2018 Fundraiser
Donations
Many games and servers offer things like paid loot boxes to give the player buying them an advantage over everyone else. Some allow special ranks, privileges, or even staff positions to be purchased as well. Though our servers and gamemodes may have changed over the years, the core idea of Nerd.nu has not: that all players should be treated fairly and equally. Anyone can join our servers for the first time, without giving us a cent, and have the same experience as someone who’s been around for years and donated hundreds of dollars.
The hardware our servers run on does cost money, so once a year we hold a fundraiser to help pay for the next year’s costs. Every penny donated goes directly to running the servers you play on. If you are able to contribute, and believe that we have earned it, we greatly appreciate any amount you give. If you are not able to contribute, don’t worry about it! Just have fun at the event.
General Info
We are again trying something different than the typical CTF event. We’ll be looking for your feedback after the event is over.
- The fundraiser will run August 3rd to August 5th, 2018 on e.nerd.nu.
- The server will be on 1.12.2.
- As always, all other servers will be closed during the fundraiser.
- The fundraiser will start around 8pm EDT on Friday and end 10pm Sunday evening.
- The other servers will open back up around 11am Sunday morning.
- We have a custom resource pack for the event. You can download it here if you’d like to have it ahead of time.
The Wild West
A once vibrant gold rush town has fallen on hard times. The oppressive climate and hostile wildlife has driven it’s inhabitants away. Hearing rumors the land is still flush with gold you set off to claim some of it for yourself. After all, it couldn’t be that hard to survive out there, could it?
In this Western themed fundraiser, you and your friends are trying to revitalize an abandoned gold rush town. A crazy old man owns the whole town, and in exchange for NerdCoins™ and other items he will restore and upgrade the buildings. Each upgrade will give different benefits to everyone when unlocked.
Download resource packs in advance here:
| Link | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| fundraiser2018-full.zip | The full experience including music and records. | 85 MB |
| fundraiser2018-nomusic.zip | Smallest pack including just the textures. | 0.6 MB |
| fundraiser2018-records.zip | Textures and modified music for records. | 42 MB |
| fundraiser2018-streamerfriendly.zip | A streamer friendly audio version of the pack. | 88 MB |
Map Info
- The map is 2800x2800.
- Nether and end portals and dimensions are disabled.
- The area around spawn is protected, and hostile mobs will not spawn there.
- Animal mobs will not spawn naturally.
- Hostile mobs get tougher the farther you are from spawn.
- There is a lot of gold in the ground. Other ores are generally vanilla.
- Enchantment tables have been disabled. Enchanted gear can be bought from villagers.
- There will be no protections granted for builds outside the spawn area, but you may request a chest region.
Goals
- Rebuild the town! Each building unlocked and upgraded will provide different benefits to all players.
- Conquer the dungeons! Hidden around the map are 15 dungeons, each containing various types of challenges. Can you find and claim the reward from each one?
- Get your gold! Gold mined from the ground can be exchanged for NerdCoins™ to purchase various items from villagers.
Hostile Mobs
- Mobs stats scale the further they are from spawn.
- Mob health will be displayed above their head, so you can see what you’re getting into.
- The color of the mob’s health will let you know what difficulty zone you’re in.
- XP and drops will increase the further out you go.
- Mobs drop NerdCoins™.
- Mobs might have special attacks. Be careful!
Dungeons
- Scattered throughout the map are the entrances to 15 dungeons.
- Each dungeon has a unique challenge to overcome. There are mazes, scavenger hunts, riddles, parkour, and more.
- To enter a dungeon you will have to have an empty inventory. There are ender chests by each entrance.
- Complete the challenge inside each dungeon to win NerdCoins™!
- Certain villagers will sell maps as hints to the location of each dungeon.
Buildings
The hotel is in place with rooms ready to be claimed when the event starts. Run "/nerdplot claim" in a room to claim it. You may modreq to have your name added to the sign.
The first building that needs to be unlocked is the Bank. Opening the bank will allow you to exchange your hard-earned gold for NerdCoins™, which are used to unlock all the other buildings and upgrades. You can contribute to whichever building you’d like upgraded most. There will be donation chests in front of each building with signs listing the cost for the next upgrade. When the requirements for an upgrade have been met, make a modreq in front of the chest.
The buildings, costs for upgrades, and what is unlocked with each upgrade is listed in the gallery below but subject to balancing before progress has started on a given tier. The gallery will be updated if rebalancing takes place, and a notice will go out.
Check out the list of upgrade costs and unlocks.
See the map of town for the locations of buildings, or visit the concierge desk for a map in game.
Other
Rules
- All global rules apply.
- No griefing or intentionally making the event experience worse for others. If you break something, fix it.
- No xray.
Special Thanks
- Cujobear came up with the original idea for a Wild West themed event.
- Bardidley made the beautiful map everyone will be playing on.
- Zomise did a lot with making sure the buildings were ready, and a bunch of other stuff too.
- Pez finished and polished the dungeons, balanced the mobs, and made sure this fundraiser stayed on schedule.
- Bermudalocket did most all of our tech heavy lifting, including writing the custom plugin for hostile mobs.
- The following people designed the dungeons that were put into the map: fazaden, cujobear, Omega_Orion, RiverBluePanda, , piplo127128, NaughtyNootle, King_of_queso, Tuxedowl, ttsci, Weird_Grim, PPGOME, djsime1, buzzie71, QueenBombus, and Lugia_Games.
- Various staff members built and contributed to the buildings used in town, and assisted with testing.
- kumquatmay created the awesome resource pack for the event.
- Defiex and ieuweh put together our fantastic hype video, and various others volunteered to be filmed.
- Hollifer helped make the commands for custom villager trades, and made the regions for the hotel rooms and plots.
Stats
Here are some interesting statistics gathered for the August 3rd-5th event!
Friendliest neighbor (talked with villagers, never traded)
- kumquatmay - 22 times
| # | Most Deaths | Most Kills | Most Killed Mobs | Most Deadly Mob | Most Gold Ore Mined |
Distance Traveled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buzzie71 197 deaths |
Wozdaka 686 kills |
Zombie 1878 killed |
Zombie 909 kills |
King_of_queso 1996 mined |
iNerd 21617945 cm |
| 2 | Wozdaka 181 deaths |
buzzie71 683 kills |
PigZombie 1786 killed |
PigZombie 347 kills |
Halinah 1320 mined |
King_of_queso 18382363 cm |
| 3 | assasymphoni 172 deaths |
King_of_queso 568 kills" |
Slime 1699 killed" |
Spider 339 kills |
fazaden 1243 |
assasymphoni 16187643 cm |
| 4 | trumpet44 167 deaths |
tict0c 530 kills |
Skeleton 1502 killed |
Skeleton 257 kills" |
bookey42 1096 mined |
buzzie71 13565407 cm |
| 5 | Azumarill 155 deaths |
iNerd71 457 kills |
Spider 1180 killed |
Creeper 123 kills |
iNerd71 849 mined" |
Dumbo52 13147259 cm |
| 6 | cujobear 152 deaths |
32ndFlava 448 kills |
Cow 569 killed" |
Slime 102 kills" |
32ndFlava 829 mined |
Wozdaka 12962177 cm |
| 7 | Blazesanddust 133 deaths |
Spook6 445 kills" |
Creeper 379 killed |
VindicationIllager 55 kills" |
Kirstae 755 mined" |
Azumarill 12951628 cm |
| 8 | admanta 114 deaths |
assasymphoni 385 kills" |
Magmacube 327 killed" |
WitherSkeleton 43 kills |
Trooprm32 659 mined" |
Halinah 12207310 cm |
| 9 | MasterCommaThe 94 deaths |
cujobear 322 kills |
Stray 174 killed |
Vex 38 kills |
kmwillia 568 mined |
fazaden 11511781 cm |
| 10 | Catnipped 87 deaths |
pez252 313 kills |
Witherskeleton 157 killed |
ZombieVillager 29 kills |
cshaiku 542 mined |
Norami 11133508 cm |
| Total Deaths 3698 |
Total Kills 10365 |
n/a | n/a | Total Gold Ore Mined 21219 |
Total Distance Traveled 494179036 cm |
Dungeons
Dungeon Attempts
Individual Players
| # | Most Attempts at Dungeons |
|---|---|
| 1 | trumpet: 124 |
| 2 | Azumarill: 96 |
| 3 | Aad_: 64 |
| 4 | buzzie71: 62 |
| 5 | assasymphon: 59 |
| 6 | promaxxe: 48 |
| 7 | tompreuss: 47 |
| 8 | cujobear: 46 |
| 9 | _CrispyWaffle_: 45 |
| 10 | Blazesanddust: 45 |
All Players
- Dungeon attempts (times entered): 1363
- Total Players attempting dungeons: 71
| Attempts | Dungeon | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| 349 | dungeon 1 | 46, 63, -985 |
| 211 | dungeon 5 | 746, 56, -481 |
| 156 | dungeon 14 | -1332, 137, -41 |
| 127 | dungeon 14 | -1128, 47, -1043 |
| 62 | dungeon 6 | -155, 88, -564 |
| 54 | dungeon 10 | -513, 28, -228 |
| 50 | dungeon 4 | 334, 184, 460 |
| 48 | dungeon 3 | -875, 44, 402 |
| 48 | dungeon 9 | -796, 65, -671 |
| 46 | dungeon 8 | -350, 64, 557 |
| 44 | dungeon 11 | -881, 117, 1159 |
| 43 | dungeon 13 | 991, 61, 901 |
| 43 | dungeon 15 | 163, 32, 1229 |
| 42 | dungeon 7 | 1328, 213, -1319 |
| 40 | dungeon 12 | 802, 60, 48 |
Dungeon Completions
Individual Players
| # | Dungeon Completions |
|---|---|
| 1 | King_of_queso: 15 |
| 2 | tompreuss: 15 |
| 3 | Azumarill: 15 |
| 4 | assasymphoni: 13 |
| 5 | trumpet44: 12 |
| 6 | piplo127128: 12 |
| 7 | pez252: 12 |
| 8 | iNerd71: 12 |
| 9 | cujobear: 12 |
| 10 | buzzie71: 10 |
All Players
- Dungeon attempts (times entered): 1363
- Total Players attempting dungeons: 71
| Attempts | Dungeon | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | dungeon 6 | -153, 9, -550 |
| 30 | dungeon 1 | 43, 7, -987 |
| 29 | dungeon 8 | -348, 28, -567 |
| 28 | dungeon 11 | -881, 15, 1171 |
| 28 | dungeon 12 | 818, 18, 91 |
| 27 | dungeon 5 | 746, 2, -483 |
| 25 | dungeon 9 | -783, 7, -668 |
| 19 | dungeon 13 | 951, 47, 882 |
| 19 | dungeon 15 | 145, 18, 1140 |
| 19 | dungeon 2 | 114, 62, 509 |
| 16 | dungeon 7 | 113, 162, -1380 |
| 12 | dungeon 3 | -865, 9, 418 |
| 14 | dungeon 10 | -534, 18, -207 |
| 9 | dungeon 4 | 299, 10, 455 |
| 7 | dungeon 14 | -1325, 6, -42 |