Network Issue

Our hosting company is experiencing two simultaneous DDoS attacks on two different servers which may result in brief network outages (especially if you're based in the US) while network traffic is rerouted. Hopefully this shouldn't take too long to resolve.

UPDATE: 16:00 - This seems to have been fully resolved now.

Hosting Fees Paid!

I've now paid our hosting fees for the period 18th July - 18th October!

Thanks to the VIPs that have already renewed we are already well on the way to covering this quarters costs, thanks guys!

A reminder e-mail is going out today to existing VIPs that have not yet renewed.

Due to multiple requests I've decided to extend the VIP renewal period to Friday 19th July, meaning that donations will open to everyone on Saturday 20th July, this is for the benefit of both VIPs, by giving them more time to renew, and people wishing to become VIPs that have school, work or other commitments during the week.

VIP donations will open to everyone on Saturday 20th July at around 12am (UK time).

In future donations will always open to everybody on the Saturday following the 18th.

Update: 15:30 - All renewal reminders have now been sent! Don't forget to let me know asap if you didn't receive yours for any reason!

Update: As of 22:00 18th July - 5 / 12 VIP slots are taken.

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

Server Downtime

The maintenence at 9am found a couple of problems so just fixing these now, regenerating The End and doing a full backup. The server will be back up and running within an hour.

UPDATE: 9:35 - Just realised this post had 'got stuck' and not appeared on the site, sorry about that!

UPDATE: 10:10 - Server is back up and running!

Changes To Marble End

The central building in Marble End has had a major overhaul!

The redesign was for several reasons;

1) Reduce spawn camping / killing.
2) Reduce exit camping / killing.
3) Increase maximum enchantment levels.

The changes;

1) When you enter Marble End you will spawn in the 3rd floor of the building, which is set to non-PvP, from there you will have a choice of 4 portals which will spawn you 15-20 blocks from the central building in one of four different directions.

2) The exit from the world is still on the 2nd floor of the building but is now double sided, with each side segregated from the other, effectively giving two exits. You get to the exit rooms using ladders from the ground floor.

3) The enchanting room has been split in half in the same way to the exit portal floor, giving two enchanting areas each boosted by 12 bookcases instead of 8. As before you get to these rooms using ladders from the ground floor.

This might sound complicated but will make a lot more sense once you check it our for yourself, enjoy!

VIP Renewal - Reminder

Just a reminder that you have 2 days from today to renew before donations open to everyone, let me know asap if you need the email containing your donation link resent!

Remember the discounted links are valid until 17th July.

The total number of VIPs is limited to 12 so once donations open to everybody on the 18th (this Thursday) 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 (unless individual arrangements have already been made).

An email reminder will be sent to VIPs who have not yet renewed before the links expire.

Update: As of 09:00 17th July - 4 / 12 VIP slots are taken.

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

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.