Server Reset

[John Doe]

Folks, if all goes as planned we should be resetting the server on Friday April 10th at 8PM Ville time.

We are not having a destruction day for the old server, were going to leave her as is, please dont go in and start destroying things that are not your own.

I will do a more useful post once we have all the details decided on but I would suggest you go say good bye to the old server this week as she is due to be reset.

[Guardian]

So what your saying is that I SHOULDN'T summon 5 withers to fight at spawn?

[John Doe]

So what your saying is that I SHOULDN'T summon 5 withers to fight at spawn?

That might be wise

[Guardian]

What did you guys decide to go with for the map?

Default? Default plus or FRAME KILLING SKY ISLAND MODE!

[Gizanked]

it is going to be default. still finalizing the seed we are going to use.

[Guardian]

I'm still going to push forth the seed should be "different" somehow, like we all start on an island and the land grab starts with a boat trip. Or something, I dunno.

Maybe look in here: http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mi ... sion/seeds

[Boss Llama]

it is going to be default. still finalizing the seed we are going to use.

I've got a reminder set on my phone! Can't wait

[kkpyro]

I'll be there! Right after nachos and margaritas with Greybeard.
I'm expecting a party!

[Guardian]

I'll be able to join for about 1 hours before heading out with friends.

I look forward to what seed you guys picked and how different and unique it is.

unless you choose a seed where we spawn in the middle of a generic forest or plains biome to spite me

[John Doe]

I'll be able to join for about 1 hours before heading out with friends.

I look forward to what seed you guys picked and how different and unique it is.

unless you choose a seed where we spawn in the middle of a generic forest or plains biome to spite me

We didnt do it to spite you Guardian, we decided to keep it simple and unaplified so that the players with older hardware can still play and have a reasonable experience. When I was dicking around with some of the settings I had worlds that were very laggy even with a modern video card (not high end, mid range).

[Guardian]

I'll be able to join for about 1 hours before heading out with friends.

I look forward to what seed you guys picked and how different and unique it is.

unless you choose a seed where we spawn in the middle of a generic forest or plains biome to spite me

We didnt do it to spite you Guardian, we decided to keep it simple and unaplified so that the players with older hardware can still play and have a reasonable experience. When I was dicking around with some of the settings I had worlds that were very laggy even with a modern video card (not high end, mid range).

I meant spawn location... like if it's unique to all our other types of worlds... somehow.

[John Doe]

We moved it from where it defaulted to on the map. Originally it was in the middle of a taiga forest. The first time I connected I spawned in a tree, or on a tree, I am not sure. The 2nd time I spawned in teh bottom of a lake.....

The location was not flat and not easy to work with for spawn resources so we did move it out into a boring flat location that has easy access to all sorts of biomes.

So you can blame me for the boring blandness.

Oh, but I did see a very nice floating island in a extreme hills location and I thought of you immediately


JD

[Guardian]

Awwww

You couldn't have put it on an island?

or on top of a tall mountain

or a deep cave from which we must escape

or against a great ocean from which makes us beg the question of whether to travel by land or sea

or in a rare biome like a mesa bome



Instead we gotta put spawn in a plains biome like we have been so many other times?

I'll have to check out that sky land though!

[Gizanked]

I looked at dozens if not hundreds of random seeds to get one that looked interesting and biome diverse. There were some that had those things and I thought the initial area could be fun but when the maps are extending regularly to 10km x10km there is more to think about than the initial 100x100 spawning area. At least for the people that play long enough to get outside of that 100x100 area

[Boss Llama]

We haven't been spawned on a plains biome for quite some time... previous ones have been a forest and a savannah with hills. Others I can recall include a lake in the middle of the woods, a swamp, and the shore of an island. A flat open area is the best, and avoids nastiness like people falling to their death, spawning in solid objects, or drowning on load-in. Only plains I specifically remember at this point was on the second map we ever did, and it was surrounded by mountains on two sides, and forest on a third. Maybe they are looking similar because no matter what they are, we end up flattening them out and removing all vegetation and verticality, because that's what's best for a spawn area?