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[Nick3306]

Well you want the spawn to be amazing but it has to be simple at the same time. Remember that this is an SMP server not a creative server. I can't tell you how many times i have joined a server and gotten frustrated because the spawn was so big and too complex. SMP guests don't care about spawn as much as say people in classic.

[optical]

I will have a look at getting the spawn building onto a new map soon - anyone got a 1.00 seed worth trying (pics/video of it would be preferred)

[rogueish]

Well you want the spawn to be amazing but it has to be simple at the same time. Remember that this is an SMP server not a creative server. I can't tell you how many times i have joined a server and gotten frustrated because the spawn was so big and too complex. SMP guests don't care about spawn as much as say people in classic.

True, I've run into that problem as well.  I don't think a big spawn area would be a problem, though, if there are clear instructions (and ideally a simple method) to get to an area where a new person can claim land.  Eventually, as the server grows a new person might have to wander for a long time to find empty land, fighting monsters and starvation on the way.  I've left servers that otherwise looked promising because I couldn't get to empty land before starving and/or getting creeper bombed.
 

[clawstrider]

I will have a look at getting the spawn building onto a new map soon - anyone got a 1.00 seed worth trying (pics/video of it would be preferred)

What are you looking for? A very extreme, good looking terrain? A flat land, good for building (Although most flat lands are normally deserts or plains, which have very little trees, always a problem...), varied biomes?

[optical]

Generally flat land, minimal water/ocean cover, with forests etc/ Less mountainy

[Nick3306]

See i think the mountains are the funnest part of smp, but it's up to you.

[Tobs]

I will have a look at getting the spawn building onto a new map soon - anyone got a 1.00 seed worth trying (pics/video of it would be preferred)

Well I've been generating a few, one that caught my eye is 1441997694

It has a nice range of mountains, flat, swamp, ocean and pine biomes near the natural spawn, (in the circle) http://i.imgur.com/mJdy7.jpg

Mostly flat though
Sure there are other good ones but this one Is pretty good.

[clawstrider]

Post 3, Beachfront Hope this is what you meant!

Just looked at Tobs' map. That would be better than mine in my opinion.
Also...



/reserved That is some black magic awesomeness.

[Destroy8r9]

i have one ill have to get the seed when i get home but it has some mountains some desserts plains a ocean and some snowy biomes also i found this mod its called biosphere genrator basicly it genrates eveything in giant sphere with little spheres of diamond and lapiz floating around and in each spehere theres a diffrent biome like each person could have a little sphere wehre the bigger ones are further out if we could make that so it encourages exploring

[clawstrider]

i have one ill have to get the seed when i get home but it has some mountains some desserts plains a ocean and some snowy biomes also i found this mod its called biosphere genrator basicly it genrates eveything in giant sphere with little spheres of diamond and lapiz floating around and in each spehere theres a diffrent biome like each person could have a little sphere wehre the bigger ones are further out if we could make that so it encourages exploring

Biospheres by Rigasumi.
This has, unfortunatly, not been updated to 1.0.0 yet.
Then again, it may work because its just generating a map.
I don't believe this could work, but then again, it could be an event or something (Say Optic runs something like this for 1 week a month. Different mods. That would be kinda neat. Then you can take home the world at the end of the week.) Would that be viable Optic? And if so, shall I add it to suggestions as a seperate post?

[Destroy8r9]

claw but with my idea theres a problem people could grief the bridges and that means where gonna fall of but anyway it would make getting diamonds and lapiz easier if you dont fall off

[Nick3306]

Lets worry about getting the server up and running first guys.

[Tobs]

Post 3, Beachfront Hope this is what you meant!
/reserved That is some black magic awesomeness.

I've seen a few nice places in those mountains

And I really don't see the biosphere thing happening, even as an event, but if it does it would be totally pointless in my opinion.

[frodonk]

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advantages: spawn near a fairly flat elevated area, with a small river around the raised area. mountains around 200 blocks from spawn area (estimated)

disadvantages: near a swamp biome, with a desert after that, spawn near pigs, not much forest from what i can see from the spawn point.

i'll look at more seeds in 8 hours if anyone cares enough, a better description of the map that is wanted might be needed though to match with whatever map i'll find.

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1297880280

best seed that ive seen, you spawn in the middle of 4 different biomes.

[Destroy8r9]

Well i found a seed where you spanw in a npc village ive also found one where you spawn on a small island with a mushroom biome on another island near by with a awesome overhang