The USAB Clan Minecraft Server

[USABxBOOYO]

Hello, everyone! As you may or may not know, the USAB Clan Minecraft Server was made public last month. Since then, it's been particularly lacking in a playerbase. The only people who really play it are USAB members and even then we don't play on it that often. I've advertised the server on Planet Minecraft, but if you know anything about Planet Minecraft, you would know that a very small percentage of people who join servers from there are actually desirable people. So, since most of you here at Build and Shoot are the kind of people I would like to have playing on this server, I think it would be a good idea to advertise it here.

In short, the USAB Clan Minecraft Server is a Factions server in which you can grief and raid unprotected bases, although you can't kill people unless you are at war with their faction. That being said, you can choose to be a lone wolf, but if someone finds out where you live, your home is pretty much defenseless, which is all the more reason to create a faction. We also have an economy and you can buy many items in our shops for modest prices. You obtain a very small amount of money for every minute spent on the server and you can exchange iron, gold, and diamonds at the bank for $1, $10, and $50 each, respectively. An important thing to note is that you cannot buy raw diamonds ever and you can only buy diamond tools/armor if you make the long journey to the End (which, since Eyes of Ender do not bring you to the correct location, is only accessible by journeying all the way to the Dragon Shrine and entering the End portal there).

You can go ahead and play the server at mc.theusabclan.com:25865. Please note that our server is not available to cracked users and you will have to have purchased the full game.

Here is all of the information that I copy/paste into all other informational posts about the server. If you want to see pictures, go to http://www.theusabclan.com/minecraft/minecraft-servers.

Welcome to Arania!
When you join the Official USAB Clan Minecraft server, you'll find yourself plopped into a land filled with adventure! This land is called Arania. If you want to learn more about Arania and its history, you can visit the Aranian History Museum in the Fortress Castle. When you first visit Arania, you will be New. If you have proven yourself to be trustworthy, you will be promoted to Member. Members can use Lava, Flint and Steel, and TNT while New players cannot. Beware! Arania is a land classified by the Minecraftian Difficulty Guild as "Hard", so enemies will deal extra damage and you will starve to death!

Aranian Leadership
By visiting or becoming a Member of Arania, you subscribe to the rules and regulations of the Aranian Leadership. These people are as follows:

Moderators - Aranian citizens who have proven themselves worthy of power by sending a formal request to the Aranian leadership and having their request granted.
Admins - USAB Officers
Super Admins - USAB Executive Board Members
ORUCs - The leaders of USAB

The rules of Arania can be found in the Information Center.

The Information Center
The Information is your one-stop resource for information about Arania and the server. It includes things such as ranks, Donator rewards, warps to important locations, the rules, and more! Make sure it's the first place you visit when you arrive!

The Economy
The center of the Aranian economy is the Bank, located within the spawn. Here you can trade your iron ingots, gold ingots and gold blocks, and diamonds in for money. Iron ingots are worth $1 each, gold ingots are worth $10 each, gold blocks are worth $90 each, and diamonds are worth $50 each. You can see your total money with /balance.

The shops are the main marketplace of Arania. Here you can purchase many items with the money obtained through the Bank. The main marketplace is currently open and there are other shops to your left as soon as you walk into the spawn Fortress. There are even sometimes special deals available for a limited time only!

There is a train just outside of the main fortress that will take you to a SafeZoned NPC village. Here you will be able to safely trade with Villagers. The Villagers are also invincible, so you don't have to worry about them getting killed.

Factions
The USAB Server runs the Factions plugin, which allows you to claim and protect your own land. Most information regarding factions can be found either through /f info or in the Faction Hall, which is right across from the public Nether portal. Starting a faction costs $100 and claiming land costs $200. Also, you can only attack players whose faction you are at war with. Trying to indirectly kill a player you are not at war with is against the rules, please do not do this, we can tell who made a trap.

Plugins
The official USAB server runs quite a few plugins aside from Factions. These plugins include, but are not limited to, GriefLog, NoCheatPlus, VoxelPort2, WorldGuard, WorldEdit, ThunderPlus, EpicBoss, Chestpack, ChestShops, BookShop, CombatTag, SpamProtect, and much, much more.

Two of the most important plugins there are VoxelPort2 and Lockette. VoxelPort2 is fairly simple for end users, simply step on a VoxelPort and you will be teleported to your destination. Some VoxelPorts we have include the Transport Ship, the Battleship, the portal area, and the Village portal. All of these are important portals that you should use at least once.

The Arena
Looking for a fight? Well look no further, the Arena is for you. If an Admin is online, you can ask them if they can host a match in the Arena. Matches in the Arena include Player versus Player, Player versus Environment, and Spleef. The Arena also features special viewing boxes for Donators and Benefactors, Moderators, Admins, Super Admins, and ORUCs. You can even win the special rank of Hero with up to three other people by facing 10 pre-determined rounds of PvE combat! You can get to the Arena by taking the Battleship.

The Build Area
Currently, the Build Area only features three creations and only Admins can build inside of it. Hopefully one day this will be changed and other users will be able to build inside of it and show off their creations.

Aquatica
Aquatica is a residential city out in the ocean. You can easily get there by going to a warp just outside of the spawn fortress. If you like, you may purchase land there to build your own house for a fee. Ask the mayor, USABxSLAYER for more details concerning Aquatica.


Quests
Every so often in Arania, a crisis will break out and a Hero must arise and save the day. If you manage to be the first non-Hero to complete a quest, you will be given the title of Hero.

[Venator]

Well no offence but the name of the world really sounds like "Arian".
Omg booyo is racist!11!1!

[MKU]

Well, Venator, it's spelled Aryan and the Aryan race was only identified by blonde hair and blue eyes. :P

OT: CLAN MINECRAFT MAIN STREAM

[HoboHob]

I dislike servers that have elaborate spawns and tons of plugins. Lockette and factions are good enough I say.

[rakiru]

I dislike servers that have elaborate spawns and tons of plugins. Lockette and factions are good enough I say.

I never really cared enough to get into a server so much that I understood all of its elaborate stuff, so I tend to agree with this. It's hard to give the new players enough information that they understand anything (and dumping it all on signs at spawn does not count/work).

[USABxBOOYO]

I dislike servers that have elaborate spawns and tons of plugins. Lockette and factions are good enough I say.

I never really cared enough to get into a server so much that I understood all of its elaborate stuff, so I tend to agree with this. It's hard to give the new players enough information that they understand anything (and dumping it all on signs at spawn does not count/work).

There's not much to understand besides Factions and how to earn money. Almost all of the other plugins exist just to help admins.

[Semper]

i don't know why but this server is lagging for me, all other servers usually work smooth for me.