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General Category => Famcraft Tutorials, Links and Info => Topic started by: micahdg on May 29, 2012, 07:28:06 PM
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Questions, comments, complaints, clarifications....
bknysnake has made available a PO Box where we can receive donations from those of you who want to donate but have no access to a credit/debit card. The default payment methods via mail are cash or money order. US Dollars only. (Other currencies are accepted via PayPal).
If you utilize the mail to send in a donation, you should take a few important steps to increase the odds that your donation will arrive intact:
If you send cash, we recommend you put the cash in a birthday-style card. This will prevent people from feeling the cash through the envelope. Any kind of card will suffice. If you want to write a few words to bknysnake, go for it :D
If you send a money order, we recommend either using a privacy envelope or wrapping the money order in 2 pieces of paper. The goal is to keep people from being able to hold your envelope up to a light to see what's in it. Money orders can be found at the post office, grocery stores, gas stastions, etc. Any kind should be fine. We prefer not to accept personal or business checks. If you are worried about your donation being lost of stolen, use a money order and keep its stub to be able to file a dispute with the money order company if the check never reaches us.
The above tips are things you should always think about when using the US Mail system because of thieving postal workers.
Include your minecraft username on a piece of paper.
Make money orders payable to:
Micah Gibson
Address the envelope to:
Micah Gibson
401 N Fredericksburg St #2105
San Marcos, TX 78666
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I'm curious what is actually in the donator shop, and what are the prices for those things? I already know they are unobtainable things like mob spawners, and that they aren't cheap, but I can't (couldn't) read the text on the signs through the glass wall from the [old] admin shop.
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Thank you :)
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Sure, no problem. The signs used to be easier to read before we added a denser barrier between the admin and donor shops.
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What texture pack did you use micahdg?
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purebdcraft 64
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A question. I have donated $5 already to the server. If i donate $15 more do i still get a super pick? Also can you post an updated picture of the donator shop?
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Yes the lvl 10 picks are stackable, not the lvl 20. I'll get an updated picture.
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Can we add /kit torch as a donator perk (gives one stack of torches per use, allowed to be used once every 30 seconds)? Maybe at the $60 or $80 mark.
Thoughts?
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In my opinion, torches aren't valuable enough of a reward for giving the server actual money. Coal and sticks are plentiful, and making stacks of torches is not hard at all. Things that can be easily obtained in the game should not be a donor reward.
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I have to say I understand both points. Tricky I understand that you tend to forget to bring torches, or maybe you just run out too quick, but giving away torches, as frequently as that is out of the question, if I were to do it, I'll probably do it for every few hours, we don't want players to depend on things like that.
As for Bleeper, you are correct, it isn't really something valuable, but if it isn't, wouldn't it be like a nice perk to have? never worry about forgetting torches. I really don't know what to say here, let's see what micah thinks, if he can't decide either, then we put it up for a vote. :)
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Updated Donor Shop pics-
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Thank-You Anna. :)
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I had the torches perk on another server and it became invaluable.
I would gladly fork over more cash for that.
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I don't know if you have already answered this or not, but could you maybe put wither stars in the donorshop?
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Sorry, I hadn't read this thread in quite a while...
Tricky, how much would you pay to get unlimited torches added to your account? :P
Gavgav what's the item ID for wither stars and what do they do?
Something else we've also considered is allowing people to donate for even more homes. Donation funds would be put toward only more homes, not picks. Anyone interested in that?
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Homes! Yes, yes, yes! *Hugs*
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Im not sure if we should make the stars available as it gives special perks to a base wish is only obtainable by beating a boss (the wither). If it is sold, should be expensive.
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I have to read up on withers and maybe kill a few of them. At present I know nothing about them.
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Wither Skull= W Soul Sand= S
TO spawn the Wither, you need to kill Wither Skeletions, and obtain 3 heads from them.
Then, place the Soul Sand And skulls like this:
W W W
S S S
S
Making a T with the soul sand. The Wither will spawn at half health, and you need to wait until its health fills to attack it. Once its health fills, it sets off a mid-sized explosion, and then RAWR! It's on you. It gets right up in your face, shooting explosive skulls at you. You need to lower its health to half using a bow, and once it has less than half you can attack it with a sword. Upon death, it drops a Nether Star, used in beacons.
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http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Wither (http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Wither)
More info on the MC wiki :3
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hey! can you PLEASE make a warp to my bakery. i dont want people to waste 100 dollars just to get there :(
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hey! can you PLEASE make a warp to my bakery. i dont want people to waste 100 dollars just to get there :(
I am sorry to say this but admins just don't give out warps. I mean this in the kindest way possible. If everyone had a warp it will fill up the /warp list and it would take away the reason why people are charged for /tpa and /tpahere. I believe after 3 months since i joined the server I heard that you can buy stargates for an extremely high price so ask bk,micah,or road if you can still do that.
And btw this is a topic about discussions and questions about donations so please try to keep things related to their topics or create a new one. You can also PM bk or micah but they might not always respond.
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k sorry about that
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It is okay. Everyone needs a little clarification.
Just a little heads up. Don't ask the server for warps. Ask if you can buy a stargate or just tell people the coordinates to your bakery. And after you ask the server a question don't ask a second time, it is unnecessary.
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Wither Skull= W Soul Sand= S
TO spawn the Wither, you need to kill Wither Skeletions, and obtain 3 heads from them.
Then, place the Soul Sand And skulls like this:
W W W
S S S
S
Making a T with the soul sand. The Wither will spawn at half health, and you need to wait until its health fills to attack it. Once its health fills, it sets off a mid-sized explosion, and then RAWR! It's on you. It gets right up in your face, shooting explosive skulls at you. You need to lower its health to half using a bow, and once it has less than half you can attack it with a sword. Upon death, it drops a Nether Star, used in beacons.
Wow they sound creepy... this sounds like something that could benefit the netherworker job a lot, killing withers.
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If this is for staff, I would like to become one.
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If this is for staff, I would like to become one.
Wilson this is not the Thread you are looking for, eighter way If you wish to apply, you must follow the next steps on the link below:
http://famcraft.com/index.php/topic,244.0.html (http://famcraft.com/index.php/topic,244.0.html)
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I had a pervious thread where we discussed unlimited torches as a donation perk (/kit torch), which died off unresolved, and I wanted to open a discussion of additional perks that could be added.
What about a perk to have 1 (or numerous) structures copied and pasted (or moved, destroying the original). I have a warehouse that I would love to have duplicated without doing the actual work. I'm sure others would love to double some things (like dungeons with spawners.
What other perks would you guys like to see? I'm still hung up on the torches.
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What about unlimited coal and/or a new /kit because no one in the server is allowed to use the /kit command.
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the copy paste thing is already there, you have to pay for it its 1$ per block
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We do cut and paste for free for donators.
The donator feedback thread is not dead or unresolved. We've already implemented the ability to donate for more homes, but we didn't announce it yet. BK and I discussed free torches and we decided against it for now. One of the things we feel makes famcraft unique is that even though you can essentially buy items by donating, you really only get tools. You still have to use those tools like everybody else to break blocks or collect things.
Tricky, you could make other arrangements to have lots of torches ready at hand. You could pay a player to keep a check full for you, or you could pre-fill them yourself, and set a home next to it. If we set up a command to give yourself free torches, it would be about the same amount of work as having a chest full of them somewhere.
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Newly Remodeled DonorShop - Great job guys!
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More pics
The diamond gear is nearly broken gear, used for removing unwanted enchantments.
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More pics:
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What would I get if i donate $20 right now at this moment in time?
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I have an idea for a new donation
if you like donate 10$ you will get an extra job, so you will have 4 jobs
I would really like this and I would surely donate if this comes
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I have an idea for a new donation
if you like donate 10$ you will get an extra job, so you will have 4 jobs
I would really like this and I would surely donate if this comes
I looked into this before and I don't think we can set that up with permissions i.e. per player or group. In the Jobs config it's either 3 jobs for everyone, or 4 or 5, etc.
What would I get if i donate $20 right now at this moment in time?
You have a lot of choices. If it's your first $20, then you get the 10 homes, donorshop rights, the colored name, ability to change your name to an approved nickname, then a choice of either level 10 enchanted bow, looting, sword, or fortune pick, or 5 additional homes on top of the 10 (15 total). You would also get 4 of the "$5 picks" which are the max legit type of picks you can get with either silk touch or fortune 3.
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Can I get a super-enchant Axe?
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Sure
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:O What will the enchants be? Fortune and Silk Touch are kind of useless :-[
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Efficiency and unbreaking would be fair I think.
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Can I just ask What level efficiency and what level of unbreaking? because i already have Efficiency V and Unbreaking III ;D
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$20 = lvl 10 for both enchants.
$40 = lvl 20 for both enchants.
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I've discovered a way to give someone more jobs if there's enough interest in it.
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Does this mean we can earn/trade the extra job(s)?
Now, before you accuse of us being money grubbing capitalists or blatantly trying to give advantage to people with money, please remember several critical points about the system we have set up:
- First, we are here to have fun. This is not a grand competition. Everyone has fun in their own way.
- Second, receiving super picks, swords, and armor still forces players to mine, hunt, and defend themselves if they want to accumulate materials for building or selling. A super pick, while it lasts longer, still requires the owner to spend hours and hours breaking blocks to accumulate materials.
- Third, we will be hosting games and other mini competitions in which the winners (without the assistance of any previously gotten donation gifts) will be rewarded with items identical to or similar to donation gifts.
- Fourth, donations do not protect you from being muted, kicked, temp banned, or banned for violating the rules. Specifically, using any donation gifts to bully or harass other players will get you banned as quickly as if you had made no donations.
- Fifth, donation gifts may be freely sold or traded for ingame money or items.
- Sixth, donating will not buy staff rank.
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Hah, no, you can't sell your job to someone ingame :P
I'm not sure whether you were trying to make separate points with your other highlights or... ?
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Well it seems kind of unfair and the job would have to cost a ridiculous amount.
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*jaw drops*
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Well it seems kind of unfair and the job would have to cost a ridiculous amount.
I'm so confused... what are you talking about??
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...selling your jobs, that does sound right...
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Oh, he meant selling his Jobs XP level to another player? Hmmm we could probably facilitate that.
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I would be willing to buy some/all of a players job xp or levels. For miner in particular.
If you want my opinion on the subject of transferring job levels, do it by xp if you can, transferring the levels directly would really mess up the xp curve that makes it take more xp to level up at higher levels.
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Yes, it would be a straight XP-XP transfer.
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Sorry I am back, I am saying that it gives a drastic advantage to donators.
I know you still have to work for the money but
More Jobs = More Money
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Well, I don't think we're considering additional jobs for donators.
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Are there going to be any donation options for the feed the beast server?
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Yes, but we don't feel comfortable offering anything until the server is a little more stable, especially in the area of property protection. While you're free to donate money at any time, we don't have any rewards lined up for FTB yet. That being said, if you donate now, we'll keep track of your donation and present you with options in the future when we develop a list of potential donation rewards for FTB. If we gave away stuff today, it might be griefed and stolen tomorrow :(
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Will quartz be added to the donorshop in 1.5?
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What's quartz to be used for?
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In the nether, quartz ore is about as common as iron in the overworld, it drops 1 nether quartz and is subject to Fortune (Fortune III would cause it to drop 1-4 nether quartz)
4 nether quartz crafts a block of quartz, which can be turned into variations, stairs, and slabs by the same methods used to create the variations of sandstone.
Nether quartz is also an ingredient in daylight sensors, and possibly redstone comparators, but I cannot recall for sure.
Due to the existence of the Fortune and Silk Touch enchantments, I would say that quartz ore should probably NOT be sold in the donor shop (as with any ore, even coal, my opinion is that the ores should not be sold for any price from an infinite stock shop)
But I see no problem with selling quartz blocks, and possibly nether quartz if the block cannot be crafted back into 4 nether quartz.
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Hehe... Donated $25 to FamCraft ($20 for myself; $5 for o0Flint0o)
I love the dark green name :)
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Will quartz be added to the donorshop in 1.5?
No, because it's subject to Fortune picks. As with diamond ore and others that benefit from fortune, we won't sell them in the donor shop.
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Plus I hear quartz are as common as coal....
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I thought it 'twas iron?
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It is iron
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Sorry I just want to make sure. Can you buy the super pickaxe/axe with ingame money?
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There are people who hold auctions
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The $5 picks are available for $50k ingame money.
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bknysnake has made available a PO Box where we can receive donations from those of you who want to donate but have no access to a credit/debit card. The default payment methods via mail are cash or money order. US Dollars only. (Other currencies are accepted via PayPal).
If you utilize the mail to send in a donation, you should take a few important steps to increase the odds that your donation will arrive intact:
If you send cash, we recommend you put the cash in a birthday-style card. This will prevent people from feeling the cash through the envelope. Any kind of card will suffice. If you want to write a few words to bknysnake, go for it
If you send a money order, we recommend either using a privacy envelope or wrapping the money order in 2 pieces of paper. The goal is to keep people from being able to hold your envelope up to a light to see what's in it. Money orders can be found at the post office, grocery stores, gas stastions, etc. Any kind should be fine. We prefer not to accept personal or business checks. If you are worried about your donation being lost of stolen, use a money order and keep its stub to be able to file a dispute with the money order company if the check never reaches us.
The above tips are things you should always think about when using the US Mail system because of thieving postal workers.
Include your minecraft username on a piece of paper.
Make money orders payable to:
Carlos Rivas
Address the envelope to:
Carlos Rivas
P.O. Box 14384
San Juan, PR 00916
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What happened to the thread that original had that in it?
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We made a new page dedicated to it and removed the thread. We should add it to the page and Ill update treasury upon recieving the money.
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how do i sihn up to be a Helper?
I really want to help!
:) please reply :)
https://famcraft.com/general-discussion/staff-selection-policy-update-1639
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Wasn't there a point in time when you guys took applications for staff?
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There was, but that post by Anna marked the change in that policy. ;)
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Ah I see
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Donation Perk Idea: Being able to have the option for a super in game cash prize.
I know the 5$ picks are 50k so how about 9k for each dollar you donate? So people would still go for the picks. I don't know if this would change the economy of the server though.
Tell me what you think. ;D
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Donation Perk Idea: Being able to have the option for a super in game cash prize.
I know the 5$ picks are 50k so how about 9k for each dollar you donate? So people would still go for the picks. I don't know if this would change the economy of the server though.
Tell me what you think. ;D
This is up the admins, so i hope i dont speak before my turn here ;)
I dont think its a great idea to get ingame money for real cash. Main reason is that you create an other way how new money flows into the economy.
If you just put up your pick for trade, its the money that is already in the economy that is getting used (wich is still earned by jobs).
Making more ways how new money can get into they economy may disbalance it.
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I think that would create a pretty big inbalance as if you get 9K per $1 donated, you'd have a lot of people who have donated already wanting that. 9K may not seem like much, until you consider that some people would be getting over 1 million added with the top donors easily getting 3 million plus added.
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We have discussed the option of selling ingame money for real cash money before and it's always been voted down. As mentioned above, it would dilute the current economy even more than it is now. As it is, donators get tools they have to USE (or sell ingame) to get the money they want. They still have to spend many many hours breaking/building blocks or performing Jobs tasks to get the ingame money. If you think the disparity between the rich and poor on the server is bad now, it would get totally out of control if people could buy money from us.
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We have discussed the option of selling ingame money for real cash money before and it's always been voted down. As mentioned above, it would dilute the current economy even more than it is now. As it is, donators get tools they have to USE (or sell ingame) to get the money they want. They still have to spend many many hours breaking/building blocks or performing Jobs tasks to get the ingame money. If you think the disparity between the rich and poor on the server is bad now, it would get totally out of control if people could buy money from us.
ur right micah. its so true
and i have a question. where do the money recieved from world edit/donor shop/star gates go??
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It goes into the void. No one keeps it.
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if i send the donation in mail, when will Bk get the donation and i get donor items?
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Using the address from the first post in this... he wouldn't cause he moved to New York.
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If I donate 2.50 (bc of the holiday sale) will i get a pick and a nickname?
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Yes, but nicknames cost 100k famcoins for donors.
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When does the sale end? Didnt know one was going on.
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So do you have to donate 2.50 and 100k famcoins to get a nickname?
Oh and rundrop it ends on the 31st
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When does the sale end? Didnt know one was going on.
Sale ends midnight of Jan 1st
So do you have to donate 2.50 and 100k famcoins to get a nickname?
If you donate $2.50 you will be the opportunity to purchase a nick anytime for 100k in-game money.
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Got it. Thanks luke. Just for future reference ;)
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Thanks luke
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Keep an eye out for a valentines sale, I may offer something special for all of you :)
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Keep an eye out for a valentines sale, I may offer something special for all of you :)
:>>>
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ooh, what is it :D
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;D <3 <3 <3
It's a sign that I've been Famcrafting too much when I begin to think about Donation Sales and special kits and hanging out with all you wonderful people on holidays :P
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Not famcrafting too much lol, it's more you feel at home, at peace playing with the people you enjoy being around. :) atleast that's what I like to think.
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Not famcrafting too much lol, it's more you feel at home, at peace playing with the people you enjoy being around. :) atleast that's what I like to think.
:D Wonderful way to put it <3
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I just have a question. I've always wondered why there wasn't an unbreaking enchantment book or looting. why? :P
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Just a note here,
I would love to be able to donate to famcraft but my parents wont let me which is the same for a lot of people. And I feel that us people who haven't donated aren't being rewarded enough just for being one of your members. I know that the donators should be rewarded but if you reward the members a bit more (I know you already do) maybe more people would want to donate because you treat us as nice as donators. :D
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Just a note here,
I would love to be able to donate to famcraft but my parents wont let me which is the same for a lot of people. And I feel that us people who haven't donated aren't being rewarded enough just for being one of your members. I know that the donators should be rewarded but if you reward the members a bit more (I know you already do) maybe more people would want to donate because you treat us as nice as donators. :D
This makes no sense, Famcraft does not "reward" players for donating, but they are happy and grateful when they do. The love on Famcraft is spread equally, no one gets special attention. If you did donate, they would thank you, (and give you the things that you donated for) but it's not like they don't care about the people who don't have money/aren't allowed to donate. It really makes no sense if they just rewarded random people, then no one would donate and the server wouldn't be able to support itself.
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Just a note here,
I would love to be able to donate to famcraft but my parents wont let me which is the same for a lot of people. And I feel that us people who haven't donated aren't being rewarded enough just for being one of your members. I know that the donators should be rewarded but if you reward the members a bit more (I know you already do) maybe more people would want to donate because you treat us as nice as donators. :D
Luca, we treat all players the same. Furthermore, you having more "rewards" in game is not more likely to make your Mom allow you to donate. If she does not want you to donate, she has her reasons and it is important to be respectful of them.
We NEVER require or expect donations. Ever. Anyone who donates does so because they are able to, and wish to do so. They are rewarded with donor perks to thank them for their support.
I think if you will put a bit more thought into what you've said up there, you will see things differently.
What do we do for all our players? If this is not enough, then I honestly do not think there is anything else we will be able to do for you.
All players are "rewarded" for being a part of our community in these ways:
*Kind and respectful staff on most hours
*New player tours
*A friendly community
*Strict enforcement of the rules to keep you and your builds safe
*Mob arenas
*Pvp arenas
*Build competitions
*Free kits
*Sign hunts
*Family friendly music stream (lately)
*Irc available to all players
*Mumble available to all players
*Inexpensive clan creation to give everyone an equal chance to be a clan leader
*Drop parties
*Periodic dragon fights (with spawned ender dragons)
*Public mall
*Public nether
*Public end
*Multiworld Toxic Skies world
*World Edit services available to all players (free for donors, fee for non-donors)
*Weekly re-positions of StarGates to help you always have access to adequate resources
*Famcraft Forum
*Famcrafters Social Site
*Individual help, even in a private channel when needed
*Encouragement and support
*Educational warps such as /warp signs, /warp redstone and /warp tour
*Free Farms gate at /warp sg with areas created by players and sometimes staff
*The opportunity to easily earn Famcoins in the game and purchase the items you want
*You start out on this server with 4 homes total, which is more than I see other places
*Famcraft auction house (So you can sell items in a more official auction-style)
*Famcraft image vault (Kealper made our own, family safe image hosting site)
*Direct communication with staff - No queue or ticket system here. You just ask, and we will help.
*Holiday celebrations with gift kits and events
And of course: 8) <333
^players: Thank you to all our amazing players. You are incredible people and we are so lucky to have you here. You are what makes FamCraft ROCK! <3 <3 <3
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Excellent list Anna! Seeing that really made me happy to be a part of this community, and not just because of the prices and stuff, but mainly because of the players that make Famcraft what it is; a big family! ;D
A couple other things though, we do occasionally offer prizes through drop parties and sometimes even host competitions for official donor status of varying amounts, up to $20 in the past! I don't know too many other servers willing to give up donation credit or 'ranks' as we have before...
Remember Luca, games aren't always about the gameplay... It's about the experiences you have with the ones you care for and who care for you. ;)
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A couple other things though, we do occasionally offer prizes through drop parties and sometimes even host competitions for official donor status of varying amounts, up to $20 in the past! I don't know too many other servers willing to give up donation credit or 'ranks' as we have before...
Very true, and the highest was actually a $20 half price donation, so $40 worth of rewards that was part of the Secret Santa Sign Hunt that B&G and myself put on in December.
Just a note here,
I would love to be able to donate to famcraft but my parents wont let me which is the same for a lot of people. And I feel that us people who haven't donated aren't being rewarded enough just for being one of your members. I know that the donators should be rewarded but if you reward the members a bit more (I know you already do) maybe more people would want to donate because you treat us as nice as donators. :D
As a note on this, being a top donor, I would not say I have been rewarded more than non-donors, and as it is, about 33% of my total donor rewards have gone to players other than me through competitions, including spawners, a stargate network, and a lot of picks ($5, $20, and $40).
As Anna said in a previous post, no one is expected to donate, instead I look at all the donations I've made as an investment in a server (as bk puts it) that I would want my kids (when I get around to getting married and having a family) playing on.
The big thing to remember though is that when it comes to issues on the server, I will be treated the exact same way as a person who has never donated and will probably never donate. Being a donor, or retired staff, or even current staff gives you no special treatment. Yes, staff do get things like /fly but that's because they are giving up a part of their playing time to help keep the server family friendly.
I just have a question. I've always wondered why there wasn't an unbreaking enchantment book or looting. why? :P
I'm going to assume you are talking about in the donor shop. The reason was quite simply that staff decided not to place all the enchanted books to be available in the donor shop. As it is, the price in the donor shop is overly expensive, but there are some players who can make 1 million famcoins with very little effort and could have an unlimited supply of good equipment instead of having to work for the good equipment the old fashioned way.
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I'd like to bounce off what Stitch said and let you guys know how happy i am to be on a server that is just so kind, giving, and indescribably amazing! :-*
Also one other big thing that we do is the statues at spawn. I haven't been on a single server (even a server you can donate too) that is willing to immortalize their own special players at our amazing spawn which is always one of the very first things you seen when you join.
And just in case the reason your parents wont let you donate is because they don't want you giving up a credit card, I have heard thoatt say that he is more than happy to donate for you if you said the amount you want to donate to the address he has given.
Just remember, Famcraft is always about what's better for the players as a whole. It is a wonderful family friendly community that anyone can play on and be treated the exact same as everyone else. And from personal experience, to make friends that will be with you forever. ;)