Coming Soon - The Vault!

The Vault was built for the same reason we built VIP Island, maps have a habit of corrupting after prolonged periods of heavy use so it's pretty much certain that as some point we'll need to reset the map, like VIP Island The Vault is in it's own small world (60x60) and would not be affected by the main map resetting.

The Vault may not be as pretty as VIP Island but it can accommodate far more players, with 10 floors which each consist of 20 rooms, giving storage for 200 players in total!

The floors are colour coded with lamps to make it easier to remember where your room in The Vault is located, like VIP Island you won't have build rights but the door will be locked for you when you're assigned a room.

The rooms provide you with 2 standard double chests,  giving you 108 slots of storage space in total. Walls are two blocks thick and the whole building is designed in a way that should minimise the risk of griefing & theft, standard chests are used so that everything is completely trackable using CoreProtect. 

Rooms in The Vault will be available to players of Member rank or above, however the contents will normally be removed and the room reallocated if a player does not log in for 30 days.

The Vault portal will open next week (18th/19th July) and rooms will be available from then, to get a room you'll need to contact DiggyWig or DigginChickin once The Vault is open.

July Fountain Challenge

As promised here are some more details on how and when they will be judged...

Judging will take place on Saturday 3rd August, sometime in the afternoon.

Entries will be judged by DiggyWig, DigginChickin and 3-6 other random players chosen on the day.

Each judge will make a first and second choice, being selected as a judges first choice will get you 10 points, second choice will get you 5 points, all your points will then be added up to get your basic score.

As well as the basic score bonus points will be awarded for:

Best fountain name - 10 bonus points
Most unique build - 10 bonus points
Most interesting use of materials - 10 bonus points

For the bonus points each judge will get to cast a single vote for each category, the fountain with the most votes in each category will get the points, or they will be split in the case of a draw.

Once all the votes are in, I will add up everyones points and post details here, the winners name will also be displayed on one of the boards at spawn and images of the builds will be posted here and on the Technic Forums!

Remember the fountains can use water, lava or a mix of the two!

The winning entries will also be offered a choice of prizes!

Entries may be disqualified if they cause excessive lag!

To enter you need to send the name/s of the player/s entering the fountain, the name you have given your it and coordinates the judges should teleport to when judging. This information can be sent either by skype (DiggyWig or DigginChickin) or e-mail (admin@diggyminecraft.co.uk) but must be received by midnight on Friday 2nd August for your entry to be included.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you all come up with!

ComputerCraft & Lockette

As of this morning ComputerCraft Computers (ID 207) & Disk Drives (ID 208) can be locked using Lockette!

The exp received for killing another player in the PvP arena and Marble End has also been increased from 30 to 40 and the exp for killing cave spiders has been increased from 10 to 15.

Finally I'm also testing a (hopefully) lag free way to stop water flow within the spawn region unless it's placed by an Admin, if the tests go well over the next few days this will become permanent.

Update 13th July 12:00:

The /stack command has also been added to the commands page.

New Builder rank will be able to use /stack to stack all stackable inventory items, Member rank or above will be able to stack any inventory items, even those that do not usually stack!

VIP Renewal E-Mails Sent!

Renewal emails have now been sent to all existing VIPs including your donation link/s, if you think you have received the wrong link / discount or haven't received your e-mail then please check your spam folder and let me know asap if you need it resent!

Remember the discounted links are valid until 17th July.

The total number of VIPs is limited to 12 and donations open up to everyone on 18th July so after that date there is no guarantee you will be able to renew!

The free items for renewing your VIP status will be waiting for you in your chalet when VIP Island opens on the 18th July.

Update: As of 12:00 15th July - 4 / 12 VIP slots are taken.

Further updates will appear on a subsequent post and not here.

VIP Renewals & Introducing VIP Island

VIP renewal donations open tomorrow, this gives existing VIPs the chance to renew early and guarantee they can keep their VIP status & region for another 3 months.

If you are entitled to a discounted VIP donation amount, as explained here...

http://diggyminecraft.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/changes-to-vip-system.html

...then your adjusted donation link will be sent to the e-mail address used for your previous donation tomorrow, the discounted donation amounts apply until general donations open on the 18th July.

If you do not renew your VIP status before all 12 VIP slots have been filled then you will loose your VIP status and region so please make sure you donate on time if you wish to continue being a VIP! However existing VIPs that choose not to renew but have time remaining under the old VIP donation scheme will keep their status and region until their original 3 month period expires!

Introducing VIP Island...

The recent poll has convinced us that for the time being we should remain a Tekkit Classic server, but as I'm sure you all know maps have a habit of corrupting after prolonged periods of heavy use so chances are that some point we'll need to reset the map, VIP Island gives VIP players the chance to put some of their in game wealth into safe keeping 'just in case'!

The island is in it's own little 100x100 world and consists of 12 chalet apartments, one of which will be assigned to each of this quarters VIPs, you will not have build permission but it will be locked for you when you are assigned a chalet number.

 

Each chalet contains 2 large chests (108 slots in total), an RM furnace (can be used as an additional 27 slots) and an Automatic Crafting Table (can be used as an additional 9 slots), which gives you up to 144  storage slots. A bed is also included so you can easily set a home there.

VIP Island also has mob spawning and weather turned off for your convenience and the world is only accessible to VIPs, Helpers, Moderators & Admins minimizing the risk of griefing or theft attempts. Other facilities may be added to the island in future!

VIP donations for players who are not already VIPs will open on July 18th

June RollerCoaster Challenge - Results!

Votes have been cast and the results are in, thanks to redkid1, dragontamer6463, creed2324 & HeroicNinja01 for being the additional judges!

1st Place: Tatankore - Athkores Revenge
2nd Place: DigginChickin - MushCoaster

3rd Place was both the remaining entries with identical points...

xPhantomY2Kx & tiffaria - Dimension Rift
yuolyuol - Unknown Coaster

 Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone that entered, we'll be arranging the prizes for 1st & 2nd place asap!

Here's some screenshots of the winning entries...

Tatankore - Athkores Revenge (Voted: 1st Place, Most Unique Build & Most Impressive Feature):

DigginChickin - MushCoaster (Voted: 2nd Place, Best Name & Most Interesting Use Of Materials):