Redstone:
32 Redstone
8 RS-torches
4 RS-repeaters
1 Lever
4 buttons (stone)
1 Door (wooden)
1 Dispenser
1 Piston

Playing Minecraft, playing Harvest Moon, talking to Twist, attempting not to explode while waiting for the release.

Uhoh, Tidal exploding because of the anticipation? DO NOT feed Tidal chocolate in this stage, it will only increase the energyoutput of the potenial Tidalsplosion - no need to take the other solarsystems with us if she goes boom.

Hm, 36 hours to go. Might just be enough time to finish this EU4 playthrough and take a quick look at the new GW2 content.

And of course it would violate Golemrights! _{Wait, this is not Guildwars and I'm not an Asura - here.}

Second part, it will take longer to buy stuff with an online auction system and, with the fluctuating prices that come with an auction system, also more expensive for people if they buy stuff in bulk, which as a result leads to fewer people starting big projects because they will be more expensive, and discourage a lot of people.

Hm, I don't really see big projects at risk. We had people in V5 that specialised in dealing with such bulkorders (without chestshops, some even had huge stockpiles of the most wanted blocks to fullfill orders faster). You told them how much you needed of a certain block and they told you the time they would need to get it. The prices were always quite reasonable and chestshops in V5 had the tendency to be empty when you needed huge amounts of blocks (i.e. 500 red & 250 white wool blocks or 500 stacks of sandstone).
My guess is that V6 will also have bulk-gatherers like these that are very willing to turn quite a profit on bigger orders, so the auctionsystem will not be the only way to do business. Especially in the period of time when all the new V6towns are being made (townprojects, streets, etc.) there could be quite a demand and therefore the chance for noob$ (and earning the reputation of being a reliable bulk-supplier).

Ok, let's try to calm down everyone and be polite.

Careful Maxl, if you say you speak for all dedicated players, it would seem to mean that in your opinion Esp and me (and other people who you are not speaking for) are no dedicated players. Of course you could actually think that because we have not placed in some toplist of "time spent playing", in that case please be reminded that things like families or work can really be timekillers and the time online in a game doesn't necessarily reflect on the dedication to the project itself. But I'll just assume that this would actually be just a misinterpretation of your words and that you did not mean to imply such things.
However to avoid such missunderstandings please don't claim to speak for others unless they actually told you to do so and you really know their opinions, people might take offense in that and it might just lead to said misunderstandings and wrong impressions that I believe we all would rather avoid.
The same goes for the statement in the way of "I should have asked me because I'm Nr 10/5 in toplist XYZ", that statement might lead to the wrong impression that you put yourself and your opinions and ideas for the server above others who are not on that toplist. Let's just try to avoid such misunderstandings in the future.

Now don't get me wrong, you have of course the right to be annoyed, but Fatnoob has the same right, especially since he is the one who is putting a lot in this project - especially if people criticize things without even having seen them yet like real map ingame. Just wait untill you see the real map so you can be sure that your assumptions are not just based on a misleading map-perspective. So maybe it's time to ask yourself if what you have seen on Noobstown the last 3 years is good enough that you can actually give the serverteam the benefit of the doubt and trust that they will use their experience to make the choices that will be right for the majority of players.

What I honestly really fail to see (probably my mistake) is the big deal about what people here "have gone through" and what there is to be annoyed about that in the first place. The server wasn't availabe for a few months, we lost some virtual goods (that do not have any value in the real world).
That's really a small price for
1. getting a new server with new opportunities to play on
2. having a good live where this is actually something to "have gone through" compared to lives of people who have gone through real losses or real conflicts. Believe me, once you've seen people dying in your hands working in a hospital or saw what people are capable of doing in realworld wars words like "have gone through something" means a lot more than just a little serverdowntime and some blocks being lost due to a server upgrade.
Think about what you have really lost, realize that it was just a few pixels and bytes. Remeber the times you invested to get them and realize that you now have the chance to have that same fun and challenge again - Isn't virtual survival more fun if you start new than just sitting on a bunch of chests full of everything and being bored by the lack of challenge? .
Think about those ideas of yours that have not been implemented and realize that not everyone would have enjoyed those ideas and that the serverteam tries to reach a consensus that benefits all players alike.
Think about the time you couldn't play due to the upgrade and the rather unfortunate delay. And then remember how much fun it will be to see all those people again who have left the server bored of the old V5-stuff, returning to see the new V6-stuff.
Think about Fatnoob reacting a little annoyed in reaction to your annoyance, and realize that despite him being the one and only godly overlord of noobstown *praise be to his name* he too is actually just some dude working his butt off on this server and having feelings (and a justified pride in his work) and nerves (worn thin enough already by all the technical challenges). So cut this poor chap some slack and try to say something nice about the things you like about the V6 instead.

Maybe it will help you see that actually everything could work out just fine with V6.

Now all these changes, excitement for some/apparent disappointment for others, and of course the long wait (due to the unfortunate and long delay) are taking a toll on everyones nerves (including Fatnoob, Eps, me, herobrine). So maybe it is time to take a deep breath, look at the countdownclock and try to find inner peace, smile and repeating the mantra "All will be fine. All will be fine. All will be fine."

"All will be fine. All will be fine. All will be fine. All will be fine. Oh come on you darn thing start counting down!"

I think there are tons of opportunities to create more than a "featureless place with houses".
Of course it depends on the creativity of the townmakers. It will end up rather featureless (in regard of the terrain, not the architecture and such) if the town is created at the drawingboard with symetrical roads cutting everything in squares (like many new american cities). But if the features of the terrain are kept alive in a town by fitting it into the landscape (allowing for free natural space between plots or plots and riversides/waterfronts/hillsides) than it will be a much nicer visual experience.
And the map seems to offer both. There are big flat plains for more towns that prefer a more modern aproach of symetrical roads/plots (where the land is flattened to create an efficint use of space). But there are also lots of opportunities to let the features shape the town (see attachment for just a few examples).

It's like the lakes and boats in an amusement park.

Quote from: nebih on 16 Jan 2014, 03:46:43

Hey Joe, could you show me a few screenshots of this area? Just so me and Esp can confirm we want this volcano? ;)Small Volcano but an island of desolation, gravel and dead trees etc.

ooh thanks I think that might work.. Esp?? Thoughts?

Esp already told you his thoughts a few posts earlier, why does he answer your question before you asked it? Have you guys messed with a timeexperiment again? You always mess up both of your timelines with that!
No more timeexperiments for you, try something usefull for a change. Like geothermic magma-energycores or some highly flammable and combustible plasmathingies - just don't TRY TO MIX BOTH.

I wonder how much they listened this time.

At which coordinates will we spawn in the wilderness? 0,65,0?

Well, it would make sense when the upload of the maps on the site (and probably the upload on the server as well) are part of the last tests and preparations that will determine if and how much there still needs to be done (bugfixing etc.). These might be the final preparations and if they are successfull we might get a rather short countdown. And a shorter but safer countdown would probably be a wiser move than a longer but not that certain countdown (that could pe stopped/postponed by suddenly occuring bugs in the final preparations).

In short, they might just want to be on the safe side this time and rather make sure everything runs fine instead of risking another long countdown that might get stopped by problems.

Quote from: AlbatrosV5 on 14 Jan 2014, 18:08:43

Hm, very interesting terrainfeatures. Volcanoes, glaciers, good rivernetworks, huge canyons and cliffsides and lots of nice little details.

If I was planning to build a town though (which I'm not) my favourite spot would actually be the simple (but quite big) island at -1'000,65,10'000 - reminds me of Manhattan or Paris L´Ile de la cité, Venice, Cologne.
And it has place for a great natural harbour (you could even sell townplots for shipbuilders). It would also allow for nice huge bridges once it expands to the other riversides.

That would be pretty awesome, or how about a town inspired by Venice, Italy something to think about

Hm yes the small Islands could be used for that (the big one would need a few artificial channels like real Venice). 8000,65,-5000 would also be suitable for something in the style of Venice.

But I just realized what that bay/peninsula next to the Island reminded me of (I just had to turn the map 90° to see it) see attachment

No snow over here yet, just the usual smog (around 400) which would turn any snow into a dark grey mass within an hour anyway.