Hentz

Slight change to the format, all already submitted applications will be cancelled.

Whitelist applications are now open, if you encounter any problems, let me know.

Pictures

Higher quality map (higher resolution)

Perfectly sums up my current state (exam stuff)


In another note, small update
Because I have exams and because it is quite difficult to write down all my ideas and stuff, I will only have basic lore in the wiki, BUUUUT, I will update it as the server "moves on". Essentially, I will add the stuff that happened in the server and some background to the wiki.

That is all for now. I'm trying to make rats.

Just throwing it out here, my boss mobs are usually tested on around 100-200 golems. So far, all of them have decimated the golems. But fear not, I'll try to give them some weaknesses

Should I somehow somewhat incorporate some/most of the "story" from the first server to this one as well (obviously stupid stuff would be left out)?

Need some opinions

Sorry for the lack of updates recently, been kind of busy and I will place personal life before the server, obviously.
Anyway, there hasn't been that much progress and won't be at least till April 5th. After that I'll try to finish up the wiki and have the plugins in working order. Although I ain't quite sure I'll be able to get all plugins working properly before my exams roll in (April 24th - May 11th/early June).

no taxation without representation

This is the map that will stay, only thing that could happen is a could more rivers/streams. I'll upload a larger picture soon, so don't worry if you can't see the details well.

Need opinions -

1) Should the server have vampires? They are/will be in the lore anyway and it could be interesting gameplay.
a) Yes
b) No

2) Which day/night cycle would be the best?
a) day - 1 hour / night - 2 hours
b) day - 2 hours / night - 4 hours
c) day - 2.5 hours / night 3.5 hours
d) day - 1.5 hours / night - 2 hours
e) custom (propose your cycle)

What world-builder do you use?

Some more pictures that I snapped from the map. http://imgur.com/a/Nl5up
At its current stage, I'd say the map is 99.9% done, there were only a few minor problems that need to be fixed.

I'll also mention the ores/blocks you can find underground:
Diamonds (very rare)
Emeralds (very rare)
Gold (rare)
Lapis Lazuli (rare)
Redstone (common)
Coal (common)
Iron (common)
Clay (common/uncommon)
Glowstone (uncommon)
Netherrack (uncommon)
Quartz (common)
NOTE: Each continent has at least one resource that it has more than all other continents combined or it is completely unique.

One more thing, I'd love to hear opinions about the ideas(about food only atm) I'm going to write below.

Because the last time we saw a massive food surplus, I came up with a few ideas that could POTENTIALLY solve it. The idea are:
1) Increase the duration of nights and days - By increase, I mean really really increase. A single MC day would be one real day and a single MC night would be two days. This would give a period where crops will be much harder to grow and you would have to store it.

2) Seasons & farming plugin - Last time, the server used a farming plugin which made certain biomes more suitable/unsuitable for growing crops. However, this time I am thinking of occasionally editing the map to make the snow border move more south, perhaps even encompass all continents at times. Like the first idea, this would make food a much more valuable.

3) Admin shop won't sell food - So this is an idea what will most likely happen anyway. I know some people might be upset about this, especially at the start, but it would only bloat the food market and devalue food.

PROGRESS:
Map - almost done/done
Plugins - will soon get a server and start testing
Lore - being written, will take some time
Buildings - will be made once lore is somewhat written, map is done and plugins are ready to be used.

Feel free to leave a feedback comment and suggestions you have, IF you have any suggestions in the first place.

One small note about the map as well, I made ore deposits, that means that there are places that can have a far higher concentration of for example, iron or coal. You can still find coal and iron outside of the deposits, it's just that they are rarer.

Small sneak peaks from the map, will generate the full map the second time tomorrow.




EDIT:
Approximate locations that the screens were taken at

Map as it is at around 90-95% completion (most of the layers hidden, duh)
Shit picture but, meh.
Also, despite it's shitty looks here, it is actually rather good looking to my surprise.

Alternative fact #1 - I am 700 meters tall!
Alternative fact #2 - I speak 200 languages FLUENTLY!
Alternative fact #3 - I can run faster than any airplane can fly! (small edit )
Alternative fact #4 - The Sun... orbits the Moon...
Alternative fact #5 - Our eyes are made of glass.

Tune in next week to find out more alternative facts!

So, the reason why I've been so active recently is because I've gotten a few mails and, I might consider rebooting Blackflames. And by rebooting I mean completely fresh start in a new(and bigger) world along with new lore. I am making a new map, and thus far, I've kind of completed 2 continents( small ones) and I have 2 left to do. However, if I continue to complete the map at this pace, it could be done within the next 2 weeks, so theoretically, if there is interest, I guess the server could be up by... April or so.
Not 100% sure, but there is a slight chance I'll do this.

Hello

I'm probably going to let my enjin die (not instantly, but considering my activity here recently, this is going to happen sooner or later. I'd estimate around november). Nothing interesting happening. Should anyone want to contact me, then skype and steam names are a few posts down.