Lobby Revertion

[Roobarb Pie]

okay, I'm working on a little concept build. I'm trying to keep size minimal and aesthetics at a maximum. Here's the plan for the concept theme so far.

Location: mountain village. Tall jagged peaks surround the area. To the north east lies an old tree trunk, which was split open by a large bolt of lightning, leaving but a stump, yet tearing a portal through time and space allowing access to Elysium. (JTE server)
To the west of spawn is the village's mining complex. A short trip down here reveals an eldritch cavern left as a remnant of the old god fire ritual. A skull (made of white hardened clay, won't be able to do this just yet as I'm still in 1.5) hangs over the walkway to the portal, it's eyes burning with lava.
To the south west of spawn is the explosive munitions company. Outside are testificates (permenantly frozen style, hopefully uninteractable) with protest signs. Looks like they're on strike. Little do they know that inside the factory, the other union members have gone into a full blown tnt war.
To the south east lies the cemetary. Not much to talk about asides from the large mausoleum that cuts into the mountainside, leading to the portal for army of darkness.
To the east is a large arch, which leads to a expansive landscape with balloons littering the sky. In the background, two large obelisks of land appear to be close to sliding into place. On these two chunks lie two letters, one on each. BB.

 

[Wimali]

I feel like the spawn of the lobby should be some kind of space station. This space station would then be surrounded by planets, each with a portal on it. They'd be connected through "clouds".

 

[Butamou]

I feel like the spawn of the lobby should be some kind of space station. This space station would then be surrounded by planets, each with a portal on it. They'd be connected through "clouds".

Challenge accepted!

When I have my desktop to work with

 

[DaniGrenade]

Just a random idea but the lobby should be an underwater dome that can mirrored to look that a sphere, giving it a magical kind of atmosphere. :) The dome should be made of glass, and as a view there could be connecting spheres to minigames and parkour courses. It could look like connecting bubbles from an outer view. I forgot fron which movie a structure was included, and it somewhat looks like what I'm talking about. (Star Wars?)

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[myusername22]

Although the lobby was nice, I still much prefer this one you reverted back to. I like the whole idea of being suspended in the air by propellers, in a steampunk kind of feel! I just hope it won't be too difficult to add a spot for the 6th server!

And if we make another lobby, maybe we should go with something people haven't done before...


LIKE AN UNDERWATER CITY-LIKE PLACE? :O

Could even go with the upside-down Airbender Temple from Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Yes! I would give every jte emerald I own for an eastern air temple lobby

 

[balloon98]

Guys the lobby obviously has to either look like Kyoshi Island or has to have RAISE YOUR DONGERS in it.
n42

 

[Undefined User 7]

I think it's disappointing that people would cause worthless drama over something as frivolous as a lobby. Sure, I wasn't a big fan of it myself, but really people, it's a lobby. Let's be adults here!

Moving forward, I hope we can find a lobby that works for us all.

 

[TJ_Blocks]

The lobby :C. When will we update the server to 1.6? ZZHow long will it take?
I like the parkour behind Jte you should put more Parkours!

industrial pumpingin donation megabucks style

lol

Bram is the best

I like the parkour behind Jte you should put more Parkours!

Instead of replying 4 times in a row just edit your post. Posts merged and user warned. - Damer

 

[Pikmon2]

Please don't quadruple post TJ_Blocks

 

[Shocker]

It's actually quite bad the new lobby got removed. Even though it did look like another community's lobby, it took a lot of work to make and we should respect that

 

[Notme]

If there is going to be new lobby, I would like to see servers in pairs: JtE and BB, AoD and TNT, RoF and upcoming server.

 

[Duffie]

If there is going to be new lobby, I would like to see servers in pairs: JtE and BB, AoD and TNT, RoF and upcoming server.

Pairs, eh?

If anything, and based on the servers we've had in the past that may be returning (Primordia, Solitude, Vampire, Tekkit, etc.), I feel that JtE should be paired with the upcoming server, as they all have the aspect of survival in them.

I'm sure BB and RoF would make a lovely pair, anyway.

 

[LizzzyxD]

I think all of the 6 server rectangles should be put together like a hexagon and not a square so they are all connected and you spawn in the middle. Also I agree we shouldn't have both the portals and the signs tbh.

 

[Duffie]

I think all of the 6 server rectangles should be put together like a hexagon and not a square so they are all connected and you spawn in the middle.

Interesting concept, but sounds quite claustrophobic to me, based on how I'm picturing it. I feel it should be an open area, or at least open to exploration and mini-games.

 

[Higanimitsu]

make the portal a bit fun like push a button and then like something happens
and then don't only put portals on the lobby, give them something cool or artistic
how bout make a wall of fame on the lobby. well like LizzzyxD Said, RECTANGLES.
put a small door almost like a tiny gap between 2 portals, make a wall of fame and insert something cool from BuildBox into a big room full with big creative arts. It'll be cool to see Blocktopia's creative arts there and by that we can show off that we are creative as well :O

i kinda hope that will happen cause i think that'll be cool XP
but i suck at thinking like this so probably atleast 1 person will agree XD

 

[Shinyshark]

I was one of the people who complained about the lobby, but I wouldn't call it 'worthless drama'. It's your lobby, it's the first thing new players see when they join. The fact that it looked like Shotbows isn't even why I complained, though it was an argument that did come to mind. The lobby was a spawn platform with some water surrounding it and after that a repeating pattern of stone and stone slabs.

If you looked around you saw the portals, I must admit that the designs for those portals were great and I would personally never decide to have them changed. The big problem I had with it though is that you saw a grey floor, a brown with green wall (the grass and the dirt) and then all of a sudden a big red rectangle (RoF portal). Same goes for the other portals.

Your lobby is your entrance. If you want people to stay then you can increase the chance of them not instantly disconnecting by having a lobby that appeals to the user. Add little puzzles to your lobby and give people a chance to explore it if they want. Some people like exploring and others just want to get to the server instantly. In my opinion it was definitely a good idea to revert to this lobby until they had a new lobby. When I saw the lobby that we had I thought it was a placeholder for an actual lobby.

 

[Baker93]

The lobby :C. When will we update the server to 1.6? ZZHow long will it take?
I like the parkour behind Jte you should put more Parkours!

Please refrain from quadruple posting or even double posting.

Blocktopia will be updated to 1.6 as soon as the plugins we use have been updated, we do not know how long this will be so please bear with us!

 

[kuilin]

I'm actually pretty happy that the old lobby's back because I'm still hunting around for the GmK heads. I've found 5 of them so far, and the last two have been pretty elusive.

 

[Marlem]

If ever we get up to 6 servers, we need a lobby that's pretty much the 6 temples from Ocarina of time.

 

[Shinyshark]

If ever we get up to 6 servers, we need a lobby that's pretty much the 6 temples from Ocarina of time.

JtE, TNT, RoF, AoD, BB, New server.
6 (divided by two lobbies = 3. Half life 3 confirmed)

 

[Pikmon2]

Due to the poor feedback of the new lobby

Thats 7 positive things about it compared to 15 negative things about it. Just find that odd.

 

[Faliara]

We should have a hide and seek server...

 

[Undefined User 7]

I was one of the people who complained about the lobby, but I wouldn't call it 'worthless drama'. It's your lobby, it's the first thing new players see when they join. The fact that it looked like Shotbows isn't even why I complained, though it was an argument that did come to mind. The lobby was a spawn platform with some water surrounding it and after that a repeating pattern of stone and stone slabs.

But that's not what I was talking about when I mentioned worthless drama. If you've a disagreement with how things are run, you need only to speak up. However, there is an appropriate time, place, and manner to do so. I honestly do not know the specifics of the drama, but if people didn't like the new lobby, they should have politely and peacefully voiced their concern. Blocktopia may not be a democracy, but our leaders try to listen to the people. To lash out and cause drama when you already have an established vehicle for feedback is, in my honest opinion, worthless.

Like I said, I did not care for the lobby either, I indicated so on the feedback form. However, there really is an appropriate way to react to things you don't like or agree with, and certain people (I make no implications.) seemed to have chosen not to react as they ought to. (See, now we're making MORE drama over drama.) >.<

 

[Shinyshark]

I was one of the people who complained about the lobby, but I wouldn't call it 'worthless drama'. It's your lobby, it's the first thing new players see when they join. The fact that it looked like Shotbows isn't even why I complained, though it was an argument that did come to mind. The lobby was a spawn platform with some water surrounding it and after that a repeating pattern of stone and stone slabs.

But that's not what I was talking about when I mentioned worthless drama. If you've a disagreement with how things are run, you need only to speak up. However, there is an appropriate time, place, and manner to do so. I honestly do not know the specifics of the drama, but if people didn't like the new lobby, they should have politely and peacefully voiced their concern. Blocktopia may not be a democracy, but our leaders try to listen to the people. To lash out and cause drama when you already have an established vehicle for feedback is, in my honest opinion, worthless.

Like I said, I did not care for the lobby either, I indicated so on the feedback form. However, there really is an appropriate way to react to things you don't like or agree with, and certain people (I make no implications.) seemed to have chosen not to react as they ought to. (See, now we're making MORE drama over drama.) >.<

The problem with Blocktopia is that everyone kisses ass and voices their concerns behind the backs of people who lead. Some people say "Oh this lobby is great!" when I am fairly sure that they did indeed think it wasn't.

 

[Guinessis]

I'm actually pretty happy that the old lobby's back because I'm still hunting around for the GmK heads. I've found 5 of them so far, and the last two have been pretty elusive.

I'm going to remove one of those just to mess with people.

Anyway, I do think the old lobby is a better fit for the community but the new one had its charms as well and was probably much less confusing for new players.