Opinion on explosions

Discussion in 'Announcements' started by sk89q, 18 April 2013.

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Play with explosions?

Poll closed 25 April 2013.
  1. Yes

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    57,1%
  2. No

    15 vote(s)
    30,6%
  3. I don't know

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    12,2%
  1. sk89q

    sk89q Administrator
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    I'd like everyone's opinion on whether explosions should be enabled or whether they should be disabled. They can be blocked so that they can't affect other people's chunks, so the primary question is, would you like to play Minecraft with explosions (as if you were playing alone)?

    The explosions of creepers and such are/should be disabled.
     
  2. leo389

    leo389 Demon Ted/Watainiac

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    I say yes, because it makes people play smarter, and do research on something, before doing it. Also, can't some problems be caused by machines not exploding if they reach the limits?
     
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  3. Fractureskull

    Fractureskull The Expertest

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    By explosions do you mean block damage? I think once lag is fixed,and we have normal tick rates, we can give players full responsibilty to whatever happens to thier base...

    EDIT: I didn't read the other chunks part, how would that work? If I nuked the place currently anyone in that radius would die, right?
     
  4. Blaze919

    Blaze919 New Member

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    TBH, I wouldn't mind having explosions as long as it doesn't make the tps worse than it already is.
     
  5. Neonbeta

    Neonbeta Person who did stuff and things

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    I would love to see explosions, but just so long as they didn't happen on claimed chunks (tnt, nukes, machine explosions). There are still quite a few things that can explode if given the wrong voltage (*cough*gregtech machines*cough*) in quite a large radius. But there have been many a time that I've needed to clear land, but i haven't wanted the square box of a filler, so i've wanted to use tnt and nukes. But atm, it's not possible :(
     
  6. Lord_Drahcir

    Lord_Drahcir On Hiatus

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    Are there any reasons for disabling creeper explosions? xD I miss having a creeper blow up in my face every now and then.
     
  7. DSoS

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    I've started to get bored without creepers blowing up my stuff.
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  8. Blaze919

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    I think that gregtech machines should be able to explode, if SK can disable the chain reactions and maybe lower the explosion radius. People should be punished for doing something stupid like trying to break their machines with a drill or hooking up their machines to the wrong voltage line.
     
  9. leo389

    leo389 Demon Ted/Watainiac

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    Only bad explosions are creeper explosions, most in part due to the fact they are random and can cause more harm than good to the server.
     
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  10. Neonbeta

    Neonbeta Person who did stuff and things

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    Did i say that it should be disabled? no. I was simply mentioning it.
     
  11. sk89q

    sk89q Administrator
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    Holes all over the world. It gets quite unsightly.

    Chain reactions are disabled at the moment, but I disagree with the punishment aspect. It's easy to make mistakes when there is utterly so much to learn, plus you can't go play right after you come home after a day's work, because you'd be tired and you might make a mistake.
     
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  12. ewized

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    Explosions makes the game fun, with out fun theres no point for Minecraft!
     
  13. Soraffe

    Soraffe Gealtach duine

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    I would like to see explosions if the chunks can be reserved. Explosions are fun and I'm a Pyromaniac :D
     
  14. Soraffe

    Soraffe Gealtach duine

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    As long as machine explosions could be reduced possibly?
     
  15. Lord_Drahcir

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    It'd be nice to have explosions turned on as well for mass clearing of space :) Partially cuz fillers are disabled.
     
  16. Neonbeta

    Neonbeta Person who did stuff and things

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    They're not disabled anymore :p
     
  17. Lord_Drahcir

    Lord_Drahcir On Hiatus

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    Oh lol xD I'm so derpy sometimes :)
     
  18. Neonbeta

    Neonbeta Person who did stuff and things

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    It's cool, not many people seem to know.
     
  19. Pathaleon

    Pathaleon Forum & Server Administrator
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    I support all explosions except creepers because:

    1. Ugly holes all over the world.
    2. People could use them to grief.
    3. Creepers creep up on you with a nasty surprise -_-
     
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  20. glitch80

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    I don't have a problem with explosions, as long as the insane GregTech explosion options are not enabled. In particular wirefire_on_explosion would cause many very angry players.

    Block damage would be great too. Even creeper explosions would be nice to have back, but no one has secured their bases for that kind of game play. It would cause havoc for a while :D . If creeper block damage could be modified to not effect natural blocks like trees, leaves, grass, etc., that would give us the best of both worlds. The challenge of real survival, without the ugly block damage made to the surface of the world.

    When we reset next, we should reconsider block damage. Could be fun playing on "hard".