Contests
Contests were organized by Guude in the past and winners were allowed join the Mindcrack Server. Since the start of the SMP server in December 2010, Guude has introduced a variety of new players to the community through either personally selecting them from his friends (or existing members' friends), or through competitions. Upon being selected or winning a competition the player is added to the server's whitelist, offering exclusive access to the Mindcrack server. Guude is no longer holding contests and members are now only given access through invitation.
First contest[edit]
The first public contest for entry was announced on 25 December 2010 (Christmas Day) via both a post on the Minecraft Forum[1] and a video on his YouTube channel.[2] The competition took the form of a quiz about the first season of Mindcrack, which documented only Guude's original single player Let's Play. However, rather than simply posting the questions directly to the Forum, he modified the world save file from season one to include 26 questions written on signs, all of which required knowledge about him and his videos to answer. The file was then released publicly for download and entrants could submit their completed answer responses to him via private message on YouTube.
The first three contestants to submit a set of 100% correct answers would be awarded a place on the server's whitelist and join him to play Minecraft. If no-one obtained a complete set of correct answers by 1 February 2011, then he would pick the topmost scoring entry and award them the prize, with an additional two places being announced for the succeeding most high scoring entries in the subsequent months.
The first full set of correct answers was submitted on 1 January, belonging to Nebris, who was announced as a winner later that day.[3] Espie23 was likewise announced as the second.[4]
No other winners were announced until 1 February as no entrants reached the required 100% correct answers, however on that date Guude awarded access to two users rather than the originally stated one. The first was a "last minute submission" from Forum member adlingtont, who missed one question, and the second was fellow member Kuroro, who had submitted earlier in January.[5] Both had made entries missing just one answer, which incidentally was both absent from the same question.[6][7] Arkas also entered in the competition.[8][9]
This brought the total number of Mindcrack members to ten as of February 2011; Guude, madcow21, Alcimedes, thejims, jsano19, Nebris, Espie23, Crysix, Kuroro and adlingtont.
The save file for his Mindcrack single player quiz is no longer available. In August 2021, Guude found a notebook containing some of the quiz questions and shared it on Twitter.[10]
Second contest[edit]
The second public contest for a slot on the Mindcrack server was announced on 21 April 2011, during a video on Guude's YouTube channel.[11] Entrants were asked to submit a Minecraft video, which could be an episode from their Let's Play or video made specifically for the competition, as a video response to the episode announcing the contest. 38 people entered prior to Guude choosing his top ten and asking the viewers to vote for their favorites by submitting a comment with one or more names selected from the top ten.[12] The number of people who would be allowed to join the server had not been determined at this point. Comments were closed on Friday, 6 May 2011 and votes were manually tallied to prevent individuals from voting more than once.[13]
VintageBeef, W92Baj, and 2creditstoplay (davmandave and Kennedyzak) were announced as the winners on 8 May 2011. In addition, 5th placed ShreeyamGFX was included as a wildcard winner over 4th placed just_defy.[14] Winners received the information to join the server on Monday, 9 May 2011.[15]
| Placing | Entrant | Video entry | Votes received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |  VintageBeef |
"Official Mindcrack Server Submission Video - LET ME IN!" | 132 |
| 2nd |  W92Baj |
"Guude server submission entry" | 88 |
| 3rd | 2creditstoplay (  davmandave and  Kennedyzak) |
"In Search of Diamonds Ep.1" | 53 |
| 4th |  just_defy |
"Guude Contest Entry (Closed) 4th place" (Video unavailable) | 37 |
| 5th |  ShreeyamGFX |
"A modder's appeal to Guude - With added cannon" (Video unlisted) | ? |
| 6th | MasterMuffinz | "Guude MEGA Waterdome | Mindcrack Contest Entry | By: MasterMuffinz" | 17 |
| 7th | BlackPaladinLP | "BlackPaladin's Submission for Guude" | 11 |
| lynkfox | [1] (Video unavailable) | ||
| MiitchKay | "Guudealicious Part 2" | ||
| 10th | gingerrevenger | [2] (Video unavailable) | 5 |
Third contest[edit]
The third and final contest to join the Mindcrack server was announced by a video on Guude's YouTube channel on 5 August 2011,[16] near the end of Season 2. He asked contestants to finish the arena he had been working on for most of the season. In the announcement video Guude first explained his vision for the arena, including the scaled Minecraft spider that was to span the length of the arena, the spleef arena, the stands, the area beneath the stands, and the mob system.
Requirements for entries:
- The spider must be completed, correctly scaled, and maintain the colorations of the vanilla Minecraft spider
- The tail section of the spider must have a spleef arena
- Stands
- Mob systems
- No group submissions (multiple people could work on it, but only the submitter could win)
- Keep to the spirit of the original build (ie. no rows of diamond block)
- Videos with commentary were preferred, but image albums were also accepted
Entrants were provided a download of the map, and were given until 25 August to complete their designs. The winners were voted on by the members on the Mindcrack server. just_defy, Pakratt0013, and Arkas were announced as the winners on 1 September. DaedalusFX (GrimLP) and mishterbobo - both future members of the MindCrack Fan Server - placed in the top 15.[17]
| Placing | Entrant | Video entry |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | just_defy |
"JustD3fy's 1.8 Contest Entry (Closed) 1st Place" (Video unavailable) |
| 2nd |  Pakratt0013 |
|
| 3rd |  Arkas |
"Arkas' Arena Contest Entry" |
| 4th | DaedalusFX (GrimLP) | "Grim's Contest Entry for Guude's MindCrack Server" & "Mindcrack contest entry, Part 2" |
| 5th | truncator |
Fan Server[edit]
Members of both the MindCrack and the MindCrack Fan Servers had held contests when slots are available for them to give out.
References[edit]
- ↑ Kinski (25 December 2010). Forum post. Minecraft forum. <http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/104118-minecraft-mindcrack-smp/#entry1657011>.
- ↑ GuudeBoulderfist (25 December 2010). "Minecraft Mindcrack - Merry Christmas - Competition Revealed". YouTube. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acWJPmuxRpc>.
- ↑ Kinski (1 January 2011). Forum post. Minecraft forum. <http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/104118-minecraft-mindcrack-smp/page__view__findpost__p__1737949>.
- ↑ Kinski (2 January 2011). Forum post. Minecraft forum. <http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/104118-minecraft-mindcrack-smp/page__st__60#entry1742315>.
- ↑ Kuroro (8 January 2011). Forum post. Minecraft forum. <http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/104118-minecraft-mindcrack-smp/page__st__100#entry1827165>.
- ↑ adlingtont (1 February 2011). Forum post. Minecraft forum. <http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/104118-minecraft-mindcrack-smp/page__st__220#entry2299596>.
- ↑ Kinski (1 February 2011). Forum post. Minecraft forum. <http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/104118-minecraft-mindcrack-smp/page__st__220#entry2294807>.
- ↑ Arkas (30 December 2010). Forum post. Minecraft forum. <http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/104118-minecraft-mindcrack-smp/page__st__20#entry1702632>.
- ↑ ArkasMc (31 March 2014). "Arkas Builds Mindcrack - Episode 55 :: Q&A Part 1". YouTube. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLULEvXgXG4&t=15m23s>.
- ↑ GuudeLP (21 August 2021). Twitter. <https://twitter.com/GuudeLP/status/1428970721972260873>.
- ↑ GuudeBoulderfist (21 April 2011). "Minecraft MindCrack - S2E174 - Arena Stuff". YouTube. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdu5zAQdQh4>.
- ↑ GuudeBoulderfist (2 May 2011). "Minecraft MindCrack - S2E178 - Your Top 10". YouTube. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l36_m8dENOE>.
- ↑ GuudeBoulderfist (4 May 2011). "Minecraft MindCrack - S2E179 - Into the Desert". YouTube. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLp_x1xqZW8&t=972s>.
- ↑ GuudeBoulderfist (8 May 2011). "Contest Submission Winners Announcement". YouTube. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umYRZfhNaqg>.
- ↑ VintageBeef (10 May 2011). "Let's Play Minecraft - Mindcrack Server - EP01 - Off to a Stellar Start". YouTube. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMoNG-eUukE>.
- ↑ GuudeBoulderfist (5 August 2011). "Minecraft Mindcrack - 1.8 Contest Information". YouTube. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khd7FvmNMyw>.
- ↑ GuudeBoulderfist (1 September 2011). "Minecraft Mindcrack - 1.8 Contest Winners & Another Livestream!". YouTube. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2yTcjFZ_K4&t=139s>.
