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Past RRU Minecraft server overview (News: I have found an old world!)


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Note/Request: if you have old saves or backups of one of the RRU servers mentioned below, I would appreciate it, if you can post a download link or at least send it to me. It can be cool to explore those old worlds again : D!

They may not be a thing anymore, but in the past there were quite a few RRU Minecraft servers*. I was on some of them, but I always got the impression that they never lasted that long and as time went on I wondered, how many there were in the end. Therefore I decided last year to make a list, but I only shared it with a few people and never got around to posting it on the forum... until now!
It may not be complete (the very early days of RRU Minecraft servers for example) and it's a work in progress, where I will add links to old forum threads and pictures to have a nice overview thread in the end.
In the end I hope that this will be a nice overview and discussion thread about past Minecraft servers and the events that happened on them. Maybe someone will feel inspired to make a new RRU Minecraft server one day^^.

And here is the list (I also added some bullet points, when I remembered some buildings and events from them. I hope that the user names are all the most recent ones, because some may have changed since we are talking about old Minecraft servers after all):

~~~RRU Minecraft Server Overview~~~

Minecraft Server from Cyrem in the early days (around 2011/2012?): during my search to find content for this thread I have found one or two posts that mentioned Cyrem having a server. I haven't saved the links though, but I will try to include them soon. Update: example (in this thread a server from Cyrem was mentioned several times): https://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/3917-a-random-minecraft-server-is-back

Minecraft Server by someone (I couldn't find a user name) (at least in 2011): https://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/2867-minecraft-server

-the existence of this server (mc.rru-stuff.org) was mentioned in the link. Apparently it was an unofficial one, because the official one (was it the one from Cyrem above?) was too costly.

-my favourite bit has to be the survey at the top of the thread. One option is along the lines of remaining anonymous, but you can still see who voted for it XD. This is either intentional or unintentional.
 

RRU-Stuff Minecraft-City by MSSSSM (April 2011 - min. April 2012): https://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/2533-rru-stuff-minecraft-city

-apparently the server had a forum too according to this blog post: https://www.rockraidersunited.com/blogs/entry/614-the-unofficial-forum-for-the-unofficial-rru-minecraft-server


A Random Minecraft Server by Phoenyx (Sep. 2011 - May 2012): https://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/2988-a-random-minecraft-server-and-maybe-more
 

CTXXTC & Phoenyx (Aug. 2012 - 2013?): https://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/3917-a-random-minecraft-server-is-back
-spawn with skycrapers, highway, Tesla store, spaceship port (teleport to end and I started the L.M.S. Explorer here)

 

A Weird Place - That Tekkit Server by Storm (at least Oct. 2012): https://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/4000-a-weird-place-that-tekkit-server
 

1st Jimbobjeffers server (2013 - 2014): https://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/5315-rru-minecraft-server
-had the RRU Tower, Pagoda, Airship Hangar
Example Screenshot (I hope it's okay that I took the header picture from the ancient rrucraft website, Jimbob. It's a good overview picture):
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Good news! I have found an old world file!: this server was devided into two separate worlds (Creative and Survival Map. You see the Survival map in the picture above, although later on Creative mode was also enabled on that one) and at one point JimbobJeffers has send the Creative mode map with the Build Wars arena to Mysteli. Here is the post and here is the download link (+ alternative link) in said post. It's an older version of said map though since some things (like a giant waffle) are missing. It still works in modern Minecraft, but the transition between new and old terrain can look funky.
 

2nd Jimbobjeffers server (2014 - 2015): https://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/5315-rru-minecraft-server/?do=findComment&comment=102836
-village with a ton of farms built by me. Also had the floating village above the spawn from biribiri
Example Screenshot (this was the spawn in the earlier days):
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RRUCraft Creative Server by CrashDSB (9 Oct. 2015 - 29 Oct. 2015): https://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/6828-rrucraft-creative-server

-basically it was JimbobJeffers' 2nd Minecraft server, but the map was in Creative mode instead of Survival.
 

RRUCraft by Sparks8805 (Oct. 2015 - Dec. 2015 or a bit of 2016): https://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/6821-rrucraft-minecraft-server
-had a big unfinished tower from Wognif. There was also a race on the last day of server activity. I also found a dungeon on the first day under my base.
Example Screenshot (I found a post with a screenshot from Wognif here, where you can see part of the race track around the tower):
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RRU Server by Sparks8805 (Feb. 2017 - at least Nov. 2017): https://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/7754-new-rru-minecraft-server-thread
-had a big spawn and Darkian's trench camp next to it
Example Screenshot:
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*with RRU Minecraft server I mean servers that had threads on RRU and were hosted by RRU members and also used by at least a few RRU users. I hope that this definition is good enough (probably not XD)

My opinion: I am surprised/saddened that the servers never really lasted that long (the record is JimbobJeffers' 2nd server with a bit over a year I think). It's not exactly the Google Graveyard, but about 10 servers in at least 7 years sounds like quite a lot of defunct servers to me.

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Thanks for the summary Arthuriel! Nice to bring back the memories. I completely forgot RRUCraft had a website and am surprised it's still live haha.

 

If people are interested in having a new server, I wonder if it would be better and last longer to have it hosted on Aternos for free - give all the moderators/trusted players the username and password, set it up for regular backups in case something happens (RIP RRUCraft #1). I used them for several servers when I still played and never had any trouble.

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I am glad that you like the thread : ).

That RRUCraft website will probably be still up by 2050 ; ). There was another RRU Minecraft website from you that isn't up anymore though. It had a similar name.

Aternos sounds like an interesting idea to start a new RRU Minecraft server. So you log in over their website and they are financed via banner ads, if I understood that correctly?
Apparently they also have a paid service called exaroton (different website from the same team). That could be an option, if the Aternos stuff works out very well.

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Good news: if you check the section about JimbobJeffers' first Minecraft server in the first post you can see that I have discovered a download link to an older version (well, it's old either way^^) of the Creative mode map.

I made some screenshots (I uploaded JPGs since some of the original PNG files would have been to big). I made the screenshots in Minecraft 1.16.3 (optical enhancements: OptiFine with Sildur's Vibrant Shaders) and here are some examples:

1. Build Wars Arena Inside
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2. Build Wars Arena Entrance + some of the outside parts (I remember some plots of the city being settled, but this is an earlier version)
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3. RRU Temple (?) - all hail RRU I guess^^ (Update: it's a hub with (now defunct) portals to the Void, LEGO Island and the Build Wars arena)
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4. Funky World Generation - what can go wrong when loading a six or seven year old world?^^
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5. Hotel at the Void (Noname City's Inn) - that building is full of redstone mechanisms
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6. Pool in Noname City's Inn (there are other rooms as well obviously)
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7. LEGO Island - you can change bricks to blocks! (I have also found a texture pack that's intended for this island in this post).

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I hope you enjoyed those examples of rediscovered RRU (Minecraft) history. I try to add stuff to the first post of this thread as well (like a new example screenshot for one server). I also added a note/request to the top of the first post: if you have an old RRU Minecraft server world save/backup: please tell me about it (downloads are appreciated)!

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Nice find! At least something remains of the server, thanks for the screenshots :D I forgot about the island, that's an awesome build.

 

I seem to remember that big divide being in the old server while it was active though, due to the big biome update happening as the creative world got added? Certainly recall some giant orange cliff right next to a bunch of green.

 

Really sorry I don't have access to the old backups any more though.

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Maybe I will discover even more on that map. I also wouldn't be surprised, if there was old broken terrain generation AND new examples as well XD.

Don't worry. The request for finding old RRU Minecraft worlds wasn't meant as an accusation against you, but as a general request to all RRU members. Example: maybe someone downloaded RRU Minecraft world files from another user and has forgotten about it. You never know.

Update: despite its age the texture pack (LIMC* texture pack) for LEGO Island (including things like the original LEGO Island songs for music discs) still works. Mysteli created the Island and the texture pack.
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*I assume that it stands for LEGO Island Minecraft

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