I sincerely apologize to any of you who have been waiting anxiously for an update from me about this. I just got caught up in mod business, IRL stuff, and server things. So, here’s your update. I’m sorry if this becomes an essay, I’m just going through every comment as I write this and replying to all the ones I feel need replying to. So, here goes nothing.
Date
Gonna start off by letting you guys know when I have the first event planned(I know there’ll be more than one of this. There’s just too much interest for it to be a one time thing.). Right now, I have the 1st “Annual” Minecraft Hunger/Survival Games (Try abbreviating that, why don’t ya) planned for the 2nd of June, tentatively. The only problem I can see is my video card not coming in time, so, it will either be the 2nd, or the 9th of June, hoping for the 2nd. It will be starting at 12 PM Pacific Daylight Time, unless enough people have a problem with that time period. We will likely run for about 3 hours, hopefully, with the first hour just being setup.
Replies
zombiefobby:
Can I be a Gamemaker? One of the people who helps plan the Games and redirects players towards each other?
I know Mark answered this already kind of but I want to give a little more of an explanation. We are not planning on having sponsors like those from CaptainSparklez’s videos on this, mainly because creative mode, flying around quickly, and vanishing all put a little bit more of a strain on the server, and I want it to be as stable as I can get, and as lag-free as possible, to prevent complaints of lag-induced deaths.
destroyox:
Which map will it be? Old one or new one?
Another one Mark answered already, but just gonna answer it anyways. I’m somewhat leaning toward the new version, but I’m reserving judgement until he posts the updated version with more treasure chests and stuff.
Equipment
As I mentioned previously, we’re waiting on a few things to arrive before I get started. I have been/still am taking donations to get more RAM, for my streaming computer, also would like to get more and better hardware for my server, but that is a long way away, as I’ll essentially have to upgrade everything. But, that’s the future. For now, I’m getting a new video card (An XFX Radeon HD 6850) and 4 more GB of RAM, as I mentioned. I have just about enough money for it, although I wouldn’t mind a little leeway to consider a bit better of a card, or, at this point, better shipping.
Extra Bits
I am thinking of seeing how a map render plugin that gives real-time player positions works on the server, but I am definitely expecting it to produce a ton of lag. If it does turn out well, I will implement it, but I have no expectations.
The stream will be on my channel, http://www.twitch.tv/cliffjameston and I will have a set up of 4 separate windows, streaming 4 different player perspectives at a time (Which is why I need the new GPU and RAM), but I would ask that, if you are competing, that you not watch the stream until you have died. I will be running it through a 1 minute delay server, just to prevent too much cheating (I know, it’s a long time, but I will have the stream going on my laptop so I can have a little context for comments), but still, please try and stay out of the stream until death. Or at least have it paused until then.
That’s pretty much it for this update, hope it posts, and hope you all have fun watching/participating in the games! Please feel free to comment in here with any questions you may have for me/Mark, and I will try to get to any I can.
Cliff Jameston 8 months, 3 weeks ago.
