Head Administrator of Iron Storm, Fantasy Roleplay Server. General Writer for an up and coming MMORPG, Author of the future Novel series "Iron Dawn" and short story "The Lonesome Road". Apparently well versed in the Fallout universe lore. And that one guy.
Job: I would take a adventurer rule and lead others to safety, then become a more knightly person.
Minecraft Username: maddox3662
Skype: no
Skype Username:
Age: 15
Region: North America
Roleplay Experience: I was always into rpg games, this would be my second server, the other server was a disaster first fires then a tnt placing flying man destroyed everything, but im pretty good at rp.
Writing Essay:
I am maddox3662 from Hyrule, i was a warrior in my homeland, that is until the new guy showed up, Link, Ha, what a loser. See I was the kings personal guard until the fateful day when Ganon attacked. I was knocked out nothing to do I was fighting him then, BAM, I'm out like a light. Link hopped in to go on an epic quest and win and i was forgotten, lost, forever to fend for myself. The 3662 stands for the ammount of creepers I've killed. I sail into the new world on a poor fishing vessel i bought with some porkchops, but it broke and found myself sailing on 1 of 7 boats coming to the same place I was. This is a new start, I can be the greatest warrior here.
Thank you for posting your interests, Maddox, as I said in the private message. To clear a few things up for future posters;
The 'Job' part, isn't what your character will be doing on the server. It's if you would like to aid in the development of the server itself. Though, it doesn't hurt to say which job you'll be doing when the server officially launches, if you cannot help aid in the development itself.
Secondly, try to write original work. Envision this world as something you've never seen before and work off from the first part of the original post. If you can't, don't worry to much about it and write what you can. (I prefer original work, though. Just keep that in mind! :wink.gif: )
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Head Administrator of Iron Storm, Fantasy Roleplay Server. General Writer for an up and coming MMORPG, Author of the future Novel series "Iron Dawn" and short story "The Lonesome Road". Apparently well versed in the Fallout universe lore. And that one guy.
Added to the 'waiting list' so to speak. Keep checking back for development updates, and so forth.
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Head Administrator of Iron Storm, Fantasy Roleplay Server. General Writer for an up and coming MMORPG, Author of the future Novel series "Iron Dawn" and short story "The Lonesome Road". Apparently well versed in the Fallout universe lore. And that one guy.
Job: Sadly no experience with web design, and I'm not that great of an artist (I prefer music really.) We'll just have to see if there's anything I can do to help out in a bit eh? I could host a forum, but it’d be a cheapy ProBoards affair. You might want to find someone else.
Minecraft Username: falige
Skype: Yes, and I'm on pretty often.
Skype Username: You've already had me added, so let's just leave this bit blank.
Age: 17
Region: North America, Florida to be precise.
Roleplay Experience: About 2-3 years in other games, some forum RPs, and some simple 1 on 1 stuff with friends. In Minecraft, not so much really, a few servers here and there, but really none stayed...mature...enough to make me want to stay.
Essay/Wall of Text:
Rowan stood at the edge of the deck, leaning over the railing as he stared at the choppy water around him. “Cheap *******,” he mumbled to himself, “why couldn’t he get me passage on a better boat?” He spit over the side contemptuously. “New world my ass, I’m probably being carted off to some inhospitable hell-hole filled with uneducated peasants and money-grubbing settlers already camped down. But, if father wishes…” He gazes upwards, as if in thought, recalling a conversation he had held two years earlier with his father…
“Sit, son.” His father gestured to a spot on the rug opposite himself. As Rowan sat down, one of their family’s servants laid down their noonday meal. “Father, you wished to see me?” Rowan stared intently at his father, who took a leisurely sip of tea before continuing. “Yes son. As you already know, these are dire times. The kingdom slowly crumbles under the indolence and ignorance of our “fair” ruler. The noble families that once kept the land united and content are now forced to squabble amongst themselves for what few resources remain. The land cries out under the weight of so many wars and conflicts. The once fertile soil of our kingdom is becoming tainted with the blood of its country-folk.” Rowan nodded absently, taking a leisurely bite of some stew from the table. “Father, do you honestly think me blind not to notice the problems of our times? Really now, do you forget all my years of training as your heir? But, our family is one of the luckier ones, is it not Father? We have escaped most of the major wars, and our coffers still clink with the sound of gold and iron! Why worry? Let the other families kill themselves off, soon only we shall remain, and we can bring back the order that this land has been missing for so long!”
His father frowned, taking another, longer sip of tea before continuing. “So…you didn’t receive the message sent to us this morning?” Rowan shook his head, befuddled. “Ah, well, the message changes everything for us really. We received declarations of war from three neighboring families, the d’Aquinios, the Mulmsfords, and the Nakano. Though we might not be poor now, the combined weight of three wars can do no good for us and our vassals.” Rowan stood, hand going to his sword instantly. “Then send me out to the battlefield Father! I would see myself dead before letting our lands fall to any one of them!” His father stood as well, setting his tea down and brushing his robe off. “No son. You will not be going into battle any time soon. I have booked you passage on the Wayfarer, one of few ships headed for the new continent discovered a few years back. You will ensure the survival of our family, be it here or there.” Rowan stood dumbfounded, unable to speak for a few minutes. When he finally decided to speak, his voice had dropped an octave, and had taken a much harsher tone, one very rarely heard in his home. “Father, this will not stand. I am a d’Eristus. I will stand and fight, I will not run off to some foreign land with my tail between my legs. You have no way to command me about in such a way.” “I do, and I will command you as I see fit!” His father’s voice grew in pitch, until he was no longer speaking, but yelling. “As 10th heir to the d’Eristus title and lands, you will obey your father and travel to the New World! Now out of my sight! You have one day to pack any possessions you need, you’ll leave tomorrow morning…”
Rowan slowly drifted back to the present, slowly shaking himself out of his reverie. “Hmpf, and what the hell are our title and our lands going to be able to do out here? Nothing.” His hand reflexively went down to his sword again, and Rowan smirked. “Well, at least my training will come in handy in this “New World.” I’ll carve my own damn path here, and I’ll remake our lands and title, inch by inch, ingot by ingot…”
Need a web developer/code monkey?
I can be that guy, but I cannot be the host.
Currently have someone working on the web site, though, if possible do you think you could create some forums? If not, what else can you bring to the table as a Code Monkey?
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I think that dooke would be better than me at making the website, as he/she stated that he/she was a web developer wereas i was making a quickie website at webs which requires no previous coding experience, just to last until we found someone who could do a better job.
If dooke chooses to take over as web developer i could start looking into server hosting tommorrow evening (About 5pm GMT) and get that ball rolling.
Fair enough really. Dooke, you can ignore my pervious statement in regards to having someone working on a website.
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Head Administrator of Iron Storm, Fantasy Roleplay Server. General Writer for an up and coming MMORPG, Author of the future Novel series "Iron Dawn" and short story "The Lonesome Road". Apparently well versed in the Fallout universe lore. And that one guy.
Job: (Self explanatory) I would obviously like to be a player of the server, but I will post my experties below this application for trying out as a moderator. (:
Minecraft Username:Watzyy
Skype: (Yes/No) Yep
Skype Username: Valzy2
Age: 14
Region: (North America, South America, Europe, Asia ect.) Canada, eh?
Roleplay Experience: (Where, how long, ect.) I'm a bit new to roleplaying, but I have gained experience from the last roleplay servers I have played on, essentialy I get how to roleplay. It's fun.
Writing Essay:
Write a one to two paragraph story about your character's trip onboard one of the seven ships set out to this new world.
So, I was pacing along the beach with all my luggage ready to get on the ship to new land where less evil lurked. Then I came across a diary in the sand, here is what it read.
I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer: a brave vessel,
Who had, no doubt, some evil creature in her,
Dash’d all to pieces. O, the cry did knock
Against my very heart. Poor souls, they perish’d.
Had I been any god of power, I would
Have sunk the sea within the earth or ere
It should the good ship so have swallow’d and
The fraughting souls within her.
WolfGhost
I thought about this all for a second, but I didn't have time to waste so I just threw the diary in my bag and thought I would take a look at it later. The first few hours on the ship were easy sailing as far as I was concerned, however when I got out of my cabin to go enjoy the nice view, the alarm bell rang. Everyone was shouting and I couldn't tell what was happening or going on, but then I saw it. A huge wall of darkness and lightning approaching from the east. The clouds that formed the wall started to part. Then, a lady, walking on the water appeared. She did not look normal
at all, I could see hate and wretched filth in her eyes. I noticed that the diary fell out of my bag, I must've not put in snug enough. All the lines of the once written page were smudged, except for one. "Who had no doubt, some evil creature in her" I noticed, right away. This is what the diary was about. Then, I looked back to see what was happening, the lady was gone, but the storm still stood, approaching. Before I knew it, a huge sea monster that looked like an island, dived out of the water and crashed into the front of the boat. This knocked me over and I passed out.
Here I awake, on the edge of a shore, clothes wet, luggage lost. Only to see a sign in the sand, Land Of WolfGhost.
I know, stupid story, sorry if there is alot of errors, rushing, I have to go in a few minutes. Also, if you take into consideration of me being part of the staff, here is something I wrote up earlier.
Application for Moderator
Please read my entire post despite its length.
Name: Curtis
IGN: Watzyy
Age: 14
Ever been banned?: Once, for no reason. >_<
Why should I let you join?: I aspire to milk my creative juices to build no square block houses. Spiral ones, mansions with balconies and other stuff are the goal.
I am also able to give my opinion on the intricate balancing of the economy and pricing of items or certain insight into adding features. For example the pros and cons of a server shop, and whether it should only buy, sell or do both. Some servers implement a private server shop for the trader class, where they are able to purchase all types of materials for a slightly lower price and resell it for higher. Other servers have a server shop where you can only buy for a higher price, promoting player trading to get cheaper stuff. A server shop would function better if it only has purchases for lower quality and common materials, with ability to sell cheaply for all items. This enables the community to set the prices for more rare items such as gold and diamond depending on the supply of money and how it gets added into the system.
Whether by the Quest plugin which rewards money by completing quest, or by using the mob plugins where you get money for killing mods, or jobs such as Miner who gets paid X amount for Y block mined, usually cobblestone should be 0 while coal is cheap. Iron should be slightly etc. etc.
I wish to apply for a moderator position with limited ability in terms of spawning items and such, so as to preserve fair gameplay and allow moderators to enjoy the game as is. Main job would be to moderate chat, player scams, ban fly hackers, attempt to help new players and mediate disputes etc.
Experience: Moderating on forums. Clan leader for several games, leading a 50 man clan. In terms of Minecraft however, I'm relatively new. I have been playing for only about a week, but have been reading up alot and have the basic grasp of Minecraft except redstone system. Totally hate those.
Skills: In terms of literacy, I'm proficient in English and operate in a logical and organized manner and am mature enough to drop arguments, be a mediator between two parties or back down if things seems to get out of hand and lead to no where as is the case with most online communities, especially minecraft because of it's age group.
Other Info: I enjoy a tight knit community that's friendly, no-grief, and generally mature with no random trolling or flaming each other. If I am accepted as a moderator, I shall attempt to preserve organization and order within the chat and among the community. All actions such as kicks and bans if available shall be recorded down along with reasoning and further elaboration for admin approval, depending on what is available to me (either by notepad or
Pictures of your builds, if you have any: I have not, I have been server hopping and hoping to finally settle down once and for all on a good stable server with a RP system or something to that extent which this one seems to provide.
EDIT* Actually I have found some pictures of mine, I have more then one, so I can say they are not stolen.
Would you be willing to donate?: Not this early on the server. It totally depends after the server has been established ans settle down.
Job:
I've been thinking of setting up a Forums, so I know the server engine (MyBB) and I'm still looking for a host, but from what I can tell www.createmybb.com seems like a good MyBB Hoster (Easier than making a website from scratch)
I'm also getting a job sooner or later, so I might be able to supply a little amount of donations here and there (Don't expect it)
Also, I know a good Art Team for creating a Banner Angry Notch
+ I have some good "Realistic" Plugin ideas (Plugins that are already developed), if you want, just send me a PM, and I'll give you the ideas, followed with why
Minecraft Username: Nath99
Skype: No
I don't have Skype, and if I did, I don't have a Private Mic. so I would have to talk pretty loud, and that would disturb everyone
Skype Username: N/A
As Said, I don't have Skype
Age: 14
Since you've so clearly stated why you want the age, I'll post it
(Congratz, you are one of the few servers that have gotten me to do so)
Region: North America
To Be More Percise, North America, Canada, British Colombia
Roleplay Experience: Vietnam Styled , Fallout Styled
I've played on a couple of RP Servers, and I've applied for many more, for some reason, after I post the server goes down
(Hope it doesn't happen to this one)
Writing Essay:
It's been 3 Years, 3 Years since I've seen land
I was put on one of these boats, when I was 14,
Now I'm 17, I've spent most of the Boat trip Reading, The Archives or some cities of the Kingdom, and some Journals of others
The books served as good guides, for the substance known as Redstone, but I still don't know as much as the experts
These books also showed me how to craft multiple objects, and I've been here for 3 Years, so I memorized most of them
Simply put, these books where a guide to me, I now know about the monsters that roam this place, along with the Animals
Now, I haven't just been reading the whole boat ride, I've also been doing some basic chores, Cleaning the Deck and some others, that helped me keep fit
On the boat, I've kept to myself, most of the time, slept in my quarters, did what I was told, ran from fights, basically kept myself out of the trouble, and for that I'm known as a Coward, Weakling and Push over towards the Crew, and some people have started throwing rumors around about me, I'm not sure what they are about, all I know is that they are there
To Be Honest, the boat ride here, is always scaring me, you see, the whole problems lies with me being pessimistic about crashes, and not being able to swim
(I can't go past 4 Blocks high of water withouth a boat), and since this whole thing travel is on the boat, I've been scared about crashes, and the storms are not fun at all
But I tend to forget all that, since with this new land, comes a new life, and I plan to start anew
*The Rest of the note is in Scribbles, And you can't make out any of the words*
Thank you Nath and Valzy for both applying, I've added you both to the waiting list for the server.
@ Nath, could you possibly send those plugin's to me over a private message? That way it's all in one place and easy to get to. Also, if you're creating a forum, give me a shout first so we don't end up with twenty different forums. The reason why I'd like a forum up first, rather than later, is so that we can get things coordinated quicker and easier due to people not having skype for which ever reason (Which is alright.) I'll check out that Angry Notch art group as well.
@ Valzy, no ones writing is horrible or stupid. Every roleplayer starts from somewhere, frankly, and I'm sure I have plenty of grammatical and spelling errors in almost half of my posts. As long as it's understandable, then you shouldn't have to worry.
@ Everyone Else:
In regards to the forums, it doesn't have to be great, just functional. As stated earlier, the reason I'd like to have some sort of forum up is so it can be used to coordinate things quicker, and have positions filled in the moderator field. Ect. While I love the Minecraft Forums, the load time takes a while for certain people, due to how many users are on these forums, and, they don't exactly have forums for every server possible created. As I also stated, don't go crazy and create like twenty forums because we need one! Contact me before you start creating it so I know not to tell someone else to make one, or have someone submit one to me without my knowledge of it being created.
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Thank you Nath and Valzy for both applying, I've added you both to the waiting list for the server.
@ Nath, could you possibly send those plugin's to me over a private message? That way it's all in one place and easy to get to. Also, if you're creating a forum, give me a shout first so we don't end up with twenty different forums. The reason why I'd like a forum up first, rather than later, is so that we can get things coordinated quicker and easier due to people not having skype for which ever reason (Which is alright.) I'll check out that Angry Notch art group as well.
@ Valzy, no ones writing is horrible or stupid. Every roleplayer starts from somewhere, frankly, and I'm sure I have plenty of grammatical and spelling errors in almost half of my posts. As long as it's understandable, then you shouldn't have to worry.
@ Everyone Else:
In regards to the forums, it doesn't have to be great, just functional. As stated earlier, the reason I'd like to have some sort of forum up is so it can be used to coordinate things quicker, and have positions filled in the moderator field. Ect. While I love the Minecraft Forums, the load time takes a while for certain people, due to how many users are on these forums, and, they don't exactly have forums for every server possible created. As I also stated, don't go crazy and create like twenty forums because we need one! Contact me before you start creating it so I know not to tell someone else to make one, or have someone submit one to me without my knowledge of it being created.
Thanks for the writing encouragement, I often don't right lore. Uhm, thanks for adding me to the whitelist, when do we plan to have the server up and running by?
Of course I can create a forum.
I can also write Java for plugins, although it would seem like a waste of time since there almost already is plugins for everything..
Do you think you can write a plugin for changing the username in minecraft to a character name? I believe I saw one, but I'm not too sure, and I know a Let's Play guy that might also be interested in something like that.
I guess a clearer example would be, rather than it saying "Wolfs Ghost" above my head, or in the chat box, it would say my character's name.
Moving on from that, the test template is great, I don't like the video where it's at (I know it's optional, but it seems to stretch the website's page, least on my computer.) Could it be possible to change the style a bit from 'futuristic' to possibly a bit more fantasy like? (Preferably Dark Fantasy!)
Thanks for the writing encouragement, I often don't right lore. Uhm, thanks for adding me to the whitelist, when do we plan to have the server up and running by?
No worries! I'm personally trying to become an author (published one at that!) and I've ran into quite a few people who pretty much said that I should find a better job, and writing was worthless ect. So, rather than continue a negative trend, I rather encourage other writers to push towards their own goals/dreams.
For that second part, I'm not putting an official deadline out. I know any one of us could host a temporary server, if needed, right at this moment. But I rather have an official 24/7 one up and running for people to get started. I guess a rough deadline would probably be when school starts picking up again for people, or near the end of summer. Don't quote me on that, it could be later, or sooner. Depending on how things go from, well, today forwards.
I also know that having an official 24/7 server would cost money, and the age group that minecraft attracts is both below the age of 18, and I'm not exactly sure what the legal donation age is, and frankly, I don't have a job yet myself, so I don't want to ride freely on other peoples donated money, so to speak. I rather have a job and also contribute to the server.
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Yeah, I'm liking it alot more, maybe if you could find a theme, that looked somewhat like Medieval Styled (Maybe Old Parchments or something) then it would look alot better (The Theme really does alot for a forum)
Of course, I'm not a phpBB Skinner, so I can't really complain, lol
And I won't be here for a while (I'm moving this week, next week are my exams, I have homework overdue for this week, I have a fil due for this week, that hasn't even gotten started, and then I goto camp for 2-3 weeks when summer starts), so that seems good that the rough deadline is the begening of school, so I won't miss a thing
Job: Moderator if it has not been filled.(Have been Admin/Op on 5 other servers)
Minecraft Username:K1LL3RxR4BB1TS
Skype: Yes
Skype Username:nibble1999
Age:16
Region: North America (Canada)
(Roleplay Experience: Some RP server, runscape style, Etc.
Writing Essay:It was a wonder full day Until the great fall happend,it was horrible people dieing left and right, what shoul i do...
Write a one to two paragraph story about your character's trip onboard one of the seven ships set out to this new world
It was a Wierd felling day and the air was dry
All of a sudden i saw a movment on the boat which was
unsedle...
Yeah, I'm liking it alot more, maybe if you could find a theme, that looked somewhat like Medieval Styled (Maybe Old Parchments or something) then it would look alot better (The Theme really does alot for a forum)
Of course, I'm not a phpBB Skinner, so I can't really complain, lol
And I won't be here for a while (I'm moving this week, next week are my exams, I have homework overdue for this week, I have a fil due for this week, that hasn't even gotten started, and then I goto camp for 2-3 weeks when summer starts), so that seems good that the rough deadline is the begening of school, so I won't miss a thing
Favorite quote from an old roleplay forum I was apart of "Real life before Roleplay" Take your time and get things you need to get done. We're not going anywhere!
Job: Moderator if it has not been filled.(Have been Admin/Op on 5 other servers)
Minecraft Username:K1LL3RxR4BB1TS
Skype: Yes
Skype Username:nibble1999
Age:16
Region: North America (Canada)
(Roleplay Experience: Some RP server, runscape style, Etc.
Writing Essay:It was a wonder full day Until...
Write a one to two paragraph story about your character's trip onboard one of the seven ships set out to this new world
It was a Wierd felling day and the air was dry
All of a sudden i saw a movment on the boat which was
unsedle...
As I told you on skype, expand your essay a bit, but don't rush it, take time and put some thought into it. Everyone gets writing block, and/or sometimes aren't able to come up with something at a moments notice. But none the less you've been added to the waiting list. Also, a small tip, when typing your roleplay post, try to capitalize your "I's" more often. It's fine when you're talking on Skype or in an Out of Character conversation.
@ Everyone:
Just finished negotiating with another group who were setting up their own roleplay server, nearly the same as ours, and we discussed a few things. So, we may have a server. This is just a notification that the first post will be edited in the next few moments to show these changes.
If anyone is able to create art work/banners, and are willing to, feel free to do so. In the mean time I'll be checking out the Angry Notch group, that Nath has suggested for the possibility of this server having it's own custom texture pack, that is of course, on the table for discussion between the development team, when things on that side are settled, and properly organized!
Thank you to all of you that have shown interest in this project.
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@ WolfsGhost Okay, yeah I understand what you are saying and it sounds good. Also, Dooke, love the new site it's awesome! (;
*EDIT
Like I said before I typed up that make-shift moderator application in less than 5 minutes. It really did not talk about much of my experiences, skills or me. So if you would like to know more such as servers I have moderated, or what I do, add me on skype or private message me.
Some quick little things I can say about myself, really into sports, love socializing and i'm very friendly. (:
An untamed world, filled with opportunity. Those were the tales you heard as you've embarked on a journey to this new land, far away from the struggles of your former Kingdom, for what seemed like ages ago. Though, you've been at sea with your company for what seemed like eternity.
It's been three years since you've embarked, long away from home. But things began to slowly take a turn for the better, as the fleet, seven ships in total, make landfall on a ravaged land. Filled with beasts.
No one was expecting this. But never-the-less the opportunity promised, had been granted.
Small introduction to a roleplay server called Iron Storm, at least, one that I would actually like to establish within the Minecraft community as a dedicated roleplay server, which includes developed lore by the administration, and player-made lore from the players themselves.
The setting, fantasy. I've seen plenty of servers establish themselves by throwing the players directly into a pre-made world, with cities for them to explore. This is always a good idea, however, my idea, is to allow the players a clean slate, let them feel accomplished by creating a fantasy world before their own eyes.
If you're still following me, almost everything in Iron Storm, will be a player driven, aside from major story arcs. Should one great Kingdom arise with every player apart of it? Should that kingdom fall to a rebellion? Would two, or three different kingdoms arise, and battle it out? Those choices are left to the players.
Of course, this world isn't possible. Not yet, anyways.
This is where you, the fans of Minecraft, can come in handy. The following list, are members of the development team that I absolutely need. Also, please don't expect to get a moderator position right off the bat. In my gaming experience, as a player, I've dealt with extremely horrible moderators, and extremely good moderators.
Server Host
Forum Host / Website Host
Moderators
Graphic Artist
A forum host, and a server host are absolutely needed -first-.
If you're interested. Then that's great. People who just want to build, need not apply at the first moment. Remember, I would like a clean slate for everyone to start on, so we won't need people who are interested in building right off the bat, and even then, you'll still need to roleplay.
If you absolutely need to get a hold of me, I suggest Skype, as I will be on it virtually 24/7 unless I'm sleeping.
Now for the exciting part! (Well, for me.)
First and foremost, I'd like to know how old you are because I'd like to know what 'rating' per say, the server will be set as, as far as language. Seeing as some servers have a no cussing policy, and others don't. As far as region goes, this is just to get a general time zone of where people are.
Secondly, the writing essay is to encourage people to participate in forum activity that evolve around in-game events, and to improve roleplay in general. This is to see where, most of the community will be at as far as roleplaying ability. (IE: New, Moderate, Experienced)
Lastly, the items in italics, can be deleted when you post your application. So, pretty much, let's see what you've got. Eh?
Application
Alright, Taking a look at this. I was a bit confused, obviously this is going to be a roleplay, but like what kind of plugins are we going to use to enhance the experience? If you don't have any in mind, I have some good ones up for suggestion, some that give skills, ex:mining woodcutting. Also another plugin in mind, it gives classes, such as a mage, archer, rouge, priest, warrior. It is quite fun.
You've also mentioned that we will start out with nothing. That sounds nice because everyone gets a fair advantage. But then again, you also mentioned there will possibly be kingdoms, I also have some plugins in mind for that to.
If you want to hear any of the suggestions, which have probaly already been suggested, private message me or just reply on this thread not only to answer me but to bump it up. (:
For further instructions and information, please head to the following link!
Minecraft Username: maddox3662
Skype: no
Skype Username:
Age: 15
Region: North America
Roleplay Experience: I was always into rpg games, this would be my second server, the other server was a disaster first fires then a tnt placing flying man destroyed everything, but im pretty good at rp.
Writing Essay:
I am maddox3662 from Hyrule, i was a warrior in my homeland, that is until the new guy showed up, Link, Ha, what a loser. See I was the kings personal guard until the fateful day when Ganon attacked. I was knocked out nothing to do I was fighting him then, BAM, I'm out like a light. Link hopped in to go on an epic quest and win and i was forgotten, lost, forever to fend for myself. The 3662 stands for the ammount of creepers I've killed. I sail into the new world on a poor fishing vessel i bought with some porkchops, but it broke and found myself sailing on 1 of 7 boats coming to the same place I was. This is a new start, I can be the greatest warrior here.
The 'Job' part, isn't what your character will be doing on the server. It's if you would like to aid in the development of the server itself. Though, it doesn't hurt to say which job you'll be doing when the server officially launches, if you cannot help aid in the development itself.
Secondly, try to write original work. Envision this world as something you've never seen before and work off from the first part of the original post. If you can't, don't worry to much about it and write what you can. (I prefer original work, though. Just keep that in mind! :wink.gif: )
Minecraft Username: falige
Skype: Yes, and I'm on pretty often.
Skype Username: You've already had me added, so let's just leave this bit blank.
Age: 17
Region: North America, Florida to be precise.
Roleplay Experience: About 2-3 years in other games, some forum RPs, and some simple 1 on 1 stuff with friends. In Minecraft, not so much really, a few servers here and there, but really none stayed...mature...enough to make me want to stay.
Essay/Wall of Text:
Rowan stood at the edge of the deck, leaning over the railing as he stared at the choppy water around him. “Cheap *******,” he mumbled to himself, “why couldn’t he get me passage on a better boat?” He spit over the side contemptuously. “New world my ass, I’m probably being carted off to some inhospitable hell-hole filled with uneducated peasants and money-grubbing settlers already camped down. But, if father wishes…” He gazes upwards, as if in thought, recalling a conversation he had held two years earlier with his father…
“Sit, son.” His father gestured to a spot on the rug opposite himself. As Rowan sat down, one of their family’s servants laid down their noonday meal. “Father, you wished to see me?” Rowan stared intently at his father, who took a leisurely sip of tea before continuing. “Yes son. As you already know, these are dire times. The kingdom slowly crumbles under the indolence and ignorance of our “fair” ruler. The noble families that once kept the land united and content are now forced to squabble amongst themselves for what few resources remain. The land cries out under the weight of so many wars and conflicts. The once fertile soil of our kingdom is becoming tainted with the blood of its country-folk.” Rowan nodded absently, taking a leisurely bite of some stew from the table. “Father, do you honestly think me blind not to notice the problems of our times? Really now, do you forget all my years of training as your heir? But, our family is one of the luckier ones, is it not Father? We have escaped most of the major wars, and our coffers still clink with the sound of gold and iron! Why worry? Let the other families kill themselves off, soon only we shall remain, and we can bring back the order that this land has been missing for so long!”
His father frowned, taking another, longer sip of tea before continuing. “So…you didn’t receive the message sent to us this morning?” Rowan shook his head, befuddled. “Ah, well, the message changes everything for us really. We received declarations of war from three neighboring families, the d’Aquinios, the Mulmsfords, and the Nakano. Though we might not be poor now, the combined weight of three wars can do no good for us and our vassals.” Rowan stood, hand going to his sword instantly. “Then send me out to the battlefield Father! I would see myself dead before letting our lands fall to any one of them!” His father stood as well, setting his tea down and brushing his robe off. “No son. You will not be going into battle any time soon. I have booked you passage on the Wayfarer, one of few ships headed for the new continent discovered a few years back. You will ensure the survival of our family, be it here or there.” Rowan stood dumbfounded, unable to speak for a few minutes. When he finally decided to speak, his voice had dropped an octave, and had taken a much harsher tone, one very rarely heard in his home. “Father, this will not stand. I am a d’Eristus. I will stand and fight, I will not run off to some foreign land with my tail between my legs. You have no way to command me about in such a way.” “I do, and I will command you as I see fit!” His father’s voice grew in pitch, until he was no longer speaking, but yelling. “As 10th heir to the d’Eristus title and lands, you will obey your father and travel to the New World! Now out of my sight! You have one day to pack any possessions you need, you’ll leave tomorrow morning…”
Rowan slowly drifted back to the present, slowly shaking himself out of his reverie. “Hmpf, and what the hell are our title and our lands going to be able to do out here? Nothing.” His hand reflexively went down to his sword again, and Rowan smirked. “Well, at least my training will come in handy in this “New World.” I’ll carve my own damn path here, and I’ll remake our lands and title, inch by inch, ingot by ingot…”
Currently have someone working on the web site, though, if possible do you think you could create some forums? If not, what else can you bring to the table as a Code Monkey?Fair enough really. Dooke, you can ignore my pervious statement in regards to having someone working on a website.
Minecraft Username:Watzyy
Skype: (Yes/No) Yep
Skype Username: Valzy2
Age: 14
Region: (North America, South America, Europe, Asia ect.) Canada, eh?
Roleplay Experience: (Where, how long, ect.) I'm a bit new to roleplaying, but I have gained experience from the last roleplay servers I have played on, essentialy I get how to roleplay. It's fun.
Writing Essay:
Write a one to two paragraph story about your character's trip onboard one of the seven ships set out to this new world.
So, I was pacing along the beach with all my luggage ready to get on the ship to new land where less evil lurked. Then I came across a diary in the sand, here is what it read.
I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer: a brave vessel,
Who had, no doubt, some evil creature in her,
Dash’d all to pieces. O, the cry did knock
Against my very heart. Poor souls, they perish’d.
Had I been any god of power, I would
Have sunk the sea within the earth or ere
It should the good ship so have swallow’d and
The fraughting souls within her.
WolfGhost
I thought about this all for a second, but I didn't have time to waste so I just threw the diary in my bag and thought I would take a look at it later. The first few hours on the ship were easy sailing as far as I was concerned, however when I got out of my cabin to go enjoy the nice view, the alarm bell rang. Everyone was shouting and I couldn't tell what was happening or going on, but then I saw it. A huge wall of darkness and lightning approaching from the east. The clouds that formed the wall started to part. Then, a lady, walking on the water appeared. She did not look normal
at all, I could see hate and wretched filth in her eyes. I noticed that the diary fell out of my bag, I must've not put in snug enough. All the lines of the once written page were smudged, except for one. "Who had no doubt, some evil creature in her" I noticed, right away. This is what the diary was about. Then, I looked back to see what was happening, the lady was gone, but the storm still stood, approaching. Before I knew it, a huge sea monster that looked like an island, dived out of the water and crashed into the front of the boat. This knocked me over and I passed out.
Here I awake, on the edge of a shore, clothes wet, luggage lost. Only to see a sign in the sand, Land Of WolfGhost.
I know, stupid story, sorry if there is alot of errors, rushing, I have to go in a few minutes. Also, if you take into consideration of me being part of the staff, here is something I wrote up earlier.
Application for Moderator
Please read my entire post despite its length.
Name: Curtis
IGN: Watzyy
Age: 14
Ever been banned?: Once, for no reason. >_<
Why should I let you join?: I aspire to milk my creative juices to build no square block houses. Spiral ones, mansions with balconies and other stuff are the goal.
I am also able to give my opinion on the intricate balancing of the economy and pricing of items or certain insight into adding features. For example the pros and cons of a server shop, and whether it should only buy, sell or do both. Some servers implement a private server shop for the trader class, where they are able to purchase all types of materials for a slightly lower price and resell it for higher. Other servers have a server shop where you can only buy for a higher price, promoting player trading to get cheaper stuff. A server shop would function better if it only has purchases for lower quality and common materials, with ability to sell cheaply for all items. This enables the community to set the prices for more rare items such as gold and diamond depending on the supply of money and how it gets added into the system.
Whether by the Quest plugin which rewards money by completing quest, or by using the mob plugins where you get money for killing mods, or jobs such as Miner who gets paid X amount for Y block mined, usually cobblestone should be 0 while coal is cheap. Iron should be slightly etc. etc.
I wish to apply for a moderator position with limited ability in terms of spawning items and such, so as to preserve fair gameplay and allow moderators to enjoy the game as is. Main job would be to moderate chat, player scams, ban fly hackers, attempt to help new players and mediate disputes etc.
Experience: Moderating on forums. Clan leader for several games, leading a 50 man clan. In terms of Minecraft however, I'm relatively new. I have been playing for only about a week, but have been reading up alot and have the basic grasp of Minecraft except redstone system. Totally hate those.
Skills: In terms of literacy, I'm proficient in English and operate in a logical and organized manner and am mature enough to drop arguments, be a mediator between two parties or back down if things seems to get out of hand and lead to no where as is the case with most online communities, especially minecraft because of it's age group.
Other Info: I enjoy a tight knit community that's friendly, no-grief, and generally mature with no random trolling or flaming each other. If I am accepted as a moderator, I shall attempt to preserve organization and order within the chat and among the community. All actions such as kicks and bans if available shall be recorded down along with reasoning and further elaboration for admin approval, depending on what is available to me (either by notepad or
Pictures of your builds, if you have any: I have not, I have been server hopping and hoping to finally settle down once and for all on a good stable server with a RP system or something to that extent which this one seems to provide.
EDIT* Actually I have found some pictures of mine, I have more then one, so I can say they are not stolen.
Would you be willing to donate?: Not this early on the server. It totally depends after the server has been established ans settle down.
I've been thinking of setting up a Forums, so I know the server engine (MyBB) and I'm still looking for a host, but from what I can tell www.createmybb.com seems like a good MyBB Hoster (Easier than making a website from scratch)
I'm also getting a job sooner or later, so I might be able to supply a little amount of donations here and there (Don't expect it)
Also, I know a good Art Team for creating a Banner
Angry Notch
+ I have some good "Realistic" Plugin ideas (Plugins that are already developed), if you want, just send me a PM, and I'll give you the ideas, followed with why
Minecraft Username: Nath99
Skype: No
I don't have Skype, and if I did, I don't have a Private Mic. so I would have to talk pretty loud, and that would disturb everyone
Skype Username: N/A
As Said, I don't have Skype
Age: 14
Since you've so clearly stated why you want the age, I'll post it
(Congratz, you are one of the few servers that have gotten me to do so)
Region: North America
To Be More Percise, North America, Canada, British Colombia
Roleplay Experience: Vietnam Styled , Fallout Styled
I've played on a couple of RP Servers, and I've applied for many more, for some reason, after I post the server goes down
(Hope it doesn't happen to this one)
Writing Essay:
It's been 3 Years, 3 Years since I've seen land
I was put on one of these boats, when I was 14,
Now I'm 17, I've spent most of the Boat trip Reading, The Archives or some cities of the Kingdom, and some Journals of others
The books served as good guides, for the substance known as Redstone, but I still don't know as much as the experts
These books also showed me how to craft multiple objects, and I've been here for 3 Years, so I memorized most of them
Simply put, these books where a guide to me, I now know about the monsters that roam this place, along with the Animals
Now, I haven't just been reading the whole boat ride, I've also been doing some basic chores, Cleaning the Deck and some others, that helped me keep fit
On the boat, I've kept to myself, most of the time, slept in my quarters, did what I was told, ran from fights, basically kept myself out of the trouble, and for that I'm known as a Coward, Weakling and Push over towards the Crew, and some people have started throwing rumors around about me, I'm not sure what they are about, all I know is that they are there
To Be Honest, the boat ride here, is always scaring me, you see, the whole problems lies with me being pessimistic about crashes, and not being able to swim
(I can't go past 4 Blocks high of water withouth a boat), and since this whole thing travel is on the boat, I've been scared about crashes, and the storms are not fun at all
But I tend to forget all that, since with this new land, comes a new life, and I plan to start anew
*The Rest of the note is in Scribbles, And you can't make out any of the words*
- Nathanos
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Hello, I'm Nathaniel
I have a couple ideas for this server (Not Including Plugin Ideas), If you would like to hear them PM me
- Grey_Tail
@ Nath, could you possibly send those plugin's to me over a private message? That way it's all in one place and easy to get to. Also, if you're creating a forum, give me a shout first so we don't end up with twenty different forums. The reason why I'd like a forum up first, rather than later, is so that we can get things coordinated quicker and easier due to people not having skype for which ever reason (Which is alright.) I'll check out that Angry Notch art group as well.
@ Valzy, no ones writing is horrible or stupid. Every roleplayer starts from somewhere, frankly, and I'm sure I have plenty of grammatical and spelling errors in almost half of my posts. As long as it's understandable, then you shouldn't have to worry.
@ Everyone Else:
In regards to the forums, it doesn't have to be great, just functional. As stated earlier, the reason I'd like to have some sort of forum up is so it can be used to coordinate things quicker, and have positions filled in the moderator field. Ect. While I love the Minecraft Forums, the load time takes a while for certain people, due to how many users are on these forums, and, they don't exactly have forums for every server possible created. As I also stated, don't go crazy and create like twenty forums because we need one! Contact me before you start creating it so I know not to tell someone else to make one, or have someone submit one to me without my knowledge of it being created.
Thanks for the writing encouragement, I often don't right lore. Uhm, thanks for adding me to the whitelist, when do we plan to have the server up and running by?
I love the site Template Dooke, not so much on the Forum template (Skin Wise)
Also, could you tell me what forum engine you are using? or is this your custom kind of forum engine?
(As always, I suggest MyBB)
Do you think you can write a plugin for changing the username in minecraft to a character name? I believe I saw one, but I'm not too sure, and I know a Let's Play guy that might also be interested in something like that.
I guess a clearer example would be, rather than it saying "Wolfs Ghost" above my head, or in the chat box, it would say my character's name.
Moving on from that, the test template is great, I don't like the video where it's at (I know it's optional, but it seems to stretch the website's page, least on my computer.) Could it be possible to change the style a bit from 'futuristic' to possibly a bit more fantasy like? (Preferably Dark Fantasy!)
No worries! I'm personally trying to become an author (published one at that!) and I've ran into quite a few people who pretty much said that I should find a better job, and writing was worthless ect. So, rather than continue a negative trend, I rather encourage other writers to push towards their own goals/dreams.
For that second part, I'm not putting an official deadline out. I know any one of us could host a temporary server, if needed, right at this moment. But I rather have an official 24/7 one up and running for people to get started. I guess a rough deadline would probably be when school starts picking up again for people, or near the end of summer. Don't quote me on that, it could be later, or sooner. Depending on how things go from, well, today forwards.
I also know that having an official 24/7 server would cost money, and the age group that minecraft attracts is both below the age of 18, and I'm not exactly sure what the legal donation age is, and frankly, I don't have a job yet myself, so I don't want to ride freely on other peoples donated money, so to speak. I rather have a job and also contribute to the server.
Of course, I'm not a phpBB Skinner, so I can't really complain, lol
And I won't be here for a while (I'm moving this week, next week are my exams, I have homework overdue for this week, I have a fil due for this week, that hasn't even gotten started, and then I goto camp for 2-3 weeks when summer starts), so that seems good that the rough deadline is the begening of school, so I won't miss a thing
Job: Moderator if it has not been filled.(Have been Admin/Op on 5 other servers)
Minecraft Username:K1LL3RxR4BB1TS
Skype: Yes
Skype Username:nibble1999
Age:16
Region: North America (Canada)
(Roleplay Experience: Some RP server, runscape style, Etc.
Writing Essay:It was a wonder full day Until the great fall happend,it was horrible people dieing left and right, what shoul i do...
Write a one to two paragraph story about your character's trip onboard one of the seven ships set out to this new world
It was a Wierd felling day and the air was dry
All of a sudden i saw a movment on the boat which was
unsedle...
That looks a lot better, also take a look at the PM I've sent you. No need to rush though.
Favorite quote from an old roleplay forum I was apart of "Real life before Roleplay" Take your time and get things you need to get done. We're not going anywhere!
As I told you on skype, expand your essay a bit, but don't rush it, take time and put some thought into it. Everyone gets writing block, and/or sometimes aren't able to come up with something at a moments notice. But none the less you've been added to the waiting list. Also, a small tip, when typing your roleplay post, try to capitalize your "I's" more often. It's fine when you're talking on Skype or in an Out of Character conversation.
@ Everyone:
Just finished negotiating with another group who were setting up their own roleplay server, nearly the same as ours, and we discussed a few things. So, we may have a server. This is just a notification that the first post will be edited in the next few moments to show these changes.
If anyone is able to create art work/banners, and are willing to, feel free to do so. In the mean time I'll be checking out the Angry Notch group, that Nath has suggested for the possibility of this server having it's own custom texture pack, that is of course, on the table for discussion between the development team, when things on that side are settled, and properly organized!
Thank you to all of you that have shown interest in this project.
*EDIT
Like I said before I typed up that make-shift moderator application in less than 5 minutes. It really did not talk about much of my experiences, skills or me. So if you would like to know more such as servers I have moderated, or what I do, add me on skype or private message me.
Some quick little things I can say about myself, really into sports, love socializing and i'm very friendly. (:
Alright, Taking a look at this. I was a bit confused, obviously this is going to be a roleplay, but like what kind of plugins are we going to use to enhance the experience? If you don't have any in mind, I have some good ones up for suggestion, some that give skills, ex:mining woodcutting. Also another plugin in mind, it gives classes, such as a mage, archer, rouge, priest, warrior. It is quite fun.
You've also mentioned that we will start out with nothing. That sounds nice because everyone gets a fair advantage. But then again, you also mentioned there will possibly be kingdoms, I also have some plugins in mind for that to.
If you want to hear any of the suggestions, which have probaly already been suggested, private message me or just reply on this thread not only to answer me but to bump it up. (: