What should we call you: You may call me Mark the Great or just Mark is fine too
Age: Mark the Great is 17 years of age. (He hopes that this will not be a problem)
Gender: Mark the Great is male
Country: Mark the Great hails from the northern lands (Canada)
Skype: You may Skype Mark the Great at facebook:mark.carson.9421
Ok lol, that was hard, so I'm dropping the whole third person thing
Are you a redstoner/builder/explorer/other: I consider myself to be more of a jack of all trades. That said, if I had to choose one, I would say I'm a builder, as that is what I enjoy doing, and is what I am doing most of the time when I am online.
How good are you at your play style (rating out of 5): I consider myself to be a reasonable builder, that said I still have much to learn, also, I am still not very good at incorporation redstone into my build so I think I am about a 3.75/5
How active will you be: Generally speaking, I play everyday for about two hours, excepting weekends, where it can get upwards of four. That said, there may be days where I am just swimming in the homework, and may only get on for an hour or so. Hence, I think that anywhere from 10-20 hours per week is a reasonable estimate.
Do you understand our rules? Name two things we don't tolerate: Griefing and racism. A little birdie also told me that you weren't the biggest fan of chicken jockeys
Tell us about your Minecraft experience: Well, I've had Minecraft for a bit more then two years. At first, I started out like I think everyone did, playing on single player, running around being blown up by creepers, hiding in a dirt shack to escape the night. I played like this for a few months, gradually getting better, not getting blown up so often, and finally, moving into something more luxurious then I could even imagine. A cobblestone hut!!!!! (Hold your applause please). As I was getting bored with this, I moved into multiplayer. There I played hunger games, and even a little bit of factions. This faze didn't last very long, as I quickly got bored of all the hackers, and the general pay to win atmosphere. Around this time, I had also started watching some youtubers like Xisuma so I found myself browsing the forums, looking for an SMP. Unfortunately, it seemed to me that every server I joined, either had admins who flew around in creative and had loads of diamonds etc. or, I would find a good server and one or two months later, I would be the only one on all day. This brings us about to present day
Tell us about your multiplayer experience. Have you ever been banned?: I feel like I kinda answered that in the previous question, but as far as details go, on SMPs anyway, I'm kinda that guy thats always available to help out. You need only ask, and I will be there as soon as possible to try and help you. I'm a big fan of large community builds (on the last server that I played on, I build a huge gold/xp farm) and I try to be active in the community even if I can't be on the server. Side note, I have never been banned, nor have I done anything that could be remotely considered cheaty
Why do you want to join: I would love to join this server, first and foremost because I feel like it is a rock solid community that won't be going anywhere soon. I think that it has a great player base, and is one where I could integrate myself quite easily. In addition, I'm always on the lookout for a community that really has that hermit craft feel, and I think that this one fits the ticket. In addition, I quite like the age restriction, as there always seems to be some twelve year old who thinks that it would be a great prank to blow your whole base up with TNT. (For the record, its not just twelve year olds, but still)
What would you bring to the server: Well, as you may have noticed, I'm a big fan of jokes etc, so I think I would bring a (bad) sense of humour to the server. In addition, I think I could certainly bring some great ideas for community builds, with regards to spawn and such. Also, I think that I would really just be another active member of the community, and one that is always up for anything
Any additional comments: Well, I enjoy xc running, biking, and skiing. I try to stay quite active and fit, and I also play the piano. I'm fluent in 3 languages, and can speak a few words of two more. Apart from that, I try to do well in school, and am a big fan of both pizza, and DQ.
Show us your past work: This is just a small album of some builds that I just made this morning. Keep in mind that I spent a very limited amount of time on them, and they are by far not my best work http://imgur.com/a/qm8zU
PS: Did you hear about the guy who invented the doorknocker?
He won the No-Bell prize
PPS: This is 935 words long, so you better read the whole thing
Jk lmao. Thanks for applying, mark! I've started the vote for your application. You'll receive a verdict whenever all our current members finish voting.
Hey, bulls. I'm sorry to say, but your application was denied. We greatly appreciate that you showed interest in Hop, Skip & Block, though. If you'd like, you can re-create your application with more indepth information, we'd be glad to re-vote. Again, I'm very sorry.
Hey, mark. You've been accepted! I'll be adding you on skype and chatting with you before I add you onto the server. I was about to ask you to sign up on the forum, but forgot you already had, so thank you!
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Join Date:
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Minecraft Username: SanguineRabbit What should we call you: Rabbit Age:18 Gender:Male Country:Singapore Skype: Blue Flame Are you a redstoner/builder/explorer/other: Builder, building helps relieve my stress and allows me to let loose my imaginative mind How good are you at your play style (rating out of 5): 3-4 How active will you be: I'll be on during weekends but not as often on weekdays cus of school, it's exam season where I am currently so I'll be studying for my finals a majority of the time however I'll squeeze in as much time as I can to play on the server. I'll be on pretty much every day after my examinations tho Do you understand our rules? Name two things we don't tolerate: Yes I do. Stealing and griefing Tell us about your Minecraft experience: Been playing for a couple years, mainly focusing on building and redstone, I'm usually very ambitious with my builds often building castles or cities in survival however a most of my work was done on previous servers thus I don't have any pics of them. I mostly play on servers with friends with a bunch of mods and stuff. I've played various modpacks over the years such as FTB, Regrowth, Modsauce, Resonant Rise, and many more. I've also experimented with making my own mods for minecraft (haven't gotten many complex ones yet... coding is hard >.<). Tell us about your multiplayer experience. Have you ever been banned?: I've been on a couple servers, even became an admin once however most of them disbanded after a couple months since everyone became inactive. Alot of the servers I've been on have been filled with immature kids who continuously grief my builds thus I am forced to move from server to server in search of a server with a mature community that has some decent respect for builds and not be complete nuisances. I have not been banned to my knowledge. Why do you want to join: I'm continuing my search for a server with a good community where I can chill out with a some new found friends and hopefully be able to make some pulchritudinous builds without being constantly blown up. I mostly chose this server as the amount of work put into seems to be alot more professional as compared to a couple other servers I've been on and the community also seems to be fun and mature. What would you bring to the server: I would hope to bring some cool builds and decent redstone. I mostly build in a rustic/fantasy style although I do dabble in modern builds sometimes, I can also bring about some terraforming and scenic decor. All in all I'll probably just be a builder who is ready to help anyone in need I hope to be an active member of what seems to be an amazing community. Any additional comments: Hopefully you accept me chicken jockey. Show us your past work (images/videos): A survival house I just started on today
"some pulchritudinous builds" - What in the lord's name does that mean? That's a word I've never seen. It took me 20 seconds just to figure out how to pronounce the damn thing.
Anyway, I'm glad you re-applied, Rabbit! I've opened another vote for you. As like before, you'll receive a verdict once all current members finish their vote. Best of luck!
What should we call you: You can call me Bulls but you can also call me by my real name, Greg.
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Country: US of A
Skype: Greg_DaBulls Don't spam me bro
Are you a redstoner/builder/explorer/other: Well... I would like to say I am much more a survivor. I don't excel in anything other than not dying pretty much haha. I love building, I tend to spend a few days on most of my builds though... I enjoy my details. Redstone is still something I have to learn... More Seth Bling for me.
How good are you at your play style (rating out of 5): Overall, I would say 3.5 mostly due to the fact that I take forever to build anything.
How active will you be: MC is the only game I play so whenever I have free time I'll be on the server. I'll be on anywhere from 2 to 5 hours during the weekdays and a little less during the weekends, I play mostly at night.
Do you understand our rules? I darn diddly doo. Name two things we don't tolerate: Racism and Griefing. I've experienced both... I've had my stuff stolen and had my house filled with lava. I also told someone that I was a redhead and they went on a spiel about how redheads are demons or something like that, he wasn't joking either. Either way, I understand completely.
Tell us about your Minecraft experience: I heard about MC just like everyone else... through the Youtubes. I stumbled upon a YTer that used to go by zxnoregretzzxz, however he's changed his channel name to CallMeKevin since then, around 4 years ago. After a year I finally decided it was time to try the game out myself. It didn't go to well, my PC ran at a steady 5 FPS and I died often. So my entire first 2 years of playing MC, I played underground where I had at least a good 15 FPS. I learned a lot about MC, excluding redstone :(. I know a lot more about MC then I probably should. But now that I no longer play MC on a toaster, I can do things I was never able to do. Like build! BdoubleO100 is my favorite YTer so building is something I love to do.
Tell us about your multiplayer experience. Have you ever been banned?: I have never been banned from a server. I have played on 5 servers total, I left 3 of them within the first week. One, because the server was inactive, I never actually met anyone. The other two I left due to immaturity, which is where the guy calling me a demon comes in. The other two I was very active on and still talk to some of the members that were on those two servers. My very first server I ever joined however, I actually became admin of. I took control over the server just 2 months into first starting this server. Due to inexperience and not having any help, the map eventually became corrupt and the server shut down at my request.
Why do you want to join: Over the past month I have been looking for a server that has a strong, active community. The purpose of playing on a server is interacting with each other in a positive way. I have found that, that is very hard to find. My first app being rejected tells me that you guys actually care about your server, and I want to be a part of that.
What would you bring to the server: As much as I try and take MC seriously, I love to joke around and have fun. I love to prank people, no griefing of course, and I love to interact with people in general. I am all for the community, if anyone ever needs help I'm usually the first one there. Whether it's to help build something, take down a wither, or a couple of people are trapped in a 1x1 hole. I've also been told I make some kickass cookies... so there's that as well.
Any additional comments:
I hope you guys were able to get to know me a little better. I'm not used to having to lay everything out like this. I tend to think most servers never have enough questions for the application process and this definitely suffices. I hope to hear back from you soon! By the way... Here's a little secret, Chicken Jockeys are actually going to be removed from the game. They're too damn cute so nobody wants to kill them which results in a lot of players being killed by them.
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"I am here to say funny things, make you laugh, do some crazy things, get the whole town sick with the mumps and laugh at them while they die! That is my job." - Bdubs
I'm glad you re-applied, bulls! I used to watch zxnoregretzzxz way back in the day as well. His somewhat-recent sims series was fantastic. Bdubs is also my favorite MC youtuber. His building style is fantastic. I've opened up voting for your application. Like the last time, you'll receive a verdict once all current members finish their votes. Thanks!
Are you a redstoner/builder/explorer/other: I'm really not good at building or redstone. I'm just into the simple way of minecraft. For example: Building a base and farms and opening up little shops at stuff I invent in my mind.
How good are you at your play style (rating out of 5):3-4. The reason I say that is because I'm not the best builder.
How active will you be:Often, except on Saturdays.
Do you understand our rules? Name two things we don't tolerate: Stealing and unfair modifications
Tell us about your Minecraft experience: I've been on MC for 10 months and each server had a really good community but unfortunately a lot of people we're inactive and it was no use in playing. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a long lasting server with great depth. I hope this is it o_o
Tell us about your multiplayer experience. Have you ever been banned?:My MC experiences were great. I've gotten along with anyone I've ever met on this game, never any conflict. I've been on a total of 4 servers that I absolutely enjoyed and actually remember LOL but I made really great friends and I've learned a lot. I've also never been banned.
Why do you want to join:I want to have that rookie feeling I had when I first joined MC with making new friends, and doing simple things. It just seems boring now and I need a fresh start
What would you bring to the server: A good attitude, hopefully I can make people smile with my randomness LOL and if anyone needs help with anything. I'm your girl!
Any additional comments:I re-did my application, really hoping to make it on this server which seems to be really great on the outside. Hopefully, I can make it on the inside.
Show us your past work
Minecraft Username: KleenexTissue
What should we call you: Kleenex or Tissue
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Country: Australia
Skype: kleenextissue33
Are you a redstoner/builder/explorer/other: redstoner, explorer, a little bit of a builder
How good are you at your play style (rating out of 5): 3-4 I guess? If we're looking at redstone, I'm pretty good at it, as for building, I'm getting better at the aesthetic side of things
How active will you be: once a day at least but need to make sure I get my chicken jockey practice in everyday
Do you understand our rules? Name two things we don't tolerate: stealing and griefing
Tell us about your Minecraft experience: been around for about 3-4 years, enjoyed skyblock quite a lot, as well as doing redstone
Tell us about your multiplayer experience. Have you ever been banned?: Played on a few servers, never really been banned before
Why do you want to join: I'm looking for a server to call home, start building some cool things I can share with people
What would you bring to the server: cool builds with redstone I think
Any additional comments:
Show us your past work (images/videos): attached is mumbo's tree farm built on a survival single player world as well as nim's fishing farm and a piston gate (can't remember who made it but not my design)
Hey, Rabbit and Bulls! Congratulations, you guys have been accepted! I'll be adding and messaging you guys on skype to give you a brief intro of the server. If you could sign up on http://hopskipandblock.com if you haven't already, that'd be fantastic. Thanks and I look forward to playing with you!
Sorry, Crimnor, but your application was denied. You had a nice application, but you missed an important piece and you didn't include any images. I understand that you don't take pictures of your builds, but it would've been nice if you created some stuff quick in creative mode. Feel free to re-apply and we'll get a re-vote going for you.
Hello, Eirwen, Kleenex, and Jin! Thanks for applying, guys! I've opened up voting on your applications. You'll receive a verdict once all current members finish their votes.
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Join Date:
10/28/2013
Posts:
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Minecraft:
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Minecraft Username: Tutenstein What should we call you: I am happy to be called Tut, because trying to type tutenstein can always be a bit of a pain... Age: I am 22 years old Gender: I am male! Country: I live in Queensland, Australia GMT+10 Skype: My skype is whoatethecake Are you a redstoner/builder/explorer/other: I love building things, but I'm more of a explorer/tinkerer (I like making/fixing custom enchanted armour for other players) if that makes any sense haha! I know my way around the more simple redstone contraptions, but if I need something more serious I usually ask or youtube it. How good are you at your play style (rating out of 5): I would probably be around a 3-4. I enjoy making aesthetically pleasing builds and helping out others. I am fairly confident with everything else. How active will you be: I will try to be active one to two hours a day. I am a paramedic which requires a lot of random hours for shiftwork so I won't be on at a set time each day but will vary. Somedays I will be too exhausted to play so I do apologise in advance! Do you understand our rules? Name two things we don't tolerate: I understand the rules. You guys do not tolerate griefing other players or stealing from other players. Tell us about your Minecraft experience: I have been playing minecraft since 1.4 and have enjoyed playing around and being able to create interesting builds and just express myself. I enjoy watching videos on minecraft by Paulsoaresjr, Generikb, Scar does minecraft, prestonplayz and so on. However I enjoy vanilla minecraft because everything else just gets too confusing and I get a little put off by it all. Tell us about your multiplayer experience. Have you ever been banned?: I started playing online with other people a couple of years back. I enjoyed the new aspect multiplayer opened up such as meeting new people and making new friends! I have been on a few servers now and while I haven't been banned from any of them I have been either unwhitelisted? (is that a word?) due to not being on everyday due to my job, or I have had to leave the server due to really bad lag (Yay for australia...) or the server becomes inactive due to lack of interest from others.
- I hosted a server myself for a while but unfortunately that didn't last to long because nobody wanted the lag from playing on an australian based server as well as I didn't know what I was really doing... You learn very quickly is all I can say haha! Why do you want to join: I would like to join this server to play with other dedicated players and to make new friends. I enjoy collaborating with others and learning from them as well as being a part of the community. Also I like the fact that the server is vanilla! don't get me wrong I don't mind plugins, it's just that turning off creeper explosions and /back just don't seem fun or exciting to me. What would you bring to the server: I enjoy being a part of a community and helping others wherever possible, and I enjoy the occasional challenge that a build might present. I would love to create a store that sells/fixes custom enchanted gear as well as other various bits and pieces. I look forward to meeting everybody and making new friends. Any additional comments: Zombie grinders are the most annoying thing to make... you have to make the water elevator the right height or they die (but they are still two hits to kill...), you have to add a baby zombie remover or they mess up your rates, you get soo much rotten flesh its useless unless you have a villager to trade with, and just when you think its all up and running a baby zombie riding a chicken spawns... somehow the baby zombie dies but the chicken jockey just gets stuck in your system stopping all other zombies from getting through the grinder... give me a skeleton spawner anyday.
I would also like to state again that unfortunately my job will get in the way of me getting on minecraft everyday but I will try my hardest to be on at least one hour a day. Anyway thanks for considering me. Show us your past work (images/videos): (*If you don't have any, throw something quick together in creative if possible) [/i]I can't seem to upload any of my photos... it says they are too big and to provide a file less than 1GB... they are only 555KB? I can message someone the screenshots?
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Minecraft Username: Novellati What should we call you: Novel is what most people call me, but you can call me Novellati if you like. Age: 35 Gender: Female Country: USA Skype: Novellati2899 Are you a redstoner/builder/explorer/other: Explorer/Minecraft housewife I love the beginning part where you get started and have to establish a home. After that I love to go exploring and see what adventures I can go on, but I want to be able to do that with some friends. I love to build new things but I am not the best idea person. I usually look up images online and find something I want to make and try to see if I can build it on my own. I also like the challenge of building new things like automated farms. I have built an iron farm, villager breeder, mob grinder, skele grinder, spider grinder, melon/pumpkin farm, etc. I have found this great villager trading room that i am really excited to find a home for. Some of my friends say I am a "minecraft housewife" because when I first get online I will go around the town and ensure all the food is harvested and auto farm chests are emptied and put into the storage room. I am obsessed with organization and gathering resources. How good are you at your play style (rating out of 5): I would say a a 3/5. I am not the best, but definitely getting better as I learn from those more experienced than me. There is always something new to learn in this game which is what makes it so exciting. I guess you could say I am almost at the chicken jockey level How active will you be: On my last server I played every weeknight for a few hours after the kiddos go to bed. Do you understand our rules? Name two things we don't tolerate: Yes, I understand the rules. You don't tolerate Griefing and Racism, among other things. Tell us about your Minecraft experience: My kids are the ones that got me interested in minecraft. They would ask for my help and then wanted me to play with them on the PS4. That got me hooked. They would go and build big houses while I went mining for the resources. Then I started watching the how to plays by Paul Soars Jr and saw all the amazing stuff we could do and decided to buy the computer version for all of us. After awhile of playing with the kiddos I wanted to play with some people my age to see what else I could learn and possibly make some friends along the way. Tell us about your multiplayer experience. Have you ever been banned?: I have never been banned. I have found 2 good servers where I loved playing, but one has already shut down and the other is going through a lot of issues right now that make it difficult to have a reliable place to play. Why do you want to join: I like that fact that you are already a tight knit community. You guys seem to have a good handle on what needs to be done to make a good server. I like the fact that you all vote on the applications which tells me that there isn't one person at the top that says it is "my way or the highway" and on some power trip. The rules all seem appropriate and I like that it is still Vanilla. What would you bring to the server: Positivity, a helping hand, encouragement, a tad bit of sarcasm and a calm rational demeanor. I would love to work on some bigger projects with a group, especially if they already have the idea in mind and are looking for a sounding board from some people and some collaboration. Any additional comments: I have a few questions I would like to ask. How long as this current map been active? Are there any rules around how close people can build to one other or the spawn point? Are there any rules on finding different things on the map such as a ocean monument? Has the End been conquered and if yes, do you reset it and have a community event? Are there any other community events that are held? Show us your past work (images/videos):
This is a storage room I built using a tutorial. It was supposed to be automated, but it requires a lot of resources to get started.
This is a cottage that I built as my first home. The idea was to build it really small above ground and have everything I need under ground. The storage room above was under the house.
Hey, Tut and Novel! Thanks for applying and showing interest in Hop, Skip & Block! I've opened up voting for your applications. You'll be given a verdict once all current members finish voting. Thanks again!
Thanks for applying, Tom! Very cool map you have there and impressive achievement! I've opened up voting for your application. Like the others, you'll receive a verdict once all current members vote. Thanks!
Hey, Chesi, Eirwen, and Kleenex. I'm sorry to say, but your applications were denied. Feel free to re-apply if you'd like. If you do decide to re-apply, a quick insider-tip (these are what we look for in an application, not exactly what you did wrong) is that we like indepth answers. We want to get to know you as a person before actually meeting you so we're sure you'll be a good fit. Another tip would be to make sure the application looks good. Spaced out, bolded titles, etc. And lastly, pictures. We like looking at pictures Again, I'm very sorry to deny you, but I genuinely appreciate you guys showing interest in our server. Best of luck with your future minecraft endeavors if we don't meet again.
Congratulations, Jin! Your application was accepted! I'll be adding you on skype to walk you through a few quick things about the server. If you would, please register at http://hopskipandblock.com . It's where we do application voting and general announcements. Thanks and I look forward to meeting you in-game!
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Join Date:
7/24/2013
Posts:
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Minecraft Username: Zar4X What should we call you: I don't mind Zar4X, but you can call me Noah. Age: 18. Gender: Male. Country: Lithuania (Baltic States ;p) Skype: NojusPC Are you a redstoner/builder/explorer/other: Well, I like to do everything in Minecraft and I am all in one, but recently I feel I spend more time on redstone stuff like farms more than on building or exploring stuff. How good are you at your play style (rating out of 5): 4/5 - I am pretty good at Minecraft and I know basically most of the things. But as all of us do, I can't always remember some kind of crafting recipe (it happens rare thou), so that makes -0,5. And for second half I think we don't master Minecraft so well and we all learn new things day by day. How active will you be: I am not Nolifer, but I like to sit near my screen. I would spend like hour per day (making it `7hours per week), but I am kinda free in weekends so I can spend way more time. Do you understand our rules? Name two things we don't tolerate: Of course I understood. Servers community don't tolerate :
Racism (Never experienced it and hopefully I won't xD)
Griefing/Stealing (Experienced it in few servers, this thing made me leave another server I played on.)
Tell us about your Minecraft experience: Well, I am playing MC for 4 years... FIrstly, I heard word "Minecraft" first time from my friends. They told me to try it out, they also said that it is the best game and I gave it a shot. After giving it a try, I found best game I've ever played. Firstly, I played Singleplayer only, never giving a shot for Multiplayer, but it started being kinda boring so I gave Multiplayer Vanilla server a shot. So here I am, still playing in Vanilla multiplayer Minecraft for 2 years. Tell us about your multiplayer experience. Have you ever been banned?: I had pretty good experience during these 2 years. I played on my friends server for roughly 1 year (private-community), so my experience was the best. Nobody stealed, griefed or stuff. But becouse of money crisis we closed it. Then my real experience started, in small community servers. I had pretty good experience in them, never got banned and stuff.. But I got griefed by a person. Why do you want to join: I want to join this server, becouse Im looking for very good Vannila 1.8 server, which has very good and of course mature community which will impress me. I was playing in Verge SMP (Which was in MinecraftForums.net too), it had best community I ever saw... But this server had no anti-grief and after being raid I decided to leave that server for good. So now I am looking for one good server where I can kill some time and play with others. What would you bring to the server: I will help others with a lot of things, especially redstone (I am very good at it.), I will bring fun to server, of course a lot of buildings and projects, farms. I am active player, Im nervous person who want to chill out with others and of course spend time here chating with players, making huge buildings and trying to be the best! Any additional comments: I Just want to ask few questions. Is there any chance server is going to be wiped in 1.9 and how much time you guys play until ending season and starting new map? Show us your past work (images/videos): (*If you don't have any, throw something quick together in creative if possible) Too bad I rebooted my PC few months ago and I wasn't building much. This is what I found, I can say I've made pretty good job on Medieval house ;). It is not much buildings but Medieval house took me `9 hours so think about it.
Good to hear, man.
Minecraft Username: Bigwigmark
What should we call you: You may call me Mark the Great
or just Mark is fine too
Age: Mark the Great is 17 years of age. (He hopes that this will not be a problem)
Gender: Mark the Great is male
Country: Mark the Great hails from the northern lands (Canada)
Skype: You may Skype Mark the Great at facebook:mark.carson.9421
Ok lol, that was hard, so I'm dropping the whole third person thing
Are you a redstoner/builder/explorer/other: I consider myself to be more of a jack of all trades. That said, if I had to choose one, I would say I'm a builder, as that is what I enjoy doing, and is what I am doing most of the time when I am online.
How good are you at your play style (rating out of 5): I consider myself to be a reasonable builder, that said I still have much to learn, also, I am still not very good at incorporation redstone into my build so I think I am about a 3.75/5
How active will you be: Generally speaking, I play everyday for about two hours, excepting weekends, where it can get upwards of four. That said, there may be days where I am just swimming in the homework, and may only get on for an hour or so. Hence, I think that anywhere from 10-20 hours per week is a reasonable estimate.
Do you understand our rules? Name two things we don't tolerate: Griefing and racism. A little birdie also told me that you weren't the biggest fan of chicken jockeys
Tell us about your Minecraft experience: Well, I've had Minecraft for a bit more then two years. At first, I started out like I think everyone did, playing on single player, running around being blown up by creepers, hiding in a dirt shack to escape the night. I played like this for a few months, gradually getting better, not getting blown up so often, and finally, moving into something more luxurious then I could even imagine. A cobblestone hut!!!!! (Hold your applause please). As I was getting bored with this, I moved into multiplayer. There I played hunger games, and even a little bit of factions. This faze didn't last very long, as I quickly got bored of all the hackers, and the general pay to win atmosphere. Around this time, I had also started watching some youtubers like Xisuma so I found myself browsing the forums, looking for an SMP. Unfortunately, it seemed to me that every server I joined, either had admins who flew around in creative and had loads of diamonds etc. or, I would find a good server and one or two months later, I would be the only one on all day. This brings us about to present day
Tell us about your multiplayer experience. Have you ever been banned?: I feel like I kinda answered that in the previous question, but as far as details go, on SMPs anyway, I'm kinda that guy thats always available to help out. You need only ask, and I will be there as soon as possible to try and help you. I'm a big fan of large community builds (on the last server that I played on, I build a huge gold/xp farm) and I try to be active in the community even if I can't be on the server. Side note, I have never been banned, nor have I done anything that could be remotely considered cheaty
Why do you want to join: I would love to join this server, first and foremost because I feel like it is a rock solid community that won't be going anywhere soon. I think that it has a great player base, and is one where I could integrate myself quite easily. In addition, I'm always on the lookout for a community that really has that hermit craft feel, and I think that this one fits the ticket. In addition, I quite like the age restriction, as there always seems to be some twelve year old who thinks that it would be a great prank to blow your whole base up with TNT. (For the record, its not just twelve year olds, but still)
What would you bring to the server: Well, as you may have noticed, I'm a big fan of jokes etc, so I think I would bring a (bad) sense of humour to the server. In addition, I think I could certainly bring some great ideas for community builds, with regards to spawn and such. Also, I think that I would really just be another active member of the community, and one that is always up for anything
Any additional comments: Well, I enjoy xc running, biking, and skiing. I try to stay quite active and fit, and I also play the piano. I'm fluent in 3 languages, and can speak a few words of two more. Apart from that, I try to do well in school, and am a big fan of both pizza, and DQ.
Show us your past work: This is just a small album of some builds that I just made this morning. Keep in mind that I spent a very limited amount of time on them, and they are by far not my best work http://imgur.com/a/qm8zU
PS: Did you hear about the guy who invented the doorknocker?
He won the No-Bell prize
PPS: This is 935 words long, so you better read the whole thing
TL;DR
Jk lmao. Thanks for applying, mark! I've started the vote for your application. You'll receive a verdict whenever all our current members finish voting.
Hey, bulls. I'm sorry to say, but your application was denied. We greatly appreciate that you showed interest in Hop, Skip & Block, though. If you'd like, you can re-create your application with more indepth information, we'd be glad to re-vote. Again, I'm very sorry.
Hey, mark. You've been accepted! I'll be adding you on skype and chatting with you before I add you onto the server. I was about to ask you to sign up on the forum, but forgot you already had, so thank you!
What should we call you: Rabbit
Age:18
Gender:Male
Country:Singapore
Skype: Blue Flame
Are you a redstoner/builder/explorer/other: Builder, building helps relieve my stress and allows me to let loose my imaginative mind
How good are you at your play style (rating out of 5): 3-4
How active will you be: I'll be on during weekends but not as often on weekdays cus of school, it's exam season where I am currently so I'll be studying for my finals a majority of the time however I'll squeeze in as much time as I can to play on the server. I'll be on pretty much every day after my examinations tho
Do you understand our rules? Name two things we don't tolerate: Yes I do. Stealing and griefing
Tell us about your Minecraft experience: Been playing for a couple years, mainly focusing on building and redstone, I'm usually very ambitious with my builds often building castles or cities in survival however a most of my work was done on previous servers thus I don't have any pics of them. I mostly play on servers with friends with a bunch of mods and stuff. I've played various modpacks over the years such as FTB, Regrowth, Modsauce, Resonant Rise, and many more. I've also experimented with making my own mods for minecraft (haven't gotten many complex ones yet... coding is hard >.<).
Tell us about your multiplayer experience. Have you ever been banned?: I've been on a couple servers, even became an admin once however most of them disbanded after a couple months since everyone became inactive. Alot of the servers I've been on have been filled with immature kids who continuously grief my builds thus I am forced to move from server to server in search of a server with a mature community that has some decent respect for builds and not be complete nuisances. I have not been banned to my knowledge.
Why do you want to join: I'm continuing my search for a server with a good community where I can chill out with a some new found friends and hopefully be able to make some pulchritudinous builds without being constantly blown up. I mostly chose this server as the amount of work put into seems to be alot more professional as compared to a couple other servers I've been on and the community also seems to be fun and mature.
What would you bring to the server: I would hope to bring some cool builds and decent redstone. I mostly build in a rustic/fantasy style although I do dabble in modern builds sometimes, I can also bring about some terraforming and scenic decor. All in all I'll probably just be a builder who is ready to help anyone in need
Any additional comments: Hopefully you accept me
Show us your past work (images/videos): A survival house I just started on today
"some pulchritudinous builds" - What in the lord's name does that mean? That's a word I've never seen. It took me 20 seconds just to figure out how to pronounce the damn thing.
Anyway, I'm glad you re-applied, Rabbit! I've opened another vote for you. As like before, you'll receive a verdict once all current members finish their vote. Best of luck!
Minecraft Username: Bulls_
What should we call you: You can call me Bulls but you can also call me by my real name, Greg.
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Country: US of A
Skype: Greg_DaBulls Don't spam me bro
Are you a redstoner/builder/explorer/other: Well... I would like to say I am much more a survivor. I don't excel in anything other than not dying pretty much haha. I love building, I tend to spend a few days on most of my builds though... I enjoy my details. Redstone is still something I have to learn... More Seth Bling for me.
How good are you at your play style (rating out of 5): Overall, I would say 3.5 mostly due to the fact that I take forever to build anything.
How active will you be: MC is the only game I play so whenever I have free time I'll be on the server. I'll be on anywhere from 2 to 5 hours during the weekdays and a little less during the weekends, I play mostly at night.
Do you understand our rules? I darn diddly doo. Name two things we don't tolerate: Racism and Griefing. I've experienced both... I've had my stuff stolen and had my house filled with lava. I also told someone that I was a redhead and they went on a spiel about how redheads are demons or something like that, he wasn't joking either. Either way, I understand completely.
Tell us about your Minecraft experience: I heard about MC just like everyone else... through the Youtubes. I stumbled upon a YTer that used to go by zxnoregretzzxz, however he's changed his channel name to CallMeKevin since then, around 4 years ago. After a year I finally decided it was time to try the game out myself. It didn't go to well, my PC ran at a steady 5 FPS and I died often. So my entire first 2 years of playing MC, I played underground where I had at least a good 15 FPS. I learned a lot about MC, excluding redstone :(. I know a lot more about MC then I probably should. But now that I no longer play MC on a toaster, I can do things I was never able to do. Like build! BdoubleO100 is my favorite YTer so building is something I love to do.
Tell us about your multiplayer experience. Have you ever been banned?: I have never been banned from a server. I have played on 5 servers total, I left 3 of them within the first week. One, because the server was inactive, I never actually met anyone. The other two I left due to immaturity, which is where the guy calling me a demon comes in. The other two I was very active on and still talk to some of the members that were on those two servers. My very first server I ever joined however, I actually became admin of. I took control over the server just 2 months into first starting this server. Due to inexperience and not having any help, the map eventually became corrupt and the server shut down at my request.
Why do you want to join: Over the past month I have been looking for a server that has a strong, active community. The purpose of playing on a server is interacting with each other in a positive way. I have found that, that is very hard to find. My first app being rejected tells me that you guys actually care about your server, and I want to be a part of that.
What would you bring to the server: As much as I try and take MC seriously, I love to joke around and have fun. I love to prank people, no griefing of course, and I love to interact with people in general. I am all for the community, if anyone ever needs help I'm usually the first one there. Whether it's to help build something, take down a wither, or a couple of people are trapped in a 1x1 hole. I've also been told I make some kickass cookies... so there's that as well.
Any additional comments:
I hope you guys were able to get to know me a little better. I'm not used to having to lay everything out like this. I tend to think most servers never have enough questions for the application process and this definitely suffices. I hope to hear back from you soon! By the way... Here's a little secret, Chicken Jockeys are actually going to be removed from the game. They're too damn cute so nobody wants to kill them which results in a lot of players being killed by them.
"I am here to say funny things, make you laugh, do some crazy things, get the whole town sick with the mumps and laugh at them while they die! That is my job." - Bdubs
I'm glad you re-applied, bulls! I used to watch zxnoregretzzxz way back in the day as well. His somewhat-recent sims series was fantastic. Bdubs is also my favorite MC youtuber. His building style is fantastic. I've opened up voting for your application. Like the last time, you'll receive a verdict once all current members finish their votes. Thanks!
We opened up voting for your application. You'll receive a verdict once all members finish their votes. Thanks for your time.
Minecraft Username: ChesiMedici
What should we call you: Chesi
Age: 18 years old
Gender: Female
Country: USA
Chicken Jockey
Skype: chesi.jaelyn
Are you a redstoner/builder/explorer/other: I'm really not good at building or redstone. I'm just into the simple way of minecraft. For example: Building a base and farms and opening up little shops at stuff I invent in my mind.
How good are you at your play style (rating out of 5): 3-4. The reason I say that is because I'm not the best builder.
How active will you be: Often, except on Saturdays.
Do you understand our rules? Name two things we don't tolerate: Stealing and unfair modifications
Tell us about your Minecraft experience: I've been on MC for 10 months and each server had a really good community but unfortunately a lot of people we're inactive and it was no use in playing. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a long lasting server with great depth. I hope this is it o_o
Tell us about your multiplayer experience. Have you ever been banned?: My MC experiences were great. I've gotten along with anyone I've ever met on this game, never any conflict. I've been on a total of 4 servers that I absolutely enjoyed and actually remember LOL but I made really great friends and I've learned a lot. I've also never been banned.
Why do you want to join: I want to have that rookie feeling I had when I first joined MC with making new friends, and doing simple things. It just seems boring now and I need a fresh start
What would you bring to the server: A good attitude, hopefully I can make people smile with my randomness LOL and if anyone needs help with anything. I'm your girl!
Any additional comments: I re-did my application, really hoping to make it on this server which seems to be really great on the outside. Hopefully, I can make it on the inside.
Show us your past work
TADAAA
Dracary
Thanks for applying, Chesi! Voting has opened for your application. You'll be notified of a verdict once all current members vote.
Thank youu
Dracary
Minecraft Username: KleenexTissue
but need to make sure I get my chicken jockey practice in everyday
What should we call you: Kleenex or Tissue
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Country: Australia
Skype: kleenextissue33
Are you a redstoner/builder/explorer/other: redstoner, explorer, a little bit of a builder
How good are you at your play style (rating out of 5): 3-4 I guess? If we're looking at redstone, I'm pretty good at it, as for building, I'm getting better at the aesthetic side of things
How active will you be: once a day at least
Do you understand our rules? Name two things we don't tolerate: stealing and griefing
Tell us about your Minecraft experience: been around for about 3-4 years, enjoyed skyblock quite a lot, as well as doing redstone
Tell us about your multiplayer experience. Have you ever been banned?: Played on a few servers, never really been banned before
Why do you want to join: I'm looking for a server to call home, start building some cool things I can share with people
What would you bring to the server: cool builds with redstone I think
Any additional comments:
Show us your past work (images/videos): attached is mumbo's tree farm built on a survival single player world as well as nim's fishing farm and a piston gate (can't remember who made it but not my design)
Hey, Rabbit and Bulls! Congratulations, you guys have been accepted! I'll be adding and messaging you guys on skype to give you a brief intro of the server. If you could sign up on http://hopskipandblock.com if you haven't already, that'd be fantastic. Thanks and I look forward to playing with you!
Sorry, Crimnor, but your application was denied. You had a nice application, but you missed an important piece and you didn't include any images. I understand that you don't take pictures of your builds, but it would've been nice if you created some stuff quick in creative mode. Feel free to re-apply and we'll get a re-vote going for you.
Hello, Eirwen, Kleenex, and Jin! Thanks for applying, guys! I've opened up voting on your applications. You'll receive a verdict once all current members finish their votes.
Minecraft Username: Tutenstein
What should we call you: I am happy to be called Tut, because trying to type tutenstein can always be a bit of a pain...
Age: I am 22 years old
Gender: I am male!
Country: I live in Queensland, Australia GMT+10
Skype: My skype is whoatethecake
Are you a redstoner/builder/explorer/other: I love building things, but I'm more of a explorer/tinkerer (I like making/fixing custom enchanted armour for other players) if that makes any sense haha! I know my way around the more simple redstone contraptions, but if I need something more serious I usually ask or youtube it.
How good are you at your play style (rating out of 5): I would probably be around a 3-4. I enjoy making aesthetically pleasing builds and helping out others. I am fairly confident with everything else.
How active will you be: I will try to be active one to two hours a day. I am a paramedic which requires a lot of random hours for shiftwork so I won't be on at a set time each day but will vary. Somedays I will be too exhausted to play so I do apologise in advance!
Do you understand our rules? Name two things we don't tolerate: I understand the rules. You guys do not tolerate griefing other players or stealing from other players.
Tell us about your Minecraft experience: I have been playing minecraft since 1.4 and have enjoyed playing around and being able to create interesting builds and just express myself. I enjoy watching videos on minecraft by Paulsoaresjr, Generikb, Scar does minecraft, prestonplayz and so on. However I enjoy vanilla minecraft because everything else just gets too confusing and I get a little put off by it all.
Tell us about your multiplayer experience. Have you ever been banned?: I started playing online with other people a couple of years back. I enjoyed the new aspect multiplayer opened up such as meeting new people and making new friends! I have been on a few servers now and while I haven't been banned from any of them I have been either unwhitelisted? (is that a word?) due to not being on everyday due to my job, or I have had to leave the server due to really bad lag (Yay for australia...) or the server becomes inactive due to lack of interest from others.
- I hosted a server myself for a while but unfortunately that didn't last to long because nobody wanted the lag from playing on an australian based server as well as I didn't know what I was really doing... You learn very quickly is all I can say haha!
Why do you want to join: I would like to join this server to play with other dedicated players and to make new friends. I enjoy collaborating with others and learning from them as well as being a part of the community. Also I like the fact that the server is vanilla! don't get me wrong I don't mind plugins, it's just that turning off creeper explosions and /back just don't seem fun or exciting to me.
What would you bring to the server: I enjoy being a part of a community and helping others wherever possible, and I enjoy the occasional challenge that a build might present. I would love to create a store that sells/fixes custom enchanted gear as well as other various bits and pieces. I look forward to meeting everybody and making new friends.
Any additional comments: Zombie grinders are the most annoying thing to make... you have to make the water elevator the right height or they die (but they are still two hits to kill...), you have to add a baby zombie remover or they mess up your rates, you get soo much rotten flesh its useless unless you have a villager to trade with, and just when you think its all up and running a baby zombie riding a chicken spawns... somehow the baby zombie dies but the chicken jockey just gets stuck in your system stopping all other zombies from getting through the grinder... give me a skeleton spawner anyday.
I would also like to state again that unfortunately my job will get in the way of me getting on minecraft everyday but I will try my hardest to be on at least one hour a day. Anyway thanks for considering me.
Show us your past work (images/videos): (*If you don't have any, throw something quick together in creative if possible) [/i]I can't seem to upload any of my photos... it says they are too big and to provide a file less than 1GB... they are only 555KB? I can message someone the screenshots?
Minecraft Username: Novellati
I love the beginning part where you get started and have to establish a home. After that I love to go exploring and see what adventures I can go on, but I want to be able to do that with some friends. I love to build new things but I am not the best idea person. I usually look up images online and find something I want to make and try to see if I can build it on my own. I also like the challenge of building new things like automated farms. I have built an iron farm, villager breeder, mob grinder, skele grinder, spider grinder, melon/pumpkin farm, etc. I have found this great villager trading room that i am really excited to find a home for. Some of my friends say I am a "minecraft housewife" because when I first get online I will go around the town and ensure all the food is harvested and auto farm chests are emptied and put into the storage room. I am obsessed with organization and gathering resources.
What should we call you: Novel is what most people call me, but you can call me Novellati if you like.
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Country: USA
Skype: Novellati2899
Are you a redstoner/builder/explorer/other: Explorer/Minecraft housewife
How good are you at your play style (rating out of 5): I would say a a 3/5. I am not the best, but definitely getting better as I learn from those more experienced than me. There is always something new to learn in this game which is what makes it so exciting. I guess you could say I am almost at the chicken jockey level
How active will you be: On my last server I played every weeknight for a few hours after the kiddos go to bed.
Do you understand our rules? Name two things we don't tolerate: Yes, I understand the rules. You don't tolerate Griefing and Racism, among other things.
Tell us about your Minecraft experience: My kids are the ones that got me interested in minecraft. They would ask for my help and then wanted me to play with them on the PS4. That got me hooked. They would go and build big houses while I went mining for the resources. Then I started watching the how to plays by Paul Soars Jr and saw all the amazing stuff we could do and decided to buy the computer version for all of us. After awhile of playing with the kiddos I wanted to play with some people my age to see what else I could learn and possibly make some friends along the way.
Tell us about your multiplayer experience. Have you ever been banned?: I have never been banned. I have found 2 good servers where I loved playing, but one has already shut down and the other is going through a lot of issues right now that make it difficult to have a reliable place to play.
Why do you want to join: I like that fact that you are already a tight knit community. You guys seem to have a good handle on what needs to be done to make a good server. I like the fact that you all vote on the applications which tells me that there isn't one person at the top that says it is "my way or the highway" and on some power trip. The rules all seem appropriate and I like that it is still Vanilla.
What would you bring to the server: Positivity, a helping hand, encouragement, a tad bit of sarcasm and a calm rational demeanor. I would love to work on some bigger projects with a group, especially if they already have the idea in mind and are looking for a sounding board from some people and some collaboration.
Any additional comments: I have a few questions I would like to ask. How long as this current map been active? Are there any rules around how close people can build to one other or the spawn point? Are there any rules on finding different things on the map such as a ocean monument? Has the End been conquered and if yes, do you reset it and have a community event? Are there any other community events that are held?
Show us your past work (images/videos):
This is a storage room I built using a tutorial. It was supposed to be automated, but it requires a lot of resources to get started.
http://media-minecraftforum.cursecdn.com/temporary-attachments/205/67/635797254218310724.png
This is a cottage that I built as my first home. The idea was to build it really small above ground and have everything I need under ground. The storage room above was under the house.
http://media-minecraftforum.cursecdn.com/temporary-attachments/205/69/635797258195699037.png
Inside the cottage
http://media-minecraftforum.cursecdn.com/temporary-attachments/205/68/635797258112317005.png
A farmhouse we built in the town I was part of
http://media-minecraftforum.cursecdn.com/temporary-attachments/205/70/635797258273512536.png
Hey, Tut and Novel! Thanks for applying and showing interest in Hop, Skip & Block! I've opened up voting for your applications. You'll be given a verdict once all current members finish voting. Thanks again!
Thanks for applying, Tom! Very cool map you have there and impressive achievement! I've opened up voting for your application. Like the others, you'll receive a verdict once all current members vote. Thanks!
Hey, Chesi, Eirwen, and Kleenex. I'm sorry to say, but your applications were denied. Feel free to re-apply if you'd like. If you do decide to re-apply, a quick insider-tip (these are what we look for in an application, not exactly what you did wrong) is that we like indepth answers. We want to get to know you as a person before actually meeting you so we're sure you'll be a good fit. Another tip would be to make sure the application looks good. Spaced out, bolded titles, etc. And lastly, pictures. We like looking at pictures
Congratulations, Jin! Your application was accepted! I'll be adding you on skype to walk you through a few quick things about the server. If you would, please register at http://hopskipandblock.com . It's where we do application voting and general announcements. Thanks and I look forward to meeting you in-game!
Minecraft Username: Zar4X
What should we call you: I don't mind Zar4X, but you can call me Noah.
Age: 18.
Gender: Male.
Country: Lithuania (Baltic States ;p)
Skype: NojusPC
Are you a redstoner/builder/explorer/other: Well, I like to do everything in Minecraft and I am all in one, but recently I feel I spend more time on redstone stuff like farms more than on building or exploring stuff.
How good are you at your play style (rating out of 5): 4/5 - I am pretty good at Minecraft and I know basically most of the things. But as all of us do, I can't always remember some kind of crafting recipe (it happens rare thou), so that makes -0,5. And for second half I think we don't master Minecraft so well and we all learn new things day by day.
How active will you be: I am not Nolifer, but I like to sit near my screen. I would spend like hour per day (making it `7hours per week), but I am kinda free in weekends so I can spend way more time.
Do you understand our rules? Name two things we don't tolerate: Of course I understood. Servers community don't tolerate :
Racism (Never experienced it and hopefully I won't xD)
Griefing/Stealing (Experienced it in few servers, this thing made me leave another server I played on.)
Tell us about your Minecraft experience: Well, I am playing MC for 4 years... FIrstly, I heard word "Minecraft" first time from my friends. They told me to try it out, they also said that it is the best game and I gave it a shot. After giving it a try, I found best game I've ever played. Firstly, I played Singleplayer only, never giving a shot for Multiplayer, but it started being kinda boring so I gave Multiplayer Vanilla server a shot. So here I am, still playing in Vanilla multiplayer Minecraft for 2 years.
Tell us about your multiplayer experience. Have you ever been banned?: I had pretty good experience during these 2 years. I played on my friends server for roughly 1 year (private-community), so my experience was the best. Nobody stealed, griefed or stuff. But becouse of money crisis we closed it. Then my real experience started, in small community servers. I had pretty good experience in them, never got banned and stuff.. But I got griefed by a person.
Why do you want to join: I want to join this server, becouse Im looking for very good Vannila 1.8 server, which has very good and of course mature community which will impress me. I was playing in Verge SMP (Which was in MinecraftForums.net too), it had best community I ever saw... But this server had no anti-grief and after being raid I decided to leave that server for good. So now I am looking for one good server where I can kill some time and play with others.
What would you bring to the server: I will help others with a lot of things, especially redstone (I am very good at it.), I will bring fun to server, of course a lot of buildings and projects, farms. I am active player, Im nervous person who want to chill out with others and of course spend time here chating with players, making huge buildings and trying to be the best!
Any additional comments: I Just want to ask few questions. Is there any chance server is going to be wiped in 1.9 and how much time you guys play until ending season and starting new map?
Show us your past work (images/videos): (*If you don't have any, throw something quick together in creative if possible) Too bad I rebooted my PC few months ago and I wasn't building much. This is what I found, I can say I've made pretty good job on Medieval house ;). It is not much buildings but Medieval house took me `9 hours so think about it.
Thank you for reading my application ;>.