[Sandwich]

I wonder if switching the server over to a Feed the Beast server would bring everyone back... I've been getting into FTB lately, and while SSP FTB is fun and all, I'd much rather be playing SMP FTB with y'all.

[KyadCK]

I wonder if switching the server over to a Feed the Beast server would bring everyone back... I've been getting into FTB lately, and while SSP FTB is fun and all, I'd much rather be playing SMP FTB with y'all.

There are many reasons that wouldn't happen, but for the sake of using the most practical one first, they want their own server JAR and BeastNode does not let you do that nicely.

To go into other reasons, the current policy is to not force anyone to install mods just to play, none of our plugins would work on it (including but not limited to the entire permissions base, keeping the old world at all, and our grief-prevention tools), and the fact it's an unfamiliar API.

Also, this is about as disheartening as it gets: http://support.feed-the-beast.com/?qa=hot

[rev_posix]

FYI, the FTB mod pack is a vanilla server pack, not bukkit (one advantage tekkit has over FTB), so permissions and such are non-existent.

[pecenipicek]

FTB is still heavily in development actually. i'd reccomend tekkit, but considering how full of fail they are...

[Mongoose]

Honestly I don't think there's anything wrong with good ol' vanilla as it stands, and I've seen more people getting on since the update.  Minecraft's a cyclical thing: I wasn't on for a month or two because I didn't really have any idea what to do next, and now I've been jumping on every other day to fool around with things.  Plus the holidays are upon us, so a lot of people may be busy doing other things, and/or finishing up final exams (the poor bastards).

[Pred the Penguin]

I'll definitely be on the server more come winter break. If the server turned FTB however I doubt I'd know what to do with all the special stuff...

[Venicius]

I wish there was a way to find gold faster.  the only thing holding back my rail plans is gold. 

[Scourge of Ages]

Question: Would it be all right to invite a couple of RL friends to play on this server? And if so, should they make a forum account to say hi?

[Mongoose]

I wish there was a way to find gold faster.  the only thing holding back my rail plans is gold. 

Gold is fairly rare, but I usually seem to wind up with a decent amount of it just by exploring deeper caves.  If you want to go the mine route, according to the wiki, it spawns from levels 2 to 29, so if you already have a mine at diamond level, you should have a good chance of finding some gold too.  Alternatively, you could go all MORTAL KOMBAT on zombie pigmen and start collecting ingots, though I can't promise that you won't die quite a bit.

[KyadCK]

Question: Would it be all right to invite a couple of RL friends to play on this server? And if so, should they make a forum account to say hi?

If anyone ****s up big time, any admin can know about it in about 20 seconds of finding it and undo it. If they behave, no problem.

Forum account would be nice as that's the only place I list updates done.

[deathfun]

Alternatively, you could go all MORTAL KOMBAT on zombie pigmen and start collecting ingots, though I can't promise that you won't die quite a bit.

If you do this, listen to the song
The song will make you invincible. I guarantee that

[FireSpawn]

PORK-al KOMBAT!

[Akalabeth Angel]

Alternatively, you could go all MORTAL KOMBAT on zombie pigmen and start collecting ingots, though I can't promise that you won't die quite a bit.

If you do this, listen to the song
The song will make you invincible. I guarantee that

Control is much better than the main theme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kRlvrtdS0c

[Scourge of Ages]

If anyone ****s up big time, any admin can know about it in about 20 seconds of finding it and undo it. If they behave, no problem.

Forum account would be nice as that's the only place I list updates done.

lol, I'll make sure they behave

[deathfun]

Alternatively, you could go all MORTAL KOMBAT on zombie pigmen and start collecting ingots, though I can't promise that you won't die quite a bit.

If you do this, listen to the song
The song will make you invincible. I guarantee that

Control is much better than the main theme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kRlvrtdS0c

Oh man, totally forgot about that
But this also brought me back to the Killing Spree stick animations
Why don't I have that soundtrack...

[Akalabeth Angel]

I wish there was a way to find gold faster.  the only thing holding back my rail plans is gold. 

Well once I build the fountain I was going to put in my citadel I can leave you some gold. Where's your house at? I presume if I throw down a block someone else can simply break it. I tried to leave a block of steel at grimp's once but because I put a sign on it, he couldn't claim it til I went over and busted it for him.

[Nohiki]

I blame Notch for deforming me like this:


MC + snow + sickle = insanity couldn't get my hands on a cubic pumpkin, oh well...

[Mongoose]

Well once I build the fountain I was going to put in my citadel I can leave you some gold. Where's your house at? I presume if I throw down a block someone else can simply break it. I tried to leave a block of steel at grimp's once but because I put a sign on it, he couldn't claim it til I went over and busted it for him.

Yeah, placing down a regular block should be fine.  And you can actually remove the user protection from signs by entering /cremove (I think that's it anyway) and then left-clicking the sign.

[Akalabeth Angel]

Well once I build the fountain I was going to put in my citadel I can leave you some gold. Where's your house at? I presume if I throw down a block someone else can simply break it. I tried to leave a block of steel at grimp's once but because I put a sign on it, he couldn't claim it til I went over and busted it for him.

Yeah, placing down a regular block should be fine.  And you can actually remove the user protection from signs by entering /cremove (I think that's it anyway) and then left-clicking the sign.

Yeah that does the trick. Which is handy because I put some public chests down in my base as well for the sake of flavour. Not that they have anything in them at present.


Still need a couple blocks of gold for my fountain but after that I can throw whatever comes why to hunternclark if he wants it. Though, probably not until after christmas since I'll be at my parents and the computer there can't run minecraft worth a damn.

[Mongoose]

Word on the street is that Bukkit finally has an official recommended build out for 1.4.5.  I haven't experienced any real weirdness with the beta build we've been running myself, but I'd assume we'd want to upgrade to that.

And now for some pimpage: I'm sure a lot of people already at least tangentially aware of it, but I've recently signed up on the Minecraft Middle-Earth server.  Basically, these guys are re-creating the entirety of Middle-Earth on a single Minecraft map.  As in, all of it.  Every notable place and building you can think of, and probably a bunch you can't.  I'm working my way through Moria right now, and I've never seen anything pulled off on this scale or level of detail.  (Seriously I think the Fenris could fit comfortably in this one cave.)  If you're even a bit of a Tolkien fan, you need to check it out.