Nether Reset

The Nether has been reset this morning as it was running low on some ores and glowstone within a reasonable distance of the spawn building. All chunks have been pre-generated within the world border again to reduce lag for anyone exploring.

Two New Player Portals

Two New Player Portals were activated today!

International Trade HQ (001GameFreak) - available to all ranks.

Madsurfers Newbie Town (madsurfer) - restricted to New Builder rank only.

Protection Stones

Some of you already noticed but as of our anniversary Member+ players can place 4 protection stones instead of 3, this also applies to higher ranks including VIPs (so it's now VIP region + 3 stones). Information on the website and in the Admin Store at the Mall have already been updated.

Enjoy!

A Great Anniversary

Thanks to everyone who joined in the fun yesterday, in total we had 204 unique logins, most of which were regular players, in the end almost 6 stacks of HV Arrays were given away as well as various other prizes. We saw a record number of players in Marble End, 16+ for over 2 hours, and the server was full for a few hours at the peak times, apologies if you were one of the unlucky ones that couldn't get on at any point!

The new Player Mall is now open and the stores are filling fast with players doing a fantastic job of decorating their stores, I've included a few screenshots below for  the sake of posterity:

This group shot didn't exactly go to plan.... XD

Some of the first stalls to be set up...

Free Unclaimed Loot chests are back... 

We couldn't leave out the Free Cake stall...

(and yes someone ate a piece as I was taking the screenshot!)

 stabbyelf took this screenshot of himself,  m4ttyboi7393, tatankore and... 

someone who's name we aren't sure of exploring the new market.

(if you're the fourth person and want your name added let us know!)

This one was submitted anonymously, I'm told this is captainmine3

and decbagels, looking for supplies in Marble End!

August WaterSlide Challenge - Results!

Votes have been cast and the results are in, thanks to TinkerinWithToys, stabbyelf & redkid1 for being the additional judges!

Here's the results...

1st Place: LogicalOre - The Bone Vault
2nd Place: rensdertje - Volcano Rush
3rd Place: xXMan123Xx - The Minecraft World Slide

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

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

LogicalOre - The Bone Vault (1st Place & Most Interesting Use Of Materials):

 

 rensdertje - Volcano Rush (2nd Place, Best Name & Most Impressive Feature):

xXMan123Xx - The Minecraft World Slide (Most Unique Build):

Treasure Hunt Rules

Some of you know these already from Easter but as a reminder and for those who have joined since:

12 Chests are hidden around Spawn Island with various goodies inside.

First person to call out the number on the sign in chat gets the contents, e.g. if the third line of the sign is DW53635 then say "DW53635" in chat to claim it.

Remember it's the first person to say the number in chat, not necessarily the person who finds the chest, that gets the contents!

Have fun and good luck!