This is the GSM I’ve been waiting for; to get back to road building. Even though I’ll be nothing but a road builder for hire, at least I would had done something road-related.
\nTo be honest, I feel I’m really not interested anymore. Will explain this later.<\/p>\n
But first, the other news of the GSM. Lots to discuss here, compared to last month. Even some news that I didn’t even know happened, as I’ve been off of the server. It seems Music3_0 hasn’t let go his grudge against Frumple with yeamanator’s banning in early January.
\nSeriously, when I saw Music on the Dynmap, I thought everything was cool with him. I never knew of him to hold a grudge. He seemed level-headed. And I thought for sure that they were going to give him another chance at being a Mod, even though Frumple himself was kind of against it.
\nI’ve questioned Music being a Mod for quite sometime, with his suggestive comments and stuff. Doesn’t really leave a good mark for the server.<\/p>\n
Frumple wrote an email to Music, as clear as possible to tell him his reasoning for the banning, and also he would possibly ban him if he continued (especially with the suggestive comments).
\nSomehow, this email got into the hands of ‘someone’ (he’s believes it was cola) and it got edited to contain a lot of explicit stuff on it, including personal information of Frumple and Chief (real names, addresses, etc). How in the hell they got this info is beyond me. I have my theory, but I refuse to make assumptions. Anyway, so 0rocketscience0 shared said email on the MRT Skype Chat, and Skele posted it on his Twitter page. What the hell were they thinking?!
\nThey (and Music) were all temp banned because of this. He also sternly warns everyone, that if he finds out that other people are doing this, he will involve Law Enforcement against them. That’s pretty serious. But only people that really, really hate the server to the point that they have nothing to lose, would do that. And of course I would never do that.<\/p>\n
He also told us that he was pretty close to permabanning Music for it. However, he claimed that Music was pretty remorseful of his actions, which is why he let him off with a temp ban, yet warned him that this was his final chance, and hopes he learns from it.
\nYet I have my doubts.<\/p>\n
In other news, there was several people that got to the Senator rank. For Governor, only two people got it: Chief and lalaboy. And also, due to a request from littlegopher, kekko got an honorary Premier rank due to his old world town of Arisa. This is a major exemption, due to how well that he took care of the town. He also gave a speech that brought tears to several people. Me? Ehh. You know my attitude.<\/p>\n
hnties, a guy who I don’t know all that well(even when I was somewhat active on the server last month), got promoted to Mod out of the blue. I was pretty sure it was going to be Cortesi.
\nApparently the Admins and Mods see hnties being trustworthy enough to have the position. *shrug* Just hope he (or she) does good for the server.<\/p>\n
Frumple also mentioned that Minecraft 1.8 is ‘coming soon’ to the MRT. They’re waiting for WorldGuard and MyWarp. He also mentioned that ‘EUID Support’ is important. I’ve never heard of this ‘EUID’ thing. Is it a new thing to Spigot? Do I need to worry about it? I should had asked, but I wasn’t really listening until now.<\/p>\n
He talks about he may get the beta server up by next week, “but don’t hold me by that.” And they should “probably get to 1.8 either by this month or next month.”
\nI’m sure exactly when the move to 1.8 happens, it’ll be on the website.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd now, “I know Benie wants this, as it’s the ‘R’ word”.
\nHe mentions of a “Guinea Pig Experimental Project”. Basically, to see how this new system will work and if it’ll be a success. Then mentions that _frozen wants someone to do an A Class Road (an InterMap) from the West side of Central City to the Whitechapel airport.
\nHe’s offering $450 ingame money, as long as it’s done in a month. The road is to be owned by the server upon completion, and it must cross the Arctic line around A8. This means perms are to be given by the Mayor of this town to pass by (named Sonicbyte).<\/p>\n
To offer to build, you got to send an email to staff+roads at minecartrapidtransit dot net. What they ask for in said email is a bit insane. They want screenshots, Dynmap pictures, and of course the usual stuff as who will build the road, when will you build, how much is your asking price, where will you build, and that’s pretty much it.
\nThe usual stuff, I can handle… but wanting screenshots and Dynmap images? We’re not robbing a high security bank in GTA V here. There’s no need for Ariel Reconnaissance. This is too much. Too much red tape for a simple road project.<\/p>\n
During the Q&A session, I had Frumple remind me again of what they’re looking for. Keks decided to answer this question and then added on about “frozen has a graphic of where he wants the road.” And I’m all “I really want to see this image.” and was told it should be in with Chief’s post tomorrow about what was discussed during the GSM.<\/p>\n
One last thing. Frumple has announced the next GSM to be on March 7th; exactly a month from now. I asked if it’ll be the same time (which is 4pm EST for me), he said that they might make it earlier for the European mods and admins. That’s good news for me.<\/p>\n
. I’m actually considering doing this. Seems more reasonable than before. Less red tape. Infact I just submitted my request. I also asked several questions on how frozen wants the road done. Stuff that was never explained during the GSM. Though I have a feeling they’re going to come back and tell me “You’re going to have to tell us<\/strong> what you<\/em> want to do, and we’ll decide if we like it or not.”<\/p>\n If they do, then… fuck ’em. I’m doing this for frozen, not<\/em> the server. Because of what he’s done for me in the past — both with my roads and the W2TS. If they want me to go the extra mile, it’s just not worth the effort. Get someone else to do the work.<\/p>\n But if they answer my questions in the order I asked them, and will understand I don’t wish to be paid, then by all means, I will do it. Though I might need help from people who are free. Though one of the requirements is to have a list of people willing to help me, if I feel I can’t do this by myself. I hope they will make an exemption, for the work I’ve done in the old map.<\/p>\n To be honest, I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m the only one that offered to do this project. From what I heard of the GSM, not a lot of people are interested. Which of course, gives me a higher chance of getting the job.<\/p>\n . He also adds that the inner (left) lanes to have a Diamond underbelly to mark them as fast lanes, and the right lanes to be normal. That would mean I’ll have to have a double thick underbelly to support it. I’m sure I can work with that.<\/p>\n Last thing he wanted to tell me, he mentioned that two areas(where the InterMap would connect from the existing areas) may be converted at a later time to have a T-intersection, and to plan accordingly because of it.<\/p>\n So… am I going to do this? I still got my replacement PS4 controller to come in the mail by the end of this week(as what Amazon is telling me). I will need to go over the details of where exactly he wants these T-intersections, and how much area I have to work with to support said changes. Will probably have to do these ingame to get a good look at what he wants done. Only thing I worry about, is them curves. And they’re pretty wide, going by his picture. They look even wider than what I had with I-201 on the old map. I had to get suppoe to help me fix it. I’ll probably have to again, if he’s not busy. He might even refuse to help me due to how insane frozen wants the curves.<\/p>\n And that’s what I said in my response(not about “how insane frozen wants the curves”, though). The next response from him will probably be in a new post, as this one is getting a bit redundant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is the GSM I’ve been waiting for; to get back to road building. Even though I’ll be nothing but a road builder for hire, at least I would had done something road-related. To be honest, I feel I’m really … Continue reading
\nEDIT: Chief was true to his word, posting early this morning of the results. He posted the picture<\/a> that frozen took, showing two routes he wants the road to go. Chief also simplified what they’re looking for in their road proposal emails. And for some reason, ‘Ariel Reconnaissance'(aka taking pictures) isn’t one of the requirements. Thank goodness.<\/p>\n
\nEDIT#2: Frozen has responded to my email around 2:10am. He’s answered my questions.
\nTo sum it up, he says that I can elevate and put it on the ground where it’s needed, but also specifically said to avoid tunnels on long stretches of the route.
\nHe wants a standard Rual design (two lanes each, which means less work for me). And about if I can do my signage and if he wants it named or leave that up to the server, he says to “leave them blank” for now, and will go over that with the Admins.<\/p>\n
\nIt has been a long while since I’ve been on the server.<\/p>\n