An update on creative server.

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to take a second and update everybody as far as what is happening with the creative server.  Zerg was going to host it at his parent's house, but their internet plan was not suited for such an endeavor.  I checked into my ISP policy, and it turns out I have no cap on bandwidth.

I've upgraded my internet plan and doubled the speed of it, and will host the server from my house.  Zerg is going to set up the comp and creative world, etc., and he'll bring it by some time this winter break.  The difference in cost between the 2 plans is $25 so I think zerg is just going to transfer me $25 through paypal from the donations.  This, though, is MUCH cheaper than the previous cost.  I think he bought a SSD for it, so after initial costs, it will be only $25 / mo. to run the server.

I haven't gotten to test out the speed, but my roomate sent me a text, and he said "Wow..FAST!"  So I hope it lives up to that expectation ;)  I'll fill in some details about the server once we get it all set up and live.

-Dukem

Ads On Forums?

As you may (Or may not if you have AdBlock) see that the news and events has ADVERTS. These adverts can generate a small amount of income to be used to keep the servers up and going.

The question is, should we have adverts on the main forums? Speak your views on the subject in the thread entitled "Ads on the forum" in serious discussion.

;3

-kenny

Creeper Damage?

I am going to remain unbiased as I possibly can when it comes to this; I will tell you my opinion right now, and that is... IT SHOULD BE GONE.

Whew! Now that we got out of the way, on to what I wanted to talk about.
Creeper damage, for me on Survival MultiPlayer(SMP), has always been nerfed. From Vanillacraft, to kreatious,.. to kreatious again( :3 ). Now, I am one that once I build something, I don't want it griefed; I don't want it messed with. So, naturally I am going to dislike this. Apparently, as do many other people. There is a poll on the forums(that you should vote on!), that has to do with this very topic. 27 people(~80%) in favor of removing the damage'ability' of creepers. And 5(~20%) wanting to keep them blowing up.

I'm fine with them blowing up my things, well... for the most part, because it's not that hard to fix. BUT, what I don't like, is this:

This, is right outside spawn. These pictures taken by kieranchocian, show what they actually do; incase you didn't notice, that is right outside the spawn building. Also, along with HovR having to roll things back, which takes time, italia and I had to fix part of a road by hand. Then, another time, we didn't have materials in which to fix the road, so we had to leave it. Broken.(Probably what HovR rolled back; it was on Yellow road)

Voter Commands?

Mattchuu has suggested that, 'Hey, donors get some fun commands, why not voters?' His idea is that people will get a vote point, or a few, when they vote and they can 'cash them in' for some fun commands. Some commands include: /VC wave, /VC clone, /VC wp(for waypoint)

Now, these are just a few of the many commands that they could possibly get, the idea isn't just limited to JUST these commands. Now, the only one on the list that people might think gives an unfair advantage, is the /VC wp.. BUT, they do lose points after using them(the /VC commands), and also... the 'price' would be higher, etc.
Oh, also... VOTE! :3

Poll! Drop or Keep? - Update!

Zerg doesn't want to get rid of the Creative Server, but he has agreed to a compromise. I don't want to analyze his post, so I'll just copy and paste it here.

I'm going to see if I can host creative from home using dedicated hardware. (AMD Phenom II X6 2.8Ghz, 16GB of DDR3 RAM).

This'll cost up to 100$/mo less per month, and will still allow for relatively unchanged performance on creative.
Survival will be moved to creative's hardware (The current creative server has an SSD.) and the lease on survival's hardware (the non ssd hardware) will be terminated. (This means survival gets an upgrade.)

I'll have to do this during winter break, or it won't ever be done.
I do not have a hard drive fast enough to handle the demands of creative.
The power at home isn't 100% reliable.

The catch:
- I have to pay the difference in the internet bill (possibly up to 50$/mo)
- I have to buy an SSD (this one, or similar)
- I'd like to buy an UPS. (this one)

Which means I'll still need about 290$ in donations for december and january; (about 30$ less than the current plan), but feburary'll cost 220$. :3
Unless someone wants to donate the hardware. :>

So, there you have it. Zerg is willing to lower the price, to host the survival off of his computer. BUT, he's going to need a SSD first. Which.. read his post again. :3

Dragon's Reach

Today, since Zerg loves skyrim sooo much, he wrote a script for a dragon in the main world.  The dragon flies around the top of Dragon's Reach.

Rumor has it that VIP donors will be able to ride the dragon around, and they will be called Ender-donors.  Of course all this is rumor, and if true, is only in the planning stages.

However, I did get to see the dragon first-hand, and Zerg did a very nice job with this script.  It'll be interesting to see what else he can do with all the new things in 1.0!

-Dukem

Kreatious Dynamic Map

Hello, this is Fluffy977 here, and I'm here to explain something that quite a few Kreatious members don't know about. Yes, I am talking about the Dynamic Map if you are one of those members who do use and this amazing tool. So, here's a quick break down of what it is, it's a map of the current Kreatious Creative and Survival worlds. If you click on those two links, you are greeted by a user friendly system, that is really easy to use. First, select the world, and just drag your mouse onto the world and click and drag to explore the world, to zoom in just scroll. This is so useful because it can get rid of the need for coordinates, just go where the map tells you to when you want to get to a landmark or player. So, there you go.

-Fluffy977

Kreatious

Veteran Vote

The Veteran votes are up! So be sure to drop by kreatious.net and check under serious discussion to vote for who you think should be a Vtn! This round there are 5 candidates for Vtn!

-Cruiserman
-Viperxl
-kenny0011
-Dakotah
-SquareDot

Some things to keep in mind while voting

1. Vote for who you see helping the most!
2. Vote for however many people you want! 1 player, 3 players, or all 5!

May the best player be Vtn :D

-M to the C to the COY!

Shops in spawn mall still available!

Shops are still available in the spawn mall.  They will be high priority once they fill up, because you'll have to wait for somebody else to vacate a spot, or not pay their rent.  There are still a lot available, since it is only 3 days after map release.

Prices are as follows:
4 Diamonds per week
   +1 Iron per sign

The reason signs are being charged is because they create lag.  This means to make your chest private, and have a trade sign, it will be at minimum 2 iron per chest.

If you'd like to buy a shop, you can contact italiasoccer41 with /mail, or /msg, and he'll get you all set up. :)

-Dukem

Dragon defeated!

It only took a day for the dragon to be defeated!  SharkLord controls a portal to the end, and has defeated the dragon a few times now!  


There seems to be a major glitch with leaving The End, where all experience you have is lost.  Temporarily mods are teleporting people out of it after a victory to save experience.  I heard rumors that Zeeno got to level 711 after the victory last night, WOW!  I'd suggest getting started finding your portal, and hopefully the dev team can fix that portal glitch.

Bored? Watch videos made by our own players!

We have a number of players, that spend their time and handwork into making videos and livesteams, why not check them out? Remember to give them some support and i am very sure they will appreciate it!

After browsing through the channels, here are some of the ones i have picked!

Italiasoccer41 - Kreatious LiveStreams : Livestreams of the server!

Rubinst - PlayRecEdit : Videos of Kreatious!

Fluffy997 - Splitted Game : Minecraft videos as a whole!

PureBo - ArticTelevision : Gameplay Entertainment!

Christmas is coming up,

Lets spread the festive cheer!

More authors!

Well, with just I, Mattchuu, and PureBo.. we aren't going to earn as much, meaning... more authors! Whoo!
So, if you are a Donor+(Donor, Vtn, VDonor, Mod, or Admin) and you like to write or spread the goo-- Like to write, I highly encourage you to help us out. Try it! :3 (Just make a blogger account, and PM the email you used to sign up with to me, and I'll add you as an author.)

There is no set.. amount you have to write, postwise or lengthwise.. so, YEAH!

Donor contest!

McCoy is holding a contest for donorship; all you have to do is create a Rube Goldberg machine. That is basically, a machine that starts a chain reaction to do a certain task. In this contest's case, it's to open a door.

The longer and more complex your machine is, the better the chance of you winning. So if you have some spare redstone, oh.. wait! We have a creative server don't we? Well, we might not for long. See here. Then, go vote on the poll, on the forums!

Poll! Drop or Keep?

Dukem is holding a poll, to well... he wants to know if we should keep the creative server. I am not going to try to persuade you at all in this post, but let me go over a few things.


*Creative is fun - Noone is denying it(Though, to me.. it's a little boring), it is fun.
*Creative is expensive - This.. is something that is on a lot of peoples' minds.
*Survival got "DDoS'd" today - 1.0.0 came out, basically rendering it severely laggy for about 2 hours(people wanted the 1.0.0 map :3)

All I know is, we aren't getting enough money to sustain the server. We need 300+ before Dec. 31st, it doesn't look like it will be around for another month, unless something drastic is done.

1.0.0!!

Well, today is a fun day! The 1.0.0 map came out officially! After weeks of planning, and building, we finally got it out! Aside from that sounding... a little wrong(sorry, had too!), it’s a fun day for all of those who worked on spawn. Thank you guys and girls... SOO much for helping. Zerg could’ve WE’ed it in, but he didn’t; I feel a sense of satisfaction from it.. I mean... WHO WOULDN’T BE?! :D

What this blog, as this is the first post, will be, is kreatious news and events. *Derp* As the title says, there will be daily news updates to this blog, and.. and... get off the internet and go play Minecraft! :D