Minecraft Thread XII: Don't Kick the Bukkit

[Legoshrimp]

The problem is figuring out who it is. Stopping them after that point is presumably quite easy.

To help with this I think we should restart the white list so that we have only active people on it, and limiting it to that should help reduce any potential griefing as well.

[Saposhiente]

...Doesn't that defeat the purpose?

EDIT: By the way, did you notice anything odd about column 2 of the spreadsheet?

The purpose is that it takes a little bit of effort to get on the server (most griefers have a severe case of Couldn't Be Arsed"), and that only people who aren't banned from GITP can get on (without even more effort). People who have been banned from the forums may be more likely to want to grief the server out of spite.
Please do not add secret messages to the whitelist. I am notified of all changes to it so that I can more speedily add people to it.

[Ogremindes]

We could always do what the mindcrack guys did, find a seed with a decent-sized continent, start out there and not leave it until 1.7 comes out...

I personally don't think it's a good idea to start a permanent map until 1.7 comes out, especially if we go vanilla and it winds up being the map.

If we set up a temp snapshot server in the meantime it'd be a good chance to see if the (physical) server and the player's computers can handle amplified terrain. I hear it's pretty intensive, but I don't know if that's on the server, client or both.

[Togath]

Mmk, with a little research, banning players from a server is in vanilla mc. You have to do it by IP address, (which should be obtainable from the server's connection logs) but that could be thwarted by a dynamic IP or a proxy. If we figure out who is doing the griefing and they are getting around the whitelist or banned ip, we can build a jail for those players. The server op's can use NBTedit to edit a players inventory and location while the player is offline, so teleporting them to a small room made of bedrock would prevent the griefer from continuing to cause trouble.

I think with regular server back-ups, rollbacks to fix major damage shouldn't be a problem either.

If you did make an in-game jail, just remember to make it secure, not fancy.
As I showed with things like the pyramid map, a solid bedrock cube is about the only 100% secure option.

[Madara]

If you did make an in-game jail, just remember to make it secure, not fancy.
As I showed with things like the pyramid map, a solid bedrock cube is about the only 100% secure option.

Or as I once showed, pig riders can glitch through the bedrock. That said, you can certainly set up defenses

[Togath]

Or as I once showed, pig riders can glitch through the bedrock. That said, you can certainly set up defenses

Aye, mine carts can do a similar thing to glass(how I escaped the pyramid map the first time I did it)

[Legoshrimp]

Aye, mine carts can do a similar thing to glass(how I escaped the pyramid map the first time I did it)

I think you can also use enderpearls to glitch through bedrock, but banning a user should be as simple as removing them from the whitelist.

[Togath]

Aye, that's what I use most often to bypass bedrock nowadays, and aye, a whitelist would be the easiest solution(also.. 1.7? Does that mean 1.6 is finally out?)

[Legoshrimp]

Aye, that's what I use most often to bypass bedrock nowadays, and aye, a whitelist would be the easiest solution(also.. 1.7? is 1.6 even out yet?)

1.6 has been out for a month or two, and there are currently snapshots for 1.7.

[Togath]

I really got out of the loop....
So how are horses so far? They sounded interesting

[ShneekeyTheLost]

I really got out of the loop....
So how are horses so far? They sounded interesting

The horses are nice, but the donkeys and mules are even better. Basically, it's a chest that can follow you around. Using leads and donkeys/mules can significantly increase your carrying capacity to remote locations.

[Togath]

Are chicken chandeliers still possible?

[ShneekeyTheLost]

Are chicken chandeliers still possible?

Should be. In fact, Leads should make it a lot easier to wrangle them into place.

[Codemus]

Hey guys, I'd like to join your servers. Minecraft name is SudsyPolecat.

[Draconi Redfir]

So it seems I’ve got one heck of a track ahead of me in my singleplayer world. i was going around on 1.6.3 to load up old chunks again to prevent places i might visit again from becoming witch spawners or the like, and i accidentally walked into some 1.6 territory and found my first horses, four thousand blocks from home. I've since brought them two thousand blocks lower by bringing five of them at a time to one location, then bringing them five at a time to a second location, and yet the place I’m at now seems so far from home, it seemed much closer when walking by foot, but i ran for a day and a night on horseback and didn't quite reach home yet.

And all i wanted to do was re-load some old chunks too... dear god, i'm going to have to go back to my mushroom biome at some point again at least this time i won't be bringing anything home with me.

[Saposhiente]

Hey guys, I'd like to join your servers. Minecraft name is SudsyPolecat.

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[Codemus]

Thanks, you guys built a lot of neat stuff.

[Draconi Redfir]

any chance someone wants to make a temporary server and play Sethbling's Build Game?

[Domochevsky]

any chance someone wants to make a temporary server and play Sethbling's Build Game?

Hm... I might be down for that, both in participating and the server setup. (And recording, for that matter, so some voice chat could be cool. I do have the mumble server ready for that.)

[Draconi Redfir]

Well that's two down, are there five others who might be interested?

[Togath]

While I haven't had time to watch much of the video, from the glances I took at it it looks fun.
Count me in, I should be able to get enough time.

[Artemis97]

That game looks hilarious. Count me in. I can do Skype, or I may have to re-download mumble. I'm usually around in the afternoons and evenings EST.

[The Underlord]

I would like play, but i don't have microphone to do voice chat though. I can play from 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm (GMT) most weekdays and anytime on weekends.

[Draconi Redfir]

just two more needed then

[Codemus]

It looks like it could be super hard if luck wasn't on your side. I'm not good at building, but I'll play.

[Legoshrimp]

I would also be up for trying it, I can also stream it as well.

Hmm whenever I try to change world groups it gives me this. "An internal error occurred when attempting to perform this command", except when I tried to do /wg 1, where it gave me this message, "You're already in that world group!".

So not sure whats up.

[Phhase]

If you did make an in-game jail, just remember to make it secure, not fancy.
As I showed with things like the pyramid map, a solid bedrock cube is about the only 100% secure option.

Actually, if you want a secure jail, use a gibbet. Brutal, but effective. Also makes a good example of wrongdoers.

[druid91]

Actually, if you want a secure jail, use a gibbet. Brutal, but effective. Also makes a good example of wrongdoers.

What? A bedrock platform over a bottomless pit?

[Phhase]

Nope. It's a 5 block high cage of iron bars with the top and bottom as bedrock. 1x1x2 space for a player. Protected from damage. Hang in a public area.

[Draconi Redfir]

couldn't they break the iron bars with their fists?