Hello world!

as probably many seen in the recent weeks, there was a decline on active users on the server and we want to ask you what we can do or what are the next games you want to play with the lemmy community!

The choices are:

  1. Minecraft with a new Modpack ( please recommend us a modpack you want to play with the lemmy community )
  2. A different game?
  3. Shut it down forever?!
  4. Your idea?!

Note: If possible we will still let the current vanilla server running ( but with reduced dedicated resources).

Thanks for everyone participated in the minecraft server! We never anticipated it was so active and so enthusiastic from everyone participating!

But please take part in this Survey or we will probably have to shut the server down if no one wants or suggests anything!

Thanks!
The Lemmy world Minecraft Team!

Edit: We have chosen for 1. A new Modpack Server ( more information here: https://lemmy.world/post/11596380 ) NOTE: The Vanilla Server STAYS, so it doesnt go down.

  • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    9 months ago

    I guess I’ll go with option 4.

    I don’t know if any radical change is needed. I run a small MC server for my extended family (about 15 users on the whitelist), and I’ve noticed it goes through regular waves of dormancy where nobody will log in for a few months, followed by periods of pretty intense activity where several people will be playing about every other day.

    So I think those cycles are probably normal. And we are just in one of the quiet phases right now.

    Maybe one thing that could be done would be to find an interesting new area where the community could set up a new town or some other communal build project. Could also increase the number of res slots per player to encourage people to build and explore.

    Please don’t shut the server down forever! I’ve played on a lot of MC servers. And this is one of the best ones I’ve ever played on!

    Finally, thanks to all of the mod team and server admins for all the time and effort you put into maintaining this fantastic server!

  • bob@lemm.ee@lemm.ee
    5·
    9 months ago

    At a personal level, after a bit of a break, I feel like I have things I’d still like to finish. The emptines of the world right now does challenge the motivation though.

    I do wonder if we picked and advertised a regular time each week for folk to be around and be more social and work together. I know timezones and other commitments would be a challenge, but it’s something I’d certainly turn up for if I could.

    I’d be interested in some non-vanilla modpack, I generally prefer vanilla, but I know that modded works well for some folk.

    How about Vault Hunters? Less vanilla progression grind.

    • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      That’s a great idea about having a scheduled ‘collaboration hour’ or something.

      Or even just a time when several people are playing but doing their own thing. For that second one we could u use Discord for voice chat.

      Or we could do both. Maybe fold in some sort of trivia game or something.

    • silverbowling@lemmy.world
      3·
      9 months ago

      Strong agree on the community time thing. Over the week I’ll run into a decent number of different people, so it’s clear that there are many people checking in, just rarely at the same time.

      I’d add that having some sort of communal project to work on during that time would also be nice.

  • beno@lemmy.world
    2·
    9 months ago

    4 here, still got a few things I would like to finish building. If it is no longer possible to keep running, please let us know with some time to put up replacements ideally with the same world files. It would be a shame to lose some of the great things users have added.

  • Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world
    2·
    9 months ago

    Minecraft SteamPunk Modpack, best modpack for making cool machines. There are many items related to online play, like a charm that changes your username and a cursed looking eye charm that sees through that, or you can use exp to improve stats like getting 3 block jump height or super strong fists, and there is a PvP skill that reduces damage from other players. Getting to the end is a lot harder since you need to get 12 different unique eyes and the stronghold is SO OP with actual lore of an asteroid and scientists making a cult to worship ender dragon, many puzzles you solve through reading the lore books in the chests. There are awesome bosses in each dimension, space and rocket ships, guns and magic, and despite it all I didn’t find it super easy like ATM8 modpack.