[b]Foreword[/b]: I do not own this server or claim to own this server. It's current owner Drakortha has given me permission to make a post here.
Minecraft 1.6.4 is the current version the server is using.
[u][b]Server IP: 198.144.181.211:25570[/b][/u]
The Ancient World is an old server created by it's inhabitants. Starting off as a single player map and advancing into a MP server, it has progressed through the years and is now a great open world in which you can find history in the farthest corners.
[b][u]The Ages[/u][/b]
The Ancient World is fairly unique in that it goes through different ages. Each age introduces an exciting new mixture of game-changing plugins. For example, the Age of Undead was focused around Mob Apocalypse. The world was covered in zombies and traversing the land was difficult. The Age of Darkness saw the world plunged into an eternal night, where players took damage in the cold without wearing appropriate gear. Here are the ages we have gone through thus far;
[b]Age of Ancients[/b] - Prior to the world being open to all. Simple times.
[b]Age of Gods[/b] - Early after the world had opened, new settlers. God worship was prominent.
[b]Age of Rifts[/b] - Terth's first attacks against the people. Rifts emerged across the world.
[b]Age of Undead[/b] -The leftover hordes from Terth's rifts plagued the lands.
[b]Age of Gods II[/b] - After the lands were cleansed by the Gods, the people returned to worship.
[b]Age of Darkness[/b] - Abandoned by the Gods, the land fell into an eternal night. Life on the server as we knew it ended..
[b]Age of Continents[/b] - 400 years later, descendants of survivors started a new life on these continents. After much turmoil, the great volcano of Dagon Fel erupted covering the lands with deadly ash.
[b]Age of Orrostar[/b] - When weather became harsh on the continents the people fled to the newly discovered continent of Orrostar. Over time its new denizens built up many towns and for a while lived in peace. Towards the end tensions began to rear and Terth made his debut on the land of Orrostar. The people of Orrostar however stood up and met Terth with a fierce resistance, it seemed that he was defeated...
[b]The Darkness[/b] - A short age that saw us fight Terth off from the mainland and free the ancients from his grasp.
[b]*New Age!* ???[/b] - This age sees an eternal daytime with towns starting to spring up and new alliances forming all around. Terth has been pushed from the mainland, player choice is now more prevalent then ever. Mobs have returned underground where they hide, these mobs are VERY powerful and usually come with high numbers. Exploration, Roleplay, PVP, PVE, and building, the choice is yours this age.
[b]Plugins:[/b]
-Brewery ([url]http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/brewery/[/url])
-Precious Stones (Placing a diamond block will protect 6 blocks in every direction around it. 4 up and down including the level of the diamond block.)
-Towny (Right now towns will be given to those who work together and at least show some promise. Drakortha doesn't want people having towns who just fizzle out after two days)
[b]Spawning (Conquest is the texture pack used in these screen shots and is the one recommended)[/b]
Upon stepping into the current age of TAW you may find yourself right here;
[thumb]http://i.imgur.com/y9gii27.png[/thumb]
This is the servers current spawn area, here you will find a news board and the server guide.
[thumb]http://i.imgur.com/kfUAWFd.png[/thumb]
Going straight out from the gazebo will take you onto a road, these signs will guide you to various places including the old ruin of Iron Hammer and the towns of Torchlight and Aduro.
[b]Rules[/b]
-No 1x1 towers
-Don't make the map ugly intentionally.
-Don't use X-ray or a hacked client, minimaps are fine though
-Don't completely level bases, but whats unclaimed is fair game for the most part.
-Don't use TNT cannons
-Don't go on random kill sprees, either declare war or back it up with RP
-Cut down trees completely
[b]Links of interest:[/b]
[url]http://www.drakortha.info/[/url] - This will take you to the main site of the server owner
[url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13400252/The%20Ancient%20World/index.html[/url] - The current world map render, last updated about a week ago.
[url]http://www.reddit.com/r/taw[/url] - A nice new subreddit created by player Jaybe_12.
[url]https://www.youtube.com/user/Drakortha[/url] - Sometimes Drakortha posts videos here pertaining to the server.
[url]http://mctaw.wordpress.com/[/url] - All the latest server news under one roof.
[b] *PLEASE* let me know if this OP needs something more added too it or it is missing something of importance. I will personally try to keep an eye on it make sure it is up to date with the most current information[/b]
I swear the last time the ancient world was popular Drakortha threw a hissy fit and ended up driving everyone away
also
[thumb]http://i.imgur.com/7A17dhG.png[/thumb]
what the op does need is more information about how I should behave on the server - rules and shit. What it doesn't need is bullshit about the ages - I don't really give a shit about what happened on the server before because it doesnt affect my playing in any way. It comes off as spergy and makes this server seem like an RP one when it really isnt.
[QUOTE=papaya;44453938]I swear the last time the ancient world was popular Drakortha threw a hissy fit and ended up driving everyone away
also
[thumb]http://i.imgur.com/7A17dhG.png[/thumb]
what the op does need is more information about how I should behave on the server - rules and shit. What it doesn't need is bullshit about the ages - I don't really give a shit about what happened on the server before because it doesnt affect my playing in any way. It comes off as spergy and makes this server seem like an RP one when it really isnt.[/QUOTE]
I put a basic list of rules, but I want to keep the RP stuff. Some of it is nostalgic for vets, and its interesting to new folks.
[QUOTE=papaya;44453938]
also
[thumb]http://i.imgur.com/7A17dhG.png[/thumb]
[/QUOTE]
I made that to represent the Age of Orrostar, which was shit and will always be remembered as being shit. Here's one more accurate for this age:
[thumb]http://i.imgur.com/6XPicK3.png[/thumb]
Welp, the folks of Shimmermist bagged themselves a giant.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/SrYyTxG.png[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/saUu9YT.png[/img]
We made a new friend: Bobby, the official Shimmermist mascot. Caught by Coldwave, Zach3397, MeaI, JayBe_12, Jakeman664, SpartanCThuett and Zaphilum.
Bobby <3
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/0MQKEdD.png[/IMG]
welp servers dead. RIP
I'm a little bit skeptical, last time Drak had a hissy fit or something and destroyed the whole server and then got himself banned from here. How will I know that won't happen again? I always kinda liked this server but that kinda threat looming around will make it a bit harder to enjoy it.
[QUOTE=Fhenexx;44473953]I'm a little bit skeptical, last time Drak had a hissy fit or something and destroyed the whole server and then got himself banned from here. How will I know that won't happen again? I always kinda liked this server but that kinda threat looming around will make it a bit harder to enjoy it.[/QUOTE]
Watch his YouTube videos, he went on a transcendental and spiritual journey, not even the same person anymore.
[QUOTE=Fhenexx;44473953]I'm a little bit skeptical, last time Drak had a hissy fit or something and destroyed the whole server and then got himself banned from here. How will I know that won't happen again? I always kinda liked this server but that kinda threat looming around will make it a bit harder to enjoy it.[/QUOTE]
It will happen again, it's a cycle, just keep that in mind while taking into account how much time you're willing to dedicate to projects there.
New/Old World> Explore > Build > Fight > Rifts/events/deaths/mass bans > Server goes down for some undefined amount of time.
rinse and repeat every 6 months.
[QUOTE=Fhenexx;44473953]I'm a little bit skeptical, last time Drak had a hissy fit or something and destroyed the whole server and then got himself banned from here. How will I know that won't happen again? I always kinda liked this server but that kinda threat looming around will make it a bit harder to enjoy it.[/QUOTE]
In all forms of brutal honesty, I can say that I expect something to happen but just like last age I will play through it. So far this age is okay, the server is a bit messed up right now but whatever. I've played anarchy servers to the point where that losing a base isn't bad at all. It's almost refreshing to have to start over when things begin to stagnate.
you guys should add in sethblings BlingCombat [url]http://sethbling.com/BlingCombat[/url]
if there's gonna be pvp
Soon the server will be up on 1.7. A lot has changed and the OP has been updated to fit the changes.
Waiting for 1.8 to update, things are a bit rough on 1.7.
[QUOTE=ColdWave;44453420]Exploration, Roleplay, PVP, PVE, and building, the choice is yours this age. [/QUOTE]
[B]the choice is yours this age[/B]
ehehehehhehe good joke
[QUOTE=Darkyle;44612257][B]the choice is yours this age[/B]
ehehehehhehe good joke[/QUOTE]
You can do every one of those things, freely..
[editline]22nd April 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=ColdWave;44611377]Server is up on 1.7.2[/QUOTE]
Going to wait for 1.8 instead.
[QUOTE=James Samiam;44612866]You can do every one of those things, freely..[/QUOTE]
[B]Exploration:[/B]I'll give you this one, the map is ancient (has alpha trees in some areas) and there are lots of ruins to find.
[B]Roleplay:[/B]I'm not a big RPer but I've played on the server since 2010 and I can tell you that the server's current "RP" is so forced and incoherent you can't help but actually feel retarded when trying to RP now. As far as I've seen the RP has been watered down to sitting in taverns and talking about the awesomeness of Rifts even though they are pretty much a bi-weekly event at this point and have lost all of their "magic." Spoiler: Drak is Terth.
[B]PvP:[/B]Because there is no stream of new players like past ages, virtually every player you will come across is decked out in Protection IV diamond armor. Also, most people have infinite resources since this is the Age of Meta and the mainland was opened again which allowed players to freely loot bases which were treasure troves of diamond blocks, potions, diamond armor, etc.
[B]PvE:[/B]Zombies that seem to multiply indefinitely as you hit/kill them and skeletons that shoot homing arrows out of automatic assault bows. Some server events are fun, though.
[QUOTE=Meal;44617805][B]Exploration:[/B]I'll give you this one, the map is ancient (has alpha trees in some areas) and there are lots of ruins to find.
[B]Roleplay:[/B]I'm not a big RPer but I've played on the server since 2010 and I can tell you that the server's current "RP" is so forced and incoherent you can't help but actually feel retarded when trying to RP now. As far as I've seen the RP has been watered down to sitting in taverns and talking about the awesomeness of Rifts even though they are pretty much a bi-weekly event at this point and have lost all of their "magic." Spoiler: Drak is Terth.
[B]PvP:[/B]Because there is no stream of new players like past ages, virtually every player you will come across is decked out in Protection IV diamond armor. Also, most people have infinite resources since this is the Age of Meta and the mainland was opened again which allowed players to freely loot bases which were treasure troves of diamond blocks, potions, diamond armor, etc.
[B]PvE:[/B]Zombies that seem to multiply indefinitely as you hit/kill them and skeletons that shoot homing arrows out of automatic assault bows. Some server events are fun, though.[/QUOTE]
just don't play man. ffs. I don't even know how to respond to these complaints anymore, they don't make any sense.
What RP is "forced"? There are some players that decided to build a shrine to old gods and I responded... thats. it. Just because someone else is doing their own thing you feel like you are being forced to as well? You can freely start a colony on an island somewhere and make up your own story and everything, and it would be valid. That's just one idea.. Do you not know how to do your own thing? You realize this is a sandbox game right?
Then I gave an official town to a group of players who were actually trying to make a town for weeks, and then all the cave dwellers and PVP mongerers complained they don't get a town too (looking at you kyle), like it's some kind of competition. No, you don't just get a town because someone else got one. Do your own goddamn thing, stop looking at what everyone else is doing and quit putting me in the spotlight. Sick and tired of reading complaint after complaint after every little thing I do. I made a fucking road and people complained "AWWWW IT'S TOO CLOSE TO THAT GUYS BASE, YOU'RE PLAYING FAVORITES DRAK!" Grow up! Oh, but if I decide to give up and not do anything for a week, you complain about that also. Just face it, you'll never be satisfied because you don't want to be.
Also your zombie thing is a minecraft update, got nothing to do with TAW. But you're just trying to find excuses, I get it. Nice complaint about the ProtIV armor too. I remember last age I banned all that high end gear and there was a huge wave of complaints about that, including from you. You guys are just persistently complaining no matter what. I'm absolutely convinced you'll never be satisfied, so why do you keep coming back? Play Wurm or find another server or something, because you will obviously never be happy here. It's impossible. Also this thread should be renamed to "TAW Complaint Thread" because that's all it amounts too. And it's full of people who no longer/don't play. What a joke. It's a game server I'm trying to make fun for people, I take time out of my days to do it even though it stresses me out half the time. (sorry, but it's the truth). Thank you for your contribution.
[editline]23rd April 2014[/editline]
And just going back to the town thing..
These guys got a town, because they collaborated from the very start of the age (a few weeks) to make this underground city work with just precious stones. I thought it would be fair to give them a town because it would help them a great deal from all of the PVPers and griefers who kept attacking their vulnerabilities:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/PmzZwmI.png[/IMG]
And here's a build from the guys complaining they didn't get a town/that the road is where it is, etc etc (some players in this thread and beyond). This is what they were doing:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/CqVjWac.png[/IMG]
Fair play guys. But I've put my hands up already about these complaints. I feel it's just a lost cause, especially when your boredom is of Minecraft in general. The game is getting old, accept it. What else is there to say about this? I think I've said enough. It's frustrating to say the least to have to explain myself over these such things. If you were doing the right things on the server in the first place maybe you would be having fun by now or something, I don't know. But you're too fixated on what I'm doing/what others are doing that you never actually develop anything yourselves. You need someone to hold your hand, spoon feed you tools and features. What ever happened to just simply surviving, building a settlement among others and exploring? But you are just bored of that, yes? The world is provided for you.. (oops, complaints about the map too) we have some fun little plugins and we've been doing some small events, many are optional and you don't need to participate in. We at least have a lot more to do than a vanilla server, What more do you want? Maybe try one of those big minecon servers where they host mini-games and the sort, I don't know.. fuck.
The way I see it is like a chicken farm with 2 farmers. One farmer goes in to collect eggs, but comes out with a basket of chicken shit. The other farmer goes in but comes out with a basket of eggs.. my point being there will always be shit and eggs, but try not to be such a shit collector that you overlook all the eggs. Something like that. There's lots of good things on the server but many of you are ignoring them and just focusing on the bad. I agree there are problems but I don't think they overshadow the good like you make it out to. Come on, just try to have fun with what we got.
[QUOTE=James Samiam;44619430]Then I gave an official town to a group of players who were actually trying to make a town for weeks, and then all the cave dwellers and PVP mongerers complained they don't get a town too (looking at you kyle), like it's some kind of competition. No, you don't just get a town because someone else got one. Do your own goddamn thing, stop looking at what everyone else is doing and quit putting me in the spotlight. Sick and tired of reading complaint after complaint after every little thing I do. I made a fucking road and people complained "AWWWW IT'S TOO CLOSE TO THAT GUYS BASE, YOU'RE PLAYING FAVORITES DRAK!" Grow up! Oh, but if I decide to give up and not do anything for a week, you complain about that also. Just face it, you'll never be satisfied because you don't want to be.[/QUOTE]
You did Rift my town last Age. Y'know, the greatest town the Ancient World has ever seen? I had chests full of building gear at where I was going to build my town in this current age. I had my idea for my town at the same time as Shimmermist, but I didn't have a whole group of people, so I suppose that's a thing.
Oh, and [QUOTE=James Samiam;44619430]There are some players that decided to build a shrine to old gods and I responded... thats. it[/QUOTE]. They told me that you told them they had to build a shrine as the first thing in their town. Sure, they RP'd it, but they said you made them. Oh well.
[QUOTE=Darkyle;44619983]
Oh, and . They told me that you told them they had to build a shrine as the first thing in their town. Sure, they RP'd it, but they said you made them. Oh well.[/QUOTE]
maybe that's how it looked, I don't know. It just seems no matter what age we have someone is building a shrine and leaving offerings, and I don't think it's fair that I ignore them all the time.
But really the only reason I gave them a town was because they were already one.. giving them towny was just making it official. It didn't make much sense to give towny to the whole server, I kinda like how PS is working at the moment.
Wait there's actually base protection now? ... Can I come back and build without the TR guys trying to kill me non-stop?
[QUOTE=Ulriik;44625908]Wait there's actually base protection now? ... Can I come back and build without the TR guys trying to kill me non-stop?[/QUOTE]
maybe if you stop cheating.
[QUOTE=Ulriik;44625908]Wait there's actually base protection now? ... Can I come back and build without the TR guys trying to kill me non-stop?[/QUOTE]
Yeah the town of Aduro is the one you can join right now, other towns are currently trying to spring up.
[QUOTE=James Samiam;44619430]just don't play man. ffs. I don't even know how to respond to these complaints anymore, they don't make any sense.
What RP is "forced"? There are some players that decided to build a shrine to old gods and I responded... thats. it. Just because someone else is doing their own thing you feel like you are being forced to as well? You can freely start a colony on an island somewhere and make up your own story and everything, and it would be valid. That's just one idea.. Do you not know how to do your own thing? You realize this is a sandbox game right?
Then I gave an official town to a group of players who were actually trying to make a town for weeks, and then all the cave dwellers and PVP mongerers complained they don't get a town too (looking at you kyle), like it's some kind of competition. No, you don't just get a town because someone else got one. Do your own goddamn thing, stop looking at what everyone else is doing and quit putting me in the spotlight. Sick and tired of reading complaint after complaint after every little thing I do. I made a fucking road and people complained "AWWWW IT'S TOO CLOSE TO THAT GUYS BASE, YOU'RE PLAYING FAVORITES DRAK!" Grow up! Oh, but if I decide to give up and not do anything for a week, you complain about that also. Just face it, you'll never be satisfied because you don't want to be.
Also your zombie thing is a minecraft update, got nothing to do with TAW. But you're just trying to find excuses, I get it. Nice complaint about the ProtIV armor too. I remember last age I banned all that high end gear and there was a huge wave of complaints about that, including from you. You guys are just persistently complaining no matter what. I'm absolutely convinced you'll never be satisfied, so why do you keep coming back? Play Wurm or find another server or something, because you will obviously never be happy here. It's impossible. Also this thread should be renamed to "TAW Complaint Thread" because that's all it amounts too. And it's full of people who no longer/don't play. What a joke. It's a game server I'm trying to make fun for people, I take time out of my days to do it even though it stresses me out half the time. (sorry, but it's the truth). Thank you for your contribution.
[editline]23rd April 2014[/editline]
And just going back to the town thing..
These guys got a town, because they collaborated from the very start of the age (a few weeks) to make this underground city work with just precious stones. I thought it would be fair to give them a town because it would help them a great deal from all of the PVPers and griefers who kept attacking their vulnerabilities:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/PmzZwmI.png[/IMG]
And here's a build from the guys complaining they didn't get a town/that the road is where it is, etc etc (some players in this thread and beyond). This is what they were doing:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/CqVjWac.png[/IMG]
Fair play guys. But I've put my hands up already about these complaints. I feel it's just a lost cause, especially when your boredom is of Minecraft in general. The game is getting old, accept it. What else is there to say about this? I think I've said enough. It's frustrating to say the least to have to explain myself over these such things. If you were doing the right things on the server in the first place maybe you would be having fun by now or something, I don't know. But you're too fixated on what I'm doing/what others are doing that you never actually develop anything yourselves. You need someone to hold your hand, spoon feed you tools and features. What ever happened to just simply surviving, building a settlement among others and exploring? But you are just bored of that, yes? The world is provided for you.. (oops, complaints about the map too) we have some fun little plugins and we've been doing some small events, many are optional and you don't need to participate in. We at least have a lot more to do than a vanilla server, What more do you want? Maybe try one of those big minecon servers where they host mini-games and the sort, I don't know.. fuck.
The way I see it is like a chicken farm with 2 farmers. One farmer goes in to collect eggs, but comes out with a basket of chicken shit. The other farmer goes in but comes out with a basket of eggs.. my point being there will always be shit and eggs, but try not to be such a shit collector that you overlook all the eggs. Something like that. There's lots of good things on the server but many of you are ignoring them and just focusing on the bad. I agree there are problems but I don't think they overshadow the good like you make it out to. Come on, just try to have fun with what we got.[/QUOTE]
#AssFeelInbound
[QUOTE=Darkyle;44619983]You did Rift my town last Age. Y'know, the greatest town the Ancient World has ever seen?[/QUOTE]
Full of yourself much kyle?
[QUOTE=soulharvester;44626686]stop cheating.[/QUOTE]
You got your jimmies tickled, didn't ya.
[QUOTE=James Samiam;44619430][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/CqVjWac.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Isn't this your fault, for forcing everyone to use the bullshit that is precious stones? Triple-thick walls with like 5 doors is in a box configuration is the only method to have space and protected chests because it covers a small area, and chests are unprotected by it. Which once again, encourages/rewards cheaters who can bypass that anyways.
You do this kind of thing all the time, you like to restrict base protections to a bare minimum that requires small minimalist bases, and then complain when anyone has small minimalist bases.
[QUOTE=Fribbler;44632944]Full of yourself much kyle?[/QUOTE]
Aduro shill pls go
[QUOTE=soulharvester;44635952]Isn't this your fault, for forcing everyone to use the bullshit that is precious stones?[/QUOTE]
Those others guys built that city with the exact same precious stones and had success with it.
[editline]25th April 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=Vodkavia;44636343]Did you guys change the version to 1.7 again? I can't connect.[/QUOTE]
We are still on 1.6.4.
[QUOTE=James Samiam;44637938]Those others guys built that city with the exact same precious stones and had success with it.[/QUOTE]
I thought Dimartino stole a ton of their stuff? because being put in a war state lets people bypass precious stones, and killing someone enough times automatically declares war on them.
Or at least that's how it worked when you had simple clans installed.
And then you banned him because you didn't know how it worked and you weren't expecting him to be able to get at their stuff.
edit: Just let people make/manage their own towns. I'm not saying it has to be easy, and it shouldn't be free, the kill zombies for souls thing worked well enough, make the new town cost really high if you want to prevent people from just making a ton of towns, but making it so that only you can give people access to towny, and everyone else has to use a sub-par protection plugin is simply dumb.
