Item Limits - Important

As some of you have noticed the item limiter has not been functioning for a while, please remember however that the limits still apply even if they are not automatically enforced!

The bug is being worked on but in the mean time I would ask that players do not intentionally go over the limits, which can be found here if you need a reminder...

http://diggyminecraft.blogspot.co.uk/p/banned-item-list.html

Many of you probably remember the issues we had before the limiter and my worry is that at the present rate of issues occurring because of too many items (particularly EE blocks) the current world will not last more than a few months even if the limiter is working again soon so until the plugin dev can fix the issue limits will be enforced manually to minimise damage. 

What this means is that if a region is found to have an excessive number of limited items placed all of that block type will be cleared from the region and will not be returned to the player, if the items in question contain other items then those will also be lost, warnings will also be given in most cases.

If you know you are over one or more of these limits then please remove the excess items asap, if you have a confirmed 'lag-spot' near or in your region as a result of placing too many items such as MK3 Collectors this is likely to be unfixable and there is a chance that the chunk will regenerate during a future maintenance.

If you know of a player / area that should be looked into in this regard then please open a modreq, send a /mail to a member of staff or e-mail me so we can try and limit the long-term damage, thanks.

Testing Over The Weekend

Some testing is being carried out between now and Monday which might result in some unscheduled downtime / restarts, we'll try to keep it minimal!

Forcefield Ban

Just to confirm that forcefields are now blocked at mod (MFFS) level.

This basically means that if you try to craft an item that is only usable with forcefields (MF Device, MFFS Card Etc) it will be handled like a banned item, this is just to make sure that players (especially new ones) don't waste materials on unusable items because they didn't realise that forcefields were banned.

New Minigame: Castles

A new game for 2-6 players has been added to GameWorld, Castles!

The rules are simple, try and knock everyone else into the lava whilst trying not fall in yourself, pvp is on but no weapons or armour are given, last player standing wins.

The game was built by Tatankore based on a suggestion from niki2008.

Enjoy!

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Definition of 'family friendly' Etc

In light of a couple of recent disagreements between players I would like to clarify what we mean by a 'family friendly' server, but first a couple of points:

1. The server has never been run according to ANY religious beliefs, it is no more christian than it is muslim or buddhist.
2. The server may be based in the UK but is open to ANYONE, whatever your native language may be you are welcome here and staff will do their best to get past the language barrier should you encounter any problems!
3. The family friendly chat and no-grief rules have not changed since the server opened.

I would also like to point out that the NOH8 logo was added to our website quite early last year to show our support for equality, age, gender, skin tone, sexuality, religious beliefs etc should not matter when it comes to playing on the server. 

If you do not agree with this principle, or cannot at least agree to abide by it whilst on the server, no offence but you should probably find somewhere else to play.

What is meant by the 'keep chat family friendly' rule?

For the vast majority of players this is a case of common sense but to clarify:

We are talking about what a typical person would consider serious swearing or inappropriateness, if you are not sure then think this way, would I hear that in a family movie? If not then you probably shouldn't be using it on the server.

What some people would consider 'cursing' or 'lesser swearing' (for example hell, damn), which tends to be mostly based on religion or local culture, is generally considered acceptable in family entertainment and NOT recognised as swearing, it would only be considered unsuitable for chat under very limited circumstances and if used in very specific ways (i.e. intentionally and maliciously used to offend).

What is and isn't offensive to an individual is a very grey area and if, for example, I was to ban words that christians might find offensive I would open the floodgates for what words other religions or groups find offensive and that would be a long long list (we are literally talking thousands of words). When it comes to what people find offensive you cannot please everyone, or least you can't please everyone AND keep things sensible!

I would also like to point out that when it comes to the server rules staff have final say, if you disagree with a decision or action then you can discuss it with them in private messages or make a complaint by e-mail so that it can be looked into by a higher ranked member of staff. 

The Owner/Admin decision regarding a dispute or complaint is final and failing to adhere to any warnings given may result in further formal warnings, demotion or even a ban. It's not often that things go this far (twice so far this year) but I wanted to be clear on these rules and that I stand by my staff and will not tolerate abuse being aimed at them for any reason.

Scheduled Maintenance

Today's scheduled maintenance has started early due to the server being quiet and consists of the following:

1. Perform full backup/clone - Done.
2. Apply updated EE mod patch (includes two possible fixes) - Done (EE chests fixed!).
3. Check config & test - Done.
4. Make a couple of basic maintenance schedule changes - Done.

Downtime:

Started: 09:20 am

Finished: 10:25 am

I'm pleased to say that all issues relating to EE chests (Condensers & Alchemical Chests) now seem to be completely fixed!