This thread is more of a throwback than anything to Unova and has no meaning whatsoever. Interpret it how you feel like.Date: 5/26/18
Server Review #1
Review Description:
An overview of Kohoutek's Island Freebuild.
Gamemode: Modded Freebuild
Disclaimer:Freebuilds are judged by players and admins. Do not take any of this as a representation of the host unless it says so.
Review Content:Map and Terrain:The map, from the start, is made from ModTer, although elegantly. The only bad part of this, I feel, is that you can see from the preview that there is not many builds outside of the center despite being a terrain. The reasoning behind this?
It's too big and the center is flat. For a good terrain freebuild you generally need lots of flat, diverse areas to build upon, and this server has alot of it in the center, not so much anywhere else.
Addon Content and Time to load:
This isn't a bad amount of datablocks for a server. There is sure to be alot of content... right?
Too much, i'd say. Every tab has enough bricks to make a map un-saveable and many more.
This may draw off potential players and cause them not to want to join it.
Moderation and Online moderators at once:Moderation is can be a draw or a plus in blockland. It depends on how much dramas a moderator has usually; They might be more hostile or toxic if they have more dramas.
There seems to be a whole lot of moderators. Most of them don't know me nor do I know them, but this might influence your decision to join it.
General Build Quality from Staff:
These are very good builds. Most are high quality and welcoming to the highest degree. They're very diverse and it looks like it took time to make them, albeit they're not shader friendly.
Other Builds
PingI got a varied amount of ping depending on where I was. Bigger builds, as usual, seem to have the worst lag, but just walking around the terrain causes me to lag too.
Extra things I have to say:The builds here are all seemingly unfinished or very new. QUOTE FROM KOHOUTEK: server literally started yesterday so everythings new
From player and admin conversations, the builds here seem to last very long though.
Alot of the people here seem to have some sort of elitism towards players who are bad builders.
Some people decidedly have moved their buildings over to the edge of the map to avoid the classic problem of "Place Blocking" which occurs generally in the center or in areas with very large builds.
The host of the server is active and has
no known dramas
General Review:
Moderation: 10/10 (Note: As expected for the top server of the time.)
Build Quality: 10/10 (Note: As expected from a freebuild.)
Player Interaction: 6/10 (Note: Players have more of a tendancy to build by themselves instead of collaborating. At the time I had joined, there was an argument started.)
Replayability: ??/10
Shader Usefulness 7/10 (Note: This map is always in the sunlight. As such, shaders are basically useless and everything looks the same with shaders off.)
Quirkiness: 2/10 (Note: Generic freebuild. The only addition is that the start buildings are decent and that there's a map, everything else seems perfectly normal.)
