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05Nov

Extra Life 2020

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Do you believe Extra Life is here already?! That’s right friends, this Saturday, November 7th at 9:00am EST through Sunday, November 8th at 9:00am EST join our Minecraft group in our annual 24 hour challenge map. This year we put a twist on one of the group’s favorite Skyblock challenges with a brand new custom Nether Skyblock!

First, lets take a minute to talk about this charity event and why we do it. In 2015 our Minecraft group lost a treasured friend, Jackson_Wilson to his long time battle with Ewing Sarcoma which is a rare form of cancer that mostly affects children between the ages of 10 to 20. Jackson was one of those people who always made you feel welcome. He started many group efforts to help out his fellow neighbors including “Helping Hands” where players donated materials or time to help other players with their builds. As a history lover, he started our first server history museum back on Main to catalog all the events and game nights we had done in our early days. He also loved the autumn season and Halloween so I believe we all tend to think of him more around this time of year. For those of you who did not have the pleasure of knowing him just know that he would have gone above and beyond to make you feel at home. He will always be missed. We play in honor of him and his memory.

Now let’s get into the challenge. If you’ve never played before, Skyblock is a challenge map where you spawn on a small floating island with very limited resources. You’ll have a list of challenges to complete including surviving, expanding your island, crafting, and collecting. You can play solo or in teams of three, and while having more players can have it’s advantages it also means more resources required so it works itself out in terms of fairness. This is such a fun challenge that everyone seems to enjoy, and over the years we’ve tweaked the map to be bigger and better! We’re excited to be one of the first Nether Skyblock maps (that we could find) and hope you are too! Check out some of the islands you’ll have access too below. This definitely isn’t our average skyblock!

Upon arrival of the server you will enter the nether portal to take you to the team blocks where you will teleport to your island. These command blocks are a one way trip, and as usual, keep inventory will be off so be careful! In fact, here are the game rules so that there are no surprises:

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

While every island does have limited resources, they possess every thing you need to complete the challenges below. However, sometimes you fall and lose precious items that you need to continue. It wouldn’t be much fun to lose the game fifteen minutes into it (we’ve had it happen before) so we’ve got you covered. Your very own special Extra Life villager will be standing by ready to trade Life Crystals for anything you might need or want. However, these precious Life Crystals can only be obtained through donations made to our SAMC team member on the Some Awesome Extra Life Team. For every dollar you donate you will earn one Life Crystal to trade with the villager. Before you ask, yes, if you donated $20 to the team for the AquaNu flash drive you will also receive 20 Life Crystals on the challenge map.

One of the challenges of building in the nether is the lack of water, and if you’ve ever played skyblock before then you know water is essential to creating a cobblestone generator. Leave it to our awesome admins BBC and Moo to figure out a solution. With a little blue ice, a piece of soul soil, and flowing lava you can make basalt which works fine as a building material. Unfortunately you can’t make tools out of it so your EL Villager will trade basalt for blackstone on a 1:1 ratio. Don’t worry though, you will be able to craft basic tools until you’ve made it over to your villager.

One other thing to note, you can NOT break blue ice with a standard pick. There is one other blue ice block available on one of the nearby islands,  but should you break both of those you will need to purchase additional ice blocks from the villager with Life Crystals so if you decide to move your generator at any point, be sure of it’s placement! To help everyone out we’ve gone ahead and made a starter generator for you on your island.

A survival map in the nether comes with its own challenges, but that didn’t stop us from adding a ton more. Let’s go over the list:

First, let’s get the DON’Ts out of the way

  • No nether portals
  • Do not build below level Y175
  • No Withers (they’ll be disabled so don’t waste time trying 😉 )
  • No trading with other teams
  • Do not bridge to a neighboring team’s island

Phew, okay now that that’s out of the way let’s get to the fun stuff…

Challenges

Nether Homesteading Challenge (14 points possible)
House

  • A living room
  • A kitchen
  • A respawn anchor
  • A loom
  • Per team member: a work room that includes a crafting table, a brewing stand, and a furnace each.

Farm

  • at least 8 wheat plants.
  • at least 8 pumpkin vines
  • at least 8 watermelon vines
  • at least 8 beet plants
  • at least 8 berry plants
  • at least 4 brown and 4 red mushrooms
  • at least 8 planted netherwart
  • at least 4 chorus trees
  • at least 4 oak trees

Nether Farming Challenge: (21 points possible)

  • Crimson fungi: 64
  • Warped fungi: 64
  • Crimson roots: 64
  • Warped roots: 64
  • Crimson Stems: 64
  • Warped Stems: 64
  • Twisting vines: 64
  • Weeping vines: 64
  • Nether sprouts: 64
  • Netherwart blocks: 64
  • Warped wart blocks: 64
  • Shroom Light: 64
  • Wheat: 64
  • Pumpkin: 64
  • Melon: 64
  • Beets: 64
  • Sweet Berries: 64
  • Chorus fruits: 64
  • Oak saplings: 64
  • Cooked Pork Chops: 64
  • Leather: 64

Nether Woods Challenge (28 points possible)

  • Crimson Stem: 32
  • Stripped Crimson Stem: 32
  • Crimson Planks: 32
  • Crimson Hyphae: 32
  • Stripped Crimson Hyphae: 32
  • Crimson Slab: 32
  • Crimson Pressure Plate: 32
  • Crimson Fence: 32
  • Crimson Trapped Door: 32 
  • Crimson Gate: 32
  • Crimson Stairs: 32
  • Crimson Button: 32
  • Crimson Door: 32
  • Crimson Sign: 32
  • Warped Stem: 32
  • Stripped Warped Stem: 32
  • Warped Planks: 32
  • Warped Hyphae: 32
  • Stripped Warped Hyphae: 32
  • Warped Slab: 32
  • Warped Pressure Plate: 32
  • Warped Fence: 32
  • Warped Trapped Door: 32
  • Warped Gate: 32
  • Warped Stairs: 32
  • Warped Button: 32
  • Warped Door: 32
  • Warped Sign: 32

Nether Blocks challenge (23 points possible)

  • Basalt blocks: 64
  • Polished basalt: 64
  • Bone blocks: 64
  • Blackstone Slabs: 64
  • Blackstone Stairs: 40
  • Blackstone Wall: 60
  • Polished Blackstone: 64
  • Polished Blackstone Bricks: 64
  • Polished Blackstone Slabs: 64
  • Polished Blackstone Stairs: 40
  • Polished Blackstone Wall: 60
  • Nether Bricks: 8
  • Red Nether Bricks: 8
  • Cracked Nether Bricks: 8
  • Chiseled Nether Bricks : 8
  • Nether Brick Fence: 8
  • Nether Brick Slab: 8
  • Red Nether Brick slab: 8
  • Nether Brick stairs: 8
  • Red Nether Brick stairs: 8 
  • Nether Brick Wall: 8
  • Red Nether brick wall: 8 
  • Magma blocks: 32

Build Challenge (5 points possible)

  • Overworld Mob Farm (be sure to research how to do these efficiently without water)
  • Hoglin Farm
  • Zombie Piglin Farm
  • Enderman Farm
  • Magma Cube Farm

Note: The above mob farms can be as simple as a platform for the mobs to spawn on and place for the player to kill them

Crafting challenge (16 points possible)

  • 1 Chain 
  • 1 Warped fungus on a stick
  • 1 Soul campfire 
  • 1 Soul torch 
  • 1 Target
  • 1 Netherite block 
  • 1 Respawn anchor (this is listed above also but you only need one per team)
  • 1 set of blackstone tools (sword, pickaxe, axe, shovel, hoe per team member)
  • 1 set of netherite tools (sword, pickaxe, axe, shovel, hoe)
  • 1 set of gold armor (hat, shirt, pants, shoes)
  • 1 set of netherite armor (hat, shirt, pants, shoes)
  • 1 Bow per team member
  • 64 Arrows per team member
  • 1 Shears
  • 1 Jukebox
  • 1 Flint and steel

Piglin trading challenge (17 points possible)

  • 1 Iron nugget 
  • 1 Water bottle
  • 1 Potion of fire resistance
  • 1 Splash potion of fire resistance
  • 1 Iron boots with soul speed  
  • 1 Blackstone
  • 1 Gravel
  • 1 Spectral arrow
  • 1 Nether bricks
  • 1 Soul sand
  • 1 Leather
  • 1 Fire charge
  • 1 Crying obsidian
  • 1 Obsidian
  • 1 Quartz
  • 1 String
  • 1 Ender pearl

Special items VILLAGER PURCHASE ONLY (2 points possible)

  • Pigstep music disc
  • Snout Banner

Download Checklist Here

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

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

***All participants will earn a Life Crystal “trophy”, Pigstep Music Disc, and Snout Banner on NetherNu

This map is sure to be a lot of fun so be sure to sign up below so we can get you preregistered. Remember, teams are allowed 3 members only.

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24Oct

Just Checking In

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Hey everyone, how you been? Is 2020 over yet? No? Well I guess I’m back anyway for a bit, not in any official capacity really, just seeing how things are going since I gave Facebook the old heave-ho 5 months ago.

I have to say (a bit ironically I confess) that everyone should consider a hiatus like this from social media, or at the very least Facebook. I know it sounds counter-productive for me to suggest, seeing as how all of you are on there by virtue of it being a rule for server access, but I’m honestly not sure I could’ve handled the last few months without the break. I commend all of you that are still trucking.

Speaking of “all of you”, I see we have some new faces around here, which is great and certainly proof enough to me that handing the reins off to BBC and Moo was a good decision. We can’t thank them enough for picking up the slack, and if nothing else this has demonstrated that it’s OK to put more control of SomeAwesome into the hands of the community. This server has needed fresh blood and fresh eyes for quite some time, we couldn’t be happier with the way it’s turned out.

So like I said above, I’m not really here to throw myself back into Minecraft in any official capacity, but wanted to give you a heads up on some things related to SA and the upcoming Extra Life event, which your team captain Amz has been handling beautifully as well. Thanks Amz!

CLICK THIS LINK TO SIGN UP FOR THE EXTRA LIFE SKYBLOCK CHALLENGE!

AquaNu Flash Drives

In an effort to help the SA team during Extra Life, we will be offering to send out a flash drive with AquaNu on it for a $20 donation made to the SAMC Team Profile during the event. This price includes the drive (which is 64gb now since AquaNu is so freaking big), some SA stickers, shipping, and also copies of the Rush Map and the completed Extra Life Challenge Map.

Once Extra Life is over, the drives will also be available for the same price in the SAMC store, so if you can’t afford one during the event, don’t worry, you’ll still be able to get one eventually.

Some team members are offering great bonuses for donations made to their profiles too so make sure to check out everyone on the team!

Extra Life Twitch Schedule

We will be broadcasting the challenge map on the Twitch channel several times throughout the 24 hours of the event, but between those check-ins we will be streaming a variety of other games as well, including Ark: Survival Evolved, Raft, Phasmophobia, Cuphead, Rocket League, Among Us and yes as per usual, my yearly wee-hours dip into Space Channel 5. More details on full game list and times will be released closer to the event.

What’s Next?

Ultimately, the goal is to dig in my heels over at SomeAwesome.com and focus on getting it off the ground, so my focus needs to be there for a while. In that regard, I will be “available” once again but I have no plans to micromanage what’s happening in the Minecraft group or on the server. I’m convinced that we’ve left it in good hands, and with any luck over at the main site we can each benefit from a rising tide to lift all boats. In the meantime however, I hope you’ll join our team this year for Extra Life, and I raise my cup in reverence to you fine folks.

See you soon!
~Serverus

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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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.

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