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Nerd.nu was founded in 2009 on the concept of fair play and the idea that when it comes to gaming, everyone should start with equal footing — and after almost eight years of operation, we haven't strayed from these important values. Many online gaming services allow users to pay for in-game perks or specialized access, but here at Nerd we firmly believe that money should be given not for the in-game rewards it might bring, but as a way of showing your appreciation for and supporting the costs of the services we provide.

By contributing to nerd.nu, you will be helping to pay for the hardware our servers are run on. We'd like to encourage you to contribute whatever amount you feel comfortable with. No matter what amount you choose, all contributions are greatly appreciated.

Miscellaneous Info

We are trying something totally different this year instead of the normal CTF event. We'd love your feedback after the event is over - what did you like/dislike etc. Keep an eye out for a forum post after the event where you can share your feedback with us!

This years fundraiser will be taking place August 4th through August 6th 2017 on event.nerd.nu

on event.nerd.nu As in previous years, all other servers will be disabled for the duration of the event so you can fully enjoy the experience with everyone!

Servers will be taken down around 8pm EDT Friday followed by event server opening up to everyone!

followed by event server opening up to everyone! Normal gameplay on the servers will resume Sunday evening.

The event server comes with a custom resource pack, If you do not wish to download on entry you can manually download it here and run it locally. Its not required but very highly suggested otherwise you'll lose some of the fun! Only a handful of items have been altered to enhance gameplay, you can still use your normal resource pack (if any) for most everything else.

Commands

The following commands can be used at any time during the fundraiser:

/warp lobby - Allows you to travel directly to the event lobby from your current location

There is a 5s delay on this command to prevent abuse

- Allows you to travel directly to the event lobby from your current location /warp carnival - Allows you to travel directly to the Carnival spawn from your current location

There is a 5s delay on this command to prevent abuse

- Allows you to travel directly to the Carnival spawn from your current location /warp city - Allows you to travel directly to the Apocalypse world from your current location

There is a 5s delay on this command to prevent abuse

- Allows you to travel directly to the Apocalypse world from your current location /modreq <message> - Submits a modreq for staff

- Submits a modreq for staff /clanchat - displays the clanchat commands for you to use

The Apocalypse

The Apocalypse Server address event.nerd.nu

You will spawn in the heart of a giant city, surrounded by skyscrapers and mountains. There's nothing left of civilization except their left-over buildings and .... their corpses. Zombies roam the streets, and they've gotten smarter.....can you survive?

Info

The Apocalypse map is 3000x3000 (centered at about -20k x -20k to avoid breaking minimaps)

This is the only world that allows building.

All portals are disabled

The zombies that inhabit the city are smart. Even smarter than you'd think. They'll try everything they can think of to reach you within your base, from pillaring to building down from above, to breaking through walls!

Certain blocks will give you a better chance of surviving their attacks. Obsidian will hold them at bay, but everything will give in to them eventually. Build wisely.

Goals

Survive - This post-apocalyptic world contains monsters stronger and smarter than normal. It's going to be harder to survive than your typical first night.

- This post-apocalyptic world contains monsters stronger and smarter than normal. It's going to be harder to survive than your typical first night. Rescue Villagers - Villagers will randomly spawn in the world, catch them (by clicking on them) and run them back to spawn to save them! But be careful, your villager can be stolen if you're not fast enough!!! For every saved villager you will receive a token (proof of rescue) as well as a prize! The players with the most rescues at the end of the event will have their achievements displayed in the lobby!

- Villagers will randomly spawn in the world, catch them (by clicking on them) and run them back to spawn to save them! But be careful, your villager can be stolen if you're not fast enough!!! For every saved villager you will receive a token (proof of rescue) as well as a prize! The players with the most rescues at the end of the event will have their achievements displayed in the lobby! Build a Base - You will not have to fight eachother during the event but you WILL have to fight off hoards of the undead. Build yourself a base to protect yourself from the zombie hoards! Screenshots will be taken after the event and put up for the community to vote on their favorites!

- You will not have to fight eachother during the event but you WILL have to fight off hoards of the undead. Build yourself a base to protect yourself from the zombie hoards! Screenshots will be taken after the event and put up for the community to vote on their favorites! Other Stats will be collected during the event with a follow up post after the event with tallies!

Weapons

Available for purchase from a totally-not-shady villager in the Ticket Tent, you'll have some nifty weapons available to you for the duration of the event!!

The Sawed-off Shotgun

A short barreled shotgun that someone literally hacked the end off of. Terrible aim but what can you do in a pinch. To shoot: right click To reload: right click when the gun is empty and it will automatically reload Shoots "Shotgun Shells" Tips: The shotgun is best at close-range dispersal. It shoots 9 shots at a time to damage a large area of enemies. The aim gets worse the farther away you are, but close up does quite a bit of damage.

A short barreled shotgun that someone literally hacked the end off of. Terrible aim but what can you do in a pinch. The Handgun of Handiness

A standard pistol that shoots bullets, pretty accurate if you're crouching and does extra damage if you shoot your enemy in the back or get them with a headshot. To shoot: right click To reload: right click when the gun is empty and it will automatically reload Shoots "Bullets" Tips: Crouch while using this gun to negate the knockback effect. Also, getting a headshot will double the amount of damage you're dealing and almost always one-shot a zombie. Accuracy is best at mid-range.

A standard pistol that shoots bullets, pretty accurate if you're crouching and does extra damage if you shoot your enemy in the back or get them with a headshot. The Huntsman Rifle

A bolt action rifle with a night vision scope. Great for sniping zombies from afar, and does double damage on headshots. To shoot: right click To reload: right click when the gun is empty and it will automatically reload Shoots "Huntsman Shells" Tips: Left click while holding the gun to activate the Nightvision Scope (this will turn off automatically on reload). Not great for close-combat (also sadly you wont be able to interact with blocks while holding it so no running through doors), but really good at picking off zombies from a distance.

A bolt action rifle with a night vision scope. Great for sniping zombies from afar, and does double damage on headshots.

The Carnival

The Carnival Server address event.nerd.nu

The Carnival is a place where you can go to get away from all the death and fighting of the Apocalypse. Some of the games even award tickets which you can use to trade in the Ticket Tent for additional gear and supplies!

Games

Archery Challenge - [1 ticket] - built by Bluuefuzzy - Light all four redstone lamps with nothing but your archery skills!

- - Light all four redstone lamps with nothing but your archery skills! SnowFlo - [1 ticket] - built by Silversunset - Toss the snowball into the hopper and win a prize!

- - Toss the snowball into the hopper and win a prize! Mob Shooting Challenge - [1 ticket] - built by Buzzie71 - Shoot skeletons into the hole using snowballs for a prize!

- - Shoot skeletons into the hole using snowballs for a prize! Whack-a-creeper - [1 ticket] - built by Silversunset - Knock the creeper into the hole using snowballs for a prize!

- - Knock the creeper into the hole using snowballs for a prize! Strength Meter - [1 ticket] - built by Cujobear - Jump on the pressure plate and see if you're strong enough to turn the lights on!

- - Jump on the pressure plate and see if you're strong enough to turn the lights on! Parkour - [64 tickets] the first time, [16 tickets] each time after - builty by dumbo52 - Get to the top of the tower with the flag. Its gonna be a bumpy ride!

- - Get to the top of the tower with the flag. Its gonna be a bumpy ride! Lottery - [1 ticket] - built by bermudalocket - Press the button to try your luck!

Events

Events will be run at scheduled times by staff and prizes awarded accordingly. Keep an eye out for times!

Speedbuild - built by Excessivetoker - Saturday 9pm EDT with the Cadmins!

- with the Cadmins! Thimble - built by Cujobear - Friday 10pm EDT with Padmins!

- with Padmins! Dunking Booth - built by Mewcifer - Various times (Watch in-game for announcements!)

- (Watch in-game for announcements!) Spleef - built by heysofia - TBD

- PvP Arena - built by Zomise - TBD

- Connect Four - built by dumbo52 - TBD

- Vertical maze - built by MasterCommaThe - TBD

Community Maze

The community maze was built by players before the event. They have been placed on the Carnival world from easiest-to-hardest (from what we can tell!) and completing mazes may get you some nifty treats!

Thank you to those who have contributed - In no specific order (ok maybe a little specific): Abitcat, Aharit, Benergy09, c45y, fazaden, Hafishgr, Heysofia, imthomass, King_of_Queso, Schererererer, ThelVadumee, triztin, venom20078, Zomise

Prizes for each maze are 20 tickets on first completion (10 on any subsequent runs) and a special maze token.



and a special maze token. Special prizes will be awarded for those who collect 5, 10, or all 14 maze tokens Claim a locker at the start of the maze with /cprivate (and grab a sign to label it with) Modreq "I have completed # of prizes and they're in my chest" while standing next to your chest Prizes for completion: 5 mazes: ST+U3 Diamond PIck 10 mazes: Sharp3+Smite V+U3 Diamond Sword 14 mazes: Unbreaking 3 Diamond Armor You may claim each of these prizes ONE TIME. They will be placed in your end chest.



The Ticket Tent

Some games in the carnival will award tickets that can be used to obtain gear and materials to bring back to the city. Any time you trade with a villager in the Ticket Tent your traded item will be sent DIRECTLY to your end chest so make sure your end chest has space for your trades - if your chest is full the trade will be refused by the villager.

Chuckles Ronald Pennywise Sugar Cane

[3 tickets] End stone

[10 tickets] Sawed-off Shotgun

[100 tickets] Seeds

[3 tickets] Netherrack

[10 tickets] Handgun of Handiness

[150 tickets] Cocoa Beans

[3 tickets] Quartz Ore

[10 tickets] Huntsman Rifle

[200 tickets] Ink Sack

[3 tickets] Soul Sand

[10 tickets] Unbreaking II

[75 tickets] Netherwart

[3 tickets] Ender Pearl

[20 tickets] Thorns II

[75 tickets] Cactus

[3 tickets] Shulker Shell

[20 tickets] Feather Falling II

[75 tickets] Oak Sapling

[3 tickets] Blaze Rod

[5 tickets] Protection II

[75 tickets] Birch Sapling

[3 tickets] Glowstone

[20 tickets] Fortune II

[75 tickets] Spruce Sapling

[3 tickets] Sand

[10 tickets] Knockback Stick

[75 tickets] 4 Dark Oak Saplings

[3 tickets] Gunpowder

[5 tickets] 50 ticket voucher

[50 tickets] Acacia Sapling

[3 tickets] Nametag

[5 tickets] 50 tickets

[1 50-ticket voucher] Jungle Sapling

[3 tickets] Ghast Tear

[20 tickets] Chorus Flower

[3 tickets]

Rules

All community rules spelled out in the Nerd.nu/Rules page are valid during this event.

Event specific rules are as follows: No PvP unless in designated arenas Using LWC items to bypass game mechanics is not allowed (i.e. you can't build a fortress out of furnaces). Standard griefing rules are in effect during this event. The villager token storage area is not to be used for personal storage. Any chest found to have items other than villager rescue tokens may be wiped without warning



Roll Credits

Thank you to everyone who helped put this event together! If I've missed anyone I apologize..

The lobby for our event was built by Sir_Didymus! Beware the giant zombies!

The Carnival spawn tent was built by Silversunset, with decorative help from buzzie71, bermudalocket, and other staff

The Carnival games were built by various staff with additional decorations added by Heysofia to make it beautiful!

Apocalypse spawn was built by Silversunset and then "improved' (read: totally rebuilt) by bermudalocket

The Community Maze was organized by Sir_Didymus, built by players and set up in the carnival by Sir_Didymus and Barlimore (thanks!!!!!!)

The Apocalypse world also contains buildings custom made by various mods, thank you to everyone who helped out!

Special thanks to bermudalocket for basically being my gopher during setup.

A big thank you to the tech admins for making sure everything worked on 1.12, setting up the server, writing up plugin changes, and overall magic!!

Stats

Thanks to Dumbo52 we have some stats from the event for you!!!

Saturday night

Some interesting statistics gathered ~10pm EDT Saturday night! - Top 10 in each category! # Zombie Kills Villager Rescues Distance Travelled

w/Villagers Trade Count Deaths Minutes Played 1 32ndFlava

2,251 kills needs_a_name

49 saves needs_a_name

16,977 blocks Hollifer

19 trades Zaliek

43 deaths iNerd71

1,038 minutes 2 totemo

1,704 kills ttsci

34 saves iNerd71

13,423 blocks iNerd71

17 trades call_me_kearie

40 deaths kumquatmay

986 minutes 3 Wozdaka

705 kills iNerd71

34 saves ttsci

10,005 blocks ThelVadumee

17 trades Humifer

40 deaths PlNG

982 minutes 4 buzzie71

697 kills dnynumberone

20 saves dnynumberone

9,211 blocks Norami

8 trades NickDB8

34 deaths totemo

968 minutes 5 ttsci

613 kills Nhaazaua

18 saves Nhaazaua

8,189 blocks kumquatmay

7 trades Andromeda4210

34 deaths buzzie71

888 minutes 6 TECP

578 kills kalasalad

16 saves ThelVadumee

6,856 blocks Wozdaka

6 trades Im_a_Ninja13

32 deaths Wozdaka

838 minutes 7 kumquatmay

536 kills Flumper

16 saves Flumper

6,553 blocks Andromeda4210

6 trades Mewcifer

31 deaths PPGOME

809 minutes 8 PlNG

434 kills zburdsal

15 saves kalasalad

6,483 blocks Kirstae

5 trades kumquatmay

28 deaths Dumbo52

749 minutes 9 ThelVadumee

425 kills buzzie71

15 saves marcuszodiak

5,669 blocks bermudalocket

3 trades PPGOME

24 deaths Andromeda4210

749 minutes 10 Halinah

403 kills kumquatmay

14 saves TECP

5,387 blocks sunstarshine192

2 trades buzzie71

23 deaths 32ndFlava

683 minutes

Final Count

Some interesting statistics gathered ~8pm EDT Sunday night! - Top 20 in each category! # Zombie Kills Villager Rescues Distance Travelled

w/Villagers Trade Count Deaths Minutes Played ★ 1 ★ 32ndFlava

4,391 kills Zaliek

59 rescues Zaliek

56,025 blocks iNerd71

59 trades PPGOME

59 deaths kumquatmay

1,821 minutes ☆ 2 ☆ totemo

2,568 kills ttsci

57 rescues iNerd71

31,670 blocks ThelVadumee

24 trades NickDB8

54 deaths iNerd71

1,716 minutes ⭒ 3 ⭒ Norami

1,458 kills needs_a_name

57 rescues ttsci

23,901 blocks Hollifer

19 trades Andromeda4210

51 deaths totemo

1,588 minutes 4 kumquatmay

1,285 kills iNerd71

57 rescues needs_a_name

20,982 blocks AdmiralAntilles

19 trades Zaliek

44 deaths buzzie71

1,467 minutes 5 buzzie71

1,271 kills kumquatmay

34 rescues kumquatmay

18,075 blocks Norami

8 trades Humifer

42 deaths Silversunset

1,455 minutes 6 ttsci

1,119 kills Halinah

27 rescues Halinah

15,624 blocks kumquatmay

7 trades call_me_keari

40 deaths Dumbo52

1,418 minutes 7 ThelVadumee

916 kills i_c_e_

21 rescues King_of_queso

13,046 blocks Andromeda4210

7 trades kumquatmay

32 deaths Andromeda4210

1,270 minutes 8 wyndysascha

756 kills dnynumberone

20 rescues TECP

9,977 blocks Wozdaka

6 trades Mewcifer

32 deaths Zaliek

1,173 minutes 9 TECP

743 kills ThelVadumee

19 rescues ThelVadumee

9,658 blocks Kirstae

5 trades Im_a_Ninja13

32 deaths PPGOME

1,163 minutes 10 Wozdaka

738 kills TECP

19 rescues i_c_e_

9,554 blocks bermudalocket

4 trades AdmiralAntilles

32 deaths tompreuss

1,162 minutes 11 tompreuss

667 kills Nhaazaua

18 rescues dnynumberone

9,211 blocks tompreuss

3 trades Blue_Avocado

31 deaths bermudalocket

1,140 minutes 12 iNerd71

663 kills buzzie71

17 rescues Nhaazaua

8,189 blocks nels_nelson

3 trades totemo

26 deaths PlNG

1,077 minutes 13 needs_a_name

655 kills kalasalad

16 rescues Flumper

6,553 blocks Zomise

3 trades torteela

26 deaths needs_a_name

1,026 minutes 14 Zaliek

617 kills Flumper

16 rescues kalasalad

6,483 blocks PPGOME

3 trades Vikhedgehog

26 deaths cujobear

1,020 minutes 15 Halinah

602 kills zburdsal

15 rescues Thunderworms

6,470 blocks Dumbo52

3 trades Creeperofhope

26 deaths kalasalad

972 minutes 16 Flumper

573 kills marcuszodiak

13 rescues Just_Chaos98

5,858 blocks sunstarshine192

2 trades Sapphric

25 deaths fazaden

952 minutes 17 PlNG

443 kills King_of_queso

13 rescues buzzie71

5,835 blocks defiex

2 trades Hollifer

25 deaths Zomise

941 minutes 18 TheRandomnatrix

386 kills Thunderworms

11 rescues marcuszodiak

5,669 blocks TheRandomnatrix

2 trades Aad_

25 deaths 32ndFlava

925 minutes 19 bermudalocket

370 kills 32ndFlava

11 rescues 32ndFlava

4,991 blocks PlNG

2 trades Tedbear

24 deaths Humifer

916 minutes 20 tict0c

342 kills Just_Chaos98

10 rescues Aad_

3,976 blocks King_of_queso

2 trades Just_Chaos98

24 deaths ttsci

911 minutes

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