[Mutiplay] XMAS Online Competitions

VibroAxe

VibroAxe

Junior Administrator
So!

I've mentioned this to at least some before but it has finally been announced. Multiplay are running two minecraft tourneys over the xmas season. A speed build and a month long creative build. Details

The speed build runs from Friday 16th - Monday 19th. Unfortunately both myself and bacon are travelling to Switzerland on this weekend so will be unable to compete. If someone else wants to run a THN team in this competition then give me a shout...

The creative build is a month long challenge which runs from Monday 12th December - Sunday January 8th. Despite being over Christmas (and my skiing holiday) I reckon we have enough time to make a pretty decent crack on this. I have no idea who we could be up against being an online tourney but I reckon it would be a good laugh to have a crack at!

So....

The prize fund for the creative build is no small fish. The 1st place prize is $1000 and 2nd $500 going down to still achieving $50 in 6th. There are also promises of additional prizes from other sponsors still to come!

Ideally I'd like the i-series core build team of
  • VibroAxe
  • Bacon
  • Pingue
  • Edge

with another two from
  • Capella Black
  • Iron Fist
  • Waterproofbob
  • Wol

However this depends on who feels they can make it. I'm not expecting full 100% commitment timewise, this isn't an iseries speed build and it is Christmas. Having said that I reckon we can make an awesome attempt at something great.

The other difference of note will probably be lack of Comms within the team. We're clearly going to have very different build schedules to our normal I-Series tasks and to each other. This isn't insurmountable but does mean we need additional signing, explanation and discussion within the usergroup as to what we are doing, working on, and help needed!

So... What do people think, can Minecraft Clan THN reign supreme? We need answers pretty quick so we can get the correct people signed up on the site. We are limited to 6 unfortunately, so others who want to be involved are going to have to be relegated to observation, ideas and critique. It's a shame, but thats the way it is, and we need the most competitive team which is proven to work together.


Any serious issues with what i'm saying here feel free to PM me to discuss
 
waterproofbob

waterproofbob

Junior Administrator
I'm playing eve more, BF3 a lot and also plan on playing TOR around this time as well. That with work makes it massively unlikely that I'll minecraft. If really needed I'll log in when I can to place blocks but otherwise I'm out.
 
Iron_fist

Iron_fist

Super Moderator
Staff member
i should be about, plus i'll only have the mac for the week or so i'm home over Christmas so that means i'm more likely to Minecraft more.
basically if you want me i'm game :)
 
VibroAxe

VibroAxe

Junior Administrator
Having heard from wol on IRC that makes the team currently
  • VibroAxe
  • Bacon
  • Pingue
  • Edge
  • Capella Black
  • Iron Fist

Although I need to track down an Edge and a Pingue..

Please sign yourselves up on Multiplay by joining the THN team and check your player name here!

What we now need is a truly fucking bitching idea....

There's 122 teams already signed up... In theory we have the edge as we know what theyre looking for... On the other hand, they have a month....

Capellas suggesting hogwarts + goblet of fire. I like this as an idea, and could make good use of the 100x100 space (assuming standard ISeries competition rules) (possibly even overfill it so we might need to be a bit creative with levels and shit as per mario)

Capella: Can you vaugely storyboard your ideas (or even text type your ideas) so we can start discussing!
 
Pingue

Pingue

Member
VibroAxe said:
What we now need is a truly fucking bitching idea....
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......Bob? :P

I'm in (Yes, Vibs / Wol, I've now checked the thread :P). Hopefully I'll have plenty of time to commit over xmas, but I may not be able to dedicate much time on the last few days of the comp (gonna be a busy week at work!)

:D
 
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Capella Black

In Cryo Sleep
Wow, ok. Was just something I was playing with...

The idea was a large hogwarts castle - approx 50X98 - at the front, and then grounds behind containing a dragon lair (task 1), a lake (task 2, possibly underwater?) and a maze. The 'quest' would be to explore the castle in order to collect potion supplies from the gryffindor dorms, then go to the potions dungeon to make the needed potions for the tasks. Moving staircases etc would be the interactive/clever redstony bit here. Then outside the dragon could have pressure pads you have to hit to defeat, with its final defeat letting you past to enter the lake/explain the requirements. Then the maze could also have changing pathways with pistons and all.

Theme tune obviously essential, and moderately large amounts of redstoning, but with enough stationary castle building for me to have a job!
 
waterproofbob

waterproofbob

Junior Administrator
My only concern with Hogwarts as an idea is the lack of consistency in the films from the books as to what the castle actually looks like. Also could we make it fit? I do love the HP idea.

If the entire grounds et al didn't fit in that size plot, doing one of the less epic (in size taken up) end fights from HP books. The end section of philosophers stone instantly springs to mind as something that could be super interactive and made to be pretty if needed.

LOVE the HP idea and if we can get everything needed for goblets it'd be amazing. Would be cool if you could fit in the beauxbatons carriage and the Durmstrang boat as well, although that is defo pushing it spacewise.
 
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Capella Black

In Cryo Sleep
Played with the different end scenes, but can't see how you'd do half the scene from PS - chess set and mirror of seized both have no real minecraft equivalent.

The size is definitely an issue, but I think you could fit enough of the key features to make it recognisable. It has the height aspect that helps.
 
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Capella Black

In Cryo Sleep
Alternate idea - this is a Xmas build competition - do we want to do something like santas workshop? Just another random idea...
 
Silk

Silk

Well-Known Member
re: Chess, black/white blocks are easy right? As for the pieces, are NPC's in the game yet? Can they be programmed/skinned?
 
VibroAxe

VibroAxe

Junior Administrator
silkth said:
re: Chess, black/white blocks are easy right? As for the pieces, are NPC's in the game yet? Can they be programmed/skinned?
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Yeah, NPC's are in 1.0 (not being used). We arn't allowed to do any programming or custom skin packs as far as I'm aware... Everything has to work in the default minecraft install

Capella Black said:
Alternate idea - this is a Xmas build competition - do we want to do something like santas workshop? Just another random idea...
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THIS, If we could come up with enough stuff, this could be utterly epic...
Does santa live in a castle?
 
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Capella Black

In Cryo Sleep
Ok, the very idea of having enough of Christmas makes me sad - there can never be enough!

Alice in wonderland sounds intriguing, though again it seems quite person-centric...
 
Silk

Silk

Well-Known Member
Capella Black said:
Ok, the very idea of having enough of Christmas makes me sad - there can never be enough!

Alice in wonderland sounds intriguing, though again it seems quite person-centric...
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The player would be "Alice".

I think it'd be a lot of fun to do gigantic/miniature scenery (for when you drink or eat!)..

Through the rabbit hole could be a rollercoaster.

There'd have to be a tea party too! And you mustn't be late ;)

Finale is queen of hearts, some interactive hedge maze.

I also like the American Mcgee "dark" version but it isn't really suited for Minecraft cuteness.
 
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Capella Black

In Cryo Sleep
So, what's the plan? Do we need to team speak this? Been playing more with the Santa/ice castle thing, but we need to pick something soon, really.
 
Pingue

Pingue

Member
Sad Face :(
I'll have a brainstorming session this evening and see if anything good comes out of it :P
 
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