ShelLuser
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Dec 29, 2023
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Semi-retired

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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
      Another fine day at the Empire, time to slowly deconstruct some waste bases :)
      1. Smooshed_Potato and We3_MPO like this.
      2. StgbtL
        StgbtL
        sounds fun :)
        May 19, 2018
      3. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        I have lots of TNT :)
        May 19, 2018
    2. ShelLuser
      I sometimes wonder what Minecraft planet I am from :D
      1. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        It was stronger than myself :)
        May 12, 2018
      2. Krysyy
        Krysyy
        I'm sure there is some kind of Facebook quiz to find out ;)
        May 12, 2018
    3. We3_MPO
      Could you please go tell Aya that I replied just a few minutes ago to the recent PM she sent me?
      1. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Will do!
        May 12, 2018
      2. ShelLuser
      3. AyanamiKun
        AyanamiKun
        lol ^.^ thx we3!
        May 13, 2018
    4. ShelLuser
      I missed you guys! I'm back from being away. Special plans for $weekend.
      1. Sydney_43, We3_MPO and MoreMoople like this.
      2. MoreMoople
        MoreMoople
        Missed you too shell! Welcome back ;)
        May 11, 2018
      3. We3_MPO
        We3_MPO
        Welcome back!
        May 11, 2018
    5. ShelLuser
      I have a very reliable ISP (Internet Service Provider). I can always count on them to mess up at the worst possible time! :P
      1. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Wh000, I'm back! Still need to connect and install some stuff but I'm connected!
        May 11, 2018
    6. ShelLuser
      Currently offline due to Internet issues at home, hope to be back soon!
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      2. StgbtL
        StgbtL
        Best of luck mate.
        May 9, 2018
    7. triphora
      Last seen nearly a week ago, when you found out you were MOTM? I need ya to get on the forums ;)
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      2. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Internet problems at home :(
        May 9, 2018
      3. AyanamiKun
        AyanamiKun
        im sure he just ran off ^.^
        May 12, 2018
      4. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        No I did not! :P
        May 21, 2018
    8. StgbtL
      grats
      1. We3_MPO and Sydney_43 like this.
    9. derp_duckie
      congrats! <33 and i can't believe i'm not following you lol... *eats the follow button*
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    10. ShelLuser
      Oh wow! lol, that moment when you notice that something weird is going on based on your alerts :)
      1. AyanamiKun
        AyanamiKun
        i suppose i should say gratz but im just gonna say dummy! ^.^
        May 12, 2018
    11. We3_MPO
      Congrats on MOTM!
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    12. Tuqueque
      I wish I had that follower:following ratio
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      3. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        reminds me that most prizes are in one of your thousandsof vault pages aya :D good call, lets try to pick a special date for that :)
        May 12, 2018
      4. AyanamiKun
        AyanamiKun
        uh oh, u wanted them back? ^.^
        May 12, 2018
      5. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        uhm... :D
        May 12, 2018
    13. Tuqueque
      Congrats on Member of the Month
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    14. Tuqueque
      The tutorial itself was edited... no more quiz questions... a straight path from beginning to end, with "literally text walls" as walls, lol... but yeah...
      1. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        AAhhh, now that makes a bit more sense. Well, time for an update then I guess ;)
        Apr 29, 2018
    15. ShelLuser
      And so we've had a good old fashioned busy, chaotic and FUN evening on SMP2 :)
      1. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Holding an event on a res. from a derelict player without noticing. Good thing no one force claimed it, LOL! :)
        Apr 28, 2018
      2. MoreMoople
        MoreMoople
        Haha, awesome!
        Apr 28, 2018
      3. haastregt
        haastregt
        Hahaha! That sounds amazing indeed :D
        Apr 29, 2018
    16. ShelLuser
      Happy Rusev day! :)
    17. haastregt
      Heya shell! How are you doing? :)
      Just want to say that I think your posts here have been really good and fun to read! I would nominate you for the april MotM, if i could ;)
      1. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Wait a second... you DO realize that this suddenly sounds strange to someone who sometimes takes pride in being a conspiracy theorist? :P You kind of predicted something :)
        May 21, 2018
      2. haastregt
        haastregt
        Hehehe.... >:)
        May 22, 2018
    18. ShelLuser
      Weekends always end too quickly...
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      3. Sachrock
        Sachrock
        But the weeks also fly by, so I find its also quick to reach the weekends.
        Apr 22, 2018
      4. TomvanWijnen
        TomvanWijnen
        Whoops it's apparently April already... I remember January like a few weeks ago... :P
        Apr 22, 2018
      5. Sachrock
        Sachrock
        Ikr it’s goes too fast
        Apr 22, 2018
    19. ShelLuser
      Hope y'all excuse me because I am in my EMC RULES mode today :) (well... evening, it's 2am right now and I am getting tired but... one more block :))
      1. MoreMoople
        MoreMoople
        10k blocks later..... "Oh. Should I sleep now?"
        Apr 22, 2018
    20. TomvanWijnen
      [quote="ShelLuser, post: 1432683"]Now we have something "better". NFC. Of course the only "minor problem" is that although it does allow for easier payment (hold your card near the device, hit 'yes', and done) the downside is that it's linked to your entire bank account. So if people manage to obtain your card
      1. TomvanWijnen
        TomvanWijnen
        they can basically clean out your entire account vs. the predetermined amount you could reserve with the digital wallet.[/quote]
        I believe that as for ING, they will refund EVERYTHING that you lost as a result from the contactless under €25 without pincode being used by the theif/finder. :) (that's for a pin pass, I don't know about creditcards)
        Apr 20, 2018
      2. TomvanWijnen
        TomvanWijnen
        (off topic from the thread, but wanted to let you know anyways. :))
        Apr 20, 2018
      3. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Thank you! Yeah, I also know that some banks allow you to set a limit online so that culprits can only cash in $limit every day. It still doesn't weigh up to: "steal my pass, gain E 100 max." though.
        Apr 20, 2018
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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...