Category: Competitions

Welcome to Some Awesome Minecraft’s newest original survival map challenge: Shipwrecked!

 

Now that you have gone down with your ship, you just might survive on the ocean floor. Your ship, & its remaining cargo, has come to rest near a colorful reef where you might find some useful supplies. Underground you are sure to find many resources to aid in your survival.

You are the Captain, locked in your cabin as your ship sank to the ocean floor.

You are the Captain, locked in your cabin as your ship sank to the ocean floor.

Listed below you will find the building, crafting, & collection challenges needed to setup your new undersea home.
You will have 2 weeks to complete the challenge, however there are prizes for the 3 individuals or teams who finish first! Read to the bottom to see your Bonus & Build challenge options.  Challenge runs: February 27th through March 13th.

NOTES: 

~There are 25 ‘maps’ setup, with 1 to 3 people allowed per map/team.

~You will find a map in your starter chest of the *original layout* of your area. However, this map is not actually of your area, or it would only show water. It will not reflect any changes you make to your play area.

Generic Map for reference

Generic Map for reference

~There is no lava in this world. However, there is still gravel, so you’ll still want to avoid digging straight up.

~There are 4 mob spawners in each map space. They start off lit up to prevent mobs spawning & building-up before you uncover them. Each holds special blocks & items that you will need to complete your challenge.

Spawners

The 4 spawners & the special blocks they hold.

~When you find your special blocks (grass, mycelium, snow, & glowstone) be careful not to turn them to dirt or destroy them.

~Keep Inventory is Off.

~There are no Command Blocks (CBs) from your map back to Spawn.

~Any kids wishing to participate, must be teamed up with an adult.

 

RULES: 

~Do Not alter anything at the Spawn & CB islands. No breaking blocks, bushes, leaves, torches, etc. Anything at spawn, belongs at spawn only.

Spawn Islands (aka a near death experience)

Spawn Islands
(aka a near death experience)

~ALWAYS keep your mob spawners lit up when you are not actively killing the mobs in them (the ones included, as well as any you may create). This will help prevent lag from mobs building-up, as well as allowing other teams to get their mobs to spawn when they need them. Leaving your mob spawners running constantly without standing there actively killing them creates frustration for the other players & will usually have to be dealt with by the admins.

~No Trading with other teams. Each team needs to complete their list on their own.

~Do Not go to the water’s surface. Do not place blocks, or otherwise alter, the water’s surface (or the ice on top of it).

~Do Not alter, enter, or mess with any other players’ or teams’ stuff.  The world is setup so that players only have access to their own maps from Spawn. You shouldn’t be able to get to another players’/teams’ place, so please don’t try.

**Breaking any of the above rules will disqualify you and get you removed from the challenge map’s whitelist.

 

CHALLENGE REQUIREMENTS: 

Build Challenge: 
These need to be built above ground level, out in the open and  underwater. Use your creativity to build your new underwater home. Your ship can be taken apart for the resources, but cannot be used as your new home, you need to build a new one. (Hmm… where underwater could you find a block that would aid in water removal?) 

~House: must include at least one of each of these rooms: -Kitchen -Living Room -Bed room -Bathroom

~Enchanting Room: with a minimum of 10 bookshelves  (can be included in the house, or separate)

~5 Snow Golems: make some new friends! Just keep them protected from the water.

***Everything else can be included above or below ground level, but completely underwater. ***

Farms & Crops:
Notice: Auto farms of any kind are not permitted. These farms need to be established when submitting completion photos. 

~Melon Farm: collect 64 melon blocks
~Pumpkin Farm: collect 64 pumpkins
~Sugar Cane Farm: collect 64 sugar cane
~Wheat Farm: collect 64 wheat
~Carrot Farm: collect 64 carrots
~Potato Farm: collect 64 potatoes
~Cocoa Bean Farm: collect 64 cocoa beans
~Netherwart Farm: collect 64 netherwart
~Cactus Farm: collect 64 cactus
~Mushroom Farm: collect 32 red & 32 brown mushrooms
~Vine Farm: collect 64 vines
~Flower Farm: collect 64 each of the double tall flowers: peony, sunflower, rose, & lilac
~Tree Farm: have planted a minimum 1 of every type of tree (oak, birch, spruce, jungle, dark oak, & acacia)

Animals & Animal Drops: 
Notice: Animals are limited to 2 of each type in your maps 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. Meaning only 2 sheep, NOT 2 of each color of sheep.
**WARNING: If you are not online & your animals exceed this limit, they will all be killed.
*While breeding, you must remain near the animals so we know you are working them. Please keep your maximum amount of animals “reasonable”. Remember that the server will probably be full of players trying to breed their own animals & it all adds to the lag.

~Have 2 Cows: collect 32 leather
~Have 2 Chickens: collect 32 feathers & 16 eggs
~Have 2 Rabbits: collect 32 rabbit hide
~Have 2 Pigs
~Have 2 Sheep

Food Stores: 

~Make 1 cake
~Make 32 bread
~Make 9 mushroom stew
~Make 32 baked potatoes
~Make 32 pumpkin pies
~Make 3 rabbit stew
~Cook 32 chicken
~Cook 32 steak
~Cook 32 fish (any combination of cooked fish types)
~Cook 32 rabbit
~Cook 32 lamb chops

Crafting Challenges: 

~Bed (1 per person on your map)
~64 torches
~Crafting Table
~Furnace
~Anvil
~Brewing Stand
~32 Jack-0-lanterns
~16 Paintings
~Clock
~Compass
~4 Maps (Empty)
~16 Bookshelves
~64 Glass
~36 Glass Panes
~16 Tripwire Hooks
~16 Levers
~16 Trapdoors
~16 Armor Stands
~64 Stone Slabs
~64 Stone Brick Stairs
~64 Polished Granite
~64 Polished Andesite
~64 Polished Diorite
~64 Mossy Stone Brick
~64 Cracked Stone Brick
~64 Chiseled Stone Brick
~64 Smooth Sandstone
~64 Chiseled Sandstone
~1 Full set of Diamond Armor: Helmet, Chestplate, Leggings, & Boots *per person on the team
~1 Full set of Diamond Tools: Sword, Pickaxe, Axe, Shovel *per person on the team

 

Dyed Materials: 
All 16 dye colors are available: white, light grey, grey, black, brown, red, orange, yellow, lime, green, cyan, light blue, blue, purple, magenta, & pink.

~16 of each color of Wool
~16 of each color of stained Glass
~8 of each color of stained Clay
~Design 1 team banner (not blank)

Mob Collection & Challenge: 
Notice: Light up your spawners/spawn rooms to stop the mobs from spawning when you are not actively standing at your spawner to kill them. 

~64 Spider Eyes
~64 String
~64 Rotten Flesh
~64 Bones
~64 Arrows
~32 Blaze Rods
~9 Bows
~8 Ender Pearls
~1 Eye of Ender
~Capture 1 Zombie Villager & cure him. *Do Not cure more than 1 villager per map/team.*

Redstone Mechanics: 
Notice: To help reduce lag, please do not build any redstone contraptions on the map. 

~Collect 64 Redstone Dust
~Craft 32 Redstone Torches
~Craft 16 Dispensers
~Craft 16 Redstone Repeaters
~Craft 8 Pistons
~Craft 8 Redstone Lamps

Potion Brewing: 
Notice: You have access to materials to make extended, thick, & splash potions. Any version of the following will count. 

~3 Speed/Swiftness Potions
~3 Instant Health/Healing Potions
~3 Water Breathing Potions
~3 Night Vision Potions
~3 Poison Potions
~3 Instant Damage/Harming Potions
~3 Slowness Potions
~3 Weakness Potions

BONUS CHALLENGE: 
These are in addition to the main challenge & are not required to complete the main challenge criteria. An individual can complete these, even if the rest of their team does not, & that individual will receive the rewards. 

~Complete a “Survivor’s Log” written book – detailing your story of survival and rebuilding your life underwater *per person
~Collect & Craft Fully Repaired sets of the following types of armors *per person: Leather, Gold, Iron, & Chain mail
~Collect all 6 Sponge Blocks on the map (& do not lose them).
~Collect 64 of each type of logs (oak, birch, spruce, jungle, dark oak, & acacia)
~Brew 3 Leaping/Jump Boost Potions *per person

BEST BUILD BONUS: 
Do you have the best new underwater home? 
You have the entire contest period to complete this bonus part of the challenge. Submit a photo collage of your above ground/underwater home to the admins for them to add to the Best Build Challenge group photo album. Voting will begin after the 2-week challenge is over. The build with the most “Likes” on their photo will receive a special prize.

Your underwater beginnings.

Your underwater beginnings.

PRIZES: 

Challenge:
1st Place:
“I Survived Shipwrecked!” t-shirt (for each person on team)
100 team points (for each person on team)
1 item of choice from admins (for each person on team)

"I Survived Shipwrecked" custom t-shirts. (multiple sizes & colors available)

“I Survived Shipwrecked” custom t-shirts.

2nd Place:
$30 steam game credit from our steam selection (divided amongst team)
50 team points (for each person on team)
3rd Place:
25 team points (for each person on team)

BONUS Challenge (for each individual who completes it):
Choice of 1 of the following *custom* horses: Skeleton or Zombie Horse
25 team points

Best Build Bonus Winner:
50 team points (for each person on team)
1 item of choice from admins (for each person on team)

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Join our Facebook group for our THIRD round of this PvP favorite, The Hunger Games!

Main rounds starting at 9pm EDT
We will hold about 3 rounds tonight, a max. of 25 minutes each.

Server address: hg.gmmc.me

PRIZES:
1st Place: 50 team points, a steam game from the group library, and an in-game item of their choice from our creative inventory.
2nd Place: 10 team points
3rd Place: 5 points

Saturday we will have a “for fun” round at 1pm EDT, for the kids or those that miss tonight’s rounds.

Friday, August 22nd begins our group’s 3rd installment of the Skyblock Challenge!  The admin crew has built a new custom multi-player map just for the occasion and we’re excited to announce that we’ll be doing Skyblock 2.1 this go around. You can find more information about Skyblock and Skyblock 2.1 here. This server map is an adaptation created by the server admins. The concept and original Skyblock challenges/maps were thought up by Noobcrew.

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What is Skyblock? Skyblock is a floating island survival map. On the server, your team will be assigned an island where you’ll be tasked with a list of goals to accomplish (with meager starting supplies) to win the challenge. As previously stated we’ll be using an adaption of  Skyblock 2.1 with additional goals to make the experience slightly more challenging.

 chests

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. This rule goes for Overworld and Netherworld islands.
  • Overworld island can 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.
  • Netherworld islands can extend up to 40 blocks out from your nether portal in any of the 4 compass point directions.  You are not restricted as far as height is concerned.
  • If you somehow spawn on a neighbors island either jump off or use their cb to return to the Island Hub to access your island.

Notes:

  • Anvils and enchanting tables will not be provided for you this time around. You can purchase both, as well as a brewstand, at one of the Xp Shops for 50xp levels. KeepInventory is set to false so you will lose your xp when you die.
  • Two XP Item Shops have been set up to allow you access to materials you wouldn’t normally have access to during single player survival. One item, the brewstand, is required for you to meet certain challenge goals.
  • Instead of doing a pumpkin trade for dirt like we’ve done in the past you may purchase grass blocks from one of the two xp shops.  One shop specializes in animals. If you are having a hard time getting animals to spawn on your island (and with the way the map is set up you shouldn’t have issues getting them to spawn naturally if your island is set up to spawn them correctly) you now have the option to purchase animal spawn eggs for an xp cost.
  • If you fail to set up your cobblestone generator correctly and lose your lava you will be given only 1 replacement lava source.
  • If you fail to set up your nether portal correctly you will not get a second chance to do so.
  • If your tree fails to produce saplings the admins will not give you saplings. You may ask other challengers if they have any they’d like to donate to you. **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 and cacti from your sand island the admins will not replace them. You may ask other challengers to donate sand/cacti should this happen. **Helpful tip** Approaching the sand island from below is the safest option.
  • If you lose the mushrooms from your nether island the admins will not replace them.  Again, you may ask other challengers for donations.
  • Your starting chest only has 2 items in it. As you progress to your sand island and nether islands you’ll “unlock” more chests with additional items.
  • If for any reason you lose your snow blocks they will not be replaced by the admins. You may ask other challengers for donations.

Challenge Goals:Build Challenges

  • Build a house ~ Housing Requirements~ Your home must have a living room, kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom. Homes must be furnished.
  • A well or troth (to house your infinite water source)
  • A small pond
  • A cobblestone generator
  • A mob box/dropper

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

  • Melon farm – Collect 64 Melon 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
  • Netherwart – Collect 64 Nether Wart
  • Collect 64 Red Mushrooms
  • Collect 64 Brown Mushrooms

Food Stores:

  • 32 Bread
  • 10 Mushroom Stew
  • 32 Baked Potatoes
  • 64 cooked fish
  • 32 Pumpkin Pie

Crafting:

  • 5 Snow Golems
  • 1 bed per team member
  • 64 torches
  • 1 furnace
  • 1 crafting table
  • 32 jack o’lanterns
  • 16 paintings
  • 32 cobblestone stairs
  • 32 cobblestone slabs
  • 16 stone buttons
  • 32 stone bricks
  • 32 stone slabs
  • 16 stone pressure plates
  • 16 signs
  • 32 ladders
  • 32 fences
  • 16 fence gates
  • 32 Birch stairs
  • 32 Birch slabs
  • 16 wooden pressure plates
  • 32 trap doors
  • 16 levers
  • 16 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
  • 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***

  • 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) (Bonus Personal Challenge)
  • Have a full set of the follow sets of armor with 100% durability: iron, gold, and chain mail. (Bonus Personal Challenge)

Prizes:1st Place

  • $30 dollar Amazon Gift Card ***Notice***Your team can decide how they want the Gift Card divided up.
  • Toad Hut Coupons for all team members.

2nd Place

  • The choice of 1 Powermine Pick or Shovel for each member of your team.
  • Toad Hut Coupons for all team members.

3rd Place

  • Toad Hut Coupons for all team members.

***BONUS CHALLENGE***

  • Undead horse of your choice. ***Notice***To complete the bonus challenge your team must complete all the challenge goals listed including the *Bonus Team Challenge*.  You must also complete the 2 *Bonus Personal Challenges*.  Undead horses are individual rewards. Your entire team does not have to complete the 2 *Bonus Personal Challenges* for you to be awarded the horse.

Event Information: 

Start Date:  Friday, August 22nd 2014

Start Time: 9:30pm EDT

  • The event will run for one week, closing on Friday, August 29th 2014

Server:  sb.gmmc.me

  • To access the server you must fill out the whitelist request form on this page. Please be sure to list the name of your team when submitting your request. You will not be able to access the Skyblock server until the event officially opens on August 22nd.

SKYBLOCK TEAM SIGNUPS ARE FULL. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMPETE, PLEASE INQUIRE IN THE GROUP SO WE CAN GET YOU ON A TEAM THAT IS NOT YET FULL