From now on, all Creative contests will be posted about in the Creative "Contests/Events" forum. AutoAnnouncements will be updated weekly in game with links to the relevant posts. Posts will be made in the Shoutbox when the contests are updated. I'll probably mention them in game as well. A thread has been created and will be updated with all the latest contests running and contest info.
Hey ya'll!
Just felt like I needed to post something like this.
Since I got moderator on creative I've been let in on how the server works behind the scenes,
and my god was that a pleasant surpise. I just want to extend my gratitude to CyberVic in particular for organizing all the stuff to make this community work. Be it forums, rules, or server settings, Cyber's the guy for the job. Great work man!
Per our open discussion on McMMO (http://www.shadecrest.com/site/threads/6574/), today I will be making change so on McMMO skill gain. Right now I think the community agrees that skill gain is too draconian and I'd argue to the point that most McMMO players would rather play not on our server but another McMMO server than this one.
There are other proposed changes in that thread, but the xp gain changes and un-disabling of certain features of McMMO will be undone very soon (today). At some point I will be implementing player death xp loss. But right now I care about unnferfing McMMO before I implement more restrictions.
If you find that once I make these changes you find some cool special way to get XP in any one skill WAY TOO FAST (like you could grind out 1000 skill in less than a week using that method), then please let me know. If I find people abusing the new found skill gains I will be banning people. The intention is to make McMMO skill gains fun again, not too...
imaxorz is today revamping our buycraft setup and adjusting the permissions on the servers. We're looking to raise a good bit of money to update our forum licence and cover ongoing hosting costs. If you notice our web server is running a lot faster, thanks to Max moving it to another host. These things aren't cheap so if you have money to give, please contribute a little if you can. I'd like to point out...
As of today, please make sure you follow the 6 general rules. which apply to all ShadeCrest servers. The server specific rules still need to be ironed out and that will be done as we update the wiki.
For those who live under a boulder and haven't been paying attention to the slow changes I've been orchestrating around here, first take a quick look at my "Master Document" which has been referenced many times in the past. Right now I think I've completed steps 1-4 though some of it requires continued maintenance to keep it moving forward.
There were some pretty huge changes I originally had in my vision
1. Develop a clear vision of what we want ShadeCrest to be in the future based on the current community's core values and make it future proof...
The August voting contest has come to an end, and it's time to announce the winners! Here's a quick recap on how the prize distribution system works:
The top 3 monthly voters get in-game trophies (on both survival and creative) that they can cherish for years to come, along with a podium display at the hub for the next month.
Those with at least 200 votes will receive 7,500 rupies on survival.
Those with at least 150 votes will receive 5,000 rupies on survival.
Those with at least 100 votes will receive 2,500 rupies on survival.
Those with at least 50 votes will receive 1,500 rupies on survival.
Now for the winners!
#1 - xalpha322 with 206 votes
#2 - StephenP67 with 201 votes
#3 - k9katz with 199 votes
