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!

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Hey guys,

Build comp entries will close and be judged at this time tomorrow night, so get any final changes in and cross your fingers!

Cheers,
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For those that haven’t been in the loop, I should first announce that RobotoRaccoon has been promoted to Operations Manager. He is the one that’s been writing and managing all the awesome day-to-day stuff that keeps MCAU ticking along nicely. Roboto has been with MCAU since the very beginning, and he’s one of the most important members of the crew here, and I want to publically thank him for being so awesome! Bravo, Roboto, and congrats on your promotion.

Secondly, we’re no longer accepting Donations. People who currently have an existing donation get to keep their perks, but, once their subscription is cancelled for any reason, players will be demoted back to normal rank. Whilst I felt that we aren’t a pay-to-win server, we are technically in violation of the EULA. So, we’re fixing that, by no longer accepting Donations.

That’s pretty much it. I’ve been playing a lot of 1.8 locally, and I can’t wait for it to be released. See you online! 8)

We’ve had a number of queries about the build competition, and whether or not you can enter it more than once, and come up with the following plan:
You can enter once solo, and once as a team.

Please keep the teams to a maximum of three, and have fun building.

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!