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Minecraft/Discussion What types of skins do you want to see more of?
Mannke
• 11/01/2016 9:04 pm
• Level 1 : New Miner

Speaking for myself - I want neat Xianxia/Wuxia or generally more eastern themed characters as a whole. Especially when it comes to Taoism or Buddhism. I've seen plenty of medieval themed skins, but somehow I was never satisfied with the choices regarding named area.

Eastern culture is a little bit more than simply Ninjas (Naruto...).
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Help/JavaEdition Camp Half Blood or Other Roleplaying Server Ideas
Mannke
• 10/16/2016 11:34 am
• Level 1 : New Miner

Pretty much sums it up.
Alot of ppl are not able (feel uncomfortable) with roleplaying, thus your playerbase will already be smaller from the start. Another thing to keep in mind is, that roleplaying is usually quite different from RPGs. Although similar the RPG is usually more rewarding as you feel yourself strengthening through level ups, stats or legendary equipment. Not to mention slaying bosses for even better loot or fame.
While Roleplay on the other hand, is rather plain. You are (usually) a very average character trying his best, to fullfill his desires. There is simply no shortcut such as leveling up. You get stronger very, very slowly (or finding an artifact, but usually such "powergaming" things are a rare occurence and shouldn't be used) and the real action is the interaction between players.

So yeah. RP really is a niche. There are already some established groups and servers and to hold your own in such a small playerbase is rather hard.
Older folks will stay away, if your idea of RP is more or less RPG aimed at younger folks and vice versa.

All in all, I doubt one will ever find a good and actively running RP server. And creating one, is probably the hardest thing, one can try in Minecraft.
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Minecraft/Discussion Good mouse for pvp
Mannke
• 10/13/2016 10:03 am
• Level 1 : New Miner

It really really depends on the individual.
For starters I always recommend a "Sharkoon Fireglider". It has a decent price, is fairly easy to use and fits most of the average gamer's needs. You can change DPI, use some Macros on the mouse and can tweak it a little through weights.

Speaking for myself, I detest alot of those "Gaming mouses" as they are usually filled to the brim with additional keys or features, that I will hardly ever use.
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Minecraft/Servers Survey: What makes you stick to a server
Mannke
• 01/15/2016 2:37 pm
• Level 1 : New Miner

Players. They make 80% of the server for me.
If they are chatspamming and behaving like 10yr old kids, they can see my backlights from a distance.

And the 20% are the administration. They have to be nice, be at least semi-professionell (e.g. Know what they're doing) and actually listen to user suggestions, if they are formulated adequate.
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Minecraft/Servers Have you ever reported a server ?
Mannke
• 11/26/2015 4:01 am
• Level 1 : New Miner

Ivain

I'm sure there's dozens of smaller servers out there that still break the EULA. But its not really an option to actively hunt down all of them.


Iam definetly not advertising to go full rampage and visit dozens of servers each day, just to check if they violate the EULA or not.

Just saying, that if you stumble upon a relatively small server, that violates the Eula, you should still report them.
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Minecraft/Servers Have you ever reported a server ?
Mannke
• 11/20/2015 11:16 pm
• Level 1 : New Miner

That is probably one of my biggest concerns aswell. Maybe they are just like "Meh 50 players on average aren't worth the effort"


AzieHonestly, I've never actually gone and checked if a server I've reported was either changed or offline after I reported it to Mojang since most of them were so terrible that I didn't care to check on them.

I've reported quite a few though. I don't really see the value to trying to reason with server owners who are breaking the EULA. As a player, I have no authority to change what they're doing and trying to tell someone how to run their server usually doesn't end well, so I'd rather let Mojang handle it.


The thing is, that this server isn't essentially bad. Alot of its players come from streamers, but it isn't nearly as big as huge minigame networks as example.
Just selling a soft currency for hard currency, is pay2win and 100% against the EULA.

Anyways. Why wouldn't I talk to a server owner ? I always try to settle problems with the person, who is in charge first instead of messing up his/her business, through contacting another instance (i.g. police)

As example: A teen ddos my server. I could now go to the police and get him punished, but why should I, if I can try to talk to him (his parents) first ? He will suffer alot more from the police and eventually ruin his future, just because of some tiny mistake he did in a stupid teen rage/mood.
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PMC/Workshop Taking all skin requests!
Mannke
• 11/18/2015 6:03 pm
• Level 1 : New Miner

Okay Iam requesting one aswell.

Name: Linley Baruch
From: Coiling Dragon (a webnovel)
Links: As there are no real images from him, alot is up to ones imagination. I can give you a fanart tho, which captures him quite nicely.http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_large/13/134077/4861803-pan_long.jpg

But lemme express a little. He is confirmed to have rather long, brown hair. Wields a a semi transculent sword named Mirage (later parts of the novel), which is told to turn blackish, when filled with energy.
He furtheremore has 4 divine clones, besides his main body (water,Fire,Wind,Earth). don't worry for those, as they could be simple color changes from his original body.
As special attritube it is said, that he can "Dragon Form", having an inky green set of scales (wouldn't mind them being sort of armorish) with sharp spikes on his back/elbows/forehead.

In his regular form, it is told he wears some sort of robe. Its often called "azure" or plain white. Something along this design: http://g01.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1cXBmIXXXXXXhXpXXq6xXFXXXQ/Custom-Unisex-Wudang-Taoist-Long-Robes-Tai-chi-Uniforms-Shaolin-Monk-Suit-Wing-Chun-Martial-arts.jpg

So what to I want exactly ? Probably hard to describe. It would be very nice to get the "traditional skin" and the "dragon formed" skin.
I know its quite hard to fulfill, but give it a shot. I appreaciate it.

PS: Alex Arms, to go along with sleeves.
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Minecraft/Discussion Free server
Mannke
• 11/18/2015 5:46 pm
• Level 1 : New Miner

Its not even that expensive in terms of hardware.
What really costs is the internet connection and the electricity bill. It can work, if you charge others for accessing it, but everything besides that is a pure waste of money.
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Minecraft/Discussion Glass Slabs
Mannke
• 11/17/2015 7:45 pm
• Level 1 : New Miner

I indeed want them.
Also some sort of quarter slab, so I can just add some fancy tiles here and there.
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Minecraft/Servers Server staff ranks.
Mannke
• 11/15/2015 5:03 pm
• Level 1 : New Miner

I like simple Ranks.

Player - Basically everyone
Veteran - Players, who are playing since a long time or did render some meritous deeds. They can also be given access to something unique
VIP/Premium - if neccessary. They are like players, but mainly with more cosmetic stuff. They however shouldn't get what the Veterans do, as literally every player can donate 5 bucks, which may help the server, but feels kinda unfair for regular veterans.
Mods - Above the player. Answering questions and managing simple bans. Should get access to necessities like LogBlock and ofc /ban.
Admins - Highest rank. Impossible to achieve without a great application and long time activitiy.

Ranks I befind useless/garbage:
- Owner. Okay cool the server is yours. We get it. Most Admins are Owners anyways, making it just seem like wanting to be a special snowflake in a blizzard.
- Head-whatsoever. You simply don't need it.
- Co-whatsoever. Mostly regarded as some1 beneath some1 else, although it should mean equal.
- Supporter. Same job as moderator, as they both need essentially the same perms. Well maybe not /ban but at least /kick and /tempban.
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Minecraft/Discussion Survey for Minecraft Players
Mannke
• 11/14/2015 11:13 pm
• Level 1 : New Miner

Sounds like a project to me.

Basically 2 approaches come to my mind while doing the survey.

1. A Website related project. Ppl can buy/sell their buildings in form of shematics while the middleman gets some money (i.g. website duh)

2. A Server, where ppl. can build stuff. Wrap it up as shematic. Sell it on an ingame(online) market place for ingame money.

Basically like this:
Player B is a poor builder, who can build damn fine cobblestone bunkers. He is a survival expert tho.
Player A is a genius builder, but never found survival quite appealing. So he needs money to get the goods, he wants.
Player B sees Player's A awesome house and offers money for it.
Player A wraps it up as a shematic and gives it to Player B, while receiving the money/items.
Player B can now spawn his/her new house.

Well, it might be a little rough around the edges and definetly needs further work, but its probably the main idea behind it.
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Minecraft/Discussion What would you do?
Mannke
• 11/14/2015 11:00 pm
• Level 1 : New Miner

Iam a perfectionist. If I got something on my mind I'll make it work.
Heck, I even once wrote an entire notebook (the good ol paper ones) full of ideas, concepts, possible conflicts and balancing, for a mmo private server.

It failed in the end, because Iam simply not a great teamplayer. If I do stuff, I want to do it MY way. In addition im rather shy, so if 3 ppl dislike my idea I won't voice up.

Anyways. I highly recommend to perfect a project before going on, if you don't want to have doubts about the "what ifs".

You can also simply move on and start something new. The experience will only accumulate and help you out in the future.
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Communities/Video Survival Twists for a Let's Play?
Mannke
• 11/03/2015 3:56 pm
• Level 1 : New Miner

Go with Hardcore Mode. Generate a custom terrain, with no Diamonds. Just Iron/Gold.
Thats pretty much it. You could spice it up, with a "vampire" rule, that only includes moving in nights.

Besides that, you could also play the mod "Terrafirmacraft". This is pretty survival orientated aswell.
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Minecraft/Discussion [POLL] ONE IP to help smaller servers?!
Mannke
• 10/28/2015 8:17 am
• Level 1 : New Miner

Bertiecrafter

BTW, would it be better to get a change every day (idk if I have time to do that every day, but I will try to change it every day) OR once a week?

You will be able to see more servers in a short time, if I change it every day...
BUT more players will be able to visit the server, if I change it once a week...


Go with once a day.
I expect many little server owners being interested in the project, so you can actually process the immense amount of servers smoothly.
Furthermore it is indeed very easy to determine if I like a server or not. It starts with a quick glance at the spawn, goes on with the rules and last but not least the behaviour shown in chat.
All in all I think that 30mins is enough to check, if a server is to my liking or not.
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Minecraft/Discussion Reasons for survival servers dying and how to overcome this?
Mannke
• 10/27/2015 6:13 pm
• Level 1 : New Miner

If you still want a honest answer towards the main topic of minigames growing and survival dying:

- Simplicity.
Its fukin easy to join a Lobby, click on the sign and boom you get thrown into game, where you kill ppl. Heck, even a trained parrot could do that. Especially since the PvP is just spamming this or that.

- Competition
Well, back in my days we had pokecards and whoever got that shiny charizard was the big boss. Now, you have minigames (or other games with a Ranking system) and can compare to others. Worldwide.
This a huge motivation + the thrilling element of surviving against others does the rest.

- Idolization
Your favorite Youtuber/Streamer plays it. So ofc you also want to play it (with him), cause he is cool and stuff. Minigames wouldn't be as popular if people wouldn't promote them constantly


And now lets look, what most survival server needs you to do:

1. Read them rules.
Ofc we got the netiquette, which is often mentioned but some server simply go further and set up a huge bunch of rules, so that they can monitor the server better.
This can be alot of info and most players don't read it anyways, if they are not forced to.
2. Getting familar with commands & locals.
A Survival server will at some point, force you to contact other users in order to ask/learn/trade. Furthermore the commands can be quite alot and ppl will start to feel overwhelmed by it.
3. Gathering resources
You need them. Badly. Some players like it alot to farm and build, but alot of players also find it a chore, if they dig in dirt for a hour and "just" earn a few diamonds.

In fact, we also got a generation gap. The older ones, are moving onwards or trying huge modpacks, while the young generation simply enjoys PvP. This might change within time, like in 2-3 yrs they all want to play some survial/freebuild in order to get creative.
And ofc the fact, that literally every 12yr old can buy a server is definetly a reason aswell. Back in the older days, ppl would actually run some crappy server software from their own PC/root and were really into it.
But the market reacted and delivered us glorious prepaid gameserver. 10 bucks and you get a decent server for a month, where you can manage around 6-10 players and couple of plugins. And it often comes with a handy webinterface and point & click plugin installation.

So how, can you ensure a stable playerbase ?
Use Twitch. I can only recommend it. Get some streamer, with around 10-20 regular viewers to play ur server and let other people join through him. People love playing together with some1, whos a little fame and appear in his/her stream.
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Minecraft/Discussion Vanilla vs. Semi Vanilla
Mannke
• 10/27/2015 2:45 pm
• Level 1 : New Miner

I run a semi-vanilla concept, although I consider mine already loaded with additional plugins.

The thing is the following:
Even if the server is in whitelist mode, you have to monitor it, unless you really know the people. I find myself rollbacking alot of stuff each week, just because some1 found another hole in a players protection (Griefprevention) or simply goes by destroying public buildings (like streets, which I consider a pain to protect each time when I extent them)
Don't trust the vast majority. I even banned players, who were active each day and just happened to somehow turn into a griefer, cause some1 else "started"

So should you give people /sethome ?
No you shouldn't if you are aiming for a vanilla server. Don't go with even the slightest extension, as this does turn vanilla into something different.

What do you need for a semi-vanilla server ?

1. Protection.
-Griefprevention is usually just fine for it.
-You could also get a plugin, that repairs creeper damage after time.
-Spigot has inbuild Anti-Xray, so no need for it.
-a logging Plugin (I prefer LogBlock, but CoreProtect is fine too)
-Anti Cheat Plugins are usually not recommendable , due to occuring bugs, when the server TPS is a little struggling.
2. Many players will expect a /sethome command. Its okay to give them that, but give it a cooldown, as to not make walking obsolete. Definetly don't give them /back or /tpa, as those are too beneficial imo.

Thats it.
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Minecraft/Discussion Server Rant
Mannke
• 10/27/2015 10:01 am
• Level 1 : New Miner

Great discussion so far.

@The guy, who suggested McMMO:
I know this plugin, even when it wasn't popular or to be paid. The general idea behind it is okay, but it doesn't make minecraft more enjoyable (for me at least).
9/10 times I'd rather create my own skills/levels + requirements, then using it.

Don't get me wrong tho. It is a neat plugin, which definetly can provide some extra fun, but people should realize it isn't as simple as to run McMMO and entitle themselves as "RPG Server"

Anyways. I'd like to state my opinion on some points:
- The community makes the server.
This is like 90% true. A server is the more enjoyable, the better the community is. However the staff plays a role aswell. I personally hate it, if people teleport to me, watch over me and always go like "You need help ???" Even if I tell them I don't and ask them to leave, they usually won't

- I ban players, who don't read the rules/Guidebook
Agreeing 100% here. Its utterly pointless to play on the server and ignore all rules. I personally prefer a whitelist, with additional forum and actually force the players to applicate/read the rules.
I know that this can also be done ingame, with a Quiz or some similar verification process, but I highly dislike those trials, as I find them time-consuming.
I'd rather have to solve an IQ-Test, cause alot of players seem unable to even understand the most basic plugins.

- A server can't be perfect for everyone
True. All these multi-server-networks are holding alot of players, because of their variety, although they don't excel in any of them. (Not refering to Minigame Server here, but to City-/Survival-/Freebuild-/Economy Server constructs)
However, I find it very important to listen to what players want.

- People always ask for power
Once more agreeing here. I usually get like 5 ppl a week, who want to "help out", but when I tell them to apply with a written text, most of them send me 3-4lines, thus making me decline politely.
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Minecraft/Discussion Opinions on modern day minecraft servers
Mannke
• 10/26/2015 12:57 pm
• Level 1 : New Miner

You cannot return to simpler times. I remember when I first joined a small server with barely 3 players, started to build my underwater cave and later on, helping out the carve out the central plaza, the streets and so on.
Even later, with 20 players online, we all created/explored without any disturbances or accidents.

Well and nowadays we got the kids. Nothing wrong with kids playing minecraft, but they should refrain from most multiplayer servers. Really.

Iam a serverowner myself and I manage them on a regular basis. They learn slow, have difficulties in articulating themselves and often quarrel under each other. Its a pain.

As for the fact that servers resemble each other nowadays is simple. People see something amazing and want to rebuild/recreate it. Dunno how to describe it in detail, but its probably some sort of idolization.


Prototype_X9Well, I'm currently working as a mod/admin on a better pixelmon server with a bunch of cool guys. Progress is going good so far, although they are a bit behind on the deadline. It's got amazing land structure (great seed) and awesome building structures.
http://pixelmongenesis.enjin.com/home

What would you guys think of this "modern" server?


1. You use Enjin. I personally consider it semi professionell, but its probably fine for smaller projects. If you plan a bigger project, I highly recommend to hire a webdeveloper.
2. Voting for Rewards. Sorry, but I never understood, why I would need to force my players to vote for a server. Don't try to deny it, as by not doing so, I would miss out on boni that are beneficial ingame.
3. Before setting up your "Donate Shop", I highly suggest to re-read the EULA of Minecraft once more. Just in order to avoid any conflicts with it.

Personally its not the kind of server I'd play, but Good luck with it.
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