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[Whitefoxsniper]

I was once in a similar position when I lived with my parents out in rural Iowa. What you need to do is find the nearest place with free wifi and chain hotspot the signal to your house.

I have no idea if this will work or not, but I had tons of time to think of crazy ideas while downloading at 3.3kbps.

[shadowsofwhite]

I was once in a similar position when I lived with my parents out in rural Iowa. What you need to do is find the nearest place with free wifi and chain hotspot the signal to your house.

I have no idea if this will work or not, but I had tons of time to think of crazy ideas while downloading at 3.3kbps.

Supposedly some guy stole wifi from 3 miles away with a coffee can and tin foil, so... it's doable.

Also, Zanzetkuken, it was funny.  Crude, and in poor taste?  Perhaps, but it was funny.

Also, feel free to give your in game name, so I can whitelist you, that way you can join on the event you have good enough interwebs!

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

I was once in a similar position when I lived with my parents out in rural Iowa. What you need to do is find the nearest place with free wifi and chain hotspot the signal to your house.

I have no idea if this will work or not, but I had tons of time to think of crazy ideas while downloading at 3.3kbps.

Supposedly some guy stole wifi from 3 miles away with a coffee can and tin foil, so... it's doable.

Also, Zanzetkuken, it was funny.  Crude, and in poor taste?  Perhaps, but it was funny.

Also, feel free to give your in game name, so I can whitelist you, that way you can join on the event you have good enough interwebs!

Username on minecraft is the same as the one I have here.

My neighbor used to have WI-FI, and he let us use it.  Then he changed his job from management to flight and lost the WI-FI

[Bluerobin]

Oh, so Rhodan, it turns out my house is actually pretty close to your tower, just a bit further along the coast. It's beyond the Far render distance, though, so I'm gonna see what I can do about that once it turns to day. Also, your tower is pretty awesome already.

[Doomblade187]

Do we have any ideas for a server-wide event?

[Mephisto]

Better late than never, but I'll be away from reliable internet access for a week. Don't expect to see me on much if at all.

[shadowsofwhite]

The net service at the server seems to be having some issues.  Appologies for spotty functionality.

[Shakerag]

Okay, so I've been working on lighting up the ravine under Bitterwell, so it's safer.  If you're topside, there's the set of double-doors set into the hill under the wall in front of the fort.  Go through them, and down the stairs until you get to the large room with the sandstone roof.  There's a little 2-high passageway in front of you, and just inside of that starts a path that's all cobblestone with a torch on each block.  That marks out a path that will take you all the way to the bottom if you follow it. 

I've tried to light up the branching caves coming off the ravine, and blocked off a few larger unlit paths.  (I think I've used at least six stacks of torches so far) Usually, I try to leave a one-block "window" so you can see there's more behind the wall, if you want to explore and light up those areas.  Areas with drop-offs that end in lava have been "guard-railed" so that you can see what's there, but can't accidentally fall into it.  Exercise caution anyway, because I may not have found them all. 

Also, there is apparently another ravine that almost intersects this one.  There are a few short passages that connect the two.  Check near the end of the lit ravine (where it starts to go up, and I think there's a lot of dirt and gravel there) if you want to see for yourself. 

I'm planning on making an "Under-Bitterwell" in the ravine face.  So we can have dwarfy homes carved into the rock on both sides, with railed walkways on several tiers. 

Oh, also.  I've been trying to do "farm duty" in Bitterwell when I'm on.  Feed the cows/chickens/sheep, harvest and replant the wheat, gather pumpkins/melons, cull extra animals from the herds, etc.  I'm dumping most extra food/animal stuff in the chest next to the cows - feel free to help yourself.  There was a good amount of uncooked beef/chicken and shit tons of seeds in there, plus a little wheat for emergency feedings.  Oh, and I whipped up a bunch of cakes, so replacements for the cake table are in that chest too.  Extra pumpkins and melon slices I drop in the chest next to the little square patch that they're in. 

[LeoLeonardoIII]

I live due north from spawn. Just follow the coastline for a bit and you should spot my almost-tower.  There's torches along the way, and someone plopped down a neat little shelter nearby too.

That someone was me! I make little houses instead of just digging a 2x1x1 hole for the night when traveling.

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As for the can-tenna and wireless, yes it's possible to watch the traffic on a wireless network that's really far away, but I'm not sure you can log onto the network unless you have a directional transmitter. I just don't know, but it seems like you couldn't. Maybe the can-tenna works both ways?

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

Username on minecraft is the same as the one I have here.

This actually isn't true.  I had forgotten that my username was "Zanzetkuken the Great" on these forums at the time, but it is just "Zanzetkuken" in minecraft.  My mistake.

[lordnincompoop]

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[Anvilfolk]

That looks awesome!

[Doomblade187]

Sigh- requesting a switch to creative mode when I see an admin on. I love survival, but I've gotten a bit burned out, and am eager for some free building.

[Rose]

If nobody's done it yet, I can.

[shadowsofwhite]

I keep hopping on to see if he's there, but I never see him.  Hey, Doomblade, what times do you normally play, so that I can coordinate something to get you to creative?