ShelLuser
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ShelLuser

Bronze Forum Member, Male, from The Netherlands

omg... I'm now an EMC relic; been on EMC for 9 (!) years?! How time flies... it's amazing. Dec 15, 2023

ShelLuser was last seen:
Dec 29, 2023
    1. ShelLuser
      Coming this week: the ultimate guide on voters gear vs. god gear :)
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      3. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        meh, who jumps into lava anyway ;)
        Mar 13, 2017
      4. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        And once again I'm overdue. Meh, this weekend then.
        Mar 23, 2017
      5. AyanamiKun
        AyanamiKun
        so when is the guide coming? ^.^
        Mar 24, 2017
    2. ShelLuser
    3. ShelLuser
      FINALLY.. time to play the game :)
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    4. ShelLuser
      Meh, almost weekend. finally :)
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    5. ShelLuser
      I'm a lot less on this week, has everything to do with work. In case you miss me: now you know ;)
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      2. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Company managed to sell 3 OpenBSD powered network monitors to some big(ger) national companies. But implementation & acceptation takes a lot of work. Love doing it, but it's a time sink.
        Mar 7, 2017
    6. ShelLuser
      What better way to end the weekend than by seeing your name turn gold? Thanks for the quick activation Krysyy!
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      2. synth_apparition
        synth_apparition
        try not to get mistaken for staff this time
        Mar 5, 2017
      3. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        lol, no promises :P
        Mar 5, 2017
    7. ShelLuser
      Almost up to 300k tokens, one more thorough survival session required :)
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      2. nltimv
        nltimv
        What are you going to do with all those tokens? :P
        Feb 27, 2017
      3. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        I have no idea. Right now all I know is that I want to reach 300k, then we'll see what's next :) In the end I'll most likely use some of it to help out my favorite outposts: Regen on SMP4 & my own on SMP9.
        Feb 28, 2017
    8. ShelLuser
      I seriously like it how staff generally tries to help you do what you want to do instead of telling you what you should be doing.
      1. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        I honestly think some players have NO idea how much freedom we're enjoying on the Empire. And I think that deserves some attention as well.
        Feb 26, 2017
    9. ShelLuser
      That moment when you're completely losing it but having SO much fun! :P EMC FTW!
      1. Rhyblet
        Rhyblet
        ^ When you're in UHC and realize you're going to lose the fight (Usually to cheezus or pecu or sach or someone scary like that)
        Feb 18, 2017
    10. ShelLuser
      My #1 Minecraft annoyance: you start it, and there's no sound. You restart it, still no sound. <insert nasty comments here>.
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      3. OhMiku
        OhMiku
        You can do that with f3 + t
        Feb 18, 2017
      4. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Resource pack won't cut it. The sound aspect is on an OS level; when I have the mixer open I see MC not even registering itself. Seems to be related to the Java version I think. Anyway; so far so good (used older Java, the one shipped with the launcher).
        Feb 19, 2017
      5. OhMiku
        OhMiku
        Nah nah nah, minecraft a sound engine is pulled from the resource pack. Force loading the resources always fixes my sound engine.
        Feb 20, 2017
    11. ShelLuser
      w00t, established in the SMP9 Frontier! That means (hopefully) cave exploration soon :)
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      2. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Correction: SMP9, lol ;)
        Feb 16, 2017
    12. ShelLuser
      That moment when you overextend your lunch break just a little bit :P can't wait to get online this evening!
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    13. OhMiku
      Be on
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      2. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        I probably will be, after I got something to eat. Not sure how long I'll be playing though, work is cutting my playtime down a bit right now.
        Feb 2, 2017
      3. OhMiku
        OhMiku
        I have a present
        Feb 2, 2017
      4. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Ok, that is a pretty cool setup you got there :)
        Feb 2, 2017
    14. ShelLuser
      They exist: companies which set up *5* different backup systems, and then don't bother to check if ANY of them actually work :P
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      3. JDHallows
        JDHallows
        lol, its quite common, people just "expect" things to work 24/7, and are shocked when they stop working. Smartphones are a good example, because how many people actually backup their smartphone data? Yet they are shocked and upset when their phone breaks and they can't access any of their stuff. (Thankfully cloud solutions have begun to solve this problem, but even they could stop working one day and lose data.)
        Feb 1, 2017
      4. Sgt_Pepper4
        Sgt_Pepper4
        But, but, but there's 5 of them!
        Feb 1, 2017
      5. nltimv
        Feb 2, 2017
    15. nltimv
      Thank you for the saplings! <3
      They will be put to good use!
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    16. ShelLuser
      Traveling 20k blocks through the beautiful SMP9 Frontier, story/report/something coming soon :)
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      2. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Rules of our game: we're only allowed to use things we found in the Frontier. We're not allowed to use /stable (yet), we didn't sneak in elytra's, and we also haven't found llama's yet. So walking & boating it is for now :)
        Jan 27, 2017
      3. Ritunn
        Ritunn
        I did something similar with horses and boats a while back. My journey was meant to find the edge of the world, but I stopped at the unexplored areas of the frontier after 9 hours of traveling.
        Jan 27, 2017
      4. ShelLuser
    17. SmyMine2
      I see you are of GRIP.
      I accept thy help restoring what was lost.
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    18. ShelLuser
      After 2 months being gold it's time for a break again. No more wc's in the wild :)
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      2. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        The best part though is that I still have some options to upgrade if I want to, but I'm saving those for when work gets less demanding.
        Jan 26, 2017
    19. Rhyblet
      "Ne Rv"?
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      2. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Yah, I suppose you need to really like Anime (the old classic anime's) to understand this one :P Its actually an avatar which I use on most other fora I participate on, so I figured 'why not'. Although I did make it a little bit more "EMC friendly" :)
        Jan 23, 2017
    20. ShelLuser
      People who follow me know I don't do this often: I think you should seriously check out Chewsy's drawing service => http://t.emc.gs/70083.
      1. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Esp. if you're looking to get a new avatar. Chewsy's work is something else in my very humble opinion. Yes, she now calls herself DaysInTheDust, but for me she'll always be Chewsy :)
        Jan 20, 2017
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    About

    Gender:
    Male
    Home page:
    http://catslair.org/
    Location:
    The Netherlands
    Occupation:
    Semi-retired
    I suppose I fall into the 'geek' category. I'm an IT professional and I basically learned most of it myself. "In my days..." we didn't have much I(C)T studies; perhaps apart from learning how WP5.1, Lotus 1-2-3 and dBase worked.

    Messed with computers most of my life (started with a C64, BBC Electron and later expanded to 286, 486 and the more modern machines) and often went way beyond merely "starting programs".

    Main hobbies: Scooter, synthesizers / sound design, Minecraft, watching a movie with my gf on a Saturday evening (<3), reading.

    About synthesizers:

    My tools of trade are Ableton Live (suite edition) powered by the midi controller known as 'Push'. Reason, which is plain out a music platform of its own and Max... the multimedia visual programming language which pretty much allows you to build anything you want. It's also incorporated into Live and known as Max for Live ("M4l").

    For the record: I own both... M4l as well as full Max license. This stuff goes deep.

    About Minecraft:

    My girlfriend introduced me to Minecraft in March 2014, and I was quickly hooked. Especially the redstone parts managed to grasp my interest, even though I had little clue on how to use them.

    3 days after discovering Minecraft I discovered the multiplayer communities, found a server I took a liking to and it was a very nice and educational experience. Eventually I lost my motivation; partly because of the way the server was run but mostly because of an upcoming map wipe. After playing and working very hard for 6 - 7 months only to realize that it would all go kab00m was too demotivating for me.

    "If I need to start all over anyway, then why not look around for other alternatives?".

    This is where I found the Empire. December 2014.

    I've been online for nearly 2 months at the time of writing, and I've now reached a point where there's no more doubt in my mind anymore: this is where I belong.

    Update:

    It seems that my opinion is shared by "the powers that be", because on March 2015 I got invited to become part of the EMC Contribution Team, an invitation I obviously took on both handed. I'm very excited, mostly because I take joy in the fact that people recognized and appreciated the things I've done so far; and have now put an official "label of approval" onto it.

    Update:

    As of October 2016 I quit said contribution team because I didn't feel motivated enough anymore. EMC is all about having fun for me, and as soon as something stops being fun then that's where I'll have to draw the line. For me a title becomes meaningless if you can no longer enjoy it, and I'm not really the kind of guy who needs to have status symbols. I'd rather let my actions speak for themselves :)

    Update (17th November 2016):

    It appears there are some wild rumors going about regarding me leaving the contrib. team, and I feel I need to squash those because after my last somewhat critical public remarks (critical is -not- the same as negative!) some people apparently thought that I somewhat became anti-EMC or something.

    Yes, I might sometimes criticize the staff and/or their actions. But that does not mean that I suddenly started hating on them or something. That's plain out ridiculous.

    Update (20th January 2018):

    As of some time I can no longer like other peoples posts. Nor can Aya who has been somewhat associated with me ever since we met (none of us mind). But if you wonder about it, now you know why.

    Update (1st February 2018):

    I'll still be doing plenty of posts (and occasional tutorials) on the Empire, but have decided to limit myself to EMC topics only. Every other project which addresses Minecraft in general will be posted to another location:

    http://www.planetminecraft.com/member/shelluser/

    Think about redstone tutorials, plugin reviews, command block tips and tricks, and even a way to create your own Herobrine mini boss :D If you're looking for me then that's where you'll find me.

    Update (August 2018):

    Having been honored with the 'Member of the Month' award earlier this year led me to re-evaluate some aspects and I decided to try and discuss my previously mentioned withdrawn like ability with the staff. And we came to both an understanding and mutual agreement which fully resolved that problem.

    Update (September 2018):

    I'm a little bit in a pickle right now because the person who sporadically plays using the AyanamiKun account has shared some discomfort with me regarding some previous aspects. They found "another place" and intend on playing a bit more frequently "over there". Where this leaves me, I dunno, but the one thing I do care about is GRIP (even though it's pretty dormant) and I've made preparations to secure the community efforts no matter what.

    tbh this is pretty much the only place you'll read about this and this is also all I'm willing to share. But being me I just had to share it somewhere, even though I'm convinced no one is going to read this :)

    Update (late September 2018):

    I am no longer actively playing on the Empire. No hard feelings, I still respect & admire this place, but on the other hand I also think the developers are turning the survival experience into something unrealistic and highly unbalanced; this isn't expanding Minecraft; it's contradicting it (hostile rabbits? yah, duh!).

    One of the reasons I took a liking to EMC in the first place was because it didn't alienate players from Minecraft itself. I can no longer say that.

    Update (2019 - now):

    Despite everything I said above I cannot help shake of the feeling that no matter what: I had a good time. And it was all provided to us for free. Yah, I can't let that slide by.

    I've had some luck on both the stock exchange as well as spiking up interest in my (small!) IT business and getting someone crazy enough to buy it from me.

    Of course they were after my customers but heck, that's business for you (and I not only informed said customers, I also helped 2 of them move onto another provider for a small fee. Should I ever re-start a business of my own they're seriously going to consider jumping back). Time will tell of course.

    But because of this I kinda felt like having fun. Both Aya and myself are now protected under the cloak of the permanent derelict protection. For the record: no abuse (or overuse). Aya always fancied a quarter (4 resses) and she got 'm (again) on SMP8. Me? Yah, I'm happy with one on Utopia and one for myself on SMP2. .. and my 2 official 'previous' resses of course. As for the 3rd derelict voucher.. I don't even recall what I did with that but I do know that it went to a good cause :) (I probably undersold it because at this point in my EMC life I don't care about money so much anymore).

    Then I decided that I should talk it out with staff and I did. I got to understand their point of view and they honestly saw mine for what it is. Results? Aya has normal forum access again, no holds barred, but staff would appreciate it if we didn't bid up against each other anymore also because in the end we kinda share the same assets.

    I do miss the sprees but then again I also understand staffs point of view (somewhat). They have a point when they worry about "foul" play, in the sense that an auction gets more value while in the end most in-game money comes from the same source (it wouldn't be the first time when Aya or me dumped some extras onto the other to cover for costs).

    It's a fair point I suppose.

    In the overall I'm slowly picking up some pace again. I won't be involved as much as I was at the start (so I think) but ... EMC is special in its own way.

    Comments about staff leaving?

    Note: I'm only talking about the staffers who some people started asking me questions about. Questions I never addressed until now.

    Yah... I can understand the motivations behind it. Because in the end the whole show is ran by one person and their will is law. And honestly? They're not very flexible about new ideas if you ask me. In fact... they're more like a control freak. When things get out of their control they don't try to deal with it and steer things into the right directions but instead try to enforce whatever they want.

    Works great if you're into that kind of thing, but for creative people who try to go broad it's a nightmare.

    Supervising people isn't only about telling them what you want them to do and spelling it all out, it's also about putting trust in them to do the right thing. Even if that sometimes goes outside of your comfort zone, especially if you're well aware that the intentions are all the same.

    Comments about 1.12 vs. 1.14?

    "Overspecialize, and you breed in weakness". No offense intended!

    EMC has some very interesting custom features but in the end it's also limiting them from upgrading. That's roughly all it is. And the stories about "instability" only get you so far, especially if you take into consideration that the Spigot project is already using 1.14.

    That's the project EMC is build on. Well, it's based on Paper and PaperMC is based on 1.12 whereas Spigot, the project they forked, is now 1.14.

    At this time I don't understand anymore. What does better speed gain you if you're way behind the facts?

    ... overspecialize...