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Rejected / Moderator Application Gogar72
« on: November 28, 2014, 02:20:36 am »
Age:15
Location:Colorado
Timezone:UTC -7 (Mountain time)
Join Date:Late April of 2013
Were you recommended by anyone?:No
Why you should become a moderator:
I never stopped looking towards opticraft. I understand I have been quite inactive and AFK from the server. I highly understand why I won't get accepted if I don't. But I am wanting to make a change in my activity. I had some curves around life these past few months (Mainly just busy), and I am ready to settle and chill with all of you guys. But I don't want to just chill, I want to help, I've gotten staff on other servers, I know how the system works. I am extremely grateful for the community that opticraft holds, and I just want to continue it. Thank you very much for reading this application even though I haven't been around.

All my SMP and Creative Buddies, I'm coming home!

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Rejected / Operator Application- Gogar
« on: September 03, 2014, 09:12:49 pm »
In-game name: Gogar72
Age: 15
Location: Colorado
Timezone: GMT -7 (Mountain Time)
Join Date: April 23, 2013
Were you recommended by any staff?:
Why you should become an Operator:
I apologize that I have been quite inactive, I have done some stuff for other servers and have done some cool stuff in life! You need me for this job, I know a lot about creative servers and am quite smart on what builds look good. As I have put an entire guide on the forums for getting better. I know I can do the job, so where do I sign? Thanks for reading my application!

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Offtopic / Steam Stuff
« on: June 18, 2014, 01:51:41 am »
Let's get some steam currency and what not
Click the link and then you will see your own link which you can post below, and let's just get a bunch of points and stuff!

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Introductions / My Introduction
« on: June 04, 2014, 04:58:50 pm »
I never really introduced myself other than when I asked for water in a helpop and said "Thanks", so I guess I will do it now. :P
I logged on in late April alongside with my brother who no longer plays. He showed me the server and to be honest, I thought that this place was going to be 'stupid' or 'waste of time'. But after I played for a good month, I realized that my chat wasn't really getting my attention because it was set on such a low setting. I brought it up and opticraft to me was a whole new universe. It was almost as if I had only been playing singleplayer until I opened chat. And you have to remember, Opticraft was my first ever server besides lame default ones I would make for friends. I eventually started talking and helped people out. Later on I was promoted to trusted and from there on out, I played to where I am now. I know this is just an introduction, but I just wanna thank you all for regretting my opinions. You guys have really changed how I acted since when I joined, and now. Thanks.

Now to the fun stuff!
I live in Colorado :P
I'm getting quite near 15
I play many instruments such as saxophone, trumpet, ukulele, guitar, and piano
I've gone to multiple honor and honor jazz bands since 7th grade! (Honor bands are basically the entire state competing to make a band of the best players.) I have gotten first and second chairs in honor bands! (Mostly first :P)
I have 2 dogs
I love to draw
I love to write poems as well :P 



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Helpful articles / =How to be a better builder in general=
« on: May 27, 2014, 02:22:42 am »
Building Guide

This is going to be a guide on improving 5 different aspects of building in minecraft.
By Gogar72

   Building in minecraft can be a challenge when you are limited on resources and are dealing with cubes. There are many many many many things you need to think about when you are building in minecraft.

1.) Details
2.) Purpose
3.) Atmosphere
4.) Style (Kinda optional)
5.) Perspective (Kinda like atmosphere)

Details

   Adding detail is extremely important when it comes to the actual building itself. This doesn't really have anything to do with the area around your interior/exteriors. When I say detail, I am referring to the thing you are making. Now detail goes with Style very well. When you pick a style, you need to find details that you can add onto that style. You should also pick blocks that go very well together. I will discuss randomization later.

Bad Example: A very nice house with emerald bricks in front. The emeralds are very in the way of the build unless if the entire other build can support it. So if your house was made of wood, it will look pretty bad.

Good Example: A castle made with randomized stone bricks with a gate and all sorts of decoration. This is really good as it gains many different blocks while at the same time, it isn't that hard.

Purpose

   Purpose is quite easy in my opinion. It is basically common sense. I will just put a bunch of examples so that way you guys can get the point.

Bad Examples:                                           Good Examples:                                                  
  A church next to a mine                              A house that supports the needs of someone living there
 A huge dock, but no storage                        A village that has the requirements for it to sustain
 A farmhouse, but 80% of it is wheat              Blacksmith stuff with a blacksmith (Duh)
 A park with a flat surface                            Windmills pointing the same way
  To many supports for a small building             A huge house with space to walk around outside
 A window that you can't get to.                   A pathway between different places

Atmosphere

   Atmosphere is really important guys. Making a really nice house is one thing. But if your feeling around it lacks, than it brings the epicness down by 50% in my opinion. And remember, Atmosphere isn't just plants or trees. Atmosphere is the feeling around your build. There are not really bad examples of this one, so I will just give out good ones. One huge tip that made me a better builder, was to stop making notch trees. They are highly un-realistic and will drop your atmospheric level by a ton. Learn how to make realistic trees, if you need help, look some designs up from other people.

Good Examples: A swamp house that is covered with greenery.
A lumbermill with cut down looking trees near it.

Style

   Your style is what makes your building unique, so don't copy others unless if it is very minor. I can't give many tips on this one as it is very tied in with detail. Choose something you wanna build, and make it super easy to tell what it is. You can do that with Purpose as well. Once again, make your style, it isn't easy and can take many many hours of practice. Always try to improve what you already have as well.

Perspective

   This one is really hard. I have many troubles with it but I will give you info on what I know. When you are building in minecraft, there are many small details or what most people like to go by 'Emphasis.' You need to make your building look 3d even if it's a wall. A really simple example is glass panes vs. glass blocks. It is so amazing on the difference between those 2 blocks that can throw a build off so easily. Glass panes give more perspective while glass blocks are flat against your build. Best way to improve on this is to get other people to look at your builds and ask them to criticize it. Even if you don't like being judged, sometimes it helps you get better at things.

Randomization

   This is good for people who are a bit more experienced but why not start early? Randomization really isn't something you can learn. You just need to feel the blocks and stop being so symmetrical/ocd.

Block Combos

   Pretty simple, block combos are just blocks that go nicely together. Of course there is a lot more when it comes to the blocks themselves. I will go over the basics, Horizontal, Vertical, Diagonal. Those 3 things need to be approached with the right blocks. It adds Perspective to your build as well. Quartz blocks is a great way of explaining it. You have pillars which are obviously used for vertical situations. The normal block which could be used for any of them or filling in spots. And the chiseled blocks are used only on unique builds. Diagonal is good when you have a solid block that doesn't emphasis anything.

Good Block Combos:
Wood, stone, cobblestone, wood planks
Quartz, stone slabs, glass panes
Netherbrick, obsidian, quartz
Etc.. Just pick something that looks nice together.

Layouts/Planning

This is optional, if you like building without any ideas in front of your face, then ignore this step. Layouts are ways of putting something in front of you that way you can build the exterior faster/better. In my city, Gorland, I use layouts for every single building.

How do I build? What is my secret?

   This one is going to be a long one but I highly suggest your read this. First of all, all of you that come to my homes and see good builds isn't because I used these tips. These tips aren't the secrets to being a god at building. They are simply just here to tell you how you can improve by these certain topics in building. I used to be one of the worst builders in minecraft since early beta.
   How did you get good at building? I practiced. It wasn't easy, it really does suck up time on your hands. You constantly need to change things in your builds and test things out to see if you like it or not. Adding 1 block to a build can change the whole way someone looks at it. But again, I simply practiced.
   So how do you build? I have started building with all of these techniques for about a month now. Since then, I have seen huge growth amount and I am pretty glad I tried that hard to get to where I am now. Overall, I have probably built for a total of 200 hours. So you will really need to find some time on your free time to practice. I build mostly medieval and a little modern. I can do everything else, it just is to much to list and some are weaker than others. I use layouts personally. I think they are the best way to start improving in my opinion.

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Bonus Tips
These are my opinions, but I think they help a lot. Post yours down as well!
-Notch trees :(
-Look up some videos on how to build faster (It really does improve your speed)
-Ask for help
-Build on many servers if you have the time
-Get involved with other people's projects as you will get ideas over time
-Watch how other people build
-Build with the land, not against it.

I wanna give some credit to Jamziboy (Go check him out) He is an outstanding builder and also did a building guide like this. Mine just gives a different perspective from a person who started out as a terrible builder to someone that actually can build now.

Again feel free to ask me any questions of the forum emails or replies. I will respond to all of them.
Check out my Gorland thread, you may get some ideas! http://www.opticraft.net/index.php/topic,19206.0.html
Look at the Accepted Project/Hall of fame Applications. They also give good inspiration.

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Offtopic / 1 year on opticraft.
« on: April 23, 2014, 10:03:07 pm »
Few hours and I will have my 1 year anniversary! I just wanna say that thank you all who decided to stick on the server while I played. You have all made my experiences amazing so far and I can't wait to see what comes next. I will be sure to return my fun experiences to the newer players so they will have the same feeling I do!

Exact timing of 1 year,   Date Registered:   April 23, 2013, 06:59:26 pm If any of you wonder, I signed up on the forums before I joined the game.

Also Dogwell has his 1 year today for the forums. :D

Thanks everyone again.

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General Discussion / You guys being able to log into mc?
« on: April 21, 2014, 12:58:17 pm »
I take it they are having status issues, but can anyone even log on to the main log in screen? Also, http://xpaw.ru/mcstatus/ says that they may be down like this till Tuesday.

(If you really want to log in)

Constantly refresh the page http://xpaw.ru/mcstatus/ and when the status is up, quickly log in and log into a server.

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Rejected / Moderator Application - Gogar72
« on: April 21, 2014, 02:48:09 am »
Age: 14
Location: Colorado, United States
Timezone: GMT-7:00 (Mountain Time)
Join Date: April 23, 2013
Were you recommended by anyone?: Zeradeth FNVcourierjon daniblue182 xNuzzy
Why you should become a moderator: Becoming a Moderator comes with a package that carries responsibility, trust, and compassion. As I play on the server, I find the need of helping the other players with anything that I can do as a trusted. With a lot of dedication that I have towards a lot of different things in life, Opticraft being one of them; I take a lot of enjoyment while being on the server and try to be loyal and sympathetic towards all players.  Filling the needs of helping others is a subject I tend to do in life (Math tutoring, Trumpet Lessons for New Players) as a daily basis and am respectful to anyone who I meet. Enforcing all of the rules is what's best for the server which I determine is one of the most vital things that a Moderator is in charge of. No matter what the result is for this application, I will pledge to make my stay and help the community through out the forums and the server. I thank all others who want to help like I do. Thank you for taking your time in considering this application.

-Gogar72

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Support / Some questions about City Protection/Hall Of Fame
« on: April 07, 2014, 10:39:26 pm »
Alright, so I have been having some questions that have been rattling in the back of my head. I will list them here. (Most of the questions will be staff questions!)
Key:
CP= City Protection
HOF= Hall Of Fame

1. Can a CP have multiple welcome messages, example: 1 Huge area split into three regions.
2. In a HOF occasion, can you have a central point with multiple warp signs? Example: (I will use my own city as an example) Let's say if I wanted to take my huge region of Gorland...Since it is split into 3 cities due to rivers/lake, Is it possible for a /warp sign to go to a central point where all 3 cities can be seen with signs that point towards there direction with /warps for each city?
3. (Kinda odd but) What is the list of flags players can ask to change?
4. For HOF (More of a suggestion) But maybe in the future, will players be able to build there own mini structure in the HOF slot? Just a neat idea since they did put all the hard work in, It would feel more rewarding.

Thanks for reading, and if you answer I will really appreciate it.
-Gogar72

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Accepted - Project/HOF Applications / Gorland Extension
« on: March 25, 2014, 01:49:33 am »
So I have built a lot more from my previous protection and am planning on getting a lot bigger in a matter of days. Here is the plans I have for Gorland, I don't know how much you will want to protect, but I can definitely guarantee you this project will be fully done. http://smp.opticraft.net/map/#/2870/64/584/-2/3/0 (Live Map)

 
I know this is a lot of space that I will be taking on the map, but it is mainly just for a fun project for me to do which is why I tended to do it near the border. The main thing I would really like on this extension is the docks area just below RagFur. Here is a link the the previous application. http://www.opticraft.net/index.php/topic,19290.0.html

Thanks.
-Gogar72

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Offtopic / Some of my art that I like doing!
« on: March 06, 2014, 01:18:05 am »
Here are some of my pictures. All together, I have kept time and I have about 49 hours of working on JUST landscaping. The lion/bottle/abstract drawings do not count in for that. If I were to guess how many total hours I have. I think it would be around 200 hours.

Anyways Here is some of the work I have done:
Very first one!
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Some that I did after that!
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Me experimenting with a new tree type. First one too! Still is my favorite lol.
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I added one of those trees :)
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When I got better at clouds, took me a long time to get these babies to pop!
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20 minute limit drawings!
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Just to see if I could shade something other than mountains...
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Some abstract...I got bored.
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Mountain experiment! I did this within the last 24 hours :P The shading is WAY different.
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And finally! This is where I am now. This was the most recent landscape drawing I did. Took me around 6 hours total...
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Comparison between beginning and now results! I am really happy with them! By the way, this is over the time of about 6 months.
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Please give me criticism or ideas for the future! Thanks for checking my art out. I have other photos that I did with waterfalls, but I gave them to people for gifts. They weren't as good in my opinion as the newest one though. (even though that is more of a stream or creek.)

Whoever can find the bird in the 'new pic' will get 1k!

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Accepted - Project/HOF Applications / [Project Application] Gorland
« on: March 03, 2014, 12:09:11 am »
Project name: Gorland

Project location (Live map link, coordinates, not biome, include world name): MemberWorld (New) http://smp.opticraft.net/map/#/2841/64/509/-2/3/0
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Contributors: Nothing_________, Daniblue182, Bill1368, Caanite, pew1998, XzTriggerHappyzX, Zeradeth_, Denisgamer11, CreepoCreeper If I forgot your name let me know.

Mayor / zone owner (Only one - this is the zone owner): Gogar72

Approximate dimensions: Large Area, 200x210
Number of active residents (if applicable): Around 15 (Still getting more people involved)

Number of completed, decorated and furnished buildings: 40

What state is the project in, and what are your plans for its future, if any: More decoration here and there. Most likely expansion towards this area: http://smp.opticraft.net/map/#/2759/64/609/-1/3/0 And here: http://smp.opticraft.net/map/#/2907/64/734/-2/3/0

Why should we grant this project protection? I believe this should get project protection because I have put so much detail into these builds. A good chunk of the community also lives in these houses and it would be very frustrating to run around and find grief in their houses. I have put many many many hours into this and would love if I could get the protection. I have been expanding very quickly so I may need to put multiple apps in for extension. If I do get accepted I will be very thankful for if I only get protection on the one city, or the part below it that I have plans for. Thank you for taking time to consider my project application.

-Gogar72-

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Projects and Creations / Gorland
« on: February 13, 2014, 12:45:36 am »
Region of Gorland
Gorland is a region made up of 3 cities, Ragfur, Theidon, and Blistwood. While the building process is quite slow, things are still getting accomplished. To view Gorland simply click this
What Can I do?
In order to help, you may donate any materials. You may ask me in-game or on the forums for certain jobs that help out the city by supplying food or building materials.
Here is a list of all the Ranks you can achieve over time. You may be in charge of 2 ranks. Some Ranks come with certain structures and may be harder to achieve. Ranks: Miner, Farmer, Guard, BlackSmith, LumberJack, Merchant. More Ranks may be added soon.
Rank Applications:
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If you want to get a certain list of materials I am in need of, take a look at this post:
Every Rank comes with a House!

Current Citizens                        Lore (Coming soon)
Caanite
Nothing________
Bill1368
Zeldalove1998x
Denisgamer11
Gubagamer
w0n3
Daniblue182
frogsrock12
Pew1998
Errolcat
Wisachampion
FIREBALL4801
FNVcourierjon
2468avc
Cattfish0612
Ninja_Jordy
xXHackXx
Creepocreeper
Phade269
Slayer340
Marynjc

Pictures! RagFur -
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Theidon - Coming soon (Need to build more on it)

Blistwood - (Haven't started there yet)





            

 

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Trade Central / Buying double chests of blocks!
« on: February 12, 2014, 04:02:19 am »
Hey Opticraft, just need to pick some items up.

        2 double chests of oak wood. Paying 10k per double chest.
        2 double chests of cobble. Paying 8k per double chest.
        2 double chests of stone brick 10k per double chest.

Message me on the forums/ingame or reply to this message if you are selling!

Thanks.

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General Discussion / I am back :)
« on: January 18, 2014, 06:06:24 pm »
Heya everyone. I am back! So while I was gone, I was able to get a good ending 1st semester for this year. Also I spent time with family and friends. I plan on coming back on opticraft for a good chunk of time. Well that is most of what I have to say! See you all on the fields of opticraft.

    -Lock Please-

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