Dont connect to my land. I will maybe be a shopkeep. I do not know. But this is good progress!

I agree with Robbio on most points. I approve of all of the mods except TeeHee. The timezone thing doesn't apply for her because she's in roughly the same time zone as Undone and Wampbit. And it's impossible to say "yeah, and her online hours match up conveniently too" for her because she hasn't been on for nearly the whole existence of this world. My main problem is that she has broken rules in the past. She was warned by Wampit when she let DemonicPopcorn in because mean old Antibody said we should stop giving such new members the IP. In fact her breaking this rule of only mods handing out IPs directly resulted in Wampbit making the rules we have today. If she had no respect for the rules in the past, I find it hard to believe she will now, and even if she does, I still find it laughable that she was promoted to mod while CaffinatedJedi was demoted for being just as inactive as her. It just seems like a clear case of favoritism and nothing more.

Luckily I have been promoted back up to mod again.So the issue of me being demoted is moot.

seriously stop stealing my obsidian, my area is supposed to be green, I even went to some trouble to hide the way to it

that's up to about 50 peices gone now

And so you thought making someone who was "disinterested" in the map a mod was a good idea? If Teehee isnt interested in the server, then why on earth would you make her a moderator? I havent seen Teehee on the new map whatsoever. Its all well and good to say that she's talked about it on Steam, but that doesnt qualify as proper activity. If we had a new moderator on these very forums who'd been gone for a long time saying they weren't interested, only to come back with a position of power, we'd hardly call that fair would we?



I have no personal issues with Suffca whatsoever (outside of the standard death threads between us). However Suffca was involved with Hio on the old map, who was indeed a griefer, duper and nuisance. I'm sure that Suffca will not become Hio the Second (god help us if he does), but promoting someone with griefing in their history raises serious questions.



I'm glad to see that he's been reinstated, but you understand, suddenly promoting a bunch of unelected mods for a community server while suddenly demoting a couple of old ones without notice is hardly appropriate is it? Anyway, not being active hasnt stopped other individuals becoming mods has it?

So I'm very nearly done with the building phase for the Skymobtrap... I forget who posted about it, but the YouTube linky is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfS_Y0mPA40

All I can say is, it's a freakin' ton of work! Takes nearly a day of gameplay time to make (or such was the case for me, since I'm slower than some). A few things I did differently than the tutorial: I am waiting until after the trap is operational before clearing the dungeons underneath, I used candlelight and waited until the last step of building to place the roof to avoid going into Peaceful mode, and I'll forego the redstone in favor of a continuously operating gravity trap.

I'll let you know how it works out once I've made it operational, which should be sometime later today or tomorrow... Maybe then I'll even help someone(s) build it in SMP.

I never took part in Hio's activities. I helped him with Narnia but that was all.

I have memories of giant diamond male genitalia in the sky.

I'd like to report Blahberry. Earlier today me and SimpsonFly were working in my territory. We then went to go help Gamemastr35 work on his bridge. Me, SimpsonFly, CaffienatedJedi, Suffca and Gamemastr were working on the bridge, all the while Blahberry was constantly asking us where we were so he could help, as he had cobble. I told him to go to Mordor, and then we'd direct him the rest of the way. Well we finished the bridge without him coming, and the bridge connected to the road between me and Robbio. So we all went towards my territory, only to discover that Blahberry was in my territory already. We all then went to SimpsonFly's territory. I logged off for about two hours, and when I came back I discovered a sign on my property that said "ur gay", and SimpsonFly took a screenshot for me. I think it's pretty obvious where I'm going with this. Blahberry posted the sign. Shortly after I discovered the sign, Robbio discovered that a chest of Obsidian that he had hidden behind a wall was gone, which he said he had looked in as recently as two days ago. Who was headed towards Mordor today? Blahberry. Who was in my territory at exactly the right time? Blahberry. I can say with complete confidence that he was the person who posted that sign, and as far as I'm concerned, it's griefing. I also accuse him of being the Obsidian thief that has been striking lately.

Edit: Lots of typos.

Because I totally helped Hio with that? :rolleyes:

Right beside him all the way. You two were inseparable back then.



I'd like to note:
1. The amount of obsidian stolen was 40 blocks that I'd harvested from below Mordor.
2. The stuff was hidden in a chest inside one of my walls in a random spot, unless you used an x-ray texture pack or were incredibly lucky you wouldn't stumble upon it.
3. I have never seen Blahberry near Mordor, so I can make no comment on whether I think he was responsible or not.

I don't see how you can think think Suffca hanging out with Hio in the old world is a good enough reason to not trust him for the mod position in a new world where he hasn't done any griefing or even been accused of griefing.

As I've said, I'm a cynic and a suspicious bastard. I'm not saying Suffca has done anything whatsoever in the new world. But I'm just saying I'm suspicious from the past.

Isn't it impossible for x-ray textures? Notch coded it into the game or something like that.

Couldn't someone just make a texture pack where glass replaces stone? And then said thief uses that to find the obsidian.

There are minimaps capable of locating specific block types. Minecraft AutoMap comes to mind.


@Suffca I'll see if that would work, and post my findings.

My findings are in.

I had an x-ray texture pack that I've used in SP that works fine. Just makes basically every block transparent so you can see caverns and lava below. Very useful if you want to connect to a mine network from above ground, you can just see straight down where to dig. I havent used it in ages though, so I have no idea if it does work.

It does work in multplayer.

I guess I'll add

1. I've lost 50 ish blocks in the past few days (I have my suspects as to who took them but I don't know for sure as of yet)
2. 11 peices today, and i had checked the chest as early as 12 hours ago from now
3. My door is also slightly hidden so you'd have to be looking for a way in and purposefully stealing. (also had signs up to mention thieves not wanted)

and well I'm sure everyone noticed the billion new nether gates

Success! Moderate success at first, with 47 combined loots from the first 2 nights. But that's because the roof isn't done, the caverns aren't cleared, and I was still working on it (and thus reducing the spawn rate directly around me). It'll only get better now. I've got lofty plans for all this newfound TNT I'll have... Time to blow up the Nether.

I'm keeping my personal feeling about the mods to myself. Anywho, how is the city going?

I have no problem with the new mods, although teehee being mod is a bit strange because she was never on.However, she contributed a lot on the first map.

I've also been robbed several times by someone OBVIOUSLY using a transparent texture pack. I've buried things underground in almost RANDOM locations and come back a day or two later to have it gone.

I've got about 30 blocks of dynamite for whoever's stealing my [censored] obsidian. I don't care if they're a peaceful nation or not. Their house will 'splode.

A thought occurred to me. If my suspicions about Blahberry are correct, what if he put that sign there because, using his transparent texture pack, he saw one of my storage areas underground, but realizing he couldn't get to it, posted that sign in anger? Let me explain. A good portion of my territory is covered in a cobblestone floor floating off the ground, surrounded by walls on most sides. Because of this, underneath it is a "basemant" area, which is dark, and FULL of mobs. Underneath that floor, somewhere, there is a chest, but there's also 20+ mobs "protecting" it. So my theory is that the mobs stopped him from digging down to get it, which is why he posted that sign.

It seems like a stretch, but it makes sense. Why would he just randomly put the sign there if he wasn't upset about something? Keep in mind I've never interacted with him before this. He shouldn't have any grudge against me, until of course the mobs foiled his plan of stealing my stuff.

I've also http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8302/updatedmap3.jpg. You'll notice I'm a green territory now. I don't want to be robbed, and at this rate I'll never be in a position to utilize the advantages of being a red territory (war, etc).

Other changes include adding Venq's and Carnivore Clown's territories.

Kira Yamato, you need to post a picture of the map with the http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1153049-unofficial-minecraft-discussion-xxv/page__view__findpost__p__16901683. Unlike other recent claims, yours is in the middle of other territories and I can't just give you one tile of space.

If there are any new claims I've missed, let me know.

Mordor should also be green.

TeeHee had been given my permission to give the IP after we'd discussed whether or not we should let him in in-game with the rest who were on. Wampbit wasn't online at the time. Afterwards, Wamp and I discussed what the entry criteria should be, which led to the updated rules. Wamp's "warning" for TeeHee came because, at that point, he didn't know I'd given her permission.



:shrug: I've been disinterested. The separatist set-up doesn't really do it for me. She's been communally active in the past, was active in discussions as to how the server can be improved, and made it clear she would be active if a new community project was introduced. And as I said, there was a personal issue that took her away from Minecraft, BGSF, Steam et al for a while.


As I said, all the new mods are either currently active, or have been actively involved in discussions about how to make the server more interactive, and have indicated that they will be highly active if a more interactive set-up is introduced. We need mods who are keen to drive forward the new game plans. If people have been inactive (in the case of Pete, he was only really highly active in pre-Aldgate days) for a while, I think it makes sense to remove them from the list so people can easier see who to contact etc.


Duly noted.