Possibility of new Tekkit server?

Oldfriends are thinking of a new server using the Tekkit pack mods. This page is to gauge interest and brainstorm ideas.

We'd work together to build New Berndtown, a New World spawn city that would inheret none of the 1.7-1.2 politics. We would have an industrial sector, a residential sector, and a government sector.

Industrial Sector This area would house quarries, oil refineries, warehouses, facoties, and all of the new tekkit goodness. Would probably be ugly, but it would be seperate from the Residential Sector.
Residential Sector A cozy place for the inhabitants of New Berndtown to live. Light commercial zoning would be allowed (trading markets, kebab shops).
Government Sector A large courthouse and senatorial hall would be constructed to house the server's geopolitical heart. It will serve as the governing body of New Berndtown as well as the highest court and legislating body of the entire server, should it expand.

\\Detailed plans are cancer that is killing every town. –Rosen

Preliminary ideas for government are based off of the political structure of the Kurwan Empire.
A two-tiered council system would be used to govern the server:

The High Council would consist of Oldfriends who pioneered the server's formation and contributed financially and physically to the foundation of the server and of New Berndtown. The High Council should ideally not consist of more than 5 people.
The Low Council would consist of Oldfriends who were invited to participate in the server but were not chosen to be on the High Council due to lack of availability or maybe financial contribution. If/when the server expands, national leaders or those who contribute financially to the server could be promoted to the Low Council by a High Council vote.

The Council Collective would vote on matters pertinant to the City of New Berndtown or to the Server as a whole with simple majorities deciding. Any High Councilman, however, could call for a veto (which would require a simple majority of the High Council to overturn any decision made by the Council Collective). In this way would the city and server be run.

If the need arises for us to faction off (we start hating eachother, more people join the new server) we would then discuss the possibility of creating new nations and balkanizing. New Berndtown would remain forever neutral territory, but other landmasses could be claimed by new towns under conditions set forth at the time of the Great Change by the Council Collective. New Berndtown could possibly have quarters in the residential sector, but they would be simply aesthetic/fun and would not have any political powers or bearing on the server.

State any ideas you have to contribute here with your name attached.

• Use the mod for claiming territories -tang
• Government buildings shall be a joint work. Your architecture is too bland, v1adimirr. And there should be a financial district with skyscrapers, hotels and whatnot. What are the permission to build? — caBastard 2012/07/06 03:28 [im ok with that ca. ok. and none? -vlad]

If we started a new server, would you play on it?
v1adimirr - yes
Uxbridge - yes
Ghoul - yes
caBastard - Aye yes
Tangaloa - yes
K_Chris - only if I'm a mod
Koentinius - Yes, if you guys play regularly
Rosenmann - same as K_Chris and Koentinius
mazznoff - only if I'm mod yes, if ca won't be a mod :—D
FlakeSe - maybe, yes, irregularly
Texasball - Que est-ce que ce est? Serieusement… Why do y'all wait until after I come up with this idea after announcing my bid to buy the server from Tetete? C'est des conneries. [“que est-ce que ce est”. This is why spics shouldn't speak French, what you meant was qu'est-ce que c'est]

Would you help pay for it?
v1adimirr - yes
Uxbridge - yes
Ghoul - no
caBastard - Aye but how frequent would it be? [once a month, probably only a dollar or two but we'll check on that]
Tangaloa - no
K_Chris - Maybe if I wasn't poor
mazznoff - that feel when Paypal doesnt accept roubles
Koentinius - Maybe
Rosenmann - If you think about it, 0,61USD is cost of single chocolate bar. In scale of a month, it's very little. So even if i would have to pay few chocolate bars per month I would agree.
FlakeSe - 8 ball says ask again later

How many slots should the server be if they cost $.61/slot?
v1adimirr - 12
Ghoul - 40 [>doesnt want pay >up to 40 slots] Fuck off kike
mazznoff - 14
K_Chris - 88 (so we can have 14/88 all the time)
Koentinius - 10
Rosenmann - depends of the interest and generousity of contributors.
FlakeSe - 69, and it should be named dirty dancing. Dibs on the patrick swayze skin.

I don't mind a fork of the community, really, all I care about is my own stable server. But here's a tip: Bukkit administration is a PITA. You'll need at least one at least remotely competent Linux administrator with substantial stamina, and the only one who stepped up besides me when Alpha abdicated was Spacefish007 (rarely on, you might need to hunt him down if you choose not to use someone from your own troupe). Perhaps he's still willing to do it.
Also you'll need a powerful server because bukkit is crazy CPU hungry (I've been comtemplating Canarymod for a while now, but this would mean a substantial change, also while faster, it's as incompatible with tekkit as it gets).
I really wish you well, but if you go down in flames I will not spend several days and help, but point and laugh. Best of luck, — tetete 2012/07/06 22:58

no one is leaving the server te3, this would be a completely seperate thing, like a whole different game but just with the same people :* \\-vlad