PageDown Gaming

[size=2em]Why We Are Different: Minecraft Style[/size]

There are thousands of SMP servers out there, so you're probably asking yourself: "Why PageDown?" Damn good question. Well, the administrators of our Minecraft server have done this before. We've made mistakes in the past, and we've learned from them. Those experiences allow us to know how to do things right. We want to not only engage the players that join our server, but keep them engaged. Our server is a unique meld of previous failures and successes, and the resulting server is astonishing.For the first time in months, I can honestly say I'm excited to play Minecraft again.

How'd we do that?

Achievement Driven Promotion

Achievement Driven Promotion, or ADP, is the idea that players should be rewarded for doing things...well...Minecraft-ly. Whether its breaking your millionth block, running a high traffic chest shop, dominating our PvP area, or making a build that makes noobs cry in shame, we want to give credit where credit is due. We're shying away from rewarding players for being popular. Minecraft should be pure: its about building a house, getting blown to shit by a wandering creeper, and then doing it all over again. We'll track your successes (and failures!) in Minecraft, and in turn reward you for them.

Automated Griefer Protection

Automated Griefer Protection, or AGP, that's right, another acronym, is our solution to Minecraft's tragic flaw: griefers. Other SMP servers usually approach griefing in a very passive manner, reacting after the fact to fix the damage. We've implemented WatchBlock to protect each and every block you place. This will keep jackasses from knocking your windows out at four in the morning when mods are asleep and you're posting ponies. However, WB is a double-edged sword. It protects against griefs, but for each block protected, more server resources are eaten up to run it. To combat this, we'll be refreshing our WB database every two months, giving players the option to region protect their builds so they'll still have protection. Of course, griefing isn't the only way to be an nuisance in Minecraft. We'll be running an anti-spam plugin to prevent flooding chat, as well as anti-cheating and anti-xraying plugins to prevent players from gaining an unfair advantage. We also have a well trained and highly competent staff team in place to moderate those situations that can't be handled by plugins.

Our Staff

At PageDown Minecraft, our staff are, well, amazing. We've all done this before, and this time we want to get it perfect. Some of us are absolutely amazing builders. Others are software engineers, Linux gurus, experienced administrators and managers, advertising masters, well-versed businessmen, but we all share one common thread: we're all engaged members of the community. Staff at PageDown is not a rank. It is neither applied for nor can it be sought out. The only requirement for being staff is being able to do the job, and do it right. Staff's job is to keep the community, as a whole, happy. We're moderators, friends, leaders, and helpers, and we're here to provide everything you need to play happily. Survival Minecraft is a difficult game to staff, simply due to the turnover. Moderators come, moderators get stressed, moderators go. Here, many duties are simply automated, so staff can engage players more and work less.

Bonus: The Gaming Community Model

PageDown is built to last. Let's face it, Minecraft is awesome, but it'll eventually get old. We all play a wide spectrum of games, whether it be League of Legends, Runescape, Team Fortress 2, or Diablo. The community model allows us to host multiple servers in multiple games, any of which a PageDown member can join and immediately feel welcome and at home. You play a game and we don't host it? Talk to any of our Staff members, show us there's a demand, and we'll run it. As long as we have players, we'll have servers. Think our servers are missing something? Let us know, and we'll see what we can do to fix it.

There are a million ways we are different and, in turn, better, but these are the key points that demonstrate PageDown's ideology.

PageDown Minecraft is built for the builders, the PvPers, and for the miners in all of us. Its built for a true SMP Minecrafter.

Additional Notes

Achievement Driven Promotion the idea that players should be rewarded for doing Minecraft-ly things. Automated Griefer Protection = WatchBlock+ and Regioning. Our Staff is experienced and engaged.