Servers/A New Age: The Dominion of Middle-Earth

General Information
A New Age: The Dominion of Middle-Earth is a minecraft server featuring the Lord of the Rings mod. The server was founded by Koray and is now hosted by Darcy.

The Dominion of Middle-Earth is a server for those who really enjoy role play, it's considered one of the more hardcore role play servers. We strive to make sure that the server has something for everybody, whether you like fighting other players or to build in peace.



The Dominion of Middle-Earth is a server for mature players that want to get the best experience out of the Lord of the Rings Minecraft Mod. Large interactive events where players can choose to fight for good or evil will happen quite often. The outcome of such events will decide what will happen next, resulting in an in-depth role play experience. Players are not required to participate in events, it might however have a significant impact on the development of the world's story-line. For more information about this server, visit the server's official Facebook page here.

Whitelist application
The Whitelist will be returning as of 4/10/2015

Please fill out the form below:

Minecraft Name:

Age (Optional):

Have you been previously banned on this server?

(If yes) Why?

Have you read the rules?

All of them?

Are you sure?

Do you agree to them?

Do you accept the punishment if you break them?

Once filled out, just reply it in a comment below or send it to the server's e-mail:

domeminecraftserver@hotmail.com

Faction- and leader rules
In the Dominion of Middle-Earth there are special requirements in order to become a faction leader. Owning lands and having a faction leader comes with certain perks.
 * You need a fortress and a town in biome to claim it.
 * A fortress is complete when it has the following buildings in it;
 * A throne room, barracks, royal armoury, blacksmith, treasury, storage room and a leader's bedroom.
 * A town is complete when it has the following buildings in it;
 * Four houses (You need an x amount of houses, depending on the biome you're trying to claim *), market, two farms, a mine, storage room, an Inn, stables and a navigation/planning room (meeting room with seats).
 * You need a certain amount of members in order to claim a biome. The amount of members you required to have depend on the biome you are trying to claim. Claimable biomes and their member requirements are listed below.

* If your biome requires you to have five members, the town will need at least five houses.
 * Claiming a biome gives you the right to expel players from it, their buildings remain theirs, but the faction leader and members are allowed free passage to the build.
 * Every Monday, a faction leader may claim ten stacks of stone or rock and six stacks of logs.
 * For every biome you claim, you get one unit captain and merchant.
 * A faction can claim multiple biomes, the rules above apply. However, in order to claim multiple biomes, you'll need to have the required amount of members combined and they have to be adjacent.
 * To prevent mass farms, the maximum amount of an animal a town may have is ten.
 * If a biome has a lore build, you need to build at least one, the build will count as the biome's fortress.

'''When you think you've met the requirements, ask a staff member to make it official and sign the claim certificate (Hand over a writable book). If you are going to claim a biome which requires five members, you need to have five members online when the certificate is signed.'''



War Mechanics
In order to engage war you need a leader to declare war on another faction. You can declare war on another faction with a good reason such as wanting to claim their territory, getting harassed by them or maybe holding a grudge against them. Regarding war, there are no restrictions. Evil factions can fight each other and so can good aligned factions. "But how does a war work?' good question, it's actually pretty simple! A war consists of multiple sieges, in order to win a war a faction needs 5 victories by a difference of 2. Victory can be achieved in three ways, by killing the opposite team, when the opposite team flees or when they surrender. When a war is won, the biome that the war took place in goes to the winner.
 * Normal PvP rules apply, but faction leaders may wear one piece of Mithril armour or a Gondolinian sword/Mallorn mace during sieges.
 * In order to siege, the leaders have to be online and all the banners must be disabled, this is because attackers need to be able to build a ram and free themselves from traps if necessary.
 * There have to be at least twelve hours in-between sieges, except for the defender wants to counter a siege (A faction got sieged and decides it wants to siege back, this can only be done if the defenders won the siege they want to counter.)
 * Every player may bring a maximum of ten troops per player (Olog-Hai & Mirk Trolls count for three units)
 * Reinforcements of other players are allowed, but they can't teleport, they'll have to warp. People may only join in on sieges if a, they are part of a kingdom and b, it fits lore.

PvP Rules
What is a raid, in terms of the server? A raid is an attack on an enemy faction which *must* involve at least 2 people from each faction. E.g. Two Uruk-Hai declares a raid on Two Rohan Players.
 * PvP is only allowed within role-play, when people invade or come close to your lands you are free to kill them if you wish to.
 * Players may only use gear of their own faction,   no exceptions  !
 * Rule number two also applies to the usage of brews, good aligned brews may only be used by good aligned players and evil aligned brews may only be used by evil players. Athelas, ent-draughts and vanilla Minecraft potions are not allowed in PvP or Sieges.
 * Raiding Rules:

Who can raid who? This is organized into Factions, and who can they raid:

Good

Gondor: Mordor, Near Harad, Umbar, Easterlings, Half-Trolls. Rohan: Uruk-Hai, Dunland, Rohan. Wood Elves: Dol Guldur, Gundabad.

Durin’s Folk: Gundabad, Easterlings. Rangers of the North: Gundabad, Angmar, Uruk-Hai. Galadhrim: Dol Guldur, Gundabad. Blue Mountains: Gundabad. High Elves: Gundabad, Angmar.

Fangorn: Uruk-Hai, Gundabad. Hobbits: The Pantry ;)

Evil

Dunland: Rohan, Gundabad. Gundabad: Dunland, Blue Mountains, Durin’s Folk, Wood Elves, Rangers, Galadhrim, High Elves, Fangorn. Uruk-Hai: Rohan, Rangers of the North, Fangorn. Mordor: Gondor, Rohan. Near-Harad: Gondor, Tauredain.

Dol Guldur: Wood Elves, Galadhrim, Durin’s Folk. Angmar: High Elves, Rangers. Umbar: Gondor.

Easterlings: Gondor, Durin’s Folk. Moredain: Tauredain. Tauredain: Moredain. Half-Trolls: Gondor.

Who can come to the aid of the defenders? (10mins after the declaration of the raider’s arrival.)

Good

E.g. X faction can come to the aid of …

Gondor: Rohan. Rohan: Gondor, Fangorn. Galadhrim: Rohan, Wood Elves.

Rangers: High Elves, Blue Mountains. Durin’s Folk: Wood Elves. Wood Elves: Galadhrim, Durin’s Folk.

High Elves: Blue Mountains, Rangers. Blue Mountains: High Elves, Rangers.

Fangorn: Rohan.

Evil

Mordor: Near Harad, Umbar, and Easterlings. Angmar: Gundabad.

Gundabad: Angmar, Uruk-Hai, Dol Guldur.

Dol Guldur: Gundabad, Easterlings.

Near Harad: Mordor, Umbar.

Umbar: Near Harad, Mordor, and Easterlings. Uruk-Hai: Gundabad, Dunland. Dunland: Uruk-Hai.

Easterlings: Mordor.

Half-Trolls: Near Harad, Moredain. Moredain: Near Harad, Half-Trolls. Tauredain: Nobody because they’re hated (I honestly don’t see Tauredain helping anyone).

How to raid:

-Faction gear is a major requirement of raiding, without it, players may not raid.

-Players may not use buffs during combat. (Wood-Elven Gear is okay, provided it’s Wood-Elves who wear it.)

-Ladders may be used to enter an enemy base, rams may not.

-Banners *must* have self-protection turned off during the raid and be visible so that players can have a chance to scale the walls/enter the base.

-A declaration of a raid must be announced prior to the initial battle. E.g. announce a raid once you’re heading to them, “Darcy declares a raid on Kjell”. Replace Darcy and Kjell with your Factions. * This is to give time to the defenders to ensure their banners are visible and have self-protection turned off. This is a MUST; else it’s declared a victory in the attacker’s favour.

-Upon arriving at the enemy gates, the attackers must declare their arrival to ensure that other online players know it’s begun. (So it helps Admins if there’s any rule-breaking committed).

-Do not return after being killed until the raid has completed.

-A raid, being a small attack, will only allow players to have 7 troops per person to ‘beef’ the numbers and make it a little more interesting.

-If the defenders have successfully defended for 10minutes they may then call for aid. Only then, can TWO players from a nearby friendly faction, aid their allies in the raid. * This does not apply to the attackers.

-You may not parkour or use horses to jump into the enemy base.

How to successfully win/defend a raid:

-If either side successfully wipes out the enemy, the raid is declared a success.

-If players can successfully defend for 20 minutes, after the enemy arrives (without cowering behind walls or gates or box huts) by fighting back and defending their walls, the raid is declared a victory for the defending faction and the enemy must leave. * The reason it’s 20mins is to ensure that it allows enough time for players to actually fight it out/defend.

-If either side yields, the raid must stop and is declared a victory for the opposing side.

Victory rules: -If the defending team successfully kills the attackers, they are allowed to keep the items dropped from the enemy players.

-If the attacking team successfully kills the defenders, they are also allowed to keep the items dropped from the enemy players.

-Neither side is allowed to declare the other to hand over anything that wasn’t involved in the raid. This means that I could not declare Kjell to give me all of his wealth or tonnes of weapons, only what was used during the raid. This applies to yields as well. -If a side yields, they must hand over everything they have in their inventory, to the other side.

General Guidelines

 * Griefing is forbidden, don't grief other's builds, not even if you replace the blocks afterwards.
 * No excessive swearing, it's a game and not a bar.
 * <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">You may argue with an admin, but keep in mind that admins have the final word.
 * <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">Staying neutral with according to lore 'enemy' factions or factions you fight with is not allowed.
 * <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">Keep your map location and alignment display on at all times.
 * <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">You are not allowed to set Waypoints to another player's base(s) without their permission. Bases and waypoints need to be atleast 2000 blocks away from eachother.
 * <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">speaking Out Of Character, use '[ and ]' to show that you are doing so.
 * <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">Enchantments are not allowed in general.
 * <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">Mithril weaponry and armour are not allowed in sieges, PvP or events, kings excepted.
 * Mobgrinders are not allowed, npc's need to be able to fight back.
 * <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">Last, but not least. We expect a mature attitude from our players. Do not forget that there's no monopoly of common sense!

Ban Appeal Format
Are you banned? Chances are great there's a possibility you can get un-banned, this depends on the mayority of the offence you commited. Ban appeals that don't provide the information listed in the format will automatically be denied. Be courteous during your appeal, keep in mind we are giving you a second chance and you'll have to show your best side!


 * Your Minecraft username:
 * When did you get banned (Date and time if possible)?
 * Do you share your account with anyone?
 * Which staff member banned you?
 * Why were you banned and do you think the ban was fair?
 * Why should we unban you?

Send this format to our e-mail account domeminecraftserver@hotmail.com exclusively!