Awson said
I understand what you guys are saying, but I still think that fighting to keep the game as close to vanilla as possible was a worthwhile cause. If it's just me though, I lose.And because of my tastes, I won't enjoy playing it with starting resources and without competitiveness. It would be cool if I could ignore the competitive bit, but then it just wouldn't be minecraft for me. If I'm playing minecraft I wanna play minecraft. There are other ways to dick around with friends for the sake of it.

But you already said too much competitiveness discouraged you. And some of us can get pretty competitive either way.

Its still going to be.

Awson said
The trick is, you're not supposed to get that invested in a single game save. I'm super glad that I didn't ruin any of my subsequent Minecraft games after resetting my first epic single player world because of an update. Thank god the Xbox didn't allow you to do that. And the PC doesn't want you to do that either, really. There's a reason you're not typically allowed to do that. There's a reason that most every game ever doesn't let you keep the items from your previous game.I could understand if it was single player Minecraft, but it's not. What's the point of multiplayer if you're not on an even playing field with everyone else?Mega long-term survival is an incredibly niche interest. Some people enjoy the idea of crafting cities with things they've gotten from endless hours of survival. It's more of an exercise in tedium than it is a challenge. In my mind, the absolute funnest part of Minecraft is building yourself anew and working with the limited resources you have. Of course the drive behind this is to one day have everything you could ever need, but after you get to that point the challenging part is over. You're maxed out. Sure, you can get more things, but there really isn't a point. Minecraft not having an ending is an illusion for me. It's fun to work towards the idea of accomplishing every single thing and building an entire world, until it isn't anymore.And the best part about Minecraft multiplayer is seeing who's done what, and who can get the coolest things first. I don't want to play in a game where everything has already been accomplished ... tenfold. And I'm probably not going to after hearing that people are keeping absolutely everything. I'm not in it for the decade stretch. Thanks but no thanks.

Well that's all fine, but like you said it's your personal preference. Not everyone feels that way. I get invested in stuff. Also, I haven't accomplished nearly half of what I wanted to. I probably would have worked on more if I didn't feel a reset had been possible/close to happening, which it has been the last month.

Also keep this in mind: there wasn't supposed to be a reset. Giygas didn't particularly want to, and many people came out against it. The only reason we decided on it was because the world got too big. For the next map there will probably be a world border.

And we are on an even playing field, there's no reason to say otherwise. We've all (except a few people like Teamtr/Robeatics) had the same amount of time to get shit done. Keep in mind, I didn't even really play for the first 3 or so weeks the server was up.

Was hoping to see you on and see what you might build after the reset, but it's understandable given your particular preference for the game.

Awson said
I understand what you guys are saying, but I still think that fighting to keep the game as close to vanilla as possible was a worthwhile cause.

I agree with the very little tweaks thing

Doivid said
(except a few people like Teamtr/Robeatics

same person

Azarthes said
Reminder to self:I think I can automate Sora's acrobatics farm

thanks for the reminder, me, I'm fucking fantabulous

Doivid said
Also, I haven't accomplished nearly half of what I wanted to.

Wow.

Azarthes said
I agree with the very little tweaks thing

I did before we got 3 bigtime mods. lol now I'm curious to explore them. I used to be a bit of a vanilla purist.

Oh and one last thing I forgot to say:
The server I was on wasn't reset every 2 mo. It had been going consistently for over a year before I joined. Maybe that impacted the way I ended up playing coz it was the first server I actually settled on and liked it after looking around when Elly's (my very first server) went down, but yeah.

Awson said
Wow.

Yep, I get big ideas for builds. For my personal base I wanted to do a big glass dome with like a 20s style decor inside with fancy buildings and a bunch of cool plants. I also wanted to make an iron farm and an endermen farm. Also wanted to fix up nerdburg and develop it. Make a port with a trading post. Some other junk.

In the new server I'mma try to dial it down a bit. A few of us want to do a fancy futuristic floating desert city with mesoamerican/near east aesthetics. And then maybe sometime I'll do like a hilltop hamlet/village type place surrounded by dark oak forest.

Also speaking of farms and gargantuan builds, look what I came across last night:

I just want my castle made solely out of diamond blocks.

Smiral said
I just want my castle made solely out of diamond blocks.

Gonna have to lock that shit down with land claims. But that sounds incredibly tacky and extravagant. I may have to get custody of the diamond blocks so you can't harm them.

Doivid said
Gonna have to lock that shit down with land claims. But that sounds incredibly tacky and extravagant. I may have to get custody of the diamond blocks so you can't harm them.

You're oppressing Smiral's artistic vision!!!!!

Fuckin' shit I hate you redstone lemme fix sora's farm god damn it's not this hard.

Azarthes said
Fuckin' shit I hate you redstone lemme fix sora's farm god damn it's not this hard.

sora's farm? what?

also the server is back up btw.

Doivid said
sora's farm? what?also the server is back up btw.

When I used Sora's acrobatics farm I had to move one block to reset it
I want to not have to do that

but pistons aren't behaving

I can push myself but falling from big heights just makes me stuck in the piston until the redstone unpowers itself

Doivid said
But that sounds incredibly tacky and extravagant.

Everything about me sounds tacky and extravagant.

Hell yeah, I'm up to 5 ender pearls. I plan to be shoving as many of them into my pockets as I can for the people who wanna trade for them in the restart. :D

Okay, who dug a one-block pit right near Nerdburg with lava at the bottom? Very, very not cool. Can someone with blocklog check some of the lower levels out? I dumped water into it and sealed up the first several blocks, to be safe. I'll mark it with a vertical little tower of cobble, it's near the sugarcane by Derv's waterfall in case I won't be on to show somebody.

when is the server getting restarted?

Brand said
when is the server getting restarted?

sept 2nd, when the update is officially released.