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I have an iea of playmode. First I concived it fos singeplayer, but in server would be awesome, no, the next one. It's a survival but in the new "amplified" terrain, and everybody have Jump Boost VI forever. I made a test in my client setting in the spawn chunks a command block with the /effect command with a redstone clock and deactiviating command block output for avoiding the spam of the effect set on the player.
Imagine how asesome is that, surviving and jumping very high in a landscape more higher.
I really enjoy your show, you mention stuff I just don't have time to try and find.
"It isn't up to me to decide what you like, so I will now ask you directly."
Actually it is, its your show, if you wanted to talk just about skinz you could
doesn't mean ill watch it every time.
I think that its the information you provide that makes it the best, its a complete
cross section of the hole community and that's why servers would be good too.
Also server soft's like MCPC+ and bukkit and the such would be cool,
iam running MCPC+ server and hardly hear anything about it. (the dev.) I mean.
keep up [That great work] your awesome.
oh and I thought you moved to Germany for some reason, you'd mentioned
that you had a new place and had to "do it up" or am I confused and it was
Texas ?
Sorry about the poll vanishing, seems it's been randomly deciding to off itself. It should be back up now!
I've seen a lot of comments about smaller servers getting advertised, and thought I'd put forth a question about that. A frontpage spotlight will bring, on average, thousands of players attempting to connect to any given server. For smaller networks, this basically amounts to getting DDoSed with connection attempts. How would that be mitigated?
Not saying smaller servers can't get love, I'm just personally curious how that would be handled. Spotlights never bring just a handful of people.
I'd believe most servers would be happy to deal with this, and even if it means going down for a short while. Since when it calms down a bit and they are able to manage the amount of players it would still be a mammoth long-term boost for smaller servers. Contacting the server owner beforehand would be a great idea though, just so they can be monitoring at the time.
Like the majority have posted around here, I would encourage the posting of smaller servers who show something special but are struggling to get it well known. If they truly have something special then the players brought in will pretty much keep the server set for life.
Sorry about the poll vanishing, seems it's been randomly deciding to off itself. It should be back up now!
I've seen a lot of comments about smaller servers getting advertised, and thought I'd put forth a question about that. A frontpage spotlight will bring, on average, thousands of players attempting to connect to any given server. For smaller networks, this basically amounts to getting DDoSed with connection attempts. How would that be mitigated?
Not saying smaller servers can't get love, I'm just personally curious how that would be handled. Spotlights never bring just a handful of people.
Ask the server owner if they wish to be spotlighted, and if it will cause issues.
I'd think that spotlighting any server might be problematic. If for no other reason than the massive influx of new players. We are talking server overload and a greef-tastic bad time.
There is also issues of possible favoritism. How do you find these servers and decide on them.
Most players have a hard time finding a good and fare one. Many will have a hard time believing that you can. On a regular basis.
With out your choices being the product of questionable influence. Advertisements, freebees, Blatant suck up. Even out and out bribes aren't beyond the realm of possibility. I'm not saying you would ever fall for such things. But still you are going to be wading through a sewer. Don't be surprised if you get some Sh*y on your pants leg.
Frankly Sach you are probably better off starting one of your own.
Then do spotlights on other servers.
The objectivity coming from being a competitor is far better than trying to be an impartial observer. It's easier for others to understand.
And by knowing both sides of the multyplayer world you will get a more neutral response from the community. The admen won't try as hard to influence a competitor and you will be able to give a more complete review of the server.
And it'll allow you to provide the community with and ad receive from the community a more neutral response.
While I don't play multiplayer minecraft (and almost certainly never will), I don't see a reason I should vote No. Some of these communities show breathtaking world building skills (even if not always they are able to display an equal level of social skills). My vote has to be an Yes, because this is too an important aspect to the Minecraft world that can't be ignored.
I always thought that the concerns against self advertisement (that are the basis of many server-related threads being closed, moved or deleted) need too be toned down to more acceptable levels. Often there's genuine quality in the work shown by a server staff that should deserve more attention. By including a multiplayer server in community spotlights they will finally have an opportunity to get recognition among members of other communities and other minecraft playstyles.
The only thing that shouldn't happen is a move into multiplayer favored content, as happened with many other games in the past. Single player communities are usually less vocal and participant of online activities (including forums and whatnot). But these are sizable communities still. Often larger than the multiplayer ones. Let's not forget, for instance, that a large and representative number of minecraft youtubers are singleplayers. These are the people that most helped spread the word about minecraft, the people that explored the game mechanics to its fullest and shared their acquired knowledge in constructions, traps, grinders, redstone, and a host of other marvels.
I'm only mentioning this because I've seen this happen before. What starts as a good intention, ends up consuming everything else around it. And I would hate to see online services around Minecraft becoming yet another multiplayer exclusive.
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I voted yes, especially if the smaller servers can have a chance. As someone said, just ask the server owner "Hey, can you handle this? And would you like it?" And let them know that it would be a big impact on the server. I don't know, I think it'd be neat. How would one be eligible for this? Do bigger servers have the advantage? That's just my 2 cents on the subject.
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Frankly Sach you are probably better off starting one of your own.
The amount of time, money, coding knowledge, and dedication required to run a functioning server aren't luxuries I have. It's part of why I find successful servers so amazing.
People already inappropriately spam their server ads in every section of the forums, despite there being an official server section to post in. I don't really want to encourage that sort of behaviour. This is community creations, not community advertizing.
People already inappropriately spam their server ads in every section of the forums, despite there being an official server section to post in. I don't really want to encourage that sort of behaviour. This is community creations, not community advertizing.
I can understand that. Question though: what qualifies as advertising, in this respect? Would my coverage of maps, mods, videos, and texture packs not also count as "advertising", since I am showing off their work, with the hope that others will enjoy it?
Would this only apply to standard minecraft servers our will it included bukkit and mcpc+ servers and then there is the issues of cracked servers verses premium servers, would a cracked servers be exclude from the spotlight just because its cracked ?
Would this only apply to standard minecraft servers our will it included bukkit and mcpc+ servers and then there is the issues of cracked servers verses premium servers, would a cracked servers be exclude from the spotlight just because its cracked ?
Modded/themed servers are perfectly fine. Many are quite remarkable!
Cracked servers are...well...cracked. So no, that's not happening.
Could we have a bit more info on the selection process of these servers? I know many people have been on about this, and it might clear up some confusion. Namely,
- Do bigger servers have a better chance? Smaller servers?
- As far as small servers go, what are your terms for "unique"?
- Would you take in submissions for servers, or search them out yourself?
I am always looking for new servers to play on, sure add them!
Some things to look for in servers:
1. Really cool plug-ins (economys, factions)
2. Great community (lots of helpful admins)
3. Map (is the lobby just a bedrock cube or a detailed dungeon?)
4. Games/Things to do (is it maybe a awesome build but thats it? Or do they have places sectioned of where you can invite friends to assist you in a build, or go visit your favorite one?)
The example for number 4 would be for a build server. However, there are so many ideas for servers I just thought that would be the easiest one to grasp.
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to all these server owners or those that are looking for servers.
1.add your server to the server tab at the top of the page.
2. start up a thread in the server forums about your server
3. keep that thread updated with what your doing on your server
(not just hey come to our server and play)
4. in that thread explain what makes your server different to the 100's of others out there
5. get someone(or do it yourself) to make a youtube video showcasing what makes your sever different
6 add that video to the videos page and into your thread about your sever
7. be on your server whenever you can , make your players happy , see what needs to be changed, get them to spread the word about your server.
This will help your servers popularity a lot more than a single showcase spotlight.
and your server may then be good enough to appear in a spotlight anywhere
its no good just starting up a server and waiting for people to join, that's not how it works
If you do get spotlighted it'll attract the bad as well as the good. eg: people logging on and Wreaking havoc destroying your world. then your players will leave because all their hard work and time has been for nothing. there are those out there that are purely and simply griefers and will stop at nothing once shown that xxxxx server is great, go there join... not to mention rival servers and their devoted members, there's any number of reasons why limelight publicity is bad, and totally unstable.
doing all of the above, your server thread will remain in the recent threads and be active always updated and people posting comments etc and you posting back.
so your servers will then show up regularly in at least 3 places on this site (even more if you do or get someone to do the videos) or now live streams (as of 1.7.3 one button press streaming, once its all set up)
I say yes, I believe that there should be multiplayer server spotlights the one thing I would stay somewhat away from is not only doing the large servers that seemingly everyone knows about but the smaller ones and ones that run actual mods and not plugins doing a spotlight on a great smaller server can really help it grow and reach its full potentional that it may never reach because no one knows of it and it isn't always the easiest to find a good server to play on that runs mods even if it runs one of the common ftb packs or tekkit packs.
I can understand that. Question though: what qualifies as advertising, in this respect? Would my coverage of maps, mods, videos, and texture packs not also count as "advertising", since I am showing off their work, with the hope that others will enjoy it?
I suppose that's a fair question. However, I think there is a critical difference. With a mod, a map, or the like, you're showing off someone's creative work. With a server, it's not really the same thing. A server is just a group of people. A community, certainly, but it isn't a creation in itself. If it were a feature of something impressive on a server, that would be different. That's not showcasing the server itself, though. Which, I suppose is what I'm getting at. No server, in itself, isn't any more impressive than any other, and any creation on a server should be able to stand on its own merits. Showcasing the server itself is sort of like admiring an artist's studio, rather than what they've painted.
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Curse PremiumImagine how asesome is that, surviving and jumping very high in a landscape more higher.
"It isn't up to me to decide what you like, so I will now ask you directly."
Actually it is, its your show, if you wanted to talk just about skinz you could
doesn't mean ill watch it every time.
I think that its the information you provide that makes it the best, its a complete
cross section of the hole community and that's why servers would be good too.
Also server soft's like MCPC+ and bukkit and the such would be cool,
iam running MCPC+ server and hardly hear anything about it. (the dev.) I mean.
keep up [That great work] your awesome.
oh and I thought you moved to Germany for some reason, you'd mentioned
that you had a new place and had to "do it up" or am I confused and it was
Texas ?
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Retired StaffI'd believe most servers would be happy to deal with this, and even if it means going down for a short while. Since when it calms down a bit and they are able to manage the amount of players it would still be a mammoth long-term boost for smaller servers. Contacting the server owner beforehand would be a great idea though, just so they can be monitoring at the time.
Like the majority have posted around here, I would encourage the posting of smaller servers who show something special but are struggling to get it well known. If they truly have something special then the players brought in will pretty much keep the server set for life.
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There is also issues of possible favoritism. How do you find these servers and decide on them.
Most players have a hard time finding a good and fare one. Many will have a hard time believing that you can. On a regular basis.
With out your choices being the product of questionable influence. Advertisements, freebees, Blatant suck up. Even out and out bribes aren't beyond the realm of possibility. I'm not saying you would ever fall for such things. But still you are going to be wading through a sewer. Don't be surprised if you get some Sh*y on your pants leg.
Frankly Sach you are probably better off starting one of your own.
Then do spotlights on other servers.
The objectivity coming from being a competitor is far better than trying to be an impartial observer. It's easier for others to understand.
And by knowing both sides of the multyplayer world you will get a more neutral response from the community. The admen won't try as hard to influence a competitor and you will be able to give a more complete review of the server.
And it'll allow you to provide the community with and ad receive from the community a more neutral response.
I wish that they hadn't phased out classic..
I always thought that the concerns against self advertisement (that are the basis of many server-related threads being closed, moved or deleted) need too be toned down to more acceptable levels. Often there's genuine quality in the work shown by a server staff that should deserve more attention. By including a multiplayer server in community spotlights they will finally have an opportunity to get recognition among members of other communities and other minecraft playstyles.
The only thing that shouldn't happen is a move into multiplayer favored content, as happened with many other games in the past. Single player communities are usually less vocal and participant of online activities (including forums and whatnot). But these are sizable communities still. Often larger than the multiplayer ones. Let's not forget, for instance, that a large and representative number of minecraft youtubers are singleplayers. These are the people that most helped spread the word about minecraft, the people that explored the game mechanics to its fullest and shared their acquired knowledge in constructions, traps, grinders, redstone, and a host of other marvels.
I'm only mentioning this because I've seen this happen before. What starts as a good intention, ends up consuming everything else around it. And I would hate to see online services around Minecraft becoming yet another multiplayer exclusive.
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Retired StaffI can understand that. Question though: what qualifies as advertising, in this respect? Would my coverage of maps, mods, videos, and texture packs not also count as "advertising", since I am showing off their work, with the hope that others will enjoy it?
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Retired StaffModded/themed servers are perfectly fine. Many are quite remarkable!
Cracked servers are...well...cracked. So no, that's not happening.
- Do bigger servers have a better chance? Smaller servers?
- As far as small servers go, what are your terms for "unique"?
- Would you take in submissions for servers, or search them out yourself?
Some things to look for in servers:
1. Really cool plug-ins (economys, factions)
2. Great community (lots of helpful admins)
3. Map (is the lobby just a bedrock cube or a detailed dungeon?)
4. Games/Things to do (is it maybe a awesome build but thats it? Or do they have places sectioned of where you can invite friends to assist you in a build, or go visit your favorite one?)
The example for number 4 would be for a build server. However, there are so many ideas for servers I just thought that would be the easiest one to grasp.
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Retired Staff1.add your server to the server tab at the top of the page.
2. start up a thread in the server forums about your server
3. keep that thread updated with what your doing on your server
(not just hey come to our server and play)
4. in that thread explain what makes your server different to the 100's of others out there
5. get someone(or do it yourself) to make a youtube video showcasing what makes your sever different
6 add that video to the videos page and into your thread about your sever
7. be on your server whenever you can , make your players happy , see what needs to be changed, get them to spread the word about your server.
This will help your servers popularity a lot more than a single showcase spotlight.
and your server may then be good enough to appear in a spotlight anywhere
its no good just starting up a server and waiting for people to join, that's not how it works
If you do get spotlighted it'll attract the bad as well as the good. eg: people logging on and Wreaking havoc destroying your world. then your players will leave because all their hard work and time has been for nothing. there are those out there that are purely and simply griefers and will stop at nothing once shown that xxxxx server is great, go there join... not to mention rival servers and their devoted members, there's any number of reasons why limelight publicity is bad, and totally unstable.
doing all of the above, your server thread will remain in the recent threads and be active always updated and people posting comments etc and you posting back.
so your servers will then show up regularly in at least 3 places on this site (even more if you do or get someone to do the videos) or now live streams (as of 1.7.3 one button press streaming, once its all set up)
that my opinion, thanks -Gwain
I suppose that's a fair question. However, I think there is a critical difference. With a mod, a map, or the like, you're showing off someone's creative work. With a server, it's not really the same thing. A server is just a group of people. A community, certainly, but it isn't a creation in itself. If it were a feature of something impressive on a server, that would be different. That's not showcasing the server itself, though. Which, I suppose is what I'm getting at. No server, in itself, isn't any more impressive than any other, and any creation on a server should be able to stand on its own merits. Showcasing the server itself is sort of like admiring an artist's studio, rather than what they've painted.