How did this get here?
I am not good with computer.
(We've moved some things, to anyone paying attention)
If you've been paying attention to our forum, this won't be a big surprise.
I am happy to confirm we will be completely on time for an August 1st re-opening to our Minecraft server. Yes, I am aware at the time of posting it is technically August 1st. We have a few things to finish up on our end and we will have the server open in the afternoon. Provided I finish up the required handful of things, we will resume white-listed operation until this afternoon.
See you later today.
I am happy to confirm we will be completely on time for an August 1st re-opening to our Minecraft server. Yes, I am aware at the time of posting it is technically August 1st. We have a few things to finish up on our end and we will have the server open in the afternoon. Provided I finish up the required handful of things, we will resume white-listed operation until this afternoon.
See you later today.
Today was fun.
If you noticed, the server is in white list mode. Only admins and a few select players will have access for the moment, so please be patient. We did manage to get a bunch of permissions and config files done for the server. We also tested out the most basic of permissions. That side of things is going very well and should be done in a day or two (provided we work on them in the next few days).
The map itself still needs a bit of modification before it is complete for the server. With the increase in hardware we've got, I also have a few surprises in store. These also need to be finished before we make the server live. They are close to completely functional.
I hope there are still enough of you to enjoy our work. We look forward to having you back crafting things and such. Check the forums for more details. We'll see you soon.
By the way ... Happy Birthday Gephorian
Edit: Whoops, time stamps aren't displaying correctly...um...deal with it? :)
If you noticed, the server is in white list mode. Only admins and a few select players will have access for the moment, so please be patient. We did manage to get a bunch of permissions and config files done for the server. We also tested out the most basic of permissions. That side of things is going very well and should be done in a day or two (provided we work on them in the next few days).
The map itself still needs a bit of modification before it is complete for the server. With the increase in hardware we've got, I also have a few surprises in store. These also need to be finished before we make the server live. They are close to completely functional.
I hope there are still enough of you to enjoy our work. We look forward to having you back crafting things and such. Check the forums for more details. We'll see you soon.
By the way ... Happy Birthday Gephorian
Edit: Whoops, time stamps aren't displaying correctly...um...deal with it? :)
- Yes, the server is still being worked on to be updated. We werent expecting 1.2 when it hit, so the new spawn is still beingworked on. Sorry.
- The new spawn is nearing completion. The server files themselves shouldnt take more than a day to install/config.
- We dont have an estimate of when it will be done. We will probably update the server and let it run in chaos mode for now.
- Serg has been doing a lot of work for you guys setting up indie-game servers. Definitely the MVP-Admin this month.
- We have a steam group now. Ive made it private for the moment, so youll have to get an invite from another member, or find me on steam.
Thats all the updates I have for now. Sorry for the lack of updates. School/midterms/Spring Break/other random excuses...
Lots of exciting news this month. Minecraft is getting a lot of important updates, like new blocks, double build height, modifiblebiomes, new save files, etc. Mojang also announced that the bukkit team will be joining them, which means bukkit may come out fasterand more frequently. How much excitement this will cause will be seen in the future when they really start doing things for Minecraft.With all this exciting news, we got to thinking of a new spawn and how to redo the rules for the update.
It appears the joke is on us. 1.2 is set to release sometime this week, and Bukkit should follow soon after. We know you all could dowith a fresh map update, and so could we, but we need to prep a new spawn still. Since we will need to wait for at least a few pluginsto update, we have a little bit of time. For now, we will have a discussion on the forum as to what you guys want to do. We can alwayshave just a simple spawn for now and wait for another update, but that is a discussion for the forum.
See you on the forum. Also, happy Leap Day...thing...
It appears the joke is on us. 1.2 is set to release sometime this week, and Bukkit should follow soon after. We know you all could dowith a fresh map update, and so could we, but we need to prep a new spawn still. Since we will need to wait for at least a few pluginsto update, we have a little bit of time. For now, we will have a discussion on the forum as to what you guys want to do. We can alwayshave just a simple spawn for now and wait for another update, but that is a discussion for the forum.
See you on the forum. Also, happy Leap Day...thing...
Server has been updated properly. We finally got everything we needed to done. We have a new permissions plugin that willallow us a bit better control of things (and updates more often) and a new chat channel plugin (HeroChat) for all of youto use as you wish. Ill be posting more info on that in the forum sometime in the next day or so.
We believe we tested all the default group abilities, but it is still possible we missed some. Let us know if there issomething you cant do that you had before. Before you complain, no Athos isnt open. Jaaacqs has requested we wait untilFriday to open it fully, so youll have to wait another day. In the meantime, Ill be updating the travelers log with therestored structures data. There is only 1 structure left to unlock (and 1 I have yet to activate). You can find the log here.
As for other news, continue to keep on eye on SOPA. It is still very relevant and still very important. The 18th is thenational blackout date for many major internet sites in protest of SOPA. Awareness is key. Lets see how many peopleget a hint when they cant get to google or any other major site.
We believe we tested all the default group abilities, but it is still possible we missed some. Let us know if there issomething you cant do that you had before. Before you complain, no Athos isnt open. Jaaacqs has requested we wait untilFriday to open it fully, so youll have to wait another day. In the meantime, Ill be updating the travelers log with therestored structures data. There is only 1 structure left to unlock (and 1 I have yet to activate). You can find the log here.
As for other news, continue to keep on eye on SOPA. It is still very relevant and still very important. The 18th is thenational blackout date for many major internet sites in protest of SOPA. Awareness is key. Lets see how many peopleget a hint when they cant get to google or any other major site.
First off, Happy Nondenominational Capitalist Gift-giving Season to all. I hope your respective family get-togetherswere enjoyable. Now onto all things game/drunkserver related:
With the release of 1.0.1 of Minecraft, we started up our server a bit early. I had initially planned on our 1.0 updateto be more complete, but alas it wasnt. Many delays later, the new permission system is almost configured properly. Thispermission system was different than the one we were used to, so I had to learn a few new syntaxes for nodes and whole bunchof other things that I wont bore you with.
I will let you in on what this update involves. A new permission system will better let us manage permissions on the fly,so if there is a problem, we can fix it rapidly. We are ditching the Simple Prefix plugin as it is unnecessary and we aregetting the HeroChat plugin. This plugin features different chat channels for players to use at their leisure. Anyone canmake a channel (although well remove unnecessary ones) and keep the chat stream filled with relevant information. There isalso a local option, so only players within a certain radius will hear you talking. The final plugin we are fullyimplementing is Multiverse. We have been using it so far on the 1.0 update, but when the new permissions are put into placeyou all can see the changes it will bring (and are expecting).
Anyway, it seems that I will be doing most of the minecraft admin work for a while. Gephorian is off working, drinking or attemptingto be drinking, so Ill be handling most things for now. Major decisions and permissions will still need Gephs approval,so those make take a day or so. It is still his server afterall. I apologize for the permissions taking so long. Finals andthe holiday season have kept me busy (also occasionally Skyrim). Feel free to send any major questions or concerns to our email.
ALSO, please continue to pay attention to SOPA. While intellectual property is all well and good, destroying how the internetfunctions is not the direction we should be going. This is definitely something that shouldnt be passed (even some majorrewrites would not be acceptable). If you are not old enough to vote, please go read a thing or two about it. If you are oldenough to vote, find some petitions online. Either way, spread the word: the internet as we know it may fail to exist otherwise.
With the release of 1.0.1 of Minecraft, we started up our server a bit early. I had initially planned on our 1.0 updateto be more complete, but alas it wasnt. Many delays later, the new permission system is almost configured properly. Thispermission system was different than the one we were used to, so I had to learn a few new syntaxes for nodes and whole bunchof other things that I wont bore you with.
I will let you in on what this update involves. A new permission system will better let us manage permissions on the fly,so if there is a problem, we can fix it rapidly. We are ditching the Simple Prefix plugin as it is unnecessary and we aregetting the HeroChat plugin. This plugin features different chat channels for players to use at their leisure. Anyone canmake a channel (although well remove unnecessary ones) and keep the chat stream filled with relevant information. There isalso a local option, so only players within a certain radius will hear you talking. The final plugin we are fullyimplementing is Multiverse. We have been using it so far on the 1.0 update, but when the new permissions are put into placeyou all can see the changes it will bring (and are expecting).
Anyway, it seems that I will be doing most of the minecraft admin work for a while. Gephorian is off working, drinking or attemptingto be drinking, so Ill be handling most things for now. Major decisions and permissions will still need Gephs approval,so those make take a day or so. It is still his server afterall. I apologize for the permissions taking so long. Finals andthe holiday season have kept me busy (also occasionally Skyrim). Feel free to send any major questions or concerns to our email.
ALSO, please continue to pay attention to SOPA. While intellectual property is all well and good, destroying how the internetfunctions is not the direction we should be going. This is definitely something that shouldnt be passed (even some majorrewrites would not be acceptable). If you are not old enough to vote, please go read a thing or two about it. If you are oldenough to vote, find some petitions online. Either way, spread the word: the internet as we know it may fail to exist otherwise.
Yep. Its that time. Geph and I are working on setting up the new map. We probably wont have it up fully today.We have to do plugin testing, so it should be ready soon. Right now, it is whitelisted for admins and mods only.When we start player testing, well announce on the forum who weve whitelisted. It should be fun.
Would you look at that? Titles for our posts...marvelous. Not what this post is about though. Recent events have motioned me to discuss some of our unofficial (but still posted) rules. Some of these rules are specific to games, while most can be globally applied. At any rate, I think we need to have a little discussion on them. After this, Ill be rewriting a portion of the rules page to reflect this post.
Since you are on our server, you obviously know a bit about the internet. You got here, didnt you? The internet isnt always the friendliest of places, so some of us grow a thick skin towards some of the more...scarring comments. Youll have to as well, since not everyone is going to be nice or fair.
That being said, we aim to provide a semi controlled server, where hate speech and general asshat-ery is kept to a minimum. We have a small handful of rules on our servers that we refer to as Gentlemans Rules. These are rules we expect you to know as functional people. Why do we have these written down? Because, sometimes we need to evoke them to uphold a certain level of acceptable player behavior. Please try to remember them.
(1) Be Respectful.
(2) Dont act childish.
(3) Dont be a dick.
Ill explain these in terms of our minecraft server, but the explination can be expanded to fit others. Being respectful in our minecraft server means respecting other peoples creations. Dont deface them, dont break them apart, respect the boundaries they have made, and try not to ruin the asthetics that they are trying to produce. Just because we allow PvP on our server doesnt mean you should ruin their creations.
Childish is a very broad term, and we realize some of you may still be children. That is irrelevant since you are allowed online. We do not have an age limit, and we probably never will (barring legal circumstances, etc). We expect you to act and play like a respectable person. This means that letting arguments break down into a swear-athon, xbox live style is not approved at all. This kind of argument makes everyone involved look like tools and solves nothing.
The last rule is pretty much our catch all. Throughout life you will learn what things qualify as "being a dick." Spawn camping, four hour long harassment, and general asshat-ery all fall under this category. This kind of play isnt fun. Maybe to you, but thats why you are considered a dick for doing it.
tl;dr: No. Read the damn post. Also, cut the shit. You know who you are.
Since you are on our server, you obviously know a bit about the internet. You got here, didnt you? The internet isnt always the friendliest of places, so some of us grow a thick skin towards some of the more...scarring comments. Youll have to as well, since not everyone is going to be nice or fair.
That being said, we aim to provide a semi controlled server, where hate speech and general asshat-ery is kept to a minimum. We have a small handful of rules on our servers that we refer to as Gentlemans Rules. These are rules we expect you to know as functional people. Why do we have these written down? Because, sometimes we need to evoke them to uphold a certain level of acceptable player behavior. Please try to remember them.
(1) Be Respectful.
(2) Dont act childish.
(3) Dont be a dick.
Ill explain these in terms of our minecraft server, but the explination can be expanded to fit others. Being respectful in our minecraft server means respecting other peoples creations. Dont deface them, dont break them apart, respect the boundaries they have made, and try not to ruin the asthetics that they are trying to produce. Just because we allow PvP on our server doesnt mean you should ruin their creations.
Childish is a very broad term, and we realize some of you may still be children. That is irrelevant since you are allowed online. We do not have an age limit, and we probably never will (barring legal circumstances, etc). We expect you to act and play like a respectable person. This means that letting arguments break down into a swear-athon, xbox live style is not approved at all. This kind of argument makes everyone involved look like tools and solves nothing.
The last rule is pretty much our catch all. Throughout life you will learn what things qualify as "being a dick." Spawn camping, four hour long harassment, and general asshat-ery all fall under this category. This kind of play isnt fun. Maybe to you, but thats why you are considered a dick for doing it.
tl;dr: No. Read the damn post. Also, cut the shit. You know who you are.
Over the last few days, I redid the Minecraft Modshop. It is no longer a boring table. I also rewrote the copy (text) for a lot of the items. Also, a handful of you may be disappointed with our re-work of mob-spawning. We felt that it was a bit too easy to get any mob of your choosing. This led to the new base cost + catalyst model. Take a look over on the Mob Eggs section of the Modshop and see what you think.
Besides cleaning up our css, I also went ahead and made the layout more dynamic. Content will now shrink or grow to take as much vertical space as it needs. Please let me/us know how you like this change on the forum. I have a more clever solution in the works if the dynamic layout isn't our style. I may still implement it, so who knows.
Lastly, we're working on the Survival Server. There is a test map up for play at the moment, but it is there for tests only. Don't expect anything there to stay for long. Until then, have fun.
Besides cleaning up our css, I also went ahead and made the layout more dynamic. Content will now shrink or grow to take as much vertical space as it needs. Please let me/us know how you like this change on the forum. I have a more clever solution in the works if the dynamic layout isn't our style. I may still implement it, so who knows.
Lastly, we're working on the Survival Server. There is a test map up for play at the moment, but it is there for tests only. Don't expect anything there to stay for long. Until then, have fun.
We present to you the new layout for Drunk Server.
"But, this looks like the old site." You say...We'll it is supposed to look relatively the same. We wanted to keep things simple and we believed that our old design fit the bill, but needed a facelift. So, I rewrote the website by hand. We then proceeded to make everything all pretty-like will some fancy CSS and JavaScript.
More importantly, the site comes with a whole bunch of new features that you may or may not use. In the upper right hand corner, G4 has added a special section...Accounts. You can now make an account for use on Drunk Server. Why make an account you ask? All sorts of wonderful things...in the future. For now, you can upload an avatar image and donators don't see our measly ads.
G4 has also been hard at work designing a new blog system. We now have a database we store our blog entries to and that are pulled dynamically. We'll add an archive page later so you can see more posts. We can add new posts, edit old ones and all that fun stuff.
So...that's about it as far as you guys are concerned. There is a whole bunch of technical things that we did on our end to make this work and we're proud of it. We have a list of things that the new systems will allow us to do that will be helpful for all of you, so that's another benefit. Unfortunately you'll have to trust us on that front.
ANYWAY...
We'll be revamping the servers so you guys can get back to playing. We plan to have a new server machine sometime soon so that we can run even more services. Other than that, we hope to have the Survival Minecraft Server up and running within a week. It'll be fun.
EDIT: Ignore the placeholder images throughout the site. We wanted to use live-ish shots for those.
See you online.
tl;dr: Porkchop Sandwiches
"But, this looks like the old site." You say...We'll it is supposed to look relatively the same. We wanted to keep things simple and we believed that our old design fit the bill, but needed a facelift. So, I rewrote the website by hand. We then proceeded to make everything all pretty-like will some fancy CSS and JavaScript.
More importantly, the site comes with a whole bunch of new features that you may or may not use. In the upper right hand corner, G4 has added a special section...Accounts. You can now make an account for use on Drunk Server. Why make an account you ask? All sorts of wonderful things...in the future. For now, you can upload an avatar image and donators don't see our measly ads.
G4 has also been hard at work designing a new blog system. We now have a database we store our blog entries to and that are pulled dynamically. We'll add an archive page later so you can see more posts. We can add new posts, edit old ones and all that fun stuff.
So...that's about it as far as you guys are concerned. There is a whole bunch of technical things that we did on our end to make this work and we're proud of it. We have a list of things that the new systems will allow us to do that will be helpful for all of you, so that's another benefit. Unfortunately you'll have to trust us on that front.
ANYWAY...
We'll be revamping the servers so you guys can get back to playing. We plan to have a new server machine sometime soon so that we can run even more services. Other than that, we hope to have the Survival Minecraft Server up and running within a week. It'll be fun.
EDIT: Ignore the placeholder images throughout the site. We wanted to use live-ish shots for those.
See you online.
tl;dr: Porkchop Sandwiches