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Even though you are incorrect on most things you are claiming you are correct on, Nate, I shall remove the banners and videos you have created for the server from voting sites. Please allow for a few days for this update to take place, thank you.

Update:

Legendary birds on the buycraft store have been reduced (AGAIN) to $20, whilst Mew has been added for $30! The donor ranks are also coming out later, priced between $20 to roughly $80!

If you don't feel like buying a Mew for $30, then you could vote instead, as Mew has now been added as a lucky vote reward! It'll be rare to get him, but quite easily obtainable for the dedicated player! Other things alongside Mew have been added as a lucky vote reward, such as a Fossil Token, a 'raining perk' (you get lots of money), a lot of food, and more! Use /vote to get the links of the voting websites and vote to have a chance of obtaining sweet stuff!

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Quote from KJL3

I am wanting to buy a Minecraft Realm, but is it just a server with a whitelist that is not a Bukkit so you can do cool things? I thought it was.... whitelist....Vanilla......no plugins.....no cool stuff...........no mods........no warps.........not a normal server. What is it?

Minecraft Realms is a work-in-progress feature that allows players to create and manage their own private server without prior knowledge of the concepts for hosting on the internet.

• You must have a Mojang Account
• You must have a premium copy of Minecraft
• You must have a working internet connection
• System Requirements:
• Windows, Linux, or Mac
• Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon 64 (KB) 2.6GHz
• 2 GB RAM
• 150 MB HDD
• GeForce 200 Series or equivalent
• Java (Java SE 6 Update 32, or Java SE 7 Update 4 or newer)

Quote from JackBooz

Added. As of now I have one interested. Anyone else?

Quote from MsVerita

Haplo and mediarocker are my technical "on call" guys. I have an issue, I make a phone call, issue taken care of. Gotta love em!

Quote from Squirtle

Hi guys, i have good and bad news.

Good news is its my birthday and yellowfinz is getting all my donations. YES, im giving her my donations i have on lockdown.

Bad news is that i officially have departed from lockdown and wont be joining back ever again, so you wont see me playing there.

The reason i have decided to quit is that i dont like the new rules and some of the staff and how the server is turning out.

I'd like to thank msverita for being so nice and being the most supporting friend. We have had so many memories and hope to see you on another server one day. goodbye and thankyou for the times


~Minney

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IGN: Backstabber2812



Age: 15



Time Zone: GMT +11



Do you understand the rules?: Yes. I have read and I understand all rules.



What times will you be available to be online?: I can be available 8:00am – 10:00am and 5:00pm – 7:00pm every weekend



Can you be online during weekends? (Friday- Sunday): Yes. I can be online Saturday and Sunday (sadly not Friday).



Current Rank: Veteran



Are you staff on any other server? Yes. I am a Warden on Mineville Detention Center, was an A-Guard on Killion and a Mod on Tecticraft.



Why should we pick you: I believe I am suitable for the Moderation role for a number of skills I have:

• I am always honest

• I have a sharp eye on chat

• I have a high level of maturity

• I am patient

• I am respectful

• I follow rules

• I do not misuse commands

• I have a logical but creative mentality

• I have experience in Moderation

• I am organized

• I am never biased

I believe these skills are needed to be a Moderator. I am always honest in in both life and in-game. I have excellent leadership skills that I can use to help new players and guide them if they are in-need of help. I have a great habit of answering questions as well.

I am also really passionate about becoming a Moderator. Personally I am a mature, fair, helpful, responsible and an honest person more than happy to contribute in a positive manner to the community. I will never misuse my powers and I will help enforce all rules to the community.

To be honest, I am not fast nor slow at typing. I can type at a moderate speed but I don’t really see a difference to the outcome of the question or the comment because at the end, it will be answered or told. I will respect all players and follow all rules without misusing Moderator commands. I am fair but if needed, I will take action. I have a logical but creative mentality that will help me make decisions by following the rules and at the same time asking myself should I take action or not.

My Objectives if I become a Chat Mod:

• Maintain a clean chat

• Help players around and guiding them by answering questions

• Creating a happy community

• Taking care of rule breakers

I have great knowledge about how the Server operates and I know how to moderate and manage situations as I am doing a 200 hour management course at school. I will be on the Server moderating at least 8 hours a week. I will also dedicate myself to the server (already am). I am never biased and I will always stay neutral in conversations.

I am familiar and I understand all the Server Rules and I also am familiar with Moderator plugin commands as I have been Warden/Admin/Mod on other Servers. I know the job of a Moderator is to assist Wardens and balance their workload with us and I shall complete whatever is thrown at me. I have a great ability with dealing with the chat.

Extra Information: Not will I only help and assist people on the Server, but as Mod I will help and assist people on the forums and guide them around. I am up to date with rules and the system and I know what is going on around. I know all rules, therefore I can answer questions appropriately.

Recommendations:

From Merajurr (Warden):





From Yellowfinz (Mod):



Thank you for taking your time and reading through my Moderator Application and considering me for the Chat Mod Role!

Quote from xGun

Great Video. Looks good. The best part is mehere at the end just swimming up through the water.

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Legal Name: Chris G.
In Game Name: Rockinrhino
Age:19
Email (Optional):[email protected]
Skype:Blacksun8814
TIme-zone: Central Chicago Illinois (On all night so can be active during multiple time-zones)
How many hours are you willing to be dedicated:60 hours a week. /120 hours after next week.
*- Why should we choose you over someone else?: This is the question that always makes me wonder anyways I can't really say why should you accept me because this should be for you and your Administration team and discuss why I'm a good candidate for moderator position on your server. But if you'd like here I go. I sincerely believe you should accept me for this position because of my experience in these type of servers, my knowledge on improvements and my many jobs as an administrator. I can offer a lot as a moderator and even provide ideas for improvements Because of what I do. I am probably the best at administrating other players, the server, fixing bukkit errors, dealing with problems, forums, anything else you need. I've been playing mc multiplayer since Alpha was released. I know what I'm doing, more so than the other guy you're looking to fill my spot. I have experience with admin panels due to the servers I've started. I know how it works, and what's wrong when something goes wrong.

-Past Server Experience: I've been admin in a prison server for minecraft so I'm familiar with the commands, setting up plugins, I love working with others. I have not only been a moderator or admin In minecraft but also Garry's mod, Team-Fortress 2, Wartune(RPG), and GangwarsRp which is a huge RPG server in Garry's mod I left and resigned my position because I joined the United States Army. I can add more experience I have a lot but I'm on my IPhone sorry. Also here is some other experience I've done with Administrating Servers. I've been an Admin on two RPG games. My first RPG server I was admin on was GangwarsRp and I was admin on that server for 2 1/2 years I first started on that server as a player working my way up to the top learning the basics of an RPG server and getting to know the ways around and gaining my trust with every single player and staff member. Last year I resigned my position and quit the server because I joined the United States Army. I'm just not a player looking for an easy rank I'm actually really interested in your server. My 2nd administrative rank was in a World-Wide game called Wartune I was a GM there which means I valued my time on that game with learning even more about RPG games and experience my job was to teach new players around the world to learn the basics of RPG games and help them out with anything they needed I worked entirely free for both positions I'm just glad that I get to help others.

- Past Experience with Prison Servers: As I may have stated before in the past 2-3 years I've been staff on 4 very successful prison servers such as Don't Drop The Soap, LockdownPrison, Convicted, and ShawShank. 2 years ago my position as chat-mod in LockdownPrison server was the best ever as I started from moderator and worked my way up from Maintenance(Admin), By helping players out in every time zone I could be on, training new staff members and teaching them the basics of guard, chat-mod, or even Trial Admin. My times on Convicted & DDTS I was a guard and also worked my way up in those servers by doing what I do best and helping out. I know all the prison rules by heart unless you add more, I've very familiar with many plugins around the bukkit community and I know how to work them. Unfortunately, I resigned those positions because I enlisted in the Army and had to be deployed to Iraq even though I left I was remembered by many players not only around those servers but around the minecraft community and that's why I'd decided to help here like I did to those other servers.
- Plugin knowledge (1-10): 10
- Can you build (post pictures)?: Honestly I'm going to break some bad news towards you I try not to build because I'm not that good of a builder I focus more on helping players other staff members and plugins.

- Tell us about yourself?:At the age of 17 1/2 I enlisted in the United States Army I'm currently still active duty but I have a lot if time on my hands. I'm a SSGT and I'm an Airborne Medic in the 101st Airborne Division US Army. I so far did one tour in Iraq and returned to the US for a 1 year release every month I will not be able to get on it's just one day though it's for still but I promise you I will help in every way I can to making this server become successful and I will be on to help players in every time-zone.
Thank you for reading and if you need more information that's not a problem. God Bless!
Chris
P.S Sorry I changed the color of the text. Colors don't help people get a job experience does. If you need more information just let me know via skype or Minecraft Forums.
If you decide to make a prison game mode in you're server I'd be very helpful there.

it's been a year and a half of supporting and discussing this suggestion, it no longer is a suggestion that i can claim as mine for it is an idea that was molded and cared for by so many people, this suggestion is an idea that belongs to the community and because of your help for the past year and a half, we have finally made a breakthrough...
Guys, WE DID IT!

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Quote from ChadGarion25

Redo how dyes are handled all together by giving cauldrons a purpose; making dye into a liquid form

• Cauldrons containing water can be right clicked with powdered dye to color the water (a tint of water won't require new block types)
• 3 objects can be dyed by right clicking the cauldron of dye whilst holding them. In this case, wool blocks, glass blocks, and glass panes (you can still take stained glass blocks of the same color and craft panes)

This solves the realistic problem with dying glass with a powder. It also gives Cauldrons a useful role. You can take the process further by being able to bottle dye from the cauldron but that would require potions to be stack-able and even though it's more efficient it's cumbersome to mass produce.

Here are some images that better explain the proccess:

Quote from neraphim

If i were to make any suggestions, i would recommend a simple refraction system. Like redstone only carries current 13 blocks or so, the glass panels could, if encased in non-opaque blocks, carry the light further than it would normally travel (like optic fibers). Additionally i would suggest colored redstone lamps, so that the color could be turned on and of at the switch of a button.

Common Questions:
I have received a lot of comments about glass blocks and changing light color causing too much lag or requiring an entire overhaul of the light engine MC currently has implemented. What people don’t fully understand is how MC lights work and where in-game lag actually comes from in videogames. I can't say I completely understand how exactly the MC lighting engine works as I have not seen the code, however it is briefly explained here: http://www.minecraft....net/wiki/Light if you have any better knowledge or sources that explains these points better, feel free to critique my points and share your insight on the topic.

"Why did you label the topic as 'original'? This isn't the first colored glass topic, you know..."
You are correct, this is not the first topic on colored glass, nor am I saying it is. The 'Original' tag in the title is referring to this topic and it's contents specifically. On several occasions, I came across my topic copied directly into Redit and other online blogs; without any sort of credit to the images and content. As the images in this topic were created from scratch by me, copying this topic would be considered art theft.
So to answer your question, the Colored Glass! topic is labeled as original because it is, the original.

Is it possible to change the color of the light?
Yes. Difficult, but possible. It used to be quite easy to light blocks with individual colors in early versions of Minecraft, but with the current light system this is no longer the case. It would require additions to the light system, the renderer, the map file format, and the network protocol. (A technical proposal can be found here, behind the cut.)
(question aswered by Nocte)

Will it cause lag?
Yes, unfortunately the addition of colored light will lower your frame rate. How much? This is hard to predict until someone actually tries it on a variety of hardware, but there's no reason to believe it will be anything drastic. It will also have an impact on memory use -- 64 KB per unpacked chunk to be precise. And of course the color information will have to go over the network somehow. If necessary, it would be possible to add an option to simply ignore the color information, and keep the current system where all block lights have the same yellowish color.
(question aswered by Nocte)

"Are there any Mods with Colored glass or colored light?":
Yes, there are some mods for colored glass and there are older mods that have colored light implemented into MC. Here are just a few of these projects:

• Kovu, a follower of this topic has been working on a colored light prototype. wheather he is doing it with the current minecraft engine or not is unclear but if it is, this proves that colored light is indeed possible with the current lighting engine. it may just need some performance updates. -_^

Discussion found here:
http://www.minecraft.../page__st__1900

• Nocte, one of the followers of this topic is very knowledgeable of what is going on behind all the gears and pendulums of Minecraft and has been working on this project. He may even tackle colored light. -_^

• CptSpaceToaster, one of the followers of this topic is currently working on a colored glass mod inspired by this topic and he is making big progress on colored light; proving that it is Indeed possible to do. You can watch his progress on his colored glass and light mod topics here:
http://www.minecraft...-colored-glass/
http://www.minecraft.../#entry24515141

• Here is a cool mod by Georqq that uses the same system suggested here; smelting colored sands to create colored glass, check it out!:
Colored sands into colored glass

• Here is an outstanding colored light mod that was in the works by theoneandonlyflexo check out his videos and his channel!
Video 1
Video 2

"I don't like colored sand because it would add too many new blocks to MC":
I added colored sand as an option for crafting colored glass because it would kills 2 birds with one stone. It would solve problems for people wanting colored glass and people wanting more color variations in standard blocks such as non-burnable, gravity, and stairs/slabs. The colored sand idea actually wouldn't require any new blocks or textures at all. The reason why, is because of how it could be programed. Much like how the biomes change the color of grass and leaves, both can wool and sand. Thus all blocks or future blocks that are craft able from sand or wool could be done in the same way; being colored entirely in code and decreasing the textures needed for the blocks. This solution would obviously require a change to how entities work but it would make way for limitless amount of colored items much like how leather armor works.

Now you may still be thinking, "well, that still doesn't fix the items being displayed in the inventory" actually it wouldn't be much of a problem since all of these items are just as hard to craft, having an inventory full of different colored sandstone blocks and the like, is only the fruits of your labors; having to collect dies, making cored sand and crafting them into stone. If what you are worrying about is the creative menu being overly crowded; this also wouldn't be a problem since the 1.3.1 update that added an improved creative mode inventory with
categorized tabs for various items/blocks and a search menu. If more colored blocks are added, they could simply just be added into to their own tab with would be extremely useful for pixel art artists and the like.

If you are still unsatisfied with colored sand being a step in creating of colored glass, we have discussed other options as colored sand is only a suggestion. Please look at "Cool Ideas by you guys" above for more information.

"Wouldn't it be easier to make colored glass by just combining it with dye like how you make wool?"
Easier yes, but wouldn't make much sense. Colored sand would mimic how real colored glass is created and it would open up more opportunities for new blocks using colored sand; including colored sandstone steps. Also, considering the "special properties" of colored glass, I believe it should be slightly harder to craft instead of simply adding color. with that said, I do not intend to say my crafting proposition is the best solution. In fact there have been many great alternative suggestions that have been made here. So keep thinking critically, innovate on existing ideas and give us some great suggestions!

"Has Mojang seen this?"
Yes, in fact we even heard back from Mojang on the topic; Nathan Adams also known as Dinnerbone from Mojang stressed that they have indeed been noticing the feedback on colored glass from the community. He also stated that colored glass is indeed possible and hinted that implementation of colored glass is not a "no"; which is exciting news.
Unfortunately, he also informed us that colored light is impossible on a large scale with the current lighting engine. However he also stated: "The lighting system is extremely broken and needs rewriting" this could mean that there is still a chance, if re-written, a new lighting engine may be able to support colored light. But this is uncertain.

The whole conversation can be found here:
https://twitter.com/...219652471980032

ChadGarion25 informed me of a tweet made by Dinnerbone on 25 Sep at 6:14 AM eastern time where dinner bone posted a comment that could be very promising for colored glass and colored light to be implemented into Minecraft!

Check it out!
https://twitter.com/...583946977497088

So basically what we can assume from all this is:

1) colored glass is very much possible in the current version of Minecraft; except it wouldn't allow other transparent textures to be seen through the glass (much how ice and water works in MC) and it would be difficult to ad a Z-buffer without having performance issues on slow platforms. This may not be much of an issue as most people will not have a reason to blend the colors of glass by stacking and though not completely transparent, it may look ok anyway. however I feel if a z buffer were added, perhaps there could be a toggle in video settings to turn off z-buffering for those who are playing on slower computers. Dinnerbone also hinted that the implementation of colored glass into vanilla is neither a yes or a no... so, I wouldn't give up on it just yet, guys. -_^

2) There are mods that have colored light implemented in versions of Minecraft before the adventure update. Check out theoneandonlyflexo for more info!

3) Yes Mojang has noticed this topic so there is no need to keep tweeting it to them as if they have never seen it.

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Accepted! Welcome to Lockdown! You'll be rank A.



Accepted! Welcome to the team!



Shall we just unban blue while we at it :/

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Guard APP Format:

IGN: ZOMBXBOYDXSoLo

Age: 15

Time Zone: Pacific

Date Joined: Lol idk before halloween

Do you understand and agree with the Guard rules?: yes

What times are you available to guard? all week except when im at school 6 to 2:30

Are you available to be online during weekends? (Friday-Sunday):Yes

Why should we pick you:Because im a trustfull player who wants to be staff and help out and help other gaurds/players

Are you staff on any other server?:My own and my friends

Attach a photo of your current rank from ingame (MUST BE FULL SCREEN/ NOT CROPPED):

What makes you different than other applicants? (Include the hidden word in this section):I am a liked player by the admins and other players and i am truthful to questions and i will help as best as i can. Nbock likes -skeletons-

[By Applying for the guard postition you will not request an admin to look at your app]

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