2~ years of RP on multiple servers. Been playing minecraft even longer. I know what makes good RP and bad RP, how to get a plot line going and keep it open.
Define Meta Gaming:
Use of information from outside the character's perspective in character.
Define Power Gaming:
Acting outside a character's normal method of operation to further your own personal ambitions. As well as, forcing a situation to turn out in your best favor by bending the rules of a specific aspect of the game.
Where did you find out about the server?
Front page of MC curse ran forums.
Why do you want to play the server?
Looking for a server that can meet my needs as a RP player.
[IN Character]
Name:
Talis Brightstream
Age:
19
Bio(At Least 100 words):
Talis is a very unlucky man, to say the least. Born 19 years ago to a rich aristocratic family he was in the lap of luxury growing up. But, he was adventurous, and as all adventurers are he was restless. Some nights he would pull pranks, or go and explore the larger mansions his parents would visit. But one day, he ventured out farther than he thought. Far enough to end up in the poor districts of the city he lived in. When he got there, he got a wake up call. You see, most of the aristocracy turned a blind eye to the growing disparity between the "Patricians" and the "Plebians" in conditions. With that blind eye came unawareness of the storm coming. Talis spent days in the dark underbelly of society. He learned of the discontent, the anger, the fear, and most of all the determination of the people living there. He found true friends here, not like at home, where everyone was so stuck in their money and ego. Here he found generosity, hostility too. After the days spent in the poor area of the city he went home. Dirty, hungry, looking like one of the people in the slums. His family guards almost didn't let him in until they saw his face under a tangled mess of hair. At that time, he was 16. Young enough to not have known better, but old enough to know what he saw. He felt anger towards the frequent guests his family had over now. He would often get food and money and sneak away during the parties to give it to his new friends. Then, on his 18th birthday his parents died, as did many people. A balcony with many of the party guests on it gave way and they plummeted to their deaths. But Talis wasn't there. He was out doing charity again. When he returned he found himself in possession of his families accumulated wealth. Now, he had been taught how to handle money, and how to make money. But that did not prepare him for the sheer sum of money he inherited. To him it was astounding. But, he knew what he would do. It was at that time he became the patron saint of the new resistance forming in his city. He bought food, blankets, posters, shelter, water, anything his friends needed. And his friends were many. While keeping the facade of decadence his parents had shown him for so long he kept suspicion of him. When the actual rebellion took hold, with the magic and fire, he had already stored copious amounts of supplies. Weapons flooded in to the resistance. He planned to beat the other aristocrats at their own game. But, he in his narrow view didn't know he'd never outspend the other aristocrats. But he tried, for all his efforts he tried. By the end, his weapons did help. It prolonged the conflict in his city for nearly a month after other cities had fallen. But, the rebellion failed despite. Many were dead, all his friends, everyone he held dear. His money was all but nearly gone. As the smoke cleared and the aristocracy righted itself, he was left in a panic. All his money was gone, he couldn't keep up the facade he used to. His family's income was gone too. His farms were destroyed in the war. The aristocracy would soon find out his role in the war, and they would no doubt kill him for it. So, he had to run. He took what little gold was left and blended into the crowds. When it was announced the rebels would be shipped off he saw hope. He could still help those who'd he failed last time. He bribed a guard, boarded a boat bound for this new land, and shipped off. He would rise again, and with him would rise the people.
Roleplay Example:
Rebel: We need more weapons for the eastern part of the city. They're getting hammered there.
Talis: Why? What's in the eastern part of the city?
Rebel: Spell weavers, looks like battle mages. Good armor, trained too.
Talis: Alright, I'll send the weapons, I can spare some armor too. But since this started the armorers sell to the army only.
Rebel: Alright, good. We could use it.
*A scuffle and banging can be heard outside the door*
Rebel: What the nether is going on out there?
Guard: Get back!
Talis: Get down!
*Rebel ducks under table with Talis*
*Door is blown in by a fireball*
*The Rebel pops up and throws a knife at the man who enters*
*The man ducks out of the way and shoots a fireball*
*Rebel pops down behind the table*
*Talis grabs rug on his side of table and pulls*
*The man's feet come out from under him and he falls*
*The Rebel jumps back up with a knife and a snarl*
*The man tries to shoot another fireball but it goes wild*
*The Rebel pounces on the man drive the blade into his throat*
*The man shudders and dies*
*Talis peaks over the top of the table and stands*
*The Rebel gets off the man and stands panting*
Rebel: That was fun.
*Talis looks at the blast marks on the stone wall behind him*
Talis: Yeah...
Rebel: Looks like we need a new meeting place.
Rebel: Come on. Let's move.
*Talis and the Rebel slip out of the building and into an alley way disappearing in the night*
Skin Description:
Black hair, Green eyes, tanned Caucasian skin. Chainmail shirt, grey leather boots, leather leggings, Black hauberk over the mail.
I saw your thread for staffing for your new and upcoming server. I am intrigued by your new server and wish to know more before I make any commitments.
I apologise if this seems like a constant barrage of questions, I am just curious...
You mentioned that you have had several servers before this which you were an owner of, why are these servers no longer around? Is there any specific reason they did not 'succeed'? What will you change this time to ensure that it is a success?
You mentioned that the server would be 'hardcore roleplay', what does this mean to you? Do you plan to have any MMORPG-related plugins? How do you plan to fulfill each and every user's ambitions within their roleplay, will you allow freedom amongst players and player-led nations/cities? What kind of roleplayer do you want to inhabit the server?
Did you write the lore yourself? If so, do you plan to re-write or incorporate further-detailed lore?
Do you have a dedicated server and forums/website readily available? If not, do you plan to get a forum/website or dedicated server? How do you plan to achieve this?
You seem to be recruiting a large amount of administrative staff (moderators and admins), why is this? The server will be small to start off with, you do not want your player-base to be largely consistent of staff.
Anyway, I would kindly appreciate if you could get back to me. I look forward to your response.
Kind regards.
Hello Haz! I think that text wall would be harder to get over the the walls of Tereth!(Haha )
Anyways I am glad you have taken an interest in my server! I see where you are coming from and can tell you put a lot of thought into each question!
To address you first question! I have had several servers! Some of which were quite successful 2 of the 4 went down because I ran out of time to manage them!!! The third was because we didn't take enough time building the server and everything went to ! The last one would have been the coolest server ever but sadly an angry builder managed to grief the server to the point we couldn't recover!( I assure you this wont happen again)
This time It is summer break for me so I will have plenty of time to manage the server! Also all my experience from my other serves and the large projects I worked on (Like Dungeon Realms) Will ensure this server is a success!
And yes! That is exactly what I mean by hardcore RP! The server will be mechanical roleplay! In other words when you fight someone you actually fight them instead of (Cognx12 lunges thrusting his sword twords his enemy's chest") This takes a fine balancing act but it will work well!Every player will be free! (Unless of coarse sworn to oath by RP means such as a Knight) to do as they wish. Players can join the main story line or they can simply go off and do their own thing. And yes indeed there will be player cities! This will probably only be obtainable through donations or achieve lordship though. We have small map and in order to keep it from becoming over populated we cant have to many towns! The map is small to keep RP encounters aplenty! I am looking for the serious role player! No any semi serious garbage!
I did not write the lore!I have a lore writer. And yes he is currently writing about 7 pages of additional detail!
We already have a 2GB dedicated server just for building! We will make it bigger! Also yes we already have a website! That I made. Please do check it out www.agotserver.com!
Indeed I am recruiting a lot of people! But most of them are not staff! They are builders. Only the most dedicated and mature builders will receive staff at launch. If you look at my post you will notice there are only 5 admins and 3 mods!
I hope this answers all your questions! If you have more feel free to contact me!
Hi, I really like the idea of this server, but I'm not really sure it suits what I'm looking for, so I'd like to ask a few questions, if you don't mind. :-)
Reading through your post and watching the trailer, the server seems very much to be centered around the aspect of players interacting and, well, role-playing - which I'm very fascinated by! But how much individual player building do you imagine will be included in this?
Perhaps to bring some sort of reasoning to my question, here's the ideal server I'm looking for: I've always been fascinated by having different factions or villages who interact - whether it's in peaceful times of trade and exchange or if it's in war and open combat. Your roleplay idea fits in perfectly well with this! However, I've also always enjoyed building towns with other players and watch the town develop, but it seems like your idea is very much based around a pre-built world, which worries me a little bit. Obviously, what's unique about Minecraft is the ability to create at your leisure, and if 90% of all playtime spent on the server is supposed to go to just roleplaying and not the unique creativity that Minecraft brings, frankly, I think there are better platforms. :-)
I hope my post isn't too clumsy, I tend to just write what I think when I do these, hehe. ;-)
Looking forward to hearing more!
Hopefuly my previous post will answer your questions?
I like this! An issue with previous servers I've been on where town building has been the central theme has been an over-eagerness for people to own their own cities, resulting in way too many nearly unpopulated cities.
However, I was also thinking in regards to just making a small lumberjack hot in a forest or a little windmill with a farm outside of town - how much is pre-built? Do you have lots inside cities that people are required to build in, or do you have pre-built houses? Are people allowed to build freely in the wilderness outside of towns?
Achieving lordship sounds a bit biased toward town owners being kings, lords or otherwise wealthy, high-standing members of society with an established reputation. Will players not be able to create a small village society with no ruler? Or perhaps a sort of colony outside of a larger town? I.e. say a group of people living in a city ruled by a cruel lord wish to escape his rule and build a small hovel across a large river - would this be considered a town for which lordship or donations would be required?
How do you stand on stuff like wars between towns (obviously arranged between the participating parts first)? Will towns be allowed to be pillaged and raided with destructive weapons such as fire, leaving ruins behind (obviously taking care not to start forest fires)? This is sort of in relation to your "no scarring"-rule. How exactly do you define scarring? Would a TNT-hole left in the ground because it was used to breach a wall in a town war be considered scarring?
I was also thinking about in-character player deaths. Say I feel the next natural part of my character's story is his death (he es off the capitol or similar), will I be able to play this out and create a new character by changing my skin and starting over?
I hope you don't mind the questions. I'm very interested in this project!
Very nice questions!
For your first question this is something we considered greatly! Only a few towns are pre built! The rest is up to you! we try to keep our world and lore open. So you can be what you want to be!
Also! Lordship is kind of biased. I understand where you are coming from but we have to limit towns some way. We are not 100% certain how we will do this as of yet! I will get back to you once I have a more solid answer.
Wars between towns is great! This is what you want. Yes raiding is fine. Breaking in is fine. TNT is disabled so no big booms. So is fire spread so that should answer your questions! Land scarring is anything that makes the land ugly that isnt RPed into the world.
Of coarse you will be allowed to make new characters. For example. If the rebels kill me as the lord of Tareth then I will be killed. If you want to RP your death you can indeed do that and make a new character!
I dont mind questions at all! Im glad you are interested. I hope this will suffice.
Everything sounds great. I understand the problems in relation to town ownership, achieving lordship is indeed a solution. :-)
Anyway, everything sounds great, and I'm really excited about this, so here's my application:
[OOC]
IGN: Koldby
Age: 21
A Little about yourself: I'm a psychology student from Denmark, who has always enjoyed video games ever since my father allowed me to play games on his computer like Outlaw and DOOM95 when I was a kid.
Role Playing Experience: I've never tried roleplaying on Minecraft, but it has always appealed to me in some way. I would make up little stories in towns I built on other servers, even though nobody else seemed to really follow them. ;-) I used to play World of Warcraft, in which I did a fair bit of roleplaying, pretty much ever since I started. However, that's the limit of my roleplay experience.
Define Meta Gaming: Combining your real OOC knowledge with your character's IC knowledge.
Define Power Gaming: Roleplaying in a way in which you're rather indifferent to other players' attempts at hurting you or similar, making you seemingly invincible or at the very least way too powerful. You roleplay based only on your own actions, dominating the interaction rather than interacting and letting other players have an effect on something's outfall.
Where did you find out about the server?: I was searching for around on the forums for a new server in which city building was core.
Why do you want to play the server?:It seems like an interesting concept, and I think it can work very well. The theme appeals to me, as I'm tired of just building houses, castles and shops, just to leave them there to rot without no real function. It'll be nice to put some life into the game!
[IN Character]
Name:Elton Hadden
Age: 21
Bio(At Least 100 words): Born low into a family of peasants, Elton always looked up and believed in a better world than that of poverty and desperation. However, unlike other boys growing up, he was never interested in swords, gold and fame. He had no desire to become a high lord or a king. He simply desired a free life: a life without oppression and the constant worry of taxpaying. He looked to the woods, desiring to live quietly on his own in peace with nature and its animals.
From a very young age, however, Elton's father made his best attempts to crush these dreams of running free, and brought him up in a world of realism and compromise. He was taught to help with the farm, taught to be respectful to his superiors and to accept his place in the world. Elton had a good life growing up. His mother and father made sure he had what he needed, although it required the entire family to work hard. His dreams, however, were never truly repressed, and although his mind was mostly concerned with his chores and the doings of the other lowborne boys, he was never truly satisfied and he would often climb highpoints around town to get a good view, where he could dreamily gaze out into the open wild, where he felt he truly belonged.
Perhaps one day, Elton Hadden will know his true destiny.
Roleplay Example:
Ashton draws his sword.
Ashton: G-get off me! I'll cut you, I swear it!
The guards burst out laughing.
Guard Barren: A filthy lowborne thief like you won't cut anyone.
Guard Hammond: Hand over the bread, boy, and perhaps we'll only take your left hand.
Ashton backs up further down the alley, his back against the wall. Shaking, he hides the bread under his left arm behind his back, while keeping his sword-arm outstretched, pointing the edge of his short blade toward the guards.
Ashton: P-please.. My mother is starving and the Lord Godwin has plenty of-
Guard Hammond: We don't give a flying hoot who starves and who doesn't - we care about the law, boy, and you've broken it.
The two guards unsheathe their swords.
Guard Hammond: Your mother'll suffer a fate worse than starving once Lord Godwin finds out about this theft. Hand over the bread, boy!
Ashton's arm starts trembling from the weight of the sword.
Ashton: P-please, just let me off this o-
Guard Barren lunges his sword toward the boy's stomach.
Ashton's slow reactions become his doom as the guard's sword pierces him. He falls to his knees slowly, dropping both his sword and bread.
Guard Barren: Eugh, these peasants disgust me.
The guards sheathe their swords.
Guard Hammond: Leave him, we don't want to touch him and catch the plague.
The two guards walk off toward the Grinning Boar Inn, laughing, as Ashton slowly bleeds to death in the mud in a lonely alley.
Skin Description: I don't actually have a skin fit for this character yet, but I imagine a brown-haired, blue-eyed young man wearing peasant's clothing - nothing special. :-)
Currently I use a horrible ranger-like skin I made myself a long time ago, but I've wanted to switch it out for a while, so the need for a skin for my character is just perfect!
What Class are you aiming for?: Perhaps archer. I don't really have an intricate future worked out for my character, so I don't have a specific class I'm aiming for. :-)
Very nice application! Your RP example was very realistic!
Tell us a little bit about yourself:I am a fun person to me around, I am known to get a little intense when the setting is right, otherwise, I am a person to go for if you need advice.
Why should we let you on the server: I have always been know to follow rules, and i think I could bring a new level of gameplay to the server.
Why do you want to play the server: I have always loved RP, but my favorite one was shut down, so i have been looking for another Great roleplaying server, and i think i have found one here.
Where did you find out about the server: MC forums
Role Playing Experience: Like I said before, I have played on role playing servers before quiet a bit. The last one i was on for about a year before it shut down, now I looking to break that record on this server.
Define 'Meta-Gaming': When a person goes beyond the rules or how the server is set or uses external factors in game play
Define 'Power-Gaming': When a person becomes too strong in game, E.X(auto-dodge, auto hit, God equipment)
Have you read and understood the server rules? Yes
[In Character]
Name:Gregory Henderson
Age: 20
Personality (50+ words): A kind, lovable, person who has been known to hide his past from the people around him. He is helpful to his friends and will try to talk down a sword before going into action. He has been know to carry a book around where ever he goes, making people question his sanity. Despite this factor, he is a good person to be friends with.
Ambitions: Wants to forget his past, make up for what has happened and kill the one responsible for his memories
Appearance: Tall, Strong ,bald, and usually found wearing a his old clothing. He has a strange way of walking that usually draws attention.
Character Biography (Childhood & Major life events. 250+ words):Gregory has lived a very mixed life. His childhood was a great part of his life, filled with many friends and family. His teen years were the same, but a little bit less happier then his childhood. He early adult years is the time when it went downhill. His best friend left his town, leaving him in charge of the blacksmith shop that he had in his home town, and it was around that time that he lost his sister to a fire. Ever since then, he devoted his time to finding what happened on that day. He soon found that the fire was unnatural, as someone had set the fire. After years of searching for more answers, he wasn't able to find anymore. Then, when he thought life couldn't get any worse, he obtained a letter from his best friends, then one that had left town before. In the letter, Gregory had found that his friend had been killed by a Templar inquisition. Heartbroken and alone in the world, Gregory left his town, debating whether to go on or kill himself, Luckily he keep going, keeping the thoughts of suicide out of his mind for as long as he maintains his sanity. That, and if his good nature doesn't get him killed.
Roleplay Scenarios - please give a brief description of how you would role play in response to these questions, please include any dialogue or emotes you think your character might do. Please read the scenarios carefully and respond appropriately!
You are wandering along the road quite, you notice that an elderly woman is being harassed by two young men to the side of the road, you think she might be under attack or is being robbed. You are armed with an Iron Sword and basic leather armour. What do you do?:
Gregory:"Hey! whats going on here
Man1:"This is none of your concern, keep moving or we will do the same"
Gregory:"I think it is a little too late for this not to be my concern, why don't you just leave her alone and get going"
Man2: "Yeah, and who is going to make us" * snicker*
Gregory:"I'm not looking for trouble, I'm just trying to help you out"
Man1: "Help us out? I think you need more help then us"
Gregory: "You shouldn't temped someone who doesn't have anything to live for"
Man 1:"What?"
Gregory: *Draws sword* "if your so tough, then fight me"
Man 1:"No thanks, im good""
Man2:"Yeah, me to"
Gregory:"then Get out of here, before you are both in intensive care"
Man1&2:*turns and runs*
Lady:"thank you so much sir"
Gregory:"Don't mention it, now get home safe"
It is a dark evening and you are home alone, sat on a brown wooden chair as you gaze off into your fireplace, there is a fire-poker resting against the fireplace and a small stone dagger on the table next to your chair.You hear several knocks at the door, before you can get up to answer it a man barges in. The man is fairly weedy, he is armed with a stone dagger. What do you do?:
Gregory:*stands up*
Man:"Sit back down,right now!"
Gregory: "Now why would I do that?"
Man:"Because I said so!"
Gregory:"You think just become some low-life comes in here and tells me what to do, makes you think that I will listen, heh, boy are you wrong"
Man: "Well then, I think that you need to be taught a lesson"
Gregory: "Is that so?"
Man:"Yeah!" *charges*
Gregory:*sidesteps*
Man:*slams into wall, dropping dagger*
Gregory:*picks up dagger* "next time you break into some person's house, you should bring a better weapon"
Gregory:*snaps dagger and throws the pieces into the fire, and picks up fire poker*
"Now you going to leave, but it is your choice if you want to leave this house, or this life"
Man:*stands up, terrified and runs out the door*
Gregory: *grins* "that's more like it"
Would you like to add/say anything extra?:I hope i get chosen, this seems like a very good server.
Sorry if this post was read before, acedently hit post.
Hello Traveler! I thought it would be a great Idea to let those of you who arn't staff know whats going on with the project!
First of all I want to point out to you that this project has not been discouraged by its recent troubles and if anything it has just made us stronger! We recently lost our entire map, twice! This is why we held the polls for a new server map. All of you voted for a new bigger map! So thats what we did. Now we have to change the lore for the server which made it appropriate to change the name! I think we did a great job choosing the name. Our map is now 8000x8000 blocks of beautiful Custom Terra-formed Land!
If you have any other questions about the project, feel free to ask!
Also for those of you who applied above! We will be going over your applications.
Tell us a little bit about yourself:I am a fun person to me around, I am known to get a little intense when the setting is right, otherwise, I am a person to go for if you need advice.
Why should we let you on the server: I have always been know to follow rules, and i think I could bring a new level of gameplay to the server.
Why do you want to play the server: I have always loved RP, but my favorite one was shut down, so i have been looking for another Great roleplaying server, and i think i have found one here.
Where did you find out about the server: MC forums
Role Playing Experience: Like I said before, I have played on role playing servers before quiet a bit. The last one i was on for about a year before it shut down, now I looking to break that record on this server.
Define 'Meta-Gaming': When a person goes beyond the rules or how the server is set or uses external factors in game play
Define 'Power-Gaming': When a person becomes too strong in game, E.X(auto-dodge, auto hit, God equipment)
Have you read and understood the server rules? Yes
[In Character]
Name:Gregory Henderson
Age: 20
Personality (50+ words): A kind, lovable, person who has been known to hide his past from the people around him. He is helpful to his friends and will try to talk down a sword before going into action. He has been know to carry a book around where ever he goes, making people question his sanity. Despite this factor, he is a good person to be friends with.
Ambitions: Wants to forget his past, make up for what has happened and kill the one responsible for his memories
Appearance: Tall, Strong ,bald, and usually found wearing a his old clothing. He has a strange way of walking that usually draws attention.
Character Biography (Childhood & Major life events. 250+ words):Gregory has lived a very mixed life. His childhood was a great part of his life, filled with many friends and family. His teen years were the same, but a little bit less happier then his childhood. He early adult years is the time when it went downhill. His best friend left his town, leaving him in charge of the blacksmith shop that he had in his home town, and it was around that time that he lost his sister to a fire. Ever since then, he devoted his time to finding what happened on that day. He soon found that the fire was unnatural, as someone had set the fire. After years of searching for more answers, he wasn't able to find anymore. Then, when he thought life couldn't get any worse, he obtained a letter from his best friends, then one that had left town before. In the letter, Gregory had found that his friend had been killed by a Templar inquisition. Heartbroken and alone in the world, Gregory left his town, debating whether to go on or kill himself, Luckily he keep going, keeping the thoughts of suicide out of his mind for as long as he maintains his sanity. That, and if his good nature doesn't get him killed.
Roleplay Scenarios - please give a brief description of how you would role play in response to these questions, please include any dialogue or emotes you think your character might do. Please read the scenarios carefully and respond appropriately!
You are wandering along the road quite, you notice that an elderly woman is being harassed by two young men to the side of the road, you think she might be under attack or is being robbed. You are armed with an Iron Sword and basic leather armour. What do you do?:
Gregory:"Hey! whats going on here
Man1:"This is none of your concern, keep moving or we will do the same"
Gregory:"I think it is a little too late for this not to be my concern, why don't you just leave her alone and get going"
Man2: "Yeah, and who is going to make us" * snicker*
Gregory:"I'm not looking for trouble, I'm just trying to help you out"
Man1: "Help us out? I think you need more help then us"
Gregory: "You shouldn't temped someone who doesn't have anything to live for"
Man 1:"What?"
Gregory: *Draws sword* "if your so tough, then fight me"
Man 1:"No thanks, im good""
Man2:"Yeah, me to"
Gregory:"then Get out of here, before you are both in intensive care"
Man1&2:*turns and runs*
Lady:"thank you so much sir"
Gregory:"Don't mention it, now get home safe"
It is a dark evening and you are home alone, sat on a brown wooden chair as you gaze off into your fireplace, there is a fire-poker resting against the fireplace and a small stone dagger on the table next to your chair.You hear several knocks at the door, before you can get up to answer it a man barges in. The man is fairly weedy, he is armed with a stone dagger. What do you do?:
Gregory:*stands up*
Man:"Sit back down,right now!"
Gregory: "Now why would I do that?"
Man:"Because I said so!"
Gregory:"You think just become some low-life comes in here and tells me what to do, makes you think that I will listen, heh, boy are you wrong"
Man: "Well then, I think that you need to be taught a lesson"
Gregory: "Is that so?"
Man:"Yeah!" *charges*
Gregory:*sidesteps*
Man:*slams into wall, dropping dagger*
Gregory:*picks up dagger* "next time you break into some person's house, you should bring a better weapon"
Gregory:*snaps dagger and throws the pieces into the fire, and picks up fire poker*
"Now you going to leave, but it is your choice if you want to leave this house, or this life"
Man:*stands up, terrified and runs out the door*
Gregory: *grins* "that's more like it"
Would you like to add/say anything extra?:I hope i get chosen, this seems like a very good server.
Sorry if this post was read before, acedently hit post.
Well I dont really want to give out dates because it will most likely be sooner then this. But a couple weeks
Very nice application! Accepted
Hello!
I saw your thread for staffing for your new and upcoming server. I am intrigued by your new server and wish to know more before I make any commitments.
I apologise if this seems like a constant barrage of questions, I am just curious...
You mentioned that you have had several servers before this which you were an owner of, why are these servers no longer around? Is there any specific reason they did not 'succeed'? What will you change this time to ensure that it is a success?
You mentioned that the server would be 'hardcore roleplay', what does this mean to you? Do you plan to have any MMORPG-related plugins? How do you plan to fulfill each and every user's ambitions within their roleplay, will you allow freedom amongst players and player-led nations/cities? What kind of roleplayer do you want to inhabit the server?
Did you write the lore yourself? If so, do you plan to re-write or incorporate further-detailed lore?
Do you have a dedicated server and forums/website readily available? If not, do you plan to get a forum/website or dedicated server? How do you plan to achieve this?
You seem to be recruiting a large amount of administrative staff (moderators and admins), why is this? The server will be small to start off with, you do not want your player-base to be largely consistent of staff.
Anyway, I would kindly appreciate if you could get back to me. I look forward to your response.
Kind regards.
Hello Haz! I think that text wall would be harder to get over the the walls of Tereth!(Haha )
Anyways I am glad you have taken an interest in my server! I see where you are coming from and can tell you put a lot of thought into each question!
To address you first question! I have had several servers! Some of which were quite successful 2 of the 4 went down because I ran out of time to manage them!!! The third was because we didn't take enough time building the server and everything went to ! The last one would have been the coolest server ever but sadly an angry builder managed to grief the server to the point we couldn't recover!( I assure you this wont happen again)
This time It is summer break for me so I will have plenty of time to manage the server! Also all my experience from my other serves and the large projects I worked on (Like Dungeon Realms) Will ensure this server is a success!
And yes! That is exactly what I mean by hardcore RP! The server will be mechanical roleplay! In other words when you fight someone you actually fight them instead of (Cognx12 lunges thrusting his sword twords his enemy's chest") This takes a fine balancing act but it will work well!Every player will be free! (Unless of coarse sworn to oath by RP means such as a Knight) to do as they wish. Players can join the main story line or they can simply go off and do their own thing. And yes indeed there will be player cities! This will probably only be obtainable through donations or achieve lordship though. We have small map and in order to keep it from becoming over populated we cant have to many towns! The map is small to keep RP encounters aplenty! I am looking for the serious role player! No any semi serious garbage!
I did not write the lore!I have a lore writer. And yes he is currently writing about 7 pages of additional detail!
We already have a 2GB dedicated server just for building! We will make it bigger! Also yes we already have a website! That I made. Please do check it out www.agotserver.com!
Indeed I am recruiting a lot of people! But most of them are not staff! They are builders. Only the most dedicated and mature builders will receive staff at launch. If you look at my post you will notice there are only 5 admins and 3 mods!
I hope this answers all your questions! If you have more feel free to contact me!
-Cognx12
Hopefuly my previous post will answer your questions?
Nothing a little dynamite could not fix
Very nice questions!
For your first question this is something we considered greatly! Only a few towns are pre built! The rest is up to you! we try to keep our world and lore open. So you can be what you want to be!
Also! Lordship is kind of biased. I understand where you are coming from but we have to limit towns some way. We are not 100% certain how we will do this as of yet! I will get back to you once I have a more solid answer.
Wars between towns is great! This is what you want. Yes raiding is fine. Breaking in is fine. TNT is disabled so no big booms. So is fire spread so that should answer your questions! Land scarring is anything that makes the land ugly that isnt RPed into the world.
Of coarse you will be allowed to make new characters. For example. If the rebels kill me as the lord of Tareth then I will be killed. If you want to RP your death you can indeed do that and make a new character!
I dont mind questions at all! Im glad you are interested. I hope this will suffice.
Thanks man!
Very nice application! Your RP example was very realistic!
Accepted BTW
IGN: irockpeople
Age:16
Tell us a little bit about yourself:I am a fun person to me around, I am known to get a little intense when the setting is right, otherwise, I am a person to go for if you need advice.
Why should we let you on the server: I have always been know to follow rules, and i think I could bring a new level of gameplay to the server.
Why do you want to play the server: I have always loved RP, but my favorite one was shut down, so i have been looking for another Great roleplaying server, and i think i have found one here.
Where did you find out about the server: MC forums
Role Playing Experience: Like I said before, I have played on role playing servers before quiet a bit. The last one i was on for about a year before it shut down, now I looking to break that record on this server.
Define 'Meta-Gaming': When a person goes beyond the rules or how the server is set or uses external factors in game play
Define 'Power-Gaming': When a person becomes too strong in game, E.X(auto-dodge, auto hit, God equipment)
Have you read and understood the server rules? Yes
[In Character]
Name:Gregory Henderson
Age: 20
Personality (50+ words): A kind, lovable, person who has been known to hide his past from the people around him. He is helpful to his friends and will try to talk down a sword before going into action. He has been know to carry a book around where ever he goes, making people question his sanity. Despite this factor, he is a good person to be friends with.
Ambitions: Wants to forget his past, make up for what has happened and kill the one responsible for his memories
Appearance: Tall, Strong ,bald, and usually found wearing a his old clothing. He has a strange way of walking that usually draws attention.
Skin Description/Screenshot:
Character Biography (Childhood & Major life events. 250+ words):Gregory has lived a very mixed life. His childhood was a great part of his life, filled with many friends and family. His teen years were the same, but a little bit less happier then his childhood. He early adult years is the time when it went downhill. His best friend left his town, leaving him in charge of the blacksmith shop that he had in his home town, and it was around that time that he lost his sister to a fire. Ever since then, he devoted his time to finding what happened on that day. He soon found that the fire was unnatural, as someone had set the fire. After years of searching for more answers, he wasn't able to find anymore. Then, when he thought life couldn't get any worse, he obtained a letter from his best friends, then one that had left town before. In the letter, Gregory had found that his friend had been killed by a Templar inquisition. Heartbroken and alone in the world, Gregory left his town, debating whether to go on or kill himself, Luckily he keep going, keeping the thoughts of suicide out of his mind for as long as he maintains his sanity. That, and if his good nature doesn't get him killed.
Roleplay Scenarios - please give a brief description of how you would role play in response to these questions, please include any dialogue or emotes you think your character might do. Please read the scenarios carefully and respond appropriately!
You are wandering along the road quite, you notice that an elderly woman is being harassed by two young men to the side of the road, you think she might be under attack or is being robbed. You are armed with an Iron Sword and basic leather armour. What do you do?:
It is a dark evening and you are home alone, sat on a brown wooden chair as you gaze off into your fireplace, there is a fire-poker resting against the fireplace and a small stone dagger on the table next to your chair.You hear several knocks at the door, before you can get up to answer it a man barges in. The man is fairly weedy, he is armed with a stone dagger. What do you do?:
Would you like to add/say anything extra?:I hope i get chosen, this seems like a very good server.
First of all I want to point out to you that this project has not been discouraged by its recent troubles and if anything it has just made us stronger! We recently lost our entire map, twice! This is why we held the polls for a new server map. All of you voted for a new bigger map! So thats what we did. Now we have to change the lore for the server which made it appropriate to change the name! I think we did a great job choosing the name. Our map is now 8000x8000 blocks of beautiful Custom Terra-formed Land!
If you have any other questions about the project, feel free to ask!
Also for those of you who applied above! We will be going over your applications.
Your application has been accepted! This will be the last application posted here that will be accepted.Server topic has been moved! check this link.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1824327-songs-of-the-lost-hardcorestrict-roleplay-a-unique-challenging-expansive-interactive-roleplay-experience/