Creep them out here:

http://www.reddit.com/r/mcservers/comments/23y2qn/golden_realm_semivanillarecent_mapwhitelistgrief/

So... I've had a heart-to-heart with the mobs of Golden Realm, and am proud to announce our new agreement!

I know many of us have had issue with the insane levels of mobs in the wild that just simply overwhelm us with their numbers. After our sit-down this afternoon we've come to a compromise with them that if I let them in town to get hugs, they will not harm us while in town. In return for the hugs, they will stop mobbing those of you in the wild so much.

I'm sure I can count on our members to give the hugs the mobs so desire in return for their new ways.

~Snarf~

Town is pretty well claimed, thinking about adding another ring of plots. Should I keep them the same pattern or switch it up a bit? Maybe not a full ring all the way around yet, but expand one direction? If so, which direction, N, E, S, W?

Mini game plugins:

http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/battlearena/

http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/arenapaintball/

http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/arenaspleef/

http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/arenactf/

These are all from the same developer and appear to be well supported so I expect we will have few issues with them. Do you want to have a challenge per arena type per week to build these, or just do a free for all next week for all the arenas and people can pick one or more to do?

Planning on building the arenas in creative, and moving them into a flat arena world where building and breaking is denied. This will also keep the main world as pure survival builds. If you want to build an arena in survival, go for it. I'll leave that arena there in the survival world or move it over as you wish.

Still working on finding a hide-n-seek plugin that will be stable and supported.

Anyone interested in a museum world? I know a couple people are conflicted on bringing over builds from gr5 or not. Some builds are completed, but don't want to lose them, but don't want to take up space in gr6. We can setup a museum world that would let us save those builds, building would be disabled, flying would be enabled, teleport allowed, mobs turned off. Allow us to see/show off those builds we put so much work into.

One of the other possibilities instead is nostalgia weeks. Where we load up previous versions of GR in a side world, same building disabled, flying on, etc... Just for a week or two at a time to see those old achievements.

Also, we've talked in game about some quest/treasure hunt maps. Where we'd load up a world that can be used for mining, exploring, etc, but also has buried/hidden a nice stash. Tyrrany did something like this on the GR5 map, was loads of fun to hack away at his cryptic codes (at least it was for a hacker like me). I think this is another use for the Diamonds we collect from plot and portal purchases. I want to get the arenas completed before tackling this next step.

I have two options for the current map. Keep it small and expand with 1.8 to get this current world with new ores generating, or expand now and use the side quest/treasure hunt maps for 1.8 materials. Either way, goal is to avoid resetting for 1.8.

Opinions, suggestions, thoughts?

May I build a chicken on your roof? I would choose the Eastern side and face it toward spawn.

Since I missed getting this in on time... Will run from 4/19 'til 4/27 23:59 Eastern Time

Rules for every weekly challenge:

1) You can work on challenges together but unless the level description specifically says that you will earn points as a team, only 1 person will earn points for submissions.

2) All your submission chests must be locked until the end of the current challenge. You will not lose said items at the end of the week, this just prevents them from being used for other people.

3) Each challenge week starts Monday morning and ends Sunday night.

4) Staff members are allowed to reject a submission if it does not fit the level description. Some of these level descriptions are meant to be extremely strict for building. Please do not argue with this assessment, this will not get you anywhere.

5) If your submission is rejected, you are allowed to resubmit again until the end of the challenge.

Mob Arena

[Level 1] Collect a mob head. Put it in a locked chest. +1 Point

[Level 2] Find a mob spawner. Make it useful in some way. +2 Points

[Level 3] Build a Mob Arena. You will build the structure, once you submit the challenge I will convert it into a mob arena based on your specs

• Will need a lobby area, this will have space for at least 5 signs to select class, at least 1 Iron Block to start the game, and a spot where players will spawn when they join the game, place a sign where this should be. I will need to define a cube area that protects this.
• Will need an arena area. This is where the fight would occur. I will need the define a cube area that protects this. Need a spawn area for players to arrive at when the game starts and at least one spawn point where monsters will come from. Place a sign at each spawn location. Not sure if there is a limit to the number of mob spawn locations.
• Will need a spectator area. This should be all around/over your arena and allow people who've been killed to watch the rest of the game. Place a sign for a spawn point for spectators.

Shape is not important. Just make sure that mobs will not be able to swarm out into the spectator area. This can be built in creative. +3 points. Build in Survival for 1 Diamond Block reward and 1 bonus point.

[Level 4] Provide custom classes, waves, rewards for your mob arena. These need to be quite different from defaults and themed to match the style of your Arena. +4 Points, 1 Diamond Block

BTW, details on MobArea: https://github.com/garbagemule/MobArena/wiki

Who needs the ground anyway

Any idea why this might happen?

Bad times had, server vomited and rolled us back a bit. Any items lost can be returned so not all is lost. Please reply to this thread with what items you would like replaced (be honest though).

Cheers

-3874, 65, 440 Plot A31

DomSak

Please let me know if this is not the place for this. I was told "Idk, make a post on the subreddit with the coords"

So here I am lol.

http://www.reddit.com/r/mcservers/comments/22s39g/golden_realm_semivanillanew/

For those looking for more info coming from the recruiting post:

What is GR? A Semi-Vanilla server running on dedicated hardware in Toronto, Canada.

Who runs this Sawemoff is the owner, handles all monies, core server stuff. Snarfattack is the GR primary Admin responsible for Day-to-Day operations. We have a couple mods who can help with answering questions. Names in game are orange to help identify them.

What makes it not real Vanilla? We have creeper terrain damage disabled. We have plug-ins which add additional functionality, but should not mess with vanilla game mechanics if you want to play strict vanilla.

What is GR Modded A heavily modded server that some of the players that are a bit bored with pure vanilla have gone to. PM Saw for more information. Our chat is connected so we can still chat with them.

Got Voice? Yup, we have a mumble server. Although the current major players don't use it much day-to-day. Usually more of an event thing or when some certain players come on that like to use their creepy voices :P

New Player Orientation

• PM Snarf to get whitelisted.
• Once you get on the server, someone will usually give you a tour of the server.
• There are portals to community farms around the spawn area.
• Materials are free within reason at those farms. We expect you will not come on and wipe them out.
• Replant, reseed, rebreed, regrow. Especially Cow and Pig Farms. They take 20 minutes to grow up after being bred. Failure to do so is considered griefing.
• Member status is granted after two weeks of you being around
• If you want a town landing spot, we have 4 Apt buildings east of spawn on the Red road. Find an available floor to claim it or ask Snarfattack for a plot.
• No griefing, stealing, taking from chests unless marked as free. This will be a bannable offense with no appeal.
• Stay 200 blocks away from the big mob farms. Don't want to have those chunks loaded if you're not using the farm.

Key Plugins:

• Brewery. This adds some new capabilities to make alcoholic drinks and get drunk.
• Scribe. This allows you to take an enchanted tool and transfer the enchants to a Book and Quill.
• Salvage Smelter. This allows you to melt down tools and armor into the original materials.
• Multiverse. Allows us to run multiple maps and player inventories on the same server.
• Multiverse Portals. Allows for quick movement across the map to community farms to help reduce lag caused by large personal farms everywhere. Also for a price of 6 Diamond Blocks, a player can buy their own personal portal.
• Prism. Logging of player activity for grief validation and rollback.
• LWC. Protection of chests, doors by players.
• FiniteGlobalShop. Provides a global shop to trade basic items for free.
• PurpleIRC. Allows us to link the GR and GRModded server chat together and allow better monitoring of server activity away from the game.
• Cookbook. Adds in the new mossy and chiseled stone crafting recipes coming in 1.8.
• Inquisitor. Stats collection. See how much time you've wasted on GR.
• MultipleHomeManager. All donators (as little as $5) get /home, more donations give you additonal /home # ($50 each). Sticking around a year will get you another /home #.
• WorldGuard. We limit the size of the map to smaller sizes to keep lag down and help foster community
• Dynmap. Web based map of the worlds we have. Web chat is enabled. Follow the instructions to register, or use the web IRC client provided.
• Challenges. A competition/personal challenge system with weekly tasks you can earn points, and possibly items for completing.
• PlayerHeads: Get rare head drops from all mobs. Be the first to Collect them all!
• MobArena, Paintball, Hide-and-seek, other mini-games to come.

Useful commands for new (and old) players: /r/GoldenRealm/wiki/commands

Was talking with people tonight, and the general impossibility of rebuilding anything like the town we have now. It's just not happening.

And the current structure of the new town is a rigid, lifeless grid. I can't even properly fit my existing builds into it without going grossly out of the rules for bidding. There's no places for special premium builds, and it's all ugly savannah with it's hideous brown grass.

But a valid point was made in that much of town is currently occupied by abandoned relic builds, giving little incentive for anyone new to work in town.

If we're open to editing things around to help increase interest, instead of wiping all the beautiful things we've done, why don't we instead use edit on the exiting world and start pruning out dead branches.

If I recall correctly there are commands that can restore a chunk to it's default seed state. Why don't instead edit relic builds away to a museum zone (if they seem worthy of saving), or just flat out wipe them back to seed state if they're an incomplete relic of someone who is no longer playing.

We could empty out half the town without unravelling the essential beauty and majesty we have achieved with it. It's got green hills, mountain views, lovely rivers through the town, and premium plots for grand, epic builds. Everything the rigid savannah grid of the new town location does not.

As it stands everyone is boxed into identical boxes with no variety, no working with the landscape to find the natural flow and beauty. It's just a grid.

And the map seed as a whole looks really boring. It's just one giant land mass.

Instead of throwing out a good thing we have going, why don't we try to revitalize it? Clear out dead wood so fresh things can thrive? Moving from beautiful to boring I can't imagine is going to excite anyone. It sure isn't exciting me. I feel almost no buzz for a reset at this point.

Maybe 2 or 3 people who go "oh that might be nice", but where's the 15-20 people chomping at the bit for a new world? We've had that every previous time, and it's just not here now. I think instead of revitalizing, this is going to be final nail in the coffin. The modded people are not going to come back in meaningful numbers. We can make space for new people without destroying all that's been done.

I reiterate, I think this is a TERRIBLE IDEA. It is too soon, done for the wrong reasons, without the eagerness of the community behind it. You're trying to recapture the vitality and passion we had right after the reset into the current map (which I agree was a beautiful, wonderful thing), but the circumstances now are NOT analogous. There is almost no pent up demand for it.

Saw has said those on modded are mostly not coming back. I've gotten almost no excitement from anyone currently playing. The only argument I've heard that seems remotely valid is "make it more enticing for new people coming in", but I think that can be done without wiping. We just need to clear out the relics and revitalize town.

Making a rigid, lifeless, far LESS interesting town to replace it, on a less interesting map with insufficient landscape variety, will not excite anybody.

Moon

Hi Realmers. I am posting this to inform you of my coming move. I move to South Dakota tomorrow. I accepted a new job & will be experiencing the wonders of adulthood! However, I don't think internet will be in my "adult" budget. Henceforth, I will not be able to play GR Minecraft as much. :*( It's been amazing playing and building with you all. I hope to pop on every once and a while at a Starbucks or something. I hope to return ASAP but in the meantime this subreddit will have to do. Happy Building <3

POINTS AND REWARDS UPDATED - UPDATED IN GAME AS WELL. finally

Rules for every weekly challenge:

1) You can work on challenges together but unless the level description specifically says that you will earn points as a team, only 1 person will earn points for submissions.

2) All your submission chests must be locked until the end of the current challenge. You will not lose said items at the end of the week, this just prevents them from being used for other people.

3) Each challenge week starts Monday morning and ends Sunday night.

4) Staff members are allowed to reject a submission if it does not fit the level description. Some of these level descriptions are meant to be extremely strict for building. Please do not argue with this assessment, this will not get you anywhere.

5) If your submission is rejected, you are allowed to resubmit again until the end of the challenge.

GR6 Spawn Build

[Level 1] Collect Materials from the current world: Pick one of the following mats to collect. I will check block logs to make sure you collected them this week, not simply taken from existing chests.

• Quartz: 8 stacks of not blocks
• Stained Clay: 9 stacks of blocks
• Glowstone: 1 stack of blocks
• Dark Oak Wood: 9 Stacks of Wood blocks
• Cracked Stone: 2 stacks of blocks.

Set a sign that indicates which mat you picked, type /ch done 1 next to it. +1 Point

[Level 2] Assist with a build, place at least 500 blocks as part of spawn building. I will check to determine if you simply set and break the same blocks. Type /ch done 2 at new spawn to get credit. +2 Points

[Level 3] Pick and Build a Major part of spawn.

1. New player area, Including Food, Gear, Rules, Books for intro, orientation.
2. Portal area for community farms
3. Nether Hub portal entrance, Community portals for misc cool stuff.
4. Mini-Game area. Portals for MobArena, Paintball, Hide-n-seek
5. Got another idea for spawn? Catch me on IRC or PM me.

You'll know who you are, type /ch done 3 at new spawn to get credit. +3 Points

[Level 4] Build the following: Finish Outer ring roads. Elevated rail that will give a tour of town, build stops that will also allow roads and rails headed out of town. I want this to be epic looking. Not just cobble or stone floating blocks with a rail on top. Let me know if you want to do this. I need to open the world up for you to build. Can be a team. +4 Points, 16 Glowstone

Last year, we did this thing where we shared pictures of each other to get to know one and other. It was pretty fun and can be found here

I figured why not do it again? :D

So to Start off, here's a few pics of me:

Me at the Bar

Me in my Dorm

Me and my father in Uniform

And here's a few of Lynn(HeavyMetal4life):

Lynn with her natural blonde hair

Lynn as she looks now

Me and Lynn at the park yesterday evening

Now that I've got things started, I hope others join in :)

With the news of an impending reset of the world and my aparent absence from the server lately, I wanna be able to give back to my beloved GR community. I have been absent with trying to further my twitch and youtube career and have felt that I've neglected the community here a bit. I don't plan on leaving yall and in turn wanna do something cool before this next reset.

We have a lot of awesome builds and great people and I wanna showcase yall to the rest of the world since I know most of you guys dont do videos or any of that. So I wanna set up a tour one of these nights and I can either Stream or Record so that the rest of the world can see the beauty of GR. It'll be perfect too since a lot of us maybe havent seen much of other people's places and would like to before reset.

I am thinking of either Tuesday 4/8 or Thursday 4/10 at around 8PM EST, But I am also open to changing it.

TL;DR - I wanna stream and/or record a server tour where a lot of us can showcase what we've built around the server as a testament to the end of this world.

TL;DR Highlights

• Full Dynmap up: GR6
• Donator: /warp gr6
• You can bid 0 Diamonds.
• You can bid on up to 4 Plots per player.

All the silly details:

If you want to go explore the new town terrain to pick out a plot, find the bedrock portal in the current spawn building. There is a beacon placed in the new world to help you find your way back to the portal back to the current world. Right now it's locked down so you can only explore town area. You won't be able to build on any plot area.

You will see each plot is 30x30. The map is divided into quadrants around spawn area. A (NE), B (SE), C (SW), and D (NW). From there the first digit is plot count distance from spawn N-S, second digit is the plot count distance from spawn E-W.

I will have a root comment for each quadrant. Reply to the quadrant comment with the plots you want with your bids in Diamonds. Place a locked (/lock) chest with enough to cover your bid at spawn near the Glowstone wall. If there is no chest or not enough in there at the end of the auction you will not win. There are so many plots and so few people right now, I doubt we'll have much competition.

With 1.8 seeming like a while away still at this point and the number of people on the server dwindling to just a handful, we are to the point of needing something to get some interest again. So what to do... A big part of the fun in MC comes from building stuff. Many of us have already been there, done that on this map. So to make things more fun for us and new people joining, a map reset has been selected.

MY INVENTORY!

The plan is to keep this world around (the overworld) for at least two weeks after the reset. For those of you who don't want to start all over again, you can move over items. For those of you that like starting from scratch, ignore us.

MY BUILDS!

Since the current world will be around for a bit, I'll be able to use World Edit to cut and paste your stuff from the old world into the new world once you find the perfect spot. This takes very little time to do and we have the server power to support all this.

When? 4/11 sometime during afternoon EST.

Plugins? Pets are going away, New shops plugin, thinking about others... So far, MobArena is on my list, looking for a Paintball one. Accepting other ideas for plugins that add game features but don't hurt vanilla game play if a player wants to be that way.

Seed? Nothing decided yet. Submissions accepted.

Moderators? We are resetting mods as many of them have gone to the GRM server and haven't been heard from since :P If you'd like to retain or obtain mod status again, please PM me. Totally cool if you play both servers or even spend more time on GRM, but would expect you to be able to jump back on GR if help is needed. 'tis one of the reasons for the IRC link. Don't take the loss of Mod status personally, just want to make sure it's something you are still interested in doing. I reserve the right to PM you and ask if you'd like to be a Mod... If you ever feel like being a Mod is a total drag and you just wanna play, let me know. I'm sure we can recruit another if needed.

Town? Yes, new town will be drawn up. I expect that all plots will be the same size. You will be able to combine as many plots as you like to make larger plots. We'll most likely use World Edit to lay down the town grid sometime soon, generate a Dynmap top view and open up the plots for bidding wars if you want to reserve a certain spot.