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Cliff Jameston 9 months, 3 weeks ago.
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*Remember pretty much EVERYONE in the VGA/AVG community are welcome!! (There is no max capacity on sign-ups so dont ask if theres any more room just DO EEEETTT)
You, your blade and an open warzone
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Date
So a few days have gone by and I would like to thank everyone for co-operating with the delay of the games since the first day of this post, and finally, I would like to present to you the official date of the first ever MSG (Minecraft Survival Games). We (hopefully) will be playing Saturday the 9th of June at 12pm (noon), fraser standard time a.k.a Pacific Time.
UPDATE*
Alright so over the past few weeks we’re getting more and more entries. I like that but the more we get, the harder it is to keep track of usernames and such, so I’ll put a link to who I have on the server list and if I forget someone, PLEASE leave a reply. List here –> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkGV-5C15SIGdE5ESlQtaWVQVFdFbi1tdzNPR0RUbGc#gid=0If you’ve seen the title, then you know what’s up, Let me just get a little more in depth. Cliff Jameston and I will be setting up a community event within the next few weeks and the event being The Minecraft Hunger/Survival games. The event will be held on Cliff’s white list only server.
With an event like this there WILL be rules and the rules and server info are here —> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IWKEUUFi7RzGZvceX9EG49KcrDNuep86ilIljtVq16k/edit
During the event you will spawn with 23 other people in small individual holes that will let you out when we hit the switch. After spawn its all free for all from there. From here on its all survival within our boundaries.
The rounds are still to be determined but keep in mind there will be a team doubles round so find a partner!
All i have to say now is good luck and leave a message below if you would like to compete, also give us feed back on what you think.
Cliff here: I have made some changes and notes on the rules page. Please familiarize yourself with the rules before joining the server, as I do not want to have to argue with anyone later about having misinterpreted them.
I will include a list of the plugins I am using once I’ve decided on them, and tested out lag, but for now, all you need to know is I’m using Bukkit, and my main priority is speed. I want to ensure that the server does not lag for anyone, as that’s a vital part of the experience in this case, and if you suspect that you have died due to lag, feel free to contact me during the game, and I will try to sort it out.Cliff here one last time before the show: I was planning on making a major update to this, but I went through and realized that I pretty much have everything I want to say up here already. I still do have a few things I would like to put in here though.
Stream
A few of you frequenting any of the places I’ve been pimping this event to have expressed confusion as to where they could witness the event. A “live” stream of this will be held at my channel, http://www.twitch.tv/cliffjameston although it will not be entirely live, as I will be either running it through a delay server or some other kind of delay thing, just to make it a bit more fair. I will also try to have a co-host, although there are no guarantees there.
Plugins
I have finally reached a point where I feel comfortable that the plugins installed are the only ones I will be using for the games, so I am finally going to present you with the list of plugins in use and an explanation for why I’m using each.
Manta Mob Control
I originally intended this to only be used to prevent slimes from spawning, as they were in abundance on one of the map candidates, but I am also using it to prevent a few other mobs I think would ruin the flow of the games.
EnchantedXP
In case one of you finds an enchanting table (I don’t know if there are any on the map, just doing it in case) this changes enchanting so it only takes one level of experience instead of the number of levels required to enchant the item.
AZRank
Originally, I had intended to use this to change groups and permissions on death, but I never got around to implementing it. I may or may not delete it, right now it’s just disabled.
Spectate
This is how I will be providing my camera angles during the stream from different player perspectives, as it allows me to see from a player’s perspective, and allows me to see their inventory and everything.
AutoSneak
This makes player interaction a bit more realistic, as it makes users appear as though they are sneaking on activation, without affecting speed. This means that the nameplate above your head will be hidden to another player if they have anything less than a line of sight view of you, making it easier to hide from others.
RealisticChat
This follows AutoSneak in an effort to provide a more realistic experience for everyone involved. This makes chat much more location based, so that, instead of being able to talk to someone all the way across the map, they will not actually see your message. In other words, your chat message will be heard clearly within 50 metres, and then it will begin to break up. Those within 100 metres of you will be able to hear chunks/snippets of your message, but may or may not be able to piece it together from the data they were given. Those farther than 100 metres will not be able to hear your message at all, and in fact will not even know that you spoke. this can be changed by adding exclamation points (!) to the end of your message, however this comes at a penalty of a reduction of food. One exclamation point increases audible/intelligible range by roughly ten metres, but reduces your food by one or two hunger points, depending on number used.
PermissionsBukkit
Every server has this, or some form of this. It is used to enable or disable some features of certain plugins for certain users.
Dynmap
I will be using this to read real-time player positions, and will hopefully be able to provide a more interesting stream experience because of it. You will not be able to see this map, but I will be providing (Hopefully) enough feedback that you should have a vague idea of where everyone is.
Rules
Some of the rules in the document are a bit vague, and I know a lot of you probably haven’t looked at them in longer than you probably should have. So, I’m going to go over them all once more here, and elaborate on the ones I feel need elaboration.
1. No breaking blocks
Pretty self explanatory here. Unfortunately, you will not actually be able to break any blocks, as Bukkit’s permissions system is apparently more primitive than I thought, so I am not able to set permissions on which specific blocks you are able to destroy, nor am I able to disable placing/destroying blocks without disabling usage of chests as well, so I will be just extending the spawn radius to cover the whole map. This will effectively do what I want. You will not be able to break blocks, nor will you be able to place them, but you will still be able to open chests, doors, etc., and interact with redstone devices. However, if someone would like to work on a plugin that does allow block-type specific permissions, so I can allow mushrooms and vines to be broken, I would love that.
2. Starting Kits
I may or may not actually do this. I don’t quite like the idea, although I can’t quite explain why. but yeah, don’t expect to actually get anything before starting.
3. Random events/Host participation
I will likely not be participating in the events themselves too actively, as I will be much too busy hosting the stream, but I will possibly have Mark doing things every now and then. I will not be having him spawn mobs, however, as we will likely be having enough of that as is.
4. Don’t be a dick
Mainly this just means over chat, as this is a game entirely about, essentially, being a dick to one another, but being subtle about it. But if we decide that you’re behaving inappropriately, we will only give one warning before a ban. I want this game to be fun for everyone, and you being a dick to others will not allow that to happen.
5. Campers
Feel free to camp, just be aware that, if the game gets boring, we might decide to try and lure you out of your hole somehow.
That’s all for my last update before the show. We will likely be determining the matchups live, so be there as soon as you can to make sure you get a spot as soon as you can play!
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This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by
MarkLamascese152.
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This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by MarkLamascese152.
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This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by Cliff Jameston. Reason: I think you can tell
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This topic was modified 1 year ago by MarkLamascese152. Reason: List
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This topic was modified 1 year ago by Cliff Jameston. Reason: Fixed grammar and spelling, preliminary edit to major update
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This topic was modified 1 year ago by MarkLamascese152.
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This topic was modified 1 year ago by MarkLamascese152. Reason: The date of games an a few small details
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This topic was modified 1 year ago by Cliff Jameston. Reason: Final Pre-Event Update
Darren the event will be held at Cliff’s server because we cant shut down the server for this.
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This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by MarkLamascese152.
cant wait to try it out sounds awesome im joining count me in
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