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
      Well, summer started in the Netherlands... 25degrees celcius around 2am indoors, "fun".
      1. We3_MPO likes this.
      2. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Problem isn't so much the heat but the sudden change. 2 -3 nights ago I had 2 blankets on my bed :P
        Apr 19, 2018
      3. We3_MPO
        We3_MPO
        I feel you. In my area, you can practically cross Spring and Autumn off the seasons list in recent years (Winter late October through mid April with a mild period in February and mild weather, as well as snow, becoming more common the closer to the end you get, and summer in late April through mid October). At least to my knowledge... :/
        Apr 19, 2018
    2. ShelLuser
      Hmm, lots of controversy on EMC today :P
      1. HaastregtLover77 and haastregt like this.
    3. ShelLuser
      A vote each day helps to keep the derelict timer away :) (and gets you tons of goodies!)
      1. Tbird1128, ILTG and luckycordel like this.
      2. Alukiann
        Alukiann
        It does? I didn't know that...
        Apr 14, 2018
    4. ShelLuser
      One week (5 working days), 24 hours of sleep, little enjoyment but heavily looking forward to an online ('Empirial') Minecraft session.
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      3. haastregt
        haastregt
        That sounds like a tough week! Good luck with your project, and have fun playing some MC tonight :) (If you didn't go to bed already since I'd understand you'd be tired (oh wait you even stated that yourself already :3))
        Apr 13, 2018
      4. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        why can't we like comments :( thanks Haas!
        Apr 13, 2018
      5. triphora
        triphora
        Apr 14, 2018
    5. ShelLuser
      That moment when you realize that you'll still be gold for the whole week *including* the full upcoming weekend :-)
    6. Tuqueque
      literally just learned your name is Peter
      1. Tuqueque
        Tuqueque
        *feels bad*
        Apr 3, 2018
      2. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Ha, ha, ha ;) It's ok ;) Heck, I prefer using my alias anyway, but it's just something I sometimes use when I'm quite serious (or sincere). Heck, it's neatly buried in my signature ;)
        Apr 3, 2018
    7. ShelLuser
      Truly one of EMC's strongest features: what's build in the Frontier *stays* in the Frontier (aka: no resets)!
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      3. AncientTower
        AncientTower
        I have so many mini-bases I've forgot where some of them are.
        Apr 1, 2018
      4. TomvanWijnen
        TomvanWijnen
        @Tower: yes, it should be "built". :P
        @Shell: actually, something you might not know, but waaaaaaaaaaay back in the days, the wild was reset once (or multiple times, I forgot, but I believe once). (The last time/)but that was with the intention to repair the then ruined wild, into a new, fresh world that would then stay forever. It is still here to date. :)
        Apr 1, 2018
      5. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Cool! I am aware that the area around the outposts can reset, but wasn't aware it was once "reset territory". Though it doesn't surprise me tbh.
        Apr 3, 2018
    8. AyanamiKun
      happy 1200 days, but i think u missed it ^.^ (7 days ago, ur last seen 11 days ago)
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    9. TomvanWijnen
      I'm becoming more like you... after midnight, and I just got some left over stuff from dinner out of the microwave... yum :) :P
    10. TomvanWijnen
      FYI: tonight we'll skip 02:00, so don't be surprised if it's suddenly an hour later, it wasn't just having fun and orange juice. :P
    11. ShelLuser
      Such weird line of events... It's (rasberry?) Pi day, but it also marks the end for Stephen Hawking.
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      3. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Absolutely true!
        Mar 14, 2018
      4. Kephras
        Kephras
        What blew my mind was finding out he was 76 years old. For some reason I always thought he was in his late 40s.
        Mar 14, 2018
      5. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Yeah.. It's what I personal like: at age 22 he was told that he had only a few years more to live. 54 years later.... Guess sometimes when there's a strong will there's also a way.
        Mar 15, 2018
    12. ShelLuser
      EMC = Awesome!
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    13. ShelLuser
      So someone told me this evening that it has actually been almost 4 years since I've been playing on EMC. Time to *finally* get some work done on that event I had planned 2 years ago! :P
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      3. Hashhog
        Hashhog
        Haha, March to December to prepare and two years of planning, must be one hell of an event. :P Congrats on 3 years and here's to 4 years in advance!
        Mar 10, 2018
      4. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Thanks Hash! Love ya! I am going to give it my utmost best to make this one count!
        Mar 11, 2018
      5. TomvanWijnen
        TomvanWijnen
        Oh, no worries, even if you don't completely succeed, we won't like you any less for such a thing. :P
        Mar 11, 2018
    14. ShelLuser
      Been inactive a few days; long days at work and for some reason my Internet has been acting up in the past days. "fun".
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    15. triphora
      1. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        LOL :)
        Mar 3, 2018
    16. Kephras
      Do cannibals use flavored soap?
      1. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        I'd be worried to start thinking what they'd use for that :P
        Mar 3, 2018
    17. 607
      Could you ask Krysyy to get your like ability (that's something else than your likeability :P) back?
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      3. 607
        607
        I don't. It's much less unfair than someone liking an entire profile, or an entire thread.
        Feb 25, 2018
      4. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        True story: Kryssy and me talked (again) and we are reaching a solution which we all can agree on. But right now they have bigger issues on their plate, but... something is happening it seems.
        May 21, 2018
      5. 607
        607
        Oh? Okay, interesting.
        May 22, 2018
    18. ShelLuser
      That moment when you find a lot of stuff and can actually return it to its rightful owner! I *love* /itemhistory for that!
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    19. ShelLuser
      Why do weekends always end "too fast"? :)
      1. Big__Kev
        Big__Kev
        What weekend? I dont remember any weekend:D
        Feb 18, 2018
    20. ShelLuser
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      3. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        True that. I still remember having to mess with my phone, it was seriously bad.
        Feb 18, 2018
      4. TomvanWijnen
        TomvanWijnen
        Voting on your phone sucks infinitely. I sometimes had to do it on one, two or three sites because one/two/three sites thought they needed to be ridiculous, but that was so incredibly frustrating to do... :/ I've now installed a VPN extension on my PC, that works great. :D
        Feb 18, 2018
      5. 607
        607
        Does it work, Hashhog? It's what I noticed, but I haven't really tested it. Perhaps it might also take a few captchas/days before it stops giving you them, once logged in.
        Not sure, but it seems like a sophisticated system!
        Feb 18, 2018
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    About

    Gender:
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    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...