[watsisname]

Yup.  Takes a lot of Ender Eyes to find the stronghold (let alone activate the portal), as sometimes when you toss them they will shatter instead of falling to the ground to be picked up again.  Though you can really save on pearls if you throw one from a few widely separated locations, draw a line on the map for the direction the pearls want to go, and extend them to where they cross. 
Then X marks the spot!

edit:  I wish there was a similar way to find Nether Strongholds, of course without the prerequisite of BLAZE POWDER which you have to get from those strongholds in the first place. D:  But then again Nether Stronghold are usually much easier to see (not being totally buried and all that).  Anyway, blah.

[FireSpawn]

Just found out that the yogbox mod pack enjoys raping the hell out of my CPUs. 
Still ruddy good fun though!   

 
Oh. My. GOD!

My posting style is becoming reminiscent of a sober Dekker!

NOOOOOOOOOOooooooo!   

On a side note, I just downloaded a mod and am going to be playing with DINOS! WooYay! 

[Pred the Penguin]

Yup.  Takes a lot of Ender Eyes to find the stronghold (let alone activate the portal), as sometimes when you toss them they will shatter instead of falling to the ground to be picked up again.  Though you can really save on pearls if you throw one from a few widely separated locations, draw a line on the map for the direction the pearls want to go, and extend them to where they cross. 
Then X marks the spot!

edit:  I wish there was a similar way to find Nether Strongholds, of course without the prerequisite of BLAZE POWDER which you have to get from those strongholds in the first place. D:  But then again Nether Stronghold are usually much easier to see (not being totally buried and all that).  Anyway, blah.

Problem is, Ender Eyes don't always point toward the same stronghold.

[watsisname]

Wait, wat?  All this time I thought there was just one stronghold per dimension. :O

* watsisname just notices that deathfun points out otherwise just a few posts earlier.

Damnit, how'd I miss that?

[deathfun]

It should actually be unlimited, but Notch hasn't added that little value into the coding yet

Also learned today easy experience hunting. Get yourself into the bottom of a grinder and be the thing that mobs land on top of. You are registered as the killer and get the orbs!
Just need to find a way inside Pec's servers grinder without causing undo destruction...

[pecenipicek]

It should actually be unlimited, but Notch hasn't added that little value into the coding yet

Also learned today easy experience hunting. Get yourself into the bottom of a grinder and be the thing that mobs land on top of. You are registered as the killer and get the orbs!
Just need to find a way inside Pec's servers grinder without causing undo destruction...

I need to make a shut-off switch for the grindah.

one way is to bring redstone from a lever to the sign part of a clocksign.


having a safe way to enter the grinder? hrrrrm.... dunno. i might figure out something.

[Pred the Penguin]

You could also use lava as a light source. Activate/deactivate with pistons.

[pecenipicek]

You could also use lava as a light source. Activate/deactivate with pistons.

the light isnt the problem. the mob crusher at the bottom of the damn thing is

[-Sara-]

Easiest shut-off is pistons blocking the path of where mobs otherwise spawn, unless it spawns with redstone-signs.

[deathfun]

You could also use lava as a light source. Activate/deactivate with pistons.

the light isnt the problem. the mob crusher at the bottom of the damn thing is

Wasn't there a drop kill grinder on the server? Or were they all crusher types

[pecenipicek]

You could also use lava as a light source. Activate/deactivate with pistons.

the light isnt the problem. the mob crusher at the bottom of the damn thing is

Wasn't there a drop kill grinder on the server? Or were they all crusher types

drop-kill was due to the lack of the clocksign plugin. after that was fixed, the crusher was reinstated. i'll figure something out.


Sara, the point is not to stop the mobs from coming down, the point is to have a safe-ish way for people to farm exp orbs.

[deathfun]

drop-kill was due to the lack of the clocksign plugin. after that was fixed, the crusher was reinstated. i'll figure something out.

Ah, gotcha.
I'm currently trying to envision a fashion where they will always fall on you, but that essentially has you in a one block area, and the mobs having to fall down that one block area
Alternatively, all the mobs fall just short of death, allowing a one strike kill with a sword


On a different note
Multicolour sheep!

[Grimper]

Ok I think the server lag just got to a whole new level, I'm seeing double.



Though I must say, he is one devilishly handsome fellow.

[Mongoose]

Well that's...something.

[qazwsx]

New Server IP, check opening post. 
should be less laggy 

[JCDNWarrior]

Alright, so that means the server move is complete, Qaz? Looking forward to test when I get back home.

[CommanderDJ]

I am able to log in to the server for the first time in months! Hooray!

[FireSpawn]

When midnight comes, I shall appear. With memes and one-liners as my weapons, you shall all know fear!

(Check me waxing lyrical like some hipity-hopity star. Word home boiz!) 

[rhx123]

Alright, so that means the server move is complete, Qaz? Looking forward to test when I get back home.

Not qaz, but yes it does, and to me at least it is a lot faster. It also means the rail network can run faster too, before the max speed was 1.6, but now in some places it is 3

[JCDNWarrior]

I noticed dynmap loaded a lot faster too, so that's good. The faster rail speed sounds incredible though, 1.6 was already quite fast. Glad you guys managed to get it set up and working well.