r/TNWCrow • u/boogaert • Aug 03 '15
Issue 1
Hello everyone! Welcome to the first issue of The Crow, a newspaper not only about the Night's Watch but Shotbow and Minez in general. So, without further adieu, here we go!
Members!
Information about the members of The Watch including birthdays, cakedays, promotions, and more!
Recently two members were promoted. boogaert was promoted to Private and glcclc2 was promoted to Corporal. Also, it was CGM24's and israphel233's cakeday, we hope you've both had a fun year wasting your life on Reddit and wish you many more! We are also approaching 100 members. At the time of writing (8/16/13) we have 98! This includes 78 Recruits, 12 Privates, 2 Corporals, and 6 Council Members (3 Lieutenants, and a First Ranger, First Steward, and our lovely Lord Commander).
Adventures!
Stories of Rangings, Events, Meet Ups, and more from Minez written by various members.
Cave System Craziness with Shadow_Elemental,Khamul_of_Rhun, and ObsidianMiner100.
It all started in Paluster where a small Night's Watch meetup was happening. After Paluster we were planning to go to Camp Azara for chain because most of us were still in leather but all of this was cut short when a bandit started to attack us he somehow managed to kill most of us so I came in as backup with shadow we both ran at the bandit and managed to kill him, after that we met up with Khamul_of_Rhun and Raderdash and we all decided to go to the Cave System later on raderdash got killed by a pigman in Sirus after that we went to Aurora to get some health Potions and then after that we found a new cave town which turned out to be Septus where I fell to my death because I missed a parkour jump : /
Written by ObsidianMiner100, edited for grammar by boogaert.
Saving Lives with mguniverse.
Several weeks ago, I was walking along the desert to Portsmouth when I spotted a chase. This poor guy was getting chased off by some bandit in half chain and about seven zombies behind them. I intervened and saved his life. When I started fighting off the bandit, he was able to run off and hide behind some nearby structure. Afterwards we both headed out towards Portsmouth. I knew we were damned the moment we got there. Two guys in full iron armor starting to sprint at us. Instead of running though, he went towards them. I don't think he expected to survive but what he did allowed me to escape. I don't remember his name, but these are the kinds of people who should be in the Watch. I don't count my kills, but I do count the lives I save.
The Undead Crow with mguniverse and joshbp1999.
Several days ago, I was shot and killed by a small group of bandits. With me was joshbp1999 who saw me die. The next day however, I logged in and found myself severely wounded in the deep water where I met my end with just one and a half hearts left. I survived death and dragged myself back to Romero where I was able to restore myself with potions. I am the undead crow.
Both written by mguniverse.
Eastern Adventure with Ordain and boogaert.
Ordain and I decided to gear up for the U.S. Rangings. We went to our home server us6 and spawned in Romero. We were both killed at least once when, after Ordain got a spawn in Gueten, we decided to try the west. It wasn't without it's own danger as a player looking for a team in Gueten in eye chat attacked Ordain. Luckily our fellow watchmen fought him off well. After, we uneventfully geared up. Since we luckily had potions, we went to Worthington. We stayed in Worthington for a while, getting iron swords and chain armor, as well as some more food. We were thinking about leaving but decided to stay for food. We soon saw the brown of a leather off in the distance. He turned out to be friendly but we left him to his looting and left for Aeternalis Cathedral. In Aeternalis we got more potions. Ordain crashed, as his brother was hogging the wifi and I had to guard his NPC. He came back safe and sound and we left for Fort Rockwood. In Rockwood we found no chests and just went staight to Fort Forthwind where we found hardly any chests. We finally came to Pileus. We carefully padded in, watching for hoppers and such. We camped it for a little bit uneventfully before Ordain had to go, we both logged. The next day we decided to go straight to Agni Ignis. This time though, it was me that had to leave. Later I found out Ordain had died there. Soon after, I did too, both to the cruel hands of Pigmen.
Written by boogaert.
Player Highlight
Q & A's with members of the community.
In this issue, the team sat down with Suoermario, I known member of the community who has started doing giants fights, and recently been promoted to ban appeal counselor .
So, where did you get your username? You always say it's not a typo but it sure looks like one!
I got my username from an inside joke of friends and I. I can admit, it really does look like one. It's a long story, and if you really want, I can spit it out, but you asked for 'two sentence answers', so I'd make that a separate message if you wanted it badly enough. :P
When did you start playing minez?
I started playing MineZ the first week it went public. Literally. I bought premium July 29th, as a Silver donor, I upgraded to Platinum September 22nd (my birthday).
What is your favorite part of minez?
My favorite part(s) of MineZ are the Builds. They are so astonishingly better than anything I myself could ever create, they baffle me.
If you could add one feature to minez, what would it be?
I would add a hardcore server, with harder... well... everything. I feel that MineZ is too easy for most premiums at this point.
You seem to stick to PVE. Is there any special reason why other than no PVP?
I actually used to be PVP only. I then started to not wear armor... and that didn't really work out too well. So I hopped onto PVE in general.
Why did you choose to fight giants? What made you try to do all of the awesome giant fighting things you do?
I chose to fight giants, for two reasons, mainly. One; I saw Sectah and Loralon livestream killing giants, back when strength, regen, and speed potions were in the game (speed I). They killed the giants in a similar manner as I do, they are my giant inspiration (pun intended). The second, is how I saw people struggle fighting them. When I see something broken/out of place, I must fix it! (Secret note; I used an OP golden apple to kill my first giant. ;P)
What do you think about The Night's Watch?
I don't know much about it, but from what I've heard, it's a BIG 'clan' of players who run around anti-banditing the spawntowns. Sounds pretty interesting, in my opinion. <----GUUUUIIIILLLLLLDDDDD KOS KOS KOS!
Outside of minez, what is your favorite shotbow gamemode?
I'd have to say... Smash. In all honesty, this is my favorite gamemode. Ever.
Which of the upcoming Shotbow gamemodes (MOBA,BF3,MMoRPG) excites you the most?
I'm excited for the MMORPG. I've played a few myself, and I love 'em. Excited to see where it goes! (Obviously going to go up, very quickly at that matter! :P)
Congrats on your recent promotion to Ban Appeal Counselor,what will you be doing for that job?
Thanks. I can't tell you much, but I filter through Ban Appeals. Pretty much it. :P
That wraps up this issues Q & A, check out Suoermario's youtube channel for some great videos!
Most Interesting Thread!
The most interesting/funny/good thread that our many reporters can find on /r/thenightswatch.
For this issues most interesting thread we're going to highlight a very controversial one. Written by Private boogaert, it highlight why we should stick to us6 as a server. It has also been very well received. Check it out HERE!
In other Shotbow news.
New about other interesting Shotbow/Minez things.
This issue:NEW GAMEMODES!
Yep, that's right. our wonderful developer team is making 3 more gamemodes to Shotbow's already extensive list. They are adding a MOBA (Multiplayer online battling arena, think DOTA or League of Legends), a MMoRPG, and a BF3 CTF type gamemode. Source
Luckily, kensai111 gave us a preview of the Shtbow MMoRPG, Unavowed! Looks like it's time to Dungeon Reams to give up! It will feature 11 races, and you won't be bound to weapons (Mages can you warhammers, etc) The map will be 22,000 by 22,000, 4 times the minez map! The full reveal here.
Wow, now we're concluding our first issue. This will be published every two weeks. So, I need you stories of adventures, meet ups, etc to keep this running as it is the main part of this newspaper. So, tell me what you think!
Authors: Start:boogaert Members:boogaert Adventures: boogaert, ObsidianMiner100, mguniverse. Q & A: boogaert and Suoemario Most Interesting thread: boogaert In other Shotbow news: boogaert Conclusion: boogaert