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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.

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?

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 😉

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

12Aug

Clinic Craft

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We have many, many shares on our page and ideas given to us by our members on events they would like to see us host on the server, but nothing prepared us for the amount of links we received for Clinic Craft. You all spoke, and we listened, and we bring you our own Clinic Craft building competition.

What Is This All About?

For those who haven’t heard of Clinic Craft, it’s a simple but brilliant idea brought to us in partnership with Save the Children: just build a clinic in Minecraft and raise awareness and money to help Save the Children build and equip a real clinic in a remote area of Liberia to help prevent deaths in children under one.

For more information, you can visit their site here.

Donating:

This is unfortunately where it gets a little confusing. Clinic Craft is a UK-based event, so when you’re looking at the website, the donate button will NOT work for any of my American friends.

However, after speaking with the organiser, we have been provided with a special link that, even though it goes to Save the Children, any money donated here will go into the Clinic Craft pot; just follow the link and don’t forget to change the slider at the top to change your donation into $USD.

Our event:

On the server, we couldn’t let the opportunity for an event slip by us, so with a little help, we have created a 48-hour build challenge for you all.

That’s right; Starting on Saturday the 30th of August at 2pm EST and finishing on the 31st we are going to give you 48 hours to build a clinic of your very own! You can either do this as a team or on your own. You will have a 20 x 30 block plot, and you can be as creative as you wish; you don’t have to follow the blueprint or any laws of physics. Just get creative and make sure it looks like a clinic at the end. Don’t forget to decorate the interior, too. There will be a supply shed filled with some basic materials, but you will also be allowed to bring your own resources in, too. All ages are welcome!

Prizes:

First prize is a little special. Clinic Craft itself is also holding a competition for the best clinic, and we want the First-place winner to be the official community entry in this. That’s right: we will be entering the winning build to represent us in this challenge. This winner will also receive a set of power tools which include the power pick axe and power shovel. On top of this already fabulous bunch of goodies the 1st place winner will get to choose either a zombie or skeleton horse to have at their home as well as a free turn on the toad hut.

2^nd Place will receive a Power Pick axe and a free go on the toad hut.

3^rd Place get the Power Shovel and also a free go on the toad hut.

As this is a Mutiplatform event, if players from the PS3 or Xbox win we have some special (un-official) Minecraft goodies for you to win

What next?

So the challenge is over, and you may or may not have won. Clinic Craft is not just asking for money! They want you to raise awareness for the charity and is in need of this, so maybe you could share your build with your friends along with the link, post it on Twitter, or stick it on Reddit. You could even enter it into the Clinic Craft competition in your own name. We want you to spread the word and give this cause some attention!

Special Thanks

We always says thanks to the admin team for putting together these events, and with this one, we did help but very little. My beautiful daughter Trixabella_z was moved incredibly by this project and took on nearly all the work herself, leaving only the finishing touches to the admin team. For this, we are very grateful and owe special thanks.

xxMolly