Wednesday 29 August 2012

Server Spotlight: Battle for Conwy Castle REDO!

THIS IS A REDO OF THE BATTLE FOR CONWY CASTLE CTF SERVER!!!

Hi guys,

Mario here with another Server Spotlight!

I'm reviewing this server for a lot of reasons: nearly all of the plugins are custom-coded, and that takes a lot of work. And the main reason is because, there are still 5000+ players currently, but this server needs MORE! It is a great server...in fact, great is nowhere near enough. I guarantee that if you join, you will have more fun than on any Capture the Flag server out there.

CLASSES
There are two current classes, but if any of the developers are reading this, scroll to the bottom and I'll give you quite a few ideas on some more classes, ideas for the server etc.

Swordsman: Iron Sword, 4 Ladder, 64 Steak
Archer: Bow (Infinity I, Power I), Wooden Sword, 1 Arrow, 4 Ladder, 64 Steak

These are the only two classes in the game so far, but at the end I'm gonna post quite a few new classes that I suggest to be added to the game. If you vote for the server on Minestatus, your Iron and Wood Sword get enchanted with Sharpness I.

GAMEPLAY

INTRO
You start in your team's spawn. There are two teams: red, the attackers, and blue, the defenders. The blue team spawn in the castle, the red team spawn out (see 'Mines of Moria' for a different kind of gameplay). Blues have to stop the reds from getting into the castle, whilst the reds have to push the blues back.

FUNCTIONS
There are drawbridges, catapults and gates on this server! And they function normally as well, this plugin IS custom-coded. Drawbridges activate via lever, and they are mostly made of Oak Wood Planks. Once the lever is flicked, the drawbridge will fall down, allowing anyone in or out of the castle. If flicked again, the drawbridge will close again. Gates also activate via lever. When flicked, the gate will open, making the sound the same as when you hit an Iron Golem. Then, if you flick it again, the gate closes again. Catapults are a little hard to maneuver. Step on one of the pressure plates (I have no clue what any of them aim) and then flick the lever located on the left-hand side of the catapult. This fires a block of cobblestone, that acts the same as TNT when fired. It can blow holes in the castle wall, by the way...

CAPTURING
Capturing a flag is decently easy. There are flags all over the place, mostly inside the castle. To capture one, go inside the castle and go up one of the towers. Climb onto the top and stand inside the wooden radius. Slowly, your opponent's flag will come down. You must stay in the wooden radius or else it will stop coming down. Once the flag is nearest the ground, it will turn grey and black. In the chat it will say '~~~[Tower name] has been neutralized~~~'. Stay on there for a little long and it'll say you've captured that tower! But it's not done yet. You have to stay there for quite a lot longer to raise your own flag as high as possible. But remember: all the time you're there, there is live PvP, and there's nothing stopping anyone coming up the same tower and slaying you while your capturing.

PVP
Now, the reason I wanted to talk about PvP tips is simply because: there are some world-class PvPers on this server...I have almost 1000 kills and have over 500 deaths, which is a lot. But the current top player has over 12,000 kills and over 3,000 deaths. People such as valden6
and thevegita730 have been top player, and they will pretty much kill you even if you are very good at PvP. I am ranked about 120th out of 5000+ players, which is, (English accent) if I do say so myself (English accent stops), very good.

SERVER TIPS
1. If you climb up a tower to capture a flag, CUT DOWN THE LADDERS and CLOSE THE TRAPDOOR! That way, when you hear the trapdoor opening, you know someone has come up.
2. Try and get a Swordsman AND an Archer up one tower. That way, the Archer can be on alert for others in other towers, whilst the Swordsman can do all the melee.
3. If you're an Archer up in a tower, snipe enemies trying to capture your towers. It makes them confused for a second, and they have to look around every tower to find who is doing it. You can get a good 2 hits if you're a great Archer.
4. Vote...'nuff said. The enchanted sword pretty much makes PvP a BLAST (boom...). The enchanted Iron Sword does 5-hit kills for other Swordsman, and 3-4 hit kills on Archers.
MORE SOON!!!

MINES OF MORIA
The Mines of Moria is a little different. No-one is attacking or defending, both are just capturing and killing. There are a couple of different flags and it is the only map where you are inside something. This is a very unique map.

IDEAS FOR SERVER
SERVER DEVS: If you read this, then I know there'll be a ton of coding, I KNOW! Please don't be mad because of this :)
Now, for my ideas with classes:

Ninja: Ninja should have a Golden Sword of Unbreaking IV (voting adds Sharpness I) and no armor. They should also have an Ink Sac, which when held makes the player invisible (maybe put a time cap on the invisibility?). And then 4 ladders and 64 Steak.
Medic: This would be good for healing. Medics should get a Stone Sword (voting adds Sharpness I) and Golden Armor. Then some Splash Potions of Healing and Regeneration. 4 ladders and 64 steak wraps it up.
Mage: Mage has a Stone Sword of Knockback I and Golden Armor (all Protection I or II). He has 8 ender pearls, and a few Splash Potions of Damage, Weakness, Slowness and Poison. The mage is pretty much all about magic, so 4 ladders and 64 golden apples (the one that isn't glowing) instead of Steak.
Scout: The Scout should have a Stone Sword (voting adds Sharpness I) and Leather Armor. He should also have a constant Speed II potion effect. 4 ladders and 64 Steak.
Pyro: Pyro should have a Wooden Sword (voting adds Sharpness I) and Chain Armor. 32 TNT and a Flint and Steel also...what's a Pyro without explosives? The only problem with this class is that placing TNT would have to be enabled. 4 ladders and 64 Steak again.
Necro: For this one, you'd have to code mobs to not burn in the daylight. A Stone Sword (voting adds Sharpness I) and Leather Armor. Then, 10 Spawn Skeleton eggs and 10 Spawn Zombie eggs. 4 ladders and 64 Steak FTW!!!
Blaze: Blazes have a Wooden Sword with Fire Aspect I and Chain Armor (all with Fire Protection II). They have Flint and Steel, 32 Fire Charges and some Potions of Fire Resistance (not Splash). 4 ladders and 64 Steakz!
Demoman: Demomen would have 64 TNT, 1 flint and steel, and perhaps some kind of coded-in grenades. Also has Chain Armor with Blast Protection IV. 4 ladders and 64 Steaky!

GLITCHES I/OTHERS GET
  • When I leave the server and try to come back on: 'Internal server error'
GAMEMODES

Perhaps some more gamemodes, like Team Deathmatch (first team to 200/500/1000 kills wins). But please, if you do add more gamemodes, keep it Team vs Team, it's fun to have to work together in order to win.


These are all the classes I've come up with FOR NOW! I will update this if I think of any more. I would love to see all of these added, especially Medic, because there is currently no way to instant heal. Mage and Ninja as well, because then there'd be more of a challenge.

And developers of the server, I won't rage at you if you don't use my ideas, I will still play on the server no matter if you add these features or not :D

-Mariobros980
Obsidian Miner

Monday 27 August 2012

Site Update: New Alpha, New Weekly Post and More!

Hi guys!

Mario here with a quick blog update!

So, the blog recently reached 1.5k views, which is incredible. I have also noticed that my MCInfected server review got a lot of attention, thanks to the guys that play on the MCInfected servers for the awesome server! This and the Battle for Conwy Castle server are some of the best I've come across...ever. I will continue to do more videos on MCInfected, and expect some Battle for Conwy Castle in our 'Server Xperience' playlist soon. Anyways, on with the news...

NEW WAY TO ACCESS ALPHA!
So, the Gaming Challenge didn't take off great. But I still wanna put the site in Alpha, so I thought...how can I make the site available by using the Minecraftia? And that's when a decent idea hit me. Every once in a while, I will tweet out 'There are 8 new blocks hidden around the site [link]'. Each block has a letter on it. When all 8 letters are gathered, they will spell a word that you have to figure out. Then, fill out the application form (NOTE: YOU WILL NEED A BLOGGER ACCOUNT IN ORDER TO WIN). If you are one of the first 3 people to give the correct answer, you will win access to the Minecraftia Alpha!

FREE APP FRIDAYS ARE HERE!
Do you have an iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad, but do none of the apps suit you? Well, now I'm gonna do Free App Fridays! I will give you some of the best apps I've seen, that are completely free to download! Starts on Friday 31st August.

STARTING NEW PAGE!
New to Minecraft? First of all, welcome to the community! And also, I am making a page with information about every block, item, mob, boss, snapshot and more!

-Mariobros980
Obsidian Miner

Sunday 19 August 2012

New Website Going Into Alpha Soon...

Hi guys!

Mario here with an update on the site itself.

Before I start, the site WILL STILL BE UP AT THIS URL whilst I am developing...the new Minecraftia! You can still come back and visit this website and there will be new stuff posted, UNTIL I finish the new Minecraftia!

The only way to get access to the Alpha of the new Minecraftia (where I will post extra mod reviews, server spotlights etc.), you have to win a PromoCode on my new website (COMING SOON!!!) and have a Google/Blogger account. Then, I will give you access to the EXCLUSIVE Minecraftia (Note: don't give people the link, they can't get access to the site, and if you share any photos/evidence of how my new site is coming along, the access for you will be removed instantly).

So, be ready for a new look!

-Mariobros980
Obsidian Miner

Thursday 16 August 2012

Server Spotlight: MCInfected!

THIS IS A REDO FOR THE MCINFECTED MW3-INSPIRED ZOMBIE SURVIVAL SERVER!!!

Hey guys!

Mario here with a server spotlight!

This time it's the MCInfected server. This was inspired by the MW3 Zombies Mode, and they basically brought CoD: Zombies into Minecraft! Below are the ranks, and the color the rank is is the color it is in-game.

RANKS

Private - Stone Sword
Specialist - Melon x1
Corporal - Apple x1
Sergeant - Apple x1, Melon x1
Staff Sergeant - Iron Boots, Apple x1, Melon x2
Master Sergeant - Apple x2
1st Sergeant - Melon x1
Sergeant Major - Sticky Grenade x1
Command Sergeant Major - Apple x3
2nd Lieutenant - Iron Helmet
1st Lieutenant - Melon x1
Captain - Bow, Arrows x3
Major - Arrows x5, Apple x4
Lt. Colonel - Sticky Grenade x2
Colonel - Iron Leggings
Brigadier General - Flash Grenade x1, Melon x1
Major General - Arrows x10, Apple x5
Lt. General - Arrows x13, Flash Grenade x2
General - Iron Chestplate, Arrows x20, Apple x6
Commander - Iron Sword

TIPS AND TRICKS

Human
1. This is a well-known one. ALWAYS sprint-jump away from a zombie. Don't walk, don't run, sprint AND jump at the same time. You move quite a bit faster doing this.
2. Shift if you are hiding in a particular spot and plan to stay there. Otherwise 

Zombie
1. Try to corner the human. You'll get a good 2 or 3 hits on him/her if you do this.

Decent PvPer (PvP in General)
1. Don't be an idiot. I was on this server when a 1st Lieutenant calls me a 'low level fag'. I was 2 ranks behind this guy...my head was calling him a high level fag.
2. Never run from battle. If you are a decently high-rank, be the tank. Fight for the glory of killstreaks. Be the slayer of all infected beings.
3. If you don't have any iron armor/only the boots, you aren't useless! Believe it or not, you aren't! However, NEVER run off into battle and try to kill zombies. Learn about every map and find unique hiding spots built for non-PvPers.

MORE TIPS AND TRICKS COMING SOON!!!

LAG
I can give you my settings, and my computer is dual-core, which isn't mega-fast. So these WILL WORK on a better computer:

Graphics: Fast
Render Distance: Normal or Far (depending on how my computer wants to run)
Smooth Lighting: On
Performance: Max FPS
3D Anaglyph: Off (unless you have red-and-cyan 3D glasses)
View Bobbing: Either
GUI Scale: Small
Advanced OpenGL: On (if you have OptiFine, put it on Fast)
Brightness: Bright/100%
Clouds: Off
Particles: All
Server Textures: On

PRESTIGE

Once you earn Commander, things can get boring after a while. Earning cookies to spend on nothing. Well, they recently added some new things to help you spend your money in style. If you want to restart the fun of MCInfected again, do /prestige. There will be a notice in the chat. If you are absolutely 500% sure, do /prestige again. You will receive a Prestige Token which you can spend in /prestigeshop. Here, you can buy super-cool things for your character:

  • Final Stand: if you die in the first 2 minutes of a game, you respawn (only works once per game)
  • Throwing Knives: Get 2 throwing knives each game (humans only), do critical damage
  • Hardline: Everything requires one less in killstreak (eg. Apple is normally 2 killstreak - reduces to 1 with Hardline)
  • Knockback - Enchants sword with Knockback II (humans only)
  • Feather Falling - Enchants boots with Feather Falling IV (humans only)
MAP SURVIVALS

Villa


Highrise



-Mariobros980
Obsidian Miner


IPs:
s1.mcinfected.net
s2.mcinfected.net
s3.mcinfected.net

Back After a Week Away!

Hi guys!

Mario here with a quick update!

I'm back from holiday now, and I have a lot of new things planned:

NEW WEBSITE
Soon I will be releasing a new website. The release date is planned to be August 21st.

TERRARIA
I will soon be getting Terraria. Terraria is a game which I basically label a '2D Minecraft'. It looks very fun, and on the Mariobros980cp channel I will be doing a full Let's Play of it!

-Mariobros980
Obsidian Miner