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
      That moment when you can look forward on being Gold for the whole month! :)
      1. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Was about to expire, but I could extend it, I'm happy :)
        Jul 5, 2018
      2. TomvanWijnen
        TomvanWijnen
        Have fun! :D
        Jul 5, 2018
      3. CaptainFoxy_
        CaptainFoxy_
        I support with votes. I already supported to get my residences
        Jul 5, 2018
    2. ShelLuser
      Players who are only into the game for the fun of the gameplay itself are also the most difficult ones. Sometimes there's just no pleasing them ;) But yeah, if one aspect no workie, time to focus on something else :)
      1. Sydney4363 and ESSELEM like this.
      2. salmjd
        salmjd
        why else would one be into a game?
        Jul 1, 2018
      3. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        To become the richest player in the game? :) For some players the gaming rewards are more important than playing the game itself. Now imagine a player who doesn't really care about rupees at all... ;)
        Jul 1, 2018
    3. ShelLuser
      Hm, not necessarily a fan of the recent changes. It feels unbalanced to me, making things more difficult "because". Take beds; on vanilla you can only set your spawnpoint during the night (limitation) but you can do so whenever you like (bonus).
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      2. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Sure: on EMC you can set your spawnpoint any time (bonus) but not shortly after combat (limitation). But this also means that at times when things are really dangerous (night time) you might not be able to set your bed at all (because you might get constantly attacked).
        Jul 1, 2018
      3. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        We'll see where this takes us but I cannot help get the feeling that gameplay is slowly becoming over-complicated. Alas. that's my opinion on this. Figured I'd use my profile to get it out of my system and keep this out of the mainstream.
        Jul 1, 2018
    4. ShelLuser
      Dealing with upper management who doesn't even seem to know how their own company works is... "frustrating" sometimes :P
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    5. triphora
      If you don't get on in 8 hours, you'll miss your 1300th day :(
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      3. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Thanks Tom, story of my life too :) I think I even missed my 1300. That was yesterday but I forgot to use /p on myself. It wasn't Friday: that was 1299 :)
        Jul 1, 2018
      4. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        I still missed it :1307 now. My bad! :) BUT.. I am going to work harder on my next follower appreciation event. Aya has 1 DC of stuff as rewards, and we've been collecting more too.
        Jul 7, 2018
      5. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        How about a 2 year anniversary "event" (within reason, followers only) just before my 5 year anniversary? :D
        Jul 7, 2018
    6. Otus_NigRum
      Where you been Shel? We're missing you!
      1. Sydney4363 and ShelLuser like this.
      2. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Work and summer heat. There's a heat wave in the Netherlands and I have a bit of an issue with sweating away behind the PC.
        Jun 29, 2018
      3. Otus_NigRum
        Otus_NigRum
        Cant wait to have you back
        Jun 29, 2018
    7. ShelLuser
      Apparently I'm now a junior enterprise architect :P That's quite a mouth full for basically doing the same job :)
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      2. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        A huge part of my current job/project is data analysis. I rely on a specific software tool for that, one I'm actually quite passionate about, and recently I received an upgrade. Leading some of my co-workers to jest about the above :)
        Jun 22, 2018
      3. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Why share here? why not :)
        Jun 22, 2018
    8. ShelLuser
      Finally weekend, and i'm deep into my "I <3 EMC" mood, let's see if I can get some work done this weekend!
      1. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Preparing for a secret project, adding a small new twist to the Staff appreciation event, adding some wool & concrete to make a (private) redstone circuit better accessible in the Frontier, rebuilding my semi-automated head farm... hmm....
        Jun 16, 2018
      2. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        <reads list, gets nervous, goes back into bed> :P
        Jun 16, 2018
    9. ShelLuser
      15:40, work can go up the tree while I go up the craft :P
    10. ChespinLover77
      ( Just for the record shel, I didn't think your comment about Steve and Alex was rood ) <3
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      2. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Thanks, I appreciate it. Pardon me though for not going to elaborate here (which I often do in the weekend) because I'm definitely going to apply a new rule for myself: what's in controversial stays controversial... or something :)
        Jun 15, 2018
      3. ChespinLover77
        ChespinLover77
        Not a bad thought ^-^
        Jun 15, 2018
      4. Otus_NigRum
        Otus_NigRum
        I agree
        Jun 20, 2018
    11. Otus_NigRum
      I really don't want to push you and stuff... but... ya know ... canigetafollowbackpls :D
    12. ShelLuser
      A new week, a new period of supporter status AND... a secret in the making :) Also a free Monday so guess what I'll be doing today :)
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    13. ShelLuser
      1500 votes in (can't wait to see the banner), 1500 more to go :P
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      2. We3_MPO
        We3_MPO
        Congrats! That's a LONG way!
        Jun 10, 2018
    14. TomvanWijnen
      8:28 AM? LOL good job ;) also, *reminds*, before I forget it myself. :P
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      2. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Thanks! Yeah, now I remember: I was going to ask Aya to remind me that I was going to remind you that you should remind me of something :P Wait, I think we can skip a few steps here ;)
        Jun 10, 2018
    15. ShelLuser
      And then my DrayTek router gave up, thus ending my Internet connection last night :) Fortunately I work in IT and actually kept spares :)
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      2. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        That moment when you discover that you had routers, DSL modems and smart switches without even remembering them :)
        Jun 9, 2018
      3. TomvanWijnen
        TomvanWijnen
        Spares are so useful! Over the times I/we (=my household) have managed to collect spares of quite a large amount of electronics too, really useful if you ever need something for whatever reason. :D
        Jun 9, 2018
    16. ShelLuser
      Almost weekend....
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      3. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        <mutter> <mutter> :-)
        Jun 8, 2018
      4. fadedmartian
        fadedmartian
        woot woot! :D
        Jun 8, 2018
      5. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        Finally! :-) Weekend, treated myself to some goodies, I'm happy :)
        Jun 8, 2018
    17. ShelLuser
      Play Minecraft, watch Topgear, get pig! That explains a thing or two ;)
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    18. ShelLuser
      1.13 is coming!! 1.13-pre1 has been released (=pre-release!). #excited, #jumpingupanddown, #runningaroundincircles. This means that the official release is VERY close!
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      3. We3_MPO
        We3_MPO
        But then again, I kind of like the temperate islands too, because I love finding flower forests and sunflower plains, especially after kilometers of emptiness. However, temperate islands would still be best in temperate oceans IMO.
        Jun 5, 2018
      4. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        I like your thinking We3! Which is why I investigated into this and it seems warm and cold biomes can still co-exist. So that's a bit of a bummer, one doesn't lead up to the other. On the positive side some items can even spawn in previously empty biomes. So.. who knows!
        Jun 10, 2018
      5. ShelLuser
        ShelLuser
        ^^^ that is why we need to be able and lke posts :-)
        Jun 10, 2018
    19. Tuqueque
      Grats on likes back :) just noticed
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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...