I worked up the nerve to come back to the MRT Server. Why, after I said I’m never going to come back?
Well, I was trying to find where Space Engineers kept saved games, due to a recent update. And I stumbled over my old MRT pictures. Looked at them, and felt a sense of laughter of the old times I had, with Yoshi, and some of the others.
I pondered if it was worth visiting the server. I could also use it to pass the time for WoD. So, I eventually decided to come back. Yet I wondered; “What will they say? And will they think I’m here to stay?”
It wasn’t the only reason I decided. The second, this Thursday, I’m getting more teeth pulled out of my mouth, and thought of just staying with them to get some laughs before going through hell.
Eventually, I did. First I had to install Java again, then I had to get Minecraft set up due to reinstalling Windows because of Skyrim (that was pointless as it didn’t fix the issue). Tried to get Mumble working, yet forgot the login info. Knew I had to log into the MRT to get it. Yet I had to get the version the server is on.
Popping in, I entered a barren, humongous world. It was this “Gamma Server” I read about. No sooner than a few seconds after I entered, the “OMG IT’S BENIE!!!” responses came at me. I’ll admit, I missed them. Frumple was there too, so that was cool.
Looking at the Dynmap, the map is HUGE. There’s a shitload of lines, and even as I type this, I haven’t gone on all of them yet! Also, it has a fucking MESA BIOME!! And a huge one at that! 😀 Those damn things are RARE!
The only thing I don’t like, the map is really barren. This is because from what I’ve read, the map has been open for less than a week now.
So anyway, I got the Mumble info. Had a lot of difficulty trying to get a connection. The first few times, it was ‘connection refused’. This was due to a typo of the port. Finally figuring that out, I got wrong password issues. It seemed nomatter what I did, I couldn’t figure it out. Tried to enter the password again, and it finally kicked on. Strange.
But with a busted mic, it hasn’t been easy. Having to type what I wanted to say.
For most of the day, I spent exploring. Met Yoshi who showed me a few of the new features. One of them is this “uCars” thing, that works with this silly economy plugin. It’s silly, because it’s pointless. Plus, they have a Lottery now that seems to be rigged in the Admins’ favor. Go figure.
So, what this uCars thing is, is having Minecarts as cars. Which gives roads more of a purpose, seeing gas stations here and there. You fuel up your Minecart.
There’s also an incredibly awesome plugin, called “Chairs”. It gives you sittable chairs! FINALLY! No more having to use minecarts as seats! The possibilities are endless, and it’s definitely something to consider throwing on my server. It’ll make my stations more realistic.
Going back to the MRT as a whole, I like the new.. smaller stations. Players that own stations can customize the exterior. However, these stations aren’t without their issues. Multiple times, I had to ask for assistance to clear obstructions. But they seem easier to fix than the old ones.
Also, instead of one massive tower of Spawn City, there’s five sub-hubs. Four of each cardinal direction(Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest) and a central one. Each one holds its own lines. Really like this.
At the end of the day, we played CAH. I did a lot of difficulty due to not having a mic. Though thankfully today, I found the old mic still works! So I won’t have to buy another one.
And today, I discovered an unsettling truth. It seems road ownership has changed once again, to be not in my favor. And boy, has it. This time, you have to be Councillor to build long distance roads. My Trustee rank isn’t going to cut it anymore.
And to get the rank, you got to build a town. Seems simple, yes? Not to me. On top of this, you have to build it well… they demand high quality buildings. :/
Dunno what I’m going to do. There’s no fucking way I’m going to do that. To build a town alone, I can’t do. Demanding high quality is overkill! D:<
In ways, maybe it's best. This is a Train server, not roads. And towns come before roads. But… to force me to make a town to even ask if they want a road to their town? That's BS. But there's nothing I can do about it.
In other words, road ownership is a thing of the past now.
On top of this, there's another issue. Due to my … "absence" from the server, Tom and Music are having a war of words. Music claims Tom is "just crazy" and there is no war. Yet Tom swears up and down that there is, and even asked me to help him with it.
If there's one thing I refuse to do, is participate in politics. I just want this "war" stopped between the two.
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In closing, people ask if I plan to stay. I keep telling them I'm just visiting, and they tell me I should stay. What can I fucking do on the server? All I can do is build roads(which I cannot do thanks to the rules). Helping others, isn't what I do. I'm not a town builder. I'm going to be bored to death being on there. I can even feel it by visiting. That's not a good feeling, especially with most of them wanting me to stay.