I made some finishing architectural touches on the castle today. Suffice it to say that the interior is now ready to be decorated. On another note, I've started on another project. It's a tall Orthancish tower made out of cobblestone on the hilltop upon which the upper staircase entrance lies. It'll be interesting to see how this one will turn out.

I'll gladly contribute 5$ to the server, seeing how much I enjoy playing in it.

I started 2 days ago on it and built myself a nice hideout 3-4 minutes from Aldgate. It's very well hidden too. (I am not an outlaw though. I simply wanted to have my hideout in the wilds. )

Yesterday, I decided to simply dig under my feet for as long as I could. I eventually arrived in a huge cave filled with nice material. I installed torches everywhere. The hole I started digging was pretty close to my hideout. But I didn't think to put a torch or something on the ground before starting digging... so I lost track and I don't know where that mine is located anymore. Oh well, I'll find more.

I also had fun creating two waterfalls coming out of a stone formation. There was a natural waterfall in the middle of it, so I dug the sides of the formation and created two channels of water and dug the outisde to create the waterfall. All the water flooded the ground below, creating a nice lake.

Cliffworms are you sure everything is in tact?

Assuming it was your hideout I found. I've found 2 hideouts as of yet, I think both belonged to bandits. Suffice to say, I pillaged. I also hid the entrance for one hideout and created a similar entrance a few metres away. :laugh:

Whew, I'm glad it wasn't mine.
Well, it's not like I have anything worth stealing since I've just started two days ago.

But, yes. If someone finds my hideout, feel free to steal everything from it. It's the reward for finding it! (I'll place a signpost in it to let you know it's my place.)

The problem with it, though, is that I built it too far away from town. A long 5 minutes walk. I'll need to build myself a new one closer, connecting it underground with my first one.

Thankyou for your contribution Cliffworms! We are now $10 short (assuming that everyone keeps to their pledges ) - 2 more people and we have a month of dedicated Minecraft!

In response to the increased worshipping of the false god Vinegar Ra and the construction of a temple, a mysterious group has started the Anti Vinegar Ra Cult. AKA: http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b120/iamerik/TheOC.jpg

Cool!

I can't even log in to play minecraft! I exited the game and now I can't play it!

I can play offline however. If I try multiplayer it says 'logging in' but then I get disconnected from the server.

minecraft.net seems to be down too.

Keep trying, the server does that sometimes.

All the more reason we need a dedicated server!

That is simply awesome.
I'll need to find that place! I'll log in in 2-3 hours and try to find it. Is it close to the city?

I've tried for around 15 times. Since minecraft.net is also down I think something's wrong.

If anyone has just loaded up minecraft and is able to play multiplayer tell me!

I'm getting the same. Looks I shouldn't have logged off.

I logged off cause of the furnace bug.

Good to see you're also having this problem.

Ahh hopefully the issue will be fixed when I'll be ready to play. I have a long, long tunnel to dig.

I havent gotta a chance to play in the past few days but when I do get a chance to get back on how much would a permit to bulid my own village near the city would cost?
Oh and where does this money go to not that it really matters but Im just curious it goes to the commerical plot owners right?

Does Notch really need to have everything rely on one server? If something goes wrong then BAM! Both the site and the game are screwed.

Edit: And we're back up. Yay!

Had a great time today. Sometimes I wish I can share my secrets with someone! Anyone wants a minecraft buddy?

When we buy the server, because we shall buy the server, will it need to be closed for the night?

Server going down for the night! It'll be back up tomorrow morning as always. Don't want this downtime? Help with the last $10!

G'night all

Come on you cheap bassas we just need another 10 dollars!

No, a dedicated server is housed in a server facility. The one we are looking at is housed in Florida and they have servers that cater solely to Minecraft. Which means it will be active 24/7/365 unless something goes wrong or the server software needs updating.

EDIT: Well the company is in Florida, or so the site says. The have servers in Dallas, Chicago, New York and Falkenstein Germany.

I'll say again then: Just 10 more dollars you cheap bassas.

I'll donate $5.

Does that mean getting TNT on peacefull is impossible then?

Haven't played in a few days. I'll have to finish my building tomorrow, just need to get some more cobblestone.

You'll never find my hideout. :ninja:

Sounds like a challenge.




Sure!

I think Kern wins in terms of hideouts I'm afraid