Server May Go Down

Yeah, the server may go down for a few days, depending on when the guys from support get back to me about upgrading.  We also might lose our IP.

I'll keep y'all informed.

Bukkit Released!

Hi guys, Bukkit has finally been released for Minecraft 1.0.0!

I've spent a while setting things up, so far it's just some basic stuff.  If you're interested, i've activated these plugins:
Essentials - the basics
PermissionsEX - this one's new, hope it works better than GroupManager
LWC - you can lock your shiz, use /cremove or /cpublic to let others use it
Tombstone - creates a chest with all your stuff in upon death

It's not supported yet, but I've put in a request for them to support ControlORBle, so you won't lose experience when you die.

Still setting things up, won't have much time for a week or so.

But enjoy.

Updated the Rules Page

Take a look, if you want to suggest a new rule or contest one that I've listed there, just make a new post about it.

The End of the First Age

Alright, so the plan with the server is as follows.

The server is going to expire in a few days, and I'm not going to renew it until around December 1st, once Minecraft, Bukkit, and the major plugins have been updated.  So if you can't log on, this is probably why.

When I do renew it, I'll probably upgrade to 1GB of Ram, which will be much nicer and hopefully cut down the occasional lag spikes we experience.  It'll also mean we can have more members; I'm all for creating a stronger community.

Our IP will change I think, but that's not a big issue.

After I renew Gunar and I will take a day or so to set everything up, plugins, permissions, whatnot.  How long this takes will depend on how busy we are, but it should be fairly quick.  Then we will let everyone in and you can all go nuts!

At some point I'll need to set up a Rules page that you should all read.  I don't expect any of you would break the rules intentionally, it's more for things like actions that can't be reversed, and so on.

Awesome, looking forward to it, bring on the 1.0!

The Interim

Axtrivium

Prolancaster

fluidic_ice

Welcome Chris (fluidic_ice) to the server, at least until release.
Also to Prolancaster and Axtrivium for anyone who hasn't met them yet (sorry I forget you guys' names... =/).

I think we're gonna have to upgrade anyways, so you should be able to stick around after. Have fun with your island.

In Other News:

Notch has finally done it.  In a move that some of you may find amusingly familiar, he has decided that instead of just rotating the Map item to fix this 'North at left of map' issue, Notch has instead gone and ROTATED THE ENTIRE WORLD.  Yes Notch, I suppose north is at the top of the map now, but, surely there was an easier way to go about this...? -.-'

What does this mean for you, the humble player?  Well, not much, seeing as we're starting a new world.  You'll find if you play any old maps that your carefully positioned sunrise/sunset balconies now face entirely the wrong direction.  However, for me, your Almighty Creator and Deity, it means that I have to go and change every instance of direction in the new world (mainly at the portal shrines) as well as the wall sized map in my texture pack.

It also means that if you, like myself, learned early on in your humble Minecraft beginnings the lesson that clouds always fly north, you are going to find yourself getting a bit lost.  You can still use them, but I believe they now float west. Maybe.

In other other news, I've been updating MitchCraft to include some custom paintings, including some small portraits of our players.  Now you can finally pimp your houses to the limits of your vanity, or hang a picture of that special someone next to your bedside (D'awww).  If you'd like to be included, you have to have a custom skin made by yourself or by someone for you, and you need to send it to me.  I know Sarah's isn't technically her, but seeing as I made it and it is also f**king rad, I'm allowing it.  Also, I'm totally up for making skins if peeps want one!

Hope you like waiting.

Sooo, 1.9 is never going to be a thing.  Notch and Jeb have decided that they aren't gonna release any more full patches until Minecon, at which point they will release Minecraft 1.0.

Sounds lame, but it's probably a good thing, as far as my grades are concerned.  I'm sure most people don't have a lot of time to play for the next month or so anyway.

So, 18/11/11 is Minecon, and incidentally that's also the date for thesis submission.  I'mma take that as a sign.  In terms of the server, I imagine it will be (at least) a week after that before the server providers and bukkit guys get everything updated.  But hopefully that'll mean that Notch has a whole month to fix the laggy piece of crap that is 1.8+.  I'm sure I'm not the only one that has trouble running it, and I have a gaming PC.

Here's to the future.