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Author: Matt

  • TNTable Halloween Build Voting Results

    TNTable Halloween Build Voting Results

    Our previously announced Build Competition has come and gone, and our community has cast their votes. Plenty of love was given to our submissions, both from those who built them, and from those who got to experience them. Our five submitted builds now stand proud as testaments of the players who, with the time they found, answered the bell of creation, proving themselves quite capable of crafting up some Halloween ghoulish and Autumn coolish recipes, and we cannot be prouder of them for their efforts. But, fluff aside, we will never be able to thank them enough, so it would be foolish to continue this tirade and abandon the charade. It is about time we reveal the results of the voting!

    Each category’s winner will receive a shulker box package of goodies, as well as an additional secret reward that will be up to them to share with their fellow community members. We hope it will be plenty worth the time and effort put into their wondrous creations!

    Thank you to everyone who participated in the competition and in the voting. We hope to do another one of these competitions soon!

  • TNTable’s First Halloween Build Competition!

    TNTable’s First Halloween Build Competition!

    The winds have begun to howl their frigid chill, and the darkness grows ever present with each passing day. Both work to slowly but surely heed caution onto those sensible enough to listen to their bubbling fears, locking their doors and windows as the wicked winds and blotting darkness consuming the lands hour by hour. For they know what’s coming. They know what terrors the Changing bring around this time of year. They know what horrors are unleashed as the sun goes down and the blood moon arises to plague the sky, its tricks and treacheries it takes upon those unprepared. Watch your backs and trust no one. You have no idea what Hallows Eve has in store for you; you can, however, be certain it will come for you…

    Halloween season is almost upon us, and with it comes the opportunity to unite the community with fun and banter! The TNTable server is proud to announce its first ever build competition, themed around the season of Halloween! A week long event, players will congregate at our spawn area and illuminate, or eclipse, the unseeded build area with their spoopiest, scariest, or seasonal-iest builds to commemorate the Halloween spirit! Participants will be allowed to submit up to three build entries for the competition, and will be allowed to build entries as a group should they want to. Participants will then vote for their favorite builds in three categories – Best In Show, Spookiest Build, and Most Unique Build. Winners in each category will receive a reward to be determined later by the admin panel. As always, spawn can be accessed with the command /spawn.

    Quantities of certain blocks will be provided thanks to the generosity of Red Team and Matt, to help with funding participants’ creative endeavors. We also would like to encourage players to bring their own blocks, and reach out to other members of the community for assistance where need be.

    Details

    When: October 20th, 2024 – October 27th, 2024
    Where: Spawn Area (South side)
    Details: Come bring your Halloween spirit with the spoopiest, scariest, or seasonal-iest builds ever seen on TNTable! Drop in whenever, wherever during the week, and join in on the celebrations with the community!
    Prizes: TBA (3 winners)
    Voting Period: October 28th, 2024 – October 31st, 2024
    Info: Building blocks will be supplied. Participants are encouraged to bring additional materials for themselves or to share with others.

    We hope to see you on the server very soon!

  • The Nerd Table Gazette: Week Four

    The Nerd Table Gazette: Week Four

    Expanding new horizons, defeating great giants, and the building up and tearing down of farms. It’s time for our weekly recap of TNTable!

    This week saw a slow down in planting new roots but an uptick in planting stronger roots for future projects. Elsewhere, the end dimension was unlocked with a scheduled and triumphant ender dragon fight conducted by the player base, allowing for new adventures of plunder in the end dimension to begin!

    As always, we welcome players to document their adventures over on our wiki, where you can also see back on a decade of archive to the TNTable endeavors over worlds past.

    Highlights:

    • The grand Ender Dragon Fight finally took place Trident Trial Monument Raid went underway on the Sunday, August 25th, 2024, at 9:10 PM EST, where Matt, Peanut, Dayache, Blackout, and Cam from Red Team squared off against the monarch of the end dimension, where outside of one fall damage death, ended as a flawless victory, with Cam landing the final arrow shot on the dragon. In addition to the main-spawned egg taken by Cam, plugins also spawned an itemized egg for collection, which was taken by Blackout.
    • Following the ender dragon fight, an enderman farm was set up by Blackout off the coast of the main end island. It has already seen significant use and has reduced strain put on Red Team’s XP Farm, which has seen storage over capacity in recent days.
    • Later into the week, a gold farm was set up by Cam and Matt, with Cam setting up the zombified piglin contraption, and Matt building supplementary farm-styled designs around it.

    Player Developments:

    Note: Player names listed in alphabetical order, and should not be treated as any ranking of each players’ progress

    • Blackout took considerable time and a few risky deaths in establishing the Enderman Farm for the server, which has received considerable praise (and thanks). He also took part in the Ender Dragon fight.
    • David continued work on the Megaussy Manor, as well as establishing a Cactus Farm for the city.
    • Dayache and Peanut continued work on their area, building two new buildings for their shared area, as well as a stylized creeper-head nether portal for themselves. They also took part in the Ender Dragon fight.
    • Matt underwent a complete overhaul of the Megaussy’s Sugar Cane farm, improving its drop rate with a minecart mechanism over a water collection one. He also began work on a central park to the city with a dragon fountain as a centerpiece, as well as the gold farm established with Cam. Additionally, he took part in the Ender Dragon fight, and acquired the ‘Earth Excavator’ advancement for 75k stone / 50k deepslate.
    • Michael continued work on his Nagasaki Castle reproduction project, slowly but surely nearing its exterior’s completion.
    • The members of Red Team continued building their mega-conglomerated area, working to create many additional farms (nether wart, sheep, kelp). They also continued work on Crackdonalds HQ, adding helipad accessibility to its roof. They also plan to construct a Creeper Farm over the next week. Red Team member Cam also spearheaded the creation of a gold farm on the server with Matt.

    If you would like to add any of your adventures to next week’s edition of the gazette, be sure to send MatrVincent a message on Discord!

    That’s all the events that occurred on this week of the server! Thank you for tuning in once again to our weekly edition of The Nerd Table Gazette. We hope you will continue to tune in and read all about the adventures you and your fellow players are on soon!

  • The Nerd Table Gazette: Week Three

    The Nerd Table Gazette: Week Three

    Plots to steal and plots for steel highlight this week’s events!

    A week enriched with villager trades and betrayals, and a server event to conquer an Ocean Trident Trial Monument. It’s time for our weekly recap of TNTable!

    This week was all about great riches and our players reaping the spoils of the world as everyone worked to get richer and classier than ever. Players were deep into crafting supplies and building the foundations needed to bring their economic pursuits to new heights. Elsewhere, a grand raid event was conducted by a group of brave players eager on a challenge and loot aplenty.

    As always, we welcome players to document their adventures over on our wiki, where you can also see back on a decade of archive to the TNTable endeavors over worlds past.

    Highlights:

    • The Trident Trial Monument Raid went underway on the Sunday, August 18th, 2024, at 9:15 PM EST, where Matt, Peanut, Dayache, and members of Red Team undertook a great battle against a plethora of underwater chambers and mazes filled with trident slinging drowned and magic wielding guardians. While many a death took place, the battle concluded in a victory for the players, although its loot was disputed to have been worth it.
    • The Iron Bunker iron farm was established in the world by David, providing incredible amounts of iron riches unseen by the poor captured villagers unaware of David’s reputation.
    • Mending was established in the Red Team base at a ridiculously low price thanks to zombie shenanigans. Meanwhile, Megaussy’s Mending villager jumped itself to death, resulting in a new Mending villager being shipped in from the Spawn village.

    Player Developments:

    Note: Player names listed in alphabetical order, and should not be treated as any ranking of each players’ progress

    • Angus continued hopping on the server on expeditions unknown to the other players, although he did express disdain for the obsoleted nature of iron ore as caused by weekly events.
    • Blackout began work on a sewer system for Megaussy, hopping into our Creative Server to design various entrance ideas.
    • David put in significant work preparing and completing the fully-functional iron farm for the server known as the Iron Bunker. In doing so, he was able with ease to finance the beacon pyramids of multiple interested parties. He also put in additional work on Megaussy Manor, completing its roof. He also joined Michael in exploring and spelunking a Desert Ruins plugin structure.
    • Dayache and Peanut continued work on their area, constructing a new dog pound building for their animals and moving them from their main house. The two also took part in the Trident Trial Monument Raid. In addition, Peanut also began work on an animal building in Megaussy following a lightning incident evaporating the sheep populous.
    • Jack finalized work on his farming build, establishing four farms in quarters and constructing his rural mansion as a centerpiece in its midst.
    • Matt began work on a quartz-based library build containing additional plans for a sugar cane farm for the server, and also took part in the Trident Trial Monument Raid. In addition, he became the first player to achieve 50k stone mined, earning the Mountain Mover advancement.
    • Michael continued work on his Nagasaki Castle reproduction project, adding an additional layer to its height. He also worked with David to explore and spelunk a Desert Ruins plugin structure.
    • The members of Red Team established their own villager trading hall and secured a Mending villager of their own, which, after zombie conversion, offers its deal at an incredible 1 emerald per book! Red Team members Cam, Mitch, and Steener also took part in the Trident Trial Monument Raid. In addition, member Cam became the first player on the server with a full set of netherite gear.

    If you would like to add any of your adventures to next week’s edition of the gazette, be sure to send MatrVincent a message on Discord!

    That’s all the events that occurred on this week of the server! Thank you for tuning in once again to our weekly edition of The Nerd Table Gazette. We hope you will continue to tune in and read all about the adventures you and your fellow players are on soon!

  • The Nerd Table Gazette: Week Two

    The Nerd Table Gazette: Week Two

    Shovels tearing through the ground and wither skeleton skulls left to occupy it, our second week has drawn to a close. It’s time for our weekly recap of TNTable!

    The hype for our new MC1.21 world continued strong from the opening week, with players dedicating little bits of every day plotting, scheming, and putting their ideas to the grind. Many of our players dedicated their time tinkering away at massive, ongoing, multi-day colossals, while others looked to smaller builds to breathe life into the world. Elsewhere, public services were expanded server-wide, an XP farm was established, and the world received its first Mending villager!

    As always, we welcome players to document their adventures over on our wiki, where you can also see back on a decade of archive to the TNTable endeavors over worlds past.

    Highlights:

    • The members of Red Team have established an invaluable XP farm, thanks to the lucky discovery of a zombie and skeleton spawner in close proximities. It can be accessed by the public with the /phome command.
    • The first Mending villager has been established, and has been set based inside Megaussy (name still pending) thanks to the efforts of Matt.
    • Curiously, this week saw not one but two mass-terraforming projects, as players were called upon to assist flattening out Red Team claim at Crackdonalds HQ and at Jack’s claim outside Megaussy (name still pending).
    • An end portal was discovered, and a nether portal has been established for quick transport to it. Discussions about a potential date for a server ender dragon fight is ongoing and inviting any commentary on the Discord!
    • A major plugin structure for an ocean monument was discovered. This boss fight has also opened itself to discussions about planning a server event date.

    Player Developments:

    Note: Player names listed in alphabetical order, and should not be treated as any ranking of each players’ progress

    • Angus kept his endeavors secretive but dedicated some time to the server, likely riding the rails.
    • Blackout completed work on his spruce mansion build, and has opened up his own business for the storage of horses inside of it.
    • David has begun work on his own mansion build and has contributed significant time to its creation, which we look forward to seeing its thrilling vision fulfilled. Elsewhere, he has begun work on an iron farm for the server.
    • Dayache and Peanut have moved away from spawn and have constructed a two-story cherry wood shack with the members of the mega city.
    • Jack officially broke land on the server, terraforming a large chunk of land for a planned rural farmland build involving various crops and villager farmers.
    • Matt finalized work on his Blacksmith building, and begun the week committing to various odd jobs throughout the server, building some apartment buildings for the mega city, as well as a Train Station near spawn for his previously built Ice Highway. He closed out the week working on amenities for the server, constructing a [Wither Skeleton Farm], before closing out the week working with villagers and acquiring the world’s first Mending villager!
    • Michael continued work on his Japanese-styled mega build, constructing the first three layers of the main structure, as well as an additional pergola entrance for its front entrance. We hope to see it completed come next week’s gazette edition!
    • The members of Red Team have been hard at work expanding their corporate kingdom in bulk, currently constructing a base of operations & auto farm building outside Crackdonalds HQ, while undergoing deep drilling and terraforming to their surrounding area. In addition, Red Team has assembled a double-spawner XP farm for the server, which has already seen tremendous use and appreciation.

    If you would like to add any of your adventures to next week’s edition of the gazette, be sure to send MatrVincent a message on Discord!

    That’s all the events that occurred on this week of the server! Thank you for tuning in once again to our weekly edition of The Nerd Table Gazette. We hope you will continue to tune in and read all about the adventures you and your fellow players are on soon!

  • The Nerd Table Gazette: Week One

    The Nerd Table Gazette: Week One

    New horizons, new opportunities as players return to commemorate server reset.

    Ashes to ashes and dust to dust, some things must fade away for new life to be created, and thus, we said goodbye to our longest running server world of 954 days.

    The server, which began with the release of Java Edition 1.18 weeks prior, saw considerable developments and playerbase, lustrous feats and achievements, and great skyscrapers and structures were established over the three years of playing. Creativity hit a high unseen since our 1.14 world, and a player high of around 20 players provided their artistic visions unto their blocky canvases. The server saw several renewed interest periods bordered by months of inactivity, and allowed players to experience three updates worth of content.

    However, with sentiment comes ambition anew, and the introduction of the Tricky Trials 1.21 update gives the server ample desire to begin once again. On July 27th, 2024, our previous world came to a close, an era illustrated by Monuments, Snowglobes, and Red Team.

    A wiki page has been set up to highlight all of the great happenings from this world. As always, our wiki is our archive to most of our TNTable endeavors over all of our worlds, dating back to 2012!

    The Brave New World

    With the close of the previous world came the countdown to the release of the new world on July 31st, 2024. Significant hype was delivered to players courtesy to the additions not just with the Tricky Trials 1.21 update, but also the additions brought forth by our server host & admin David, who deserves all of the applause for a successful buildup & launch (he has also overhauled the website on top of all his server preparations. Read his new bio page here!). Pre-rendering the world and offering previews up on the map, vetting and advocating interest for returning players, and hosting a welcoming party to cater to an incredible first week on the server. David put in extensive work engineering an experience unlike any other, and you can read all about the new additions he has provided to the server further down on this article, from an excerpt written by our overlord himself!

    The first week has seen a total of thirteen unique players hopping on and starting their 1.21 journeys, and extensive progress to populate the world has been seen in varyingly high ambition! This blog will do its best to recap our players’ adventures and prop up their accomplishments.

    Highlights:

    • Factions have emerged and players have decided to group together this time around! Server moderators David, Michael, & Matt have grouped with Jack, Blackout, Javin, & Angus in the valleys by the cherry groves of spawn, and are hoping to create a mega city (unofficially titled Megaussy) with their united efforts. At the close of week one, three large house structures have been created, as well as a marketplace for sharing building blocks.
    • Last server’s Red Team have rallied together for a mighty second conquest, setting out to prove once again their build prowess is unlike any other to compare to, setting up in a nearby plains village.

    Player Developments:

    Note: Player names listed in alphabetical order, and should not be treated as any ranking of each players’ progress

    • Angus attended the server’s grand opening and went straight to travel, finding and defeating his own trial chamber. We applaud his victory!
    • Blackout became the first player to find diamonds, achieving so in a record 28 minutes after server launch. He contributed work to Matt’s starter house and the Community Market, and began progress on his own mansion.
    • David sought to conquer the world once more, setting his sights on the chicken population like chicken populations before, and constructing an innovative Chicken Fountain, as well as a starter house for himself.
    • Dayache and Peanut set up shop not far from spawn, building a quaint starter home for themselves and their animals.
    • Jack is taking his time to adjust back into the Minecraft spirit, and has pledged his mark on the server in due time.
    • Javin has touched down on a plot of land all his, building along the local canal way. He has begun work on building a mansion of his own, setting up a structure and terraforming the area to accommodate it.
    • Matt is looking to cater to public service, starting his journeys by building a Community Market for giving away blocks to local players for their building endeavors. He also began work on an Ice Highway, connecting the Mega City to spawn. Predictably, he also made another Quarry.
    • Michael opened his journey investing hours exploring the world and its new discoveries, traveling over 5000 blocks in search of any structures from the Dungeons & Taverns plugin, and the new 1.21 additions. He has since begun work on a Japanese-themed base atop his mountain, and has laid out its perimeter for now…
    • The members of Red Team have brought back their restaurant conglomerate Crackdonalds Inc. from the Winter Spawn server, setting up a location on a local mooshroom island. Their headquarters is currently under construction in an undisclosed location…

    That’s all the events that occurred on the first week of the server! Going forth, this blog will continue to be published every week for the foreseeable future to recap the happenings and whatnots of the server. We hope you will tune in and continue reading about all you and your fellow players adventures soon!

    • Matt

    Server Updates

    Hello all, David here for this section! I have a few changes that have been made since launching the server last week.

    • Added all crafting recipes that are listed on the wiki Crafting Recipes page.
    • Rendered the remaining blocks to form a circle with a circumference of 10k blocks pre-rendered.
    • Name colours now appear in chat! There was a PaperMC setting that I needed to change. Change your name colour with /trigger color.
    • If you wish to add anybody to the whitelist, reach out to me on Discord.
    • I am in the process of setting up craftable invisible item frames. This would make Image Frames look better when making maps out of PNGs with transparency. Stay tuned for that announcement in a future edition.

    That is all from me for now, enjoy the server!