Happy New Year!!

From all of us at the Big Sister Gulliver Minecraft Server (and our Little Brother side server), we'd like to wish you all a very Happy New Year 2015!!!

Best wishes to you and your families, and may all your dreams be realized for the coming year!  ^^

Welcome Commissioner Jammy!

Hello all!

I am ecstatic to announce that Jammy has been promoted to the rank of server Commissioner, after a long and successful run as a deligent and vocal deputy.

Jammy was always a unique individual even before she came to our server... even when she was little more than a mere player head with a steampunk skin, she brimmed with a cool spunk that begged one to learn more. Sure enough, she arrived a quirky, talkative and energetic individual, a nice counterpoint to the shy and quiet demeanor of her small cohort of friends. And although she immediately had no technical or resource qualifications to be thought of as staff material, make no mistake... there was a hint of potential, much like a glimmer of hope to a seemingly-impossible cause.

Thus started an interesting evolutionary tale of a young player, unsure of herself and her place on this server, working to defy the odds to suddenly bring the very change she wanted to see in the world, and in herself. She would communicate with me several times, expressing a passing interest in the possibility of making Deputy, but being honest enough about her own limitations to decline the offer on several initial opportunities. But true to her spirited nature she could not settle with that defeat for long, and so she lifted heaven and earth to change that... to brand herself into someone I could trust with the safety and security of our server, to be open to all conflict scenarios no matter how difficult or unsettling they seemed, and to review all documentation and try to be as great an expert as her own technical and memory limitations could allow. She even overcame her earnest inability to build anything beyond an oak plank box house, and proved to herself that yes she was able to build more... much more, from towns, to roads, to bridges and so forth.

It was this relentless and successful [yet polite and honest] can-do spirit that ultimately gained her the Deputy title she worked hard to earn, and since then she has been tirelessly doing her best to protect our server, entertain its players, get discussions going on the forum or on Steam, and generally pitching in wherever she can. If she feels unable to accomplish something, she will still try... and more importantly, if she feels she needs help, she will ask for help -- anything to get the job done, and done right. This is something that other fellow staff members often-times forget to do as well... ask questions, get help, learn to work as a team to compensate [or compilment] each other's strengths and weaknesses. Precisely because of her humble beginnings, I feel Jammy excels at turning insecurity and indecision into a rallying cry for strength and rapid action in the face of adversity, all the while remaining courteous and cheery [albeit fully capable of spunk and sass should it be called for]. And while she isn't always able to protect our server and our forums at all times, when she does she makes herself heard, loud and clear.

After nearly a year of memorable service, I feel Jammy has proven herself to be an individual who can be entrusted with the greater Commissioner powers, as well as our respect and admiration.

Jammy was voted in through a parliamentary-style staff election featuring a superb 88% voter turnout, with 14 votes in favor and two abstains.


I want to thank everyone who participated for giving Jammy a well-earned vote of confidence!

Merry Christmas 2014!!!

Seasons Greetings, everyone!

It's amazing how much can change in a year... this time last year we weren't even technically our own server, but the wheels of change were definitely moving in that direction.  And now we're here, stronger than before, still creative and vibrant, and ready for more fun-filled adventures and companionships in the coming year.  ^^

But of course we mustn't forget where we come from, and it's only fitting that we celebrate Christmas once more at the Shatterdawn Christmas tree, where we had many fun times both building it and opening its many presents.  Tomorrow as you open this years presents (many more as there's so many more players), be thankful for all that was done before you, all that you do to keep this a great place, and all that we will continue to do as we strive forward into the future.  

May we celebrate this day for many more years to come, in the comfort of the friends and family we hold dear!

Happy Holidays!!

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

Hello all!

Despite a long and intrusive testing period that disrupted the already-underwhelming October Flavor, I am pleased to announce the availability of the December Flavor for Little Brother!

It was a long, hard battle and we nearly missed having it be a huge epic candy world with little to no holiday cheer... but in the end, we managed to save Christmas after all!

This time we're featuring a lush Minecraft 1.7.10 world that's been given the seasonal treatment by Wintercraft, one of the best and most adorable Christmas mods out there.  And to enrich the game world, we're also throwing in a few extra presents:  the absolute-bleeding-edge-latest Biomes O' Plenty and Mo' Creatures.  Now you can have ALL the blocks and mobs you could ever want!

BUT THAT'S NOT ALL!!!

This December Flavor is ALSO marking the first time we enable Dynmap on Little Brother!

http://littlebrother.mcserver.ws:8123/

So now you can track and chat with friends on this server as well!  Talk about multi-tasking!  :D

Here are the details of this month's flavor:

• This is using Minecraft 1.7.10, and Forge 10.13.2.1236.
• Wintercraft, Biomes O'Plenty and Mo' Creatures will be the mods featured.  
• The map is generated based on Biomes O Plenty world generation, with a snowy biome intentionally chosen for the spawn point.
• Flammole and InvisibleDragon continue to be the permanent moderators.  Jammy will also be our Monthly Moderator for quality and training purposes.
• Difficulty is set to "Easy Mode" since... tis' the season.  :)
• A Dynmap is employed with this flavor, although Wintercraft blocks might not display.

For Installation:

1. Create a new Little Brother profile in your launcher and have it set to Minecraft 1.7.10 -- run the game at least once to download the necessary Version files.
2. Download Forge 10.13.2.1236 for Minecraft v1.7.10 and run the installer.
3. Back in the Little Brother profile, set the Game Directory to a new folder of your choice and the Use Version to the new Forge for 1.7.10, and run the game.  This will allow game files (including the /mods folder) for this Little Brother profile to be created in a separate folder, thus eliminating the risk of overwriting your standard Big Sister files in the main Minecraft directory.
4. Download Wintercraft v1.1.0 for Minecraft 1.7.10:
   http://gruntpie224mods.weebly.com/downloads1.html
5. Download Biomes O Plenty v2.1.0.1019 for Minecraft 1.7.10:
   http://files.minecraftforge.net/BiomesOPlenty/
6. Download Mo Creatures v6.3.0 and CustomSpawner v3.3.0 for Minecraft 1.7.10:
   http://mocreatures.org/downloads
7. Copy all the mods listed above to your /mods folder inside the custom folder you specified in the Little Brother profile's Game Directory. 
8. Load the game using the Little Brother profile, add littlebrother.mcserver.ws into your Multiplayer list, and enjoy!

And that's it!
We may even have a Christmas Building Contest using this world later this month, so be sure to stop by for a bit and play in this Winter Wonderland!

Enjoy and Happy Holidays!!  :D