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Hey, just wondering if anyone else on dakka plays minez? be cool to get a big gang to go around.... and be nice to have a few trust worthy people

'minez'?
Is that a server?

Yeah is it a server? If so IP address please
I'm in as I am good a creating and destroying stuff in super quick time

Its a mod, which I haven't tried myself, but it looks like fun. I've been watching Let's Plays of MineZ. I have no idea how to install mods though...

It looks alright, and the feudal setting other than modern one seems fine (despite it having an army camp ¬¬). I would say it would need a more dull texture pack than the normal to get the right atmosphere though, and probably a larger variety in Zombie/world textures by default. I've only seen what it was like in early beta, but a variety of improvised weaponry is probably a necessity rather than just using existing resources. If it gets enough response her on Dakka I'd give it a go, but otherwise I won't play it due to it suffering from the DayZ "everyone's out to get you for your tin o' beans" attitude. =P

http://minez.net/

its not a mod, its a server (well, with all the mods installed there so you dont have to) I'm usually on public 4

Also:

What is MineZ?
MineZ is a Minecraft mod coded entirely at the server level. This means anyone with a legal copy of Minecraft can join the servers and experience the thrill of the zombie apocalypse without any change to their Minecraft client. The plugin sports a growing set of features that make MineZ a unique experience. MineZ hhas a growing list of features, which current includes:

• Custom and ruthless zombie AI. Zombies use a unique line of sight depending on how a player moves, meaning moving slowly and carefully is crucial to the survival of a player. Going beyond that, zombies will investigate noises, go to a players last seen location if you try to lose them around a corner, and are just as much of a threat in the water as they are on land. MineZ uses the experience bar to show player visibility, allowing players to identify what actions are causing zombies to swarm them.
  
• Inventory management. Players start with next to nothing, and must find their equipment in chests found within towns, ruins, castles, and dungeons. Certain areas sport different equipment, and each chest is randomly generated from an extensive loot table. This means every adventure will be different, as the items will be different each time you visit a location. In addition, most items do not stack, meaning players must make careful choices in what to carry on their journey.
  
• Health, food, and thirst. Health regeneration is disabled in MineZ, meaning that players must find health potions or eat food to regenerate their health. In addition, food is scarce, meaning players must be careful in when they choose to sprint or climb a large mountain. Finally, thirst has been brought into the game and is represented in the experience level part of the Minecraft UI, meaning carrying water bottles for long journeys is essential if a player does not want to die of dehydration.
  
• A vast, hand built world. All of the land and buildings in MineZ were built by hand, nothing has been generated! You will stumble upon a variety of unique towns, ruins, and castles. In addition, there are a number of dungeons built with solo and co-op puzzle challenges. The MineZ build team is constantly adding new things to the map for players to explore.
  
• Cross server persistence. Player data is stored in a central database, which means that if a player leaves one server and joins a different server, they are at the same location and have the same items as before. This means switching to another server to meet up with friends is no longer a hard decision.
  
• Enterprise grade hardware. All of the MineZ servers run on top tier dedicated hardware with 100mbs connections. Servers are capable of supporting up to 150 players at a time with no lag. The MineZ team has done extensive optimization to ensure the servers provide the smoothest experience.
  
• PvP and Co-Op. Feeling blood thirsty? PvP is enabled in MineZ, meaning you can both hunt or be hunted while exploring the apocalyptic world. However, your best chances of survival are if you band together with other survivors. A number of features in MineZ require another player (such as bandaging), meaning long term survival will mean finding a friend in the chaos. test

lol thanks for that, I never knew that existed, I just jumped in

Is it a requirement that you pay the $10 membership fee thing to play the mod? There isn't much explanation on the site on how to access a public server...

no, public ones are free you just copy paste the address in minecraft

the $10 is only for the private ones or one of the 5 reserved spots in public ones (and IIRC $10 is only for 30 days)

What's you IGN? I've been playing on public 4 too but I don't know anyone's names to have a group.

You on Public 4 right now? I was just running with four other guys there, but got pked by a random guy with a stone sword when opening a chest. =/

Edit: What's with these types of games and insane amounts of player killing? Again, like DayZ, getting spawn camped for basic starter gear. ¬¬

yeah, there are quite a few jerks who spawn kill >.>

and world 4 (oddly enough) is my "home" world aswell, but I also have 1,8, and 12 saved in. Hopefully we can make a dakka gang

I'm usually playing on my account or my friends:

Ghost_Gore
or
keket_morlock

Can we build stuff such as houses and bases?

No, Mel posted above, it pretty much tells you what's involved... You can't build in DayZ so you wouldn't be able to build in MineZ.

So is it just going around killing zombies and other players then?

Well, it's the whole survival aspect is the fun part, the zombies are side things that you have to deal with, same with bandits who enjoy killing you. You don't have to kill people.

So dayz with even worse graphics and mechanics, awesome.

=/ Like DayZ its meant to be a survival game, but you never actually get to that part because other players just see it as a CoD knockoff (...or whatever the pixelated equivalent of that is). If it was a single player then the concept would work, but then it wouldn't have the following as people want to play with others.

well thats why I came here, come get some teammates you can trust, add each other on skype/other voice chat and meet up and get loot

I'm gonna jump on, I'd heard vaguely about MineZ, and I'm a sucker for anything zombie-related at the moment...

 Brunius wrote:
I'm gonna jump on, I'd heard vaguely about MineZ, and I'm a sucker for anything zombie-related at the moment...

Beware you wont be left 4 dead..

well PM me if you wanna try to meet up sometime or talk over skype