DonThommo Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Welcome to The Beard Guys Private Dedicated Server thread! This is the primary place to find out if the server is going to be down. Check here before messaging me please. You can "follow" this thread and get e-mail updates when I post. ALWAYS check here before starting a big tame, or doing anything really. I will post server downtime and disruption notices HERE and only here. If you don't check it, don't moan when the server goes down in the middle of your perfect tame. The channel comes first. When we upload videos we will usually shut the server off for 1-2 hours whilst this happens. It is usually ok when we upload but sometimes the server can lag out/crash. So sometimes we might leave it running when we upload but with a "Don't do anything that you'd be annoyed if you lost" warning. I'll try and post in hear to give advance notice of uploads where possible. Disruption has been minimal so far but just wanted to post that disclaimer. This server is private and we will not be accepting any players who post here, apologies but that's the way it is. This thread is just a convenient place to list the rules, and for the people we have already been given access to to discuss those rules and other ideas for the server. Friends: Please don't post the server name, gamertag, password etc on here or I'll shave your beard off. The Server: UK based 24/7 (Apart from when we turn it off to upload vids) 200Mbps download, 12Mbps upload I'll send a global notification out in game when I am going to reboot the server, and try to give you minimum 10 mins warning. Drop me a message if the server is not working for you. If I'm out/at work/in bed you'll have to wait till I am available to reset the server. Most likely times for me to be uploading videos (during the week) GMT 18:00-19:30 & 23:00-00:00 Weekends I'll try and get the uploading done GMT morning where possible to cause the least disruption possible. Settings: PvE (Wars are enabled) PvE Dino Carry enabled Difficulty: 1.0 Night time speed: 4x normal speed. XP: x3 normal rate All other settings as default. I hate taming and harvest boost, not going to happen. We don't want easy mode. Keep in mind that we will be filming a lot of videos on this server so we may tweak things from time to time to assist that, or temporarily alter settings for video purposes. We may even decide to switch the whole server to PvP in 6 months time...who knows. Rules: Don't muck up spawning of key resources (by building foundations or pillars with ceilings on near them). Don't build anything in the volcano crater (We're gonna build some kind of communal forge there sometime, maybe) Don't build on top of mountains near resource spawns. If you want to put a forge or something up do it away from any metal spawns Don't build too near to other people's bases. It's a low population server with plenty of room for everybody. Don't grief anyone, don't drop wild dinos into peoples bases etc. Don't block off massive areas forcing people to take huge detours to get around your base. Don't block off or build in caves or beacons. Feel free to build fairly near the beacons though if you want. Don't build anything big in the middle of the swamps. Don't spam foundations/pillars to claim land. If anyone one builds right next to you, Admins will sort it out. Keep tribes smallish, 5-6 ppl max. No importing of items/characters/dinos. If you want a friend to join, ask me. Don't share the password/gamertag with ANYONE. If I see anyone on the server who I didn't invite, they'll get perma-banned, and if I find out someone invited them, I'll ban them too. Play nice, don't troll anyone. Feel free to muck about with people who you know can take a joke though If anyone breaches a rule above, let me know and we'll sort it. Please respect the server rules and the decisions of the admins. It takes time, effort and money to run the server and we'll do our best to make sure it's fun and fair. I doubt we'll have issues other than accidental ones as it's only close friends of The Beard Guys (and some of their friends) on the server anyway. Basically, just don't be a d**k and everything should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigheadJoshy Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Your server looks like it will be a blast and well maintained! Keep up the good work Beard Guys, I enjoyed your "10 things you didn't know" videos for Ark, and holy cow the plethora of tank stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JnyRecon Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Can't Wait to get Started ☺ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonThommo Posted February 25, 2016 Author Share Posted February 25, 2016 29 minutes ago, BigheadJoshy said: Your server looks like it will be a blast and well maintained! Keep up the good work Beard Guys, I enjoyed your "10 things you didn't know" videos for Ark, and holy cow the plethora of tank stuff. Thanks dude Yea we must have 300+ WoT videos on the channel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonThommo Posted February 25, 2016 Author Share Posted February 25, 2016 I think it would be cool to have a big focus on communal/public areas for people to hang out it. Stuff like: pubs, bars (with a cage for fist fights in, and betting). Dino racing tracks (land and fliers), a trading post/posts, shooting gallery, target practice with dropping dodos/throwing monkeys. Obstacle courses etc. Plus maybe build seperate PvP bases sometime and take turns declaring war and trying to break into them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigheadJoshy Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 59 minutes ago, DonThommo said: Thanks dude Yea we must have 300+ WoT videos on the channel! AND - they are well edited with good sound quality! -an idea for your bar fight public area... our tribe built a celebrity deathmatch ring for wooden club fights. Whomever gets knocked out first gets tossed over the edge to get eaten by the man-eater dung beetles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneCops Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I'd love to see the server with PvP settings, but with the understanding that designated zones will be Conflict-free. We might want a village area with every tribe represented. We could limit our footprints to 3x3 or something, and build as close as possible, or all contribute materials and have Don lay down the structures almost adjacent to one-another. I'm excited about this starting up, and can't wait to meet everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonThommo Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 On 28 February 2016 at 0:47 AM, KeystoneCops said: I'd love to see the server with PvP settings, but with the understanding that designated zones will be Conflict-free. We might want a village area with every tribe represented. We could limit our footprints to 3x3 or something, and build as close as possible, or all contribute materials and have Don lay down the structures almost adjacent to one-another. I'm excited about this starting up, and can't wait to meet everyone. Hey dude I think we'll probably leave it PvE but encourage people to try out te wars feature for now, as it makes things a little too volatile for the recording we want to do. Plus I am at work or sleeping 3/4 of my life so I don't want to be in constant fear of getting my stuff wrecked I'm not ruling out switching it to PvP later on, with certain safe zones etc, but I want to let propel get levelled up a bit, get established and the we can think about shooting each other. with regard to communal areas: yes yes yes. I'm really keen on encouraging each tribe to make some kind of cool public area once we are set up a bit, maybe as a bit of a fun competition. Who can make the best mini-game or bar or whatever, and then we can go round and visit them each in turn. A place where we have a communal village type thing could be cool, Johnny mentioned a similar idea. We can have a think on it. A unlocked vault where people can dump resources and a designated builder could work well for it. Personally I want to build a trading outpost on or near the volcano, that can be a nice central location for people to meet to trade, and also have some public forged for people mining at the volcano. I've got the server running now, I'm using this week as a test to see how it rubs and iron out the creases but once it's stable enough I will share the details to those who need em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneCops Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 If Alliance features are on par with PC, then we can simply align all tribes and build next to each other. Allies can't snap to each other, but the proxy rule is turned off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonThommo Posted March 1, 2016 Author Share Posted March 1, 2016 16 hours ago, KeystoneCops said: If Alliance features are on par with PC, then we can simply align all tribes and build next to each other. Allies can't snap to each other, but the proxy rule is turned off. Well then there wouldn't be any need to be on PvP anyway. We have dino carry enabled for PvE so you can carry Wild dinos with fliers, which the lack thereof is one of the biggest annoyances on official PvE servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneCops Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 1 hour ago, DonThommo said: Well then there wouldn't be any need to be on PvP anyway. We have dino carry enabled for PvE so you can carry Wild dinos with fliers, which the lack thereof is one of the biggest annoyances on official PvE servers. My last comment was assuming Alliances work in PvE. Simply for the building options, they're worth investigating. Can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonThommo Posted March 1, 2016 Author Share Posted March 1, 2016 7 minutes ago, KeystoneCops said: My last comment was assuming Alliances work in PvE. Simply for the building options, they're worth investigating. Can't wait! Ah ok, right. Yea not sure how they affect building. If we want to build a big town with stuff close together we may have to just deliver resources there and have a tribe designated as builders. tbh I think we need a few weeks to get started and build up some basic bases first anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonThommo Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 Server tends to play up and kick people whilst we upload videos. I would shut it down and restart it when I upload but it's usually overnight so would be off for a long time. ill probably just leave it running and reboot the server each morning if I get time before I leave for work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonThommo Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 Server will be down from approx 18:30 GMT (13:30 EST 10:30 PT) for 1-2 hour whilst I upload videos this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonThommo Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 Server will be down Saturday morning for several hours whilst I upload YouTube content. Most likely from around 9am GMT till midday or so. Will post here when it's back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonThommo Posted March 14, 2016 Author Share Posted March 14, 2016 Server will be down for approx 1 hour this evening whilst I upload. Aiming for around 10-10.30pm GMT when I shut it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneCops Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 I suggested creating a skype chat for the server; We could use a way to arrange trades and coordinate, at least that's my thinking. Minimal social banter. Strictly business. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonThommo Posted March 16, 2016 Author Share Posted March 16, 2016 I'll be uploading a video this evening around 11pm GMT. Hopefully shouldn't take more than an hour. I'll leave the server running to see what happens. Don't do ANYTHING you don't mind losing. It lagged out like crazy on me whilst uploading yesterday and threw me and my wolf several hundred meters into the air when it came back, which was a fairly terrifying experience. RE: Skype, yea sounds good. I only have you on Skype at the moment from the gang. I'll ask around who else uses it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonThommo Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 Server is going down in around 45 minutes (12:45pm GMT) whilst I upload for up to an hour. Probably less. We are also streaming WoT 5-8pm GMT today and will turn the server off for the duration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonThommo Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 Server was down most of Sunday due to Xbox/MS weirdness giving a strict NAT. It had gone back to its normal "open" by the eve so hopefully should be fine. Ill be be uploading a video this eve around 7 GMT UK. Server will go off whilst I upload. Shouldn't be more than 45 mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonThommo Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 Server will be down for an hour or two from 7pm GMT this eve for uploading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonThommo Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 Expect lots of downtime/disruption this weekend whilst whilst I upload videos. Probably UK mornings and afternoons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonThommo Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 Server will be down for a couple of hours whilst i upload this eve from. 6.45ish PM GMT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crankypantspie Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 thanks for the update thommo, can we get a shout when it is back online please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonThommo Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 Hey guys, I'm gonna turn the server off for a minute when I get home from work to try and activate my new router, hopefully won't be off for more then 20 mins. will be around 6-6.30pm GMT. I'll notify you in game and give you a short warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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