Tutorials/Player versus Player

PVP-Player Vs Player- is a fun but dangerous aspect of Minecraft which is always on a server as you need another player to kill. PVP allows you to pit yourself against other Minecraft players in an organised fight or a backstab to steal their hard earned diamonds, Whatever you do with it PVP is almost always fun, unless you are digging dirt and the servers top PVP is behind you...

Organised PVP
Organised PVP is when 2+ players agree to fight for whatever reason, Ranging from who is the better fighter, to who gets the diamond you both just found.

Organised PVP is fun for all partakers (apart from the a few saw losers). Arranging a tournament whilst can be time consuming is very fun for all combatants, A free-for-all/last man standing takes all is a great way to get some valuable items with little effort by hiding in a corner, but more about this later.

A Place To Fight
First thing first you need a place to fight, Fighting in your house maybe fun but to be honest it isn’t a good idea, especially if it’s made of wood and someone is use Flint and Steel or TNT. A flat area is good for awhile but after some time you’re going to get bored, now if only someone would think of Arena Types and how to build them for you...

Building Your Arena
...Well thats lucky. Quick and easy to build arenas, Consist of a floor, some type of wall and 2 entrances, so let’s start:
 * 1.Clear a flat area for your arena, make it as larger as you want but a 10x10 square is the minimum size I recommend.
 * 2.Place a 2 high fence wall around the arena so spectators can see what’s happening but not interfere-Arrows can get over a 1 high fence wall. Place some fence gate or doors at 2 ends of the area so combatants can enter.
 * 3.You're done, Have fun in your very simple arena.

Time consuming and hard to build arenas, Consist any shaped floor-e.g. Circular, Triangular-which has a design intriguing(patterns and shadow shapes), Walls are seats to make a stadium like building, Piston traps-Lava, TNT, Mob and pit falls- and piston combatant entrance and many more features. (If TNT or Lava is used a cleaner is going to be needed]].

Types:
 * Ancient: Build a coliseum inspired by the ancient Romans with fight against animals and blood(Redstone) all over the place, use sandstone for walls, sand as the floor and wood for decoration and breaking the sandstone up.
 * Maze: Build the walls and seats his so the spectators can watch the combatants run around scared bacon-less as they fear a creeper around the next corner.
 * Multi-levelled: Have several floors on the arena with random holes, make sure the sides are glass so spectators can see all the gravitational action.
 * Spleef Twist: Who say you have to the dirt work, let the lava below the map do it for you. Run around stabbing you opponent whilst removing the floor from beneath their feet.
 * Sky: Have the arena in the sky and use piston traps to make random holes appear, gravity is now you best and worst friend.
 * Raining Lava: Once the start lever is pulled opening the combatant entrances a Redstone repeater delay is all that’s stopping lava from pouring from the ceiling. Using pistons and a two minute delay make lava pour from the ceiling kill all remaining combatants.(DONT USE FLAMMABLE MATERAILS!!!)

Preparing For Organised PVP
Get a full set of armour Iron and above, a weapon-Sword, Bow with some Arrows, A Axe, Flint and Steel, or anything else you can get your hands on which does damage. Now a Potion or 5 is going to be a huge help, especially poison and instant health potions, some food is also a good idea if the fight is going to be a long 1.

Anything which will help you win is good! If you know the arena and if it has traps, lure your opponent into them! Everything helps, what’s that you say an honest fight? Ok you go for that but don’t worry I’m sure you opponent will be just as honest and have no TNT or Lava in his bag either.

The fighting Part
Now for some fun, you can fight them like a man sword to sword, bow to arrow, or run around like a headless chicken and hope he starves first. Whatever you do make sure you win! And try not to damage his armour, remember if you win its going to be yours afterwards...

Dodge his attacks with you lighting reactions and stab by raging at your mouse’s left click button. Use you right mouse button to block attacks, sprint at opponents and hit whilst falling from a jump for critical hits!

What’s next?
Tournaments: Get a few players together about 10+ is good then pit them two at a time against each other if you win you fight another winner, if you win again you fight another winner again and again until you lose or are the only winner left., you never fight a loser if they lose they are out.

Free-For-Alls/Last Man Standing: 10+ Players fight against whoever they want in the arena at the same time, maybe there is someone who is annoying or talks too much, who doesn’t want to try killing then... Team: 10+ players on equal teams, the team with the most players left alive at the end wins.

Unorganised PVP
This is when you’re minding your own business and someone runs up behind you and kills you, no warning is normally given and most of the time they want you stuff.

All players have 10 hearts. If you are engaged in a duel, be sure to be prepared with weapons as your opponent will make quick work of you if you are unprepared.

FIGHT BACK!!!
If you have better stuff than them you most likely will be able to kill them and get their stuff, WINNING! Use everything to your advantage! They attacked you and to be honest, honest fighting is going to lose you you’re hard earned equipment. Use critical hits by sprinting and jumping, block there hits right clicking and so on, just make sure you WIN!!

RUN!
If they have diamond armour and you have iron armour the only thing you can do is run, they’re going to kill you if you stay. If you see a creeper nearby run to it and hope it explodes and hurts/kills your attacker. If it works, you can go get their stuff. If you know you can leave the server - some servers have a 'time after attacked' limit to leave them - leave it and come back 5 minutes later when you know the person will have got bored waiting and walked off. But beware, if you leave in the middle of combat it is known as combat-logging. It is against the rules on some servers.

Sword

 * Style: Offensive, direct
 * Range: Melee
 * Damage: Varies with material

Bow
Style: Offensive, direct

Range: Ranged

Damage: no charge: .5, med. charge: 3, high charge: 4.5 - 5

Water Bucket
Style: Defensive, hindering

Range: 7 from source

Lava Bucket
Style: Offensive, lasting

Range: 3 from source

Damage: Contact

TNT
Style: Offensive, Explosive

Range: ~10 blocks in diameter

Damage: Explosive (around 15 heart damage at point blank range)

Flint & steel
Style: Contact, Lasting

Range: Damage on contact

Damage: 1/2 heart per second, while lit

Sand or Gravel
Style: Ambush, Lasting

Range: Unlimited

Damage: From suffocating