Once I earned B, I soon found the server completely unenjoyable, mostly because I was being murdered in the foyer without provocation, losing my haul, and unable to earn even enough BP to pay for my food. I rarely saw guards in B block, and on these occasions, the attacker would simply run up and slash me in the back, usually without me even knowing he was there before taking damage. This would happen at all hours of the day or night, even when the C-foyer was hosting an event. It is very frustrating and I have removed MC-Convicted from my server list.
I also have a frame lag problem due mostly to the extreme rate of entities and block updates this server has, and it is the only server I've played on that causes such devastating frame lag. Here are my recommendations:
Fighting Lag:
1. Like Silocraft PvP, reduce the Multiplayer chunk cache radius to ten chunks. This reduces the Multiplayer chunk cache from the standard 441 to a much smaller 121. This would have hardly any effect on visibility because of short sight lines in most of the prison settings (i.e.: the walls keep you from seeing very far.)
2. It is probably too late to do this on Bains, but anyone reading this who is thinking of starting a new prison server, please take note: Space the cell blocks further apart and use warps, rails, a nether hub or (if the inconvenience is supposed to be part of the game), long corridors to get between them. In this way, the multiplayer chunk cache won't include every cell block, and therefore every player logged on, and therefore every entity and block update happening in the world.
3. Use/make a plug-in that cleans up item drops faster, especially in the quarries where players are more likely to die in solitude and have their item drops linger until they despawn or the quarry resets. It would also be handy in the tree farm where there are often hundreds of saplings lying around on the floor. This will reduce the number of idle entities. (Note: I had quite a system for mining these quarries. A lot of players would inexplicably dive straight to the bottom of the quarry in 1x1 or 1x2 shafts, so I learned to mine at levels Y=10 and Y=20 and cap these shafts, usually with a crafting table or furnace both to make them easier to find, and because these things are handy to have in the mine. When I heard a crunch while mining, I would check the chat to see if it was fatal, and clean up the drops if it was. If I saw the player again, I would often give him replacement stone tools (almost every victim of these drops had wood tools.))
As for solving the murder problem:
1. Make it easier for guards to get into Block B. A major cause of the problem is that Block B usually has no guards at all.
2. If 1 is not possible, switch the PvP zones so that PvP is disabled for the foyer and enabled for the cell block. This makes it possible for players to get from the quarries to the block shop without being killed, and while PvP in the cell block would be frustrating, especially while you're carrying high value tools, it is manageable (i.e.: taking your haul back to your cell isn't a good idea.)
3. For all cell blocks (except maybe D), impose an automatic 3000BP fine for murdering somebody. Murder would be defined as one player killing another who did not fight back. It would not apply to a kill where the victim made any attempt to defend himself (i.e.: if the victim so much as pulled out a wooden sword for a second and put it away just under a minute before being attacked, the murder fine would be waived.) I chose 3000BP because most hauls will be worth less than that, but murdering somebody who's clearly wearing enchanted armor and carrying a diamond pickaxe would still be worth it. In my case, all the times I was murdered, this fee would be applicable, and my inventory was worth less (in one case, it was worth very close to 3000BP at best prices in the player market for gold ore and diamonds from the B sandstone quarry.)
4. In the cases where a balance can't cover a murder fee, a demotion results and the BP used to pay for the promotion is refunded to the murderer's balance. A few seconds are given for the murderer to collect the drops of his victim before he is warped to the spawn location of the cell block he has been demoted to. If he is in C block, he is not automatically demoted, but his BP balance is set to zero. This would seriously reduce the motivation for murdering somebody just after a promotion and thus make the higher blocks somewhat safer.
Not all of these suggestions need to be implemented to solve the problems, but as it stands, I really can't enjoy the server. I'd say implementing any single on of these suggestions would be enough to convince me to return to Bains Penitentiary and again attempt to repay my debt to society.
Terry
I have nothing to say aboug lag, is I usually don't experience any myself, but with the murder solutions, keep in mind that this is a PvP server, there's a reason we have it.
1. It's already easily accessible to Guards, the only problem is that it's mind-numbingly boring there. Usually, the rioting Frees riot in the C Foyer to annoy the Guards, not B. I've been to B several times when C was quiet, and there was absolutely nothing happening there. Each time.
2. The idea for PvP being enabled in the foyers is to make sure you're always on your toes, and to give you the urge to rank up to higher ranks to avoid being killed
3 and 4. I suggest you read /rules. Here's rule 3: "PvP is allowed. Do not complain." Meaning that you should not be punished for murdering, it's a PvP prison server, and one for a reason: to have fun. If you don't enjoy PvP, rank up! It's to encourage you to rank up, as A Foyer has a lesser PvP area, and Elite has no PvP area anywhere. It's also to let the Frees have their fun and to give Guards a purpose on the server. You were only a B when you quit, so you wouldn't know, but Free gets boring after a while. I myself got bored after 1 month of Free. That's why I joined the Guards: to have a purpose on the server once again. The Frees that kill everything are the Frees who are either waiting for their app to be accepted or just don't want to guard and their only way of fun is killing everything. (You'd understand if you were a Free.)
EDIT: Congratulations to our newest Alpha, urasyupi2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alright. I have about 3 minutes till i gotta get ready for swimming. And i saw this post what suggested ideas to change the server.
And here is my responses.
1. Install optifine / Pay on tiny + 16 ( so you can see the whole foyer) I believe this is client sides more than server sided. Id try googling Increasing Minecraft RAM or such like that.
Without these improvements i play on 20+ Fps With i play around 60+ fps. Unless you can convince Viper to do it than just do what i have suggested above.
2. This is a prison. I dislike the idea for long corridors. I personally would like some of the area to be down scaled. Or the courtyards moved off prison. (Solves the Plot camping frees and some lag) If you visit a prison most of them are small or medium sized. Like around the size of a middle school where i live. The idea of minecraft rails or nether portals ruins the idea of a Jail server.
3. No, Just No. I mean. Pvp is a major part of the server. We have guards to prevent it even though some are sneaky. Try investing in a armor set or just run faster. I personally think a Fine for getting jailed should be added (It is behavior points after all)
For example
D None. the block they are in slaps them silly and kicks them in a irradiated salt cactus and razor blade filled pit with almost no hopes of escape.
C 100 per jail
B 500 per jail
A 1000 per jail
Elite 4000 per jail
Free 5000 per jail.
4. What is this? A demotion for their hard worked for rank? No. Just no.
Free costs 100K to get to. Again. Pvp is enabled for a reason. Its a major part of the server. Deal with it.
-Sincerely Criskillful A Full guard
Im late now so i will check the forums while half asleep in 4 hours or so
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Join Date:
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Posts:
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Xbox:
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Member Details
1) IGN:mvgthegreat
2) Your age:14
3) How long have you been playing the server? (Minimum of 3 days)I have been playing about a month and a half
4) Have you read the Server, Prison, and Guard Rules? Yes i have read the rules and i fully unsderstand everything about them (NOAKII)
5) Any experience with the prison genre? I have played quite a few prison servers such as killion
6) What is your time zone? est so usa and canada im in canada
7) Why are you the best choice for guard? I just love to see yhe guards do what they're supposed to do and i would love to be a part of this awesome server and i would make a very big contribution to the guard team. I have spent a long time seeing what a guard must do by looking at other guards do their job and it's clear to me that i would like to be and would be a great help to the server if i was chosen for a guard position. I would like to help keep the rule breakers out and the fun people who follow the rules in. I love the current guards on the server and really really wish to be a part of it. I want to help the server itself and help the people playing thanks for your concideration. I would also like to say huge GRATZ to urasyupi2 for getting alpha well done man. thanks again mvgthegreat
8) What is your current rank? Do you understand that we will require PROOF of your rank when/if you retire from guard? I very much understand and will show proof i am currently an a block resident and am going strong for elite once again (NOAKII)
So this is what happen :L, Im standing around the spawn doing NOTHING I get bored so I log off. I then talk to my friend on iChat later when I try to come back on Im banned for 2 days? WTF IS THIS seriously I've been banned 1 day TWICE for absolutely NOTHING I WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER NOW!
1) IGN: vip_AdvHaunted
2) Your age: 13
3) How long have you been playing the server? 5-6 months
4) Have you read the Server, Prison, and Guard Rules? yes and yes duhhh!
5) Any experience with the prison genre? well telling the trainee's how to do there own job.. other than that noo
6) What is your time zone? U.S. Eastern Time Zone
7) Why are you the best choice for guard? well I've been on the server for a while... I have to tell a lot of trainee's how to do there own job.. killion sucks.. and noakii doesn't like me lol.. jk but I am on a lot and I like to protect those pescky little C's!:D
8) What is your current rank? Do you understand that we will require PROOF of your rank when/if you retire from guard? Free and yes I understand thatgratz Ura
1) IGN: Amodeo430
2) Your age: 16
3) How long have you been playing the server? (Minimum of 3 days) About 6 months
4) Have you read the Server, Prison, and Guard Rules?
5) Any experience with the prison genre? Yes. NOAKII IS AMAZING.
6) What is your time zone? eastern standard time US
7) Why are you the best choice for guard? Very good at pvp! And have experience. NOAKII!
8) What is your current rank? Do you understand that we will require PROOF of your rank when/if you retire from guard? RAnk C
So this is what happen :L, Im standing around the spawn doing NOTHING I get bored so I log off. I then talk to my friend on iChat later when I try to come back on Im banned for 2 days? WTF IS THIS seriously I've been banned 1 day TWICE for absolutely NOTHING I WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER NOW!
Banned for duping. 2 days.
Honestly hope Michael gets Alpha next, he's been a Guard for a very long time now!
Soo i was banned for stating my opinion about the server yet again.
Ofc i was banned by some alpha/noakii of how abusive they are
im not even gonna waste my time on a ban appeal because im pretty much done with the abusive staff on this server
kthxbai
(yes im quitting)
Also i was pretty much pissed after i was unmuted.
Sooo said some things then got banned :3 24hr muted....
Another reason i quit is because the server is getting boring just killing people all the time.
Ill be on hg all the time now.
Sooo what your saying is kandybar got banned for saying a joke?
Someone tell me in the rules where it says perm ban for saying a 911 joke plz tell me.
I have nothing to say aboug lag, is I usually don't experience any myself, but with the murder solutions, keep in mind that this is a PvP server, there's a reason we have it.
1. It's already easily accessible to Guards, the only problem is that it's mind-numbingly boring there. Usually, the rioting Frees riot in the C Foyer to annoy the Guards, not B. I've been to B several times when C was quiet, and there was absolutely nothing happening there. Each time.
2. The idea for PvP being enabled in the foyers is to make sure you're always on your toes, and to give you the urge to rank up to higher ranks to avoid being killed
3 and 4. I suggest you read /rules. Here's rule 3: "PvP is allowed. Do not complain." Meaning that you should not be punished for murdering, it's a PvP prison server, and one for a reason: to have fun. If you don't enjoy PvP, rank up! It's to encourage you to rank up, as A Foyer has a lesser PvP area, and Elite has no PvP area anywhere. It's also to let the Frees have their fun and to give Guards a purpose on the server. You were only a B when you quit, so you wouldn't know, but Free gets boring after a while. I myself got bored after 1 month of Free. That's why I joined the Guards: to have a purpose on the server once again. The Frees that kill everything are the Frees who are either waiting for their app to be accepted or just don't want to guard and their only way of fun is killing everything. (You'd understand if you were a Free.)
EDIT: Congratulations to our newest Alpha, urasyupi2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Visit the official Convicted Wiki at: http://mcconvictedwiki.weebly.com/!
And here is my responses.
1. Install optifine / Pay on tiny + 16 ( so you can see the whole foyer) I believe this is client sides more than server sided. Id try googling Increasing Minecraft RAM or such like that.
Without these improvements i play on 20+ Fps With i play around 60+ fps. Unless you can convince Viper to do it than just do what i have suggested above.
2. This is a prison. I dislike the idea for long corridors. I personally would like some of the area to be down scaled. Or the courtyards moved off prison. (Solves the Plot camping frees and some lag) If you visit a prison most of them are small or medium sized. Like around the size of a middle school where i live. The idea of minecraft rails or nether portals ruins the idea of a Jail server.
3. No, Just No. I mean. Pvp is a major part of the server. We have guards to prevent it even though some are sneaky. Try investing in a armor set or just run faster. I personally think a Fine for getting jailed should be added (It is behavior points after all)
For example
D None. the block they are in slaps them silly and kicks them in a irradiated salt cactus and razor blade filled pit with almost no hopes of escape.
C 100 per jail
B 500 per jail
A 1000 per jail
Elite 4000 per jail
Free 5000 per jail.
4. What is this? A demotion for their hard worked for rank? No. Just no.
Free costs 100K to get to. Again. Pvp is enabled for a reason. Its a major part of the server. Deal with it.
-Sincerely Criskillful A Full guard
Im late now so i will check the forums while half asleep in 4 hours or so
Btw gratz uras <3
P.S.
Why did all the good staff quit?
2) Your age:14
3) How long have you been playing the server? (Minimum of 3 days)I have been playing about a month and a half
4) Have you read the Server, Prison, and Guard Rules? Yes i have read the rules and i fully unsderstand everything about them (NOAKII)
5) Any experience with the prison genre? I have played quite a few prison servers such as killion
6) What is your time zone? est so usa and canada im in canada
7) Why are you the best choice for guard? I just love to see yhe guards do what they're supposed to do and i would love to be a part of this awesome server and i would make a very big contribution to the guard team. I have spent a long time seeing what a guard must do by looking at other guards do their job and it's clear to me that i would like to be and would be a great help to the server if i was chosen for a guard position. I would like to help keep the rule breakers out and the fun people who follow the rules in. I love the current guards on the server and really really wish to be a part of it. I want to help the server itself and help the people playing thanks for your concideration. I would also like to say huge GRATZ to urasyupi2 for getting alpha well done man. thanks again mvgthegreat
8) What is your current rank? Do you understand that we will require PROOF of your rank when/if you retire from guard? I very much understand and will show proof i am currently an a block resident and am going strong for elite once again (NOAKII)
Hopefully i will get it by next summmer
;p
2) Your age: 13
3) How long have you been playing the server? 5-6 months
4) Have you read the Server, Prison, and Guard Rules? yes and yes duhhh!
5) Any experience with the prison genre? well telling the trainee's how to do there own job.. other than that noo
6) What is your time zone? U.S. Eastern Time Zone
7) Why are you the best choice for guard? well I've been on the server for a while... I have to tell a lot of trainee's how to do there own job.. killion sucks.. and noakii doesn't like me lol.. jk but I am on a lot and I like to protect those pescky little C's!:D
8) What is your current rank? Do you understand that we will require PROOF of your rank when/if you retire from guard? Free and yes I understand thatgratz Ura
2) Your age: 16
3) How long have you been playing the server? (Minimum of 3 days) About 6 months
4) Have you read the Server, Prison, and Guard Rules?
5) Any experience with the prison genre? Yes. NOAKII IS AMAZING.
6) What is your time zone? eastern standard time US
7) Why are you the best choice for guard? Very good at pvp! And have experience. NOAKII!
8) What is your current rank? Do you understand that we will require PROOF of your rank when/if you retire from guard? RAnk C
Banned for duping. 2 days.
Honestly hope Michael gets Alpha next, he's been a Guard for a very long time now!
Visit the official Convicted Wiki at: http://mcconvictedwiki.weebly.com/!
Ofc i was banned by some alpha/noakii of how abusive they are
im not even gonna waste my time on a ban appeal because im pretty much done with the abusive staff on this server
kthxbai
(yes im quitting)
Also i was pretty much pissed after i was unmuted.
Sooo said some things then got banned :3 24hr muted....
Another reason i quit is because the server is getting boring just killing people all the time.
Ill be on hg all the time now.
But then again, congratz, and I hope you good luck in your new position
It was an honor fighting next to you in the past few months, and I hope you PvP often again
-Koko
-Herbert Hoover
Console is going out chocboii style!
"How many tank turrets can you fit in your rectum" -LT_COUCH
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