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Mine-RP minecraft server
So, I’ve been hopping around various Minecraft servers to see what others do, how people manage things, and get a feel for the community there.
My most recent time went to fellow Tumblr mcvillage’s Mine-RP (website) server.
EDIT: Ok, its not their server, but I found it through them.
I’m assuming that their new server is a beast, considering it can handle 40 players. Don’t know if that limit has been tested… if not, that’d be something to try out. :P
I didn’t notice much lag, or at least anyone complaining. So, I’m fairly positive that any slight glitches were due to the client being weird and not the server.
Bukkit server, with various plugins. Staples such as World Edit/Guard, LWC, Permissions and others. Typical rule set. One thing I disliked was the minute wait on using /home. After a while, it didn’t become such an issue, but it is something to get used to.
They have an ore-based economy. While you can try and make money off of selling other items, the main cash flow will be from standard ores. Although, I would wish they’d add the ability to buy/sell redstone for the main economy… I mean, what am I going to do my current (and ever increasing) stash of +8 stacks redstone? Make it dirt cheap, like 0.10 coin or something, but at least let me get rid of it in a way that is still useful to me.
I do like their map. It’s not so crowded, unlike other servers, and thus you don’t need to walk far to find free land. The website map is powered by Dynmap, so everything is live.
The people on there were generally nice. I didn’t really experience any issues. Questions asked were typically answered in a friendly manner. Two things really stood out to me:
- One veteran user was “stalking” me from the city out to where I had decided to make my initial home. Once there, they were going over chest protection commands, laying down torches, and also saved me from certain deadly mobs. This blew me away. This almost never happens and its not really expected to either. They weren’t even a mod, but they took their time to help out a random player new to the server. Usually, help can be rather interpersonal on servers (ie, through chat), and typically needs to be requested.
- People are spontaneous. I was busy setting up shop when all of a sudden a sword fight breaks out out of nowhere. The confusion of players dragged into this was funny and it was all in good fun (in the end and for those that just watched on).
TL;DR
Overall, its a nice world, entertaining people, and am definitely going to invest more time to their server and community.
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