~the padmins

My chief concern is that i have personally witnessed some rudeness from other players telling their peers that they cannot speak other languages in General Chat. Staff have been silent in this because, i presume, they lack the tools to moderate non-native languages easily. I have seen multiple admins complain about how non-english moderation detracts from their enjoyment of server participation. This does not engender a community spirit or encourage new players.

If nerd is an international charity (how the last fundraiser was communicated, along with current player base and network access statistics), then we should be welcoming players of all languages. Players and staff alike should be patient with English as Second Language speakers, and not be so quick to coldly tell them to take it to DM. Before the Mr. Epic video, new players RARELY joined nerd.nu, and were even more reluctant to stay. This is a challenging community to enter and thrive in. If our goal is to a) raise money to keep the server online and b) raise money for a charity, we should be working WITH our community's interest.

What i would have preferred to see this evening is a friendly guidance of the german speakers to find each other, reminding them that this is an *international community* and English is the *current* lingua franca. I am glad we have backed away from banning people for simply speaking their native languages in chat. I think we need to take another step forward towards embracing a neighborhood that supports a variety of languages. The current lack of leadership (and response to community engagement in the previous thread) is not sustainable in the long term and is observably harming the server.

1) Tech admins could investigate a moderator chat feed that includes automatic translation of non-english chat via API call to one of the many cloud translation services. This should allow the admins to more easily moderate chat.
2) In-game player preferences to help different language communities find each other. If we're going to tell players to join a special language clan-chat, we better have that chat already created and populated with some people, otherwise we're just leaving them hanging.

I wrote those two points BEFORE reading this post from 2014 - Please follow up on the FABULOUS suggestions mentioned here and here. Yes, i know the linked plugins are likely dead - however, we should be pursuing replacements, not running from them.

• I'm not for custom sacks/bags of holding/whatever, but it would be nice to have something that held all the custom items (like pokemine cards)
  • Not sure of anything we could add that we be much different than shulker boxes. We suggest using those! Maybe soon someone will find that hidden shulker spawner in the overworld and shells will be plentiful!
• there should be more suggestions
  • We agree! Keep sending in your suggestions
• I would love it if players could request a full rollback on a build they've done if they are planning on abandoning it completely
  • If a player decides to move away, they should tear down their own build before leaving. Incomplete builds that are not in a region can be modreq'd as an abandoned build. If the player has not logged in for 30 days we will move the build upon request. Again this is for INCOMPLETE builds in an area you would like to build. We DO NOT remove completed builds that are protected. 
• give regen effect at spawn
  • We give away free food at spawn to get you started. If you are looking for regen for spawn secrets, we suggest coming prepared. If you are not quite geared up (food wise) maybe work on farms before hunting spawn secrets
• it would be neat to be able to check if a bed is anyone's current bed, I'm always worried I'm moving a bed 10 people are using
  • You should never move a bed you did not place, and we do hope that town mates discuss sleeping arrangements before moving a town bed. However, we do think that there could be some benefit in having such a command. We will bring this up to a discussion with techs. 
• let us ride phantoms
  • For now such things would only be used for very special occasions. The best we can offer is a phantom disguise saddle, coming SOON™. 

Thanks!

Thanks 🙂

• Make a user poll to see if region protection policies should be changed to allow protections more easily
  • We feel that it is already pretty easy to be granted a protection. There just needs to be significant work done on the build or in the terraforming of the land. We will not protect large amounts of land that have no builds, which is why we have started the claim regions this revision. Feel free to submit another suggestion explaining in more detail what you want to see made easier.

Hiya Nerds!!!

All good things must come to an end, and Revision 26 is no exception,

As you may be aware, Mojang has split the 1.17 update into 2 parts. 

This, unfortunately, threw our original plans for Revision 27 for a loop. Without the new blocks and terrain we had been expecting, we had to go back to the drawing board.

 Rather than waiting on a release date for the 1.17 update, we have decided to move forward with a new revision, but with a bit of a twist!

This revision will be a bit different than the recent revisions we have hosted on nerd.nu.

To start, we plan on Revision 27 to last 4-6 months instead of the 6-8 month revisions we have hosted in recent years. We are hoping that this will help to get back in sync with Mojang updates. 

Because we expect the revision to be shorter than usual. this will be a simplified revision.  We have opted out of an overarching revision theme, instead the spawn will be simplified and custom mobs, drops, and dragon fight will be omitted or simplified.

As part of the changes due to the shortened length, we would like to use Revision 27 as a test for implementing some changes to our usual policies. Examples of some of the changes we are looking at are personal nether portals and changes to how claims are marked. (see below for more details) However; please understand that no decisions have been made final and all final decisions will be announced in the info post that is released 24 hours before revision launch.

We have made the decision to announce the launch date a bit early with the hopes that the community can also offer suggestions and input in any changes they want to see us try. 

PvE Revision 27 will launch on June 25th (5 weeks from this Friday) 

Some of the policies we are looking at updating:

•  Allow portal placements by any player. 
  • The connection radius of portals can be reduced and would lessen crossed wiring
• Personal PvP toggle 
  • We are still discussing the implications of this idea
• The Not Quite SOOO Perfect Villagers
  • Looking into changing the villager trade setting so that they are not as OP
• Usable region flags
  • We will create a list of region flags we will allow players to request on their protected area. 
  • Current flags include vine growth deny and trap door use deny (for decorative trap doors) we hope to expand this list
• New claims system
  • This is the biggest one. Please read the Region Changes Document for more detailed information. This was a proposal written by zburdsal.
• Sleep vote
  • A game rule will be added to 1.17 to handle sleep voting on a server. At this time we will wait for the vanilla gamerule rather than adding a plugin.

Please feel free to offer any other suggestions or input of ideas you would like to see discussed. 

We look forward to another exciting revision!

~ the padmins

Hope everyone is well. I'm an old s.nerd.nu recently returning to the game, and was wondering if anyone else from that server still plays on the PVE server and would want to team up! Also, if anyone has any details on where any of the old players from the community migrated to if they're not here, would love to hear.

My apologies if this post is in the wrong place and looking forward to being back.

Blagob

Cords are: -2537 -1992

And not to toot my own horn, but drops are quite good 😛

Here are some pictures of my base.

https://imgur.com/a/S2SwI3H

Rev 26 suggestion box

Sorry for the lateness! We'll try and get the next batch done faster.

A command that ignores public chat, but that keeps clanchat and whispers. Preferably that doesn't reset every server restart.

• We’ll pass this on to the techs and see if this can be added to the server.

add trader to spawn that sells shroomlights and blackstone

• We’re adding these to the spawn traders!

We should be able to modreq Knockback books be applied to sticks for use in Spleef arenas to play EXTREME SPLEEF!!!

• Keep an eye on the spawn traders, a wacky stick will be available soon!

Make a "quick relog" command that teleports you to the lobby and then back to PvE so that you can relog to fix chunk errors and whatnot quicker

• Relogging doesn’t take long, and most of the time is loading the world, so we don’t feel this is worth the development time.

use doppelganger plugin to do a custom structure to summon a squad of brutes, one of which will drop pigstep disc

• We’ll try and have an event where there are mobs that drop pigstep.

drachnerds for haste II potions

• We’ll look into adding a potion seller to spawn, but the more powerful ones will likely be event token or dragon heart trades.

wonder 20 steve head should be enchanted, if that does indeed cause a glow effect

glowing splash potion (65536 minutes)

• Sadly we can’t find a way to enchant skulls.

bugfinder prize: bane X on your own head (you thought about smashing bugs!)

• We’re working on a reward for the people who have stumbled into our snafus and reported them - More on this soon!

don't fall for the siren song of enabling gilded blackstone to be obtained elsewhere - there are still bastions all over

• We’ll keep this in mind!

implement a max height on the dragon fight in addition to the outer limit for bosses, zeus gets real fuckin high

• We’ll look into this, for the moment be sure to not use a punch bow to help him stay grounded.

I think we should remove the rankings of the horse stats. At least health. It contributes to lag as people get into an arms race to get the highest horse health

• There’s no contribution to lag from people feeding horses golden carrots.

Please add a small level of difficulty to the perfect villager system: Should have to "recharge" your villager once a month by giving a large sum of emeralds to padmins, otherwise this is far too easy to get. Emeralds increase as rev go on

• This is great feedback. Villagers continue to be the main source of ticks in game. The latest timings report from totemo showing villagers taking up 18.5% of the total tick and dropped items (mainly at overly large pumpkin farms) coming in second place at 3.18% of the tick. As such, we don’t want to discourage people from using the perfect villagers as they do help with server lag.

nerd.nu should have its own Matrix room, Matrix being a privacy oriented chat protocol.

• We’ll pass this to the heads, but I think as we already have the forums, reddit, discord and in game as ways to communicate there isn’t much worth in adding another.

pipe dream: a 'timezones' plugin? it'd be kinda neat to have folks be at different times of day across the server heh

• This is an interesting idea, but is a lot of work for something that will likely not add to the gameplay experience. Most people stay in one place most of the time, so won’t see much of a change.

change the '--- was granted citizenship of Pompeii' to '--- was elected mayor of Pompeii' 😛

• Message added!

move the shulkers spots in spawn to somewhere you can actually find and use them without having to just leave spawn instead

• I’ve added some more spots next to the north and south exits.

so like, you know how if you fall through the end void, you TP to the top of the overworld? Make it so if you fly high enough in the overworld, it teleports you to a random spot in the end

• We’ll see if this can be implemented, it sounds like fun!

Create a spawn trader that sells "Disguises" for your villagers that can change what biome clothes your villager looks like

• We’ll look into how much work this will be to implement.

In the Bedrock Edition, jukeboxes disable adjacent hoppers when a music disc is playing inside them. Because the hoppers are re-enabled when the song ends, a system of hoppers can be used to automatically eject and reinsert the disc when it

• We don’t think this is something worth creating a plugin for, as it will likely just lead to laggy autoloading mechanisms.

i want to nominate Nolanater (forgot the numbers after his name) as a moderator. I feel he is mature enough to handle the position and smart enough to use the power wisely and continue to keep nerd.nu as great as it is already.

• Submit moderator nominations at https://nerd.nu/applyformod/

Death messgae suggestions: Drowned: [Player] drowned. Sweet Berries: [Player] experienced a berry painful death.

• Thanks for the suggestions, they have now been added!

Bring back the global end dragon death sound!

• When the sound was global there were a lot of complaints about it. We think that the current chat notification is a decent compromise between destroying people’s ears and celebrating the dragon being killed.

I've returned from a several-week absence from the server to find the entrance and porch of my house blocked up and protected. As I was not added to the region, my porch became a player trap (i.e. I could not escape without being TP'd out by staff). I must give this particular griefer some credit, as they actually /mail'd me to let me know they were about to grief my build, though they didn't let me know about the player trap I would spawn into. Regrettably I couldn't read their /mail from my hospital bed.

Ordinarily this thing would be easily sorted by a /modreq, and my experience here has been pretty uniformly positive over the last few years. I usually trust in the effectiveness of the staff to remove grief so I don't have screenshots of my completed porch (pre-grief).

Here's my land claim:

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Note that while this claim abuts spawn, it is not in spawn (as confirmed by /rg i). And while it looks like a mess here, I matched the east roads blocks in further development of my build. The area is perfectly passable and was visited by several staffers before the griefer set their sights on it.

And here's the joyous scene I spawned into today:

Note the warnings in chat where I cannot break the blocks in my own build. I had to /modreq to escape my griefed, protected home 😞

The complicating factor is that this player is actually a staffer. From this I take that an appeal will be fruitless, but perhaps some lessons could be learned for future incidents. Ideas:

1. If staff follow a different rule set to players, could it be published?
2. Should penalties for staff rule-breaking be the same as for regular players? More severe? Less?
3. If building player traps is still a rule-breaking offence for both staff and us plebs, could staff training be improved so that newer staffers are less likely to make this mistake?

I'm not naming the staff member though they may wish to name themselves.

Cheers

What a wonderful adventure this Road trip has been. We have seen amazing things and have the postcards to prove it! Our Suitcases are bulging with souvenirs and tee-shirts so on October 30th it will be time to pack up and head toward home. The end of a trip can be sad BUT as one adventure comes to an end, another one seems to be dawning on the horizon . . .
 
Behold !! The " Ancient Wonders of the World! "  

Your client will need to be on 1.16.3 to join in this exploration of these incredible sights. As per usual, the Revision info post will be posted 24 hours prior to rev launch. 
    
Want to help spruce up the next map? 

We will once again be co-hosting a build contest with the Cadmins.
Starting Oct 11th through the 17th. Hop over to the Creative server and do /warp Weekly Build, to claim a plot! The theme will be “Ancient Dungeons” with a nod toward ancient Greece- We are looking for temples, caves, monuments, mausoleums etc. Builds chosen will be hidden on the map and possibly used in events. 

Map World will close and be saved on October 16th for us to do some tidying. It will be back for the new rev with the same maps in the same places, so don’t worry about losing your work.

The current revision will end with an event that is TBD! With Halloween right around the corner there may be a few tricks and even some treats. Who knows what may go bump in the night, and what evil may lurk in the heart of men or Padmin !  As is the custom the map will be saved for the final time to be put up for download, Then let the fun begin. Please check back for the announcement of how we spend our final Days !

The Spawn:

• Was spawn easy to navigate? Could you find the things you needed to find easily?
• Is there anything you would like to see done differently with Spawn in Rev 26?
• We tried make spawn very interactive, having plots players can claim inside spawn with some building restrictions, how do you feel this went?

The Over-world:

• Do you think that this map size (6k x 6k) was good? Should it be bigger, smaller or similar next rev?
• This rev we used vanilla map with some painting.  Do you feel it was a good mix of custom and vanilla?
• Were any biomes lacking or too abundant this revision?
• How did you find the distribution of ores this revision?

The Nether

• This revision we had another custom Nether (3000x3000)  created by totemo, it featured different biomes designed to provide areas for bulk mining resources like concrete powder and with structures from Community build contests and Padmins. 
• How did you feel about the custom generated map this revision? 
• Would you like to see a custom nether again?
• The Nether contains new custom mobs designed by cujobear.  How did you feel about the custom mobs this revision?  Weren’t the twins adorable?
• How was the distribution of quartz and glowstone?

The End:
This revision we had a custom generated End created by cheezychicken,  (5000x5000) It featured separate islands of biomes to retain The End’s feel.
We also redesigned the Dragon Fight- The Dragon Fight plugin was developed by totemo, and the bosses were designed by totemo and cujobear with input from all the Padmins.

Generation:

• How did you feel about the custom End this rev? Did you like the separation into islands?
• How did you feel about having ores generated in areas of the End that were plumped but didn’t have custom drops? How was the ore distribution?

Dragon Fight:

• How did you feel about The New Dragon fight? Was it too easy/difficult/just right in your opinion?
• Any other suggestions you’d like to share for the fight?

Elytra:

• How did you feel about the method of obtaining Elytra this revision?  
• Did you enjoy the Prize Boxes ?Did you feel the prizes awarded were worth the battle? Did you like the option of collecting different Prize Boxes?
• Do you have any other ideas you have for methods of obtaining Elytra?

Shulkers and other mobs:

• Did you enjoy continuing to have free range shulkers instead of a shulker spawner?
• How did you feel about the other mobs that appeared in the end?

Mapworld:

• Are there any additions you’d like to see in Mapworld next revision?

Portals:

• This revision we had 8 claimable portals across the map, all available from day 1 of the revision.
• Did you feel that the number and distribution of portals this rev was good?
• Do you have any ideas for how portals should be implemented next rev?

Iron Golem Spawners:

The Iron Golem Spawner costs changed for this revision, based on the feedback we had received from the last revision. The cost of the upgrades remained the same

• Do you feel that the cost of an iron golem spawner was fair?

Custom Spawners:

• This revision we had a Creeper, Squid, Slime and Drowned spawner, all available to be found from the first day of the revision.
• How do you feel about the inclusion of custom spawners in the map? Would you prefer to have, or not have them? Would you like to see more added as time progressed? 
• Which custom spawners do you think are particularly useful in a multiplayer setting, if any?
• Were the spawners well hidden? Should they be harder to find? Easier?

Custom Drops:

• This revision we continued the use of custom drops from ores, mobs, and in loot chests.
• How do you feel about the rates of custom drops dropping, too frequent or too rare?
• Do you have any ideas for new ways to obtain custom drops?
• How have the custom drop trades been so far this rev? Any kinds of trades you’d like to see in the future?

Custom trades:

• Have you enjoyed the custom trades this revision?
• Would you like to see them return for next revision?
• Is there anything you want to see available from the custom traders?

Events:

• We Continued the weekly events this rev, would you like these to continue?
• Does the time of the weekly events suit you? What time might be better?
• Were the prizes from events appropriate? Are there any other items you would like to trade for?
• Do you have any ideas for events or an event that you particularly enjoyed?

Rev Theme:

• This revision the theme was  Road Trip !
• This Rev we worked with C to host  a Build Contest which resulted in player builds being hidden around the map  .  Was this something you felt added to the experience of this rev? Did you enjoy discovering them as you searched the map? Would you like this to be included again?
• Do you feel the theme of a revision adds to your experience?
• Should events and server planning be more tied to the theme? Less?
• Do you have any ideas for themes that you would enjoy?

End of Rev:

• In the past there has been end of rev events such as ending the world in Chaos and a Zombie Apocalypse, would you like to see the return of something like this?
• Do you have any other ideas for how to celebrate the end of rev?

Any other comments?
Is there anything else you want to tell us about your experience on the server? Things thePadmins can do improve?  

It's done!

https://imgur.com/a/94fAf0D

Located at 2825, 575.  Built to handle up to 4 teams.  I'm on a French kick this rev.

Have fun!

~GKX