2017 Fundraiser

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Donations

Nerd.nu was founded in 2009 on the concept of fair play and the idea that when it comes to gaming, everyone should start with equal footing — and after almost eight years of operation, we haven't strayed from these important values. Many online gaming services allow users to pay for in-game perks or specialized access, but here at Nerd we firmly believe that money should be given not for the in-game rewards it might bring, but as a way of showing your appreciation for and supporting the costs of the services we provide.

By contributing to nerd.nu, you will be helping to pay for the hardware our servers are run on. We'd like to encourage you to contribute whatever amount you feel comfortable with. No matter what amount you choose, all contributions are greatly appreciated.

Miscellaneous Info

We are trying something totally different this year instead of the normal CTF event. We'd love your feedback after the event is over - what did you like/dislike etc. Keep an eye out for a forum post after the event where you can share your feedback with us!

  • This years fundraiser will be taking place August 4th through August 6th 2017 on event.nerd.nu
  • As in previous years, all other servers will be disabled for the duration of the event so you can fully enjoy the experience with everyone!
  • Servers will be taken down around 8pm EDT Friday followed by event server opening up to everyone!
  • Normal gameplay on the servers will resume Sunday evening.
  • The event server comes with a custom resource pack, If you do not wish to download on entry you can manually download it here and run it locally. Its not required but very highly suggested otherwise you'll lose some of the fun! Only a handful of items have been altered to enhance gameplay, you can still use your normal resource pack (if any) for most everything else.

Commands

The following commands can be used at any time during the fundraiser:

  • /warp lobby - Allows you to travel directly to the event lobby from your current location
    There is a 5s delay on this command to prevent abuse
  • /warp carnival - Allows you to travel directly to the Carnival spawn from your current location
    There is a 5s delay on this command to prevent abuse
  • /warp city - Allows you to travel directly to the Apocalypse world from your current location
    There is a 5s delay on this command to prevent abuse
  • /modreq <message> - Submits a modreq for staff
  • /clanchat - displays the clanchat commands for you to use

The Apocalypse

The Apocalypse
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Server address event.nerd.nu

You will spawn in the heart of a giant city, surrounded by skyscrapers and mountains. There's nothing left of civilization except their left-over buildings and .... their corpses. Zombies roam the streets, and they've gotten smarter.....can you survive?

Info

  • The Apocalypse map is 3000x3000 (centered at about -20k x -20k to avoid breaking minimaps)
  • This is the only world that allows building.
  • All portals are disabled
  • The zombies that inhabit the city are smart. Even smarter than you'd think. They'll try everything they can think of to reach you within your base, from pillaring to building down from above, to breaking through walls!
  • Certain blocks will give you a better chance of surviving their attacks. Obsidian will hold them at bay, but everything will give in to them eventually. Build wisely.

Goals

  • Survive - This post-apocalyptic world contains monsters stronger and smarter than normal. It's going to be harder to survive than your typical first night.
  • Rescue Villagers - Villagers will randomly spawn in the world, catch them (by clicking on them) and run them back to spawn to save them! But be careful, your villager can be stolen if you're not fast enough!!! For every saved villager you will receive a token (proof of rescue) as well as a prize! The players with the most rescues at the end of the event will have their achievements displayed in the lobby!
  • Build a Base - You will not have to fight eachother during the event but you WILL have to fight off hoards of the undead. Build yourself a base to protect yourself from the zombie hoards! Screenshots will be taken after the event and put up for the community to vote on their favorites!
  • Other Stats will be collected during the event with a follow up post after the event with tallies!

Weapons

Available for purchase from a totally-not-shady villager in the Ticket Tent, you'll have some nifty weapons available to you for the duration of the event!!

  • The Sawed-off Shotgun
    A short barreled shotgun that someone literally hacked the end off of. Terrible aim but what can you do in a pinch.
    • To shoot: right click
    • To reload: right click when the gun is empty and it will automatically reload
    • Shoots "Shotgun Shells"
    • Tips: The shotgun is best at close-range dispersal. It shoots 9 shots at a time to damage a large area of enemies. The aim gets worse the farther away you are, but close up does quite a bit of damage.
  • The Handgun of Handiness
    A standard pistol that shoots bullets, pretty accurate if you're crouching and does extra damage if you shoot your enemy in the back or get them with a headshot.
    • To shoot: right click
    • To reload: right click when the gun is empty and it will automatically reload
    • Shoots "Bullets"
    • Tips: Crouch while using this gun to negate the knockback effect. Also, getting a headshot will double the amount of damage you're dealing and almost always one-shot a zombie. Accuracy is best at mid-range.
  • The Huntsman Rifle
    A bolt action rifle with a night vision scope. Great for sniping zombies from afar, and does double damage on headshots.
    • To shoot: right click
    • To reload: right click when the gun is empty and it will automatically reload
    • Shoots "Huntsman Shells"
    • Tips: Left click while holding the gun to activate the Nightvision Scope (this will turn off automatically on reload). Not great for close-combat (also sadly you wont be able to interact with blocks while holding it so no running through doors), but really good at picking off zombies from a distance.

The Carnival

The Carnival
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Server address event.nerd.nu

The Carnival is a place where you can go to get away from all the death and fighting of the Apocalypse. Some of the games even award tickets which you can use to trade in the Ticket Tent for additional gear and supplies!

Games

  • Archery Challenge - [1 ticket] - built by Bluuefuzzy - Light all four redstone lamps with nothing but your archery skills!
  • SnowFlo - [1 ticket] - built by Silversunset - Toss the snowball into the hopper and win a prize!
  • Mob Shooting Challenge - [1 ticket] - built by Buzzie71- Shoot skeletons into the hole using snowballs for a prize!
  • Whack-a-creeper - [1 ticket] - built by Silversunset - Knock the creeper into the hole using snowballs for a prize!
  • Strength Meter - [1 ticket] - built by Cujobear - Jump on the pressure plate and see if you're strong enough to turn the lights on!
  • Parkour - [64 tickets] the first time, [16 tickets] each time after - builty by dumbo52 - Get to the top of the tower with the flag. Its gonna be a bumpy ride!
  • Lottery - [1 ticket] - built by bermudalocket - Press the button to try your luck!

Events

Events will be run at scheduled times by staff and prizes awarded accordingly. Keep an eye out for times!

  • Speedbuild - built by Excessivetoker - Saturday 9pm EDT with the Cadmins!
  • Thimble - built by Cujobear - Friday 10pm EDT with Padmins!
  • Dunking Booth - built by Mewcifer - Various times (Watch in-game for announcements!)
  • Spleef - built by heysofia - TBD
  • PvP Arena - built by Zomise - TBD
  • Connect Four - built by dumbo52 - TBD
  • Vertical maze - built by MasterCommaThe - TBD

Community Maze

The community maze was built by players before the event. They have been placed on the Carnival world from easiest-to-hardest (from what we can tell!) and completing mazes may get you some nifty treats!
Thank you to those who have contributed - In no specific order (ok maybe a little specific): Abitcat, Aharit, Benergy09, c45y, fazaden, Hafishgr, Heysofia, imthomass, King_of_Queso, Schererererer, ThelVadumee, triztin, venom20078, Zomise

  • Prizes for each maze are 20 tickets on first completion (10 on any subsequent runs) and a special maze token.
  • Special prizes will be awarded for those who collect 5, 10, or all 14 maze tokens
    • Claim a locker at the start of the maze with /cprivate (and grab a sign to label it with)
    • Modreq "I have completed # of prizes and they're in my chest" while standing next to your chest
    • Prizes for completion:
      • 5 mazes: ST+U3 Diamond PIck
      • 10 mazes: Sharp3+Smite V+U3 Diamond Sword
      • 14 mazes: Unbreaking 3 Diamond Armor
    • You may claim each of these prizes ONE TIME. They will be placed in your end chest.

The Ticket Tent

Some games in the carnival will award tickets that can be used to obtain gear and materials to bring back to the city. Any time you trade with a villager in the Ticket Tent your traded item will be sent DIRECTLY to your end chest so make sure your end chest has space for your trades - if your chest is full the trade will be refused by the villager.

Chuckles Ronald Pennywise
Sugar Cane
[3 tickets]
End stone
[10 tickets]
Sawed-off Shotgun
[100 tickets]
Seeds
[3 tickets]
Netherrack
[10 tickets]
Handgun of Handiness
[150 tickets]
Cocoa Beans
[3 tickets]
Quartz Ore
[10 tickets]
Huntsman Rifle
[200 tickets]
Ink Sack
[3 tickets]
Soul Sand
[10 tickets]
Unbreaking II
[75 tickets]
Netherwart
[3 tickets]
Ender Pearl
[20 tickets]
Thorns II
[75 tickets]
Cactus
[3 tickets]
Shulker Shell
[20 tickets]
Feather Falling II
[75 tickets]
Oak Sapling
[3 tickets]
Blaze Rod
[5 tickets]
Protection II
[75 tickets]
Birch Sapling
[3 tickets]
Glowstone
[20 tickets]
Fortune II
[75 tickets]
Spruce Sapling
[3 tickets]
Sand
[10 tickets]
Knockback Stick
[75 tickets]
4 Dark Oak Saplings
[3 tickets]
Gunpowder
[5 tickets]
50 ticket voucher
[50 tickets]
Acacia Sapling
[3 tickets]
Nametag
[5 tickets]
50 tickets
[1 50-ticket voucher]
Jungle Sapling
[3 tickets]
Ghast Tear
[20 tickets]
Chorus Flower
[3 tickets]

Rules

  • All community rules spelled out in the Nerd.nu/Rules page are valid during this event.
  • Event specific rules are as follows:
    • No PvP unless in designated arenas
    • Using LWC items to bypass game mechanics is not allowed (i.e. you can't build a fortress out of furnaces).
    • Standard griefing rules are in effect during this event.
    • The villager token storage area is not to be used for personal storage. Any chest found to have items other than villager rescue tokens may be wiped without warning

Roll Credits

Thank you to everyone who helped put this event together! If I've missed anyone I apologize..

  • The lobby for our event was built by Sir_Didymus! Beware the giant zombies!
  • The Carnival spawn tent was built by Silversunset, with decorative help from buzzie71, bermudalocket, and other staff
  • The Carnival games were built by various staff with additional decorations added by Heysofia to make it beautiful!
  • Apocalypse spawn was built by Silversunset and then "improved' (read: totally rebuilt) by bermudalocket
  • The Community Maze was organized by Sir_Didymus, built by players and set up in the carnival by Sir_Didymus and Barlimore (thanks!!!!!!)
  • The Apocalypse world also contains buildings custom made by various mods, thank you to everyone who helped out!
  • Special thanks to bermudalocket for basically being my gopher during setup.
  • A big thank you to the tech admins for making sure everything worked on 1.12, setting up the server, writing up plugin changes, and overall magic!!

Stats

Thanks to Dumbo52 we have some stats from the event for you!!!

Saturday night

Some interesting statistics gathered ~10pm EDT Saturday night! - Top 10 in each category!
# Zombie Kills Villager Rescues Distance Travelled
w/Villagers
Trade Count Deaths Minutes Played
1 32ndFlava
2,251 kills
needs_a_name
49 saves
needs_a_name
16,977 blocks
Hollifer
19 trades
Zaliek
43 deaths
iNerd71
1,038 minutes
2 totemo
1,704 kills
ttsci
34 saves
iNerd71
13,423 blocks
iNerd71
17 trades
call_me_kearie
40 deaths
kumquatmay
986 minutes
3 Wozdaka
705 kills
iNerd71
34 saves
ttsci
10,005 blocks
ThelVadumee
17 trades
Humifer
40 deaths
PlNG
982 minutes
4 buzzie71
697 kills
dnynumberone
20 saves
dnynumberone
9,211 blocks
Norami
8 trades
NickDB8
34 deaths
totemo
968 minutes
5 ttsci
613 kills
Nhaazaua
18 saves
Nhaazaua
8,189 blocks
kumquatmay
7 trades
Andromeda4210
34 deaths
buzzie71
888 minutes
6 TECP
578 kills
kalasalad
16 saves
ThelVadumee
6,856 blocks
Wozdaka
6 trades
Im_a_Ninja13
32 deaths
Wozdaka
838 minutes
7 kumquatmay
536 kills
Flumper
16 saves
Flumper
6,553 blocks
Andromeda4210
6 trades
Mewcifer
31 deaths
PPGOME
809 minutes
8 PlNG
434 kills
zburdsal
15 saves
kalasalad
6,483 blocks
Kirstae
5 trades
kumquatmay
28 deaths
Dumbo52
749 minutes
9 ThelVadumee
425 kills
buzzie71
15 saves
marcuszodiak
5,669 blocks
bermudalocket
3 trades
PPGOME
24 deaths
Andromeda4210
749 minutes
10 Halinah
403 kills
kumquatmay
14 saves
TECP
5,387 blocks
sunstarshine192
2 trades
buzzie71
23 deaths
32ndFlava
683 minutes

Final Count

Some interesting statistics gathered ~8pm EDT Sunday night! - Top 20 in each category!
# Zombie Kills Villager Rescues Distance Travelled
w/Villagers
Trade Count Deaths Minutes Played
★ 1 ★ 32ndFlava
4,391 kills
Zaliek
59 rescues
Zaliek
56,025 blocks
iNerd71
59 trades
PPGOME
59 deaths
kumquatmay
1,821 minutes
☆ 2 ☆ totemo
2,568 kills
ttsci
57 rescues
iNerd71
31,670 blocks
ThelVadumee
24 trades
NickDB8
54 deaths
iNerd71
1,716 minutes
⭒ 3 ⭒ Norami
1,458 kills
needs_a_name
57 rescues
ttsci
23,901 blocks
Hollifer
19 trades
Andromeda4210
51 deaths
totemo
1,588 minutes
4 kumquatmay
1,285 kills
iNerd71
57 rescues
needs_a_name
20,982 blocks
AdmiralAntilles
19 trades
Zaliek
44 deaths
buzzie71
1,467 minutes
5 buzzie71
1,271 kills
kumquatmay
34 rescues
kumquatmay
18,075 blocks
Norami
8 trades
Humifer
42 deaths
Silversunset
1,455 minutes
6 ttsci
1,119 kills
Halinah
27 rescues
Halinah
15,624 blocks
kumquatmay
7 trades
call_me_keari
40 deaths
Dumbo52
1,418 minutes
7 ThelVadumee
916 kills
i_c_e_
21 rescues
King_of_queso
13,046 blocks
Andromeda4210
7 trades
kumquatmay
32 deaths
Andromeda4210
1,270 minutes
8 wyndysascha
756 kills
dnynumberone
20 rescues
TECP
9,977 blocks
Wozdaka
6 trades
Mewcifer
32 deaths
Zaliek
1,173 minutes
9 TECP
743 kills
ThelVadumee
19 rescues
ThelVadumee
9,658 blocks
Kirstae
5 trades
Im_a_Ninja13
32 deaths
PPGOME
1,163 minutes
10 Wozdaka
738 kills
TECP
19 rescues
i_c_e_
9,554 blocks
bermudalocket
4 trades
AdmiralAntilles
32 deaths
tompreuss
1,162 minutes
11 tompreuss
667 kills
Nhaazaua
18 rescues
dnynumberone
9,211 blocks
tompreuss
3 trades
Blue_Avocado
31 deaths
bermudalocket
1,140 minutes
12 iNerd71
663 kills
buzzie71
17 rescues
Nhaazaua
8,189 blocks
nels_nelson
3 trades
totemo
26 deaths
PlNG
1,077 minutes
13 needs_a_name
655 kills
kalasalad
16 rescues
Flumper
6,553 blocks
Zomise
3 trades
torteela
26 deaths
needs_a_name
1,026 minutes
14 Zaliek
617 kills
Flumper
16 rescues
kalasalad
6,483 blocks
PPGOME
3 trades
Vikhedgehog
26 deaths
cujobear
1,020 minutes
15 Halinah
602 kills
zburdsal
15 rescues
Thunderworms
6,470 blocks
Dumbo52
3 trades
Creeperofhope
26 deaths
kalasalad
972 minutes
16 Flumper
573 kills
marcuszodiak
13 rescues
Just_Chaos98
5,858 blocks
sunstarshine192
2 trades
Sapphric
25 deaths
fazaden
952 minutes
17 PlNG
443 kills
King_of_queso
13 rescues
buzzie71
5,835 blocks
defiex
2 trades
Hollifer
25 deaths
Zomise
941 minutes
18 TheRandomnatrix
386 kills
Thunderworms
11 rescues
marcuszodiak
5,669 blocks
TheRandomnatrix
2 trades
Aad_
25 deaths
32ndFlava
925 minutes
19 bermudalocket
370 kills
32ndFlava
11 rescues
32ndFlava
4,991 blocks
PlNG
2 trades
Tedbear
24 deaths
Humifer
916 minutes
20 tict0c
342 kills
Just_Chaos98
10 rescues
Aad_
3,976 blocks
King_of_queso
2 trades
Just_Chaos98
24 deaths
ttsci
911 minutes