Buildcomp: Winner Announcement.

Hey guys, thanks to everyone who participated! It’s time to announce a winner of the build comp, whose building goes to spawn. The runner uppers get a sneak peak of the spawn build, and everyone who participated is winning a small prize as a token of our appreciation for joining in. (You’ll see that prize later, guys!)

Without further ado, the winning build was by…

FUPERY!

The runners up are htaliffy, Iyssden, _Zandros.

Winners were judged mostly on how well they fit in with the look of spawn as described by the hints, and a lot of you did such good jobs it was hard to decide on the runner-up winners.

Thanks again to everyone who joined in!

<3 hug.

Want YOUR building in spawn?!

We’re running a building competition, first prize is having your building copied over to new spawn!
There are a few things to explain about this competition, so PLEASE READ THE WHOLE POST. If you don’t read the whole post, and ask silly questions, we’ll get unhappy at you.

The details are as follows:

Build a building in the area provided. The best building, as judged by staff, wins.

There are some keywords to think about when it comes to fitting in with the ‘theme’ of spawn: Light, pretty, colourful, ethereal, flowery, airy.

Definitely NOT medieval, dark, “modern”, heavy.

We’ve set aside an area for the competition, in the event world, and you all get creative mode. You have to be a + or donor to compete, though. Changed my mind. Open to everyone.
There’s an area you have to build inside of, outlined in quartz steps. Think of this area like an island or cave, so you can’t really build outside of it.
The red-stone blocks indicate the entranceway. Think of a path or hallway joining up to the build area.
The building can’t be too big or too small. The floor is grass, and you can, if you like, have plants on it.
There’s no time limit set yet — we’ll make an announcement when it’s time to stop building.
You can build in teams if you like, up to about three people or so.
Please don’t build a house. If it’s a house, it won’t win.

If you grief in the build area, you’ll be permabanned. From all servers. No chances. You’ve been warned.

You can’t start yet, though! You can get to the build area by going to the /event server, and doing “/warp buildcomp”, so you have an idea of the space you have to work in.

The build competition will start on Friday evening after Friday Night Games. Start thinking about what you’re going to build!

New map news.

Hey guys!

We’ve gotten plenty of votes in the in-game poll (thanks for voting!) and we’re now ready to release the news:

We are having a new map for 1.8!
Poll results were 67 for new map, against 48 votes for no. That’s a 16.6% preference in favour of a new map, and enough to convince us to go ahead.

Also, who would like to have their own building in the new spawn?!
We’re going to start a building competition soon to make a building that’ll be copied over into the new spawn area, along with a sign giving you credit. Runner-ups will also get a bit of a consolation prize, and everyone who participates will get a little something.
Don’t start building yet, because we’re going to have more details along with building requirements and some theme ideas for the competition soon.

We also have some more cool news to announce soon hopefully! Most of the staff seem to think it’s pretty cool, so look forward to that too…

We’re still accepting submissions for your build to be transferred over to the new map if it is of super quality, check out this form.

Cheers!
Hug.