Just thanks

[Teircen]

I like the Overworld protected from griefing.
I like the Mining World / Wilderness for harvesting with resets to refresh resources.

Sure, we get our fair share of idiots who are too rushed to bother with the tutorial/quiz and those tend to get weeded out pretty fast. I've made some friends here and I'm having fun.

Sure, we get a few hiccups along the way. There's custom code that takes time to update, lots of little things to revise with a still somewhat "new" server build, and things are definitely being improved.

It's the nature of the beast that the squeaky wheel is what gets noticed. Posts about the problems and the things that need fixing. Opinions on how to fix the server. So I just wanted to chime in with a kudos for the admins.

I thought the admins deserved to hear that. So... just thanks.
I'm having fun here.

 

[mountainboy965]

Indeed. Many thanks. This is the best server I've played on.

 

[Cheese7710]

My only problem is the size of the overworld.

 

[Nova_14]

My only problem is the size of the overworld.

That's going to be fixed soon; 1.3's almost out.

I also agree with Teircen. We have been bitching and complaining about simple things, and we don't realize how much they've done. They were able to stop an attack by hackers, and took the time to create a new world (now worlds), and they did it while on a road trip. I think we should thank them.

 

[Cheese7710]

That's going to be fixed soon; 1.3's almost out.

I also agree with Teircen. We have been bitching and complaining about simple things, and we don't realize how much they've done. They were able to stop an attack by hackers, and took the time to create a new world (now worlds), and they did it while on a road trip. I think we should thank them.

I'm not too angry about anything. I'm actually very liking the new world.

So, is the Overworld going to wipe all city's that are there at the moment when 1.3 comes out?

 

[Nova_14]

I'm not too angry about anything. I'm actually very liking the new world.

So, is the Overworld going to wipe all city's that are there at the moment when 1.3 comes out?

Nope. The map's going to expand.

 

[Squirley_Guy]

Guys, I'm going to be quite honest. I'm kind of getting sick of taking trips to the mining world to get resources. Yes I know I could mine under the city, but it's really not that big. Not much to find. Maybe when the map is expanded, have the current area that is not claimed stay the same, but the rest of the map free. Most people who want to fuck up the landscape won't venture that far. It just gets annoying. Having the wilderness inaccessible was good in theory, but it just gets annoying at times.

 

[kingjok3r]

Guys, I'm going to be quite honest. I'm kind of getting sick of taking trips to the mining world to get resources. Yes I know I could mine under the city, but it's really not that big. Not much to find. Maybe when the map is expanded, have the current area that is not claimed stay the same, but the rest of the map free. Most people who want to fuck up the landscape won't venture that far. It just gets annoying. Having the wilderness inaccessible was good in theory, but it just gets annoying at times.

what about more portals?

 

[JerzeyLegend]

Guys, I'm going to be quite honest. I'm kind of getting sick of taking trips to the mining world to get resources. Yes I know I could mine under the city, but it's really not that big. Not much to find. Maybe when the map is expanded, have the current area that is not claimed stay the same, but the rest of the map free. Most people who want to fuck up the landscape won't venture that far. It just gets annoying. Having the wilderness inaccessible was good in theory, but it just gets annoying at times.

Not happening. Grief, ugliness, etc.

 

[mountainboy965]

Guys, I'm going to be quite honest. I'm kind of getting sick of taking trips to the mining world to get resources. Yes I know I could mine under the city, but it's really not that big. Not much to find. Maybe when the map is expanded, have the current area that is not claimed stay the same, but the rest of the map free. Most people who want to fuck up the landscape won't venture that far. It just gets annoying. Having the wilderness inaccessible was good in theory, but it just gets annoying at times.

I actually like this idea.... A lot!

 

[Nova_14]

Guys, I'm going to be quite honest. I'm kind of getting sick of taking trips to the mining world to get resources. Yes I know I could mine under the city, but it's really not that big. Not much to find. Maybe when the map is expanded, have the current area that is not claimed stay the same, but the rest of the map free. Most people who want to fuck up the landscape won't venture that far. It just gets annoying. Having the wilderness inaccessible was good in theory, but it just gets annoying at times.

It might be convenient, but what about the towns that are going to be founded farther away?

 

[Rage334]

What about portals from the town to the spawn and only big towns or more portals as kingjok3r said.

 

[Nova_14]

Just add an equivalent of the GPS. Problem solved.

 

[Squirley_Guy]

How about somehow making portals that only members of the town can go through? Also, Nova, are you talking about the surrounding areas of towns founded further away?

 

[oozinator]

what about more portals?

What about portals from the town to the spawn and only big towns or more portals as kingjok3r said.

Just add an equivalent of the GPS. Problem solved.

Wooty: Okay, implementing GPS
WorldHub members: (rage face)
Wooty: (troll face) U MAD?

How about somehow making portals that only members of the town can go through? Also, Nova, are you talking about the surrounding areas of towns founded further away?

So much coding.

 

[Io_Reign]

Wooty: Okay, implementing GPS
WorldHub members: (rage face)
Wooty: (troll face) U MAD?



So much coding.

I can't think of the name of the plugin that does it, but there's one that lets you set up signs, and only those who have "activated" the sign can use that warp. Should be simple enough to set up a sign in restricted areas of each town, so only members, and people they trust can "activate" it.

 

[RemOfShadows]

I must disagree with everyone praising the server as it is right now, or as it has been for some time now. Having so many restrictions, modifications and ad-on's it lets you enjoy only a tiny part of the wonderful experience that is minecraft, i believe that we should be able to enjoy ever aspect of minecraft besides just building in a world that's restricted by the boundaries of your town.

I know that that is done to reduce grief to the world and such, but ffs, what's the point to a griefless world nobody can enjoy other than just looking at it.

My second point, PVP, why couldn't we enjoy that, it's one of the 3 parts that makes minecraft (roughly) ok full PVP is forbidden due to it bringing major unhappiness to the players and some other whiny shit like that, then why not make a pvp world or arena (this has been suggested before) as far as i've seen it's cause of woot being too lazy(LOL) or should i say busy to deal with the actual problems of the survival community other than fxing and improving the server, this bring me to my third point.

Moderation - i do believe this is most certainly needed for the survival server, as people are in constant need of help from the higher ops and sadly the few people that have the power cannot always be there for them, again as far as i've seen the only reasoning for this has been the entrusted players then not being able to enjoy the survival experience, on which i must call bull poo poo, i think the classic mod team have by far proved that the members here can be trusted enough to be given this responsibility to not use it for their own good, and in the same time them being able to enjoy the game (since nobody's ever pressured to become a rank) some might bring up the recent rant's by chiba to prove the fact that ranks cant enjoy the game as much, in which i need to reply with this, survival simply doesn't have as much people on to be such a hassle for the mods. And let's face it we all know that woot needs help with moderating the server, not to say he's doing a bad job, but that would sure free up some time for his "stuff", or even play the game for once in a while (like for realsies)

Anyways big props to the man for doing what he's doing, we wouldn't be here without him, but please, for god's sake woot, if you see this, keep some of this opinion/rant in mind while you're building the server again, I "think" that a lot of players here agree with me on most of this stuff, and are just a bit too shy to argue with "the wootypants" but then again, i've always had a thing for disagreeing with you on stuff ^.^


TL;DR: i disagree with the server setup being good right now, i think we should have much more freedom and there's much to be changed for everyone to enjoy it fully.

Also no your stupid argument for me to go play somewhere else if fucking stupid cause i obviously wont... you know who you are >.>

P.S. Sorry that this turned into a huge fucking rant (for my standarts), but this whole thing has been on my mind for a while... I do agree with Teircen on one thing, thank you woot for keeping this squeaky wheel turning

 

[RemOfShadows]

holy wall of text
also double post teehee!

 

[Nova_14]

why not make a pvp world or arena

I've heard that WH is making a PvP arena. Not entirely sure...it would be better to ask Gurw about that. XD

 

[Teircen]

I wouldn't call it a rant. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion and yours is just as valid.

Personally, I prefer the Overworld the way it is now. You can build, you can share, it's entirely grief-proof (unless you invite someone in and give them that opportunity). I don't see that as inhibiting at all. I'm not here looking for the opportunity to grief others. There's plenty of chance for that in the Mining World and even then I'm not looking for it. I'm also not a big PVP fan. I know a good number of friends who are and it's a valid game-style choice. Personally, just not my choice.

I do agree we need some additional moderation. Whether it be that the admin's have more time or assign some mod powers to anyone they trust it would help.

Mostly though the point was just that I know running a free server the admin's will get a lot of grief and very little complimenting. I do plenty of admin work for my job, hobbies, and side roles. I've done help desk for IT. I've worked in the mental health field. I've been a school teacher. I know how thankless any role that provides a service to others is and it's the squeaky wheel that gets heard. I've also seen plenty of admin's get fed up and kill servers because all they ever hear is how "bad" their server is.

This T9K survival server isn't perfect. There is no "perfect". Everyone's ideal situation for "perfect" will be just that much different than everyone else's... sometimes there's a vast gulf between ideas. When it comes down to it though the T9K Survival server as it stands is good enough for my play style and I'm enjoying it and thankful for the work the admin's put in to sustain and improve it. I just wanted them to hear that.

Finally, I'm glad others have chimed in. It's good for them to hear the thanks as well as the reasoned concerns and preferences we all have. So thanks to all the people who have agreed and to RemOfShadows and anyone else who have expressed differences of opinion as well. If we all agreed 100% on everything in life, life would be pretty boring. A little difference and some variety keep it interesting.