Open Redstone Engineers
Player History
7 Days · Hourly
Daily History
| Day | Average ? | Change ? | % Change ? | Daily Peak ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 TuesdayToday · In progress | 6.4 | -4.3 | -40.57% | 12 |
| Sep 7 Monday | 10.7 | -1.6 | -12.88% | 25 |
| Sep 6 Sunday | 12.3 | +0.5 | +4.24% | 20 |
| Sep 5 Saturday | 11.8 | +4.7 | +67.46% | 22 |
| Sep 4 Friday | 7.0 | -3.8 | -35.00% | 12 |
| Sep 3 Thursday | 10.8 | +3.8 | +54.76% | 20 |
| Sep 2 Wednesday | 7.0 | -5.0 | -41.67% | 14 |
| Sep 1 Tuesday | 12.0 | +1.8 | +18.03% | 21 |
| Aug 31 Monday | 10.2 | +1.1 | +12.44% | 16 |
| Aug 30 Sunday | 9.0 | -0.6 | -6.06% | 13 |
About Open Redstone Engineers
Open Redstone Engineers is a creative Minecraft network for building real computer-like machines with redstone. Players make logic gates, adders, ALUs, calculators, displays, and full CPUs instead of chasing a normal survival economy.
New players start in the School server, where they receive a plot and can learn from experienced redstoners. Experienced builders can apply for the Build server, gain WorldEdit access, work on larger plots, and unlock the Survival world.
The network also includes separate spaces for projects, boat tracks, competitions, and other experimental builds. It feels closer to a shared engineering workshop than a typical SMP.
What Makes It Different
ORE treats redstone like computer engineering. Its School-to-Builder path turns learning logic into the main progression, and its best projects are working machines rather than decorative builds.
Freebuild is a Minecraft building mode centered on creating structures and landscapes without a required combat, quest, or level-progression path.
Players create independent redstone projects on personal plots.
Creative is a Minecraft building mode where players construct and test structures with unrestricted access to building materials instead of gathering them through survival play.
Creative building is the primary server experience.
Use the network hub to move between specialized worlds. School is for learning and smaller projects. Build is for approved members with larger plots and WorldEdit. Boat supports player-made tracks, while Competition provides themed redstone challenges. Survival offers a separate SMP for Builders.
Run `/apply` to become a Student and enter the School server. Builder applications require a working redstone project and a trial covering topics such as binary logic, adders, ALUs, and two's complement. Builders can later pursue Engineer rank by demonstrating deeper knowledge and taking on teaching or trial duties.
The server's special content comes from computational redstone projects, WorldEdit, plot tools, shared schematics, and specialized build areas. Engineers also receive access to a separate MCHPRS world for high-speed redstone experimentation.
ORE uses plot-based creative worlds instead of one ordinary survival map. School plots are 128 by 128 blocks. Build plots are larger, and members can visit, trust, and collaborate on other plots through PlotSquared commands. Survival and seasonal worlds provide separate SMP-style spaces.
PvP is not the main attraction. Survival is intended to be cooperative, with stealing, griefing, and killing without consent prohibited in the documented server guidance. The Play server has historically allowed more experimental PvP and redstone interaction.
ORE runs redstone building competitions, collaborative engineering challenges, educational workshops, and themed Competition-server projects. Past challenges have given players several days to create machines around a staff-selected theme.
The community is international and strongly focused on teaching, project feedback, tutorials, and collaboration. Minecraft, Discord, forums, and the schematics system are connected through account linking. Engineers are expected to help newer players and support the Builder process.
Respectful conduct is required across the Minecraft server, Discord, forums, and other official spaces. Hate speech, spam, inflammatory content, griefing, scamming, advertising, bots, lag creation, and breaking other players' redstone builds are prohibited. Unfair client modifications are forbidden on Survival. Most modifications are allowed on creative worlds as long as they do not harm other players' experience; Litematica is allowed, but automated pasting is not.
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History of Open Redstone Engineers
Open Redstone Engineers was active by late 2011, when early members were already using Minecraft redstone to study logic and computer design. The School server became an important part of that early community, giving beginners a place to learn from more advanced players.
By 2012, members were moving from basic circuits into serious computational projects. Some early ORE participants went on to build processors and teach others, while the community itself developed a strong focus on binary logic, computer architecture, and collaboration.
The community expanded through the early 2010s. Members worked on adders, multipliers, dividers, displays, and CPUs, while tutorials and project discussions helped turn individual experiments into shared learning. ORE was already a recognizable redstone engineering community by 2013.
In 2019, ORE operated as a connected network rather than a single creative world. A central hub linked School, Build, Play, Boat, Competition, Freebuild, and Survival spaces. Different ranks controlled access to the more advanced worlds, while the Play server allowed more experimental interaction with redstone, explosions, and PvP.
Around 2020, Minecraft access, Discord, forums, and the online schematics system became more closely connected. Account linking allowed members to use the wider community tools and share their work beyond the game.
The School and Builder paths remained central through 2023 and 2025. Students received 128-by-128 plots, while Builders gained larger Build plots, WorldEdit, Survival access, and a possible route toward Engineer rank. Builder trials focused on practical knowledge such as binary arithmetic, logic gates, adders, ALUs, and signed numbers.
In 2024 and 2025, ORE continued using community elections and formal applications to manage its volunteer staff. Engineers took on teaching and trial duties, while new Builder applications showed that CPU design and computational redstone were still the network's main standard.
During 2026, the network continued improving backups, restarts, chat tools, permissions, and project collaboration. It remains a Java redstone community where beginners can study in School and experienced players can develop ambitious machines on Build.
Open Redstone Engineers FAQ
What does a Builder trial cover?
Builder trials can cover binary and binary arithmetic, logic gates, bitwise logic, redstone adders and ALUs, and two's complement for signed numbers.
Can I use Litematica on ORE?
Litematica is allowed, but automated pasting is not. Builds must still be placed through permitted server actions.
What does Engineer rank add?
Engineers receive a 2-by-2 plot area on Build, a personal teleport command, access to a separate MCHPRS world, and the ability to help with Builder trials and Engineer interviews.
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