shitpost PPCave, I have zero idea what to do? Any help?

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Hello, I haven't played on these servers since I was a kid; but last week the memory of trying to solve something about the "PPCave" popped into my head at work. I hopped on the main server and began following the steps as listed on the forums; The pictures ahead will detail what I've found, as well as my confusions.

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This was the most immediate thing I could find upon being inside the cave. on other posts, I have been made aware of the existence of both the letters B and C elsewhere on the map; however, I am yet to find them

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Following, is the donator room. I found this through a reddit post, and apparently the first step from "/amisniper" used to be here?

I have zero clue what "9Square" is or how to become a "regular"? (apparently has something to do with playtime)
The other thread on this ended because the dude asking questions got banned. zero clue where to go, any help?
 
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A lot of what needs to be done for PPCave has to be done on the MC server. Steps CAN be skipped. I personally believe it to be a big troll, but the steps run deep and are a fun grind when you’re bored.

I don’t remember how, but I was able to find a forum post that lead to getting step 6(?) which put me on a path all the way to step 9 (before being banned lol). I can try and explain step 6 if you’d like.
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Actually I take this back, as of right now. The NHS MC server is like uber fucked right now. Cant interact with blocks and the plugins/versions/resource pack is completely wrong. (also I am able to join)
 
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Tibblesz said:
A lot of what needs to be done for PPCave has to be done on the MC server. Steps CAN be skipped. I personally believe it to be a big troll, but the steps run deep and are a fun grind when you’re bored.

I don’t remember how, but I was able to find a forum post that lead to getting step 6(?) which put me on a path all the way to step 9 (before being banned lol). I can try and explain step 6 if you’d like.
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Actually I take this back, as of right now. The NHS MC server is like uber fucked right now. Cant interact with blocks and the plugins/versions/resource pack is completely wrong. (also I am able to join)
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yeah details about step six would be greatly appreciated!
 
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https://neonheights.xyz/threads/the-end.345/ It was step 4, lol. Unfortunately the MC server is totally busted right now. Everything besides the actual world does not work. Not sure if KWAS will get to fixing it, but yeah. Once it is fixed this is the step to follow.
 
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cool! guess I have to remake the entire ppc now!
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Jesus christ, that is messed up entirely. I know how it feels to lose a shit ton of important progress from no server backups, I had something similar happen to me recently. Whats your plan going forward? Do you still have anything remaining? I assume the world itself is fine but andr? plugins? anything?
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The wipe happened about a month or two ago. How on earth does Shockbyte not have backups from a (presumably) paid server? That is just blatant negligence on their part lol.
 
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he following were reset:
- virtual storage
- all information/secret information/command nodes
- all ANDR gifts(secrets)
- all andr mobs
***ALL PPC PROGRESS COUNTS***

it would take weeks to recode everything and it just ain't worth it (specifically, mcmmo and virtual storage resetting would just be too big a middle finger to those that grinded even if everything was remade), I should have bit the bullet and moved it purely to tf2 ages ago. also as I am sure some watchers can tell, we are being ddosed repeatedly (thus the 'too many requests' error page) making this forum site unstable as all hell (let's be real, not like many were using it either way)
 
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Tibblesz said:
So if those were reset whats next for NHSMC?
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likely nothing, to be blunt - I don't really have any plans to continue nhsmc6 or to eventually renew for an nhsmc7

I don't like to talk numbers since it is kind of a downer (but after I closed donations I pay for everything, so i'll still do it), but ALL of the rest of nhs (domains + webhosting + the vps [which is what the game servers run on] + everything else) COMBINED is STILL significantly less than nhsmc costs to run due to how shit modern minecraft is optimized. the whole concept of expecting people to have another game when this still is a tf2 server (especially a game like minecraft where it's now 20$+ and being run by a dogshit company like microsoft) was kind of retarded on my behalf, probably sunk cost fallacy that I didn't do it sooner

I have already started on integrating the updated ppc to mainhub. since most of andr was made singleplayer with fawe, the map isn't totally gone, but the server integrations (fast travel, all information/ppc/command/"lie" nodes, the gifts/secrets, the forceop easter egg, the gtr_geoff boss fight, the forestcrusher, custom mobs/sentries) are all gone permanently. if you were curious, here was the flow of the parkour back when nhsmc was involved (posted in a completely unrelated group);

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<doing all the tf2 steps to reach the forum secret which tells you...->>
first you do the bookcase to reach step 5 in spawn,
then you go to step 6 in the underground sea prism dungeon in the swamp on andr,
then you solve the quiz on step 7 and shortcut to step 8 using the key you can craft (basically means you have to do it twice, it puts you on the spot in the second retry),
then you use the koth key in spawn to open the bookcases to enter the step 9 shortcut,
you overcome the amethyst sentry to finish step 9,
then you find the area under the gtr cubic pick quest to begin step 10 in the KOTH area,
once you finish all that you defeat GTR GEOFF in step 11,
on step 12 you flatten the forest around that one coordinate I had on the step 7 hint wall to find the node hidden under a tree resetting the forest,
and I was partway through finishing up the rest

as with all previous revisions of the ppc, people will retain solver status until the new system is added. how it worked in nhsmc (where I only coded up to step 12.5/13 before this annoying wipe), lets say I only coded up to step 7 and you solved the parkour to step 7, you would permanently be considered a 'solver' even if you didn't finish the later steps (though you would have a visual indicator that you were a Step 7 Solver). this is how we have the 37(13[7]) people who ""solved"" a technically WIP project, i'll send this link to this post in the memo to anyone who still has an active email attached to step 12 finish
 
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