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A formal Invitation

Dear Player,

How would you like to be named the nightmare slayer?

A place where the cold creeps up your back,

What would you bring in your small little sack?

A torch to light the night?

Just maybe to help your sight...

A sword to help you fight?

Just hoping nothing bites...

A friend to guard you?

That's the only job to do...

So dear player,

What is your decision?

Want to conquer your fears?

Come to my realm if you wish,

I will be waiting,

Waiting...

Waiting...

Sincerely

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So I've had this idea of creating small maps for players, things that people fear... Like walking around in the dark surrounded by creatures. Hiding in a room to only hear footsteps creek up and down the hall... In a enclosed room that gets smaller and smaller... These are examples of course!

I thought it would be somewhat...enjoyable.

So do you think this is a fun idea?

Would you like to conquer your fears?

Really enjoyed the map

I love dungeon crawlers, and I think Minecraft would be perfect for that. Now I don't want this in the natural generation, instead I rather have it been an option. When you create a new world, you would select "Dungeon Crawler" (or a different name, that one isn't very original). When you spawn in, you would start in a small room with a pre-set chest that would contain wooden tools, food, and torches.

Outside of the room there would be more rooms branching off into more rooms endlessly. In rooms there would be random loot, random layouts, enemies, farm animals, etc; making your dungeon crawler experience infinite and always unique. Imagine you walk into a room, the first thing you notice is a ladder that goes up into a balcony with a chest. Around the room there are book cases lined against the walls to the roof. In the center there are desks and chairs. All seems peaceful until you notice a zombie spawn in the corner of the room.

Just something that could be fun. There is a lot more to this idea, but this is the general idea.

Can I do a let's play?

Information on this Forum
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Hello there everyone, i'm Sirknightchase. Welcome to the beginning to my map collection of maps! These maps will either feature, Parkour, Puzzles, or CTM style play. So take a look leave a comment, give me a plus and play the maps!
These maps are copyrighted, don't touch paste them on any sight or I will find you!
Copyright @Sirknightchase

Rules:
The rules will always differ between maps!

FAQ:
Q: Can I make videos of these maps?
A: Yes, but only if you give me credit for my work!
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Q: What style are your maps?
A: Well, they are CTM, (Complete the Monument) Parkour, (Jumping) and Puzzles!
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Q: Why did you decide to make a map?
A: I don't know... I guess I have always wanted to.
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Q: What programs did you use?
A: None so far, plan to make it all by hand!
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Parkour Section

Sirs'Park #1 [Easy]

Hello, this map took 4 weeks to make. I hope you do enjoy this map. This map features many different area/biomes. (Tundra, Desert, Nether, Abandoned Mine-shaft, etc;) So take a look at the video.
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Information
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Play Time - 2+ Hours
Map Size - Medium
Difficulty - Easy

Pictures
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The Checkpoint Hub


The Outdoors


To The Nether


The Nether Meets Water


Video
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Download Link
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http://www.mediafire...1pqa1ld44kix6hx


Puzzle Section

Sirs'Park #1 [Easy]

Hello, this map took 4 weeks to make. I hope you do enjoy this map. This map features many different area/biomes. (Tundra, Desert, Nether, Abandoned Mine-shaft, etc;) So take a look at the video.
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Information
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Play Time - 2+ Hours
Map Size - Medium
Difficulty - Easy

Pictures
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The Checkpoint Hub


The Outdoors


To The Nether


The Nether Meets Water


Video
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Download Link
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http://www.mediafire...1pqa1ld44kix6hx


CTM Section

Sorry but there is none so far

Quote from com572

I find the tunnel leading to the area to be unnecessarily long (I understand you need to get away from the intersection, so maybe just light it up for the player)

Yeah...I have thought of that! another reason its real far away is because my areas are massive.... if there two close the areas start to get funky with the spawn rate... IDK, ill find some way to make the tunnels fun!

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- The chance to create a fantastic world both in the game and in the Lore.

- Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges to keep the server dynamic and fun.

- PVP and PVE Arenas to show other players just how powerful you really are (with a leaderboard).

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Table of Contents:

Overview
Changes in how things work
Frequently Asked Questions
[WIP] The Cubic Chunks Mod!
Gallery
Supporting this suggestion
Special thanks

[spoiler=Tl:dr]Q: Won't this increase lag?
A: Absolutely not. The title of this suggestion and big red letters at the top of this post aren't lying. If you want to know how, then I suggest you actually read this post.

Q: Will this change terrain? Will this break existing worlds?
A: No. Terrain change is not necessary. Existing worlds can be converted fairly easily with a process described later in this post.

Q: How can sunlight or rain work with infinite vertical space?
A: I suggest you read Coping with sunlight, because it's too complex for a tl;dr.

Q: I have a different question but still don't feel like reading this post. What do I do?
A: Too bad, read the FAQ. I put way too much work into this for the entirety of it to be ignored.[/spoiler]

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Overview:

In Minecraft, the sky is the limit - literally. It doesn't matter how many thousands of blocks a player has traveled, or what dimension they're in, or even if they're playing in creative or survival, the highest they can ever build is up to a height of 256. Why is that? If Minecraft can have a world that's infinite in the north, in the south, in the east, and in the west, why can't that world be infinite up and down too?

In Minecraft's earliest days, in Classic and Indev, the world was not infinite in any direction. This was because the entire world needed to be generated at the same time, and the entire world needed to be simulated at the same time as well. This led to a conundrum - the bigger the world, the more it lagged.
Notch didn't like this. He knew his players liked to explore and build large creations, so he found a way to make the world truly infinite. When the Minecraft '' class='bbc'>Infdev came out, it brought with it truly infinite worlds. Suddenly, players could travel hundreds of thousands of blocks in any direction, and never encounter a barrier, or become too laggy.
The Infdev update brought about a very large change to Minecraft worlds to accomplish this feat. For the first time, instead every world being just a single huge piece, they were broken up into a two-dimensional grid of pieces, called chunks. Through breaking the world up into pieces, this 'chunk system' enabled infinite worlds by letting Minecraft create new pieces and simulate them only when it needs to.

Why does that not apply to the vertical axis? Because the type of 'chunk system' Minecraft uses right now is a linear one, which, by using only a two-dimensional grid to map out chunks, means that it is impossible for chunks to stack on top of one another, and by extension, meaning that a single chunk must cover the entire vertical space. This brings back the problem that the Infdev update was supposed to eradicate, now only with chunks, instead of an entire world; the bigger a chunk is, the more laggy it is. You can't just increase the height limit and make chunks taller, because it will become laggier, and laggier, and laggier to do it.
That's why, to fix this, Minecraft must change over to a cubic chunk system. Under this system, 16³ block chunks are aligned on a three-dimensional grid, completely eliminating maximum height as an aspect of lag.

The immediate benefits:
•Minecraft worlds become as virtually infinite vertically as they are horizontally: The absolute limit being Y = ±30,000,000.
•A large FPS increase: Alpha testers report an FPS increase of 100~200%.
•Increase in running capability: Computers running Minecraft on Tiny render distance will handle only 30% the blocks they do now.

The possible features:
•Spherical render/load distance: Reduce handled blocks by up to 30% by cutting corners made of unneeded chunks.
•Server chunk occlusion/exclusion: Reduce bandwidth usage and defeat hackers by only sending data for visible chunks.
•Three-dimensional biomes: Save biome data per chunk rather than per block column, create volcanoes with magma chambers, underground rivers, tropical skylands floating over icy taigas, and more.

The disadvantages:
•Unloaded gravity-pause: Falling non-player entities and fluids will be forced to pause their fall if they reach unloaded chunks, but will resume falling when those chunks are loaded.
•Slow falling-pause: Players with slower computers and smaller render distances will have falling occasionally paused as they fall into unloaded chunks, until new chunks can be loaded.

The problems:
•Current sunlight and rain calculation methods cannot work with infinite vertical space: The solution to this is described here.
•Current BiomeDecorator cannot work with multiple vertical chunks simultaneously: The BiomeDecorator code must be altered to function correctly with this, or removed.
•Current cave generation method is executed an extra time for each vertical chunk created simultaneously, leading to lag spikes on world generation: Cave generation's method must be altered to suit this system more.
•Current grass/dirt generation algorithm forces additional chunk requests when chunks are loaded, causing chunks to load slower than they should: This algorithm must be replaced with something else.

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Changes in how things work:

Obviously, the implementation of this new chunk system will change quite a few things. These changes are mostly either necessary or in the interest of increased efficiency. Such changes are categorized and explained below.

How worlds will be stored:
[spoiler]How the current storage works, and what changes:
Interestingly enough, the current method of storage, the Anvil format, is derived from the storage method that the original Cubic Chunks mod used. The Anvil format stores individual chunk as a series of 16³ quasi-cubic chunks. These 'fake' cubic chunks allow for easier reference of specific data, but they still can't be separated from each other, meaning that it fails to reap the full benefits of this system. Even so, the change allowed Mojang to double the maximum height with no performance hit. Chunks are stored in groups of 32², inside 'MCRegion' files, for a total of 1024 chunks.
By nature, cubic chunks does away with the 'quasi-cubic' nonsense. In terms of chunk grouping, instead of using groups of 32³ chunks, new "3DRegion" files would contain groups of 16³. This means each 3DRegion file contains 4096 chunks, four times as many as MCRegion files. However, each 3DRegion contains only one fourth the amount of blocks. For per-chunk positional metadata, 3DRegion files would use the same number of bits as MCRegion files, after compression. Calculations show that the same area encompassed by a single MCRegion file would consume 64 kilobytes of extra space with 4 3DRegion files, which is nothing.

Converting existing worlds:
Most people are probably wondering something like "But won't this totally destroy all existing worlds?". Absolutely not; conversion could not be simpler. When a non-cubic world is loaded after the implementation of this system, a conversion process will begin and convert the entire world at once(To avoid making chunk loading take longer during play). First, all existing MCRegion files will be divided into quarters to create 3DRegion files. Then, all existing chunks are divided into sixteenths using the quasi-cubic properties to identify boundaries. After that, conversion is done.

The "isEmpty" flag optimization:
A 1-bit flag is added to each chunk, named "isEmpty". If the chunk consists of 100% air blocks, this bit is 1, any other case makes it 0. When the bit is 1, all data for the chunk besides the isEmpty flag is deleted and ignored, which reduces filesize. Empty chunks are never loaded, and locations where they occur are merely simulated as entities reside in them. The chunk will only load when something requires saving inside it.[/spoiler]

Changes to terrain, ores, etcetera:
[spoiler]Terrain:
By default, nothing will change. Small bits of terrain generation code need to be reconfigured to work properly with Cubic Chunks.

Biomes:
By default, nothing will change.

Ore generation:
By default, nothing will change.

Structures:
By default, nothing will change.

The Void:
After conversion to Cubic Chunks, the void and bedrock layer will still exist and generate as they always have. However, the void(Not the bedrock layer!) will not exist as a hard limit and is able to be moved, but not removed, by editing an associated NBT data tag inside a world's level.dat. This feature, that allows for increasing the maximum depth, is intentionally disabled without external programs, to prevent terrain change of any sort. It is intended to be used by experienced mapmakers and world generation mods only.

Superflat settings:
Existing superflat worlds will not change. However, new superflat worlds will gain a new decoration parameter, 'void'. Inclusion of this parameter will cause the void to form below the lowest defined layer. Exclusion of it will cause all layers below the lowest defined layer to copy the settings of that layer.[/spoiler]

Coping with sunlight:
[spoiler]There used to be a solution here, but it wasn't deemed good enough by Jeb. Suggest solutions in this thread.[/spoiler]

Changes to servers:
[spoiler]Settings:
There's a setting inside the Server.properties file called 'max-build-height'. The setting makes it impossible for any player to place or remove blocks above that height.
With the implementation of Cubic Chunks, a new setting named "maximum-generation-depth" would be added. The void, bedrock layers, and magma layers will generate normally at and above the Y level designated by the value of this setting.

Chunk occlusion/exclusion:
Using the raytracing methods already available in the code and used for explosion calculations, servers can identify which chunks are visible to a player, within safe assumptions, and only send the data for those chunks. This both reduces bandwidth usage, and cripples the usefulness of X-Ray cheats.[/spoiler]

Render/Load distance alterations:
[spoiler]After the implementation of Cubic Chunks, view distances' radii will apply to the vertical axis too. This reduces handled blocks in the cases of tiny and short render distances, and increases them in the cases of normal and far render distances. This can be optimized by utilizing a spherical render distance instead of a cubic one, which would reduce handled blocks in all distances except Far.[/spoiler]

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Frequently Asked Questions:

[spoiler=FAQ]Q: This is impossible.
A: No it's not. See below.

Q: Is this available as a mod?
A: Not yet! But it will be!

Q: I like X-ray! What if I don't want it to be broken?
A: First of all, breaking X-ray hacks will only be possible to do in multiplayer. That said, the system that would break X-ray would be possible to disable by the server owner. If the owner doesn't disable the system, then they don't want you using X-ray, and you should not be doing what the server owner doesn't want in the first place.

Q: I play on a PvP/Anarchy/Raid/Faction server. Won't this system let people pillar up into the sky and create a base thousands of blocks in the air and never be found?
A: No.

Q: I like Minecraft's current height limits. What if I don't want to have an infinite sky or infinite underground?
A: If this system is added, all worlds will not automatically gain an infinite underground. As stated below, the Void will remain in all worlds, even after the conversion to Cubic Chunks. The ability to remove the Void will simply be there. As for infinite space in the sky, the current build limit is over one hundred blocks above any terrain that vanilla Minecraft can possibly generate. It is ENTIRELY your decision on whether or not you take advantage of this height. If you play on a server, like stated above, the server owner can set a maximum build height. If s/he doesn't, then don't play on their server - you don't play on servers where the server owners allow things you don't like. Why would you play on an anarchy server if you hate being stolen from and killed?

Q: Will this affect Redstone at all?
A: No. This system will simply make it possible to make larger redstone circuitry than before.

Q: Won't this break existing worlds?
A: No. Existing worlds can be easily converted by dividing each MCRegion file into 4 pieces, then slicing the existing 256 block-high chunks inside them into 16 individual chunks.

Q: Won't this affect mods? Won't mod authors have a hard time updating their mods?
A: The answer to this question depends solely on the answer to the following two questions: Do parts of the modification code rely on chunk data/metadata? Does the mod author want to take advantage of the features of the new chunk system? If the answers to the first and second question are both "No", then updating a mod to this system should be very easy and quick. If the answer to the first question is "Yes", then those parts of the code will need to be rewritten somewhat, but in most cases, the changes should be fairly quick and easy. The only time that it should be hard to update a mod to this system, is if the answer to the second question is "Yes".

Q: Won't this require a total rewrite of the mod API if that's released first?
A: No. Whether or not even a small part of the mod API needs to be rewritten depends on the way that it is implemented and whether or not there are API inclusions for chunk handling and other chunk-related behavior.

Q: Could a player fall into unloaded chunks if chunks aren't loaded fast enough?
A: No, they could not, and for several reasons. Minecraft has a terminal velocity, though it might not seem like it. This velocity is slower than it should take to load new chunks below the player. In cases with exceptionally slow computers, even if the player did manage to reach an unloaded chunk, their fall would be paused until that chunk can be loaded.

Q: What would happen when water, sand, or a mob falls into an unloaded chunk?
A: Nothing. The water/sand/mob would freeze in place until the chunk is loaded and it can continue moving. You can already see this same thing happening on the horizontal axis.

Q: What will happen to the Void?
A: It will still exist, along with all its effects. The only difference is that the Void is no longer a hard limit and it can be moved. After the conversion to Cubic Chunks, the Void's location will be stored in a world's ' class='bbc'>level.dat, and this location can be changed with NBT editing tools. When and where the Void exists, chunks will cease to generate.

Q: Will this affect terrain?
A: No. However, terrain generators will gain the ability to use infinite height.

Q: Will this affect ore generation?
A: No. Ore is a part of terrain generation. As stated above, terrain will not be changed.

Q: Won't all current terrain generators be incompatible with this system and need to be rewritten?
A: No. Terrain generators work independently of chunks. When a chunk is generated for the first time, it calls the terrain generator and receives a specific section of the resultant terrain to save inside itself. Because of this, some custom terrain generators can generate steep terrain all the way to Y256, where you can experience a large, flat cut-off. Since there are no chunks above Y256 to call the terrain generator for terrain, no terrain exists there.

Q: What would happen if there's a huge solid ceiling so far above you that it is unloaded? Wouldn't you just see the sky, just with everything being completely dark?
A: Yes. This already happens on the horizontal axis, and it is an issue with sky rendering, not this chunk system. As such, this has nothing to do with this suggestion. Please do not post about this.

Q: If you go deep underground, will your plants grow/ores smelt/animals grow?
A: No, because those chunks would be unloaded, just as if you had walked far away. This is a flaw with any chunk system, regardless of shape. It is a necessary evil that allows Minecraft to have infinite worlds. The only way to fix this would be to introduce a separate new system that works with chunks as they are loaded and unloaded. This suggestion deals with the chunk system itself, and not sister processes. Because of that, that is outside of the scope of this suggestion. Please do not post about this.[/spoiler]

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[WIP] The Cubic Chunks Mod! (Tall Worlds Mod):

Cuchaz has taken it upon himself to bring us the glorious Cubic Chunks, since Mojang refuses to do so.

Cuchaz is using a API of his own creation to help assist in the making of this mod, and he's quite far along, as seen in these two tech demo videos:
[spoiler=T-Demo 1: Vertical chunk loading][/spoiler]
[spoiler=T-Demo 2: Broken height cap and no lag!][/spoiler]
With the basic functionality in place - a complete overhaul of the basic chunk system, and height limit removed - this whole concept can already be considered proven. What remains is making sure everything else functions correctly under the new chunk system. In any case, stay tuned for future updates if it interests you(If it doesn't, then you are the weakest link - goodbye!).

You can follow the mod's development in much more depth in its very own topic!

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Gallery:

[spoiler=A mountainside with an experimental engine using Cubic Chunks designed by Nocte. 960 block view radius, and 30 FPS.][/spoiler]
[spoiler=A different view of the mountainside with the same engine by Nocte. This time, with 1600 block view radius and 15 FPS.][/spoiler]
[spoiler="A video demonstrating Nocte's engine."]

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Please help us get word out of this suggestion! Share this with your friends, with Minecraft celebrities if you're familiar with them, or even with Mojangsters like Jeb or Dinnerbone! (Do not share this with Notch. Notch doesn't work with Minecraft anymore.)

The purpose of this suggestion is to have Cubic Chunks implemented in Vanilla. Being available as a modification does not fulfill that purpose. The modification featured in this suggestion is to act as a proof-of-concept only(Note: Its being featured here is to act as a proof-of-concept. The modification itself is on its way to becoming a fully fledged modification).

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Special thanks:
Cuchaz, for taking Barteks' proof and running with it, to give us a truly functional Cubic Chunks mod.
Barteks2x, for updating the Cubic Chunks mod to 1.6.2, proving that it is possible.
Azraile, for posting the original suggestion and allowing me to take ownership of it.
Nocte, for helping resolve flaws and designing Hexahedra.
MineCrak, for a large amount of valuable insight and enthusiasm into the topic of Cubic Chunks.
aaronfranke, for helping resolve flaws.
PanJouda, for creating the original banner.
Flexico, for creating the predecessor to the current banner.
laz2727, for creating the current banner.
Robinton, for creating the original Cubic Chunks mod.
The_Watchman13, for answering all those stupid questions so I don't have to.

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Note: Many calculations and information can be found among the many posts of this topic. There are too many for me to cite here, but if you wish, you can search for them yourself.

The phantasm would be (of course) a new mob to Minecraft that would utilize a game mechanic not currently employed by any other mob in the game; that is, the use of frightening an enemy away rather than directly attacking them. While a phantasm would never attempt to attack a player by physical means, it would try to remove them by bothering them to a point at which the player would leave its presence. This being said, the specific ideology of this will at this point be further explained.

Don't Zombies do this? Why don't Endermen Drop the Block they're holding? It will make the game both more realistic and useful. Say you were building a giant baseball diamond in Survival Mode with lots of Red Sand that you collected from a Mesa Biome four Maps away, and and Enderman steals your Block and then you kill her, then she doesn't Drop the Block and you have to go four Maps back to that Mesa Biome just for a Block. Sucks. Microsoft should add this so that you don't have to go through the pain of going far, far away so that you can get a Block or two. Whad'ya think?

In single player, the only person you can cheat is yourself. So if you don't find it cheating, it isn't. Only when you compare your work to someone else's can an advantage be considered cheating.

New Website: www.MCAdultCraft.com
New TeamSpeak server: Ask TinxE or in game for IP.

**MC Adult Craft is back! New map as of 1-18-14 and new members are needed!**
**Below is the old welcome page for the server, edited and revised**
Server Grand RE-Opening Scheduled for 1-19-14 at 11:59PM Eastern Time



Welcome to the MC AdultCraft Server, founded by TinxE! Our server is a 24/7 dedicated Community Survival server which revolves around the maturity of its players. The server uses a whitelist to keep out unwanted guests, and keeps it simple with hardly any plugins.

The server contains 20 slots, and many dedicated daily members. We are currently seeking players who are of at least 18 years of age, and willing to become a long-term member of our community. The server goes after a medieval theme, and is for realistic builds only. (No large-scale pixel art, floating houses, etc.) Redstone is perfectly allowed.

The Server: This is a dedicated server instead of a personal server, so it will be up 24-7 as long as funds and donations continue to flow. The server is hosted through hostedgameservers and is regularly backed up in case of crashes. The server is also hosted in Florida with 2gigs of RAM.


Funding and Donations
Donations can be done on our website at www.mcadultcraft.com then click donate.

While we don't charge a monthly fee, it is two dollars a month per slot on the server. If we don't get enough donations, we reduce the number of slots that month to one we can afford. No one is removed from the whitelist, but it does mean that we can't accommodate as many players at once. All funds that aren't used for the month cannot be touched and will automatically rollover to being used for the next month.



Some Important Rules/Guidelines:
-There Shall be No Spawning of Any Materials:
Not even the admins will spawn blocks. It ruins the fun for everyone.
-No bad mouthing other players.
This includes racism, or any hate comments. Keep it to yourself. Cussing, however, is allowed.
-No PVP except when consensual.
PVP is for fun, and if it isn't fun for both players, then it is not allowed!
-Greifing and Stealing = Insta Ban.
Griefing will never be tolerated and suspects are banned. Since we don't take on more than one new member at a time, it's very easy to figure out who the problem is.
-Common sense is a must.
Please use your brain.
-Have Fun
After all this is just a game.


Interested In Joining?
Acceptance is simple: You post here, and the whole server community picks a new member every few days. We don't accept more than one new member at a time, so if you apply, please be patient. This allows the new member to really get comfortable with the community before anyone else is added. That way, every member can quickly become trusted and feel at home.

There is no designated format for applications, so be as creative as you choose; your choice of formatting will be taken into account. Remember, we only accept members who are 18 years of age or older. There are no exceptions.

A short disclaimer on how applications work, in order to hopefully make the wait easier:
Your application is just that: an application. This thread is not a waitlist, which is to say that we don't accept everyone, nor do we operate on a first-come first-serve basis. Don't expect to have someone message you with the status of your application either; you probably won't get a reply unless you've been accepted. It saves our admins a lot of time, and keeps our options open for the long run.

Application:
Username:
Age:
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News: Organized into spoilers
1-24-14

Update 1-24-14!!



- We have gathered more than $50 in donations! Thank you to everyone who has donated! I have started a list of donators at spawn. Please let me know what donators should get in return?

- Spawn was moved west of the town. Not far just outside of the walls. I did not want spawn to be inside a town.

- The server has been upgraded. The server now has 20 slots. And 2 gigs of RAM. So far no crashes have been reported. I did this for two reasons.
1: I was getting texts about the server being full.
2: Because with 20 players we get an extra gig of ram for free. This means our server is costing $40 per month, which I will handle. We still have 25 days for this month and more than $40 left in the account. I will also be paying at least half of a months worth by my next paycheck.

And on a personal note, I must apologize for the series of crashes that the server host has provided us with. I have contacted support and await a response. I am about to work with a buddy who is much more active than me in giving him permission to restart the server himself. I have also thought about relocating the server if it comes to that. First I would re-locate the server using the same host. I would do this hoping that the machinery in florida where the server is might not be as good as the machinery in another state.

If all else fails I will personally do my research in finding a good host for our server. I will relocate everything to a new host if needed. The world would not change or the map. Just the IP.

Please feel free to comment on this as you guys play a huge part of my decisions. - Gary

P.S: I was thinking about creating a small website for the server. Just a forum or a chat or something....
1-25-14

Mini News Update:

Okay guys we are reaching our complete server right about now. I have been moderating the server and we have around 5 people on at all times and around 10 to 15 at night. This is exactly what I want. As for applications I still would like to see them come in but they will be put on a waiting list.

I would like for anyone who has suspicions, a problem, or anything related to members to please PM me about it. This is the time to weed off the immature members if any. Surprisingly I must say I have not seen really anything except for a few missing items which I cannot determine if they were due to the various server crashes before the upgrade. So this I guess is a checkpoint of stability in our server history. And I would like to make sure that we have a good team before moving on.
My reasoning for this random "weeding" is that in the future applicants will be accepted much slower, and therefor if billybobjoe666 logs on, a new guy and all of the sudden we start seeing issues, we will isolate billybob from our server possibly for ever until further investigation. Without question. You see my premise for this?

Current Server Status: We have more than enough for another month just because of donations!!! You guys are absolutely amazing! I did not expect this at all and I am very grateful to have such a trustworthy and ambitious team. Its very rare that the first splurge of new members are actually legit. However I would like for the donations to stop for now.

Why? Because we are still testing out the upgraded server. And if the server acts up again I already have a new host scouted out. I will be unable to transfer the donation funds. They will sit there and rot. Which would be unfair to you guys. So I am hoping that the server continues to run smoothly like it has since the upgrade. Now if we need to switch I realize it would be unfair for those who donated to lose that stability. SO, if we do move I will personally add the same amount of money that was donated to the new one. But remember this is worse case scenario and the server is doing just fine so far.

A Website is something I was thinking of as well. It would be super cheap and I would pay for it on my own end.
Advantages: We will have a central communication point where we can talk via chat and forums. News could easily be obtained from this website too! A place to post screen shots, to view graphs on bandwidth, players at what times, all that fun stuff. Map downloads. I am also good at this, ive created several websites in the past on my own.

Anyways this wouldn't happen until payday or maybe later because my rent is due soon. But tax return is right around the corner



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Thank you all. You are a great team that is turning into a family. I am really appreciative of how trustworthy and dedicated everyone has been so far. Through moral support via PM's that ive been sent, to donations that were not expected. You guys are the ones who are responsible for all of this. So thank you. - Gary