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.

1.8 Map, do you want it?

A poll has recently been started on the survival server about whether or not there should be a new map for the 1.8 Minecraft release. Here is a post outlining important information and how to vote on this poll.

How to vote

  • Run the command: /Poll Vote newmap
    This will display a list of options which you can vote for.
  • Run the command: /Poll Vote newmap [Number]
    Please ensure [Number] is the number next to the item in the list you saw using the first command.

Points to remember

  • There is currently no release date for 1.8
    As per usual.
  • The current map has been up since the start of December 2013
    Wow, 8 months!
  • There may be a possibility for builds to be copied across to a new map
    This will only occur if the build is of a very high quality (Slightly higher than D+) and you fill out this form correctly.
  • Old maps are still visible from within the server.
    They are however in read-only mode.

 

Donor Perks

There have been many questions from players in regards to the perks received by Donors. What’s going to happen? Well we have some answers.

Nothing.

There will be no changes to the donator perks at this stage. We may make some changes to Honeybadger due to the crafting changes in 1.8 but nothing related to anything else.

If you have questions please see your friendly in-game staff member or pop on to IRC.