Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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Sweet! I suggest that the next community project should be an arena for epic battles. Maybe behind the AN sign?
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Join Date: Dec 2010
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Hmm. Roman coliseum? *Edit* In other news, the Zeppelin is undergoing some changes in balloon shape and size for more zeppelinesque qualities. You can see the new silhouette and how it compares to the old by looking at the shadows on the water */edit* Last edited by Atariboy : 2011-01-02 at 11:28. |
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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I've started levelling the ground for the Arena and I've marked out the basic dimensions - by pure chance there's a dungeon with a spider spawner just under the North end. My plan is to build steps down to the spawner and put in remotely operated steel doors so we can release the spiders!
I was going to make the floor and first two levels of walls out of Obsidian so it was mostly Creeper-proof, but after doing the math, that's somewhere in the region of 2000 blocks of Obsidian! |
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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I just checked out the progress on the Arena, it's coming along excellently. I'm getting ready to lay the foundation for a fast-transport system from Bridgeport to the Arena via minecart. Going to have it pass in front of the AN sign over the water for extra prettiness. :P
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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We need to collect any and all saddles we find from now on for pig-back jousting matches in the arena. Agreed?
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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I'm excited to see what's happened while I was away! Back around in Monday, maybe, when I'll start on some audience stands and facilities for the Arena. For now, onwards to Kona!
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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I'm extremely pleased with my automated transit between the treehouse and the ranch - although it sometimes fails to work if there are 2 or more other players nearby. The more Players in the same chunk, the more the minecarts lag. That means the same design may not work in Bridgeport. But I could have a go at putting one in the Bridgeport Monorail station and another at the arena. It'll need a booster or two along the way, though.
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I shot the sherrif.
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ooh, there should be an applenova coliseum, with different mob spawners behind different gates. Break down the gate and all the mobs rush out, only to find other mobs are the only thing in reach.
Cue the death fest while AN minecrafters watch from the stands, high above the mobs. Could even place bets on which set of monsters will win out, zombies, spider or skele's. Google is your frenemy. Caveat Emptor - Latin for tough titty I tend to interpret things in the way that's most hilarious to me |
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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![]() I like that idea. If I could get one of the (several) warp mods working in Bukkit, it might be possible to send a griefer to the area that way. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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![]() I forgot that we also set down a single layer of sand inside to give it a better feel and to improve visibility over the near-black obsidian. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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You can see that I've started (but not finished) the upper stands for the Arena, as well as building a "Season Ticket Holders" entrance from the hill behind the AN sign.
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Lovable Bastard
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Boston-ish
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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Fair enough. I guess we will have to scour the map for clay and do battle if we both find the same deposit!
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Lovable Bastard
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Boston-ish
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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Knowing us, it'll be more of a case of who dies by mistake first.
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Lovable Bastard
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Boston-ish
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![]() I mean, diamond swords are cool, but there's no coming back from hot magma to the face. Logic, logic, logic. Logic is the beginning of wisdom, Valeris, not the end. Last edited by Kraetos : 2011-02-01 at 13:42. |
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Lovable Bastard
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Boston-ish
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This conversation got me thinking. We should use the arena for deathmatches. I submit the following rules:
- Two men enter, one man leaves. You go in with no inventory. - There will be 11 chests scattered across the arena, each containing a useful item. The items are: 2 stone swords, 1 iron sword, 2 leather chestplates, 1 iron chestplate, 2 bows w/ 3 arrows, 2 stacks of 10 arrows, and 1 bucket of lava. - In addition, there will be 20 blocks of TNT scattered around the arena. - All TNT and chests will be covered with gravel. You have to dig up the items and risk hitting TNT when you do. - Spectators are encouraged to place bets. Iron, diamonds, lapis, clay, whatever you want to bet. If there's no objection I'll set it up. Obviously if I set it up I can't duel, since I would know where the good items are.... so, do we have two volunteers? Logic, logic, logic. Logic is the beginning of wisdom, Valeris, not the end. Last edited by Kraetos : 2011-02-01 at 15:33. |
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Within
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Lovable Bastard
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Boston-ish
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![]() EDIT: Bryson, I challenge you to a deathmatch for ownership of this clay ![]() Last edited by Kraetos : 2011-02-01 at 15:32. |
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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I'm still working on the stands, but the Foyer is done, and the VIP Bar is nearly ready too. I'll need to add some iron doors (with switches on the outside only!) to the Arena Entrances and some chests for people to store their gear in there. Maybe In future I'll build a couple of dressing rooms at each end. One question: Won't a bucket of lava be difficult to clean up afterwards? I think there should be a cake in the middle of the floor too. Quote:
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PLEASE let us know when the deathmatch is to commence, so that we can all plan to be there and watch the hilarity.
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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Actually all the clay I took from Arteggio is in a chest at the Arena marked "The Wager".
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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Does anyone know if the lava bucket will make a mess we can't clean up? |
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Within
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I'll contribute some TNT, as I have a ton of sand and sulphur. Will try to do that before tomorrow afternoon, in case then is the first match. ![]() |
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Ice Arrow Sniper
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Since we seem to forget these things, someone needs to take video if it is tomorrow. I work all day.
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Within
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Ah, prep the floor with TNT and sand, not acquire some. (Well, I have plenty of TNT on hand now.)
Are chests, TNT, and (one) cake the absolute only things that will be on the floor? I noticed there's lava, TNT, bow and arrows, swords, and sand in the chest titled that of Kraeto's deathmatch. Are swords and bow & arrows being in the floor chests? Is the armor to be out on the floor, or is that strictly Kraetos' (in which cases, opponents can bring their own materials onto the floor, or not?)? I can go ahead and organize the floor, just want to know everything before I organize a wedding and the tables need to be rearranged. Probably most of the other minecrafters wouldn't be available in the afternoon either... |
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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So, the idea is:
20 TNT randomly placed and buried in sand. 11 chests, randomly placed and buried in sand Chests contain: 1: 1 stone sword 2: 1 stone sword 3: 1 iron sword 4: 1 leather chestplate 5: 1 leather chestplate 6: 1 iron chestplate 7: 1 bows w/ 3 arrows 8: 1 bows w/ 3 arrows 9: 1 stack of 10 arrows 10: 1 stack of 10 arrows 11: 1 bucket of lava Contestants don't take anything into the arena, and enter from opposite ends. Does that make sense? Depending on the TNT placement, we might have to get some glass to repair the window into the arena from level 1 after each game. |
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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I'll place the TNT and chests tonight. I will, of course, write a small program to determine the locations of each and which chest gets which item.
![]() Is the sand on the floor currently 1 or 2 deep? If only 1, I'll go ahead and lay a second layer so it evenly covers the items. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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1 deep right now.
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