ive been playing minecraft since beta 1.6 (before pistons)
i want to join because minecraft has no good moded war servers with at least 20 people. i also want to drive a tank in a dessert in minecraft blasting the rebels! it seems i have found the server i am looking for. all you need to do is acept my application.
i promise to follow the rules! i will keep my clean streak of never getting banned.
all other things such as rules of engadgement and ect. i will follow.
like for.....purple fyling spagetti monster tits! (kuledude3 reference)
Welcome back if you could link us it'd be great thanks
I'll see if I can grab a link, I'm not sure if his plans have changed or what.
News Time
Hey guys, thanks for everyone who stuck with it until well and truly past it's end. Unfortunately due to life demands and the complexity of the server, we won't be running. You're welcome to take the idea and make it true. Just leave a vacancy for me, yeah?
Anyway, this is just official confirmation that this server has a 1/100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 chance of actually running. I'd still be keen to play games with you guys, so if you want to, you can PM me your Steam name and we'll sort something out. Or you could link me to a decent server and I'll jump on that with you.
Unfortunately, all of the server administrators have too much to do in terms of schoolwork and other commitments to actually get the server running efficiently. So unless someone out there is willing to make an entire mod, implement it into a bukkit server, get the server running for free, and let me know about it... We're not having a server to play on.
Sorry guys the server I was going to run as a replacement of Ballistic Craft just fell through because I really didn't want to spend large amounts of money, which I did have but had better things to spend them on. The final years of high-school are really demanding on your life and make it difficult to run side projects like this that would be alot of work. I don't know what CALMkaze is going to do but I assume he isn't going to run one.
Also for everyone applying if something like this ever does start up I will contact you and ask if you want to be re-whitelisted, that is IF you ever applied properly following the rules on the first post. This statement does not conclude that one will definitly start up but on the chance that it might I thought I would say it anyway
I'm sorry for getting everyone's hopes up, ruining those hopes and never starting/reviving this. I am deeply sorry and I hope you forgive CALMkaze and I. Who know's? CALMkaze might be able to dedicate more time than me and actually start this thing up.
I just wanted to do one more post before I dissolve into the shadows once again.
I wanted to thank those who regularly visited the thread in hopes that I'd deliver the news that we'd be going through with the project. Going back through the posts made me realise that we'd attracted quite a few decent people. I also wanted to thank those who kept it running smoothly and keeping people as informed as possible while I was gone.
My apologies if I missed anyone, these are just the people who stood out to me to be the most community and team based people.
Also, my apologies if I messed with anyone's feels when I said the server was dead. Hopefully, like a phoenix, this server will rise out of it's ashes sooner or later, and be bigger and better than ever.
Hey CALM, not trying to be a buzzkill or thread jacket, but I own a server which is a little like this. However it's still in an open beta thing so maybe our loyal followers can use this a as half replacement. We don't use mods, so just check it out if you want. http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1511743-world-war-three-guns-scale-earth/
If you ask me to remove this I will.
I just wanted to do one more post before I dissolve into the shadows once again.
I wanted to thank those who regularly visited the thread in hopes that I'd deliver the news that we'd be going through with the project. Going back through the posts made me realise that we'd attracted quite a few decent people. I also wanted to thank those who kept it running smoothly and keeping people as informed as possible while I was gone.
My apologies if I missed anyone, these are just the people who stood out to me to be the most community and team based people.
Also, my apologies if I messed with anyone's feels when I said the server was dead. Hopefully, like a phoenix, this server will rise out of it's ashes sooner or later, and be bigger and better than ever.
I hope you can come back. it was an honor to be here with you guys, I also hope one day we can rise again as a brotherhood.
Hey guys (aren't you glad I'm semi-active now?) I have some news.
Fantastic, wonderful, beautiful, lovely news.
I can possibly (I can't stress the "possibly" enough) run a skeleton server.
Unfortunately, like most things in life, there's a catch. The server would have to be run off my personal computer. This would mean Hamachi. This would also mean that the server would only run when the computer was turned on. Which will be AEST (1100 - 0200 approx.) I say skeleton server because I would restrict the numbers down to such a small number, that my computer (when I'm not on the server) isn't affected by the number of people playing on the server, and that the server would continue to run smoothly. There would also be none of the custom weapons mods, because that project was abandoned about 12 months ago. I would include things like anti-grief, anti-hack and so on. But I imagine there wouldn't be too much of an RP element to it, nor too many faction based wars due to numbers. So here's what I was thinking:
Set up the Hamachi server.
Allow people mentioned in my previous post into the Hamachi server.
Let those people into the Minecraft server.
???
Profit.
So, in order to not just have it running around aimlessly. Here are some ideas I came up with to give us an end goal.
Idea 1:
There was a series awhile ago called "Man vs Minecraft" or something similar, and the basic premise was to walk to the edge of the Minecraft world (or "The Edge"), never creating mines, only digging out what was obvious from natural caves and whatnot. You're not allowed to stay within 200 blocks of your previous shelter. If we want added challenge, we can make it permadeath, where if you die, I'll blacklist you until we start over.
Pros:
It would take quite a while to finish (in the order of a couple of months if we do it as a group and not leave people behind, as you have to find shelter at night, and as it was made before the addition of beds, we can stay up all night for added challenge.)
It will build teamwork and mateship like BC would have anyway (provided we do actually do it as a group)
It's quite fun (I've done a couple of miniature (10,000 blocks) ones that were enjoyable)
Cons:
It could get frustrating (If someone falls behind we either have to wait for them, or move on and hope they catch up)
It does take quite a bit of patience and skill to pull off especially at higher difficulties
We might run into a couple of issues with chunks not loading correctly or w/e, which would become a prevalent problem closer to the edge, as that's what it's notorious for.
Considerations:
We would allow teleporting for people who have to log off early, or aren't online. We obviously don't want people thousands of blocks behind the rest of the group. If someone just dicks around and lets themselves fall behind, that's too bad.
Idea 2
We could just find a decent challenge map and complete that as a group.
Pros
It would be simple and easy to set up, and meets all the requirements.
Cons
Some challenge maps can be boring as . And really short. So the trouble would be finding a long enough, large enough, interesting enough map for 5+ people.
Considerations
Not everyone wants the same genre of challenge map, some might like puzzle, while others like adventure. It would have to be a balance.
Idea 3
Recently (as far as I'm aware) there was a guy who spent a number of months creating a 1:1.5 scale replica of the Titanic. We could do something similar to that, but on a larger scale. For example:
1:1.5 replica of an identifiable city (so something that isn't 100, 50 storey skyscrapers. Something that has identifying features. I.e. recreating a small portion of Seville, with it's unique architecture)
1:1.5 replica of a movie/game set or scene (The ship Normandy from the ME series, but with a fully working interior etc.)
1:1.25 replica of a special building/sculpture/location/thing
Pros
It would take quite a while (this could also be a con if the project is too large)
It would build a form of teamwork (After working for a couple of months building a city, one would get to know the people around him fairly well)
Cons
Some people may not be creative/artistic, which would turn them off this idea
It would take one arsehole to completely destroy the project. Obviously we'd have precautions in place with anti-grief software, but even that fails occasionally
Considerations
It would need to come down to a decision of whether we want to do this in creative mode or survival mode, and if we do it in survival, do we allow item spawning or do it entirely from natural resources? Which would be hard as hell...
So far, that's all the ideas I have. Anymore, and feel free to post them.
The reason for the ability to create a server, is a frustrating, but an alright one. My motherboard died on my gaming computer. This means I had to take it back in for repairs, and I was informed that they couldn't do a replacement board, as my current/old one was no longer in production. So they had to change it, and for a little extra fee, they could upgrade my processor and RAM at the same time. So I went with it. And went from 6GB of RAM (which wouldn't be able to hold up a server for if I was playing something else) to 16GB of RAM (which would be able to run a small one, if I was playing something else). So yeah, yippee. I guess.
Send me a PM if you're interested at all. And I'll look into it.
IGN:Doesaman
Age:15
How long have you been playing minecraft: 3 years (alpha)
Why do you want to join: (Atleast a long-ish paragraph, a 7 word sentence won't be accepted) I, like many others applying to be whitelisted love role play. This seems like a very organized and mature server, I think it will be very fun to be a part of
Do you promise to follow both the server rules and the Rules of Engagement and understand the punishment for breaking those rules: Yes
Do you understand that what an admin says is final: Yes
Do you promise to follow what a senior rank within your faction tells your to do, no matter how much higher they are: Yes
Do you understand that ranking up will take awhile and promise you won't whine at admins or faction leaders to be promoted: Yes
If you are, i have been thinking of reviving the idea of BallisticCraft, without the hassle of custom mods. If you still want everything to be up just leave a post please.
Why Do You Want To Join: Because I have been trying to find a server like this for a very very long time, and this one looks formal and pretty stable and realistic so I would love it if I can become a member, also this server just looks sick to begin with.
Do you promise to follow both the server rules and the Rules of Engagement and undertsand the punishment for breaking those rules: Yes
Do you understand that what an admin says is final: Yes
Do you promise to follow what a senior rank within your faction tells your to do, no matter how much higher they are: Yes
Do you understand that ranking up will take awhile and promise you won't whinge at admins or faction leaders to be promoted: Yes
IGN:schultz12 Age:17 How long have you been playing minecraft:since 2011 Why do you want to join: (Atleast a long-ish paragraph, a 7 word sentence won't be accepted)i want to play a more tactical minecraft game that involes team work. im am currently in the army as well and want to play more team base games. Do you promise to follow both the server rules and the Rules of Engagement and understand the punishment for breaking those rules:yes Do you understand that what an admin says is final:Yes Do you promise to follow what a senior rank within your faction tells your to do, no matter how much higher they are:Yes Do you understand that ranking up will take awhile and promise you won't whinge at admins or faction leaders to be promoted:Yes
How long have you been playing Ballistic-Craft: havent started but hopefully will be accepted:) Why do you want to join the EPU: i like being the good guys:) What Defence Force do you want to join: (Choose either Air Force, Army or Navy. Anyone who just puts "EPU" in their app from now on will be insta-denied.) Army What division in your selected Defence Force do you want: Airborne 101st Do you have any experience with a defence force in real life (that includes: Cadets, Reserves, Active Service) and how long were you a part of that force/service: im in the army reserves right now and i joined in december im a 88 hotel Will you attend training as much as possible (24 hours notice on forums): i will do my best! Do you understand that in order to join, there is a recruit obstacle course you must complete:yes i understand Will you follow orders from senior ranks: of coarse
IGN: slboys
Age:9
How long have you been playing minecraft:2 years
Why do you want to join: (Atleast a long-ish paragraph, a 7 word sentence won't be accepted)
i like army servers. i have no fun servers on my account. plus, everything got deleted when my network went down. i have wanted to join for a while now, so please let me join.
Do you promise to follow both the server rules and the Rules of Engagement and understand the punishment for breaking those rules: heck yeah!
Do you understand that what an admin says is final: yes.
Do you promise to follow what a senior rank within your faction tells your to do, no matter how much higher they are: yes.
Do you understand that ranking up will take awhile and promise you won't whine at admins or faction leaders to be promoted: yep.
However if a mod or calm asks me to remove it I will do so.
IGN: none
Age: 17
ive been playing minecraft since beta 1.6 (before pistons)
i want to join because minecraft has no good moded war servers with at least 20 people. i also want to drive a tank in a dessert in minecraft blasting the rebels! it seems i have found the server i am looking for. all you need to do is acept my application.
i promise to follow the rules! i will keep my clean streak of never getting banned.
all other things such as rules of engadgement and ect. i will follow.
like for.....purple fyling spagetti monster tits! (kuledude3 reference)
This is well and truly dead, sorry. I'd suggest trying to get in contact with JaydenB and finding out how his server is going.
Sorry mate, it won't be up. :/ Unfortunately, I have too much to do in real life, I can't worry about a server.
Thanks mate.
I'll see if I can grab a link, I'm not sure if his plans have changed or what.
News Time
Hey guys, thanks for everyone who stuck with it until well and truly past it's end. Unfortunately due to life demands and the complexity of the server, we won't be running. You're welcome to take the idea and make it true. Just leave a vacancy for me, yeah?
Anyway, this is just official confirmation that this server has a 1/100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 chance of actually running. I'd still be keen to play games with you guys, so if you want to, you can PM me your Steam name and we'll sort something out. Or you could link me to a decent server and I'll jump on that with you.
Unfortunately, all of the server administrators have too much to do in terms of schoolwork and other commitments to actually get the server running efficiently. So unless someone out there is willing to make an entire mod, implement it into a bukkit server, get the server running for free, and let me know about it... We're not having a server to play on.
Sorry guys,
~CALMkaze.
P.S. JaydenB stopped his server as well.
Also for everyone applying if something like this ever does start up I will contact you and ask if you want to be re-whitelisted, that is IF you ever applied properly following the rules on the first post. This statement does not conclude that one will definitly start up but on the chance that it might I thought I would say it anyway
I'm sorry for getting everyone's hopes up, ruining those hopes and never starting/reviving this. I am deeply sorry and I hope you forgive CALMkaze and I. Who know's? CALMkaze might be able to dedicate more time than me and actually start this thing up.
I wanted to thank those who regularly visited the thread in hopes that I'd deliver the news that we'd be going through with the project. Going back through the posts made me realise that we'd attracted quite a few decent people. I also wanted to thank those who kept it running smoothly and keeping people as informed as possible while I was gone.
So a big thanks to:
JaydenB
dearthheany
chudder
Inferno1911
garethiscool
MexicanWarrior
spartan4812
TXWLukeShadow
slamrod
My apologies if I missed anyone, these are just the people who stood out to me to be the most community and team based people.
Also, my apologies if I messed with anyone's feels when I said the server was dead. Hopefully, like a phoenix, this server will rise out of it's ashes sooner or later, and be bigger and better than ever.
If you ask me to remove this I will.
I hope you can come back.
Fantastic, wonderful, beautiful, lovely news.
I can possibly (I can't stress the "possibly" enough) run a skeleton server.
Unfortunately, like most things in life, there's a catch. The server would have to be run off my personal computer. This would mean Hamachi. This would also mean that the server would only run when the computer was turned on. Which will be AEST (1100 - 0200 approx.) I say skeleton server because I would restrict the numbers down to such a small number, that my computer (when I'm not on the server) isn't affected by the number of people playing on the server, and that the server would continue to run smoothly. There would also be none of the custom weapons mods, because that project was abandoned about 12 months ago. I would include things like anti-grief, anti-hack and so on. But I imagine there wouldn't be too much of an RP element to it, nor too many faction based wars due to numbers. So here's what I was thinking:
Set up the Hamachi server.
Allow people mentioned in my previous post into the Hamachi server.
Let those people into the Minecraft server.
???
Profit.
So, in order to not just have it running around aimlessly. Here are some ideas I came up with to give us an end goal.
Idea 1:
There was a series awhile ago called "Man vs Minecraft" or something similar, and the basic premise was to walk to the edge of the Minecraft world (or "The Edge"), never creating mines, only digging out what was obvious from natural caves and whatnot. You're not allowed to stay within 200 blocks of your previous shelter. If we want added challenge, we can make it permadeath, where if you die, I'll blacklist you until we start over.
Pros:
It would take quite a while to finish (in the order of a couple of months if we do it as a group and not leave people behind, as you have to find shelter at night, and as it was made before the addition of beds, we can stay up all night for added challenge.)
It will build teamwork and mateship like BC would have anyway (provided we do actually do it as a group)
It's quite fun (I've done a couple of miniature (10,000 blocks) ones that were enjoyable)
Cons:
It could get frustrating (If someone falls behind we either have to wait for them, or move on and hope they catch up)
It does take quite a bit of patience and skill to pull off especially at higher difficulties
We might run into a couple of issues with chunks not loading correctly or w/e, which would become a prevalent problem closer to the edge, as that's what it's notorious for.
Considerations:
We would allow teleporting for people who have to log off early, or aren't online. We obviously don't want people thousands of blocks behind the rest of the group. If someone just dicks around and lets themselves fall behind, that's too bad.
Idea 2
We could just find a decent challenge map and complete that as a group.
Pros
It would be simple and easy to set up, and meets all the requirements.
Cons
Some challenge maps can be boring as . And really short. So the trouble would be finding a long enough, large enough, interesting enough map for 5+ people.
Considerations
Not everyone wants the same genre of challenge map, some might like puzzle, while others like adventure. It would have to be a balance.
Idea 3
Recently (as far as I'm aware) there was a guy who spent a number of months creating a 1:1.5 scale replica of the Titanic. We could do something similar to that, but on a larger scale. For example:
Pros
It would take quite a while (this could also be a con if the project is too large)
It would build a form of teamwork (After working for a couple of months building a city, one would get to know the people around him fairly well)
Cons
Some people may not be creative/artistic, which would turn them off this idea
It would take one arsehole to completely destroy the project. Obviously we'd have precautions in place with anti-grief software, but even that fails occasionally
Considerations
It would need to come down to a decision of whether we want to do this in creative mode or survival mode, and if we do it in survival, do we allow item spawning or do it entirely from natural resources? Which would be hard as hell...
So far, that's all the ideas I have. Anymore, and feel free to post them.
The reason for the ability to create a server, is a frustrating, but an alright one. My motherboard died on my gaming computer. This means I had to take it back in for repairs, and I was informed that they couldn't do a replacement board, as my current/old one was no longer in production. So they had to change it, and for a little extra fee, they could upgrade my processor and RAM at the same time. So I went with it. And went from 6GB of RAM (which wouldn't be able to hold up a server for if I was playing something else) to 16GB of RAM (which would be able to run a small one, if I was playing something else). So yeah, yippee. I guess.
Send me a PM if you're interested at all. And I'll look into it.
~CALMkaze
Age:15
How long have you been playing minecraft: 3 years (alpha)
Why do you want to join: (Atleast a long-ish paragraph, a 7 word sentence won't be accepted) I, like many others applying to be whitelisted love role play. This seems like a very organized and mature server, I think it will be very fun to be a part of
Do you promise to follow both the server rules and the Rules of Engagement and understand the punishment for breaking those rules: Yes
Do you understand that what an admin says is final: Yes
Do you promise to follow what a senior rank within your faction tells your to do, no matter how much higher they are: Yes
Do you understand that ranking up will take awhile and promise you won't whine at admins or faction leaders to be promoted: Yes
If you are, i have been thinking of reviving the idea of BallisticCraft, without the hassle of custom mods. If you still want everything to be up just leave a post please.
Darthheany
Age:14
How Long Have You Been Playing Minecraft: 2 years
Why Do You Want To Join: Because I have been trying to find a server like this for a very very long time, and this one looks formal and pretty stable and realistic so I would love it if I can become a member, also this server just looks sick to begin with.
Do you promise to follow both the server rules and the Rules of Engagement and undertsand the punishment for breaking those rules: Yes
Do you understand that what an admin says is final: Yes
Do you promise to follow what a senior rank within your faction tells your to do, no matter how much higher they are: Yes
Do you understand that ranking up will take awhile and promise you won't whinge at admins or faction leaders to be promoted: Yes
Age:17
How long have you been playing minecraft:since 2011
Why do you want to join: (Atleast a long-ish paragraph, a 7 word sentence won't be accepted)i want to play a more tactical minecraft game that involes team work. im am currently in the army as well and want to play more team base games.
Do you promise to follow both the server rules and the Rules of Engagement and understand the punishment for breaking those rules:yes
Do you understand that what an admin says is final:Yes
Do you promise to follow what a senior rank within your faction tells your to do, no matter how much higher they are:Yes
Do you understand that ranking up will take awhile and promise you won't whinge at admins or faction leaders to be promoted:Yes
How long have you been playing Ballistic-Craft: havent started but hopefully will be accepted:)
Why do you want to join the EPU: i like being the good guys:)
What Defence Force do you want to join: (Choose either Air Force, Army or Navy. Anyone who just puts "EPU" in their app from now on will be insta-denied.) Army
What division in your selected Defence Force do you want: Airborne 101st
Do you have any experience with a defence force in real life (that includes: Cadets, Reserves, Active Service) and how long were you a part of that force/service: im in the army reserves right now and i joined in december im a 88 hotel
Will you attend training as much as possible (24 hours notice on forums): i will do my best!
Do you understand that in order to join, there is a recruit obstacle course you must complete:yes i understand
Will you follow orders from senior ranks: of coarse
Age:9
How long have you been playing minecraft:2 years
Why do you want to join: (Atleast a long-ish paragraph, a 7 word sentence won't be accepted)
i like army servers. i have no fun servers on my account. plus, everything got deleted when my network went down. i have wanted to join for a while now, so please let me join.
Do you promise to follow both the server rules and the Rules of Engagement and understand the punishment for breaking those rules: heck yeah!
Do you understand that what an admin says is final: yes.
Do you promise to follow what a senior rank within your faction tells your to do, no matter how much higher they are: yes.
Do you understand that ranking up will take awhile and promise you won't whine at admins or faction leaders to be promoted: yep.