Brand new to the Shade Crest community, and I'd say relatively new to the whole SMP world in general. My name's Mike, currently 20 years old and attending university so playtime varies day-to-day. I've been playing Minecraft for, I believe, just under a year now and it has been loads of fun. I haven't been that consistent of a player throughout this entire span, taking about a 3 month break in there somewhere, but part of that was to make myself wait for 1.8 to come out. As I mentioned I'm rather new to the whole SMP side of Minecraft though. I've hosted a private 8-slot server for me and my friends for the last 6 months but we haven't been that consistent on it. That is to say when I started checking out some of the server's that are out there, I was blown away at the creations! Aside from that the mods really surprised me too! I knew there were lots out there, but had no idea of the complexity and variety of them! Very cool stuff haha! Anyways ... long story short, this is the 3rd server that I've really taken a liking to giving a shot. The first two were very cool, but just didn't quite work for me. Started browsing around minestatus tonight as opposed to the minecraftforum site and ShadeCrest at #9 immediately jumped out at me ! Read through the rules and guide and that only made me want to check it out even more! It's been a while since I've gotten myself involved in any way with an online community but deep down I know that's only because it's so hard to find really good ones. The only other community I ever got involved in was the most fun and engaging community I'd ever come across to that point, and this one certainly looked worthwhile ! To some, all the rules and regulations and restrictions may seem overbearing or whatever ... to me it just shows real commitment - to the game, and to the community that makes it so fun! I'm hoping that all of my assumptions are correct and that I come to enjoy my future here at ShadeCrest! Oh, and sorry for the length : ... just trying to kill time until I get whitelisted. Hope to see you all in game in the future !
With all the reading I did last night on these forums and the site, the one thing I missed was the sticky in the intro forum I'll answer some of the questions I didn't answer in the first post: [li]How long have you been playing Minecraft? Somewhere between 6 and 12 months.[/li] [li]What is your favorite thing to do in the game? Mining, building, fighting, ect I enjoy just about every aspect of this game in its own right. I would not consider myself a master builder or architect of any kind, however I've never really taken the opportunity to TRY and build something mega/crazy/super unbelievable like I've seen online, so I guess I won't know until I try ![/li] [li]What made you pick our server over others? Seems to be very community driven, wonderful selection of mods/plugins, dedicated staff, strict rules but not to the point where its no fun - they are there to make the server MORE fun the way I see it.[/li] [li]What are some of your hobbies? Love music, especially the Red Hot Chili Peppers (see avatar, signature). I play keyboard/piano, and just 2 months ago started teaching myself bass - absolutely loving it! I used to play hockey and football in highschool, now university is main focus (studying Psychology). Outdoor activites, camping, hunting, fishing, hiking, exploring - all that stuff.[/li] [li]What is your favorite food/movie/tv show? Food: Pasta or Seafood. Movie: HUGE James Bond fan, own every one. Also like most sports movies, The Departed, The Godfather Trilogy. TV: Family Guy, Simpsons, Sports.[/li] [li]What are some cool things that you have built in Minecraft? As I said, I've never really tried coming up with any outrageously cool ideas. Just different kinds of medium-sized houses. Just recently really started to experiment with redstone, so I'm looking forward to learning a lot from being part of an SMP![/li] [li]Do you know any players on the server? Nope, not yet anyways ![/li] [li]What are you looking forward to the most on the server? Seeing what is truly possibly in this game, learning new ideas and ways of doing things, meeting likeminded players, getting involved with a community [/li] Can't wait to start crafting with all of you! Sounds like a really awesome server full of cool people and great ideas all around !!
Nice to see we have an intelligent person joining our server (its always nice) I'll cya on the server! welcome
Having a bit of an issue logging in. I'm pretty sure it's just a 1.8 bug, but I go to connect to the server and it just sends me right back to the Minecraft Main Menu screen, doesn't even attempt to log in. Just making sure it is indeed an issue on my end and not something like me not being whitelisted or something like that. I've tried closing right out of minecraft and logging back in and everything, and I am able to connect to different servers. Any ideas? EDIT: I got in after installing Spoutcraft, assuming that's why?