I removed the image above which displayed the status of the server because it wasn't very accurate. It's better to just open the server map to see who's online rather than relying on that image.

I actually log on to the server to see who's online. I generally only use the map when I get lost.

The server's been updated to 1.4.6!

Yay!

The new shift-click on appliances feature, the fireworks, and the 3-D items will certainly make it nicer! Gonna try to make a firework show over a lake on the 1st, if possible.

And a firework show from Etho as well!

Ok, there's a severe lack of hostile mobs in the survival world. I was awake half the night and only saw one hostile mob: a zombie.

I've been trying to fix that, but I guess none of my solutions have worked yet. I'll try again later.

hello my name is markus and i´m 12 years old. I know Axel (isa) becsuse his my next-cousin. I want to play on your server if it´s ok? my username is ermawe1000.

I swear this topic is the only reason we get new members anymore... *sigh*

The server was the reason I came, but then I started being active on the forums and posting or whatever.

I've given you permissions to Creative, Markus!

Tbh I think we should be happy for all members we get here

BMW, i sit on inside info, i think he wanted to go on the survival part of the server. Check with isa i might remember wrong

I'll take your word for it.  I gave him Survival permissions, too.

Umm, why is the game on hard mode? I've lost two doors to zombies already, and I've starved to death without knowing it...

This is what he asked for. Thanks!

Ok, why are 8 of my doors missing?

Time to invest in iron doors?

heh, sorry. I set it to hard mode in an attempt to get more mobs to spawn. I'll change it back to medium now.

Wait, do zombies break down doors even when there's nobody inside?

Because they're attracted to doors.  I mean, really now.  Doors are sexy.

I think the biggest problem, bigger than all these random glitches, bugs, and annoyances, is that nobody is ever on. Nobody is ever on because something happens that means that people have very little free time, such as finals, comes along and makes it so that no one is on the server for awhile. Now, quite a few of us will only go on when others are on, such as Jazz, Kooler, Yuggy, and usually krotomo, all of which would be considered "active" on this server. This is the other part of the problem.

Nobody is ever on, so nobody comes on, so nobody is ever on, causing a negative feedback that makes the server more and more inactive over time. Unlike this forum, there is no reasonable influx of new, active members. The only ones for nearly a year are atvelonis and Wully, and Wully isn't that active. Also, here at the Interguild we're not as tethered to the other people in this community. This brings us to the server of that forum, Blacraft.

Blacraft was active for a while because it was new. However, after a while its activity died down and it was considered to be taken down because no one was ever on. Then, a new member came with great interest in Minecraft and the activity ramped up bit by bit until recently where it's begun to go down a little bit. Unlike Interserver, this server has recovered from periods of inactivity and is back to a steady amount of people on each day. As a great point, this is its latest activity graph which clearly shows that it is much more active and people actually play it.

Interserver's graph would look like a flat line, which is definitely not what it should be. Especially since we're now paying nearly twenty dollars a month for the server, more than double the cost of the last server. What also doesn't help is that Livio took down the little graph like what I linked above. This is making laz(ier) people, which constitutes almost everyone at this forum, not able to know if anyone is on right away. Some people might not go on the server even if someone else is on just because we don't check the map to see if anyone's on.

In summary: Check the map to see if anyone's on and go on the server if you want to go on, even if no one else is on.

I got rid of the image because it would display the server as being empty even though there were people online, or it would display it as being down even though it was up.

But I don't understand why people only want to play when others are online. I always thought the reason why Minecraft was such a great multiplayer game was because you didn't have to be online at the same time in order to enjoy each other's creations and stuff.

I think another part of the problem is that we don't post enough projects onto the level database.

I think it's because Minecraft is more fun to play with someone else, but you don't realize that it'll also be fun even if noone else is online...?

The server bill is coming up in 10 days. Donate to the server if you think it's awesome.