banks have temporarily been brought down/disabled until the duping exploits can be fixed. Only a small handful of players were found to have taken advantage of the exploits (logs are a wonderful thing), and even those who exploited only did so once or twice. Rather than ban a few of our users, I took the initiative to simply disable the plugin at fault until the situation can be resolved.
Please keep in mind however, that anyone caught repeatedly abusing exploits, using cheats/hacks, or otherwise breaking the few rules we have WILL be banned/removed from the server!
An another more positive note, we hit 12 users at once Friday night, the most concurrent users online at once so far! Still looking for more players, we have 24 slots, would love to make use of them! Come check us out!
NOTE WE ARE NOW LIVE WITH MINECRAFT 1.5 (CRAFTBUKKIT RECOMMENDED BUILD 733)!!! SO UPGRADE THOSE CLIENTS AND COME ON IN! ALSO, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND AREN'T GETTING THEM ANSWERED ON OUR FORUMS, YOU CAN USE THIS THREAD AS WELL FOR COMMUNICATION WITH THE STAFF. THANKS!!
IP: tzer0.dyndns-server.com:25603
Teamspeak3: voice1.brohoster.com:9033
Forums: http://temperance.forumer.com
Hey guys! Myself and a few friends have had a server going for a few weeks now and we've all agreed it would be awesome to have some more players! This server started out on my personal computer and as of last week was moved to dedicated hosting (24/7 uptime hurray!). We also have a Teamspeak 3 server as well so if voice chat is your thing, you're more than welcome to come on in!
The server is always being worked on by myself (ie tweaking plugins, making little adjustments here and there) but I generally do so from my personal test server and thereby try to keep uptime at 99% if possible (down once a night or so just long enough to upload all changes after they have been tested).
Temperance is the literal opposite of gluttony. We believe that everything, in moderation, is healthy and productive. That's why here at Temperance we're going for a server thats more or less light on rules, and heavy on fun (and cookies)! True we have rules but the rules are ALL more or less, don't do things so stupid that you force the admins hand into ip banning you (after a bath of course).
24 slots (can upgrade in the future if anyone wants to donate)
MULTIWORLD (NEW)
Short (very short!) spawn "tutorial" with signs explaining basic rules, etiquette
Protected central town with shops, a bank, an inn, purchasable homes, etc
PvP enabled (In the gladiator arena arena, use /warp arena)
Craftbukkit support with various plugins (see below)
Using several plugins, here are just a few:
AutoMessage
AutoSave
BackupPlugin
BigBrother (the most important part of our anti-griefing arsenal)
BorderGuard (5000x5000 in the main world, 500x500 mining world, unlimited nether, as of 05/16/2011)
Citizens (disabled as of 1.5)
CommandiConomy (ie, typing /heal will deduct 100 coins and heal you to full!)
Essentials / Essentials Protect / Essentials Spawn
FoundDiamonds (server-wide alerts when you find diamond/gold, as well as admin monitoring)
GravelClay (any gravel dropped in or placed adjacent to water turns to clay!)
HeroChat (custom chat plugin, multiple channels, prefixes/suffixes, etc!)
HeroicDeath (hilarious messages on death... makes dying FUN)
iConomy (implements the COINS system)
iConomyChestShop (easy to use shops, players can make their own!)
LightVote (players can vote to change day into night or vice versa)
LWC (players can lock their chests/furnaces/doors/etc!)
Minecart Mania Core (core functionality of minecart mania, may remove soon)
MultiVerse (currently running a weekly reset mining colony!) NEW
NoCheat (breaks flymod, speedhacks, etc for anyone except mods/admin/premium donators)
Permissions
Quickbelt (quickly reload your hotbar for those big projects!)
RealShop (disabled as of 1.5)
Residence (protect your homes! very powerful protection plug-in)
SignColours (donators can color their signs with any color!)
WolfPound (use in-game signs to spawn wolves!)
WorldEdit (Admin/Moderator ONLY: for fixing chunk errors primarily)
Yeditor (for updating permissions in realtime)
Trying to keep it as simple as possible. We're going with three tiers of rules. RED, GOLD, and WHITE [] . Please also keep in mind, that in keeping with the theme of the server, try to keep all building projects as realistic and interesting as possible.
Also, no floating trees, and other terrain blemishes if you can help it. Oh, and PLEASE do not go randomly digging/defacing the terrain. Most of the land around the central town has been carefully landscaped for aesthetics.
RED rules are things like griefing, hacking, and other detrimental things that will get you a ban almost immediately.
GOLD rules are things along the lines of being rude/disrespectful, insulting the mods/other players, and other general douchery. Break those rules and you will be kicked from the server. Three strikes and you're red status (BANHAMMA!).
WHITE [] rules are the little things, such as being a general nuisance, pestering mods for tp's and other things that we don't do, spamming chat, etc etc. In breaking these rules you may get spawnjailed, you may get dumped on your head by a mod, you might get kicked (possibly in the nuts), it really depends on what the mod/admin online feels like doing, you douchebag!
http://temperance.44.forumer.com/viewto ... t=2&p=2#p2
Anyways that's basically it for now. This post will be updated/revised over time. OH YEA, BEFORE I FORGET... if you STILL want to join (and who wouldn't, right?), you need to do one of two things! You can:
1) Head on into the server (we're not sporting one of those annoying whitelists, derp ><), spend two minutes in the spawn tower/tutorial thingamajig, then go exploring and decide if you like the place. If you like what you see and who you meet, head on over to the forums and apply ( http://temperance.forumer.com )!
2) If my wizardry with words has thoroughly enticed you and you just CAN'T WAIT (AHHHHHHH) to join, skip the first part and go STRAIGHT to the forums (do not pass GO, do not collect $200), and apply! As soon as myself or another admin/mod review your app, you're approved (unless you're a retard who can't answer 8 easy questions) and TADA, you're good to go!
Well, that about wraps it up! Thank you for reading and I hope to see you in game real soon
Administrators:
~thiefzer0
~Andehhh
Moderators:
~Pyromatic18
~Srchak
~kev0333gamer
Anyways, below are the links. I have set up three donations tiers. For the time being they are all one time donation links, eventually I would like to have a subscription based donation option available to help keep the server alive! I hope one day for this server to move from being a fun little side project run entirely by myself to a community run and funded server.
Simply click the appropriate button at the bottom of this post, and you will be linked to paypal where you can log into your account or put in your credit card info and donate today! After you have donated please be sure to post in this thread with the following information, this will allow me to more quickly check for the donation and get to work giving you the donation perks. THANKS GUYS!!!
- IN GAME NAME & FORUM NAME
- DONATION TIER
- TIME/DATE OF DONATION
SILVER TIER: $5.00 USD -- Show your support!
Benefits:
- Silver colored "Donator" tag to replace the default grey "Player" tag!
- Silver colored "Donator" tag to replace the default black tag on the forums!
- Custom suffix of your choosing (up to 9 characters) added to your name (ie, thiefzero: GOD... etc)
- Full set of Iron Armor, Iron Tools, and an Iron Sword
- One (1) custom warp set for your own personal use (I will set this up for you in game)
GOLD TIER: $10.00 USD -- Helping in a big Way!
Benefits:
- Gold colored "Donator" tag to replace the default grey "Player" tag!
- Gold colored "Donator" tag to replace the default black tag on the forums!
- Custom suffix of your choosing (up to 9 characters) added to your name (ie, thiefzero: GOD... etc)
- Full set of Gold Armor, Gold Tools, and a Gold Sword
- Two (2) custom warps set for your own personal use (I will set this up for you in game)
- One (1) custom command for your own personal use, that you can pick from a list. (this will be added soon, for now you can talk to me in game or in PM's here and we will find one that you want to use and I will set it up personally)
DIAMOND TIER: $20.00 USD -- This covers a full month of Server & Teamspeak hosting. THANKS!!
Benefits:
- DIAMOND (turquoise) colored "Donator" tag to replace the default grey "Player" tag!
- DIAMOND colored "Donator" tag to replace the default black tag on the forums!
- Custom suffix of your choosing (up to 9 characters) added to your name (ie, thiefzero: GOD... etc)
- Full set of Diamond Armor, Diamond Tools, and a Diamond Sword
- Five (5) custom warps set for your own personal use (I will set this up for you in game)
- Three (3) custom commands for your own personal use, that you can pick from a list. (this will be added soon, for now you can talk to me in game or in PM's here and we will find one that you want to use and I will set it up personally)
Check out this SICK video one of our users (and now a moderator btw, for several reasons... grats bro!), Pyromatic18 uploaded last week. I think it's great, really showcases a lot of the PLAYER MADE features out server currently has. There's also alot of amazing pre-built structures including a sweet castle and a very easy to follow well built tutorial for those of you who havn't checked us out yet!
~thief
I especially like that rule layout at the spawn point. I thought it was cute and clever. :3
Greeneflower AKA Flaming Bunny AKA Ami
~thief
*Stamps seal of approval*
Still working on the fall through world issue, seems to be something quite a few servers are experiencing, will keep on it. On another note, I have a server restart mod in place for bi-hourly restarts to help with what very little lag people have experienced. I may change it to 6 hours or 12 (bi-daily) if needed.
Come check back in at http://temperance.forumer.com for more news!
~thief out~
I've had to disable all of the shop plugins (including the currency exchange/bankers since they used the same plugin), because of issues with a few specific users duping (either inadvertently or puposely). Can't really tell so I decided its better for now to disable the plugins with the vulnerabilities rather than ban the players for what may or may have not been accidental. If there are any issues with lag or exploits that come up,I will continue to deal with them on an as-needed basis.
Another another more positive note, there are still plenty of slots available on a daily/nightly basis, so I will continue accepting new applications.
http://temperance.forumer.com
Thanks everyone, happy gaming!
~thiefzer0
Oh and the fact that this thread which is directing people to the server has everything you need to know written as plainly as I know how. Just don't spam the admins and other players, its rude and I am getting tired of kicking people with no manners/sense. Oh and banning the ones who think they're clever enough to earn build permissions and grief.
So all of that aside, come check us out! We have some awesome projects taking place currently and more to come. Also, there's a good chance of a GM event this weekend, stay tuned!
~thief
As of yesterday, all shops and banks have temporarily been brought down/disabled until the duping exploits can be fixed. Only a small handful of players were found to have taken advantage of the exploits (logs are a wonderful thing), and even those who exploited only did so once or twice. Rather than ban a few of our users, I took the initiative to simply disable the plugin at fault until the situation can be resolved.
Please keep in mind however, that anyone caught repeatedly abusing exploits, using cheats/hacks, or otherwise breaking the few rules we have WILL be banned/removed from the server!
An another more positive note, we hit 12 users at once Friday night, the most concurrent users online at once so far! Still looking for more players, we have 24 slots, would love to make use of them! Come check us out!
~thief