So we’re running a temporary server whilst everything gets updated.  Things you need to be aware of:

1. No Logblock. We can’t check to see who’s done what
1a. This means no rollbacks.
2. No protection. Hide your stuff.
3. You’ll probably get griefed.
3a. If we catch griefers, they’ll get permabanned.
4. This is VANILLA. Creepers will kill you.
5. PVP is Off. No. We’re not turning it on.

Suggestion: Run a LONG LONG WAY AWAY FROM SPAWN.  Build your base there.  Then write down the co-ordinates to get back there (if you’ve built a bed and slept in it, that _should_ set your home)

Have fun!

It’s known as the ‘Scary Update’. And we’re scared. There’s a pile of new things in it – you can read about them here – and we’ll be doing the normal thing. As soon as it starts getting pushed out to clients, we’ll fire up a Vanilla server, and run Vanilla on a temporary map for a while. While you guys are doing that, we’ll be working madly behind the scenes, patching, fixing, and compiling, to get everything back up and working again.  As soon as we’re happy with it, we’ll be back onto our normal map.  Anyone who joins and asks ‘OMG WHERE IS MY HOUSE’ while we’re running on the temporary map will be laughed at.

But it’s finally happened. Someone was clever enough to turn down their offer of a Modship.  I’m proud. Brings a tear to my eye 8)

If you haven’t re-subscribed since I cancelled all the donations, your D will be going away after the Queens Birthday long weekend.

Also, to make everyone’s lives just that little bit harder, I’m going to be down in Brisbane at a Roller Derby competition for the long weekend, so new D’s probably won’t be processed in a timely manner at all.

I will have my laptop, and will be on the net, but most of the time I’m going to be watching a pile of scantily clad girls beat the stuffing out of each other on Roller Skates. It’s going to be AWESOME.

For anyone who’s in Brisbane, and doesn’t have anything better to do than watching the above mentioned scantily clad girls beating the stuffing out of each other (.. and really, what IS there better than that?), feel free to visit the Tropicarnage Facebook Page, and say Hi, or, just rock up to Morayfield Leisure Center (near Caboolture) over the long weekend and see if you can spot me.

Update! The winner was Dazza (darrell310) whos house has been copied to spawn (turn right when you walk out of the front gate).

Last week (or was it the week before?) we copied someone’s impressive build to just outside /spawn.

We’re going to do it again tonight.

What you need to do is stand outside the place that promoted you, and do this: /modreq promotion house

The modreq will be closed almost instantly, but we’ll be keeping a list here and discussing it amongst ourselves.  We’ll decide which house gets moved where around 8ish, so you have a couple of hours warning (which, I realise, isn’t very much).

Get to it!