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Notch's Ark [Space Based RPG]

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Notch's Ark [Space Based RPG]
Status Offline Pinged: 12/19/23
Location
United States
Game VersionMinecraft Java
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RID1317150

About Notch's Ark


Notch's Ark is an innovative server who looked at the way people play minecraft and decided to throw away the rule book altogether. It was established back in 2012 and has undergone a number of evolutionary changes during that time.

However, in January 2014. Notch's Ark hit a major setback when a lightning strike corrupted the hard drives on which the server and it's backups were stored on. All changes made in the course of 2013 were lost. 

This could have been the end of the road for other servers, but Notch's Ark isn't like other servers. A core group of players perservered, and over the course of the last few months, it has undergone a top to bottom overhaul. 
Notch's Ark 2.0 is now out, you can find more about us below:


</\> Admin Team </\>  || Click to Show
Notch's Ark has a dedicated team of Admins who are known as the "Admiral Team". This multicultural team consists of people from around the world (spanning Europe, North America & Australia) who all share the notion that they are simply players with responsibility and should treat everyone how they would like to be treated (with respect and friendliness).

Heading up that team are the two owners (Funcamdog & Redeye3323), a unique duo who use their expertise to make the server run efficiently whilst maintaining the fun and friendly atmosphere that both the server and its community strive for. To assist them, there are three senior staff members who have roles and responsibilities similar to a co-owner. They go by the alias of Imdare, JoeyMarsala & Bondpat. These five individuals have worked together for many years across many projects. 

There are also a fair number of other staff who take on the roles similar to Admins, Moderators and Trusted Builders that you'd find on other servers. These individuals have earned their ranks through trust, unlike on some other servers. 

Lore


In Minecraft, you nearly always wake up inside a world and proceed to do a variety of different game play in that world. It could be creating new builds, exploring new caves, getting out of a prison, fighting or even just surviving. But what would you do if that world was destroyed? Could you find the power within yourself to survive out in space, where you're walking space is limited and you have to rely on others to achieve your goal of simply surviving and flourishing?

</\> Prologue: The Ark </\> || Click to Show
Earth, having gone through many years of prosperity and peace, was hit by the Sun prematurely going supernova under very suspicious circumstances. Years prior to this event, humanity had grown into a space-faring race with a number of colonies, and a fleet of starships that hungered for power that only the hydrogen-rich Sun could offer. The Sun was predicted by humanity’s greatest minds to last another five-billion years mere decades prior to the invention of the FTL (faster than light) drive. Many claim, however, that humanity’s greed for power and its impatience in “milking” the Sun of its seemingly limitless supply of hydrogen may have led to its premature supernova, but in any case we will never truly know the cause. Many of these starships were lost in the blast and only two were deemed outside of the reach of the supernova. All was not lost on that apocalyptic day however, as a number of ships managed to escape the blast to form a flotilla encapsulating the only known starbase that the MSF had stationed outside of the blast radius. This station was then renamed “Notch’s Ark” after the creator of the FTL drive, Markus "Notch" Persson.

This starbase would serve a great purpose: to grant a mighty pardon on the doomed human race in this desperate time. “The Ark”, as it had come to be called by its inhabitants, would live on for an entire century despite its expected lifespan of 50 years, continuing to nurture the human race in its time of need, but as the station’s power supplies started to fail, it could no longer sustain human life in the vast numbers which it had previously. Shuttles and starships were evacuated in a massive fleet in the hopes of finding a suitable planet to call home, for their vessels would not last longer than a few decades in deep space on their own. And so the derelict station would forever drift in space, its empty shell a decaying husk of its former glory. The fate of these brave adventurers in their search for a new life after the death of The Ark would remain a mystery for any remaining humans that may be floating out in the expansive frontier of space.
</\> Prologue: The Nemesis </\> || Click to Show
Unbeknownst to the crew of The Ark, there were more vessels that managed to escape the vengeful wrath of the Sun in that moment of Armageddon. While many were lost in space shortly after the event, there were two well documented starships capable of surviving completely isolated from each other and from The Ark. One of these ships was a cruiser, christened the MSS Nemesis, that began making waves across the universe with its ground-breaking scientific endeavours. Among these developments was something which great scientists had only theorized about in the time of Earth; this great discovery was the ability to literally grow new humans. Using the DNA of the ship’s original crew, scientists were able to clone generation upon generation of humans, using complex algorithms to randomize DNA structures so that no two men or women would look the same. It was also this vessel’s crew that colonized as many as twelve new worlds to contain this ever expanding generation of the human race. For the first time since the unity of Earth’s many nations into a single, peaceful, and prosperous society, there was a true golden age for mankind. Using minerals and resources from the worlds they discovered, the Nemesis’ engineers were able to transform their humble starship which was originally intended for long-range reconnaissance into a utopian city rivaling, and even surpassing, that of The Ark itself.

This great period of prosperity would not last forever though, for just as man had become accustomed to its “perfect” way of life on the Nemesis and its colonies, they encountered a race of beings so crafty and sinister that they would have no hope of overcoming such evil with their limited military strength. These beings were described by those who survived their ruthless attacks on man’s colonies as tall creatures who seemed to have no arms, only four stubby legs with which they sneakily raided man’s settlements. They possessed the unique power, a fail-safe, with which they could detonate themselves in a blast radius so large that escape was nearly impossible for those unfortunate colonists to encounter them. They became known as “the creepers” due to their cunning and swift nature in completely levelling humanity’s civilizations. Within a decade, man’s coalition of colonies would dwindle in number from twelve to four, and it would be less than a year until these fell as well. Ultimately, the Nemesis would once again be left all alone in unknown space with diminishing supplies and a population far larger than it was ever intended to support. With a rapidly dwindling population, the ship’s crew was forced to jettison the bodies of the deceased in masses of as many as two dozen at a time. When all food and fresh water supplies ran out, the ship’s captain was forced to order all crew, including himself, to enter into cryo-sleep so that their lives might be saved should their vessel be discovered in the future. Once every member of the Nemesis’ crew and its passengers were settled in their cryo-pods, the captain put the ship’s A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) in complete control of the vessel with a recorded message on looping playback transmitting into the depths of space, so that one day they might be found and their story told for future generations of mankind. Many decades would pass following the captain’s activation of his own cryo-pod until the Nemesis’ transmission was received by a passing vessel....
</\> Current Lore </\> || Click to Show
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Relevant Links


</\> Our Website: http://notchsark.com/
</\> Our Teamspeak IP : ts.notchsark.com
</\> Our YouTube Page:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT6QMizXzDTmkE2G5VLnnDQ/
</\> Our crappy subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/notchsark
</\> Our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NotchsArk


PMC Tags & Credits

Creditredeye3323, funcamdog, bondpat, imdare, joey
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Update #4 : by NotchsArk 01/01/2014 11:08:27 pmJan 1st, 2014

Added sub reddit to description: http://www.reddit.com/r/NotchsArk
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07/15/2019 11:31 pm
Level 1 : New Miner
GrimoireSKB
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it's been a long time since I last thought of this server, I played it probably ~9-10 years ago iirc, back when it had just sorta started. sad to see it go.
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04/16/2017 11:26 am
Level 14 : Journeyman Miner
TheSpaceMan15
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The server will never come back.
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04/18/2017 7:56 pm
Level 21 : Expert Engineer
Bagpiper513
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And that is such a shame! I still have great memories of our late minigame nights.
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01/08/2017 11:28 am
Level 6 : Apprentice Architect
tyamout4
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will this server ever come back? i used to play on it a lot with my brother, and i miss the fun we had.
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02/05/2017 8:32 am
Level 58 : Grandmaster Paladin
CommanderNeville
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I have a bad feeling that it's lost forever. I was considering making a new server inspired by it, however, I don't know how many people would join.
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02/05/2017 4:09 pm
Level 6 : Apprentice Architect
tyamout4
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well you can be sure i'll join if you do make a new server :D
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10/22/2016 5:42 pm
Level 29 : Expert Explorer
Wrangler
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Does this server have the movecraft plugin?
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10/09/2016 11:54 pm
Level 1 : New Miner
dkosh3
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It was an honor to be a member of such a fabulous community.

Time has passed, and as TheSpaceMan15 pointed out, it is a shame how time affects even the best of communities.

I remember when I joined roughly four years ago, and I do not regret the thousands of hours I had logged in total on Notch's Ark. I matured through this server; I experienced happiness beyond measure. And for that reason, to the individuals who remained loyal to this server: I have my up most respect for you, and hopefully I will run into you all again some day.

As former captain of the MSF Majora, I am taking off deep into space. Good bye Notch's Ark.

~ Dkosh3
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05/16/2015 5:33 pm
Level 14 : Journeyman Miner
TheSpaceMan15
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It was a beautiful server back in the old days. It's a shame how time affects even the best of communities.
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05/15/2015 5:02 pm
Level 58 : Grandmaster Paladin
CommanderNeville
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What happened to the server? Did it just die?
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