Category: Competitions

29Oct

Extra Life 2019

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We’re a little late to the party this year, but that’s right friends, we ARE in fact participating in Extra Life 2019! We promise a full day of fun with a brand new custom challenge map, but first…let us tell you what Extra Life is, and why we do this.

Extra Life is a 24 hour charity event that raises money for the Children’s Miracle Network, a network that raises funds for treatments, research and education for 170 children’s hospitals throughout the US and Canada. As parents you know there is nothing more frightening than your child being in the hospital, it’s comforting to know that there are charities like this working hard to help our kids.

We suffered our own loss as a group in 2015 when we lost our dear friend Jackson Wilson to Ewing Sarcoma, which is a rare form of cancer that mostly affects children between the ages of 10 to 20. As a part of our gaming community, Jackson was a big advocate for community projects. He was always one of the first people to welcome a new player and help get them started. He set up “Helping Hands” to aid other players if they needed help terraforming their land or collecting materials. He loved history and began working on a project to chronicle the server and group history. He adored Halloween and was naturally know as the Pumpkin King.  When Jackson informed us that he was sick. he told us that playing on the server during treatments helped get him through some of the hard times. He knew he had friends  from all over who were rooting for him, and doing whatever they could to keep him company while he was undergoing treatments. We celebrated Jackson when he was in remission, and realized that even though it was mainly through a computer screen we had this wonderful community to share our lives with, and how lucky we were to have each other. Unfortunately the cancer came back and took Jackson from us. His presence is ever felt on any new map we start, with the Event Museum he started on Main, the Jackson_Wilson Memorial Library we built on NuNu in his honor, and the Jackson_Wilson Memorial Highway on AquaNu. He was a beloved member of the community and a true friend. We won’t forget him, and we dedicate our participation in Extra Life to him.

For Extra Life 2019 we bring you another custom challenge map built by our dedicated and talented admins. Skyblock is always a fan favorite, and we love doing it, so we’re bringing it back…with a twist! Villagers and Pillagers! We couldn’t leave out one of my personal favorites in combat updates. The addition of Pillagers and the new villager trading system offers a whole new list of challenges and excitement that should keep you busy for at LEAST 24 hours! Welcome to Villager Skyblock (it’s not our most clever name, but if you follow our streams then you know October has been kicking our butts! We’re a bit brain fried)

Game Rules:

  • mobGriefing = true
  • Difficulty = normal
  • Pvp = disabled
  • keepInventory = false *Be careful when you die!

How it works:


When you log on you will be at the spawn island. There will be no reason to come back to this island as trading is not permitted. Teams of one to three members will be assigned to their own island before the event starts. Once on the map, go to the hut and you can either visit your Extra Life Villager, or spawn straight to your island. All command blocks are team specific so you will not be able to visit other players’ islands.

Extra Life Villager:


As mentioned before, each island has it’s very own villager. This villager is very special as he will not be accepting your stack of cobblestone. Instead he only accepts a very special “Life Crystal” that can only be obtained through experience OR (this is the best part) in the spirit of the charity we are doing this all for, by donating to the Some Awesome Minecraft’s Extra Life donation page! For every $1 dollar donation you pledge you will receive 1 precious Life Crystal to trade with your villager. Did you lose your bucket? Step on a seedling? Your tree didn’t drop a sapling? Dug up all your grass? Your villager has them and more, but they won’t be cheap. The Some Awesome team is trying to raise $1,000 this year and every dollar you donate to the group donation page goes straight towards the team goal, and 100% of that goes to the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. There can not be a better way to turn a day of fun and a few bucks into a good cause.
Note: If you already donated to your own page, or to a fellow team member, we will honor those and give you Life Crystals for those donations. However, any donations made on game day MUST be made to the Some Awesome Minecraft donation page.

Challenges:

 

Villagers: 1 of each, 1 point for every level
Novice +1   Apprentice +2   Journeyman +3   Expert +4   Master +5
Armorer
Butcher
Cartographer
Cleric
Farmer
Fisherman
Fletcher
Leatherworker
Librarian
Mason
Shepherd
Toolsmith
Weaponsmith
(Note: you may have more than one of each kind, but only one of each will be counted)

Villager Items Challenge:
1 Enchanted Helmet OR 1 Enchanted Chestplate per team member
1 Globe Banner Pattern per team member
1 Bottle of Enchanting per team member
1 Golden Carrot OR 1 glistering melon slice per team member
1 of Any Tipped Arrow per team member
1 leather horse armor OR 1 dyed leather cap per team member
1 Name Tag per team member
1 Block any color terracotta per team member
1 Block any color glazed terracotta per team member
1 Quartz Pillar OR 1 Quartz Block per team member
1 Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe per team member
1 Enchanted Diamond Sword per team member

Village Challenge:
1 house per villager type (total 13 houses)
*Must contain: roof, door, bed, jobsite block
Bell
Well
1 Player house
*Must contain: living room, kitchen, and one bedroom/bed for every player on your team
A bridge to your Pillager outpost at least 3 blocks wide

Build Challenge:
Cobblestone generator
Mob box
Wheat farm
Carrot farm
Potato farm
Beet farm
Pumpkin farm
Melon farm
Cocoa bean farm
Sugar cane farm
Bamboo farm
Sweet Berry farm
Chorus Fruit farm
Nether wart farm

Farming Challenge:
Melon slices: 64
Pumpkin: 64
Sugarcane: 64
Wheat: 64
Carrot: 64
Potato: 64
Beets: 64
Cocoa Beans: 64
Cactus: 64
Chorus Fruit: 64
Cookies : 64
Mushrooms: 32 brown, 32 red
Bamboo: 64
Sweet Berries: 64
Nether wart: 64

Food Challenge:
Cook 32 baked potatoes
Cook 32 chicken
Cook 32 steak
Cook 32 pork
Cook 32 mutton
Cook 32 rabbit
Cook 32 fish (total)
Make 32 bread
Make 16 Dried Kelp Blocks
Make 10 mushroom stew
Make 10 beetroot soup
Make 5 Rabbit Stew
Make 5 pumpkin pie
Make 1 cake per team member
(Yes, you may trade with villagers to obtain these items)

Wood Challenge:
32 Acacia wood, 32 Acacia logs, 32 stripped Acacia logs 32 Acacia planks
32 Birch wood, 32 Birch logs, 32 stripped Birch logs 32 Birch planks
32 Dark Oak wood, 32 Dark Oak logs, 32 stripped Dark Oak logs 32 Dark Oak planks
32 Jungle wood, 32 Jungle logs, 32 stripped Jungle wood logs 32 Jungle planks
32 Oak wood, 32 Oak logs, 32 stripped Oak logs 32 Oak planks
32 Spruce wood, 32 Spruce logs, 32 stripped Spruce logs 32 Spruce planks

Animal Challenge:
3 cows
3 pigs
3 chickens
3 sheep
3 llamas
3 turtles
3 rabbits
Collect 32 leather
Collect 32 feathers
Collect 16 eggs
Collect 16 scutes
Collect 16 rabbit hides
Collect 32 wool of at least 3 different colors (96 wool total)
Collect 1 rabbit foot
Tame 1 cat (per team member)

Crafting Challenge:
Craft a white bed (per team member)
Craft 64 torches
Craft 1 Crafting table
Craft 1 Campfire
Craft 1 Furnace
Craft 1 Blast Furnace
Craft 1 Smoker
Craft 1 Barrel
Craft 1 Cartography Table
Craft 1 Fletching Table
Craft 1 Grindstone
Craft 1 Lectern
Craft 1 Smithing Table
Craft 1 Stonecutter
Craft 1 Loom
Craft 1 Composter
Craft 1 Brewing Stand
Craft 1 Cauldron
Craft 16 jack’o’lanterns
Craft 16 paintings
Craft 16 item frames
Craft 16 bookcases (you may use them in your build)
Craft 32 lanterns
Craft 32 purpur blocks
Craft 16 purpur stairs
Craft 16 purpur slabs
Craft 16 purpur pillars
Craft 16 purpur stairs
Craft 60 scaffolding
Craft 24 flower pots
Craft 1 turtle shell helmet (per team member)

Mob Challenge:
64 spider eyes
64 string
64 rotten flesh
64 bones
64 arrows
64 gun powder
32 redstone dust
16 ender pearls
16 glowstone dust
16 phantom membranes
5 iron ingots
Collect or craft a bow (fully repaired)
Collect or craft a crossbow (fully repaired)
3 records
1 totem of undying (per team member)
1 Saddle (per team member)
Collect 1 Pillager banner (per team member)
Collect 1 Enchanted book (per team member)
Collect 1 lead (per team member)

Potion Challenge:
3 potions night vision
3 potions invisibility
3 potions fire resistance
3 potions swiftness
3 potions slowness
3 potions turtle master
3 potions water breathing
3 potions instant health
3 potions water breathing
3 potions healing
3 potions harming
3 potions poison
3 potions strength
3 potions weakness
3 potions feather falling

Redstone Challenge:
16 redstone torches
4 dispensers
4 redstone repeaters
4 pistons

Fireworks Challenge:
32 fireworks total
*4 must be star shaped
*4 must be burst shape
*4 must crackle

Extra Challenge:
5 snow golems (remember to protect them from the elements)
5 iron golems
1 Traveling merchant

Bonus Challenge:
Tame a fox

Yes this is for charity, but it’s also a challenge! So there will be prizes for our winners.

Prizes: (rewards will be divided evenly between members of their team)
1st: 90 levels of XP on AquaNu, 30,000 points on SomeAwesome.com, and a $30 Amazon Gift Card
2nd: 90 levels of XP on AquaNu, and 30,000 points on SomeAwesome.com
3rd: 90 levels of XP on AquaNu

all participants get $2000 SAMCoin on top of what they get from donations

HOW TO JOIN THE CHALLENGE:
Add your team name and members to the post in our Facebook Group  Remember there is a maximum of 3 players allowed per team. If you do not have a full team and another member would like to play but we are out of space, we may ask that they join yours.
If you are on a solo mission you may say no to additional members.

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13Jul

Steam Run & Mid-Month Updates

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Get Ready for the Summer Steam Run

The poll has been taken and it looks as if next weekend is the best time for everyone, so we’re making the formal announcement now that Saturday, July 20th at 3pm and Monday, July 22nd at 9:30pm (aka Minecraft Monday stream time) are the days that will be available to choose from.

Like the previous Steam Run back in January, entrants may choose one of the two days to sign up for, using the form at the end of this article. Patreon patrons on the Awesome Tier may participate on both days of the event, so there is no need to submit the form if you are on the Awesome Tier, just show up, however you should know that superpickaxe will not be enabled for this event.

The play area will be smaller this time around, and we won’t be going as bonkers as last time with the special block/item density (I’ve finally learned how to use proper percentages for replacing stone). However as per usual, you can expect to find plenty of goodies, including 60 hidden Steam keys in each run. These keys will be placed in books, that are then placed in chests, so keep an eye out for these. If you don’t know how to redeem a Steam key in order to get a game from it, check out the video below.

If you’d like to sign up for either day of the Steam Run, use the form at the end of this article to do so. Any questions, feel free to ask in the Facebook group.

New Kitz in the Serverus Shack

Now that we’ve all settled into 1.14, I’ve taken it upon myself to add some new thingies to the Serverus Shack. If you’ve got some SAMCoin burning a hole in your pocket, head on down to the shack (located right outside the command tower) and right-click on a sign to get yourself a little something.

I’ve removed all the super bows except for one, which is obviously the one that everyone likes using ?

Normally I don’t reveal what the kitz are except for hints in the name of the kitz themselves but this week I feel like being a bit more transparent so here they are:

  • Clipz – $1000 SAMCoin: Unbreakable Shears of Death (unbreakable, sharpness 5, can only be purchased once)
  • Flyz – $1000 SAMCoin: Elytra (can only be purchased once a day)
  • Swimz – $500 SAMCoin: Turtle Helmet (can only be purchased once a day)
  • Ballz – $50 SAMCoin: Gets you one Fireball (right-click to throw, don’t use it in close quarters)
  • TPz – $1000 SAMCoin: The Void Bow (shoot it and you will teleport to where the arrow lands)
  • Catz – $500 SAMCoin: 2 cat spawn eggs (can only be purchased once a day)
  • Pandaz – $500 SAMCoin: 2 panda spawn eggs (can only be purchased once)
  • Foxez – $500 SAMCoin: 2 fox spawn eggs (can only be purchased once)

Quick Notes

Here’s some stuff you may or may not care about. That’s why it’s at the end of the article!

  • SA points are in since Thursday, convert to SAMCoin, use Command Zone or grab some games!
  • We’ll be showing off how to use the Secret Beta goodies on Monday’s stream so if you’re confused by them, tune in!
  • Command of the Week starting on server restart Sunday night is SmoothSleep.
  • I have ethernet back in my office so no more frame drops or spotty voices. YAY!

Steam Run Sign Up Form

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23Feb

Build Wars 5 is Today

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Though we didn’t get a lot of signups for today (and you can still sign up for Monday if you want) Build Wars is still on, starting at 3pm EST. We’ll see you then!

(if you’re reading this and it’s Monday, then tonight we start at 9:30pm EST)

Wait! What is Build Wars?

I know, I haven’t had much opportunity to explain this to the folks who are new to this, luckily the premise is pretty simple:

Everyone who participates gets assigned an area (this time it is 64×64 blocks) in which they will build their entry. Typically there is a theme to each build, and this time is no different.

Inside of each participant’s area, they are given Creative, which also means they can fly. Just be careful that you aren’t too high up in the air and leave the area, or you could end up like me…

Of course, even if you die, there’s no real consequence, other than having to rearrange your items again, but you know, every second counts.

Players are given 2 hours to complete their build. During this two hours, players must build as much of their concept out as they can. Once the time is up, players are kicked for a short time while we remove build permissions from all the areas. Then the players are allowed to come back on to take pictures of their build to submit for voting. You can take multiple pictures and pick one later, but all pictures must be in the Default texture pack with no shaders. We don’t want to give an edge to players with faster rigs that can render prettier graphics 😉

The Voting Phase

Once we have both days completed for the event, we will give a few days for everyone to get their pictures in order, and then we will post all of the images online for the public to vote on. Whoever gets the most likes on their picture of their build, wins first place, which is a $30 Amazon Gift Card.

Second place gets 30,000 points on SomeAwesome.com (or just 30,000 SAMCoin if you are going to just transfer it over anyway, but let me know if that is the case) and third place gets 30 Levels of XP on the server.

Everyone who competes will receive 5,000 SAMCoin after the event is done for them on whichever day they picked.

I Feel Like I’m Missing Something…

You are! We haven’t told you what the theme is going to be yet. While we had considered snowmen, it’s kind of old hat at this point (see what I did there?) and I thought about a Valentine’s Day type of deal, but not everyone is into V-Day, so I met in the middle.

So yes, while the theme of the event is indeed about love, it’s more about the dark, obsessive side of love…namely, what are you obsessed about?

Do you own everything Harry Potter? Do you have the hots for Bruce Willis maybe? Why stop there, put both your obsessions together in one crazy shrine. Yippee Ki-Yay Hermione, that’s what I’m talking about.

Build a shrine to everything you obsess over, but remember, balance is key. Add too many pop culture references, and no one will understand what you’re going for. A solid mash-up is clever, so let your imagination run wild.

Oh Hey BTW the Rush Map is down

Yes that’s right, while we run the Build Wars event, we’ve taken the Rush Map offline, but after the competition is finished on Monday night, we’ll put it back up, with the new 19w08b snapshot ready for you to test your pillage-defenses.

Build Wars starts at 3pm EST today and runs until roughly 5pm (of course we wait a bit for stragglers so 2 hours from whatever time we start). We’ll see you there!

BUILD WARS SERVER ADDRESS: bw.smaws.me

 

02Nov

Extra Life 2018 Challenge

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Welcome to Extra Life 2018! We’ve got a brand new challenge map for you, courtesy of admin dancingn27 *applause*

But first, let me tell you why we do this…

What is Extra Life?
Extra Life is a 24 hour gaming charity event that raises money for the children’s hospitals within the Children’s Miracle Network. We will be playing in dedication of our dear friend Jackson_Wilson whom we lost back in 2015 after his battle with Ewing Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that mostly affects children between the ages of 10 to 20. Jackson was an amazing friend to everyone on the server. He was always so helpful to everyone, and very welcoming to new players. He often organized group projects that had to do with reusing and recycling in-game materials, and helping others. He was also our group historian, and had been in the process of chronicling our group’s history before he became too ill to continue.

Losing Jackson was very hard on us as a group. It was our first experience with the loss of one of our players turned friend, and proved just how close a group of internet friends can become despite the distance between us. Jackson’s presence can still be felt even on our newest map, AquaNu where the Jackson Memorial Highway runs through the nether network. Little things like that continue to keep his spirit alive and with us. We remember him the most this time of year as autumn was his favorite season, and Halloween the holiday he loved best of all. We’re proud to dedicate this year’s event to him by donating to the hospital he spoke so highly of while receiving treatment.

2018 Challenge Map: Waterworld

After stripping the planet bare of valuable resources and the melting of the polar ice caps, most of the globe is underwater. Some humans have survived, and even fewer still have adapted to the ocean by creating their own land.  You have been granted a plot of the ocean and a bit of land to start. Can you survive? Welcome to WaterWorld!

How it works:
You will spawn at the Command center where you will have access to your plot. You must follow the following rules and complete the following tasks to conquer WaterWorld.

Game rules in effect are the following:

  • mobGriefing = false
  • Difficulty = normal
  • Pvp = disabled
  • keepInventory = false *Be careful when you die!

Teams:
There are only 20 personal plots in the complex. Each plot can hold a team of 1-3 players. If all 20 plots are occupied and we still have people wanting to join the challenge we may ask teams that have not reached the 3 person maximum to offer a spot to any additional challengers. This way everyone gets a chance to play and contribute.

From your command block at the command center you will spawn on an unlit island that contains exactly one stack of grass/dirt.  You will find no more dirt or grass available in your plot so be careful!

The only CB you will find in your plot will give you access to your own personal Extra Life villager.  No other player will be able to access your plot or your villager hut. Anything within your plot is free game for you until you hit bedrock. You will not be able to access any blocks outside of your plot.
Do not climb over or through side walls to other player plots. Doing so will result in immediate disqualification.

Throughout your designated plot, there will be hidden chests filled with items you will need to fulfill your requirements. You will not be able to find items anywhere else on the map. There are no additional ores or stones hidden beneath the sand so use your precious few resources wisely.
Hint: they are NOT underground below the water table.

 

Did you know that you can create air bubbles using signs?

Extra Life Vendor:
As mentioned above, each plot of land has it’s very own villager. This villager is special indeed as he will not be accepting your stack of cobblestone. Instead he only accepts a very special “Life Crystal” that can only be obtained through experience OR (this is the best part) in the spirit of the charity we are doing this all for, by donating to the Some Awesome Minecraft’s Extra Life donation page! For every $1 dollar donation you pledge you will receive 1 precious Life Crystal to trade with your villager. Did you lose your bucket? Step on a seedling? Your tree didn’t drop a sapling? Dug up all your grass? Your villager has them and more, but they won’t be cheap. The Some Awesome team is trying to raise $1,000 this year and every dollar you donate to the group donation page goes straight towards the team goal, and 100% of that goes to the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. There can not be a better way to turn a day of fun and a few bucks into a good cause.

Challenge Goals:
The challenge goals are broken up into building challenges, and an extra credit challenge.

  • Building Challenge
    • A house with the following requirements. Your house must include a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom, and one bedroom per team member.  Each bedroom must have ONE bed.
    • Cobblestone Generator
    • Mob Box or Mob Dropper. No automated collection of ANY KIND.
    • An above ground aquarium with at least 6 fish
  • Farms/Crops Collection. No automated farms of ANY KIND.
      • Melons: Collect 64 Melon Slices
      • Pumpkin: Collect 64 pumpkins
      • Sugarcane: Collect 64 Sugarcanes
      • Wheat: Collect 64 Wheat
      • Carrot: Collect 64 Carrots
      • Potato: Collect 64 potatoes
      • Beets: Collect 64 Beets
      • Cocoa Beans: Collect 64 Cocoa Beans
      • Netherwart: Collect 64 Netherwart
      • Cactus: Collect 64 Cactus
      • Chorus Fruit: Collect 64 Chorus Fruit
      • Mushrooms: Collect 16 of the two different kinds
    • Food
      • Make 32 bread
      • Make 10 mushroom stew
      • Make 1 cake
      • Make 32 baked potatoes
      • Cook 32 chicken
      • Cook 32 steak
      • Cook 32 fish
      • Make 16 Dried Kelp Blocks
    • Wood:
      • Collect 64 of each wood type: Birch, Spruce, Jungle, Acacia, Dark Oak and Oak
    • Animals/Animal Drop:  (*Notice* Animals are limited to 2 of each type in your plot unless you are actively breeding them for food or resources.  When you log off the challenge map be sure to keep your numbers to 2 of each type. That doesn’t mean you can have 2 sheep of each color. 2 sheep.)
      • Have 2 Cows
      • Have 2 Chickens
      • Have 2 Pigs
      • Have 2 Sheep (of one color)
      • Have 2 Llamas
      • Have 2 Turtles
      • Have 2 Rabbits
      • Collect 32 leather
      • Collect 32 feathers
      • Collect 16 eggs
      • Collect 16 wool in EACH of the following colors: white, black, gray, light gray, lime, red, yellow, pink, magenta,  green, blue, and orange.
      • Collect 16 scutes
      • Collect 16 Rabbit hides
      • Collect 1 Rabbit foot
    • Crafting
      • Craft a white bed – (*Notice* If you have multiple people in your group each must have their own bed)
        Note: players are given a red bed to start. This bed does not count towards the challenge 
      • Craft 32 torches
      • Craft a furnace
      • Craft a crafting table
      • Craft 16 jack ‘o’ lanterns
      • Craft 16 paintings
      • Craft 16 stone buttons
      • Craft 64 stone bricks
      • Craft 64 stone slabs
      • Craft 16 stone pressure plates
      • Craft 16 signs
      • Craft 32 ladders
      • Craft 32 fences
      • Craft 16 fence gates
      • Craft 16 wooden pressure plates
      • Craft 16 trap doors
      • Craft 16 levers
      • Craft 16 bookcases
      • Craft 4 leads
      • Craft 32 glass
      • Craft 32 glass panes
      • Craft 8 of EACH stained glass in the following colors: white, black, gray, light gray, lime, red, yellow, pink, magenta,  green, blue, and orange.
      • Craft 32 purpur blocks
      • Craft 16 purpur stairs
      • Craft 16 purpur slabs
      • Craft 16 purpur pillars
    • Mob Collection/Challenge:
      • Collect 32 spider eyes
      • Collect 32 string
      • Collect 16 ender pearls
      • Collect 32 rotten flesh
      • Collect 5 iron ingots
      • Collect 32 bones
      • Collect 64 arrows
      • Collect 32 gun powder
      • Collect 32 glowstone dust
      • Collect a bow
      • Collect 32 redstone dust
      • Collect 16 phantom membranes
    • Potion Brewing: You have access to materials to make extended, thick, and splash potions. Any version of the following potions will count.
      • Brew 3 potions of speed
      • Brew 3 potions of instant health
      • Brew 3 potions of water breathing
      • Brew 3 potions of night vision
      • Brew 3 potions of poison
      • Brew 3 potions of weakness
      • Brew 3 potions of harming
      • Brew 3 potions of slowness
    • Redstone/Machinery:
      • 16 redstone torches
      • 4 dispensers
      • 4 redstone repeaters
      • 4 pistons
    • Fireworks Collection: Total of 32 Fireworks with a minimum of 8 different types (different colors, fade colors, shapes, and effects; will create different types)
      • At least 4 fireworks in a star shape
      • At least 4 fireworks in a burst shape
      • ‘At least 4 fireworks that crackle
    • Have a house containing 5 Snow Golems
    • Capture 1 zombie villager and cure him. (DO NOT cure more than 1 villager on your personal plot.)
    • BONUS CHALLENGE:
      • Acquire 3 Sponges and a Trident

REWARDS: (rewards will be divided evenly between members of their team)
1st: 90 levels of XP on AquaNu, 30,000 points on SomeAwesome.com, and a $30 Amazon Gift Card
2nd: 90 levels of XP on AquaNu, and 30,000 points on SomeAwesome.com
3rd: 90 levels of XP on AquaNu

all participants get $2000 SAMCoin on top of what they get from donations

HOW TO JOIN THE CHALLENGE:
We have a poll up in our Facebook Group where you can add your desired Team Name. Have the members of your team vote on that poll item as your team members. We will do the rest. Remember there is a maximum of 3 players allowed per team. If you do not have a full team and another member would like to play but we are out of space, we may ask that they join yours.
If you are on a solo mission you may say no to additional members.

30Jun

Some Awesome Steam Run(s) – July 2018

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What is the Steam Run?

For those of you who are new, the Steam Run is an event we host on the server where we zero in on a mineshaft somewhere on the server, and we border it off from the rest of the world. We then go through the mineshaft, adding chests full of goodies for players to find, and depositing huge veins of rich ores for you to mine.  We also add some special rooms, and plenty of mobs to keep you on your toes. But most importantly of all, the Steam Run gets it name from the numerous books you can find, in each of which there is contained one Steam key, a game code you can then redeem on the Steam PC gaming distribution platform.

Past Steam Runs have included up to 60 of these games, this year we’re taking it up a notch. Over 150 keys will be available to pick up, including titles like Jurassic Park: The Game, Dead Island GOTY Edition, Day of the Tentacle Remastered, and many more amazing hits, as well as indie gems and even game codes for the Playstation 4.

When is the Steam Run?

We’ll be splitting the event in two this year, so we can get as many people as possible involved. The first of the two events takes place on the 4th of July, which is on a Wednesday this year, meaning most folks will actually get the day itself off (in America anyways). We’ll start at 2pm Eastern time so folks on the west coast can get involved, as well as people in the UK (since they’re probably not celebrating our independence LOL).

Anyone who cannot make the first event is welcome to come to the second, which is TBA as far as the date itself. Only people who did not attend the first event will be allowed at the second event so it’s fair.

If you’re interested in attending the event on the 4th of July, please go into the Facebook event in the group and mark yourself as going, so we know what to expect for how long it should take, how many of the 150 keys to place, and who to put in the group for teleportation to the event.

Rules of Engagement

At the start of the event, we will teleport everyone to the location where there will be a starting room with tools, food, and beds to set your spawn. Once we have everyone together, we will announce in the chat the countdown as well as on the Discord voice channel. We will be streaming this event, so if you are in the Discord channel, be prepared to be on the stream as well.

Power tools will be disabled for this event, but if you sign up for an account at SomeAwesome.com and connect your Steam profile, we are rewarding players who do this with a custom diamond pickaxe that is enchanted with Efficiency 5, Fortune 3, Unbreaking 3 and Mending. This will put everyone on equal footing right from the beginning. Sorry, but we realized after the last Steam Run that power tools were too OP, however once the run is over we generally let people use them to strip mine the place in case any goody caches are left behind.

As per usual, the common rules of courtesy apply. For example, if someone has found a chest, you should not try to also go in that chest and try to snake some of the items out from under them. Flagrant attempts at piggybacking, cheating or other subversive behavior can result in getting banned, but I know you guys are cool so I’m expecting a fair show of things.

This year we’ve actually bedrocked off the play area, so unless you hit a wall of bedrock, you’re still in the play area and fun stuff could be nearby, so keep those picks humming! The admins and I will be in spectate mode, and if you’re on the Discord channel we’re generally pretty liberal about telling you if you’re getting hot or cold with chests towards the endgame so it’s in your best interest to hop on there with us once the pickings start getting slim.

How Do I Activate My Steam Games After The Event?

It’s the first entry in our Frequently Asked Questions area of the Some Awesome website so if you need to know how that works then click here.

It’s customary for members to also trade their games after the Steam Run in the Facebook group so if you get a game and you don’t think you’ll like it, head over to the group and we’ll have a thread going for trades.

Every time we do one of these it’s a lot of fun so we look forward to seeing you all there. Feel free to ask questions or add comments below or in the Facebook event or message me privately.

Thanks!
 ~Serverus

03Nov

Extra Life 2015: Skyblock Challenge

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Every year our community participates in a charity event known as Extra Life which is a 24 hour gaming marathon to help raise money for the care and support of sick children in hospitals within the Children’s Miracle Network.

Since 2013, we have hosted creative theme builds for the community to work on during the event. Together we have built an Amusement Park, and a Mini City project as we raised money for charity.

This year however, we’ve decided to change things up a bit. Nothing excites this group more than a challenge map, and we all have one community favorite in particular that we keep coming back to. That of course is Skyblock.

If you’ve never played Skyblock before, it is a small floating island above a void with limited supplies to get you started. Playing by yourself or as a team you must transform your tiny little dirt block into a livable island.

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Here’s the thing though, previous challenges have gone on as long as two weeks, but this is Extra Life so this one is special. This map will only be available for the 24 hour event! The list of challenges is long so some of you may be sweating that detail (/me raises hand) while others are thinking “oh good, I’ll have time to build two”. Either way we can’t think of a better way to devote an entire day towards gaming than with a little friendly competition, and what better game than Minecraft and what better map than Skyblock?

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For those of you who may be intimidated by the idea of this map, I encourage you to try it. Even if you aren’t playing to win, the map is so much more than just beating your neighbors. If you think building on the server is rewarding, wait until you see what you have created from virtually nothing. It is so much fun to challenge yourself (and you’ll never appreciate cobblestone more). So please, step outside your comfort zone and join us on November 7th at 8 o’clock AM Eastern Time as we play together and raise some money for this amazing charity!

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Rules and Other Important Details:

Welcome to Extra life 2015: Skyblock Challenge! We have created a custom Skyblock map for you, but this isn’t a map you’ve played before, and some of the game rules have changed so pay attention. One change you’ll notice right away is that your cobblestone generators have already been set up for you. Nearly everyone who has attempted to make one for the first time has without fail, turned their lava into obsidian. We’ve allowed one “Get Out of Jail Free” card and replaced it for the teams once, but this time we just decided to make it easier on everyone and set you up. Another big game change is that there are no command blocks back to the main hub. The only way back to spawn is if you die but since keep Inventory will be OFF we wouldn’t recommend it. You may think that would make this map Mission Impossible considering how easy it is to die with valuable items on you, but we have a gift. Each individual island has it’s own XP shop with a very special villager inside who is willing to sell you valuable “lost” items that otherwise may have knocked you out of the competition. See, we love you 😉

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This villager is special indeed as he will not be accepting your stack of cobblestone (as if you’d be willing to give that up anyway). Instead he only accepts a very special “Life Crystal” that can only be obtained through experience OR (this is the best part) in the spirit of the charity we are doing this all for, by donating to the group’s Extra Life donation page! For every $1 dollar donation you pledge you will receive 1 precious Life Crystal to trade with your villager. Did you lose your bucket? Step on a seedling? Your tree didn’t drop a sapling? Dug up all your grass? Your villager has them and more, but they won’t be cheap. The team is trying to raise $3,000 this year (our biggest goal yet) and every dollar you donate to the group donation page goes straight towards the team goal, and 100% of that goes to the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. There can not be a better way to turn a day of fun and a few bucks into a good cause.

Rules:

  • Teams can be 1-3 players.
  • Do not purposely jump off the island to regenerate your health.
  • Do not attempt to make a bridge to the Island Hub, neighboring islands, or map edge. Each individual island is roughly 2,000 minecraft blocks away from the other. If you are found attempting to bridge islands or the other two areas stated you will be disqualified and removed from the whitelist.
  • Your island may extend up to 100 blocks out from the bedrock block marking the center in any of the 4 compass point directions. You are not restricted as far as height is concerned.

Notes:

  • Anvils and enchanting tables will not be provided for you. You can purchase both, as well as a brewstand, from your villager for 3 Life Crystals a piece.
  • KeepInventory is set to false so you will lose your xp when you die so be careful and use “shift”!
  • A pair of each animals spawn eggs are available in the chests provided for you, but if you should lose them you may purchase extra from your villager for 5 Life Crystals a piece.
  • If your tree fails to produce saplings the admins will not give you saplings. You may purchase them from your villager **Helpful tip** Natural leaf decay seems to increase your odds of receiving saplings. A little patience goes a long way.
  • If you lose the sand, gravel, or cacti from your sand islands the admins will not replace them. You may purchase replacement blocks from your villager **Helpful tip** Approaching the sand islands from below is the safest option.
  • There will be no nether on this map. Do not attempt to create a portal or you will be disqualified and removed from the whitelist.
  • If for any reason you lose your snow blocks they will not be replaced by the admins. You may purchase replacement blocks from your villager.

Important Note: Your XP shop command black is preset to teleport you back to a specific coordinate. Be sure to leave a block or create a safe spawn area to teleport back to once you start moving your island around.

Challenge Goals:

Build Challenges

  • Build a house ~ Housing Requirements~ Your home must have a living room, kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom. Homes must be furnished. You must provide a bed and bedroom for every member of your team.
  • An infinite water source
  • A small pond
  • A mob box/dropper

Farms/Crops **NOTICE** Auto farms, using redstone, are not permitted.

  • Melon farm – Collect 64 Melons slices
  • Pumpkin farm – Collect 64 Pumpkins
  • Sugarcane farm – Collect 64 Sugarcane
  • Wheat farm – Collect 64 Wheat
  • Carrot farm – Collect 64 Carrots
  • Potato farm – Collect 64 Potatoes
  • Cactus farm – Collect 64 Cactus
  • Tree farm – at least 1 of each of the 6 tree types planted
  • Collect 64 Red Mushrooms
  • Collect 64 Brown Mushrooms

Food Stores:

  • 32 Bread
  • 10 Mushroom Stew
  • 32 Baked Potatoes
  • 64 cooked fish (any type)
  • 32 Pumpkin Pie
  • 10 Rabbit Stew

Crafting:

  • 5 Snow Golems
  • 1 bed per team member
  • 64 torches
  • 1 furnace
  • 1 crafting table
  • 32 jack o’lanterns
  • 16 paintings
  • 16 item frames
  • 64 snow blocks
  • 32 mossy cobblestone
  • 32 cobblestone stairs
  • 32 cobblestone slabs
  • 32 stone bricks
  • 32 mossy stone bricks
  • 32 cracked stone bricks
  • 32 stone slabs
  • 4 stone pressure plates
  • 4 wooden pressure plates
  • 16 signs
  • 32 ladders
  • 32 fences
  • 16 fence gates
  • 32 Acacia stairs
  • 32 Acacia slabs
  • 32 Birch stairs
  • 32 Birch slabs
  • 32 Dark Oak stairs
  • 32 Dark Oak slabs
  • 32 Jungle stairs
  • 32 Jungle slabs
  • 32 Oak stairs
  • 32 Oak slabs
  • 32 Spruce stairs
  • 32 Spruce slabs
  • 8 trap doors
  • 8 levers
  • 15 bookcases
  • 64 fireworks (must have 4 different types)

Mob Collection:

  • 64 spider eyes
  • 64 string
  • 16 ender pearls
  • 64 rotten flesh
  • 5 iron ingots
  • 5 golden nuggets
  • 64 bones
  • 64 arrows
  • 1 bow per team member (100% durability)
  • 64 gun powder
  • 16 glowstone dust
  • 16 redstone dust
  • 64 sugar

Dyes/Wools:
8 dyes of the following colors: black, gray, light gray, cactus green, lime, yellow, orange, red, pink, white
8 wool of the following colors: black, gray, light gray, cactus green, lime, yellow, orange, red, pink, white

Brewing: **NOTICE** Any version of the potions listed is fine.

  • 1 potions of swiftness
  • 1 potions of water breathing
  • 1 potions of poison
  • 1 potions of weakness
  • 1 potions of slowness

Redstone:

  • 8 redstone torches
  • 2 dispensers
  • 2 redstone repeaters
  • 2 pistons

***BONUS CHALLENGES***
To receive the Bonus Prize, all challenges listed below must be complete

Cure a zombie villager and name him (Bonus Team Challenge)
Craft a full set of iron tools (Full set includes: a pickaxe, a shovel, axe, and sword) (Per Team Member)
Have a full set of the follow sets of armor with 100% durability: iron, gold, and chain mail. (Per Team Member)

Prizes:
1st Place: 1 set of extra command blocks on either Main or NuNu server, a set of enchanted power tools, 2 row backpack, 50 xp per team member
2nd Place: set of enchanted power tools, 2 row backpack, 30xp per team member
3rd Place: Choice of power pick or shovel, 1 row backpack, 10xp per team member

Bonus Prize: extra set of command blocks on either Main or NuNu server

Top Donator: 1 set of extra command blocks on either Main or NuNu server, a set of enchanted power tools, 2 row backpack, 50 xp