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What did you think about the Arena? How did you hear about it? What was you opinion about how it was hosted? What would you like to see in future arenas? Please critique us thoroughly so we can tailor these arenas as much as we can to the community.

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Done and done! Thanks man!

I'm very happy to announce that the new S admins have given Avadakedavra03, Veltoss and myself permission to host the first official player ran arena of Chaos. The arena will be hosted Friday night at 9:00 PM EST (Eastern Standard Time). At 9:00 PM you will be able to warp to the arena with a command, and at about 9:05-9:15(depending on player turnout) we will begin the first round. The Current Fights Are Planned as Followed: Itemless FFA 2v2 Kitted Tournament 1v1 Kitted Tournament 1v1 BYOG (Bring your own gear) Tournament 4v4 Kitted Kitted FFA How the fight schedule will work: You can sign up now by commenting on this post with what bracket you're interested in participating, or you can opt in before the actual matches themselves. Note: players who have signed up in advanced will have priority over those who opt in before a match. That doesn't mean you won't get to fight though! We will do our best to work in anyone who is interested in participating, even if it means we end up being your opponent! And you better believe, with three of us running this, we'll be fighting along side you. The winners of each bracket will be awarded with a special prize! This being an official arena, the sadmins have agreed to provided prizes to the winners of each bracket! So thanks kindly sadmins! About the Arena: The arena is completely new and somewhat different, and we're really hoping you'll enjoy murdering your friends on it! A lot of love went into crafting this map. It has a diverse biome theme, with 4 platforms in the center for flat oriented pvp. There will be a few hidden chests throughout the arena with some items, that may or may not aid in your fight, but to balance the advantage you may put yourself at a disadvantage when attempting to get to the chest. Note: you will not have this "advantage" in the bring your own gear bracket. We'll be hosting an arena once a week during chaos, and hopefully if this is successful, even during Survival Revision 28. Fingers crossed. We really hope to have a good attendance for this arena. All are welcome, so if you wanted a fun activity in-between the chaos of Creative, or planning on the new PVE map please consider us at 9:00 PM EST this Friday. We look very forward to seeing you fight! http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=[2%2F27%2F15]+Public+Chaos+Arena&iso=20150227T21&p1=179

went from "iamdarb" to Darb... I hate my name change, honestly, and wished I had went with "darb" instead of "Darb". The big D is intimidating... I'll probably just go back to "iamdarb" once my month is up.

Congratulations! I look forward to what change there is, and pleased overall with the sadmin choices... what if I've already taken the candy?

I definitely would like to see a spawn that coerces you go through a series of questions on the rules. I've seen it work on other servers and at least once a player has successfully exited spawn the excuse "I didn't know that was against the rules" becomes void.

I like the idea, but after a certain point there would be no more unexplored chests and then we'd be back to the monotiny of mining and with the scarcity of ore(as suggested in your post) I can see that becoming an even bigger bore. I like the idea of having gear in village chests, and mineshaft chests though. I just think that ore levels should be left at vanilla. As for the kits, I just started to PvP this rev so I don't have the most experience to know what is or isn't good. I know for Rev 27 it was exremely easy to kill someone with 3-4 Harming II pots while your opponent was in fully enchanted diamond gear. I would definitely like to see some of the restrictions on enchantism removed.

Thanks for the quick reply man!

We've had a few players ask about what ever happened to kits that were mentioned. Is that still a prospect for this inbetween chaos period? Many users are bringing up how much fun a previous chaos rev was because of the kits provided... Chests are becoming harder and harder to find and potions will be nonexistant soon enough. Consider it, at least. Thank you and have a nice day.

Thanks for the replies! Now I need to hide everything, even though I guess it doesn't matter in the long run, but I've had a few people already state that they'll target my builds specifically. edit: also, what's to stop users from x-raying my newly hidden chests? Again, I assume we'll get a blank chaos map after this weekend so it ultimately doesn't matter, but I'd still like to preserve some items to survive the impending doom.

Will buckets be active?

So, are chest, heads, and furnaces going to be unlocked? Do I need to stash away a hidden cache of gems and gear just in case?

There are 3 really good choices on that list, but I'm uncomfortable with these informal polls. I feel like there needs to be some kind of sign up option for users and then a week later hosting the poll otherwise it's biasedly chosen by 1 individual.

Well then you're speaking for yourself. It's always good to have a general idea of when the revision may end. At this point I'm reluctant to build anymore on S because of the uncertainty of how much longer it's going to be online.

Very curious about the future of S and hope to hear something soon about the next revision. Many players have speculated on rumors about what they've heard the next rev may entail and many old players are returning only to ask when the next rev is gonna start. It'd be nice to hear something concrete from the camel's mouth. ATM this rev is stagnant. There has been some revitalization with Avada's player run arenas but even those are dying out in popularity and even still, that's just once a week. It still would be really nice to hear something, if only an estimation of when we may see a new revision.

I would like to see a bow oriented arena, where the players are on a 2X2 platform, where the goal is to shoot other players off into an abyss. Platforms are located on many different levels so players still have a chance to fall off of a higher platform and onto one fo the lower ones. Ender Pearling is enabled, because of the risk involved.

I take it that it's too late to enter "iamdarb's Arrows, Bows & Bones" into this conest? We also have a public mooshroom breeding ground locatated directly behind the bow shop. We currently sposor Avada's player run arena with bows and arrows. All of this is located off Gold Road, after the first portal on your left side. It's the building with the mushrooms and jungles trees on top!

I play a lot, but don't pvp that much(working on changing that) but I'm currently 6 in time played. I feel like the current "core" pvpers are too immature to be leaders of the community. Until they "grow up" I don't feel any of them are ready for that kind of responsibility. So in theory it should be someone who plays often, but in practice it would probably turn out pretty badly.

Thanks for the reply!

I tried asking on the other servers, but no response from anyone. I tried changing the game from 1.8.1, down to 1.7.2 and all inbetween to no avail.

I can log into every server except survival. I am getting connecting:readtimeoutexception:null. On the log in screen it's showing my roommate and me still logged in.

People do that anyway, without invisibility. Very imbalanced even without potions. You're planting, and a good sneaker comes up behind you and you're not really gonna be able to attack back... Invisible spiders don't become visible when they are struck and neither do they become visible when they strike. There are ways to check for invisibilty, you just need to be more astute.

Honestly, the "entities" vs "blocks" argument sounds pretty weak. Going by your reasoning to keep it the way it is we should also be able to loot someone's garden and not replant. Food is food and as you said "S is supposed to be about fighting for what you want, not having it protected by the rules". Personally, I think you should leave 2, not because of a rule, but because you want people to accel at the game so you have more people to PVP with.

Honestly, you just have to be careful and look carefully for places to build on amplified. I think that the amplified terrain adds some real flavor to pvp and coerces you into making difficult decisions. If we have a map that mixes the two that's perfect and you'll be able to find me in the amplified mesa.