BGSF Minecraft

No light escapes the obsidian encased portal. As you move your hand towards the twisting purple nether you are blasted by increasing heat. A smell of dry sulfur fills the air. Behind you - Therradale.
Ancient paintings show an agricultural land, dotted hamlets, wooden houses, happy people - a fairytale. The stories of the 'mad king' ring clear in your mind, a brutal and paranoid man; one wrong glance meant execution, one bad harvest and a village was a bad omen - "Burn it to the ground!". Civil war tore apart the old lands, killing every soul that dared to fight. Leaving but the King, laughing amidst his ruined castle. Dying on a bed of ash and salt.

Aldgate - the new world - hope - where the 'sane' empire fled. A village encased in adminium became the capital of the new world. Sea fare, Castles, Residents, Wanderers, the tight grip of the old imperialists. The metal set image of the idyllic escape made for unparalleled romanticism, but soon the fa?ade began to rust. It was a state driven by wealth and power, corruption ran deep, and the only people that didn't see it were the rulers themselves. The citizens yearned for freedom, and given enough time they created it themselves.

The Temple wars were the culmination of this tension, rival factions became rival religions, and under their banners broke free from the adamantium cage that was Aldgate. Historic details during this time are unknown, records were burned, those with knowledge killed for fear that they would betray their factions. All that is known is of a neutral town known as Torhemn; a place where all were welcome, protected by natural mountains and great keeps. As with all things it too came to an end, commerce slowed, poverty struck, and people left.

As a final resort people built together to form 'vaults' - the world had changed, the land was no longer the fertile golden land described in ancient texts. There were no more 'safe-havens', death was indiscriminate, claiming all but a very lucky few. The vaults were limited, an escape for a while, hoping, magically, things would improve, but as resources ran low, and tensions built, it was clear that everyone had sealed themselves within their tombs.An air of apathy grew, nobody noticed an old lore master spending all of his days reciting ancient texts, and chiselling away at a strange rock. Rumours were quenched with bitter responses, "He's just hammering at bedrock, nothing better to do anymore." Yet today everything changed, a loud laugh, and shouts of success, as you rush to see what happened you find yourself quite abruptly positioned in front of a portal. "Into the nether, boy! Into the nether! You shall lead the way through to our new land!"

Before you can object a sharp shove from the old man sends you hurtling into this strange plane of existence. Ready to stay true to your ancestors and fight for survival within a new land!

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Many thanks to Lord Black for hosting our maps.

Territory Claim:
To claim territory you must first physically go there, and make your mark, having done this post the co-ordinates in the thread. If nobody counter-claims within 16 hours it is yours.

Within your territory you are the ruler, your rules - your game.

Once you have claimed your territory you cannot expand in any way other than conquering enemy territory. You can also build in no-man's land, but everything that occurs here is alright. If someone griefs you persistently in your territory, it is a crime, if it's in no-man's land, it is not.

All wars and politics must be posted in the thread, if you attack a region you must make a declaration of war within the thread. If you do not it is considered griefing and you will be temp banned, no matter what. This also counts for retaliation.

The spawn and surrounding area is strictly NO PvP.

Most of all, be sensible - this is supposed to be fun for all players, and as moderators we will use our common sense to say what's right and wrong, not just a set of rules.

Look on the map:

A Green Zone is a protected zone. These zones have no pvp and no stealing. Players claiming a Green Zone cannot PVP in their zone, unless defending it, and cannot steal from other zones. Players caught stealing from other zones that have claimed a Green Zone will have their zones redacted from Green to Red, permanently.


A Red Zone is the opposite of a Green Zone. Standard griefing rules still apply.

What is Minecraft?

Minecraft is a creative sandbox game centered around exploration and survival; exploring and gathering resources allows you to protect yourself against a variety of beasties that hunt you down during the night. The creative sandbox elements of the game fuel your want to survive and gather, which in turn allow you to build many wonderful creations. Basic fluid physics also provide interesting means of creating basic machines. The multiplayer is very similar to the single-player, just with more people. Right now neither enemies nor damage function, however an update fixing this will be arriving shortly.

Links and Resources
http://www.minecraft.net/
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.minecraftforum.net/index.php
http://forum.hey0.net/index.php

Server Information
As the BGSF is the center of all good in the gaming world, we have appropriately set up a server - we started on a humble Hamachi server, locally hosted, but have since risen in the world, and now have a dedicated Minecraft server! You can find the details below, and if you'd like to help us keep the server running details can be found at the spawn .

Entry Requirements
To access our great and grand server you have to meet one of the following criteria - your application for the IP will be assessed individually and you shall be pmed by a moderator with the IP. This could take some time, and it is possible to be denied access.


1. You are 'Curate' forum rank or above (1 gold star) - this indicates to us that you are a member of the BGSF community, compared to a passing vagabond looking for some quick fun. As this server is aimed towards the community we do expect our members to be a part of the community.

2. You are a friend of a known player, and they have informed us that you wish to play. If you are a friend of a member we expect, by proxy, that you'll be a mature player and good fun to be around.


3. You do not have any rank on the forums, however have proven yourself to be an active member of our thread. If you've posted in our thread for a week or two, shared your projects, screenshots of your single-player obsidian factory, and generally proven yourself to be a friendly person that acts in an appropriate manner you will be allowed onto the server.

Server Details:
Before entering the server post your Minecraft username in this thread - you will be kicked/banned on sight if you do not!

IP: 88.198.17.4:25500

Server OPs: (these persons can ban you at their will, as well as save you from various clipping bugs)
Wampbit
Undone
Bonemonster ( All Hail The Great One)
Mrtankjump
Saurok
Povuholo
RoflWaffleLolz
Suffca
SimpsonFly
Caffienatedjedi



List of those poor souls that Minecraft has devoured.
BGSF : Minecraft

Wampbit : Wampbit
th3undon3on3 : undone
saurok : saurok
Bonemonster : Bonemonster
Monkeyhybrid : superpete
tesfanner : xuerebx
The 6th : TheSmirk
Cliffworms : Cliffworms
Exorince : deviantbj
MLG_Cabbage : redelephant
Theguyinthebackcorner : Meerkat13
Povuholo : Povuholo
kerm : Faderkaka
dragon7ball7 : Boombox_
Malakthrin : Malakthrin
TeeHee:3 : RoflWaffleLolz
revolutionfilms : _tdk_
The Gate Keeper : The_Gate_Keeper
Allstarn08 : Allstarn09
Konqueror : jackjelinek
Volundarkvioa : Volundarkvioa
Capital : MC_Cabe
d4r00g : d4r00g
Meatley : Meatley
Robbio : Robbio
Gamgee : Xivai
gamemstr35 : gamemastr35
R'lyeh Liberation Front : Carlzilla
Cliffworms' Brother : Bejeur
Kinguin : Kinguin
Wolf101 : jakjakatak
Oranos : Barteh
nappa : nappa900
mrcrazy_monkey : mrcrazy_monkey
titan357 : titan357
Fracot (a friend of Wampbit)
Flowi - Arcadiex
Stivesie89 - Stivesie89
caffienatedjedi - caffienatedjedi
Ditre - Sigyl
D-11 - The_Pastmaster
WoOdElF79 - Tipsygear
Peace Bullet - DrSneakyLucario
Lord Dark - JamieEP
Nirreln - Nirreln
Terpy (tesfanner's cousin)
Nuck - Nukl
xXAntibodyXx - xXAntibodyXx
SimpsonFly - SimpsonFly
SkyShadowing - SkyShadowing
Yugemos - yugemos
Demonicpopcorn - evanempathy
Mungo0 - Mungo0
Gordstaman - dja_hel
Mrtankjump - Mrtankjump
Bullfrog - Volpper
Slashcross9 - SlashcrossXD
shadowmere123 - BronzeGolanth
CarnivorClown - WillieMcBride
Kira Yamato - firebos7
Mr.E - mr_e12345
LEGOGOD - LEGOGOD

PM Bonemonster to be added to the list, as he is the OP this time

Why are you the great one? And given the new thread subtitle, what has happened?

No updated map in weeks that's what happened!

Cuz I'm Bonemonster. Also, I'm currently writing you a PM about that

What about the server in general? Everyone still off doing their own thing? Still playing politics? I know I was partly responsible for the current setup, but I just don't think it really worked. I mean, I'd love to play a grandiose RTS game with you guys, but Minecraft is not that game.

Dont think I'll be playing much until we get another update. The game is incredibly laggy for me. There's a 40second break between me typing chat and it actually being sent/appearing, 99% of blocks when destroyed with immediately reappear, items on the ground are unpickupable, and I'm taking about 2 hearts worth of damage with every log in.

Do we know when infinite diamond tools will be implemented? and what is the stalemate reference in the description?

I don't think that there are any plans to make diamond tool unbreakable.

Oh I heard that there is a mod that can do that.

a new map :cryvaultboy:

Maybe. Nothing is set in stone yet.

You'll have to wait on Bonemonster to explain.

We aren't starting a new map because there isn't any war. We said that in the chat. People are spread too far apart. There is no interaction. No sense of community. People are too afraid to leave their areas for fear of thieving and griefing. We wanted to go back to the old Aldgate rules where everyone lived in one big city.

Aldgate was our best community project. Players worked together and it felt like real multiplayer. As it stands now it just feels like single player with a chat box. Those are few of the reasons why Undone and I proposed the change. Here are a few more:

- It is difficult to moderate such a large area effectively. With everyone in one big city thieving and griefing will be almost nonexistant.
- With the old Aldgate rules, gold will become useful again. It will give players something to do. Buy something from player run shops or the Imperial shop, or even land outside the city to freebuild upon.
- With one big city, the server will feel like a community again.
- All items will be available for purchase from the Imperial Shop. This will help drive an economy like never before. Especially since shopkeepers can't be on all the time.
- Changes to the moderator list to ensure that there is at least one mod on at all times. It may not work out that way but that is the plan.
- With one big city there would be no need to have an everchanging map as zones change day after day because everyone will be in one city.
- With Aldgate rules building outside the city is illegal without a permit. This will help keep the map small, it worked wonders the first time around, because who is going to build something outside the area when any bandit/city agent/citizen can just seize that property and/or destroy it?

These are just a few of the reasons. If you have any questions, just ask.

THis is something that I've been meaning to ask: If Aldgate was so great why was it destroyed and abandoned?

Because almost everyone moved to Torhemn after the Torhemn council bought the land and made it legal. Then came the "Temple Wars" idea and [censored] it all up. (Thanks Bonemonster)

Indeed. Here is a PM I got from Ant, who makes a very good point and my reply:




In my opinion, Aldgate was our best idea. It worked and people felt like they were in a community. There was minimal thieving and griefing in the city was non-existent save for a few major incidents (I'm looking at you Eddard!)

EDIT: Again, its not set in stone. We just put the idea forward today.

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Well, now that I know your exact reasons, I'm much less furious. You make some good points, but I do have questions and concerns. How big is the map going to be in comparison to the current one? How much land will we each be able to get? How will it be possible to build structures that may be deemed eyesores by our neighbors? Is the territory still going to be organized so we don't have a mess like the first map? And those are just a few of them, but I'll ask more later.

I agree that our current map doesn't feel like one big community, however we do have small pockets of communities. Me, Simpson, Robbio and Bullfrog, for example. But that's because we managed to wind up building so close to each other. But I have no idea how the majority of other territories are doing, because they're too far away. So you do have a good point.

IF we do make a new map, though, this really, really needs to be the last one, unless something goes horribly, horribly wrong.

Thats my rant for the moment. But the TL:DR version: New map=probably no Robbio, and the reasons for proposing a new map in my mind dont justify a new slate.

Well the plan was to make a new city with Aldgate rules. However it would be much larger then Aldgate and built by the mods (And possibly trusted members) before being actually put up on the server.

The plan that I put forth was that we would build the walls first, then build main roads. Everything would be built off of some sort of road. No random houses in the middle of a ditch. From those main roads you would split off with lesser roads after set intervals. Call them back alleys if you wish.

As for the actual city plan, there are four districts planned. Commercial (Shops and such), industrial (Production such as, cobble, farms, etc.), residential (Homes and private property), and administrative (Mod castle/fort/palace/office building). Now What I think is that the main entrance should be right into the market (because that's how it's done at Walmart), then have a lesser entrance in each of the major sectors and ways to get between them. This all needs to be planned out. Down to the block count of the walls.

However I would be just as happy to build the entire Imperial City in the current map.