benpenguin2

Stop messing with the intricate and complex nature of interdimensional travel Nick and these issues wouldn't happen!  

Hi Friends!
I'm new to Pickaxis. It's my first time being on a server ever.
I just wanted to introduce myself to anyone who is still active!
I love it so far. I'm playing Skyblock mostly but I think I am going to start in Survival as well. The spawn islands are so cool! 

 

Invite your friends and have them invite their friends! Tell them all about the server and hopefully the player base will grow

This may be your finest work yet!

do you like it??
 

*nervous twitch*

So I was thinking of a way to majorly improve the server and decided to redo the pickaxis logo. Heres my submission
 
 

Hey guys
Don't tell  but I added a bunch of new emotes to our forums.  Use them while they last!  I guarantee some of them will end up "missing" soon.  
Many of these emotes will look familiar to a lot of you. Below is a list of them. To use them simply put the word next to the emote in between colons, like this:  :cat:
 PickAxis  
 OhMyDog  
 creeper  
 Kreygasm  
 Nick  
 husker  
 PJSalt  
 PogChamp  
 steve  
 riPepperonis  
 flash  
 SMOrc  
 SwiftRage  
 VaultBoy  
 WutFace  
 BibleThump  
 BloodTrail  
 BrainSlug  
 BrokeBack  
 CoolCat  
 duDudu  
 FailFish  
 HeyGuys  
 KAPOW  
 Kappa  
 KappaClaus  
 KappaPride  
 KappaRoss  
 Keepo  
 MingLee  
 ph34r  
 MrDestructoid  
 NotLikeThis  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEMON!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!

Wait.....who is demon?
 
 
LOL jk happy birthday!!!

http://imgur.com/iRQPzFw

creepliss, this post is from december.....

Personally I think this is a really interesting idea and find some appeal to it. My only concern with this is that while destroying blocks that some may seem to be annoying and useless it will also destroy resources like gold, iron, diamond, and such. This would be a side effect of exploding blocks that I believe many players would dislike. However, to give my personal opinion I like the idea and would be interested in hearing what others have to say about it. I think it would make mining very interesting and harder for those that find it too easy. It would also give it a kick for those that want more excitement out of the game. With a creeper being able to explode blocks there would be the possibility of the ceiling exploding and lava falling on your head if you mine at a level lower than 11. If you mine at 11 you could lose your ground and fall into lava. Really with this change the possibilities are endless. 

Welcome to Pickaxis! I'm usually around on survival so if you have any questions just ask!

I don't know what you are talking about....
What is this "black market" you speak of...
never heard of it...
don't ask me again....
 

Hello everyone,
I'm making this post to offer a few suggestions, and feedback, as well as refreshing you guys on how a new player might think of your server.
 
The first thing I noticed when I logged on was how awesome the community is. I had a warm welcome from the players, and the two staff that were online immediately jumped in to answer questions and give me assistance. 
For a new player, this server is very easy to understand. With the staff's help I was able to easily figure out exactly what made this server special, and how to do everything I need to do to get the max amount of fun out of it.
Here are some things I've noticed over my first few days:
1. The staff is awesome! From what I've seen so far, the staff all seem to be very mature, competent, and helpful. I've talked to a few of the staff and ever interaction was friendly and professional.
2. It seems to take a loooooong time to level up Mcmmo levels. Every other Mcmmo server that I've been on has made leveling up extremely faster and easier. Now, this may not be a bad thing, but it might dissuade some players who don't want to spend an inordinate amount of time leveling up a basic stat.
3. There is no Death, login, or leaving the server messages. I can see how people might consider this stuff spam, but I think that players would like to see when their friends join or leave, and when people die. It just adds that small but of flair to it. Your server is also the first one I've seen, other than the huge mini-games servers, that have these turned off.
4. I LOVE that to post on the forums, you need authorization from a staff member. Way too often, I have seen forums destroyed by spammers and bots, and this is the perfect way to stop that.
5. Although I have not seen many instances of this, I have noticed staff calling out players for using minor swear words. I know that children play this game, but I believe that swearing should be allowing in moderation, as long as it is not racist, sexist, or otherwise demeaning towards any group. This, of course, falls to the staff to decide what kind of server they would like this to be, but I believe you will have a small increase of older and more mature players is swearing is allowed.
Edit: Also, what is up with all the dead horses EVERYWHERE?
Edit Edit: I was on a server previously where when an enchanted book/item was put up for auction, putting your curser over the name of the item gave you the enchant that was on it. It would be nice if that was implemented.
Edit Edit Edit: You should also synchronize the day/nigh cycles on the mining world, so people can still compete in the monster hunt evenly when in that world.
Thank you for reading, and I look forward to what you guys think!
-SS

I have no idea what you're talking about.  There is no "black market."

I don't know what you are talking about....
What is this "black market" you speak of...
never heard of it...
don't ask me again....
 

I agree with SheTolerance on this one. The black market is supposed to be a secret until people find it, then they have access to it for themselves. Also providing an easier path into it would make the market itself pointless as there would be no difficulty of getting into it. Survival is supposed to be a challenge, and is not supposed to be something that is easy on every aspect. Why cannot we just accept how things are and work with the wonderful server we already have? 

The black market, on both survival and skyblock is supposed to be a challenge to find and to get into. As with all black markets they are supposed to be hidden.
Telling other players where it is is pointless, they may as well put the items in the normal market.
Making it easy to get into is also pointless, they also may as well put the items in the normal market.
Come on guys, stop wanting everything handed to you and work on finding things, practice the timings of getting in. It does work. 
 

just what I was saying before I read this reply. Turn hardcore into PVP and Towny and leave survival as it is then the players have the opportunity to go between the two and it could work

There are also shops at /t spawn demons_run and /t spawn carrotville (however carrotville mostly has stuff to buy)
Like you I do spend most of my time mining and I usually just auction stuff, ask people if they need anything and then sell directly, or donate some of it to the drop party hopper at spawn. 
Also there is this
https://pickaxis.com/forums/topic/270-black-market/
Shh... it is a secret if you can find it....

My concern is what if players don't want to pvp? Does that mean during certain times or certain days they are not able to leave their towns? Can't go mining? Cant compete in the monster hunt? If you don't want PvP to collect the player's items why not just arrange to play go to the the PvP arena, then you get to fight with players that also want to PvP. 
 

Mine isn't necessarily a 'shop' but I have a few around my town.
Where: /t spawn carrotville
What: Sells enchanted books, horse armor, saddles, nametags, bookshelves, leather, paper, and food
If you need any of those random items stop on by!
~ Gsdcs

We actually do accept requests to take over land and unlock chests if a player has been offline for an extended period of time (generally at least a few months), which are all evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
As for PvP in the world, it's something that we've considered before, including the idea of not having players drop their items on death.  Additionally, I've seen in practice that world PvP generally isn't popular in this style of survival server, aside from a few short-lived bursts here and there, and is often only abused to harass players (since there isn't much to be gained with no drops), even with specific rules in place.  Ultimately, we're not looking to be like other survival servers, and would rather provide an experience that our community finds enjoyable.  It's possible that we would make changes to how PvP works on survival in the future if there is more interest, but most players seem to enjoy the more peaceful style at the moment, as supported by the less than occasional use of the PvP arena.
Hardcore is definitely something we'd like to see more interest in, as we feel that it has the potential to be really fun and enjoyable for those seeking an adventure with more risks involved.  I feel that it complements survival quite well by providing a lot of the gameplay points that you mentioned; it's just that there aren't a lot of people interested in the PvP aspect at the moment.  We do have additional plans for improving hardcore in the future, so hopefully we can draw more attention to it after we've had a chance to add some cool new features and objectives to it.