Author: John Geijsman

Meet the Players – 2K__

On By John GeijsmanIn Player Profiles

How long have you been playing Minecraft?

I first started playing Minecraft on the Xbox 360 edition at some point in late 2012 or early/mid 2013, later in 2014 I got the Java version of the game.

2 years later in 2016 I moved to the Windows 10 edition beta (now known as the Bedrock edition) of the game due to Java edition’s poor performance on my old PC (this was before I had discovered the Optifine mod).

Nowadays I play either Java edition or the Xbox 360 edition.

What made you start playing Minecraft?

The blocky graphics made me like the game for some reason. The Youtubers back then (Stampy, Squid, DanTDM and etc.) also made me play the game a lot.

What type of Minecraft player are you?

We’ll use the following list – based off Mumbo Jumbo’s video – 20 Different Types of Minecraft Player, with a couple of modifications.

  • The Gadget Guy (loves making little redstone contraptions around their base to make life easier)
  • The Resource Hoarder (everything gets stored in piles and piles of chests, even if they don’t need them)
  • The Monument Builder (they always have to have the biggest build on the server)
  • The Autofarmer (farms have to have pistons, daylight detectors, the works)
  • The Explorer (no set base, everything they have is in their inventory. They just walk)
  • The Subterranean Hermits (their entire base must be underground)
  • The Artist (all the pixel art!)
  • The Competitors (minigames is their jam – PvP, Spleef, Parkour, all that)
  • The Code Wizards (whether it’s command blocks or crazy complex redstone)
  • The Mod Fans (Vanilla Minecraft? Nah – bring on the mods and plugins)
  • The Medieval Builders (villages, ships, the lot)
  • The Modern Architect (modern houses, modern resource packs, lots of concrete)
  • The Challenge Fan (Skyblock, Survival SuperFlat, Hardcore Mode – bring on the challenges)
  • The Long Gamers (using the same world since 1.8 or before – such dedication)
  • The Minimalist (a simple house and a few farms will do fine)

I find myself to be a Explorer most of the time when I do Survival, I also tend to be a Minimalist as well, which is why my bases always turn out to be awful. I can also be a Mod fan at times. I almost became an Autofarmer once, but the farming rules came on the exact same day that I was about to make an auto-farm.

Do you start a world the same way every time, or mix it up?

Normally I start a world the same way, get some wood, get more wood, forget to make bed and wait for the night to end, then make a (awful) base.

What’s your favourite ever build you’ve created?

MSo far my favourite build isn’t fully finished, similarly to collie’s. It is a recreation of Stampy’s Lovely World. It uses the original world seed, which had to be obtained by using it on a emulated copy of Minecraft 360’s TU0 version.

It is also one of the first builds I’ve done which I didn’t lose interest in after 2 minutes.

How many times have you beaten the EnderDragon?

It depends – in LibraryCraft I have helped defeat an Enderdragon, but as CountDoDoDoDo stated a while back it probably doesn’t count as I had /back and etc. I have defeated the dragon around 100 times in creative mode, but in survival mode I am yet to defeat her.

What does your LC base look like? What are some of it’s features?

To be honest, my base is probably the simplest base on the server. I never really use my base so that is why – the exterior is very small and basic with 2 crafting tables, the one on the left was for when I was building it, the one on the right… Well, I don’t remember why that one was even there…

The interior is also pretty small, with a smelting room at the back. Sometimes I find that it is still smelting the stack of iron blocks that I might have put in it the week before.

What’s your favourite block?

My favourite block is the oak planks block. I find it very useful for building and crafting, it is what I normally use to make bases. I also like the other kinds of wood… except Acacia wood, I find it ugly.

How about your favourite mob?

I always find myself very fond of sheep, I think they’re cute and fluffy.

What’s your favourite thing to do in LibraryCraft?

Hanging out with the community is one thing I like to do, turning on shaders and seeing how much the look of a build changes is another.

September Enchanted Garden Competition Results

On By John GeijsmanIn Competitions

We’re getting close to the end of the year – September is over already! We’ve had some absolutely stunning entries for the Enchanted Garden competition, so here are the results.

1st Place: _f0rk

_f0rk is back on top again with this absolutely beautiful mushroom house, with a secret underneath! It’s very Sims-esque. I love it.

2nd Place: _pluto_9

Pluto’s Hobbit Hole is amazing, with giant flowers and a really well laid out garden, including a very detailed interior.

3rd Place: cramskii

After some time away from competitions, cramskii is back with a beautiful garden with a river. I love the colour choices here. So calming.

Honourable Mentions

We have two honourable mention this round, with players scoring some votes, but not enough to make the top three.

Countdodododo

Kursed7280084

A big congrats to all of our entrants! These were a lot of fun to wander through. Prize collection will be added directly to your Diamond Banks – on to October!

Skyblock is Back!

On By John GeijsmanIn New Worlds

That’s right – Skyblock is back! We’re using a different plugin now – IridiumSkyblock, and it seems to work well, with a few tweaks here and there. We’re using a separate plugin to manage the missions, called Quests. It means we can set custom quests for the minigame (and incorporate it into Survival if we want to as well!).

Here’s what you need to know.

When you get to the Minigames Server, enter /island. This will generate an island for you – it looks like the picture above. If you don’t get teleported there straight away, enter /is and the following menu will appear.

There’s a few different things to choose from. Here are the important ones:
  • Grass block: Regenerate island. This will reset your island so you can start again. It won’t reset your inventory, so you’ll need to do the right thing and empty your inventory too.
  • Bed: Home. If you’re in the Minigames Lobby, this is the way you can get to your island. You can also set a /pwarp so you can go there from anywhere in the Network.
  • Head: Members. You can add members to your island using /is invite.
  • End portal block: Warps. You can set warps to your island for others to use. Only will work in the Minigames server.
  • Diamond: Upgrades. This will allow you to spend your hard earned mission rewards on upgrades. They’re expensive, so get ready for a good old fashioned Skyblock grind. Upgrades include a bigger island (it moves the worldborders out), more members, an increased blocklimit, more warps, and a better cobblegenerator. The cobblegen automatically gives ores on occasion.
  • Sword: Missions. Automatically starting missions that give out rewards! More on missions below.
  • Enchanting Bottle: Boosters. Farming, XP and flight boosters. These are temporary, but useful.
  • Beacon: Border. Change the border colour.
  • Coin bag: Bank. See how much money you have. We don’t use crystals or experience. More on the bank below too.
  • Book: Permissions. Give different permissions to different levels of members in your island.

Missions

There are a few select missions available, some you can do every 24 hours. To access the missions, use /is missions. This will bring up the missions you can do.

Some will be Daily missions. These you can do every 24 hours. To see your progress, use /is missions. It’ll give you a progress report.

Once a mission has been completed, you’ll get a reward. To claim it, use /is rewards.

The Nether and the End are currently turned off for Skyblock.

Other commands

There’s a few other commands to know:

  • /is shop – Opens the island shop. You can buy blocks and items, but they’re not cheap.
  • /is top – shows the top islands.
  • /is value – Shows your island’s value. Still trying to figure out how it’s calculated!

If you have questions or think something is wrong, ask in Discord or in game!

October Creative Competition – Aquarium

On By John GeijsmanIn Competitions

On to October! We’re going with a pretty specific theme this time around. Aquariums!

Rules

  • All building is in Creative Mode
  • Builders must use ONE plot only
  • All building must be done on the October Comp Map
  • Designs must be your own
  • Single player entries only – no team builds

Judging will happen during the first week of November.

The October Comp world gate – located in the Creative Lobby – will replace the September gate which will close to building at 9pm on Thursday September 31st.

The gate will open in the Creative Lobby on the morning of October 1st, so get planning and designing now – you’ll only have a month to build. Players Choice votes will also be open as usual.

Meet the Players – ItSaSpOoKyMoNtH

On By John GeijsmanIn Player Profiles

How long have you been playing Minecraft?

For around 4 years (since 2017). I started playing on the PS3!

What made you start playing Minecraft?

I was walking through EB Games one day and saw Minecraft (the disc version). I loved it!

What type of Minecraft player are you?

We’ll use the following list – based off Mumbo Jumbo’s video – 20 Different Types of Minecraft Player, with a couple of modifications.

  • The Gadget Guy (loves making little redstone contraptions around their base to make life easier)
  • The Resource Hoarder (everything gets stored in piles and piles of chests, even if they don’t need them)
  • The Monument Builder (they always have to have the biggest build on the server)
  • The Autofarmer (farms have to have pistons, daylight detectors, the works)
  • The Explorer (no set base, everything they have is in their inventory. They just walk)
  • The Subterranean Hermits (their entire base must be underground)
  • The Artist (all the pixel art!)
  • The Competitors (minigames is their jam – PvP, Spleef, Parkour, all that)
  • The Code Wizards (whether it’s command blocks or crazy complex redstone)
  • The Mod Fans (Vanilla Minecraft? Nah – bring on the mods and plugins)
  • The Medieval Builders (villages, ships, the lot)
  • The Modern Architect (modern houses, modern resource packs, lots of concrete)
  • The Challenge Fan (Skyblock, Survival SuperFlat, Hardcore Mode – bring on the challenges)
  • The Long Gamers (using the same world since 1.8 or before – such dedication)
  • The Minimalist (a simple house and a few farms will do fine)

There’s not a lot of those I’d say are me, but the closest I’m going to get is Artist.

Do you start a world the same way every time, or mix it up?

Starting it the same way each time would get a little boring (in my opinion). I like changing (treehouses, skybase, a simple house). The were the only bases I can remember building though!

What’s your favourite ever build you’ve created?

My most favourite build has to be a very recent one. A very tall tower! It took about two weeks to build.

How many times have you beaten the EnderDragon?

No, I’ve never done it by myself (not including Creative Mode). The only time I did was on the PS3 with my brother (Rodger500, but to be honest, he did most of the work!

What does your LC base look like? What are some of it’s features?

Well my base (as well as the tower) is a little oak wood with a bridge through the lake and a mine behind the house. There’s also a storage house and a stable. Whitelisted and Blossomfall also live near me!

What’s your favourite block?

It’s got to be ancient debris. Not because it’s valuable, I just like the texture!

How about your favourite mob?

This is a hard one, but Endermen are my signature mob.

What’s your favourite thing to do in LibraryCraft?

I can’t have just one answer for this one! I like PVP (although I’m not that good at it), and building in the monthly competitions and Flat Creative.

School Holiday Pairs Creative Competition

On By John GeijsmanIn Competitions

As some of you may be aware, we’re in the process of migrating the current server over to a Bungeecord network – essentially, it’s three servers networked together. Players will only see one server when they log in, but it’ll be three sharing the load. Each will be responsible for a major aspect of the server – Survival, Creative and Minigames. It’ll mean we’re able to give a better experience for players, and will give us more room to expand. It’s a lot of work, but it’s very exciting! We’re almost there, but there’s a few final things to do.

Let’s talk School Holidays though. As we’ll hopefully be only just on the new LibraryCraft Network (the LCN) we’ve decided to not run a BedWars tournament this school holidays. This is so we can properly assess how the LCN is performing, without putting a potentially massive load on it when we absolutely need to depend on it. We’d rather see how it goes in regular play first.

We’re not leaving you with nothing though! What we’ll be doing during the entire school holidays is something a lot of you have been asking for – a Pairs Creative Build Competition. Here’s the information you need to know.

When: Saturday 25th September to Sunday 10th October 9pm
Theme: Free Build – build whatever you like!
Prizes: 1x $50 JB HiFi Voucher per winning player (plus diamonds for the top three teams – amount still to be decided).
No more than two (2) players per team.

Sort out your teams now so you’re ready for it. This is going to be fun! When you have your partnership locked in, please get in touch with JohnsanGeezo in game or in Discord to confirm them. Players won’t be able to add members to plots, but John can do it for you.