Bill

Welcome to the server, hope you enjoy our awesome (sometimes crazyness) server

Are you good at taking cool photos/screenshots in Minecraft?
 
Do you revel in the beauty of a nice build or landscape?
 
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We do, too!
 
There is a PickAxis Instagram account and we need help populating it.
 
https://instagram.com/pickaxisnetwork/
 
If you have any cool screenshots that you would be ok with us posting on this Instagram account, please upload or link them below.   
 
We will definitely give you credit for the shot.
 
A couple things to keep in mind:
Please only submit shots taken on the PickAxis Network Please only submit original content - do not steal from others!

I spend almost all my time playing Minecraft in the Hardcore server.  I'm surviving with 101_Boss_101 and we have multiple bases and a back-up stash in case we get raided.  
 
What causes the thrill of the game for me?
 
1) I haven't been threatened by another player yet (although reading above, I see I would easily be killed or targeted by some of you )
 
2) Just staying alive while surviving adds a whole level of complexity.  I'm not usually one who dies in survival, but for some reason I'm extra guarded in Hardcore.
 
3) I love throwing empty threats at players who collect a lot of stuff.  Like "I'm gonna get you, my pretties."  --> That makes me the Wicked Witch of the West
 
4) This post has lost focus because I'm getting a lot of messages in other chats right now....you all know I can't multi-task well.
 
5) I just love Hardcore!  Woot!
 
 
TL;DR - Hardcore is good and I hope you all come play it with me.

Hardcore survival is the server that I have been waiting for for so very long!
 
Yeah survival is good, but is it really survival? Who are you surviving against?, mobs... they are easy to kill and to prevent spawning.
 
Hardcore survival is challenging. You can build underground or overgrown, make traps for other players. You can find other bases and raid them. If you get raided then you can try again to build a base with more protection, or traps. And if your stuff gets pinched you can mine some more... there are always more diamonds down there... nothing to cry over.
 
I am loving this server so much! It would be so cool if we could get more players on the server.
 
What puts you off playing hardcore?
Are there any changes that could be to make it more appealing to you?
 
 

Ha ha!  Is that like this outfit?
 

I also occasionally wear other peoples meat on my head as well. I mostly enjoy the wings of small frail computer nerds. Takes less time to...dispose...of the remains.

So... we like to have a bit of fun late at night.
 
Okay, we like to have fun all the time.    Some may say too much fun, but I think it's juuuuussst right.   xD
 
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x:nun y:ya z:biznas
 
Our base is too pretty to be raided. Now I'm scurred.

Yes, the number 6 was meant to be in agreement with what you had to say about it. As for the towns, we are using Towny, like MCMMO it's widely used, so here is a link to help see what commands are there http://palmergames.com/towny/towny-commands/ *NOTE* (Not all of towny is used, example its "War" feature)
 
Honestly though would it not be a challenge if you did not have to mine all the stone and dirt ? One more thing as a goal then just buying all the resources, kinda defeats my vision of a survival server.
 
Again back to towny, it actually does not say it's abandoned but will rather just destroy the towns region. So the town is deleted, but not the physical town itself (if that makes sense?) I know right now town upkeep is turned off, but it's something I would like to see turned on, as well as MCMMO's Powers like the Giga Drill, and other right click abilities. Typically when I join a server that has MCMMO I look forward to having those, not just the "leveling" part of it.
 
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I would also like to add that a Wiki would be nice for the site, and maybe have a set team that can manage it. That way we can have it organized by server, have each feature listed, then under each feature explain what it does, it can do, and how to use it, or how it works.

2, and 4 seem more like the better steps to remove personally.

Yes, the number 6 was meant to be in agreement with what you had to say about it. As for the towns, we are using Towny, like MCMMO it's widely used, so here is a link to help see what commands are there http://palmergames.com/towny/towny-commands/ *NOTE* (Not all of towny is used, example its "War" feature)
 
Honestly though would it not be a challenge if you did not have to mine all the stone and dirt ? One more thing as a goal then just buying all the resources, kinda defeats my vision of a survival server.
 
Again back to towny, it actually does not say it's abandoned but will rather just destroy the towns region. So the town is deleted, but not the physical town itself (if that makes sense?) I know right now town upkeep is turned off, but it's something I would like to see turned on, as well as MCMMO's Powers like the Giga Drill, and other right click abilities. Typically when I join a server that has MCMMO I look forward to having those, not just the "leveling" part of it.
 
EDIT --
 
I would also like to add that a Wiki would be nice for the site, and maybe have a set team that can manage it. That way we can have it organized by server, have each feature listed, then under each feature explain what it does, it can do, and how to use it, or how it works.

To your number 2:
I would like to see a town upkeep because it's a way to keep the town owners active, as if they are not the town will be disbanded automatically by towny. Now the town being rolled back is something I am 10000000000000000000000000000000% against. What about all the members that joined that town and made houses? The town owner left, it gets disbanded and you lose all your stuff? That's like a instant way to discourage me from ever joining someones town, or even want to make a town. At least if something happens and the town owner is gone for a while and say towny abandons the town the owner can come back re-pay to restart it, but has not lost their countless hours of work, as well the town members. Don't punish the rest of the users for 1 persons may it be life issues that keep them away, or if they just quit.
 
To you number 8:
I agree should be an easier way to find shops, maybe a area were people can set-up shops, but you can already spawn to other towny towns using /town spawn {town name}. There is a small $5 or $10 fee if I am correct, so no need to set-up a bunch of sign warps.
 
To your number 6:
I would say I am kinda against the whole earn money while you play because it will most defiantly encourage massive afking to just earn money. It's really easy to google afk machines for Minecraft in google and find ways to just sit afk and earn money. If it were implemented it would have to be a very small amount of money which is horrible in the short run but adds up decently after playing for a few months of activity, that way afking with an afk machine for a long period of time wont negatively impact the economy.
 
To your number 3:
There is actually a Black Market in the spawn, if you find it, it has some better prices on items then some items in the normal market place. If you look in the survival forum area, you'll see there is a hint on how to find it. This is something that is not told to everybody, nor it's exact location in the spawn told as it's meant to be like a Black Market and have better prices as well some items you can't buy in the normal market. Hence "Black Market"
 
To your number 7:
The challenges are pretty simple to use. You can view what you need for each challenge by using
/c {challenge name} , and see a list of challenges by just using
/c , and complete on by using
/c c {challenge name} . Mind all the survival challenges can only be completed once. I would like to see a more basic challenge system though like when you mine 1,000 you complete a challenge, and get a nice little cash reward, or go collect 100 Birch logs, and once you have cut down 100 Birch logs you just automatically complete the challenge and get a nice little reward. Maybe this would be a nice think like a random daily challenge system. Where every real day 24hrs, you get a new challenge of this nature and you can get $10-50 depending on the challenge. That way it encourages people to come on survival each day, but as well allows them to make a little money.
 
To your number 4:
It's a lot of work to run a minecraft server while working 5 days a week for 10 hours a day, and then trying to do all that your self, which is why we like to see people stream the server, and are encourage those that play here and stream to stream, and post videos. Right now there is a lot of things Husker, and Nick are trying to finish before spending any real money on say advertising, or putting tons of effort into making official videos as there is no point to spend those countless hours doing that than finishing what needed to be done and have to re-do all those videos when said things are done. We are still in beta, and plan to be out soon as Huskers post about whats happening with server stated. I would assume once some of the massive headway to finish this other stuff is done that they will push to publicize the server more. As well spending the time now to better perfect things before summer hits is better in my honest opinion, as that's when kids will be out of school and will actually see videos, and so forth. So better to spend the time we have now to fix, perfect, and release new things, and then during busy season push the advertising.
 
 
 
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Here is a link for the black market post in survival (surprised it was not stickyed)
https://pickaxis.com/topic/270-black-market/
Huskers post on what to expect in the near and some what distant future
https://pickaxis.com/topic/590-another-random-husker-post/

Dang....I went to add this.  Opened the page -> Saw a forum for it -> Grabbed the link to reply -> Saw that Nick just replied.  Welp!  GG Nick

Really sorry how long winded it is. Sumerized version without the reasoning behind it.
 
1. Admin shop needs to buy/sell and give decent pricing between key items.
 
2. Low population needs to be addressed
 
3. gaining money on the server needs to be done with something other than voting. Might scare gamers off otherwise.

From the start, we intended for Survival to be a more challenging server, especially in terms of economy, encouraging players to set up their own shops and trade amongst each other. Everyone on Survival has the ability to start their own chest shops from the moment they join. I do agree that there's room for expansion for the shops at spawn, as those haven't been updated in a while now. The reason you can only sell to them was primarily meant to get new players into the economy, adding currency to it when the server first started.
 
As for voting, I'm not sure why anyone would mention that as a way to get money, as there aren't any voting rewards that give any items or currency on Survival. Personally, I feel that completing challenges would probably be one of the best ways to get money.
 
With all that said, we've been considering making changes to the Survival economy for quite some time now, but we don't want to diminish the challenge involved in creating a town (meant to be a group effort, hence the high cost compared to how much money individual players can quickly obtain). I'd also want to avoid any changes that might lead to a few players rising to the top of the economy, because I feel that such a situation may be just as bad, if not worse, than the current one.
 
Do you have any ideas for improving player shops? I feel that giving them more exposure could help quite a bit, as right now, there isn't much of an option to find them aside from exploring.

adensem,
 
Thank you for your suggestions!  We need more suggestions like your's (and Sullear's) to optimize our servers.  Let me address your recommendations:
 
1) Admin shop & town prices:  We set up this admin shop when we first started the server.  The original intention was to keep every single player from making a town so we didn't end up with abandoned cities everywhere.  The current price for a town is $7500.  After having this economy for a bit, we're starting to see that it is quite difficult for the majority of Minecraft players to achieve such a lofty $ balance.  I will talk with Nick this weekend to determine if we should lower the cost of a town.  Sullear suggested $5000.  What are your thoughts?
For the admin shop and black market: I would love to set up [buy] signs and some more [sell] signs.  Do you have suggestions for what items should be added?  I would be more than happy to diversify and expand the shop.
 
2) Low population:  We are fully trying to get more players on.  Because I have to be in an office for 10 hours a day, I can't help getting more people on at all times.  We are actively advertising (mostly free, a little paid) for the servers, but it's starting to become harder and harder to get players.  Sites that cost ~$5000/month to advertise and once brought in thousands of players to a server, now only bring in a small handful even though the price is still the same.  We have a plan to invest in some more expensive advertising this summer.  We hope that brings in more players.  I want and need to start challenging the staff to help find more creative ways to get more players.  If you have suggestions on how to grow the player base, please share them.  I'm always looking for something to help here.  I think we have a great network, we just need to get the players to support it.
 
3) Money & Voting:  Voting isn't the only way to get money on the server.  In fact, voting is probably the poorest way to get money.  As Sullear said above, we are looking into a plugin that pays you for the time you play on the server.  We'll look more into this over the weekend when we're at home (and not at work).  Bill also pointed out that in Survival, doing challenges (/c) will immensely boost your balance.  
 
Let me know your thoughts on these replies.  We're always looking for ways to improve the servers.  Your suggestions are very appreciated.
 
Also, welcome to the community!  Glad to have you!

2, and 4 seem more like the better steps to remove personally.

I am not a fan of PvP but an Arena on Survival would probably be a great idea.   Public contests....tournaments (which I have run on many servers and games)
 
Husker...I still have access to creative on that other server I built an arena on.  I could get screenshots and post them...see what everyone thinks?   
 
Went ahead and took  some shots for you guys to look at.  Originally the server I created it on it was designed for specifically PvP and zoning it specifically just for Pv inside the arena floor.  Take a peek....let me know what you all think.
 
http://imgur.com/a/lqd9d#0

I honestly do not think it is anyone's business how much someone has donated.  Compiling and posting a list of donators may also be something most of them don't want.  As Huskergirl pointed out, the is a way to tell who donated but I don't think going any further than that is necessary or even acceptable, or anyone's business other than them and the server.

Safe searching is using an encyclopedia.
 

I knew I should have paid better attention in Kindergarten!
 
Green!

Well I am glad to see you found us over here in our little corner of the Minecraft world. I am sure you'll love the community as much as I do once you get to know us all. Also glad to hear that our reputation is holding with people and someone pointed you in our direction! I know we love to support those that live stream and make videos of the server, and as @HuskerGirl said, "don't be shy about linking all of us to your stream."

We can definitely add more island level challenges.  I just wasn't sure how long it would take for people to reach 10k.