PIS Minecraft

PIS Minecraft
Server: pisminecraft.au
Map: http://pisminecraft.au:8123/

Wait what was this again?
PIS Minecraft was born way back in 2009 or 2010, I honestly can't remember which year. I first read about Minecraft in a news article and then a series of "journals" from a game journalist chronicling their adventures in this new game. It sounded neat, and was only 10 bucks at the time, so I grabbed a copy. When I found out it could be played online I almost immediately spun up a server, calling it PIS Minecraft (the PIS stands for Programmers in Space, an already old in-joke between Raptoralpha and I from when we worked together in 1996-1999). I don't remember the name of the first player, but I do remember how cool it was - we built a little wooded crap shack by the beach, just near 0,0,0. It's long gone, but there's a dirt house around the same area now.

Why are you releasing this again?
In 2020 - around the 10th anniversary - I dug up the old world files and released a public, spectator only, server for former players to connect to. It took a bit of digging to find any of the original crew, but we gathered on one of my Discord servers and I think everyone enjoyed the trip back in time. It's now been 15ish years since I first spun up a server, and I was motivated to release it again, only in a playable form this time.

Is this going to be public?
Probably. I doubt many of you are still playing Minecraft, but I'm keen to host something again anyway, and once we protect all the original buildings I'm comfortable letting the general public check it out.
Yeah, cool story, Gavor. Can we just have the server details now please?
Sure thing. Server is running on the current version of Minecraft, and uses Paper as the game server.

Will there be a website?
Ehhh, I don't know. The Discord should suffice to be honest. Depending on the level of interest in the future I might make a Discord just for PIS Minecraft and use that.

Discord: https://discord.gg/xFSt4RTMqm

I am however in the middle of organising a domain.

Can I be a mod!
If you're really keen I'd definitely be interested in promoting past players to help protect and manage.

Will we get a cool name tag?
Yep, all past players will get a cool name tag with enhanced permissions. Not sure what to call it though. Legendary Builders? OG Members? I don't know.