Planning and Development
for The next big server.
Moto: "Designed by the people, made by the people, played by the people."
!Current Phase! Phase One
Its been a long time, I've sat and watched many servers pop up left and right. So many fads (trends of popularity) have passed. There was the time of RPG, when 15-40 RPG servers were being made a day, and 15-20 were being closed a day. Then the time of PVP which I didn't pay to much attention to. But then came the time of creative servers. This is when the Voxelbox came into its shinning moment, but even that fad died and only the strongest servers survived (the Voxelbox is the only one that really pulled though without loss). Now it seems that RPG servers are back, so like a circle this begins once again.
So my question is to you, "What will you make of this time period, what possibly can the minds behind all these servers do to create the best server known to Minecraft?" If you have ever owned a server or currently own a server its because you had a dream and a motivation to make a big server that would stretch though a Minecraft server age, whether it be the age of PVP, RPG or creative you wanted it to last. But answer this, "How can everyone make a server and expect it to last?" Its just not logically possible.
This is why I'm starting this project. So that people can come together and pool their ideas into this, because splitting off into a hundred servers a month just wont cut it. Its a waste of money and there's a 80% fail rate on your server. But if we come together and pool our ideas, we can make it though, our server can rise to the peak of popularity. Sadly though this can not be achieved without teamwork and dedication. So on to the jobs and what will need to be accomplished, and how YOU can become apart of this.
Whats been decided:
The server will be Role Playing with slight PVP such as battlegrounds and arenas. Maby wars?
Here is a list of all the jobs that will need to be filled for the planning of this server. :Phase One, Planning/Development Teams:
>Server basics Planners: List bellow is what they'll cover.
- What type of server. (will be determined by the poll or by the team)
- Goal of the server
- Main thesis statement/key point of the server. (such as theme and style)
>Gameplay mechanics Designers: List bellow is what they'll cover.
- Plugins (includes custom plugins)
- Find custom plugin coders
- Config configuration for the plugin
- Permissions system
>Server Story Designers(!If! rp is chosen)
- Lore creators (not the writing of the lore, this is the brainstorming of the lore)
- Documenters (people who will take note of the lore creation and write it down for record keeping. Will also act as a quality filter)
>PVP designer/coordinator (!If! pvp is chosen)
- Designers (Think "How and were will the people PVP)
- Event brainstormer (What kind of interactive events can take place)
These are the most essential people at this point in time. Yes I know what your thinking "But don't we need builders?" Not at this time no. So many servers skip to building when they don't even know what to build. Once all the planning is done we will move to the building and terraforming of the world.
:Phase Two, Public Awareness and Artistic Representation Teams:
> Artists
- Concept art for the forum post. (preferable hand drawn)
- Banners for Public Awareness
- Server logo For more Public Awareness
- Custom Gui designs for the Plugin Creators
> Public Representation Team
- Motivational Speakers that can make our forum post sound convincing.
- People to post in looking for server posts, and other forums about Minecraft.
- !Maby! Public Relationship's manager (someone who makes sure were on good standings with the public)
This is also the stage were the server configs should be finished and the final planning of the server is coming into shape.
:Phase Three, Creation Teams and Public Awareness Teams:
> Designers
- Terraformers
- City planners
- builders
> Advertiser
- Creators/Maintainers of the Youtube account. (upload videos and respond to peoples questions on them)
- !Maby! Public Forum creators
- !Maby! Wiki creators
More will be explained to the actual team.
:Phase Four, Beta Testing:
- Beta Testers
:Phase Five, Release (if not Alpha Stage, then Release):
How to join the team? !Important! Please note were only in phase one so don't apply for something that's in Phase 2-5 Unless your are Artist with amazing skill. But if you do and I or the team love your app well except you but you will not be majorly beneficial until the Phase you applied for.
Application: Please take into note that all these questions are optional you do not have to answer every single one! Secondly, skype is veryyyyyy important whether you have a mic or not. We will use chat as well as voice communication.
Name:
Ign:
Skype?:
Role your applying for:
Past work:
A little about you:
Why you want to join:
Have you owned a server before:
Are you currently running a server:
What server type are you voting for, or wanting?:
Any suggestion to this post?:
Any suggestions to me or this team?:
Other Questions, and or comments?:
Accepted members:
- lolmastergeneral [Server basics Planners]
- Facelessone001[Server basics Planners] [Server Story Designers][Application Adviser]
IGN: lolmastergeneral
Skype?: Yes, no mic.
Role your applying for: Server basics Planners AND Beta Tester
A little about you: I don't play all the time. But I play a lot.
Why you want to join: Every 'upcoming' server that I apply for seems to die. I'm going to keep trying, and I want to see what I can do to help. This sounds like a great plan.
Have you owned a server before: Yes.
Are you currently running a server: No.
Glad you have you on board, ill put your name under the accepted and ill add you on Skype. Well begin official planning tomorrow. This will give me time to get more applications and final ideas about beginning together. Your patients will be greatly appreciated.
Edit: Plus i picked a bad time to post this T_T applications pick up faster in the morning or the mid afternoon so if someone could bump it around those times that'd be cool.
Name: Hi, I'm Josh Wheelon and I'm 14 years old (that should be a question on here, I'm sure you will get a few 9-10 year olds and that will not be fun) don't discriminate because I'm not old, but I'm not young.
Ign: facelessone001
Skype?: Yes, Facelessone001
Role your applying for: Server basics planner and/or server story designer
Past work: No past server work. School really disallowed me to. However, school is lightening up so I'll write something up real quick:
In the beginning, there was only darkness; a cruel, colorless nothing. The dark held nothing, was nothing, but was everything. An everything that in itself, was nothing. There was nothing that could move, live, or be. Yet it is here, in the vast empty nothing, where the first speck of light appeared. Smaller than a grain of sand, denser than what others have now known as a black hole, but brighter than the one sun that we are accustomed to. This newborn light expanded at a speed faster than any human could begin to fathom, and took over what was. Here, in this light, the foundation of this world was born.
Not so much born, but materialized from the living light. After an eternity; the light that had passed it’s time condensed into a sphere, and expanded outward instantaneously. This became the world we live on today. The very soil being decomposed light from the beginning. The light that engulfed the world became day, and everything was covered by the new power of everything that was. At this time, nothing was alive, and nothing but light had ever lived. Alas, the world is not completely solid. The crevices that held no light, held the power of the dark nothing inside of it. The darkness swirled inside of these caves, looking for a way out, but couldn’t. After what seemed like an endless, tranquil eternity, the darkness exploded violently onto the surface. This clash of energy, being the prime opposite of each other, showered the world with a blanket of the most pure energy. This brought the ground to life.
The soil in whole became covered with a green grass, which lived, breathed, and grew. It spread out its reaches to everywhere it could. This peaceful act was only a side effect of a raging fight between darkness and light in the sky. These two prime powers, having completely the same amount of power, could never win. It was, and still is, a constant struggle over who will hold the sky.
Something came over me there. Just saying. I decided I had wrote enough for your opinion on my skills.
A little about you: I am a gamer at heart. I freakin' love to roleplay, and I like to occasionally PvP but I don't have any professional experience role-playing. I have helped out a few servers, that have ultimately failed, and this seems well-organized to the point of I have much hope for this to become big. I am someone people tend to get along with and someone you can trust. I hate people that are idiots, and so I won't be hypocritical and be an idiot myself.
Why you want to join: I have been wanting to join a role-play server for about three months now (if this goes in the direction of RP) but all of the decent ones are not too well put together, or are way too developed for me to join with out reading over 9,000 pages of history and lore. This could be my chance to prove my self in the world of RPing and maybe the chance to work on something awesome.
Have you owned a server before: Yes. I run my own private server for my friends/family. I have problems trusting people that I really don't know IRL to help out my server and moderate it to become public, but with an idea like this, I could find myself to trust people
Are you currently running a server: Yes, that same one.
What server type are you voting for, or wanting?: RP! with slight PvP against warring factions that help out the history and lore. A few worlds. Like a wizard world, a Hell world, Forest, what-have-you
Any suggestion to this post?: Not to the post, this looks well-organized enough where there is nothing I could say to help you out. You out-did your self. But the question below this one seems irrelevant.
Any suggestions to me or this team?: I really don't know anyone else or what other things have been said (as I'm not on the team yet).
Other Questions, and or comments?: Nope. That's about it.
Accepted, i thoroughly enjoyed your Lore post. Tomorrow (when we have more people hopefully) well begin all the planning for that stuff and what not. You will be added to the list under bother server basic planner and lore creator. Plus I'm adding you on Skype.
Accepted, i thoroughly enjoyed your Lore post. Tomorrow (when we have more people hopefully) well begin all the planning for that stuff and what not. You will be added to the list under bother server basic planner and lore creator. Plus I'm adding you on Skype.
Name:
Alex Gushulak Ign:
Superchilltv Skype?:
Superchilltv Role your applying for:
Phase Three for terraformers and builders Past work:
Wrote Permission for multiple servers was an admin on a large server and owned my own server from October to November A little about you:
I like to ride scooters (Profile Picture) and play basketball. I also like to build and work with computers and find them fascinating Why you want to join:
I LOVE to work in teams and with other people with the same passions as me Have you owned a server before:
Yessir Are you currently running a server:
No What server type are you voting for, or wanting?:
RPG Any suggestion to this post?:
None looks nice and appealing Any suggestions to me or this team?:
Use Ventrillo more often then not Other Questions, and or comments?:
Bit of a light voice, well atleast I think I do, maybe not to you
Accepted, if you could please if you find yourself with free time add onto your post so i know just a little bit more about your skill. I understand the post says the questions are optional but its nice to be able to truly understand who were accepting.
Role your applying for: Server basics planer and I would like to help with the lore seeing as I love making up stories and if this gets to the further stage I would like to help with building and things.
Little thing I wrote. History for a town or something?
Although it is hard to believe Cliffcrest was once a small pirate hideout. And legendary pirate known as Kiwi made his last stand against the Royal Navy of The White Kingdom there. He had pillaged a small merchant vessel and came to Cliffcrest to do what all pirates do after a successful pillaging; get horribly drunk. He was laughing and yelling in the filthy pub when the cannons went off. He stumbled outside to see the wretched red and white flags in the bay, he knew what this was about. He had plundered millions of gold pieces worth of things from them, and they were fed up with it. Well, he had lived a good, though short life, adventures at the high seas, all the gold he could want and of course, the stunningly beautiful maidens he seduced, but he still wasn't going to go down without a fight.
He made his way to the harbor and under the cover of cannon smoke climbed aboard one of the larger ships. The hawk-eyed captain spotted him immediately and cried out to his men. Kiwi drew his diamond cutlass and drunkenly charged. Though he was killed shortly in the ensuing battle, his death was not in vain. His first mate, Kumquat, witnessed his death and was enraged. He rallied the rest of the drunken marauders and in a final battle was able to sink all but one of the kingdom's ships which quickly retreated.
The injured scoundrels eventually recovered and in honor of the brave Kiwi gave up their evil ways and together they forged the peaceful town of Cliffcrest you see today.
A little about you: My name is Andy and I'm 14. The idea of being part of something such as this is absolutely amazing to think about and I really hope this gets off the ground. My only fear is that I may not be around as often as I hope I could be due to family, medical and school issues but I hope I can help nonetheless.
Why you want to join: I love the prospect of roleplaying as someone or something different. I would love to be part of something like this and help create an amazing server.
Have you owned a server before: Not a large one but whenever a new release would come out I would host a little server for me and my friend to fool around with the new stuff.
Are you currently running a server: No.
What server type are you voting for, or wanting?: RP with a little PVP.
Other Questions, and or comments?: None that I can think of at the moment.
Accepted, You will be added under lore writer, welcome to the team. :wink.gif: btw please write a little story with your free time on your app so i can see your skill.
Accepted, You will be added under lore writer, welcome to the team. :wink.gif: btw please write a little story with your free time on your app so i can see your skill.
Alright, but what exactly should I write about? I'm kinda brain dead at the moment. :unsure.gif:
Although it is hard to believe Cliffcrest was once a small pirate hideout. And legendary pirate known as Kiwi made his last stand against the Royal Navy of The White Kingdom there. He had pillaged a small merchant vessel and came to Cliffcrest to do what all pirates do after a successful pillaging; get horribly drunk. He was laughing and yelling in the filthy pub when the cannons went off. He stumbled outside to see the wretched red and white flags in the bay, he knew what this was about. He had plundered millions of gold pieces worth of things from them, and they were fed up with it. Well, he had lived a good, though short life, adventures at the high seas, all the gold he could want and of course, the stunningly beautiful maidens he seduced, but he still wasn't going to go down without a fight.
He made his way to the harbor and under the cover of cannon smoke climbed aboard one of the larger ships. The hawk-eyed captain spotted him immediately and cried out to his men. Kiwi drew his diamond cutlass and drunkenly charged. Though he was killed shortly in the ensuing battle, his death was not in vain. His first mate, Kumquat, witnessed his death and was enraged. He rallied the rest of the drunken marauders and in a final battle was able to sink all but one of the kingdom's ships which quickly retreated.
The injured scoundrels eventually recovered and in honor of the brave Kiwi gave up their evil ways and together they forged the peaceful town of Cliffcrest you see today.
YES! This is what we are looking for. You're in. Definately in.
Hope We get some more apps soon. We need all the help we can get.
@Outbreak_Universe I PM'ed you. I also checked out your server. It doesn't look super well put together, :mellow.gif:
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The next big server.
Moto: "Designed by the people, made by the people, played by the people."
!Current Phase! Phase One
Its been a long time, I've sat and watched many servers pop up left and right. So many fads (trends of popularity) have passed. There was the time of RPG, when 15-40 RPG servers were being made a day, and 15-20 were being closed a day. Then the time of PVP which I didn't pay to much attention to. But then came the time of creative servers. This is when the Voxelbox came into its shinning moment, but even that fad died and only the strongest servers survived (the Voxelbox is the only one that really pulled though without loss). Now it seems that RPG servers are back, so like a circle this begins once again.
So my question is to you, "What will you make of this time period, what possibly can the minds behind all these servers do to create the best server known to Minecraft?" If you have ever owned a server or currently own a server its because you had a dream and a motivation to make a big server that would stretch though a Minecraft server age, whether it be the age of PVP, RPG or creative you wanted it to last. But answer this, "How can everyone make a server and expect it to last?" Its just not logically possible.
This is why I'm starting this project. So that people can come together and pool their ideas into this, because splitting off into a hundred servers a month just wont cut it. Its a waste of money and there's a 80% fail rate on your server. But if we come together and pool our ideas, we can make it though, our server can rise to the peak of popularity. Sadly though this can not be achieved without teamwork and dedication. So on to the jobs and what will need to be accomplished, and how YOU can become apart of this.
Whats been decided:
The server will be Role Playing with slight PVP such as battlegrounds and arenas. Maby wars?
Here is a list of all the jobs that will need to be filled for the planning of this server.
:Phase One, Planning/Development Teams:
>Server basics Planners:
List bellow is what they'll cover.
- What type of server. (will be determined by the poll or by the team)
- Goal of the server
- Main thesis statement/key point of the server. (such as theme and style)
>Gameplay mechanics Designers:
List bellow is what they'll cover.
- Plugins (includes custom plugins)
- Find custom plugin coders
- Config configuration for the plugin
- Permissions system
>Server Story Designers(!If! rp is chosen)
- Lore creators (not the writing of the lore, this is the brainstorming of the lore)
- Documenters (people who will take note of the lore creation and write it down for record keeping. Will also act as a quality filter)
>PVP designer/coordinator (!If! pvp is chosen)
- Designers (Think "How and were will the people PVP)
- Event brainstormer (What kind of interactive events can take place)
These are the most essential people at this point in time. Yes I know what your thinking "But don't we need builders?" Not at this time no. So many servers skip to building when they don't even know what to build. Once all the planning is done we will move to the building and terraforming of the world.
:Phase Two, Public Awareness and Artistic Representation Teams:
> Artists
- Concept art for the forum post. (preferable hand drawn)
- Banners for Public Awareness
- Server logo For more Public Awareness
- Custom Gui designs for the Plugin Creators
> Public Representation Team
- Motivational Speakers that can make our forum post sound convincing.
- People to post in looking for server posts, and other forums about Minecraft.
- !Maby! Public Relationship's manager (someone who makes sure were on good standings with the public)
This is also the stage were the server configs should be finished and the final planning of the server is coming into shape.
:Phase Three, Creation Teams and Public Awareness Teams:
> Designers
- Terraformers
- City planners
- builders
> Advertiser
- Creators/Maintainers of the Youtube account. (upload videos and respond to peoples questions on them)
- !Maby! Public Forum creators
- !Maby! Wiki creators
More will be explained to the actual team.
:Phase Four, Beta Testing:
- Beta Testers
:Phase Five, Release (if not Alpha Stage, then Release):
How to join the team?
!Important! Please note were only in phase one so don't apply for something that's in Phase 2-5 Unless your are Artist with amazing skill. But if you do and I or the team love your app well except you but you will not be majorly beneficial until the Phase you applied for.
Application:
Please take into note that all these questions are optional you do not have to answer every single one! Secondly, skype is veryyyyyy important whether you have a mic or not. We will use chat as well as voice communication.
Accepted members:
Skype?: Yes, no mic.
Role your applying for: Server basics Planners AND Beta Tester
A little about you: I don't play all the time. But I play a lot.
Why you want to join: Every 'upcoming' server that I apply for seems to die. I'm going to keep trying, and I want to see what I can do to help. This sounds like a great plan.
Have you owned a server before: Yes.
Are you currently running a server: No.
Edit: Plus i picked a bad time to post this T_T applications pick up faster in the morning or the mid afternoon so if someone could bump it around those times that'd be cool.
Ign: facelessone001
Skype?: Yes, Facelessone001
Role your applying for: Server basics planner and/or server story designer
Past work: No past server work. School really disallowed me to. However, school is lightening up so I'll write something up real quick:
In the beginning, there was only darkness; a cruel, colorless nothing. The dark held nothing, was nothing, but was everything. An everything that in itself, was nothing. There was nothing that could move, live, or be. Yet it is here, in the vast empty nothing, where the first speck of light appeared. Smaller than a grain of sand, denser than what others have now known as a black hole, but brighter than the one sun that we are accustomed to. This newborn light expanded at a speed faster than any human could begin to fathom, and took over what was. Here, in this light, the foundation of this world was born.
Not so much born, but materialized from the living light. After an eternity; the light that had passed it’s time condensed into a sphere, and expanded outward instantaneously. This became the world we live on today. The very soil being decomposed light from the beginning. The light that engulfed the world became day, and everything was covered by the new power of everything that was. At this time, nothing was alive, and nothing but light had ever lived. Alas, the world is not completely solid. The crevices that held no light, held the power of the dark nothing inside of it. The darkness swirled inside of these caves, looking for a way out, but couldn’t. After what seemed like an endless, tranquil eternity, the darkness exploded violently onto the surface. This clash of energy, being the prime opposite of each other, showered the world with a blanket of the most pure energy. This brought the ground to life.
The soil in whole became covered with a green grass, which lived, breathed, and grew. It spread out its reaches to everywhere it could. This peaceful act was only a side effect of a raging fight between darkness and light in the sky. These two prime powers, having completely the same amount of power, could never win. It was, and still is, a constant struggle over who will hold the sky.
Something came over me there. Just saying. I decided I had wrote enough for your opinion on my skills.
A little about you: I am a gamer at heart. I freakin' love to roleplay, and I like to occasionally PvP but I don't have any professional experience role-playing. I have helped out a few servers, that have ultimately failed, and this seems well-organized to the point of I have much hope for this to become big. I am someone people tend to get along with and someone you can trust. I hate people that are idiots, and so I won't be hypocritical and be an idiot myself.
Why you want to join: I have been wanting to join a role-play server for about three months now (if this goes in the direction of RP) but all of the decent ones are not too well put together, or are way too developed for me to join with out reading over 9,000 pages of history and lore. This could be my chance to prove my self in the world of RPing and maybe the chance to work on something awesome.
Have you owned a server before: Yes. I run my own private server for my friends/family. I have problems trusting people that I really don't know IRL to help out my server and moderate it to become public, but with an idea like this, I could find myself to trust people
Are you currently running a server: Yes, that same one.
What server type are you voting for, or wanting?: RP! with slight PvP against warring factions that help out the history and lore. A few worlds. Like a wizard world, a Hell world, Forest, what-have-you
Any suggestion to this post?: Not to the post, this looks well-organized enough where there is nothing I could say to help you out. You out-did your self. But the question below this one seems irrelevant.
Any suggestions to me or this team?: I really don't know anyone else or what other things have been said (as I'm not on the team yet).
Other Questions, and or comments?: Nope. That's about it.
Thank you for your time,
Facelessone001
Thanks! I'm glad to see you liked it!
Alex Gushulak
Ign:
Superchilltv
Skype?:
Superchilltv
Role your applying for:
Phase Three for terraformers and builders
Past work:
Wrote Permission for multiple servers was an admin on a large server and owned my own server from October to November
A little about you:
I like to ride scooters (Profile Picture) and play basketball. I also like to build and work with computers and find them fascinating
Why you want to join:
I LOVE to work in teams and with other people with the same passions as me
Have you owned a server before:
Yessir
Are you currently running a server:
No
What server type are you voting for, or wanting?:
RPG
Any suggestion to this post?:
None looks nice and appealing
Any suggestions to me or this team?:
Use Ventrillo more often then not
Other Questions, and or comments?:
Bit of a light voice, well atleast I think I do, maybe not to you
Ign: Rabid_Kiwi
Skype?:Yes.
Role your applying for: Server basics planer and I would like to help with the lore seeing as I love making up stories and if this gets to the further stage I would like to help with building and things.
Little thing I wrote. History for a town or something?
Although it is hard to believe Cliffcrest was once a small pirate hideout. And legendary pirate known as Kiwi made his last stand against the Royal Navy of The White Kingdom there. He had pillaged a small merchant vessel and came to Cliffcrest to do what all pirates do after a successful pillaging; get horribly drunk. He was laughing and yelling in the filthy pub when the cannons went off. He stumbled outside to see the wretched red and white flags in the bay, he knew what this was about. He had plundered millions of gold pieces worth of things from them, and they were fed up with it. Well, he had lived a good, though short life, adventures at the high seas, all the gold he could want and of course, the stunningly beautiful maidens he seduced, but he still wasn't going to go down without a fight.
He made his way to the harbor and under the cover of cannon smoke climbed aboard one of the larger ships. The hawk-eyed captain spotted him immediately and cried out to his men. Kiwi drew his diamond cutlass and drunkenly charged. Though he was killed shortly in the ensuing battle, his death was not in vain. His first mate, Kumquat, witnessed his death and was enraged. He rallied the rest of the drunken marauders and in a final battle was able to sink all but one of the kingdom's ships which quickly retreated.
The injured scoundrels eventually recovered and in honor of the brave Kiwi gave up their evil ways and together they forged the peaceful town of Cliffcrest you see today.
A little about you: My name is Andy and I'm 14. The idea of being part of something such as this is absolutely amazing to think about and I really hope this gets off the ground. My only fear is that I may not be around as often as I hope I could be due to family, medical and school issues but I hope I can help nonetheless.
Why you want to join: I love the prospect of roleplaying as someone or something different. I would love to be part of something like this and help create an amazing server.
Have you owned a server before: Not a large one but whenever a new release would come out I would host a little server for me and my friend to fool around with the new stuff.
Are you currently running a server: No.
What server type are you voting for, or wanting?: RP with a little PVP.
Other Questions, and or comments?: None that I can think of at the moment.
Like I did. It makes you more trusting like you aren't BSing your skill.
Alright, but what exactly should I write about? I'm kinda brain dead at the moment. :unsure.gif:
Write anything. I had no idea what to write about either.
Sorry about the abrupt ending, I have to finish some homework. :dry.gif:
YES! This is what we are looking for. You're in. Definately in.
@Outbreak_Universe I PM'ed you. I also checked out your server. It doesn't look super well put together, :mellow.gif: